I work for GigaOm Research part time and have had a chance to meet Paul Miller another researcher who covers the Cloud and is based out of the UK. Paul and I have discussed the similarities and differences between the US and European Cloud market. Many of the insights Paul has shared is available to those of you who subscribe to GigaOm Research. Here is a link to Paul’s report published yesterday.
Health and Wealth risks are Driving Movement of China's Talent Pool
In the past there was a large wave of companies who rushed into China. Over the last few years though there have been more employees who refuse to stay because of concerns of their health. Not a significant issue to most, but when the China natives decide to leave due to concerns of their health and now their wealth that is of concern.
CNN reports on Chinese who are choosing to leave because of risks to their wealth and health.
Many are leaving China for reasons like education, food and wealth security and air quality.STORY HIGHLIGHTS
- China sees 8.5 million mainly middle-class living abroad with less than 10% moving in
- Paper in China calls exodus "the world's worst brain drain"
Hong Kong (CNN) -- "Culture is not the main reason why most Chinese people leave. This is a romantic view. Most people leave China because of practical reasons like education, food and wealth security and air quality."
Analyst are even making the observation.
Health is wealth
Meanwhile, unbridled economic growth has brought a string of food and environmental scares in its wake. Smog from pollution has reached levels hazardous to human health and blanketed the capital Beijing and much of northeast China in recent months, prompting Premier Li Keqiang to declare a "war on pollution."
Those who can afford to exit are considering their options very seriously.
"High net earners cite wealth preservation, education for their children, food and environmental security as the main reasons for considering investment immigration,"
said Jennifer Zeng, a private wealth expert from management consulting firm Bain & Company.
Can you see the Impact of Spelling Errors in your Systems? Boston Bomber's Misspelling of Name Allowed him to Slip Past Security
So many of our systems are dependent on data entry. And thanks to spell checker’s it seems like there are more spelling errors rather than less. At least you notice them more as the computer makes a mistake. People make spelling errors all the time. Big deal. Well it is a big deal when it allows the Boston Bomber to be free.
Spelling mistake let Boston bomber slip by U.S. intelligence
Misspelling of "Tsarnaev" in a cable reminds us that human error haunts even the fiercest national security state
TOPICS: TAMERLAN TSARNAEV, DZHOKHAR TSARNAEV, BOSTON BOMBING, MISSPELLING, FBI, CIA,BOSTON MARATHON BOMBING, FSB, RUSSIA, CHECHNYA, NEWS
Tamerlan Tsarnaev(Credit: AP)
A new congressional report addresses how the Tsarnaev brothers — responsible for the Boston Marathon bombings — were able to evade FBI capture, despite warnings from Russia about the brothers as potentially dangerous.
The truth — somewhat chilling in our age of advanced technocapital and surveillance — is that the bombers were missed because of sheer human error. A spelling mistake let Tamerlan Tsarnaev slip through the intelligence net. As Reuters reports:
In September 2011, the FSB sent a cable to the CIA, restating the warnings of the first memo [about the Chechen's militant links]. NBC News quoted sources close to the congressional investigation as saying a second note about Tsarnaev was entered into the TECS system the next month, but spelled his name “Tsarnayev.”
Bet you so many big data systems are hampered by spelling errors that gets data rejected. Seems kind of simple to focus on data entry errors, but it is not sexy.
Project Alluvion is??? Amazon or someone else?
I have friends asking me if I know who is behind Project Alluvion. My guess to throw out there is Amazon. Why? Let me go over a few things.
What is Alluvion?
al·lu·vi·onəˈlo͞ovēən/nounLAW
Alluvion could be a code name that applies to Amazon project given the connection applies to a river.
Could it be Facebook, Google, or Microsoft? No, they have presences in the area already.
Could it be Apple? Not likely, Apple has land in Prineville, Reno, and Maiden with no data centers in Europe or APAC. It would seem Apple would expand on its existing properties or buy land outside of the US before buying land in Des Moines.
Amazon has a west coast presence and east coast, but creating a high availability fail over from the coasts doesn’t work well for many scenarios. For the same reason that Facebook, Google, and Microsoft have gone to each coast and the midwest, for Amazon to follow to compete seems reasonable.
After guessing Amazon, the potential customers don’t pan out on who would need a big data center with tax incentives.
My Friends build Data Centers, AWS's friends don't?
My friends like to build data centers. Some are building a lot. Thanks to Amazon, there is a view that “Friends don’t let Friends build Data Centers."
“Friends don’t let friends build data centers,” Infor CEO Charles Phillips said in his presentation during the keynote.
My friends like building data centers. And many of the partners of AWS’s Direct Connect build data centers. Building data centers is not bad if you know what you are doing. I thinkI would say “Friends don’t let the clueless build data centers.” Some people shouldn’t build data centers. Leave data centers to the pros.
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