Golden Gate Ferry adds ticket machines, loses workers
Golden Gate Ferry (CA) expects to save $6.2 million over the next 10 years by installing 12 ticket vending machines at its terminals. Original post
Electric tricycles come to the Philippines
The Philippines is testing 20 electric tricycles in metro Manila as part of an effort to improve air quality and reduce dependence on imported fuel. Original post
Kogan Android Internet TV Portal
Kogan have announced the “Agora Internet TV Portal”, a $200 box to provide a web service on a TV screen. This uses Internet software and may also be useful as a low cost thin client computer for web browsing. The unit has three USB ports as well as a TV type remote control. It mayRead… Read more »
Australian Government ICT Strategic Vision
The Australian Government has released a Draft 2011 ICT Strategic Vision for comment. The document is available in PDF, DOC and RTF formats. Unfortunately the document is not in an efficient and easy to read format. Here is a web conversion of the DOC version of the document (without the images): <!– This file wasRead… Read more »
Ozymandias
This apparently ordinary station on the Berlin U-Bahn is remarkable for two reasons, one visible and one not visible at all. The first is fairly apparent. The typeface of the station name and the brown tiles give a clue, though the full splendour of the orange ceiling doesn’t really come across in the picture. ThisRead… Read more »
The Cloud and the Digital Divide
If you’re reading this blog then you don’t need to be convinced about the tremendous role that information technology now plays in all aspects of our lives, from entertainment to medicine, education, and enterprise.To really be successful in the modern world as a student, entrepreneur, or even informed citizen, you need access to a computerRead… Read more »
CTOlabs.com Survey Finds Data Deduplication Aids in Managing Data Growth in Federal Agencies
Crucial Point LLC subsidiary CTOlabs.com has just published the results of a study on the impact of data growth in government. To download your copy see: http://www.carahsoft.com/dedupesurvey From the press release: http://www.prweb.com/releases/2011/04/prweb5243224.htm Data Growth and Virtualization Mandate New Approach to Federal Storage Management Survey Finds Data Deduplication Aids in Managing Data Growth in Federal AgenciesRead… Read more »
Enterprise CTOs: Learn Hadoop and Cloudera’s CDH3 on 21 April
I’ve had the pleasure of meeting Cloudera’s VP of Product Charles Zedlewski in person. Charles has a gift for understanding enterprise technology and conveying his understanding in clear, easy to remember ways. Charles will be providing a presentation on Cloudera’s Distribution of Hadoop (CDH3) on 21 April 2011 via a webinar you can attend (linkRead… Read more »
Australian Government ICT Strategic Vision
The Australian Government has released a Draft 2011 ICT Strategic Vision for comment. The document is available in PDF, DOC and RTF formats. Unfortunately AGIMO showed a lack of vision by no0t supplying the document in an efficient and easy top read web format. Assuming the vision follows this approach, government IT will be threeRead… Read more »
Still digging a hole.
I have to wonder what good cutting 100 billion in spending on people and programs will do when government keeps digging the hole deeper with 30 year treasury auctions? In March gov. auctioned off over 12 billion dollars in 30 year treasury bonds. It is interest that we will owe someone else for 30 years.Read… Read more »