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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 The goal of the project is to streamline delivery of City services by consolidating and updating outdated and incompatible IT, thereby reducing energy consumption, strengthening security, and providing City workers with faster access to the latest technologies.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…)

Yahoo! to Appoint Wayne Powers to Head North American Advertising Sales

By Guest PostNovember 10, 2010Technologyadvertising sales, digital network, madison avenue, media group, new york, North America, ohio state university, ross levinsohn, time, wayne powers, Yahoo

SUNNYVALE, Calif.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Yahoo! Inc. announced today that the company will appoint Wayne Powers as senior vice president, Advertising Sales for North America. Powers, who previously served as President of the Time Inc. Media Group, will report directly to incoming Executive Vice President of the Americas, Ross Levinsohn. Powers will be based in Yahoo!’s New York office.

“Wayne is a proven leader and innovator who will bring a wealth of operating expertise and advertiser relationships to Yahoo!,” said Levinsohn. “His record of brand building with advertisers and his focus on driving revenue through creative executions will serve both Yahoo! and Madison Avenue well.” (more…)

The Future of Entertainment Starts Today as Kinect for Xbox 360 Leaps and Lands at Retailers Nationwide

By Guest PostNovember 4, 2010Technologycontroller-free, don mattrick, Entertainment, kinect, kinect adventures, kinect for xbox 360, nasdaq stock exchange, new york, times square, xbox 360

NEW YORK — Nov. 4, 2010 — Last night, New York’s famed Times Square went controller-free, as the Crossroads of the World was transformed into a dancing, singing, A-list celebration for today’s North American launch of Kinect for Xbox 360. A full day of demos, star-studded appearances and a massive, choreographed dance routine culminated in an excited line of thousands of fans eagerly waiting to take home the future of home entertainment, now available at more than 30,000 retailers nationwide. (more…)

Eternal Material Value to Set New Records Eternally

By PravdaOctober 1, 2010Economycomex, gold, kalita finance group, new york, stock index, us dollar, us federal reserve, world market

Gold added nearly five percent to its cost on world markets in September setting absolute records almost every day during the month. Even if gold dropped a little on the last day of September due to the growth of the US dollar against world currencies, analysts are certain that the precious metal will continue to set more new records in the future. (more…)

IBM to Ship World’s Fastest Microprocessor

By Guest PostSeptember 1, 20103 commentsTechnologyasia dent, berg insight, computer chip, dram, edram technology, ibm, mainframes, microprocessor, new york, z196 processor, zenterprise, zenterprise 196, zenterprise system, zenterprise technology

Armonk, N.Y. – 01 Sep 2010: IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced details of the world’s fastest computer chip — the microprocessor in a new version of the IBM mainframe that begins shipping to customers on Sept. 10.

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Iconic Books, Such as John Updike’s Pulitzer Prize-Winning Rabbit Series and Vladimir Nabokov’s “Lolita,” Now Available Electronically for the First Time Ever, Exclusively in the Kindle Store

By Guest PostJuly 22, 20101 commentCulture, TechnologyAmazon, andrew wylie, blackberry, invisible man, iPhone, kindle dx, kindle store, lolita, london, new york, norman mailer, odyssey editions, philip roth, portnoy complaint, rabbit run, ralph ellison, russ grandinetti, the naked and the dead, vladimir nabokov, wylie

*Amazon’s Kindle Store now exclusively offering 20 books from The Wylie Agency’s new Odyssey Editions imprint*

SEATTLE, Jul 22, 2010 – Amazon.com, Inc. today announced that The Wylie Agency is publishing 20 books from some of literature’s most influential authors through its new Odyssey Editions imprint (www.odysseyeditions.com) and making them available for sale exclusively in the Kindle Store (www.amazon.com/kindlestore).

This is the first time any of the titles–which include Norman Mailer’s “The Naked and the Dead,” Philip Roth’s “Portnoy’s Complaint” and Ralph Ellison’s “Invisible Man”–have been available electronically, and all of the books are exclusive to the Kindle Store for two years.

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NASDAQ MarketSite Evolves Stock Ticker With Microsoft’s Silverlight Technology

By Guest PostJuly 2, 20101 commentTechnology43rd street, bob sues, broadway, east region developer and platform evangelism, expression engine 4, marketsite, Microsoft, microsoft silverlight, microsoft silverlight 4, nasdaq, nasdaq omx, new york, silverlight, Technology, times square

REDMOND, Wash., and NEW YORK — NASDAQ’s popular stock ticker display — seen by hundreds of thousands of investors daily at the NASDAQ MarketSite^® in Times Square and used as the backdrop for its television broadcast to a variety of broadcast outlets worldwide — is getting a hi-definition redesign with Microsoft Silverlight.

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The ‘B’ Connection

By ShamsAugust 19, 2009Culture, Technologyatlantic, bing, Carol Bartz, digg, Erich Schmidt, f factor, fucking kill google, Google, Jerry Yang, mafia, marseilles, Microsoft, new york, ocean, Reuters, statcounter, steve ballmer, the french connection, Yahoo, Yahoo! Search

Do you remember the film ‘The French Connection’, a 1971 mafia sensation. A connection between New York and Marseilles (France). Two sides of Atlantic.

Now let’s start our story. We don’t need to cross the Ocean. 😉

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