All Things Distributed

MAY 8, 2012

Managing databases has been a stumbling block for many of our customers, shifting their time away from developing innovative applications to the â??muckâ?? Amazon RDS currently supports SQL Server 2008 R2 and plans to add support for SQL Server 2012 later this year. Amazon RDS for SQL Server.

Cloud 115

Cloud Development AWS Servers 115

O'Reilly Software

OCTOBER 23, 2018

A look at the roles of architect and strategist, and how they help develop successful technology strategies for business. I'm offering an overview of my perspective on the field, which I hope is a unique and interesting take on it, in order to provide context for the work at hand: devising a winning technology strategy for your business.

Strategy 100

Strategy Architecture Technology Technology 100

SQL Performance

JULY 16, 2019

If you have been paying attention to the technology press over the past 12-18 months, you may have noticed a rather large number of negative stories about Intel's processor business. Since Intel had no viable competition from a performance perspective, they had little incentive to continue to innovate at the same pace.

Servers 46

Servers Hardware Architecture Retail 46

The Agile Manager

APRIL 28, 2008

Because capital is globally mobile, markets must innovate to remain competitive. Financial markets are innovating at a fast clip. Principle-based regulation posits that compliance with best practices is the best way to facilitate innovation while retaining transparency. Rules can't be written as quickly as markets evolve.

Best Practices 40

Best Practices Innovation Mobile Systems 40

The Agile Manager

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

But labor market tightness can do something else: it can be the genesis of innovation. When a business cannot source the labor it needs to operate, it innovates in operations to reduce labor intensity. Soon after the reductions-in-force, companies invested in technology to lock in productivity gains of that reduced force.

Education 52

Education Logistics Innovation Technology 52

The Agile Manager

JUNE 21, 2011

Limited tech share offerings to date means limited wealth depletion, a huge benefit given that households are still suffering from excess debt and substantial wealth erosion from 2008 peaks. All told, a tech sector cool down now would be a far less damaging economic event than the dot-com or housing market collapses of recent years.

Government 40

Government Innovation Infrastructure Network 40

Smashing Magazine

AUGUST 20, 2021

Fast-forward 30 years, and website technology has changed significantly — we have images, stylesheets, JavaScript, streaming video, AJAX, animation, WebSockets, WebGL, rounded corners in CSS — the list goes on. MovableType was one of the first static site generators on the market, although that term wouldn’t become popular until 2008.

Ecommerce 139

Ecommerce Website Government Internet 139

The Agile Manager

JANUARY 31, 2020

In particular, they cite the lack of breakthrough technologies - e.g, The productivity is there, and will intensify with technologies such as AI and ML; the instrumentation simply doesn't exist to measure it. In this definition, productivity through technology is a deflationary force that makes products more affordable.

Energy 52

Energy Government Entertainment Innovation 52

The Agile Manager

APRIL 30, 2013

Revenues plummeted at the end of 2008. Companies invested in technology 2 to lock in those post-layoff productivity gains, and to improve customer self-service offerings since they had fewer employees to service customers. The people who got salary bumps in the boom years from 2006 through 2008 became "high-salary outliers" in 2009.

Small Business 40

Small Business Efficiency Innovation Systems 40