Researchers Teach Subliminally; Matrix Learning not Far Away

Researchers Teach Subliminally; Matrix Learning not Far Away

Healthcare Data In Critical Condition - Dark Reading

Healthcare Data In Critical Condition - Dark Reading

Stolen Desktop Computer Exposes Data Of Nearly 4 Million Patients - Dark Reading

Stolen Desktop Computer Exposes Data Of Nearly 4 Million Patients - Dark Reading

8 New health-tracking sensors - Boston.com

8 New health-tracking sensors - Boston.com I had this idea a year ago.

Microsoft Sketches Its Vision for the Near Future [VIDEO]

Microsoft Sketches Its Vision for the Near Future [VIDEO]

A side-by-side approach for upgrading SharePoint search to FAST - End User - NothingButSharePoint.com

A side-by-side approach for upgrading SharePoint search to FAST - End User - NothingButSharePoint.com

Three ways to scale a SQL Server business intelligence system

http://searchsqlserver.techtarget.com/tip/Three-ways-to-scale-a-SQL-Server-business-intelligence-system#.TpWz26YDAJU.blogger

Life as a Healthcare CIO: Bring Your Own Device

Life as a Healthcare CIO: Bring Your Own Device: At BIDMC, I oversee 10,600 desktops and 2000 laptops. They are all locked down with System Center Configuration Manager 2007 and McAfee e...

Adaptive Change Management in Collaboration

Adaptive Change Management in Collaboration

Niall Ferguson: The 6 killer apps of prosperity | Video on TED.com

http://www.ted.com/talks/niall_ferguson_the_6_killer_apps_of_prosperity.html?awesm=on.ted.com_9gyj&utm_campaign=niall_ferguson_the_6_killer_apps_of_prosperity&utm_medium=on.ted.com-twitter&utm_source=t.co&utm_content=ted.com-talkpage

The Growing SharePoint Business: Exciting Times for Customers and Partners

The Growing SharePoint Business: Exciting Times for Customers and Partners

Microsoft® SQL Server® code name 'Denali', CTP 3 Product Guide

Microsoft® SQL Server® code name 'Denali', CTP 3 Product Guide http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/confirmation.aspx?id=27069

SSAS Myths Dispelled | Boyan Penev on Microsoft BI

SSAS Myths Dispelled | Boyan Penev on Microsoft BI http://t.co/7ByQLpb via @boyanpenev#SQL #BI #SSAS

SQL Server Code Name Denali CTP3 - Download Available!

Download SQL Server Code Name "Denali" CTP3

SQL Server Code Name "Denali" Community Technology Preview (CTP3) provides the foundation for the cloud-ready information platform, and will help customers unlock insights across the organization and quickly build solutions that extend data across on-premises and public cloud.

SharePoint 2010 - Service Pack 1 All the GOOD stuff!

From the SharePoint Team BLOG-


​Author: Bill Baer, Senior Technical Product Manager, Microsoft Corporation

As we near the release of Service Pack 1 in late June 2011 we wanted to take a moment to share some of the important new functionality that will be brought to SharePoint 2010 with Service Pack 1. Service Pack 1 represents stability, performance, and security enhancements that are a direct result of your feedback and designed to extend the value you are experiencing with SharePoint 2010.

At this time we’re ready to share some of these improvements and as we move closer to late June 2011 we’ll be providing additional insight into additional functionality and specific fixes.

Site Recycle Bin

Service Pack 1 will introduce long awaited Site Recycle Bin functionality that enables self-service recovery of site collections and sites. In the past IT Professionals were tasked with restoring entire databases to recover deleted site collections and sites and would generally require expensive restore environments to support the task. Now in Service Pack 1 administrators can quickly and easily recover site collections and sites accidentally deleted by their owners in a process similar to that of the Recycle Bin we have for Lists, Libraries, and Documents.

Shallow Copy

If you’re using Remote BLOB Storage you’ve probably realized that when moving Site Collections (Move-SPSite) between content databases each unit of unstructured data (BLOB) was round tripped (I.e. uploaded and subsequently downloaded again) serially during the move. This operation was both time consuming and resource intensive. In Service Pack 1 we reduce that overhead by enabling “shallow copy” when moving Site Collections between databases where Remote BLOB Storage is used. New Shallow Copy functionality with the Move-SPSite CmdLet enables moving site collections between content databases without moving the underlying unstructured data, i.e. Microsoft Word documents, PowerPoint Presentations, etc. significantly increasing performance and reliability for organizations using Remote BLOB Storage by simply updating the pointers to those objects in the destination content database.

