Just a number of short decades ago, the most costly IT resources were computers, and human operators were interchangeable. Now the jobs are reversed — technology assets are becoming a commodity while organizations place a premium on people. Accordingly, the adoption of cloud computing brings with it a sequence of changes that directly impact the IT workforce. Failing to account for those changes can reduce the cost of the cloud and increase IT costs and dysfunction. There are at the very least four major areas of human cost to evaluate when planning a cloud strategy and choosing a cloud provider. Webcasts More >> White Papers More >> Reports More >> No. 1: Cost Of Changed Expectations Employees aren’t rubes in terms of the cloud. Sure, a lot of people can’t differentiate software-as-a-service from platform-as-a-service, however the recent consumerization-of-IT phenomenon has reset expectations. Most folks regularly use cloud-based email clients, collaboration tools or even business apps. They’ve come to expect a brand new class of services... Read More »
Google Launches Tag Manager For Mobile Apps
Google showed off Tag Manager for Mobile Apps at Google I/O earlier this year, but now it’s available so that it will use. Now, you don’t need to wait until you’re able to push an update for your mobile app to make tag-related changes that impact campaigns, a process that simply doesn’t make plenty of sense. As Google Tag Manager product manger Russell Ketchum says, “Mobile Apps pose a novel set of challenges for marketers and developers. On the internet, you may iterate on content and contours in near-real-time and deploy conversion tracking, Remarketing, analytics and other tags to measure the consequences in your users. Apps, then again, are effectively frozen on the point of user install. Making even the slightest change means waiting until your next update makes its way in the course of the various app stores or even then, you can’t be certain all your users will update quickly, if in any respect.” “The surprisingly static nature of Mobile Apps creates significant... Read More »
Amazon Web Services: What’s It Good For?
VMware Vs. Microsoft: 8 Cloud Battle Lines (click image for larger view and for slideshow) There’s an ongoing debate about Amazon Web Services and its place in cloud computing. While much of the initial skepticism has died off — one rarely hears, “What does a bookseller find out about computing?” anymore (aside from from VWware executives) — Amazon still gets damned with faint praise. We still hear: “You have to hand it to Amazon for having prepare an awesome offering. After all , for production applications, IT organizations require enterprise characteristics.” And: “AWS is an incredible resource that’s used lots for test and dev.” The clear implication is that only developers find AWS’s value proposition compelling, and when it comes time for serious computing, those applications shall be hosted internally or placed with an extra sort of hosting provider. Webcasts More >> White Papers More >> Reports More >> The relegation of AWS to the developer ghetto is in no way a given. The perception... Read More »
XML Found To Be Just As Fast As JSON
Since its introduction in 1996, XML has taken the area by storm by providing a very easy to make use of markup language that’s utilized in everything from RSS to office productivity software. Its main competitor – JSON – is usually quoted as being superior thanks to it being faster while using less bandwidth. One engineer has set to prove that inaccurate. David Lee, lead engineer at MarkLogic, has published a paper called “Fat Markup: Trimming the parable One Calorie At A Time.” The paper documents an experiment where he pit XML against JSON in almost 1,200 tests covering 33 different documents across multiple Web browsers and operating systems. The outcomes may surprise you. Upon the realization of the experiment, Lee had found four areas that show XML and JSON are both slaves to outside influences. The 1st conclusion found that the parsing speed changes looking on which parsing technique is used with XML performing better with pure JavaScript while JSON performs betters with query... Read More »
E-Portfolios: From Academia To The Workplace
7 Easy methods to Create E-Portfolios (click image for larger view) E-portfolios have gotten an increasingly important way for college students to point out what they know. But their value doesn’t end after graduation. E-portfolios, which are created in lots of alternative ways — from simple blogging platforms to specifically designed software and services — can assist transition students from academia to different jobs and roles within the workplace. It’s this ability to track a user’s evolution from academic to professional and beyond that led Safiya Noble, a professor on the University of Illinois, to settle on Pathbrite as a learning and representation tool for her students. Webcasts More >> White Papers More >> Reports More >> Noble teaches classes concerned about digital technology. She can be an advocate for using digital technology in education and has always used some sort of electronic environment wherein students can reflect and share and discuss their thoughts. The University of Illinois does offer some e-portfolio options to its... Read More »