Yottabytes – Feedback
Bill Reith says " the correct unit of measure is not ‘yottabytes’ but ‘awholelottabytes’". He also pointed out that a key issue is how to retrieve all the data. In particular he says that often he finds himself saying "I know I have an email…or a document… on that subject around here somewhere. Where the heck did […]
Yottabytes
The amount of data and meta data that we are creating and saving is growing at an incredible clip. The data includes emails, presentations, documents, and other things but the majority of the data for many people is digital pictures and digital music. The meta data is data about the data. For example, a song […]
Irving’s Blog
I first met Irving Wladawsky-Berger sometime in 1992. I was impressed with his keen interest in technology and the things I was working on. We have continued as friends and colleagues ever since. Irving has had a distinguished career at IBM including heading up the IT group in IBM Research, getting IBM into the supercomputer […]
Wow!
A search at Google for "Wow" yields more than 20 million matches. A visit to the Wiktionary finds that "wow" means "an indication of excitement or surprise. A typical expression, according to the Wiktionary is "Wow! How do they do that?". If you visit the Danbury Hospital Wellness on Wheels van, I guarantee that you […]
IBM Happenings: April 2005
April was a busy beginning for the second quarter at IBM. The IBM announcements for April are below and the complete index of IBM Happenings (by year and month) is here. List of Announcements for April 2005 IBM introduces SOA services The new services will assist customers with specific aspects of an SOA including planning, […]