Friday, June 22, 2012

The Future of R&E networks and cyber-infrastructure (eInfrastructure)


[A couple days ago I had the honor of giving a talk on the future of R&E networks and cyber-infrastructure to celebrate Kees Neggers receiving the Order of the Orange Nassau ( the Dutch equivalent of the Order of the British Empire)

Wednesday, June 6, 2012

How To Use Cloud Computing To Do Astronomy (and other sciences)


[Here is an excellent balanced presentation on the advantages (and disadvantages) of using commercial clouds for astronomy and other research programs.

Tuesday, June 5, 2012

Why CDNs are critical to future of R&E networks, Big Data and the Internet


[Today Netflix announced that they are deploying their own Content Delivery Network (CDN) for delivery of their video streams to Internet Exchange Points (IXPs) around the world.