Monday, January 11, 2010

A 'Total' Look at Energy: China Watch E, TOT, XOM, COP, BP, CVX, RDS - TheStreet TV

A 'Total' Look at Energy: China Watch E, TOT, XOM, COP, BP, CVX, RDS - TheStreet TV

Real Estate Ruptures Help Standard Parking STAN, HWSY, ABM - TheStreet TV

Real Estate Ruptures Help Standard Parking STAN, HWSY, ABM - TheStreet TV

Marathon's Screaming Valuation HES, TOT, COP, BP, MRO, CVX - TheStreet TV

Marathon's Screaming Valuation HES, TOT, COP, BP, MRO, CVX - TheStreet TV

Wednesday, January 6, 2010

CES: Cisco Press Conference

CES: Cisco Press Conference

The Cisco Systems (CSCO) event is more intimate than most today — the company required a pre-registration and seemed to be turning people away.

Even in the small room, Cisco has an impressive setup with half of the stage setup to resemble a home den, complete with entertainment center. Chambers is working the room unlike the other presenters I’ve seen today.

Chairman and CEO John Chambers led off his speech by asking “A decade ago who would have thought that Cisco, video and the consumer would be coming together at CES.”

Highlights from Chambers talk: [Link]

HOT RESEARCH

Cisco Rides the Cycle

Wedbush Securities sees positives for the networking giant.

Cisco Systems (CSCO: Nasdaq) By Wedbush Securities ($24.61, Jan. 5, 2009)

WE REGARD OUR DECEMBER information-technology (IT) survey to be especially positive for Cisco Systems (ticker: CSCO) due to strong-cyclical implications and increasing priority of collaboration, cloud computing and virtualization.

These factors imply the efforts by Cisco to expand into new product categories, including server computers, and channels (Acadia with EMC (EMC)) that target virtualization and cloud computing increasingly appear to anticipate the market in both direction and timing.

A Tech ETF With Balance

The Future of The Forum

The Future of The Forum


Top Job Trends of 2009

Top Job Trends of 2009

Polly Pearson's Blog: Top Job Trends of 2009 -- and your relevance

Polly Pearson's Blog: Top Job Trends of 2009 -- and your relevance

Tuesday, January 5, 2010

Google Officially Launches Nexus One “Super Phone”

Google Officially Launches Nexus One “Super Phone”; Online Store Opens; T-Mobile, Verizon, Vodafone Carrier Deals



Apple Hits New High on App Store

Apple (AAPL) hit a new 52-week intraday high of $215.59 today, before backing off slightly to close up 37 cents, or 0.2%, at $214.38, after the company this morning announced iPhone and iPod Touch users have downloaded 3 billion applications from its App Store.

Photos: The World's New Tallest Building

Photos: The World's New Tallest Building

Monday, January 4, 2010

The VMware approach to cloud computing

The VMware approach to cloud computing

Many have said that 2010 will be the year of cloud computing. What this really means is unclear, just like the definition cloud computing.

Problem is that cloud computing means too many things already and the market doesn’t even exist.
The industry somewhat agreed to recognize as cloud computing just three major architectures (with examples):

  • Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)
    SalesForce CRM
    Google Apps
  • Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS)
    Google App Engine
    Microsoft Azure
  • Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS)
    Amazon EC2
    The Rackspace Cloud

Sunday, January 3, 2010

Happy New Year!

I have a good time at Caesars Palace watching the fireworks. (12/31/2009)

I have a very good dinner at Mix Restuarant. (1/1/2010)

THEhotel at Mandalay Bay
3950 Las Vegas Blvd S

Las Vegas, NV 89119

(702) 632-9500

Reviews at Yelp

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