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Introducing the AO/Technorati Open Media 100

Introducing the AO/Technorati Open Media 100

AlwaysOn and Technorati are pleased to present the first annual "Open Media 100,"  the power list of bloggers, social networkers, tool smiths, and investors leading the Open Media Revolution. If you fancy Vanity Fair's  annual New Establishment list of the media and IT titans who matter (like we didn't already know), you might think of the Open Media 100  as the new,  new establishment - people you may not know but probably should.

Bee at the Laundry

It seems one of the best ways to generate buzz is to choose a "fruity" name and make a point about not trying to create it!  Such is the current wave of commentary over 24 hour laundry, for example:

 

Stealth Start-Ups Suck

Stealth is Old Skool

24 Hour Laundry: Yeah, They Are Nice People 

 

While most of this is negative, at the end of the day, the stratergy seems to have worked perfectly, no?

 

Intel shifted the majority of its Pentium 4 processors to 64-bit capability

From ExtremeTech:

Intel shifted the majority of its Pentium 4 processors to 64-bit capability over the weekend...

 

For those who are not up to play on 64 bit in the Wintel space, the general message is:

• x86 32bit - is to become legacy


• x86 64bit - is to become the new mainstream


• Itanium II - Is to retain it's position of high end

LINK: Oracle Seeks to Woo SAP Users with License Exchange Deal

From EWeek:

After a relatively quiet stretch from its applications division, Oracle Corp. is again baring its teeth. The company announced Tuesday evening a new program to lure SAP AG users over to its E-Business Suite.

Dubbed OFF SAP (Oracle Fusion for SAP) the program offers SAP R/3 users up to 100 percent license credit to switch from SAP to Oracle applications.

LINK: New legislation proposes awarding a half billion dollars a year for health IT

From CIO insight:

New legislation proposes awarding a half billion dollars a year for health IT—half in grants, half in loans.

The bill was introduced Monday by Sen. Christopher Dodd, D-Conn., and would allocate funds from 2006 to 2011. Additional legislation written jointly by Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, M.D., R-Tenn., and Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, D-N.Y., to promote the development of regional health information networks is expected later this month.

Technorati Profile

Technorati Profile

Business Week Tech Top 100

Business Week has published its annual Top 100 Technology company list:

http://www.businessweek.com/pdfs/2005/05_25_it100.pdf

Interesting to see Telecom New Zealand @# 49.  I am not sure they don't fit the "near monopoly" exclusion cause, but they certainly are responding well to competition and don't have the lethargic monolith feel of other ex/semi goverment telco's.

Understanding Microsoft Integration Technologies

This is the first (of many) whitepapers on choosing the appropriate Microsoft integration technologies.  This is a high level summary, but at least sets some direction in what is currently a sea of fog.

This whitepaper is a collaborative effort between members of the MSMQ, "Indigo", SQL SSIS, SQL SSB, SQL Replication, Host Integration Server and BizTalk Server teams.  The whitepaper describes the core use-cases for these technologies and when to use which technology.

http://www.msnusers.com/biztalkserverstuff/Documents/Understanding%20MS%20Integration%20Technologies,%201.0.doc

SQL Server 2005 Release Date

Microsoft has announced the week of the 7th of November as the release date of the next version of SQL Server, which is shaping up to be as significant release as SQL Server 7.0.  The credibility and industry confidence in SQL Server 2000 is massive, so there is lot on stake.

http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/misc/06-07flessner-teched05.mspx

Life in Redmond, compared to Wellington

Paul Andrew from Microsoft has recently relocated from Wellington, New Zealand to Redmond to join the BizTalk team.  Paul is a great guy and I wish him the best of luck.

http://blogs.msdn.com/pandrew/archive/2005/06/01/424078.aspx