On Monday, April 4, the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, a major standards organization, announced two working groups to develop standards for cloud computing. The first, the P2031 Work Group, focuses on “application interfaces, portability interfaces, management interfaces, interoperability interfaces, file formats, and operation conventions” while the second, P2302, works on “topology, functions, andRead… Read more »
FTA has suspended its audit of Miami-Dade Transit (FL), which means that the federal cutoff of $185 million in grant money will continue indefinitely. Original post
The Museum of Science (MA) is providing visitors with Segways to explore the banks of the Charles River and the nearby MIT campus. Original post
The following PMP Exam Sample Question is taken from http://www.free-pm-exam-questions.com – The answer is at the very bottom: —————————— What is the need for doing a qualitative risk analysis? A) To develop options and actions to enhance opportunities and to reduce threats to project objectives. B) To determine which risk might affect the project. C)Read… Read more »
If we can think through the pros and cons of the current technological path we are on we can make adjustments and decide what to accelerate into our lives. That is why thought leaders who are responsible for making business cases for technology or for stating advanced requirements are always looking for good articulations ofRead… Read more »
There’s been a few posts put up over on the Kind of Digital blog in the last couple of weeks and so I thought I’d do a quick pointer just in case you aren’t subscribed to that just yet. What we use Setting up a new company is fun, and part of the fun isRead… Read more »
I don’t know if it’s true in the States, but over here, when I was a child, some books in a series called Choose your own Adventure were absolutely massive. Huge, in fact. They were bartered and traded with mass excitement, boys face shiny with enthusiasm and determination to get hold of the missing bookRead… Read more »
Dr Rebecca Whittle from Lancaster University will speak on “Flood Recovery in the UK” at University of Western Australia, in Perth, 4pm 19 April 2011.In June 2007, the English city of Hull was devastated by flooding which displaced over 8000 families from their homes. A real-time longitudinal study was undertaken to document the long termRead… Read more »
Problem: U.S. Army Soldiers are enduring unyielding high operational tempo in garrison and the combat field of operations in order to keep pace with ongoing wartime mission requirements. The high tempo and increasingly common multiple deployments present many human physical and psychological challenges (Military Health Advisory Team IV (MHAT-IV), 2006; MHAT-V, 2008) that have aRead… Read more »
The Australian Council for Computers in Education released an “ACCE Position Paper on ICT in the Australian Curriculum”, 16 April 2011. The report argues that ICT will be required for students to be successful in their studies, as well as citizens and workers. ACCE therefore propose ICT appear in its own right in the nationalRead… Read more »