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sábado, 30 de junio de 2012

Development by Davis: “Open Management Interface (OMI) – open-source implementation of DMTF CIM/WBEM standards” plus 2 more

Development by Davis: “Open Management Interface (OMI) – open-source implementation of DMTF CIM/WBEM standards” plus 2 more


Open Management Interface (OMI) – open-source implementation of DMTF CIM/WBEM standards

Posted: 29 Jun 2012 12:56 PM PDT

Microsoft and The Open Group have announced the release of Open Management Infrastructure (OMI), an open source project to further the development of a production quality implementation of the DMTF CIM and WBEM standards. The Windows Management team has a blog post covering the details of OMI and the goals of the project.

OMI (formerly known as NanoWBEM) is an implementation of the DMTF Common Information Model (CIM) standard, which defines the semantics of management information for networks, applications, and services. Here's a high-level overview of OMI's implementation of a CIM server:

Just as the Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL) helped open up the x86 hardware ecosystem and enable rapid innovation across the industry, CIM-based tools such as OMI form a Datacenter Abstraction Layer (DAL) that provides a framework for interoperability between management tools across diverse platforms and devices. As noted on the Windows Server blog:

"… the growth of cloud-based computing is, by definition, driving demand for more automation, which, in turn, will require the existence of a solid foundation built upon management standards. For standards-based management to satisfy today's cloud management demands, it must be sophisticated enough to support the diverse set of devices that are required and it must be easy to implement by hardware and platform vendors alike. The DMTF CIM and WSMAN standards are up to the task, but implementing them effectively has been a challenge. Open Management Infrastructure (OMI) addresses this problem."

Keep an eye on The Open Group's OMI project site for the latest news about OMI's evolution. You can download OMI source code and documentation today (available under an Apache 2.0 open source license), and soon you'll find information about more detailed documentation, contribution facilities, and OMI developer conferences.

Doug Mahugh
Senior Technical Evangelist
Microsoft Open Technologies, Inc.


Open Management Interface (OMI) – open-source implementation of DMTF CIM/WBEM standards

Posted: 29 Jun 2012 12:56 PM PDT

Microsoft and The Open Group have announced the release of Open Management Infrastructure (OMI), an open source project to further the development of a production quality implementation of the DMTF CIM and WBEM standards. The Windows Management team has a blog post covering the details of OMI and the goals of the project.

OMI (formerly known as NanoWBEM) is an implementation of the DMTF Common Information Model (CIM) standard, which defines the semantics of management information for networks, applications, and services. Here's a high-level overview of OMI's implementation of a CIM server:

Just as the Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL) helped open up the x86 hardware ecosystem and enable rapid innovation across the industry, CIM-based tools such as OMI form a Datacenter Abstraction Layer (DAL) that provides a framework for interoperability between management tools across diverse platforms and devices. As noted on the Windows Server blog:

"… the growth of cloud-based computing is, by definition, driving demand for more automation, which, in turn, will require the existence of a solid foundation built upon management standards. For standards-based management to satisfy today's cloud management demands, it must be sophisticated enough to support the diverse set of devices that are required and it must be easy to implement by hardware and platform vendors alike. The DMTF CIM and WSMAN standards are up to the task, but implementing them effectively has been a challenge. Open Management Infrastructure (OMI) addresses this problem."

Keep an eye on The Open Group's OMI project site for the latest news about OMI's evolution. You can download OMI source code and documentation today (available under an Apache 2.0 open source license), and soon you'll find information about more detailed documentation, contribution facilities, and OMI developer conferences.

Doug Mahugh
Senior Technical Evangelist
Microsoft Open Technologies, Inc.


Open Management Interface (OMI) – open-source implementation of DMTF CIM/WBEM standards

Posted: 29 Jun 2012 12:56 PM PDT

Microsoft and The Open Group have announced the release of Open Management Infrastructure (OMI), an open source project to further the development of a production quality implementation of the DMTF CIM and WBEM standards. The Windows Management team has a blog post covering the details of OMI and the goals of the project.

OMI (formerly known as NanoWBEM) is an implementation of the DMTF Common Information Model (CIM) standard, which defines the semantics of management information for networks, applications, and services. Here's a high-level overview of OMI's implementation of a CIM server:

Just as the Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL) helped open up the x86 hardware ecosystem and enable rapid innovation across the industry, CIM-based tools such as OMI form a Datacenter Abstraction Layer (DAL) that provides a framework for interoperability between management tools across diverse platforms and devices. As noted on the Windows Server blog:

"… the growth of cloud-based computing is, by definition, driving demand for more automation, which, in turn, will require the existence of a solid foundation built upon management standards. For standards-based management to satisfy today's cloud management demands, it must be sophisticated enough to support the diverse set of devices that are required and it must be easy to implement by hardware and platform vendors alike. The DMTF CIM and WSMAN standards are up to the task, but implementing them effectively has been a challenge. Open Management Infrastructure (OMI) addresses this problem."

