Computer Technology

State of the Computer Book Market 2008, Part 2: The Technologies - O'Reilly ...

By Mike Hendrickson

In this second installment (the first post is found here), we look at computer book sales in specific technology categories. Remember that we've organized the data into six

[Publish Date: February 17, 2009]

Cloud Computing with Windows Azure Using Your Preferred Technology: Web 2.0 ...

By Sumit Chawla, Tim Wise

Rather than being forced to use some language or framework you don’t need otherwise, why not just keep using the ones you are familiar with now ? In this session, we will step thru a series of demonstrations where non-Microsoft open source programming technologies (like Php or Java) and tools are used natively to create cloud computing solutions with the Azure Services platform.

[Publish Date: November 16, 2009]

You are invited to a free, live webcast: Cloud Computing: The Next Frontier ...

The current financial crisis has raised enterprise interest in two technology trends: open source and cloud computing. In this presentation, Bernard Golden, CEO of HyperStratus will discuss how the two trends reinforce one another, and why cloud computing...

[Publish Date: July 01, 2009]

Speaker: Tim O'Reilly: O'Reilly Tools of Change for Publishing Conference ...

Tim O'Reilly is the founder and CEO of O'Reilly Media, Inc., thought by many to be the best computer book publisher in the world. O'Reilly Media also publishes online through the O'Reilly Network and hosts conferences on technology topics, including the O'Reilly Open Source Convention, the O'Reilly Emerging Technology Conference, and the Web 2.0 Conference. Tim's blog, the O'Reilly Radar "watches the alpha geeks" to determine emerging technology trends, and serves as a platform for advocacy about issues of importance to the technical community. Tim is on the boards of MySQL, CollabNet, Safari Books Online, Wesabe, and ValuesOfN, and is a partner in O'Reilly AlphaTech Ventures.

[Publish Date: February 22, 2010]

Speaker: Matthew Bernius: O'Reilly Tools of Change for Publishing ...

Matthew Bernius' research focuses on studying how different media tools alter the way groups communicate, and, in turn, how those changes affect the evolution of said tools. In addition to his role as a co-director and researcher at the Open Publishing Lab (OPL) at the Rochester Institute of Technology, Matthew is pursuing an Anthropology PhD at Cornell University, where he is researching the transformation of text based journalism within the United States. Prior starting his PhD, Matthew was a visiting professor at RIT's School of Print Media where he taught Database Publishing, Variable Data Print, and Web Development. He completed a Masters in the Social Sciences at the University of Chicago. Matthew started his career at Eastman Kodak where he worked in the consumer digital camera group and at Kodak.com. During his time at Kodak, Matthew was involved with web and product development, community management, and content strategy and earned one patent. In addition to his work with...

[Publish Date: February 22, 2010]

Speaker: Matt Jacobson: O'Reilly Tools of Change for Publishing Conference ...

Matt leads the conception, filtering and execution of Connotate’s services efforts for all clients and prospects. With over twenty years of high tech industry experience, and executive roles in two, Fast 500 companies, Matt has a wealth of knowledge regarding the technology and business life cycles. His experience includes leading software product businesses, consulting businesses, R&D; organizations, customer support and instituting project management best practices. Prior to starting his career at AT&T; Bell Laboratories, Matt received a Bachelor of Science in Computer Science with Honors from the Pennsylvania State University and a Masters of Science in Computer Science from Stanford University.

[Publish Date: February 22, 2010]

Speaker: Jonathan Clark: O'Reilly Tools of Change for Publishing Conference ...

Jonathan Clark has been with Elsevier since 1990. He held a number of different positions in publishing and marketing in the areas of chemical engineering, life sciences, physics and astronomy, before becoming Publishing Director for the Maths and Computer Science department in 1998. He joined ScienceDirect in 2000 as one of the Directors before spending 6 months in San Diego managing the integration of Academic Press into Elsevier following the acquisition of Harcourt. Since then Jonathan has held various technology-related positions, including 3 years in Philadelphia working for Elsevier Health Sciences. Jonathan returned from the US in 2007 and currently he is responsible for building an e-business in Europe for the medical and healthcare market. Jonathan is Chair and Director of the International DOI Foundation and a member of the STM’s Future Lab Committee.

[Publish Date: February 22, 2010]

Computer Orchestration Tips and Tricks--New from PC Publishing: A ...

Sebastopol, CA—Using modern technology, composers no longer need to wait until an orchestra plays their score to hear what their music will actually sound like. Using a computer and suitable software, it's possible for anyone to produce high...

[Publish Date: May 27, 2009]

The Intersection of Algebra and Technology - O'Reilly Broadcast

By Tracey Pilone

There's been a lot of talk about the role of technology in education recently. In part, because the economic stimulus plan has various provisions ($650 Million for Enhancing Education through Technology) that deal with it, and in part because it has been a fairly constant issue in education since the technology was created. So first, define technology. From the perspective of the classroom, technology can mean calculators, iPods, cell phones, Active Boards, computers, the internet, and on and on.

[Publish Date: February 14, 2009]

Cloud Computing with MySQL and Kettle: MySQL Conference & Expo 2009 - ...

By Matt Casters

This presentation explores what cloud computing means beyond being a buzz-word and touches upon the various scenarios where MySQL and Pentaho Data Integration (Kettle) can be deployed on a large number of hosts to process data in parallel.

[Publish Date: April 20, 2009]

Building a Business on Open Source Distributed Computing: OSCON 2009 - ...

By Bradford Stephens

The end of "scale-up" computing is near. The coming wave of web-scale data is too big to justify exponentially increasing hardware costs for decreasing returns. Apache's "Cloud Stack" (Hadoop, Lucene, HBase, etc) is enabling Visible Technologies to move from a non-scalable MS-exclusive platform to a large cluster processing millions of pieces of content a day.Here's what we learned.

[Publish Date: July 20, 2009]