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John Funnel on Ulitzer
Earlier this year one of my staff attended a SYS-CON event and returned to
the office a different person. Revitalised and motivated.
I asked her what happened at the event to warrant such a transformation? What
was her secret? Was it the New York Shopping experience? A business Romance
or was it Devine intervention?
She simply advised me to ‘check out Ulitzer. – Everyone who is anyone is
on it’.
She was not the first to introduce me to the innovation. Many of my peers had
gone through such noticeable changes, It was like a weight had been lifted
from their shoulders, that they now had a true portal to vent out their
innermost thoughts.
I was instantly intrigued by such recommendations. People, just like me, were
using Ulitzer everywhere. So what had I been fighting against all this time?
What was I avoiding?
Eventually I succumbed to the in... (more)
I am always being told off by i-technologists for quoting Picasso as having
said that computers are useless. But I still love his reasoning? "Because
they can only give you answers."
Picasso, like AJAXWorld Magazine, liked questions. So we thought we would
share with you what some of the world's leading rich Internet application
pioneers are thinking may be the next questions that we need to see answered.
From that readers can themselves infer where AJAX is headed.
What are the top questions to ask next about AJAX?
Eric Miraglia of Yahoo!
1. (From March'08) How do I calculate the ROI of building my RIA on the
iPhone SDK vs using AJAX?
2. How do I assess the performance of my app and decide what to do next to
make it faster?
3. When it comes to accessibility, how do I know what's required of me for
my rich web apps? Beyond what's required, what makes good business se... (more)
In my last blog, we explored WeakHashMap which is based by WeakReference in
Java. Now let's look at some best practices for using another powerful class:
ThreadLocal from java.lang, which is also implemented using WeakReference.
What is ThreadLocal? A simple example
As its name suggests, a single instance of ThreadLocal can store different
values for each thread independently. Therefore, the value stored in a
ThreadLocal instance is specific (local) to the current running Thread, any
other code logic running on the same thread will see the same value, but not
the values set on the same instance by other threads. (There are exceptions,
like InhertiableThreadLocal, which inherits parent thread's values by
default.)
Let's consider this example:
We have a TransactionManager class that provide static methods to:
Start a transaction with a generated ID Store that ID as a st... (more)
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Sept. 18 /PRNewswire/ -- Coral8, Inc., a leading
provider of Complex Event Processing (CEP) software, today announced the
availability of the Coral8 Engine Version 4.4, which contains powerful new
features for native XML processing. This functionality makes Coral8's
industry-leading software the first CEP engine to offer a complete set of
native XML functions for consuming, processing and publishing high-speed XML
data streams. Coral8's extensive XML support enables a new wave of real-time
applications that take advantage of Enterprise Service Buses (ESBs), Service-
Oriented Architectures (SOAs) and Web Services investments made by software
developers and corporate IT organizations.
The Coral8 Engine now offers powerful features that allow programmers to
deliver high-performance CEP applications for the fast-growing number of
high- volume XML... (more)
Launch of CKS Financial Combines IT and Debt Recovery Experience
CHESAPEAKE, Va., May 28 /PRNewswire/ -- CDYNE Corporation, a leading provider
of data enhancement, verification, and communication Web services since 1999,
announced today that it has launched a consumer debt collection arm operating
under the name CKS Financial, LLC, and it will be combining the expertise of
the two companies to introduce tailored XML Web services to the collections
industry.
CDYNE acquired Sanders & Associates, a collection agency based in Virginia
Beach, Virginia, in April 2009, in order to form the new subsidiary. CKS
Financial is a full-service debt recovery agency that purchases consumer debt
portfolios from and offers contingency collections to merchants, service
providers, government entities, and other organizations that extend credit.
CKS Financial is committed to highly et... (more)
SAN CARLOS, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 07/29/09 -- Mark Logic® Corporation, a
leading provider of software for information-centric applications, today
announced that Nature Publishing Group (NPG), a division of Macmillan
Publishers Ltd dedicated to serving the academic, professional scientific,
and medical communities, is using MarkLogic Server as its primary XML-based
information platform. Nature.com serves as a gateway to all of the content
published by NPG. Powered by MarkLogic Server, the enhanced search
functionality of nature.com now delivers faster and more precise results.
Users can more effectively search up-to-date articles from all journals on
nature.com, in addition to content from Nature News.
MarkLogic Server is also the repository for Palgrave Connect, Palgrave
Macmillan's eBook platform. Launched in February 2009 and powered by
nature.com, Palgrave Conne... (more)
LOS ANGELES, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 02/04/10 -- Reed's, Inc. (NASDAQ: REED),
maker of the top-selling sodas in natural food stores nationwide, announced
today that it experienced brisk sales in January, due mostly to base business
expansion, with new products contributing to the performance.
"We are off to a great start with our January revenues up over 30% from last
year's month one," stated Chris Reed, Founder, Chairman and CEO of Reed's,
Inc. "While our established top selling soda sales are recovering from the
economic setbacks of 2009, we are also landing important private label
contracts, which are keeping our brewery very busy. Our recently acquired
Sonoma Sparklers brand is contributing, especially as a holiday and
celebration drink line. Our private label initiative will have a solid impact
on our performance in 2010."
"We will be introducing a whole new pro... (more)
SANTA MONICA, Calif., April 14 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Inova Technology,
Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: INVA) today said that its wholly owned subsidiary,
RightTag Inc., a leading provider of the RFID equipment, is announcing the
availability of the industry's first hand-held, lightweight, battery operated
unit that has 3 different built-in readers to support magnetic cards, RFID
technology, and both 2D and 1D barcodes. The new device, "mi-UHF" offers
users greater flexibility by eliminating the need for multiple readers for
different media types and there are no cumbersome wires. This novel device
offers full GPRS capability enabling users to have real-time access to their
data.
