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Hoosier Twitosphere
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Doug Theis's discussions
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Lifeline Blog
Gartner: Cloud Computing Causing Confusion
It's disturbing when the industry experts are confused about new terminology. What does Cloud Computing mean to you?Cloud computing is “creating a lot of confusion in the market,” according to Gartner, which says dueling perceptions of cloud computing are muddling expectations about its benefits.
“The term cloud computing has come to mean two very different things: a broader use that focuses on ‘cloud,’ and a more-focused use on system infrastructure and virtualization,” said David Mitchell Smith, vice president and Gartner Fellow. “Mixing the discussion of ‘cloud-enabling technologies’ with ‘cloud computing services’ creates confusion.”
Data Center Knowledge article
Sears.com Melts Down On Black Friday, But Costco, Walmart, Saks and Kmart Have Issues, Too
The best laid plans...Sears.com suffered the worst Web problems on Black Friday (Nov. 28), experiencing a series of complete site crashes for much of the day. Although no other major retailer came close, according to preliminary reports, many of the industry's largest merchants suffered site slowdowns or other Web problems, including Walmart, Kmart, Saks, Overstock, Amazon, Target, Kohl's, Costco and Buy.com.
Sears.com was "completely offline," said Shawn White, director of operations at site performance monitoring company Keynote Systems. "And if anybody made it through without getting redirected (to a placeholder page that said the site was experiencing load-related difficulties), their experience would have just been horrendously slow. Slow to the point they would have walked away."
StoreFrontBackTalk article
How CIOs make technology investments
Some of the decision criteria mentioned in this article suprised me. Do they surprise you?T. Ravichandran, an associate professor at Rensselear Polytechnic Institute's Lally School of Management and Technology, has been studying what influences IT technology investment as a process in depth, along with teaching courses in IT value creation, IT strategy, and supply chain management. In fact, his latest paper, published by the Journal of Information Technology and Management, is called "A Comprehensive Investigation on the Relationship Between Information Technology Investments and Firm Diversification."
The BTM Institute recently sat down with Professor T. Ravhichandran of Rensselear Polytechnic Institute's Lally School of Management and Technology to discuss his research findings about the influencers that drive technology investment decisions, the way organizations monitor investments, and the role innovation plays in the investment mix. Here's what he had to say:
Baseline article
Data center managers becoming superstars?
I love this story. Rarely do the technical experts of our world get a chance in the limelight.Long relegated to the dungeons of the IT world, hidden in dark rooms and tinkering with facility equipment, the data center facility manager is now becoming more wanted, and harder-to-find.
As the New York Times puts in its article, data center facility managers were often thought of as “blue-collar workers in the high-tech world.” Really, though, that hasn’t changed much. There is much of that blue-collar attitude among data center facility managers that often comes from their penchant for tinkering. That’s why many of them became engineers in the first place, because they like tinkering.
Techtarget article
Cloud Computing: What the heck do you mean?
Here's a great explanation from Forrester Research on Cloud Computing, the different classes of services that are now being offered, and what's being relabeled as Cloud Computing, also known as being "cloudwashed."Doug Theis - Lifeline Data Centers
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- How did you hear about Smaller Indiana?
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- What is your greatest strength?
- -Listening and understanding the business issues that companies face
-Providing computer colocation facilities and data center services to companies who bet their business on their computer systems
-Maintaining a trusted network of professionals to provide a broad range of services to my clients
-Optimism about the future of Indianapolis and the technology sectors
- What are you working on?
- -Delivering flexible, cost-effective data center facilities and services
-Transforming Indianapolis into a national presence for data center services
-Reaching more people who can benefit from the services my company provides
-Studying and learning to improve my professional knowledge and skills
-Volunteering to help the community
- How big is your business?
- small company
- What is your Job Title
- Executive
- What is your Company Website?
- http://www.lifelinedatacenters.com
- What is your Personal Website?
- http://www.teamraggedglory.com
- What is your alma mater?
- Purdue University
- Why join Smaller Indiana? What are you hoping to experience here ?
- Joining a network of like-minded business people to help each other and create a better future for our city, our state, and our children.
Doug Theis's Blog
Smaller Indiana helps dog find new home
Posted on December 1, 2008 at 6:04pm — 4 Comments
Why I Love Adventure Racing
Posted on November 4, 2008 at 9:00pm — 10 Comments
Requiem for our cat George
Posted on November 2, 2008 at 6:30am — 6 Comments
The transformation of Eastgate Mall by Lifeline Data Centers
Posted on May 28, 2008 at 8:30am —
Lifeline Data Centers completes purchase of the Eastgate Consumer Mall
Posted on May 21, 2008 at 7:03am — 5 Comments
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Entrepreneur Magazine- Anti-aging is one of the top trends in 2009
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Started by Pat Coyle in Green Issues & Environment. Last reply by Joe Shoemaker 1 hour ago.
REMINDER - Cissi Sherlock’s Holiday Meetup and Cell Phone Collection Drive
It’s Cissi Sherlock’s Holiday Meetup and Cell Phone Collection Drive! Here’s a chance for us to bring on the holidays in Grand Fashion! We can meet up, put names to faces, discuss important topics...
Started by Cissi Sherlock in Classifieds - blatant self promotion 11 hours ago.
Smaller Indiana Media Poll Results 2 Replies
Yesterday we sent a survey to all Smoosiers asking about your media habits. We collected over 400 responses, and some of the results are quite interesting. For example, our local public radio stat...
Started by Pat Coyle in Media. Last reply by Stephen James 15 hours ago.
Brand New Unlocked Apple 3G 16Gb iPhone For Sale..$320
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Social Media Etiquette 5 Replies
I just found this blog entry on social media etiquette. It's got some pretty good tips and I thought I'd share it. After reading, if you have any additional pointers, feel free to include them! 1....
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I am working on an Inside Sales Position - Lead Generator position for one of my Biotech Clients. It is a great opportunity for someone with 1+ years of experience in sales. Preference given to Bio...
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Know any fabulous women? It's time for the fifth annual Torchbearer Awards: Indiana's Salute to Women
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Started by Emily Myers in Events for the creative class 1 day ago.
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Tagged: Parties, Reception, Party, Keyboard, Piano
Started by Jack Kirkland in Classifieds - blatant self promotion Dec 1.
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i just left the corporate world few months ago to pursue my passion full time.
you are correct it is very cool! i dont know if you remember but i have MSME with minor physic... and now i live and operate in the world of metaphysic...
such a life! stay in touch!
Genie
Thanks!
I had no idea that this was your gig! Very cool. I used to work for re:Member Data Services which had its own data center serving financial institutions across the country. I sold the core data processing software for them. I understand the value and intensity of the data center and have some contacts if you need employees. Good luck and keep us all posted on how it is going!
I look forward to sharing ideas and creating our mutual success!
All the best,
It was a pleasure meeting you at the Main Event on Tuesday night! I apologize that I was pulled away or distracted before I was able to get your card and contact info. Let's try and set a time to get together! Send me a personal message (pm) and let me know what works best for you next week. Thanks Doug and take care!
Adam
Good seeing you again yesterday for the new data center christening at Glendale Mall. Its going to be a great revitalization
project for the East Washington street community & Indpls as a whole! I look forward to helping fill the space (along with the rest of the www.tls.net folks)
Regards,
David
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