Click here to follow ▸@WebRTCSummit Registration for  the First International WebRTC Summit (@WebRTCSummit) is now open. WebRTC Summit will take place Nov 6-7, 2013, at the Santa Clara Convention Center, Santa Clara, CA. WebRTC (Web Real-Time Communication) is an open source project supported by Google, Mozilla and Opera that aims to enable browser-to-browser applications for voice calling, video chat, and P2P file sharing without plugins. Its mission is "To enable rich, high quality, RTC applications to be developed in the browser via simple Javascript APIs and HTML5." Register FREE for WebRTC Summit here ▸ http://bit.ly/1exOL9h WebRTC Journal ▸Home A survey by TokBox found that the WebRTC adoption rate among small organizations is growing quickly where over 25% of developers say it is important for their work. WebRTC Summit will feature two full days of technical... (more)

Web Application Lifecycle Maintenance

Like an automobile, a web application needs occasional maintenance and management over its life cycle. Although it doesn't need oil changes, it will probably need version upgrades. There may not be manufacturer recalls, but sometimes servers fail or hang. An application doesn't need to be washed and detailed, but it does need to be backed up. And both cars and applications need occasional performance tuning. This article provides a complete list of the system management functions that need to be performed on a standard architecture web application, with a particular emphasis on doing so in an Infrastructure-as-a-Service environment. 1. Evaluation Anyone who has implemented an application without sufficient evaluation, only to realize too late that it does not solve the business problem, will understand why evaluation is part of the application lifecycle. Evaluatio... (more)

In 2014 Big Data Investments Will Account for Nearly $30 Billion - Eventually Accounting for $76 Billion by 2020 End

DALLAS, Aug. 21, 2014 /PRNewswire-iReach/ -- Amid the proliferation of real time data from sources such as mobile devices, web, social media, sensors, log files and transactional applications, Big Data has found a host of vertical market applications, ranging from fraud detection to R&D.; Photo - http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20140821/138541 "Big Data Market: 2014 – 2020 – Opportunities, Challenges, Strategies, Industry Verticals & Forecasts" Key Findings: In 2014 Big Data vendors will pocket nearly $30 Billion from hardware, software and professional services revenues Big Data investments are further expected to grow at a CAGR of nearly 17% over the next 6 years, eventually accounting for $76 Billion by the end of 2020 The market is ripe for acquisitions of pure-play Big Data startups, as competition heats up between IT incumbents Nearly every large scale IT ven... (more)

Where Is The Intuitive Web?

The current web provides a two dimensional user experience. A user has to interact with 2 dimensional objects in a browser. This experience is so much frustrating that some users are turning back to old way of doing business - go offline and call the live person. A study by Forrester Research just found that for online travel web site users. This is no different for other web users. The fact is link based navigation is orthogonal to human nature. The human mind excels with interaction. We humans love interacting and need interactive user interface. When I say interactive, it does not meaning link based navigation or web 2.0 style auto refresh of data, what I indeed mean interacting in human language. The ability to interact like you would do with a live person. One should not need any special language or special technology to do business online. The fact that peop... (more)

Cloud Expo 2011 New York: The Impact of Cloud Computing on IT

Cloud Expo 2011 New York $800 Savings here! There are many considerations when deciding how your organization will leverage cloud computing. There are many service and deployment models (Private vs. Public cloud, IaaS/PaaS/SaaS). There is no one size fits all. How do you decide which cloud model is right for your organization? In his session at the 8th International Cloud Expo, Bhargav Shah, Director at KPMG in its IT Advisory practice, will share knowledge and insights gleaned from helping many clients leverage cloud computing in their overall IT strategy. Explore Cloud Expo Sponsorship & Exhibit Opportunities ! Speaker Bio: Bhargav Shah is a Director at KPMG in its IT Advisory practice. He has been involved with IT strategy, DC operations, IT Services Management and Architecture since 1998. He also leads KPMG's cloud solution development and has helped many clien... (more)

Monitor corporate data storage visually in the cloud - Debriefing Software add new features to the Wizards Storage Portal