Keep an eye on The Open Group's OMI project site for the latest news about OMI's evolution. You can download OMI source code and documentation today (available under an Apache 2.0 open source license), and soon you'll find information about more detailed documentation, contribution facilities, and OMI developer conferences.

Doug Mahugh
Senior Technical Evangelist
Microsoft Open Technologies, Inc.


viernes, 29 de junio de 2012

Development by Davis: “Should you crowdsource your strategy?” plus 2 more

Development by Davis: “Should you crowdsource your strategy?” plus 2 more


Should you crowdsource your strategy?

Posted: 29 Jun 2012 05:00 AM PDT

Should you crowdsource your strategy?

All too often, direction setting happens in an ivory tower—cut off from valuable in-the-trenches insight and expertise and out of tune with shifts in the broader environment. What's more, when strategy is cooked up in an elite enclave, the process of "selling" it to the very people expected to implement it becomes an arduous and uncertain chore.

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Why is innovation difficult?

Posted: 29 Jun 2012 03:00 AM PDT

Why is innovation difficult?

The merits of failing faster are integrated with taking risks. Successful innovations only come after many failed attempts. Marten Mickos, CEO of Eucalyptus Systems, explores the intersection of open source and innovation in a Technology Academy Finland (TAF) post "What is Innovation?"

Mickos says:

"An innovation creates a new dimension of performance. It's not enough to improve performance. It's not enough to create a new thought. A new thing is not an innovation unless it finds a new direction for performance."

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Android SDK Tools, Revision 20

Posted: 28 Jun 2012 09:00 AM PDT

[This post is by Xavier Ducrohet, Tech Lead for the Android developer tools]

Along with the preview of the Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) platform, we launched Android SDK Tools R20 and ADT 20.0.0. Here are a few things that we would like to highlight.
    Application templates: Android ADT supports a new application templates for creating new application, blank activity, master-detail flow, and custom view. These templates support the Android style guide thus making it faster and easier to build beautiful apps. More templates will be added over time.

    Tracer for GLES: With this new tool you can capture the entire sequence of OpenGL calls made by an app into a trace file on the host and replay the captured trace and display the GL state at any point in time.
    Device Monitor: To help you to easily debug your apps, all the Android debugging tools like DDMS, traceview, hierarchyviewer and Tracer for GLES are now built into one single application.
    Systrace: Improving app performance does not have to be a guesswork any more. Systrace for Jelly Bean and above lets you easily optimize your app. You can capture a slice of system activity plus additional information tagged from the Settings > Developer Options > Monitoring: Enable traces or with specific calls added to your application code.

To learn more on the layout editor, XML editing, build system & SDK Manager improvements, please read the ADT 20.0.0 and SDK Tools R20 release notes.

Join us today, June 28th, at the "What's new in Android developer tools" session for some fun tool demos and a sneak-peak into what's coming next.


jueves, 28 de junio de 2012

Development by Davis: “MIT and Harvard launch joint education venture” plus 4 more

Development by Davis: “MIT and Harvard launch joint education venture” plus 4 more


MIT and Harvard launch joint education venture

Posted: 27 Jun 2012 04:00 AM PDT

MIT and Harvard launch joint education venture
'Do you think other institutions will take advantage of the open source edX platform and join in? '
Yes
No
Yes, but the material will be very limited
No, they will create (or have created) their own online learning systems

Harvard and MIT recently announced a joint venture they are calling edX. Beginning in the fall of 2012, edX will offer free online classes to anyone who can access the Internet. Both institutions are claiming edX is "not a Harvard or MIT lite," but it will be hosting content from actual classes at both universities. The vision behind edX is to extend both institutions' commitment to improving education for everyone–including those on campus and around the world.

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Panera's experiment in human nature: Let customers decide what to pay

Posted: 28 Jun 2012 05:00 AM PDT

Panera's experiment in human nature: Let customers decide what to pay

Panera Bread launched a new breed of business to attack the growing epidemic of food insecurity in America. The result is Panera Cares—cafes where people eat tasty, nutritious food in an uplifting environment and pay whatever they can afford. There's a full Panera menu, but no prices. The guest, not Panera, sets the price. And yet, each community cafe is self-sustaining.