StorMan.aspx

In SharePoint 2010 we removed StorMan.aspx (Storage Space Allocation) (see http://support.microsoft.com/kb/982587/EN-US) which in previous versions of SharePoint enabled granular management and insight into storage. For example, the page would show you the top 100 documents or document libraries in terms of size. With that information end users could the page to clean up content from their site(s) by deleting the large content that they no longer needed. In Service Pack 1 we are bringing back an improved StorMan.aspx, enabling users to better understand where their quota is going and act upon that information to reduce the size of their sites.

New enhancements will improve the way you interact with information in SharePoint 2010. Service Pack 1 adds support for working with SharePoint and the Office Web Applications using Internet Explorer 9 and the Google Chrome browser (for a complete list of supported browsers for SharePoint 2010 see also http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/cc263526.aspx), support for Open Document Format documents, and more.

NOTE

The plan browser support articles on TechNet for SharePoint Foundation 2010 and SharePoint Server 2010 will be updated with the new browser support information as Service Pack 1 nears release in late June 2011.

In addition to the new functionality Service Pack 1 provides, as with all Service Packs, it will include a number of fixes designed to improve your experience with SharePoint 2010 and will include all Cumulative and Public Updates through the April 2011 Cumulative Update.

The data below is an accumulated list of all 2010 fixes that have already shipped. These will be included in our Service Pack 1 release. This is a combination of Cumulative Updates and Public Updates. In addition to what is listed below, Service Pack 1 will contain more fixes in each product. Between now and the time of release, we will publish more details about the coming changes.

• SharePoint Server 2010 February 2011 Cumulative Update
• SharePoint Foundation 2011 February Cumulative Update
• SharePoint Server 2010 December Cumulative Update
• SharePoint Foundation 2010 December 2010 Cumulative Update
• SharePoint Server 2010 October 2010 Cumulative Update
• SharePoint Foundation 2010 October 2010 Cumulative Update
• SharePoint Server 2010 August 2010 Cumulative Update
• SharePoint Foundation 2010 August 2010 Cumulative Update
• SharePoint Server 2010 June 2010 Cumulative Update (there was no consolidated update provided for June 2010)
• KB983497
• KB2124512
• KB2182938
• KB2204024
• KB2281364
• SharePoint Foundation 2010 June 2010 Cumulative Update

Enjoy Service Pack 1. We made it for you.

To keep informed with up to date Service Pack 1 information subscribe to the CAPES blog at http://blogs.technet.com/b/office_sustained_engineering/.

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Performance Point Services 2010 Limitations - Microsoft Business Intelligence by Nishant - Site Home - MSDN Blogs

Some limitations of PPS according to Nishant. My biggest limitation with the product is it no longer includes Proclarity, and they’re still trying to catch up with the features of that tool.
Customers I worked with loved Proclarity and I found it easy to use and navigate, and features like custom sets, decomp trees and heat maps were very powerful. MS really needs a desktop tool for their BI stack, outside of Excel. Perhaps Project Crescent might deliver on that, within a Silverlight smart client.

SharePoint Server 2010 – “Secret” Configuration Steps — Insource Blog

David Dean does a great job explaining 'some' of the gotcha's of a SharePoint 2010 install and configuration - not posted in any of the whitepapers or ebooks.

SharePoint Server 2010 – “Secret” Configuration Steps — Insource Blog

TEDMED: End of Life- Very Powerful!

TEDMED:

Truly passionate talk about 'Engaging with Grace" on the 'end of life' issue. Have you talked with the people you love? Don't miss this brief, yet very powerful presentation from Alexandra Drane.

Ambulance Care 2.0 with LifeBot

This is soo cool! Great look into where the future of ambulatory care can go!

No Need for a Cognitive Map: Decentralized Memory for Insect Navigation

ABSTRACT: In many animals the ability to navigate over long distances is an important prerequisite for foraging. For example, it is widely accepted that desert ants and honey bees, but also mammals, use path integration for finding the way back to their home site. It is however a matter of a long standing debate whether animals in addition are able to acquire and use so called cognitive maps. Such a ‘map’, a global spatial representation of the foraging area, is generally assumed to allow the animal to find shortcuts between two sites although the direct connection has never been travelled before. Using the artificial neural network approach, here we develop an artificial memory system which is based on path integration and various landmark guidance mechanisms (a bank of individual and independent landmark-defined memory elements). Activation of the individual memory elements depends on a separate motivation network and an, in part, asymmetrical lateral inhibition network. The information concerning the absolute position of the agent is present, but resides in a separate memory that can only be used by the path integration subsystem to control the behaviour, but cannot be used for computational purposes with other memory elements of the system. Thus, in this simulation there is no neural basis of a cognitive map. Nevertheless, an agent controlled by this network is able to accomplish various navigational tasks known from ants and bees and often discussed as being dependent on a cognitive map. For example, map-like behaviour as observed in honey bees arises as an emergent property from a decentralized system. This behaviour thus can be explained without referring to the assumption that a cognitive map, a coherent representation of foraging space, must exist. We hypothesize that the proposed network essentially resides in the mushroom bodies of the insect brain. read more...

