When I covered a space shuttle launch in 2005, what struck me most about it was how jury-rigged and flawed and human things seemed — especially for a multibillion-program aimed at putting people into space — and yet, how inspiring it all was at the… Read More »
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The final U.S. space shuttle launched Friday morning from Cape Canaveral, Fla. and the world was watching. Since many of us at GigaOM have some special shuttle memories to share, we gathered a few of them and invite y’all to provide yours as well. Read More »
For many workloads, the cloud appears to be replacing the grid. Space agencies in particular are using the cloud to do work that likely would have had the word “grid” written all over it just a few short years ago. Read More »
Sure it’s not like back in the early 2000s, when those crooks from Enron were driving the prices of bandwidth down into the ground, but even today prices on Internet bandwidth continue to fall. If you are a consumer, however, there’s a good chance you’re… Read More »
Today, a new data center appliance launches from San Jose, Calif. startup Rohati Systems. The appliance monitors the flow of traffic in the network and uses information gleaned from the data packets to enforce various entitlement and authorization limits for a company, such as allowing… Read More »
We write often about how the only thing predictable at a startup is — the lack of predictability. Today HBS Working Knowledge has a quartet of essays on how you can anticipate surprises, manage disasters vis a vis your team, and… Read More »