New features include Heat Maps for TSM, more efficient software stack management, and Dynamic API program Viby J, Denmark, May 22, 2012 - Debriefing Software, the experts in cloud-based Software as a Service (SaaS) solutions for IBM Tivoli Storage Manager (TSM), Storwize and SVC solutions, today announced: a major upgrade to its Wizards for Storwize application, Heat Maps for TSM, an enhanced Wizards Control Center (WCC) and the availability of its new Dynamic API program. "Corporate IT departments need tools that allow them to manage and optimize operations with minimal time input. Resellers and users of Wizards Storage Portal will know how the service frees up valuable time for other tasks in the IT department. With the new features we are launching today, Wizards Storage Portal offers great new visual tools for monitoring storage resources, while several admini... (more)

Belgacom employees embody Olympic spirit as they are selected for Torch relay

Watch live on: http://www.london2012.com/torch-relay/video/live.html Two Belgacom employees, Katrien De Pillecyn and Rene Van Doren have been selected as 2012 Olympic Torch bearers, taking part in the Olympic Torch Relay as part of the Samsung "Presenting Partner of the Olympic Torch Relay" programme. Both will run on day 28 of the relay on the 15th June when the torch will travel from Alnwick to Newcastle Upon Tyne in the UK. The Torch Relay, which is 8000 miles long, will see each participant running about 400 metres each before handing the torch over to the next runner. Having started in Lands End at 6.00 am on the 19th May the relay will follow a carefully choreographed route throughout the UK and will pass within 10 miles of 95% of the UK population. Samsung sent 10 Belgians to the Torch Relay, all chosen by the public, eight of them via a Facebook campaign. Onc... (more)

Best Practices for Amazon Redshift

Data Warehouse as a Service Recently Amazon announced the availability of Redshift Data warehouse as a Service as a beta offering. Amazon Redshift is a fast, fully managed, petabyte-scale data warehouse service that makes it simple and cost-effective to efficiently analyze all your data using your existing business intelligence tools. It's optimized for datasets ranging from a few hundred gigabytes to a petabyte or more and costs less than $1,000 per terabyte per year, a tenth the cost of most traditional data warehousing solutions. Architecture Behind Redshift Any data warehouse service meant to serve data of petabyte scale should have a robust architecture as its backbone. The following are the salient features of Redshift service. Shared Nothing Architecture: As indicated in one of my earlier articles, Cloud Database Scale Out Using Shared Nothing Architecture, the... (more)

Trends in Retail Mobility

I just read an article this week where a boutique store that has started charging $5 for shoppers to browse in their store, because of the increasing amount of people who would browse products then leave to buy them online.  Retailers are facing many challenges today. In this short video my colleague, Steven Skinner, VP of Retail/Consumer Goods Lead at Cognizant Business Consulting shares what he is seeing as trends and best practices in retail mobility today. ************************************************************* Kevin Benedict, Head Analyst for Social, Mobile, Analytics and Cloud (SMAC) Cognizant View Linkedin Profile Read the whitepaper on mobile, social, analytics and cloud strategies Don't Get SMACked Learn about mobile strategies at MobileEnterpriseStrategies.com Follow me on Twitter @krbenedict Join the Linkedin Group Strategic Enterprise Mobility Full Discl... (more)

SMG Research Reveals DBA Tools Not Effective for Managing Database Change

New research from Simon Management Group reveals that despite the high percentage of companies who use DBA tools, a majority of companies still struggle with database change and configuration management issues that impede the first-time success rate of business-critical application deployments. Commissioned by Datical, Inc., the study examines the views of application development and deployment professionals in large organizations with $100 million or greater in IT department spending. The companies surveyed have similar characteristics including a large number of applications in use, frequent database application change requests per week, adoption of agile development methodologies, and greater variation in the skills of their SQL programmers. Findings from the analysis of nearly 100 verified responses point to a number of key issues: Multiple databases, platforms... (more)

Tesla’s Model S Cars Now Have an Infinity-Mile Warranty

Tesla CEO and founder Elon Musk on Friday announced via Twitter and the company blog that the drivetrain warranty for the 85 kWh Model S has been extended, giving it an eight-year, infinite-mile warranty to match that of the battery pack. This new warranty arrangement applies retroactively to every Model S ever produced, too, meaning it benefits both existing and new owners. Originally, the Model S carried a four-year, 50,000-mile limited warranty that could be extended to 8 years and 100,000 miles for an additional $4,000 fee. Musk says in his blog post detailing the move that “[i]n hindsight, this should have been [Tesla's] policy from the beginning of the Model S program,” as the company’s warranty should reflect its belief in the improved reliability of its electric engines vs. their gasoline-powered equivalents. Read the full story at TechCrunch. ... (more)