Friday, April 09, 2010

Stuff I put on my required reading list April 5-9 2010

Can Microsoft survive the iPad?


Altair 8800 inventor Ed Roberts dies at 68


CERN Readies Large Hadron Collider for Data Collection


Pentaho Release Blends Data Integration, BI


Is cloud computing really killing the planet?


Will iPad Kill Netbooks?
http://lm.pcworld.com/t/958843/5553367/68455/0/


Google Buys Episodic
http://lm.pcworld.com/t/959662/5553367/68537/0/


Are Shortened URLs Truly Trouble on Twitter?
http://lm.pcworld.com/t/959662/5553367/68539/0/


Yahoo Partners With Healthline


Splunk Adds Real-Time Search, Analysis and Monitoring for Live Streaming Data http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/latest.jsp?resourceid=4222485&access=EH


MicroStrategy Offers More Than 200 Hours of Free Online Training for BI Professionals http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/latest.jsp?resourceid=4222514&access=EH


Greenpeace Casts Shadow On Cloud Computing


Gluster: Massive Storage Scalability In Minutes


IBM hopes to lure startups into its orbit


Opinion: What will post-cloud IT look like?


Social Intranets - Part 1


Are Dashboards the Solution to 'Too Much Information'?


Business Analytics: It's Imperative to Improve Promptly


Cloud computing: not killing the planet


Advanced Analytics: Seven Steps Toward Adoption


SAP Launches Collaboration Cloud


Pentaho Release Blends Data Integration and BI


Health Data Deluge Expected to Spur Change


Splunk goes real-time, eliminates latency from IT data search


A Perfect Match


Social networking: an authoritative guide


i2 Unveils Powerful New Tools for Predicting Criminal and Terrorist Activity http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/latest.jsp?resourceid=4223456&access=EH


No No No: The Curiously Absent Architecture of Postmodern Analytic Databases

http://www.bigdatanews.com/content/no-no-no-curiously-absent-architecture-postmodern-analytic-databases/


Apple iPad In The Cloud: 10 Cool Cloud Computing iPad Apps


GroundWork, Eucalyptus Team For Cloud Monitoring


Should a Private Cloud Still Be Considered a Cloud?



James Taylor: Some thoughts on business agility


Greenplum to Deliver “Best of Breed” Integrated Data Cloud Solution for Global Organizations


Does the iPad Have That Special Business Touch?
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/69701.html


ORACLE BI SPOTLIGHTS ARCHITECTURE OVER INNOVATION
http://go.techtarget.com/r/11270132/2433922


Oracle Readies New Edition of Tuxedo Application Server


SAP Opens StreamWork Real-Time Collaboration Platform


Microsoft Ships Final SQL Server 2008 R2 Parallel Data Warehouse CTP


Enterprise Clouds: Extending the Benefits Beyond Storage and Applications


Question of the week: Why isn't your BI app useful?


The iPad proves it: Apple is out to kill Flash


SQL Server 2008 R2: April Launch Brings May Release
http://www.1105newsletters.com/t.do?id=4653387:822354


CLOUD INTEROPERABILITY STANDARDS AIM FOR VENDOR INDEPENDENCE
http://go.techtarget.com/r/11270191/2433922


A Prediction: Twitter to Predict the Future


Operationalizing Business Intelligence

DataFlux, Data Integration, and the Data Management Platform

Creating a Successful High-Level Data Model



Microsoft Announces Microsoft Dynamics CRM for Nonprofits and NGOs http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/latest.jsp?resourceid=4224347&access=EH


CRM for road warriors: Phone or laptop?


The future of MySQL in a post-Sun world


Hop On the Social CRM Express
http://www.ecommercetimes.com/story/69710.html


INFORMATICA ROUNDS OUT INTEGRATION CAPABILITIES WITH LATEST
ACQUISITION
http://go.techtarget.com/r/11279950/2433922


UNDERSTANDING SAP NETWEAVER BW 7.0
http://go.techtarget.com/r/11279894/2433922


IBM responds to Oracle's Exadata with new systems


Talk to the Hand


The Next Wave of Technologies


BI on BI


MIT, IT and the Science of Business – Part 2


IBM Announces Smart Analytics and Transactional Systems to Draw Key Insights from Vast Amounts of Data http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/latest.jsp?resourceid=4224653&access=EH


MicroStrategy Introduces New High Performance Standards for Business Intelligence http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/latest.jsp?resourceid=4224958&access=EH


IBM announces Smart Analytics Systems
http://www.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/29823.wss


Microsoft End-to-End Platform Powers Next-Generation Silverlight and IIS Media Experiences Across Multiple Screens http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/latest.jsp?resourceid=4225551&access=EH


Use of Social Media Explodes - Almost Half of Americans Have Profiles Says New Arbitron/Edison Research Study http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/latest.jsp?resourceid=4225773&access=EH


MicroStrategy Announces Beta Release of iPhone Apps Development Platform http://media.prnewswire.com/en/jsp/latest.jsp?resourceid=4225785&access=EH


SQL Server 2008 R2 'Madison' Undergoing Final Tests


NetApp Acquiring Bycast For Object-Based Storage


Greenplum Offers Cloud Management Bundle


IBM responds to Oracle's Exadata with new systems


Oracle upgrades Hyperion financial analytics tool


Amazon Adds Cloud Notification Service


Ian Tomlin: Encanvas Enterprise Mashups on Azure changes the role of Business Analyst


A NEW RESOURCE FOR BI, CPM AND ANALYTICS INFO:
SEARCHBUSINESSANALYTICS.COM
http://go.techtarget.com/r/11284636/2433922


New IBM 'Smart Analytics' Servers Target Oracle-Sun Resellers


IBM Squares-Off Against Other Industry Giants


Social as a Service, Rather Than an Application


The Next Wave of Technologies


Harnessing Real-Time Process Analytics


The Case for Retaining Everything


BriefingsDirect analysts pick winners and losers from cloud computing's economic disruption


Nokia buys U.S. maker of geographic intelligence tools


IBM Goes From the Sublime To The Ridiculous On Patents and Open Source


HP's Memristor Could Revolutionize PC Design

http://www.newsfactor.com/story.xhtml?story_id=021000OC3WJF&nl=2&full_skip=1


Twitter Says Growth Surging Internationally
http://lm.pcworld.com/t/966255/5553367/70541/0/