There is a new web resource pointing to some of the best open source software (free software) available today for Windows, OS X and Linux platforms. Its worth a look.
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Category: Globalization
Internet2’s Commerical Peering service has announced a peering milestone: connecting to 70,000 routes. Participants in this service now see more than 50% of their commodity traffic needs being met with I2’s peering service.
This service continues to expand the number of private and public peering connections, now to over 70 000 commodity Internet routes by connecting to major ISPs and content hosting providers over a virtual private network (VPN)
For Internet2 Network Connectors with available traffic headroom within their Internet2 IP Network connection, the CP service is available at no additional cost and can offer a significant total cost reduction to their overall Internet expenses.
Tags: Internet2, peering, education, globalization, network, trends
So NBC has been forced to refund advertisers an average of $500,000 each due to low ratings. One hopes they will workout an agreement with iTunes to again sell their TV shows. NPR news article here.
At some point someone at NBC Universal will realize all those millions of dollars really add up to something….What were they thinking?
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Open Yale
Have you ever wanted to take a class on Modern Poetry taught by a distinguished scholar?
Yale University has joined MIT and select institutions of higher learning by placing academic courses online, inviting anyone around the globe (this means you) to participate. Today seven courses are available with additional courses on the way.
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Be the Change
It was refreshing to listen to the former Indian President, Abdul Kalam speak Monday at Google’s Be the Change Summit in Hyderabad India. Outlined in his remarks Dynamics of Information Flow is the need for India to utilize Internet2.
He began his address by noting three key projects born out of the creative mind: Google, Fiber optics and Internet2. In order to hit the next “homerun” in our knowledge economy Kalam sees creative leadership as a vital component to success. He shared six personal experiences to achieve this necessary skill:
- Every action of the leader should be transparent. (Mahatma Gandhi)
- Leader must have courage to take decisions. (Sardar Patel)
- Leader must be able to travel into an unexplored path. (Sir C.V. Raman)
- Leader must have the vision for the organisation. (Prof Vikram Sarabhai)
- Leader must know how to manage a success and failure. (Prof Satish Dhawan)
- Leader should have Nobility in management. (Prof Brahm Prakash)
Acknowledging the world is already using Internet2 applications, Kalam implied for India the key will be to facilitate, develop and serve the needs of the India’s population. Many applications will be delivered via Internet2 in the form of Web2.0 technologies. And it will not be easy. One of three challenges he addressed:
- How to build the capacity among the people, government, institutions to accept the new internet2 paradigm and its relevance in the new paradigm of the way of living, the way of learning, the way of trading and business, the way of socializing and the way of governance.
Very pleasing to hear him acknowledge Internet2 has already changed many practices, and to survive the country must accept the Internet2 paradigm. I’m sure many in the audience understood the impact of his remarks.