5 Steps to Next-Generation Web Applications 08/30/2007
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5 Steps to Next-Generation Web Applications
Good overview from Jim Rapoza at eWeek on all the converging technnologies of the Web:
“The next generation of the Web is marked by dynamic, interactive, open and highly flexible applications that not only go beyond the capabilities of classic Web applications but also exceed the features of desktop applications.
In short, this next generation of Web applications is bringing us much closer to a future of the Web as an operating system. And now is the time for businesses to get ready for the latest change in Web technology. “
Japan’s Warp-Speed Ride to Internet Future – washingtonpost.com 08/29/2007
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Japan’s Warp-Speed Ride to Internet Future : washingtonpost.com
My recent vacation in Tokyo gave me a pleasant if unsettling surprise: I logged on to check email and news from the laptop I was using, and the throughput was at 100Mbps– in an average, normal residential home and neighborhood! Turns out Japan has fiber to the home widely available, and available cheaply at about $25 a month.
Makes my Comcast cable modem connection at twice the price in Michigan seem pretty lame. Time for the US to play catch-up:
“The speed advantage allows the Japanese to watch broadcast-quality, full-screen television over the Internet, an experience that mocks the grainy, wallet-size images Americans endure.
Ultra-high-speed applications are being rolled out for low-cost, high-definition teleconferencing, for telemedicine — which allows urban doctors to diagnose diseases from a distance — and for advanced telecommuting to help Japan meet its goal of doubling the number of people who work from home by 2010.”
Google LatLong: YouTube-style Embeddable Maps 08/21/2007
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Google LatLong: YouTube-style Embeddable Maps
This is a very nice tweak of the venerable Google Maps site:
“Today we’re excited to announce a new feature on Google Maps that allows you to add maps to your blog or website just by copying and pasting a snippet of HTML. And once you embed the map, it has all the same functionality of the Google Maps you know and love; it’s clickable, draggable, and zoomable.”
IBM to Consolidate 3,900 Servers onto 33 Mainframes 08/01/2007
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Centralization vs. decentralization, aka the glass room vs. distributed computing using servers and workstations, is a long-running argument in the IT world.
Well, the pendulum is taking a full swing again in 2007, this time to “lean and green” virtualization of servers — onto IBM System z mainframes! Click here for the full story:
IBM to Consolidate 3,900 Servers onto 33 Mainframes
“In what it touts as “the most significant transformation” of its worldwide data centers in a generation, IBM announced Aug. 1 that it will consolidate about 3,900 of its own servers onto 33 virtualized System z mainframes running Linux to save electrical energy and cut back on its carbon footprint. “
