A Review of Cloud Computing Security: Virtualization, Side-Channel Attacks, and Management
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Showing posts with label management. Show all posts
Showing posts with label management. Show all posts
Wednesday, September 28, 2011
A Review Of Cloud Computing Security: Virtualization, Side-channel Attacks, And Management
In recent years cloud computing has become a growing interest for organizations looking to reduce their IT costs by offloading infrastructure and software costs onto 3rd party organizations who offer Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) (e.g. Google Apps), Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS) (e.g. Google App Engine), and Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) (e.g. Amazon EC2). However, due to the relative infancy of cloud based computing services, there exists uncertainty about the level of information security offered by these services. IaaS cloud services are largely reliant on virtualization technology, which is seen as providing all the security and process isolation a customer might want.
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Friday, May 27, 2011
This Is The Best "Poo Management" App We've Seen So Far
Baby Manager is a new iPhone app that helps you with a newborn child.
It lets you log everything, like feedings, and see stats on your child.
Our two favorite features, however?
Diaper Challenge, which lets you time yourself when changing a diaper, and Poo Management to log when the baby fills her/his diapers.
Poo Management. Welcome to parenting!
In any case, it seems pretty neat and useful.
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This Is The Best "Poo Management" App We've Seen So Far
Monday, January 24, 2011
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Wednesday, December 1, 2010
Public Data Explorer: Google Added Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
Google recently added the "Office of Management and Budget" to its Public Data Explorer.
Public Data Explorer: Google Added Office of Management and Budget (OMB)
Backlink: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/DTWB/~3/Yst8BkR1GFs/
Monday, November 29, 2010
Event Management made easier with Eventzilla
A recent and a more general web surfing activity of mine lead me into encountering a unique, quick & simple, and a very inexpensive online start-up firm named Eventzilla. I say unique, because it is a service that was never before thought of and one which could help event management firms save a lot of time. I say, quick & simple because unlike other online services, this website enables event organizers to take very little lead time and complications in availing event management solutions. I say, very inexpensive because there are very few or no online services existing that cost as reasonable as Eventzilla.
Event Management made easier with Eventzilla
Backlink: http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/brajeshwar/~3/uhgq1W16pDk/
Friday, November 26, 2010
Comment on How to Make People Management Software More Human by Gordon Ross
Well said Daniel. Geoffrey Moore at E2.0 in Santa Clara summed it up nicely by saying that we're not talking about systems of record, but rather systems of engagement. Nice expression that furthers the thought around social software.
Comment on How to Make People Management Software More Human by Gordon Ross
Saturday, November 20, 2010
Geosoft introduces packaged solution for Geophysical Information Management
Targets organization, validation and distribution of large geophysical grids and survey data
November 12, 2010 - Geosoft has introduced a packaged solution for Geophysical Exploration Information Management. The geophysical Exploration Information Management Solution (EIMS) bundles Geosoft professional services, that leverage the company’s experience with geophysical workflows, and its DAP Server technology, which is designed to organize and distribute large geophysical and exploration datasets, into one packaged solution that can be scaled to government agencies and exploration companies of all sizes.
The Geosoft solution enables organizations to catalogue their geophysical data within a DAP server environment that enables data validation, quality assurance and metadata entry for data management, and handles tasks like re-projection of data for efficient project use. Once the DAP data repository is validated and organized, the Geosoft EIMS solution provides efficient and global access to data through spatial search technologies.
“With our targeted Geophysical EIMS solution, we identified an opportunity to do what we do best at Geosoft,” says Steve Randall, Product Director with Geosoft. “We’re applying our in-depth expertise in geophysics, and technology that we’ve optimized to handle large geophysical grids and survey data, to help customers tackle one of their most challenging exploration data problems.”
Officially launched in 2007, as a service and software business solution, there are now 48 deployments of Geosoft EIMS solutions and DAP server worldwide. Implementations have been within international Government Surveys, mandated to publish and increase access to exploration data for industry use, and with large Oil and Mineral exploration companies motivated to free their exploration teams to focus on discovery rather than hunting down data resources.
“The value and benefits of improving data management systems and practices have been best articulated by our clients,” says Randall. “The bottom line is providing access to information and insight for global teams to develop exploration programs and increase discovery success.”
An article on Barrick Gold’s deployment of a Geophysical EIMS solution in Elko, Nevada appears in this month’s Earth Explorer magazine – Optimizing Geophysical Data Management.
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About Geosoft – www.geosoft.com
Since 1986, Geosoft has empowered earth explorers to make discoveries through geospatial data. Geosoft provides market-leading software and GIS solutions for mapping and modelling the Earth’s subsurface, and for managing large exploration datasets. With offices across five continents, and a network of international business partners, Geosoft serves over 5,000 clients within exploration industries, government and the earth sciences, including the most successful oil and mineral explorers in the world. Geosoft has been ranked as a Top 250 Technology Company, and one of the Ten Best Workplaces in Canada.
