http://arnoldit.com/wordpress by Stephen E. Arnold Sat, 04 Jul 2009 14:33:07 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Short honk: I had high hopes for Bing.com and its next generation, high availability data centers. The addled goose is inspecting goose ponds 4,000 miles from Harrods Creek and was not able to access Bing.com’s travel vertical. The goose thought he was at fault. I then read “Seattle Data Center ... http://arnoldit.com/wordpress/2009/07/04/bing-and-fail-over/ Dana Blankenhorn’s “Who Will Control Hadoop?” here raised an important question. The focus was close, but I considered his question in a broader context. Mr. Blankenthorn asked: Do too many Hadoops spoil the code? In a narrow sense, my view is let many flowers bloom. When the world was less fluid, flakey, ... http://arnoldit.com/wordpress/2009/07/04/hadoop-caught-in-loops/ I was sitting in an airport, and I clicked on a link for Microsoft Fast ESP. A video ran and presented me with a couple of professional fellows talking about Microsoft Fast search. The video was interesting, but I went back and snagged one screen frame from the presentation because ... http://arnoldit.com/wordpress/2009/07/04/performance-fireworks-microsoft-fast-fizzles-google-explodes/ I read a couple of weeks ago a short item in the Hindu here. The article’s title gave me pause: “Internet Access Is a Fundamental Human Right”. The story asserted: The Internet has become such a part of today's life, that it is now considered a necessity rather than a luxury. ... http://arnoldit.com/wordpress/2009/07/04/independence-day-and-the-internet-as-a-basic-human-right/ Michael Smith’s “Ask’s Next Question” provides a useful case study of search engine marketing. The story appeared in Sports Business Journal and reviews the Ask.com decision to put its marketing money into NASCAR, a rough around the edges version of the more sophisticated F1 series. Beer, baseball caps, and barbeque characterize ... http://arnoldit.com/wordpress/2009/07/03/ask-search-marketing-and-nascar-a-winner-as-nascar-attendance-drops/ Vivisimo has a new client. HCPro, a health care regulation and revenue cycle management company, will use the Velocity platform, to power MedicareFind.com. That Web site offers definable search of a comprehensive database of Medicare rules, regulations, and CMS documents governing reimbursement--a critical tool for many companies in the health ... http://arnoldit.com/wordpress/2009/07/03/vivisimo-lands-hcpro-deal/ Founded in 2002, Concept Searching provides licensees with search, auto-classification, taxonomy management and metadata tagging solutions. You can download a fact sheet about the privately firm here. The software can be used on an individual user’s computer or mounted on servers to deliver enterprise solutions. The company’s secret sauce is ... http://arnoldit.com/wordpress/2009/07/03/concept-searching-update/ Quite interesting essay by Michael Nielsen: “Is Scientific Publishing about to Be Disrupted?” The answer is soon. I don’t agree. Sci tech publishing is in the midst of a crisis. If you want to know about Mr. Nielsen’s good news interpretation of the coming disruption, dive in. Mr. Nielsen, in case ... http://arnoldit.com/wordpress/2009/07/03/sci-tech-publishers-doom-looms-for-the-tech-challenged/ Short honk: Want to explore OECD country data. First, read the BBC story “Exploring the OECD Web Site” then navigate to OECD Explorer. Ideal for those who want short cuts to data analysis. Stephen Arnold, July 3, 2009 http://arnoldit.com/wordpress/2009/07/03/oecd-data-diving/ Mary Jo Foley opened my eyes to a new unlimited online fighting battle in 2010. Her story with a lamentably cryptic headline appeared on June 11, 2009 as “Microsoft .Net RIA Services: Not until 2010.” You can find the article here. He story revealed that Microsoft will try to push ... http://arnoldit.com/wordpress/2009/07/03/ufc-2010-html-5-air-and-silverlight/