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A new study from Rackspace titled "The Human Cloud: Wearable Technology from Novelty to Productivity" reports that 18 percent of the population in the United States and United Kingdom are using wearable technology, and the majority of those users (82 percent of Americans and 71 percent of Brits) say these devices are making their lives better. –How wearable tech will fuel the Internet of things A quick search didn't lead me to the actual study: anyone know where I can fetch it from?

A new study from Rackspace titled "The Human Cloud: Wearable Technology from Novelty to Productivity" reports that 18 percent of the population in the United States and United Kingdom are using wearable technology, and the majority of those users (82 percent of Americans and 71 percent of Brits) say these devices are making their lives better. –How wearable tech will fuel the Internet of things A quick search didn't lead me to the actual study: anyone know where I can fetch it from?

Looks like that $600m AWS contract with the CIA is real, if not closed. Also of note: Amazon is bidding for building a private cloud - I think...? - more or less. More: Amazon confirms CIA spook cloud contract

Looks like that $600m AWS contract with the CIA is real, if not closed. Also of note: Amazon is bidding for building a private cloud - I think...? - more or less. More: Amazon confirms CIA spook cloud contract

He said he never sought lot of advice because if he had gone and asked people what he was about to do and work, they would have told him it wouldn't work and dissuaded him from taking up the venture. "I would experiment experiment, test, go fast, fail fast. Planning is fine but generally over-rated," said Dell, who founded the company as a student.  --Michael Dell's Advice to Indian Entrepreneurs

He said he never sought lot of advice because if he had gone and asked people what he was about to do and work, they would have told him it wouldn't work and dissuaded him from taking up the venture. "I would experiment experiment, test, go fast, fail fast. Planning is fine but generally over-rated," said Dell, who founded the company as a student.  --Michael Dell's Advice to Indian Entrepreneurs

The traditional kind of corporate meeting starts with a presentation. Somebody gets up in front of the room and presents with a powerpoint presentation, some type of slide show. In our view you get very little information, you get bullet points. This is easy for the presenter, but difficult for the audience. And so instead, all of our meetings are structured around a 6 page narrative memo. --Jeff Bezos, Amazon Also notice that everyone actually uses the first part of the meeting time (30 minutes?

The traditional kind of corporate meeting starts with a presentation. Somebody gets up in front of the room and presents with a powerpoint presentation, some type of slide show. In our view you get very little information, you get bullet points. This is easy for the presenter, but difficult for the audience. And so instead, all of our meetings are structured around a 6 page narrative memo. --Jeff Bezos, Amazon Also notice that everyone actually uses the first part of the meeting time (30 minutes?

As I mentioned earlier, Roy and and I had a webinar today about Dell's cloud portfolio and strategies. Here's a recording of it, enjoy. And, there's also one on DevOps, from Barton and Willis.

As I mentioned earlier, Roy and and I had a webinar today about Dell's cloud portfolio and strategies. Here's a recording of it, enjoy. And, there's also one on DevOps, from Barton and Willis.