Stephen Arnold: Three Here and Now Amazon Management Milestones

Three Here and Now Amazon Management Milestones July 21, 2021, is a day of Amazon management milestones. In my newsfeeds this morning, I noted three items. Obviously none or some or all of these “real news” stories could be falsification from the fecund multi-verse. Who knows? Perhaps the error corrected Google quantum computer’s “supremacy” or …

Stephen Arnold: Online Anonymity: Maybe a Less Than Stellar Idea

Online Anonymity: Maybe a Less Than Stellar Idea On one hand, there is a veritable industrial revolution in identifying, tracking, and pinpointing online users. On the other hand, there is the confection of online anonymity. The idea is that by obfuscation, using a fake name, or hijacking an account set up for one’s 75 year …

Stephen Arnold: A Xoogler Wants to Do Search: Channeling Exalead and Smoking InfinitySearch?

A Xoogler Wants to Do Search: Channeling Exalead and Smoking InfinitySearch? Remember Exalead. This was a search engine created by a person who was asked to join the Google. The system was very good: 64 bit architecture, timely indexing of new and previously indexed sites, and novel features like searching via text for a specific …

Stephen Arnold: Microsoft Percept: Perception in the Azure Cloud

Microsoft Percept: Perception in the Azure Cloud Does your printer work? The printer is fine and our Apple Minis and laptops have zero problem generating hard copy. What about people joining a Teams meeting when those individuals are not 365 paying customers? Have you plugged in a second or third monitor and wondered where the …

Stephen Arnold: How Do You Spell Control? Maybe Google?

How Do You Spell Control? Maybe Google? The lack of a standardized format has made it difficult to manage vulnerabilities in open source software. Now, SiliconAngle reports, “Google Announces Unified Schema to Make Sharing Vulnerabilities Easier.” Writer Duncan Riley explains: “Google LLC today announced a unified schema for describing vulnerabilities precisely to make it easier …

Stephen Arnold: SPACtacular Palantir Tech Gets More Attention: This Is Good?

SPACtacular Palantir Tech Gets More Attention: This Is Good? Palantir is working to expand its public-private partnership operations beyond security into the healthcare field. Some say the company has fallen short in its efforts to peddle security software to officials in Europe, so the data-rich field of government-managed healthcare is the next logical step. Apparently …