June 26 Link Collection

• Obama IT Czar Leaves D.C. for Harvard – Technorati IT

  Setting direction is easy. Executing transformation is hard.

  “A massive task and challenge awaited Mr. Kundra as he sought to change the direction of the government’s $80 billion annual Information Technology budget. In December 2010 the changes in direction were outlined in his 25 point plan to reform government IT.

  Reports of his success levels vary, but no doubt Kundra stirred the pot and set a direction. Changing the direction of anything at the Federal government is not for the faint or impatient heart.”

  tags: execution transformation IT government

• High Scalability – High Scalability – 35+ Use Cases for Choosing Your Next NoSQL Database

  “We’ve asked What The Heck Are You Actually Using NoSQL For?. We’ve asked 101 Questions To Ask When Considering A NoSQL Database. We’ve even had a webinar What Should I Do? Choosing SQL, NoSQL or Both for Scalable Web Applications.

  Now we get to the point of considering use cases and which systems might be appropriate for those use cases.”

  tags: scalability nosql

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