{"id":6802,"date":"2011-06-08T13:52:06","date_gmt":"2011-06-08T18:52:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.redmonk.com\/cote\/?p=6802"},"modified":"2011-06-08T13:52:06","modified_gmt":"2011-06-08T18:52:06","slug":"links-for-june-2nd-through-june-8th","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/redmonk.com\/cote\/2011\/06\/08\/links-for-june-2nd-through-june-8th\/","title":{"rendered":"Links for June 2nd through June 8th"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"pic\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/cote\/5808095607\/\" title=\"Untitled by cote, on Flickr\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm4.static.flickr.com\/3036\/5808095607_dffdd8dcf2.jpg\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<ul class=\"deliciousLinks\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/devopsdays.org\/events\/2011-mountainview\/\">Devopsdays 2011 &#8211; MountainView<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.arstechnica.com\/~r\/arstechnica\/everything\/~3\/P0uns0hwMDI\/risk-probability-and-how-our-brains-are-easily-misled.ars\">Risk, probability, and how our brains are easily misled<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theregister.co.uk\/2009\/09\/28\/fasb_accounting_change\/\">New accounting rules to juice IT numbers &#8211; The Register &#8211; 2009<\/a><br \/>Recognizing revenue at the time of sale for integrated systems (like UCS) instead or spreading it across the life of the product.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theregister.co.uk\/2011\/06\/07\/inside_google_app_engine\/print.html\">App Engine: Google&#039;s deepest secrets as a service [printer-friendly] &acirc;&euro;&cent; The Register<\/a><br \/>An extensive piece on Google&#039;s PaaS, App Engine.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businesswire.com\/news\/home\/20110606006451\/en\/HP-Delivers-Enterprise-Agility-Converged-Infrastructure-Solutions\">HP Delivers Enterprise Agility with New Converged Infrastructure Solutions | Business Wire<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.statesman.com\/business\/rackspace-plans-to-triple-austin-workforce-1522774.html\">Rackspace plans to triple Austin workforce<\/a><br \/>&quot;The San Antonio-based company, which manages more than 66,000 computer servers worldwide, employs nearly 300 people here and is looking to hire more&#8230;. Over the next two to three years, the company expects to grow to more than 1,000 workers in Austin.&quot;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/community.spiceworks.com\/topic\/141754-ipad-for-business-use-for-my-boss\">iPad for Business Use (for my boss) &#8211; Spiceworks Community<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.portfolio.com\/views\/blogs\/daily-brief\/2011\/03\/03\/analysts-predicting-tablet-boon-to-cut-into-laptop-market\">Analysts Predicting Tablet Boon To Cut Into Laptop Market<\/a><br \/>&quot;Gartner expects tablet sales of 54 million in 2011, and says that PC shipments in the U.S. will grow less than 10 percent annually on average between 2011 and 2015,&quot; that lessening blamed on tablets, of course.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.infoworld.com\/d\/applications\/salesforcecom-ceo-benioff-talks-growth-analytics-and-microsoft-278\">Salesforce.com CEO Benioff talks growth, analytics, and Microsoft<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www-03.ibm.com\/press\/us\/en\/pressrelease\/34669.wss\">IBM Introduces New Offerings to Accelerate Global Software Development &#8211; United States<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theregister.co.uk\/2011\/06\/06\/idc_cuts_pc_growth_rates_for_2011\/\">IDC slashes PC sales forecast for 2011<\/a><br \/>&quot;The analysis house projected yearly growth of 7.1 per cent back in February but has downgraded this to just 4.2 per cent following a weak Q1 when sales slipped 1.1 per cent with the markets across Western Europe, North America and Japan at saturation point. &#039;The PC market has definitely hit a slow patch,&#039; said Loren Loverde, veep for worldwide consumer device trackers at IDC.&quot;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theregister.co.uk\/2011\/06\/06\/idc_storage_tracker\/\">Strange portents in the storage world &acirc;&euro;&cent; The Register<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.moconews.net\/~r\/moconews\/~3\/67OexupKZiU\/\">Ballmer Tap-Dancing On A Wire As World Moves On Without Microsoft<\/a><br \/>Hot tip: if you&#039;re a tech company in trouble, use this brief window where all eyes are on Microsoft and then Apple at WWDC to get your stuff together before anyone notices.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/larry-ellison-2011-5?