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Amazon Web Services to Launch Oracle Edition of Amazon Relational Database Service

By Guest PostFebruary 1, 2011Technologyamazon rds, amazon relational database service, amazon web services, aws, bring your own license, byol, database administration, database infrastructure, db instances, mark townsend, mysql databases, oracle database 11g, oracle database server technologies, oracle databases, raju gulabani, servers

*Businesses and developers will soon be able to run Oracle Databases with the pricing flexibility, ease of use, and scalability of Amazon RDS and the AWS Cloud*

SEATTLE, Feb 01, 2011 (BUSINESS WIRE) — Amazon Web Services LLC (AWS), a subsidiary of Amazon.com, Inc., today announced that it plans to make Oracle Database 11g available via the Amazon Relational Database Service (Amazon RDS), during the second quarter of 2011. Amazon RDS is a web service that makes it easier to set up, operate, and scale a relational database in the cloud. Amazon RDS for Oracle will include flexible pricing options for customers. Those with existing Oracle licenses will be able to run Oracle Databases on Amazon RDS with no additional software licensing or support charges. Those without existing Oracle licenses can take advantage of on-demand hourly licensing with no upfront fees or long-term commitments. Businesses and developers can visit [https://aws.amazon.com/rds/oracle] to learn more, sign up to be notified when the service is available, and request a briefing from an AWS associate. (more…)

Resolved to Quit Smoking? Brain Scans Predict Likely Success

By Guest PostJanuary 31, 2011Health, Sciencebrain activity, brain scans, carbon monoxide, cigarette, co, danielle whalen, elliot berkman, emily falk, fmri, functional magnetic resonance imaging, heavy smokers, matthew lieberman, medial prefrontal cortex, neural reactions, particular brain region, predict, predict behavior change, quit smoking, resolution, smokers, television ads

ANN ARBOR, Mich.— Brain scans showing neural reactions to pro-health messages can predict if you’ll keep that resolution to quit smoking more accurately than you yourself can. That’s according to a new study forthcoming in Health Psychology, a peer-reviewed journal.

“We targeted smokers who were already taking action to quit,” said Emily Falk, the lead author of the study and director of the Communication Neuroscience Laboratory at the U-M Institute for Social Research and Department of Communication Studies. “And we found that neural activity can predict behavior change, above and beyond people’s own assessment of how likely they are to succeed. (more…)

Bartenders May Have Role in Assisting Troubled War Veterans

By Guest PostJanuary 31, 2011Healthtroubled veterans, troubled war veterans, war veterans

COLUMBUS, Ohio – For troubled war veterans, a friendly bartender can be the source of more than just drinks and a sympathetic ear. (more…)

IBM Selected to Manage First Phase of New York City’s Data Center Consolidation and Modernization Program

By Guest PostJanuary 31, 20111 commentTechnologybridget van kralingen, citiserv, city, cloud computing, data center, Environment, ibm, modernization program, municipal cloud environments, new york, new yorkers, technology platform, technology solutions

*Project to Streamline IT Infrastructure to Improve Service Delivery, Reduce Energy Consumption and Strengthen Security*

NEW YORK, N.Y. – 31 Jan 2011: IBM today announced that it has been selected by the City of New York to build a more efficient, smarter technology platform for CITIServ, the City’s IT infrastructure modernization program. The goal of the project is to streamline delivery of City services by consolidating and updating outdated and incompatible IT, thereby reducing energy consumption, strengthening security, and providing City workers with faster access to the latest technologies. (more…)

Warming North Atlantic Water Tied to Heating Arctic, According to New Study

By Guest PostJanuary 31, 20111 commentEnvironmentalaska, archipelago, arctic ocean, Arctic sea ice, arctic warming, foraminifera shells, fram strait, global warming in the arctic, greenland, ice free, kirstin werner, loss of arctic sea ice, medieval warm period, north atlantic ocean water, norway, robert spielhagen, svalbard, temperature, thomas marchitto, university of colorado at boulder

The temperatures of North Atlantic Ocean water flowing north into the Arctic Ocean adjacent to Greenland — the warmest water in at least 2,000 years — are likely related to the amplification of global warming in the Arctic, says a new international study involving the University of Colorado at Boulder.

Led by Robert Spielhagen of the Academy of Sciences, Humanities and Literature in Mainz, Germany, the study showed that water from the Fram Strait that runs between Greenland and Svalbard — an archipelago constituting the northernmost part of Norway — has warmed roughly 3.5 degrees Fahrenheit in the past century. The Fram Strait water temperatures today are about 2.5 degrees F warmer than during the Medieval Warm Period, which heated the North Atlantic from roughly 900 to 1300 and affected the climate in Northern Europe and northern North America. (more…)

Study: African American Men Say Doctor Visits Are Often a Bad Experience

By Guest PostJanuary 30, 20111 commentCultureafrican american men, change eating habits, chronic illnesses, derek griffith, doctor, ethnic groups, healthy behaviors, julie ober allen, katie gunter, lifestyle, lose weight, stressfull

ANN ARBOR, Mich.— A majority of African American men said they do not go to the doctor because visits are stressful and physicians don’t give adequate information on how to make prescribed behavior or lifestyle changes, a new University of Michigan study shows.

When they did go, the majority of the 105 men questioned said they disliked the tone physicians used with them. When those men did visit the doctor, they said it was because they were seeking test results or their family encouraged them to go. (more…)

Non-Alcoholic Energy Drinks May Pose ‘High’ Health Risks

By Guest PostJanuary 30, 20111 commentHealthalcohol, alcoholic energy drinks, amelia aria, caffeinated energy drinks, caffeine consumption, energy drinks, four loko, level of caffeine, manufacturers, mary claire o brien, mix alcohol and energy drinks, proactive steps to protect public health, public health, regulatory agencies

*Researchers Recommend Public and Private Action*

COLLEGE PARK, Md. – Highly-caffeinated energy drinks – even those containing no alcohol – may pose a significant threat to individuals and public health, say researchers at the University of Maryland School of Public Health and Wake Forest University School of Medicine.

In a new online commentary in the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), they recommend immediate consumer action, education by health providers, voluntary disclosures by manufacturers and new federal labeling requirements. (more…)

South American Beetle Released by UF Researchers Benefits Florida Ranchers

By Guest PostJanuary 30, 2011Sciencebeetle, buzz eaves, florida ranchers, gratiana boliviana, invasive weed, tropical soda apple

GAINESVILLE, Fla. — Over the past two decades, Florida cattle ranchers have spent as much as $16 million a year doing battle with an invasive weed called tropical soda apple, known as TSA, that takes over pastures, elbowing out the forage grasses ranchers need for their cattle. (more…)

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