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Kin Lane

Recomendations for Government Transparency

I used up all my mojo on my last post, and really can't write much on this topic right now, but I have to at least share this posting I found tonight: Recovery Recommendations From I School Faculty Sent to the US Government It is the best recommendation I have read regarding how to change the Government and spend some recovery / stimulus money. I will write more about it later, ...
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GUI for Amazon SimpleDB

I really love the Amazon SimpleDB tool. The concept is great. Many of the web applications I build use only very basic database functionality. I have come across many companies that use SQL Server and pay the license but they only use 10% of the functionality. They use it for Simple Storage. So I have really advocated for the movement to Read more →
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Evolving Our Government

Lately I am very interested in the Government usage of social media and cloud computing (SaaS, IaaS, and PaaS<...
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Doing One Thing Well - Web Site Sharing

I am always talking about how many software and service providers out there should really focus on doing one thing and doing it very well. This is a personal goal of mine as well. I cam across another web service this evening that I would put into that category. It is called ShareThis. The provide web site sharing tools that are plug and play. They also provide advanced tools like API, Reporting and more. Very well...
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Cloud Computing Opportunities

I have been spending time researching different aspects of cloud computing and opportunities out there to evangelize about it. I was researching Recovery money going to the National Science Foundation. As of today it isn't flowing quite yet. Then I got curious of other project funding opportunities there are with the National Sc...
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SaaS and the Future

Was reading this post on, 90% of SaaS companies and Most I.T. Major Players will not exist in present form by recession's end. I really can't speak to how much the recession and current economic crisis will affect <...
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Open Platform for Your Small Business

Reading various posts about application development platforms for IPhone, Blackberry, Vodafone, Android and many others. Being a big fan of Wikinomics, Crowdsourcing and all those visionary 2.0...
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Mobile Phone Applications, Directories and Platforms

I was just reading about Research in Montion and their innovation in Fast Company and about their applicaiton directory in Business Week. I was also reading about Vodafone in Business Week. ...
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Mobile Application Platform Development

IPhone applications are a success, no arguement here. With this success there are a lot of of mobile providers mimicking this. We saw the recent release of the Blackberry application directory and we see other mobile carriers talking of the same. Having a platform dev...
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Financial Gains of Cloud Computing

I read probably 10-20 articles daily about the cost savings of cloud computing. So many of them. This is definitely an area of consideration when making the migration to the cloud for your business. However I would like to see more analysts talk about the efficiency gains regarding performance and generally meeting the demands of your customers. There are a lot of savings and improvements in this area. This is the biggest area of benefit I see for companies after making the mi...
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Finally caught up on inbox...

Was able to find a couple hours today to read everything in my inbox regarding my cloud computing research. Thanks for those of you who responded and are getting involved. It was a busy week for me preparing for the SAP Sapphire event in
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Data Center Preparedness

I have talked before about data centers supporting the cloud and green data center construction strategies. I have heard comments on the amount of data center infrastructure we have is adequate for the next round of cloud growth. I tend to be an optimist, but I thi...
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Cloud Computing Migration as Part of your Marketing

I am encountering many companies that are putting together their cloud computing migration strategy for either their entire company or for specific programs. I see several companies posting comments and questions about this process which creates some transparency of their activities. I feel strongly that any company seeking to migrate their small or medium sized business to the cloud should do so in a very transparent way as possible. They can ask questions of the profession cloud com...
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Cloud Computing for the Government

I am conducting my cloud computing research and specifically focusing on: United States Federal Government Education, Adoption, and Usage of Cloud Computing United States State Government Education, Adoption, and Usage of Cloud Computing <...
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JavaScript Array Size Limitation

I was just working on an EXTJS datarid and it wouldn't appear in Chrome no matter what I did.
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Ubiquitous Oriented Architecture (UOA)

I have been working real hard for the last couple of months to design a solid base for my companies architecture. I was seeing a new theme to my architecture planning, and as a typical geek I have to give this some name and / or achronym. So I came up with Ubiquitous Oriented Architecture (UOA). I want one platform for delivering our data using web services to any platform possible. I want to deliver event management and marketing tools through whatever channel the user wants ...
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Software QA in the Clouds Using SkyTap

So I have been test driving a new cloud platform or tool every couple days as I have time. I took a test drive and demo of SkyTap last week. I wrote down some notes on it, but will be pr...
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Multi-Tenancy Definition and Overview in the Clouds

So I was laying down by the river today in the sun and had a set of initial thoughts around defining and quantifying my tenancy within the cloud. I really want to see my presence more defined so I have a better understanding and control. Here are some initial thoughts. So my presence in the cloud usually is going to reside in a tenancy slot at on or more data centers, without getting too technical. Depending on the size and importance of my company or presence my tenancy will ...
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Government Adoption in the Cloud

A recent post called, How Cloud Computing is transforming global business really spoke to me. It was a very clear list of important factors on how Cloud Computing is transforming business. I would like to take the time and analyze each point in the post:
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Google's is Creating a Very Robust Cloud Platform

I have been playing around with some research on cloud computing lately. I am using the Google Platform as a base to store and present all the data. I used Google as a Platform when I was doing my social media marketing business. It gave me a ready to go platform to collaborate on without building something from scratch. I am enjoying trying to retrofit it to ...
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Taxes in the Cloud

I am last minute e-filing my taxes because my accountant just told me my extension was denied cause they say someone already filed using my SSN? Whole other issue. So I am working using an online software and it is pretty slow, but that expected because its 4/15. So I ask myself....are they scaling their infrastructure in the clouds?
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My Data in the US or EU Cloud

I was sitting in a pub last night drinking a beer and organizing my home photos so I could share with my ex-wife. I was uploading images in various zipped folders into different buckets in my Amazon S3 storage in the cloud. I was also uploading various zipped folders from my web application development businesss I ran for 8 years. All the project, accounting and business inf...
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Information on the Multi-Tenancy of Cloud Computing

Came across a nice overview of a core element of Cloud Computing, multi-tenancy. It is a good read, I recommend it.
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Google Doc Access Integration with Google Checkout

I am going through my notes of blog ideas from the last couple of weeks and getting a few things out of the way. I have been coding for a while and need to blog. And since I am talking about Google features I want, I have another request. I am using the Google Platform for a research project on cloud computing in my spare time. I am storing my research in Google Docs and organizing my research using...
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Google Contacts Feature Suggestion

I have had my Gmail account since the early days. I begged people to give me invites and finally got one. Ohhhh the early days. So my contact list is pretty large, and now that Google has expanded it beyond just a list of email addresses into an actual contact management system. It is pretty simple, but you can actually do a lot with it. I have been working to clean up my contact system and really start using it as a CRM. I really like that I can see the conversation history o...
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