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed%3A+typepad%2Falleyinsider%2Fsilicon_alley_insider+%28Silicon+Alley+Insider%29\">LARRY ELLISON: How He Tried To Disrupt Microsoft And Failed<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ft.com\/cms\/s\/2\/bd0280c2-8bee-11e0-854c-00144feab49a.html?ftcamp=rss#axzz1OOqxTqfV\">FT.com \/ FT Magazine &#8211; There&rsquo;s safety in small numbers<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/m.infoworld.com\/d\/mobile-technology\/forrester-calls-googles-chromebook-corporate-idiocy-431\">Forrester calls Google&#039;s Chromebook &#039;corporate idiocy&#039; | Mobile Technology &#8211; InfoWorld<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theregister.co.uk\/2011\/05\/31\/dell_dcs_cloud_servers\/\">Dell boasts of cloudy server dominance &bull; The Register<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/m.networkworld.com\/news\/2011\/060111-security-iphones-ipads.html?fsrc=netflash-rss&amp;mm_ref=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Freader%2Fi%2F%3Fhl%3Den%26gl%3Dus\">Top security nightmares: Privately owned iPhones, iPads and other mobile devices<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/m.infoworld.com\/d\/data-center\/private-clouds-hold-wide-lead-over-public-clouds-among-it-pros-703\">Private clouds hold a wide lead over public clouds among IT pros | Data Center &#8211; InfoWorld<\/a><br \/>I&#039;m starting to see this pattern in cloud surveys: if you already use cloud, it&#039;s just fine an you plan to use more; those who don&#039;t use it yet have all sorts of &quot;security&quot; fears and even a tad on cost. The advise: do a small, pilot project instead of FUDing yourself in the head.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feeds.moconews.net\/~r\/moconews\/~3\/uGkbPbNU2QM\/\">Apps Dominate Mobile Data, But You Can Also See The Cloud Appeal For Apple<\/a><br \/>&quot;The data shows that Android users eat up a whopping 582 megabytes of data per month, taking the crown for most data usage of all smartphone owners.&quot;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.networkworld.com\/news\/2011\/060111-10g-switch-sales.html?fsrc=netflash-rss\">10G top-of-rack switches to surge to $1B in sales this year<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/feedproxy.google.com\/~r\/WikibonBlog\/~3\/PF8LgMWqwCY\/\">SAP Looks to Reinvent Itself with Social Media, Collaboration Capabilities<\/a><br \/>Nice round up of what SAP is doing in &quot;social.&quot;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.infoworld.com\/d\/applications\/polycom-buy-hps-videoconferencing-assets-799\">Polycom to buy HP&#039;s videoconferencing assets<\/a><br \/>Management consultants in action! Ditching parts of the portfolio that don&#039;t align with the turn-around plan and all that.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theregister.co.uk\/2011\/06\/02\/dell_exec_gets_downunder\/\">Dell digital guru escapes to Aussie bank &bull; The Register<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theregister.co.uk\/2011\/06\/02\/oracle_hardware_revenues_sink\/\">Sinking Sun scuppers Oracle server figures &bull; The Register<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.itwriting.com\/blog\/4439-a-pivotal-moment-for-microsoft-as-it-attempts-to-escape-its-windows-legacy.html\">A pivotal moment for Microsoft as it attempts to escape its Windows legacy<\/a><br \/>A good overview if Microsoft&#039;s ongoing issues and opportunities when it comes to their core technology, Windows.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/smartphone-market-share-comscore-2011-6?op=1\">Android Share Surges Again, Apple Gains A Bit, RIM Destroyed<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/blog\/microsoft\/microsoft-if-we-build-a-new-developers-conference-will-they-come\/9584\">Microsoft: If we &#039;Build&#039; a new developers conference, will they come?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.infoworld.com\/d\/the-industry-standard\/google-buys-social-analytics-vendor-postrank-105\">Google buys social analytics vendor PostRank<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessweek.com\/magazine\/content\/11_24\/b4232056703101.\">Stephen Elop&#039;s Nokia Adventure &#8211; BusinessWeek<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/m.networkworld.com\/news\/2011\/060111-it-increasingly-bypassed-on-cloud.html?fsrc=netflash-rss\">IT increasingly bypassed on cloud adoption<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cloudave.com\/13293\/oracle-donates-openoffice-org-to-apache-a-quick-analysis\/\">Oracle Donates OpenOffice.org To Apache: A Quick Analysis<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theregister.co.uk\/2011\/06\/02\/tablets_go_closed\/\">Microsoft becoming Apple with Windows 8 control freakery? &acirc;&euro;&cent; The Register<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.keeneview.com\/2011\/06\/where-is-killer-app-for-paas.html\">The Keene View on Cloud Computing: Where is the Killer App for PaaS?<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Disclosure:<\/b> see <a href=\"http:\/\/www.redmonk.com\/clients\/\">the RedMonk client list<\/a> for clients mentioned.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Devopsdays 2011 &#8211; MountainView Risk, probability, and how our brains are easily misled New accounting rules to juice IT numbers &#8211; The Register &#8211; 2009Recognizing revenue at the time of sale for integrated systems (like UCS) instead or spreading it across the life of the product. 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