Today, the US Library of Congress announced that it acquired the entire Twitter public archive going back to March 2006. At over 50,000 tweets per day, that accounts for billions of tweets. http://www.loc.gov/tweet/how-tweet-it-is.html The announcement creates a number of considerations.…
Author: Tim M. Crawford
Tim Crawford is ranked as one of the top most influential CIOs. Tim is a transformational CIO with broad experience that takes a provocative, but pragmatic approach to the intersection of business and technology.
Tim has served as CIO and other senior IT leadership roles with global organizations such as Konica Minolta/ All Covered, Stanford University, Knight-Ridder, Philips Electronics and National Semiconductor. Tim is also host of the CIO In The Know podcast.
U.S SEC Views on Disclosure Bring Focus to Carbon Impact
Recently, the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) offered both a view and a reminder on release of data related to climate change impact. The interpretation is located at: http://www.sec.gov/rules/interp/2010/33-9106.pdf For businesses, this means a greater focus on carbon impact…
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Important Cloud Computing Aspects for CIOs
In late 2009, I had the pleasure of joining Jim Swartz, CIO of Sybase in a “Meet the Press” type of interview format. VMware hosted the interview for broadcast on CIO.com. The webcast is available on CIO.com’s website at: http://www.cio.com/webcast/512880/Important_Cloud_Computing_Aspects_for_CIOs
2010 Cloud Computing and Data Center Events
I've posted a list of 2010 cloud computing and data center events. http://avoa.com/events/ I will update these from time to time. If you see an error or know of another event, please contact me with the details.
Stepping on the Threshold of a New Decade
As we prepare to celebrate the start of a new year I can’t help but look back on the past 10 years and contemplate what the next year (and decade) has to offer. Many will not miss 2009, but the…
Reducing Carbon Footprint in Data Centers
The reduction in carbon footprint is starting to take hold with some companies. Carbon footprint is the measurement of greenhouse gasses (GHG) emitted. As we consider the impact on greenhouse gasses the environment, carbon footprint becomes a clear target. A…
Cloud Computing Bootcamp Nov 2009 Slides
These are copies of the slides from Cloud Bootcamp held at Cloud Computing Expo in Santa Clara, CA November 2009. Tim Crawford: Introduction Glenn Brunette (Sun): Cloud Security Kevin Noonan (Push2Cloud): Google App Engine Jason Christensen (jasonc411): Cloud Computing Mobile
IT’s Hard Pill to Swallow
In recent weeks, folks have suggested that cloud computing will cause the demise of the IT department. From an apocalyptical viewpoint, one could see this future. Others take a perspective of denial. The truth lies somewhere between…and unfortunately trending negative.…
Canada as Major Cloud Provider for North America
Recently, Canada's CTO Jirka Danek gave a speech where he highlighted the opportunities in cloud and green IT for Canada. Bill St. Arnaud's blog carried the details. The arguments for Canada include: Well positioned to become a world leader in…
Microsoft Sidekick Data Loss Not a Blow to Cloud
Stemming from the Microsoft Sidekick Data Loss event, some are highlighting the dangers of cloud computing. Of course there is also the contrarian view too. But the truth lies somewhere in the middle. Is cloud computing dangerous? As with many things,…