brenda michelson: technology intersected
Over on Active Information, I wrote a post inspired by a recent consult. As I was thinking about the post, and the consult, I scribbled and then preview tweeted the following:
“Data isn’t just a mechanism to manage the business you have, it’s a tool to learn what business you could be in.”
Read the post. Implement the message.
It’s official: ‘Cloud computing’ is now meaningless | Cloud Computing – InfoWorld
Dave was inspired by our recent podcast:
“…yet another Gartner hype cycle report is now out. You can expect to see its accompanying graphic (below) used in every vendor’s presentation from now on. (There must be a law or something.)”
tags: linthicum cloudcomputing
CloudCamp Boston @ OpenStack, Oct 6, 2011
CloudCamp is an unconference where early adopters of Cloud Computing technologies exchange ideas.
tags: boston cloudcomputing
Schumpeter: Think different | The Economist
“Mr Christensen and his colleagues list five habits of mind that characterise disruptive innovators: associating, questioning, observing, networking and experimenting. Innovators excel at connecting seemingly unconnected things…”
Twitter to open source Hadoop-like tool — Cloud Computing News
Twitter retains BackType’s plan to open source Storm. “Twitter says it is planning to open source Storm, its Hadoop-like real-time data processing tool.”
tags: Twitter storm streamprocessing cep
This week on Active Information, I highlighted a piece by Houston Rockets GM, Daryl Morey, on the value of data over hot-shot analysts. Check it out.