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Harness Big Data with Google BigQuery

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Google’s service called BigQuery allows you to run SQL-like queries against large datasets on a subscription basis. These days, even the smallest of enterprises have amassed terabytes-if not petabytes-of data storage. Additionally, services like YouTube and Twitter are said to surpass terabytes of data daily. There is no doubt about it; we are in the age of “big data”. So the question arises, how are we to scan these vast heaps of information without experiencing the performance degradation noticed with relational database servers (mostly due to their propensity to preserve a relational structure, or attain what is known as  normalization )? Google BigQuery is essentially an on-demand big data storage and querying service. One can store as much data as he/she feels necessary, and only have to pay for what he/she uses (to the extent of certain storage limits). Furthermore, one can scale his/her data to the amount of hundreds of terabytes of data, with no additional manageme

Online Engagement: Promising Practices

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The fact that Internet is one of the most powerful organizing tools in human history is both thrilling and vexing to audience engagement practitioners - public, students or any other. Creating an effective conditions for bringing audience and holding them in fruitful participation is a challenge.  In this Promising Practices in Online Engagement some of the issues are discussed and insights are provided. A recommended reading for any one interested in online audiences. 

Outsourcing to India Creates Jobs in US

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So the next time you hear someone discoursing on the horrors of outsourcing it may be a good idea to dig just a little deeper than sound bites on the evening news to find out exactly what is going on. Here is the evidence  Infosys  a datacenter operator and service provider based in India, is the recipient of an IT outsourcing deal with American icon  Harley-Davidson , which will result in the loss of125 jobs, including 83 jobs at Harley’s Wisconsin headquarters. To some this will make it yet another story of American jobs lost to offshore outsourcing.  But like many things that seem obvious, the issue isn’t that simple. Though an Indian company, Infosys is committed to the US market and has a large presence in the US. They have 16 existing US facilities and, in 2012, hired over 1200 people to staff those facilities here (and have stated that they expect to expand to 2000 by the end of the year). The contract with Harley requires that they open a facility in Milwaukee, which w

Woman of Substance: Marissa Mayer Joins Yahoo as Leader

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Google's first female engineer, Marissa Mayer, has made a career out of bucking expectations -- and she did so once again on Monday by announcing she will leave Google to be the new CEO of Yahoo, the struggling company that once was Google's main competitor. Mayer, sometimes referred to as the "Googirl," certainly has charted her own course, often weaving seemingly disparate worlds and interests together.  At Google, Mayer was responsible for overseeing the launch of some of the company's most iconic products, including Gmail, Google Maps and iGoogle. She earned a degree in computer science.  In 1999, during her interview for a job at the company, Google co-founders  Larry Page and Sergey Brin reportedly asked her : "How would you write a spell-check program when you have a vocabulary so big it won't fit in a computer?" She became a product manager at the young start-up after turning down a teaching job at Carnegie Mellon University. More o

Be discrete on networks for a lamhe's (moment) lapse may cost you entire life's goal

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Use discretion in everything you do on the internet for a lamhe's (moment) lapse may cost you entire life's goal Temptation to tweet has attracted a ban on Greek athlete costing her life long dream of winning a me dal in Olympics. Voula Papachristou's tweet mocking immigrant population in her country has made authorities to ban her from the game thus denied a possible " 15 seconds" of fame. So ensure that while on the net , u exercise adequate caution on what you post and what u paste

Networked Society is a new social order and demands new standards of social engagement

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This is part of my professional mission " making my students web- savvy"  Networks represent a new world order. As indicated else where my professional mission is " making my students web- savvy"- meaning preparing them for successful and thoughtful self-conducting on cyberspace which will be home of profession and more.  To be successful or even to survive on the network we must cultivate certain ways of conducting ourselves.  we must remember that  We are human, so   netiquette is human . The human condition is positive, caring, and thoughtful. People are good. Positive comments and heart warming stories are part of the human condition. Knowing how to criticize someone in cyberspace without hurting their feelings shows you care. Helping others on the internet is thoughtful. The rules of netiquette come from the human condition because internet users are humans.  The Rules of Netiquette are the common conventions of internet communication. Proper intern

The Pros And Cons Of Cloud Computing For Film Professionals

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For filmmakers piracy will always happen. Security of your content will be higher in a cloud than it is in the hands of people. Cloud computing is big and here to stay. In fact it is hard to think why it took cloud computing so long to become prominent. The pros come thick and fast: convenience, low cost, a back up of your data online. But not everyone loves technology. For those waiting to join the cloud movement some questions remain. So, let’s break it down and make it easy for you because cloud computing is becoming a significant platform and you will be left behind.  The first question people usually ask is ‘What if I get hacked?’ Well, it is always possible. Here is the complete story 

Developer's Dilemma: To cloud or not to cloud: Here are reason why Developers Should go For Cloud Computing

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Here is are tips from an expert  " The most common question that I get to hear from developers is "  says Janakiram MSV "  – how do I get started with Cloud Computing? Many developers believe that targeting a Platform as a Service (PaaS) is all it takes to get onto the Cloud bandwagon. While PaaS abstracts the nuts and bolts of the Cloud infrastructure to ease the life of developers, many applications run on raw VMs deployed to run on Infrastructure as a Service. So, it pays to understand the behind the scenes architecture when developing Cloud ready applications. Though .NET and J2EE abstracted the underlying implementation, developers with the thorough platform  Here are professional tips for developers.