Cloud usage patterns

Recently on all our projects, I am seeing a trend in Cloud usage that conforms with the below article:

http://research.gigaom.com/2013/11/three-emerging-cloud-computing-trends-for-2014/

Cloud data integration and loading has been a consistent theme in the last 3 months and have a solid roadmap for the next year. This is an area which will see a lot of action but does not have enough governance and best practices defined at this point in time.

Storm

I recently tried Storm (http://storm.incubator.apache.org/), a very nice distributed realtime computation system. Use cases for Storm include  realtime analytics, online machine learning, continuous computation, distributed RPC and ETL. I was impressed with the way it could do analysis of data streams in complex ways and get results..

Article: Here’s everything you need to know about the Heartbleed web security flaw

A newly found issue that could affect 2/3rd of the internet transactions using SSL
Here's everything you need to know about the Heartbleed web security flaw
http://gigaom.com/2014/04/08/heres-everything-you-need-to-know-about-the-heartbleed-web-security-flaw/

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How GOOG picks its people

A nice article on how GOOG picks the best talent that really differentiates it from the rest in the industry.
Some of these traits are seemingly contradictory but it is very much possible to have them in the same person. How we get them combined in the same person is an interesting case study.

http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikaandersen/2014/04/07/how-google-picks-new-employees-hint-its-not-about-your-degree/

Article: Meet Philadelphia's Top IT Pros

Congrats to LiquidHub CTO Rajul Rana for being named in Philly Top IT professional. 
Meet Philadelphia's Top IT Pros
http://www.bizjournals.com/philadelphia/news/2014/03/24/meet-philadelphias-top-it-pros.html

What it takes...

It is becoming increasingly important in this day and age to be able to unlearn and relearn newer techniques at a rapid pace. Contrary to the older belief that GPA and percentages were barometers for success, a new approach is to measure how quickly a person learns new items. The below article explains some of the points in details

http://www.linkedin.com/today/post/article/20140313201538-281874400-what-thomas-l-friedman-didn-t-report-about-getting-hired-by-google

Article: Pebble Opens Its Appstore For Android And Unveils Some Cool New Apps

The Pebble Appstore now features new Android app. The killer Mercedes car application alerts for vibrations, car limits and other location based warnings..
Pebble Opens Its Appstore For Android And Unveils Some Cool New Apps
http://readwrite.com/2014/03/08/pebble-appstore-androids-apps#awesm=~oxWxYRMBdGT4WX

Article: Apple's CarPlay: What You Need to Know

Apple introduces one more angle into the IoT strategy through auto based CarPlay. With so many players in the market, interesting to see how IOS carves itself a niche.
Apple's CarPlay: What You Need to Know
http://mashable.com/2014/03/03/apple-carplay-need-to-know/

Article: Facebook May Use Drones to Provide Worldwide Internet

Facebook possibly jumping on the drones bandwagon this time to provide worldwide internet.
Facebook May Use Drones to Provide Worldwide Internet
http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/facebook-drones-provide-worldwide-internet/story?id=22775018

Article: Blippar's Google Glass App Recognizes Objects, Makes Them Interactive

As the world gets ready to augmented reality becoming mainstream, this application from Blippar helps explore possible applications.
Blippar's Google Glass App Recognizes Objects, Makes Them Interactive
http://www.fastcompany.com/3026945/fast-feed/blippars-google-glass-app-makes-everyday-objects-interactive?partner=rss

Article: Twitter's Crashlytics Helps App Developers Abandoned By Apple

Some help to developers in analyzing app crash scenarios...
Twitter's Crashlytics Helps App Developers Abandoned By Apple
http://readwrite.com/2014/02/27/twitter-crashlytics-beta-distribution-tool-ios-android

Article: The Dawn of the Age of Artificial Intelligence

While a lot of expectations were on AI for the longest time since 2000, it is only now that we are really seeing the applications of this promising technology. 

The Dawn of the Age of Artificial Intelligence
http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2014/02/the-dawn-of-the-age-of-artificial-intelligence/283730/

Article: The 'Internet Of Things' Will Be Bigger Than The Smartphone, Tablet, And PC Markets Combined

There continues to be a lot of buzz around the internet of things. A report outlining the potential for such applications in the tech world talks about taking things to a different level since it could be more than both mobile and PC combined...

The 'Internet Of Things' Will Be Bigger Than The Smartphone, Tablet, And PC Markets Combined
http://www.businessinsider.com/growth-in-the-internet-of-things-market-2-2014-2

BitCoin

As the bubble around the Bitcoin phenomena grows, some really good reading articles that debates why this "Platform" could go despite the validity of the actual eCurrency...

http://thenextweb.com/insider/2014/02/15/bitcoin-platform-currency/1/

http://dealbook.nytimes.com/2014/01/21/why-bitcoin-matters/?_php=true&_type=blogs&_r=0

Article: Nokia teases mystery Windows Phone announcement

Wonder what is up the big M's sleave this time...
Nokia teases mystery Windows Phone announcement
http://www.theverge.com/2014/2/7/5390502/nokia-teases-mystery-windows-phone-announcement

How Gamification and Big Data are Driving Business Today

Some really good insights with numbers about how Gamification is helping companies increase their bottom line

http://blogs.salesforce.com/company/2014/01/gamification-big-data-gp.html?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+blogs%2FRtdE+%28Salesforce+Blog%29

Automatic’s Smart Driving Assistant Can Now Turn Your Car Into An iBeacon

http://techcrunch.com/2014/01/28/automatic-ibeacon/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+Techcrunch+%28TechCrunch%29

Wearable Lens War

For those who have been following the recent announcement from Google about the Lens that will help detect Glucose levels, a boon for Diabetic patients, there is another article from Microsoft claiming a similar research that started almost 3 yrs back.

The following post is from Desney Tan, a Principal Researcher at Microsoft Research. Tan manages the Computational User Experiences group in Redmond, Wash.

http://blogs.technet.com/b/microsoft_blog/archive/2014/01/17/smart-contact-lenses-emerge-from-basic-research.aspx

Article: Wearable technology set to take the workplace by storm

Some applications of wearable technologies in the workplace in 2014..
Wearable technology set to take the workplace by storm
http://gigaom.com/2014/01/05/wearable-technology-set-to-take-the-workplace-by-storm/

Article: What to Expect at CES 2014

With the consumer electronic show right around the corner, some cool anticipatory ideas around what to expect...

What to Expect at CES 2014
http://thenextweb.com/gadgets/2014/01/05/expect-ces-2014/