Cloud Contracts -- the Devil Is in the Details
Posted by PCWorld
Cloud computing today is no longer a buzzword associated with universities or advanced technology organisations at the bleeding edge of innovation. It is now a mainstream sourcing model that most organisations are looking to as part of their broader IT strategy.
The shift away from building customised systems specifically for organisational requirements is fast approaching. Global financial scenarios are presenting a funding challenge for IT innovation initiatives, transformation projects and ongoing support services.
One of the greatest shifts was demonstrated and highlighted by a US Government White House Paper titled: "25 Point Implementation Plan to Reform Federal Information Technology[...]
Continue ReadingThe shift away from building customised systems specifically for organisational requirements is fast approaching. Global financial scenarios are presenting a funding challenge for IT innovation initiatives, transformation projects and ongoing support services.
One of the greatest shifts was demonstrated and highlighted by a US Government White House Paper titled: "25 Point Implementation Plan to Reform Federal Information Technology[...]
InstaEDU On-Demand Video Tutoring Gets An A+ and $1.1M Seed From The Social+Capital Partnership
Posted by TechCrunch
It’s midnight before your final exam and you need help. Do you know where your tutor is? InstaEDU, says a $1.1 million seed round from former Facebooker Chamath Palihapitiya’s fund The Social+Capital Partnership and several angels. Stumped high school and college students pay InstaEDU by the minute to video chat with tutors from top universities at any hour of the day. InstaEDU will use the seed to grow its team and build critical features like advanced scheduling.Co-founder Alison Johnston was the community manager of on-demand Q&A service Aardvark which was acquired by Google. With plenty of students and their parents happy to pay to get into a great school or job, now she[...]
Continue ReadingKeen On… Big Data: Why UC Berkeley Might Have An Edge Over Stanford [TCTV]
Posted by TechCrunch
Big data is not only hot in the startup world but also in the university. Stanford, with its intimate access to Silicon Valley is most readily associated with the study of big data. But UC Berkeley, the other great university in the Bay Area, is hot on Stanford’s heels in terms of making sense of our new data driven economy. And later this week (May 31-June 1), Berkeley is hosting a conference about big data entitled Data Edge which promises to explore many of the most interesting questions about defining, understanding and extracting value from big data.
Earlier this week, Professor Marti Hearst from Berkeley’s illustrious School of Information came into our San Francisco studio[...]
Continue ReadingEarlier this week, Professor Marti Hearst from Berkeley’s illustrious School of Information came into our San Francisco studio[...]
Want an example of Zynga’s innovation? How about an Instagram feature for FarmVille?
Posted by VentureBeat
Zynga chief executive Mark Pincus insists his company is innovative. They hold hackathons, have reinvented the company several times, and are always trying to invent news ways to keep you amused.
But the company is often accused of being a copycat, “borrowing” hot ideas from other companies shamelessly. So it didn’t help much when, pressed for an example of his company’s innovative ways, the best he could come up with was this:
An Instagram feature for FarmVille.
That’s right, FarmVille fans, you’ll soon be able to take hipster-ish photos of fantasy farms and share them with your friends, just like the massively popular Instagram app.
To be fair, his compa[...]
Continue ReadingBut the company is often accused of being a copycat, “borrowing” hot ideas from other companies shamelessly. So it didn’t help much when, pressed for an example of his company’s innovative ways, the best he could come up with was this:
An Instagram feature for FarmVille.
That’s right, FarmVille fans, you’ll soon be able to take hipster-ish photos of fantasy farms and share them with your friends, just like the massively popular Instagram app.
To be fair, his compa[...]
Staying abreast of the latest bra tech at D10
Posted by VentureBeat
Perhaps misunderstanding what the D in All Things D stands for, online bra-shopping helper True&Co is demoing its product at the annual D10 conference in Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif. today.
As seen at the opening of every infomercial ever, sometimes the simplest tasks are actually quite difficult. Getting fitted for a bra in person, says True&Co, is uncomfortable, and doing it yourself at home is also difficult as “women today may not own a measuring tape.” The co-founders are taking what seems like a very analog problem and attempting to solve it Silicon Valley style: with code.
When you go to the site, which is launching today, you fill out a two-minute quiz about your b[...]
Continue ReadingAs seen at the opening of every infomercial ever, sometimes the simplest tasks are actually quite difficult. Getting fitted for a bra in person, says True&Co, is uncomfortable, and doing it yourself at home is also difficult as “women today may not own a measuring tape.” The co-founders are taking what seems like a very analog problem and attempting to solve it Silicon Valley style: with code.
When you go to the site, which is launching today, you fill out a two-minute quiz about your b[...]
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