Links for March 1st through March 2nd

A little something extra…

Today’s extra is a podcast, a lecture given by Professor Laurence J. Kotlikoff (direct MP3 download here). I’ve only listened to half of it, but it’s been fun so far. I’m no economist, or macro guy when it comes to The Financial Crater, but I like this guy’s take: the basic problem with all that banking stuff wasn’t the tools, it was the immoral and inept leadership and management – the “hucksters” running the show, and the overall context they created. He lays it out in a way that makes you think, “oh, of course that wasn’t – and isn’t – going to work out well for us dumb chickens.”

It’s a nice, simple story. My eyes glaze over when he gets to the details of his solution, but it does make me wonder whatever happened to the simplicity of the 3-6-3 Rule.

The Links

• Cloud computing start-up creates secure tunnel between data center and Amazon cloud
• New IBM server architecture boosts app performance, cuts energy costs | Hardware – InfoWorld
• Case Study: Sun Microsystems uses Puppet to accelerate system updates and ensure consistent configurations across their web server architecture « Reductive Labs — the team behind Puppet, the open source leader in data center automation
• Update: Dell’s Managed Services Brand
  More MSP sector happenings, this time from Dell.
• ATX Tech Women Happy Hour This Thursday | AustinStartup
  Austin tech women getting together this Thursday – looks like it'd be fun – you should go if you're a tech lady in town.
• Planview – Planview Enterprise 10.1 Supports Agile Project Management
• Planview – Planview Redefines Portfolio Management by Bringing Breakthrough Capabilities to Business Leaders Across the Enterprise
  New features in the Planview portfolio that fit with faster, more frequent business plans.
• Planview – New Class of Enterprise Planning Solution from Planview Empowers Organizations to Optimize Business Performance
  "The new Planview Operational Planning Solution is the first enterprise planning solution to integrate three vital planning processes — strategic planning, financial planning, and operational planning."
• Jive Joins Salesforce.com, Spigit in Idea Management Software – Messaging and Collaboration from eWeek
  "Available now, pricing for the Jive Ideation module starts at $20,000 for existing customers of Jive Social Business Software."
• Facebook Users Prefer Broadcast Media
  So I guess I'm an ass if I suggest that "broadcast media" is more dumbed down than print news and that there's more "dumb" happening in Facebook than Google News users?
• After Fumbling, Microsoft Redesigns Phone Softwar
  Ashlee Vance writes up the orginizational shuffling for Windows Mobile.
• How to Bookmark to Delicious.com on the iPhone
• Oracle buys into Sun's 'Project Copy Linux' dream
  "Oracle will continue to make OpenSolaris available as open source, and Oracle will continue to actively support and participate in the community," Roberts told the annual OpenSolaris meeting Friday on IRC.
• Flash 10.1 mobile roadmap confusion, Windows phone support far off
  In mobile, the prefered time to release your software is yesterday.
• An Android Success Story: $13,000/month App Sales (Edward Kim)
• Hound Dog
• SCALE 8x Keynote #2, "So, You Think You Want to Start an Open Source Business" presented by Tarus Balog Learn about what it takes to run a business based …
  "So, You Think You Want to Start an Open Source Business" presented by Tarus Balog…

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