Sunday, October 31, 2010
Azavea Creates PhillyStormwater.org for Phila New Green Stormwater Management Prg
Azavea Creates the PhillyStormwater.org Web-Based System to Support the Philadelphia Water Department’s New Green Stormwater Management Program
Philadelphia, PA, October 29, 2010 -
Azavea (formerly Avencia), an award-winning Geographic Information Systems (GIS) software design and development firm, announces the launch of PhillyStormwater.org, a public web Stormwater Billing application (http://PhillyStormwater.org/) for the Philadelphia Water Department (PWD). The application supports the City of Philadelphia’s new parcel-based stormwater billing program.
On July 1, 2010, the City of Philadelphia flipped the switch on a new approach to assessing stormwater management fees that has been under development for over 15 years. As a consequence, a new billing system is now in place. Under the new billing methodology, which will gradually be phased in over the next 3 years, non-residential property owners will be charged for stormwater based on the total area of their property and the amount of impervious surfaces on their property, rather than being based on the amount of water they use. The Phillystormwater.org system, developed by Azavea, enables property owners to understand how PWD calculates their new stormwater charges, detailing how each component of the stormwater charge was calculated, how it will be phased in over time, and what steps the property owner can take to reduce their charges through a credits program for each onsite water management practice they decide to implement. The application enables property owners to visualize their property in a high resolution aerial photography and display the following data:
- Impervious area of their property
- Gross area of their property
- PWD account information
- Credits associated with the account
- Charge summary from FY 2011 to FY 2014
Customers who want to dispute the gross area or impervious area of their parcel can submit appeals, which are researched and in turn, managed by the PDW staff members through the PhillyStormwater.org application.
Why is the City of Philadelphia’s new stormwater management program such a significant move and why can it be qualified as “green”? As a city grows and its open spaces are covered with concrete, asphalt and rooftops, stormwater that might have once been naturally filtered and absorbed by vegetation and soil is collected by the municipal stormwater system. In many older cities, the stormwater and the sanitary sewer are combined into a single system. When there is a storm event, the system outstrips the filtering capacity and the extra runoff overflows into the rivers, creating significant environmental and health impacts. The more impervious surface -- parking lots, sidewalks and roofs – the more rapidly and frequently the runoff will result in a combined sewer overflow (CSO) event. Most municipalities remediate this issue by building more and larger infrastructure, but for a city the age and size of Philadelphia, this would carry a very large price tag. The Philadelphia Water Department has decided to implement a billing system that aims to encourage property owners to use onsite green management practices such as retention basins, trees, green roofs and porous pavement in order to both reduce the amount of impervious pavement and use soil and vegetation to filter the water. They hope this new approach will be more environmentally-friendly, lower cost, and easier to manage. In addition, PWD has also created a program of credits that incentivize owners to retrofit their properties with onsite stormwater management practices, thus reducing their stormwater fees.
Philadelphia’s approach is not unique -- Portland, Oregon has implemented a similar sustainable stormwater management system -- but Philadelphia’s program is the largest and most ambitious green stormwater management program in the country. By 2029, PWD plans to replace at least one third of the City's impervious surfaces with green stormwater infrastructure. Already a national leader in the design and construction of green roofs and other urban sustainability practices, the new program is part of Philadelphia’s Greenworks Program, an ambitious plan to transform Philadelphia into the greenest city in the U.S. By committing the city to managing stormwater with green infrastructure, PWD also aims to increase recreational opportunities, provide jobs, and improve air quality.
“As a B Corporation, we seek out projects that use GIS technology to deliver both new services and social value. Azavea does work all over the United States, but it’s thrilling when we can make a contribution to a project in our hometown, Philadelphia, that is setting the standard for innovative ways to better manage our ecosystem,” says Robert Cheetham, Azavea President and CEO.
Representatives of Azavea and the PWD will be presenting PhillyStormwater.org at the next American Water Resources Association (AWRA) conference in Philadelphia from Nov.1 – Nov.4
About Azavea
Azavea is an award-winning geospatial analysis (GIS) software development firm specializing in the creation of location-based web and mobile solutions, as well as geospatial analysis services to enhance decision-making. Azavea is committed to working on projects with a strong social value component in order to promote the emergence of more dynamic, vibrant, and sustainable communities. Each of Azavea’s projects, products and pro bono engagements showcases this commitment. Azavea is a certified B Corporation. For more information, visit www.azavea.com
If you would like more information about Azavea or to schedule an interview with Robert Cheetham, Azavea’s CEO and President, please contact Abby Fretz at (215) 701 – 7503 or e-mail This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it
About the Philadelphia Water Department and Water Department Bureau
The Philadelphia Water Department and Water Revenue Bureau serve the Greater Philadelphia region by providing integrated water, wastewater, and stormwater services. The utility's primary mission is to plan for, operate, and maintain both the infrastructure and the organization necessary to purvey high quality drinking water, to provide an adequate and reliable water supply for all household, commercial, and community needs, and to sustain and enhance the region's watersheds and quality of life by managing wastewater and stormwater effectively. For more information, visit http://www.phila.gov/water/
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