The "mi-UHF" integrated barcode reader supports 1D (JAN, EAN, Code 39, EAN
128) and 2D (QR Code, PDF417, DataMartix) barcodes. The built-in UHF RFID
scanner is easy-to-use and can transmi... (more)
The Nebraska Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) has announced a relaunch of
its popular online services web portal: ClickDMV (http://clickdmv.ne.gov).
This website hosts the full suite of DMV online services including driver
license renewals, vehicle registration renewals, specialty license plate
ordering and several others. The new redesigned ClickDMV is focused on
organizing the 20+ online service showcased on the site in the most user
friendly way; allowing visitors to quickly and easily find what they are
looking for, as well as locating other online services that they may not have
known were available.
The ClickDMV website and accompanying branding campaign by the agency was
awarded a Digital Government Achievement award in 2011 in the
Government-to-citizen government category. Citizens are directed to
clickDMV.ne.gov through the state’s portal, Nebraska.gov a... (more)
In the run-up to the next Cloud Expo, 7th Cloud Expo (November 1–4, 2010)
being held at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Silicon Valley, it's time
to give my earlier list a complete overhaul.
Here, accordingly, is an expanded list of the most active players in the
Cloud Ecosystem.
I have increased it from the 'mere' 150 I identified back in January of this
year, to 250, testimony – as if any were needed! – to the fierce and
continuing growth of the "Elastic IT" paradigm throughout the world of
enterprise computing.
Editorial note: The words in quotation marks used to describe the various
services and solutions in this round-up are in every case taken from the Web
sites of the companies themselves. Omissions to this Top 250 list should be
sent to me via Twitter (twitter.com/jg21) and I will endeavor to include them
in any future revision of this newly expanded rou... (more)
Early Bird Savings Cloud Expo
Cloud computing is a game changer. The cloud is disrupting traditional
software and hardware business models by disrupting how IT service gets
delivered. Entrepreneurial opportunities abound as this classic disruptive
technology begins to proliferate, so it is no surprise that SYS-CON's
industry-leading International Cloud Expo is going from strength to strength.
The 5th International Cloud Expo, to be held April 19-21, 2010, at the Jacob
Javits Convention Center in New York, NY, announces that its Call for Papers
is fast approaching.
Topics on which submission are welcome include all aspects of providing or
using massively scalable IT-related capabilities as a service using Internet
technologies (see suggested examples below).
Help plant your flag in the fast-expanding business opportunity that is The
Cloud: submit your speaking propos... (more)
CloudEXPO Stories By Zakia Bouachraoui  As you know, enterprise IT conversation over the past year have often centered upon the open-source Kubernetes container orchestration system. In fact, Kubernetes has emerged as the key technology -- and even primary platform -- of cloud migrations for a wide variety of organizations.
Kubernetes is critical to forward-looking enterprises that continue to push their IT infrastructures toward maximum functionality, scalability, and flexibility.
As they do so, IT professionals are also embracing the reality of Serverless architectures, which are critical to developing and operating real-time applications and services. Serverless is particularly important as enterprises of all sizes develop and deploy Internet of Things (IoT) initiatives. Jan. 29, 2019 12:45 AM EST | By Elizabeth White  Most organizations are awash today in data and IT systems, yet they're still struggling mightily to use these invaluable assets to meet the rising demand for new digital solutions and customer experiences that drive innovation and growth. What's lacking are potent and effective ways to rapidly combine together on-premises IT and the numerous commercial clouds that the average organization has in place today into effective new business solutions. New research shows that delivering on multicloud experience creation both sustainably and cost-effectively at scale is the single most important way to meet this existential challenge that can create rapid business value and sustain relevancy in the market. Yet the majority of organizations have been slow to put the needed delivery capabilities in place.
Jan. 29, 2019 12:30 AM EST | By Liz McMillan  While a hybrid cloud can ease that transition, designing and deploy that hybrid cloud still offers challenges for organizations concerned about lack of available cloud skillsets within their organization. Managed service providers offer a unique opportunity to fill those gaps and get organizations of all sizes on a hybrid cloud that meets their comfort level, while delivering enhanced benefits for cost, efficiency, agility, mobility, and elasticity. Jan. 29, 2019 12:15 AM EST | By Zakia Bouachraoui  Enterprises are adopting Kubernetes to accelerate the development and the delivery of cloud-native applications. However, sharing a Kubernetes cluster between members of the same team can be challenging. And, sharing clusters across multiple teams is even harder. Kubernetes offers several constructs to help implement segmentation and isolation. However, these primitives can be complex to understand and apply. As a result, it’s becoming common for enterprises to end up with several clusters. This leads to a waste of cloud resources and increased operational overhead. Jan. 28, 2019 11:45 PM EST | By Yeshim Deniz  In a recent survey, Sumo Logic surveyed 1,500 customers who employ cloud services such as Amazon Web Services (AWS), Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP). According to the survey, a quarter of the respondents have already deployed Docker containers and nearly as many (23 percent) are employing the AWS Lambda serverless computing framework.
It's clear: serverless is here to stay. The adoption does come with some needed changes, within both application development and operations. That means serverless is also changing the way we leverage public clouds. Truth-be-told, many enterprise IT shops were so happy to get out of the management of physical servers within a data center that many limitations of the existing public IaaS clouds were forgiven. However, now that we've lived a few years with public IaaS clouds, developers and CloudOps pros are giving a huge thumbs down to the... Jan. 28, 2019 11:00 PM EST |
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