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Consumerization of IT Allows Consumer Experience to Improve Enterprise-Grade Products

By on June 18, 2013 in Cloud Computing, Community Manager, Data Management, Database, Enterprise Applications, Information Technology, Mobile and Wireless, Networking, Security, Software, Storage

In the recent Consumerization of IT in the Enterprise conference (CITE) by IDG, there were many interesting speakers. Most were from small or startup companies that preached how to use consumer-grade end devices for the enterprise business. The enterprise notoriously demands security, scalability, reliability, and durability. Those characteristics are seldom emphasized in consumer-grade devices. Instead, [...]

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Securing Emerging BYOD Trends

Securing Emerging BYOD Trends

By on June 17, 2013 in Cloud Computing, Community Manager, Data Center, Editorial, Enterprise Applications, Hardware, Identity, Information Technology, Mobile and Wireless, Network Securities, Networking, Security, Software, Telecommunication

The Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) and IT consumerization trends are growing, and enterprises are starting to embrace rather than fight them. Accepting these trends means facing several new problems and requirements to make sure these devices behave as trustworthy end devices in the corporate network. Under these new trends, an employee’s device will contain [...]

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Superfast NoSQL Technology Applicable for Real-Time Data Processing Requirements for Smart Grid

Superfast NoSQL Technology Applicable for Real-Time Data Processing Requirements for Smart Grid

By on June 12, 2013 in Analytics, Cloud Computing, Community Manager, Data Center, Database, Green Technology, Hardware, Information Technology, Software, Storage

This blog is for ICT people and not for electric power people. Therefore, please bear with a short description to set the stage before I continue. The power industry is in the midst of a revolution brought on by insufficient power and new regulations, such as the Renewables Portfolio Standard (RPS). Coal-based power plants are [...]

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A Secret to Data Science Revealed

A Secret to Data Science Revealed

By on June 4, 2013 in Analytics, Community Manager, Database, Information Technology, Network Securities, Networking, Security, Software, Storage

Analytics is everywhere; at least, people talk and write about it in conjunction with Big Data. But analytics is always discussed at a very high level, omitting the details. Discussions tend to stay at the level of what it can do but not how to implement it. It is as if a secret society of [...]

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Remote Control Is Everywhere, Thanks to Proliferation of Smart End Devices

Remote Control Is Everywhere, Thanks to Proliferation of Smart End Devices

By on June 2, 2013 in Cloud Computing, Community Manager, Hardware, Information Technology, Mobile and Wireless, Network Securities, Networking, Security, Software

With the proliferation of smart end devices, we can do what was not done easily or inexpensively before, thanks to innovations such as cloud, low-power yet powerful processors, high-capacity yet inexpensive storage, and enhanced wireless technologies. Many companies have come up with interesting technologies and products in this emerging market. People Power is one such [...]

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How to Apply ICT to the Power Grid: OSIsoft’s Way – Part 2

How to Apply ICT to the Power Grid: OSIsoft’s Way – Part 2

By on May 15, 2013 in Analytics, Cloud Computing, Community Manager, Data Center, Database, Information Technology, Mobile and Wireless, Network Securities, Networking, Security, Software, Storage, Telecommunication

This is a continuation from Part 1. Interfaces required to multiple domains I think their decision to keep themselves a software infrastructure company is smart. In this way, they can apply their systems to many market segments where operations are involved. When operations are performed, some kinds of data are generated and often times those [...]

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How to Apply ICT to the Power Grid: OSIsoft’s Way — Part 1

How to Apply ICT to the Power Grid: OSIsoft’s Way — Part 1

By on May 14, 2013 in Analytics, Cloud Computing, Community Manager, Data Management, Information Technology, Mobile and Wireless, Network Securities, Security, Software, Storage, Telecommunication

Smart grid is where power, IT, and communications meet. In this blog, IT and communications technologies are grouped as ICT. These days, most industry areas have become so complex that we cannot cope with problems without applying ICT. When smart grid was first introduced, Cisco declared that the power grid would be much bigger than [...]

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Ayla Networks Promotes Device Connectivity for Internet of Things

Ayla Networks Promotes Device Connectivity for Internet of Things

By on May 8, 2013 in Analytics, Cloud Computing, Community Manager, Data Center, Information Technology, Networking, Programming, Security, Software, Telecommunication, Virtualization

A previous blog explained how the connectivity of end devices leads to intelligence. Simply connecting the devices does not by itself produce intelligence, but connecting them to a bigger system that aggregates, stores, and analyzes their data does. Many details still need to be worked out. An ecosystem for intelligent systems consists of several players, [...]

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Wind River’s View on M2M, Intelligent Systems, and the Internet of Things

Wind River’s View on M2M, Intelligent Systems, and the Internet of Things

By on May 6, 2013 in Cloud Computing, Community Manager, Data Center, Green Technology, Information Technology, Mobile and Wireless, Networking, Security, Software, Storage, Telecommunication

I hear more and more about intelligent systems. Are they different from M2M and the Internet of Things? In a recent Design West, one of the themes was intelligent systems. What is it, and how is it different from M2M and the Internet of Things? I attended one informative session by speakers from a research [...]

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Measuring and Monitoring: One Aspect of Data Center Infrastructure Management

Measuring and Monitoring: One Aspect of Data Center Infrastructure Management

By on March 27, 2013 in Community Manager, Data Center, Editorial, Green Technology, Information Technology, Software

A data center is a complex building. It houses IT and facilities equipment along with office and amenity accommodations. Because of this, its operations touch many categories of areas, and different automated tools and operation techniques are required to manage and run it effectively. It would be great if we had a handful of standards [...]

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