AlwaysOn 2010: Staying on the Cutting Edge
Posted under Bay Area, Business, Cloud Computing, Developers, Media, Mobile, Music, SAAS, Start Ups on Wednesday, 11 August 2010 by Janice Williams Oliver
Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner says the recovery is upon us while Paul Krugman feels “this looks like a third depression”. Under the haze of “there is no more disputing it: the economic recovery in the United States has indeed slowed” and “consumer sentiment has tumbled in...
Hadoop? No SQL Movement? Are we seeing an Analytics Revolution?
Posted under Bay Area, Business, Cloud Computing, Coding, Crowd Sourcing, Developers, Facebook, Networking, Social Media, Software Development, Start Ups, Twitter, Uncategorized, web2.0 on Thursday, 15 April 2010 by Janice Williams Oliver
How are analytics changing the way we do business? This was the theme for SD Forum’s The Analytics Revolution Conference at Microsoft in Mountain View, CA. Because of the plethora of data available on the web via email or social media, understanding the consumer has gone to new levels,...
Greentech Media’s The Networked Grid Conference
Posted under Bay Area, Business, Green, Start Ups on Wednesday, 11 November 2009 by Janice Williams Oliver
The Electric Power Research Institute’s (EPRI) Erfan Ibrahim said, "the rumor is that the grid is antiquated – that rumor is coming out of Silicon Valley and it's not true. Our grid has already been made intelligent, the challenge is we don't have a way of internetworking these nodes; we need...
Carbonflow™…The Salesforce.com for Carbon Offset Transactions
Posted under Bay Area, Business, Green, Launches on Thursday, 29 October 2009 by Janice Williams Oliver
“The World Bank, says Neal Dikeman, co-founder/CEO and Chairman of the Board for Carbonflow™, reports approximately $126 billion dollars in carbon offset transactions have occurred, of that only $500 million were in the USA.” Carbon offset trading is very active internationally and at some...
Greentech has it Goin On! 2009 AlwaysOn GoingGreen Conference
There are three ghosts that speak to R. James Woolsey, former Director of the CIA and expert on energy security; they are John Muir, General Patton and Gandhi. His point being, the conservationist, soldier and humanitarian all need to be (and can coexist) at the table when considering how to...
How Green are your Street Lights?
Posted under Green on Thursday, 17 September 2009 by Janice Williams Oliver
“Lots of opportunity to introduce new solutions within the LED lighting category” says Robert Koenig, Program Director of Outdoor Lighting for the Clinton Climate Initiative.
“The William J. Clinton Foundation launched the Clinton Climate Initiative (CCI) to create and advance...
Leading the Way: The Clinton Climate Initiative
Posted under Green on Saturday, 12 September 2009 by Janice Williams Oliver
“The William J. Clinton Foundation focuses on worldwide issues that demand urgent action, solutions, and measurable results. They have created programming to address global climate change, HIV/AIDS in the developing world, childhood obesity and economic opportunity in the United States...
Serious Materials Smashes the Status Quo
Wikipedia says the New Industrial Revolution is characterized by merging traditionally contradictory disciplines: environmental sustainability and economic competitiveness. Serious Materials has achieved both. Kevin Surace, CEO and President says, “You cannot build green for green’s sake....
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