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New Media Commons white paper examines future of transparency in peer review

Posted: 28 Jun 2012 03:00 AM PDT

New Media Commons white paper examines future of transparency in peer review

The always-insightful Alex Reid has penned an essay "on the question of open peer review," which examines a draft white paper posted to Media Commons last week.

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WordPress 3.4.1 Maintenance and Security Release

Posted: 27 Jun 2012 12:57 PM PDT

WordPress 3.4.1 is now available for download. WordPress 3.4 has been a very smooth release, and copies are flying off the shelf — 3 million downloads in two weeks! This maintenance release addresses 18 bugs with version 3.4, including:

  • Fixes an issue where a theme's page templates were sometimes not detected.
  • Addresses problems with some category permalink structures.
  • Better handling for plugins or themes loading JavaScript incorrectly.
  • Adds early support for uploading images on iOS 6 devices.
  • Allows for a technique commonly used by plugins to detect a network-wide activation.
  • Better compatibility with servers running certain versions of PHP (5.2.4, 5.4) or with uncommon setups (safe mode, open_basedir), which had caused warnings or in some cases prevented emails from being sent.

Version 3.4.1 also fixes a few security issues and contains some security hardening. The vulnerabilities included potential information disclosure as well as an bug that affects multisite installs with untrusted users. These issues were discovered and fixed by the WordPress security team.

Download 3.4.1 now or visit Dashboard → Updates in your site admin to update now.

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Introducing Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) preview platform, and more

Posted: 27 Jun 2012 10:08 AM PDT

[This post is by Angana Ghosh, Product Manager on the Android team]


At Google I/O today we announced the latest version of the Android platform, Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean). With Jelly Bean, we've made the great things about Android even better with improved system performance and enhanced user features.

Improvements include a smoother and more responsive UI across the system, a home screen that automatically adapts to fit your content, a powerful predictive keyboard, richer and more interactive notifications, larger payload sizes for Android Beam sharing and much more. For a lowdown on what's new, head over to the Jelly Bean platform highlights.

Of course, Jelly Bean wouldn't be complete without a healthy serving of new APIs for app developers. Here are some of the new APIs that Jelly Bean introduces:
    Expandable notifications: Android 4.1 brings a major update to the Android notifications framework. Apps can now display larger, richer notifications to users that can be expanded and collapsed with a pinch. Users can now take actions directly from the notification shade, and notifications support new types of content, including photos.
    Android Beam: In Android 4.1, Android Beam makes it easier to share images, videos, or other payloads by leveraging Bluetooth for the data transfer.
    Bi-directional text support: Android 4.1 helps you to reach more users through support for for bi-directional text in TextView and EditText elements.
    Gesture mode: New APIs for accessibility services let you handle gestures and manage accessibility focus. Now you can traverse any element on the screen using gestures, accessories, you name it.
    Media codec access: Provides low-level access to platform hardware and software codecs.
    Wi-Fi Direct service discoverability: New API provides pre-associated service discovery letting apps get more information from nearby devices about the services they support, before they attempt to connect.
    Network bandwidth management: New API provides ability to detect metered networks, including tethering to a mobile hotspot.
For a complete overview of new APIs in Jelly Bean, please read the API highlights document. Note that this is a preview of the Jelly Bean platform. While we're still finalizing the API implementations we wanted to give developers a look at the new API to begin planning app updates. We'll be releasing a final platform in a few weeks that you should use to build and publish applications for Android 4.1.

For Android devices with the Google Play, we launched the following at Google I/O today:
    Smart app updates: For Android 2.3, Gingerbread devices and up, when there is a new version of an app in Google Play, only the parts of the app that changed are downloaded to users' devices. On average, a smart app update is a third the size of a full apk update. This means your users save bandwidth and battery and the best part? You don't have to do a thing. This is automatically enabled for all apps downloaded from Google Play.
    App encryption: From Jelly Bean and forward, paid apps in Google Play are encrypted with a device-specific key before they are delivered and stored on the device. We know you work hard building your apps. We work hard to protect your investment.
    Google Cloud Messaging for Android: This is the next version of C2DM and goes back to Froyo. Getting started is easy and has a whole bunch of new APIs than C2DM has to offer. If you sign-up for GCM, you will be able to see C2DM and GCM stats in the Android developer console. Most importantly, the service is free and there are no quotas. [Learn more.]
Starting from today, over 20 Android sessions at Google I/O will deep-dive in many of these areas. Join us in-person or follow us live.