Category Archives: Business
Cloud Computing and the Pace of Technological Innovation
Everyone knows for the most part that technology, especially in Silicon Valley, is a fast moving beast. Nowadays, it’s not a field for people to get into halfheartedly; otherwise, you may find yourself being eatin’ alive by the competition. It’s … Continue reading
The Commoditization of the Hypervisor
It’s amazing; since the introduction of hardware based virtualization made possible with processor technology such as the Intel-VT and AMD-V (see prior blog The Power of Virtualization – a competitive edge), everyone and their mother is coming out with a … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Technology, Technology, Virtualization and Cloud Computing
Tagged AMD-V, Citrix, commodity, hypervisor, Intel VT, Live Migration, live storage migration, Microsoft, Oracle, oVirt, paravirtualization, Red Hat, Storage VMotion, virtualization, vMotion, vmware, Xen, XenServer
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The Rise of the Hybrid Cloud
As many organizations move their corporate services to private clouds to cut costs, enable rapid provisioning of resources, enable advanced monitoring, and increase up-time, I believe we will see a continuous uptake of solutions which tie private cloud services and … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Technology, Technology, Virtualization and Cloud Computing
Tagged Amazon S3, Amazon Simple Storage Service, American cloud companie, avoid US cloud, avoid US-based cloud, cloud, controversial Patriot Act, hybrid cloud, Jon Stokes, non-US cloud provider, Patriot Act, PATRIOT Act Gives Foreigners Good Reason to Avoid US Cloud, private cloud, public cloud, unconstitutional Patriot Act, United States Patriot Act, VPN
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HumairAhmed.com: Top 500,000 Websites in US – Not Bad for a Blog!
Well, it looks like I’ve finally broken into the top 500,000 websites in the US in terms of traffic according to Alexa. Not bad for a semi-periodically updated blog I suppose. Most sites, especially personal blogs, don’t even make the … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Business, Humair's News Releases, Internet Search, News, Technology, Technology, Websites
Tagged ahmed, alexa, blog, blog rank, blogging, humair, Humair Ahmed, Humair Ahmed's blog, Humair's blog, site, site rank, website, website rank
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How to sink your company with bugs, poor design, and poor support – SnagIt Case Study
TechSmith’s SnagIt is a popular screen/video capture software for Windows and Mac. It does get the job done most of the time, but these days, especially with basic screen and video capture, I expect much better. After having been forced … Continue reading
Posted in Applications, Business, Technology, Technology, Tips & Tricks
Tagged 2 GB limit, avi, avi fix, Camtasia, Camtasia Studio, corrupt avi, corrupt avi file, fix avi, HyperSnap, screen capture, SnagIt, snagit corrupt avi, snagit error, SnagIt Learning Center, snagit lost video capture, snagit video capture error, snagit video error, TechSmith, TSCC, TSCC codec, video capture, VirtualDub
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Disease-causing agents – a potential source of medicine?
We can learn a lot from the world of parasites, which in general also includes bacteria, viruses and fungi. The medical profession has long focused on bacteria and viruses more-so than parasitic protozoa partly due to the fact of how … Continue reading
Posted in BioTech/Pharma, Business
Tagged Ancylostoma duodenale. Necator americanus, blood thinner, Corvas International, herpes virus, hookworm, HSV, inflammation, Louisiana State University School of Veterinary Medicine, MediGene, Myxoma virus, oncolytic viruses, parasites, protozoa, storke, Viron Therapeutics, VT-111
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Helping the poorest of the poor fight disease
Imagine living day to day in a place plagued by constant poverty and unimaginable disease. AIDS, African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness), dracunculiasis (guinea worm disease), malaria, nodding syndrome, and onchocerciasis (river blindness) are some of the most common diseases the people … Continue reading
Posted in BioTech/Pharma, Business
Tagged African trypanosomiasis, AIDS, Ascaris lumbricoides, dracunculiasis, Ebola, Eflornithine, guinea worm disease, hookworm, malaria, Melarsoprol, nodding syndrome, onchocerciasis, parasites, Pentamidine, river blindness, roundworm, sleeping sickness, Sudan, Suramin, The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, The Carter Center, Trypanosoma brucei, trypanosome, whipworm
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Pharmacogenetics – The future of “Personalized Medicine”
European Americans are ten to forty times more likely than African Americans to get a very aggressive type of skin cancer called Melanoma. People of Asian descent are more likely to have the inability to process alcohol efficiently – exposing … Continue reading
Posted in BioTech/Pharma, Business
Tagged BiDil, Biotech, NitroMed, Personalized Medicine, Pharma, Pharmaceuticals, Pharmacogenetics, Targeted Medicine
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Pharma Mega-Mergers: When you can’t innovate, merge
In April of 2009, Pfizer agreed to buyout Wyeth for $68 billion; Pfizer’s market cap at that time was just around $100 billion. The following month Merck trumped the Pfizer deal with a $41 billion merger with Schering-Plough. What was … Continue reading
Posted in BioTech/Pharma, Business
Tagged Biotech, Cozaar, Genentech, Lipitor, Mega-Mergers, Merck, Pfizer, Pharma, Pharmaceuticial, Roche, Schering-Plough, Singulair, Wall Street
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