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Back Up, Back Up and then Back Up Again

By |May 5th, 2011|News, Technology|Comments Off on Back Up, Back Up and then Back Up Again

Our identities are under attack on a daily basis. It has moved beyond the risk of shopping online to just talking on your cell phone. We hand over personally identifiable information every day. Unfortunately, identity thieves know that and know how to intercept it.

AIP Chooses Really Strategies Product

By |May 5th, 2011|indexing, News, Taxonomy|Comments Off on AIP Chooses Really Strategies Product

The American Institute of Physics (AIP) has chosen RSuite as their content management system. Prior to RSuite, AIP did not have a content management system and managed its vast amount of content via a combination of home-grown applications and file systems.

Juggling Many Clouds

By |May 5th, 2011|News|Comments Off on Juggling Many Clouds

One of the things that will become more apparent as cloud computing continues to evolve is that each cloud service is going to become a centralized hub for managing information. This brings the challenge of managing multiple information hubs, both on the premises and in the clouds.

Social Media Customer Service Application

By |May 4th, 2011|News, semantic|Comments Off on Social Media Customer Service Application

Cisco Systems is reporting strong growth in its social media call center solutions just a few months after the SocialMiner launch. The social media monitoring and analytics solution is now selling as a standalone social media data mining tool upon customer demand.

Standardization of APIs

By |May 4th, 2011|News, Standards|Comments Off on Standardization of APIs

The API has become been the primary method of integration within IT circles. When SOA was at its peak, the focus was properly on the abstraction of business functions at the API level, to provide for reuse and consistency of process across applications. However with the focus of cloud APIs and infrastructure APIS on interoperability, it is difficult to get agreement between vendors on which functions make up a common base.

SAE Digital Library Gets Redesign

By |May 4th, 2011|News, Taxonomy|1 Comment

SAE International has announced a complete redesign of its Digital Library, the comprehensive technical paper and standards solution used by automobile and aerospace engineers.

Has Digital Killed Print?

Much discussion is happening about the popularity of ebooks and the projected demise of “real” books due to this fame. Not everyone has given up on the real thing yet, but one author points out the change that has befallen us due to the e-readers.

OpenStack Becomes Hot Topic

By |May 3rd, 2011|News, storage|Comments Off on OpenStack Becomes Hot Topic

The OpenStack project recently held a webinar to both elaborate on new features introduced in Cactus and describe anticipated elements of the upcoming Diablo release.

CloudArray Becoming Even More Efficient

By |May 3rd, 2011|News, storage|Comments Off on CloudArray Becoming Even More Efficient

Cloud storage developer TwinStrata has unveiled a new version of its CloudArray appliances with increased volume size, improved bandwidth throttling and scheduling, and SSD options.

Semantic Technology Monitoring Your Rep

By |May 2nd, 2011|Access Insights, News, semantic|Comments Off on Semantic Technology Monitoring Your Rep

Online reputation management is a constant topic in today’s social media world. How you use your resources and time searching social media platforms will directly affect the results you get. One author takes the time to review various tools available to monitor your organization’s online reputation.