3 Dot Friday…

Started reading Blink the other day… Through the first 4 chapters and still waiting for this “eureka”moment to hit… I get it that we can make very accurate decisions without 12 months of analysis… But still waiting for something other than, what to this point, are somewhat weak analogies…  Should I keep reading, or is [...]

Cloud(y) Skies…

Interesting in that a previous discussion I had on cloud computing availability ties directly to one particular problem with it.  Apparently a lightening strike knocked out Amazon’s cloud services (Elastic Compute Cloud).  The system was down for about 7 hours.  7 hours?  That might seem inconsequential, but to a manufacturer… can you afford to shut [...]

Bing… and its Daily “Views”

Google has always had some fun with its name on various days of importance (Earth Day, Christmas, etc.).  Most  are relevant and amusing.    Bing has taken it a step further.  Images that relate to the actual day.  Today (image of Omaha Beach)… D Day anniversary… of some of the greatest American heroes…  Google on [...]

My Decreas… (I mean) Increasing Microsoft Footprint

Going through a couple of old drafts for this blog I noticed one in particular titled “My Decreasing Microsoft Footprint”.  I had to chuckle at that one (from around a year ago) based on my technology footprint today.  One year ago, I was testing Google Docs, listening to my iPod, utilizing Evernote, Google search etc.  [...]

SCM in the Cloud

Managing Automation just reported on what is believed to be the first SCM vendor to move to a cloud based offering.  Like many others, I am intrigued (but not yet sold) with cloud computing.  So, I read with interest about Amitive bringing Unity 5.0 to the cloud (for forecasting, inventories, etc).  At first glance, their [...]

Wow… Wolfram Alpha…

Got a chance to take a quick peek at the new search engine Wolfram Alpha.  I have to say, that I’m very impressed with its present capabilities… yet left wondering about its future.
True to their messages prior to launch, it is driven by a strong mathematics/scientific foundation.  A number of tests I ran came back [...]