The Battle for Metadata in SharePoint 2010 - End User - NothingButSharePoint.com

The Battle for Metadata in SharePoint 2010 - End User - NothingButSharePoint.com

Windows MultiPoint Server 2011 - New Features Demo

Life as a Healthcare CIO: Meaningful Use 2 and 3 Do It Yourself Presentation...

Life as a Healthcare CIO: Meaningful Use 2 and 3 Do It Yourself Presentation...: "Just as with Stage 1, it's likely that you'll be presenting the proposed Stage 2 and 3 Meaningful Use criteria to your stakeholders and boar..."

The Fourth Paradigm: Data-Intensive Scientific Discovery

Presenting the first broad look at the rapidly emerging field of data-intensive science.

Increasingly, scientific breakthroughs will be powered by advanced computing capabilities that help researchers manipulate and explore massive datasets.

The speed at which any given scientific discipline advances will depend on how well its researchers collaborate with one another, and with technologists, in areas of eScience such as databases, workflow management, visualization, and cloud computing technologies.

In The Fourth Paradigm: Data-Intensive Scientific Discovery, the collection of essays expands on the vision of pioneering computer scientist Jim Gray for a new, fourth paradigm of discovery based on data-intensive science and offers insights into how it can be fully realized.

Customizing and Extending the SharePoint 2010 Server Ribbon

 

Customizing and Extending the SharePoint 2010 Server Ribbon

WorkPlace for Kinect - Sports Analytics in the Boardroom

Three factors lead to better performance and personal satisfaction: autonomy, mastery, and purpose.

BI used to mean something..., well done Elad Israeli

Just Another Fool with a Tool
— Once, when Business Intelligence (BI) wasn't a multi-billion dollar industry, it was an idyllic concept which revolved around enabling an analytic approach to business decision making. That's what made me fall in love with BI over 10 years ago and what, in my view, gives the BI space its misty glow.
At the heart of the Business Intelligence concept lies the seemingly trivial ability to get answers to important questions. The CEO may ask the CFO how quarterly sales look compared to the previous year, and the online marketer may ask himself to which landing page they should direct new traffic for maximum conversions. To each of them, their question is equally important and has great impact on their course of action.

Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 Training Kit

The Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4 Training Kit includes presentations, hands-on labs, and demos. This content is designed to help you learn how to utilize the Visual Studio 2010 features and a variety of framework technologies including: Click me for Download

•C# 4
•Visual Basic 10
•F#
•Parallel Extensions
•Windows Communication Foundation
•Windows Workflow
•Windows Presentation Foundation
•ASP.NET 4
•Windows 7
•Entity Framework
•ADO.NET Data Services
•Managed Extensibility Framework
•Visual Studio Team System
This version of the Training Kit works with Visual Studio 2010 and .NET Framework 4.

SQL Server 2008 R2 Update for Developers Training Kit (January 2011 Update)

This training kit is a great resource for developers, trainers, consultants and evangelists who need to understand SQL Server 2008 and SQL Server 2008 R2 improvements from a developer perspective. It contains a rich set of presentations, demos, hands-on labs and videos that are perfect for self-paced learning or for conducting your own training.

Overview

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The January 2011 update includes lots of great new content and several usability improvements. More details on what’s new are provided below.

The easiest way to get started with the training kit is to download it, install it, open default.htm and browse the kit for the content that you are most interested in. Many of the presentations and demos in the training kit include a video that you can watch to familiarize yourself with the content. When you are ready for some hands-on experience, try installing one of the demos or hands-on labs. Each of them includes a configuration wizard that simplifies installation.

New Content: Build Your First Microsoft BI Solution with SQL Server 2008 R2
This update includes a rich new set of content designed for developers who want to learn how to build their first Microsoft Business Intelligence solution with SQL Server 2008 R2. Microsoft BI solutions leverage your existing technology investments in .NET, SQL Server and Office to develop rich integrated reporting and analytics experiences that empower users to gain access to accurate, up-to-date information for better, more relevant decision making. This content is a complete training course that contains eleven units covering all the key aspects of Microsoft BI solution development. You can find it by navigating to the Getting Started - BI Developers page. Here is a summary of what’s included:
•31 presentations (PowerPoint slides, videos and transcripts included)
•27 demos (installer scripts, videos and transcripts included)
•12 hands on labs (installer scripts included)
Here is a breakdown of each unit and its associated content:
1.Build Your First Microsoft BI Solution with SQL Server 2008 R2
Presentation: Understanding Business Intelligence
Demo: Delivering Information to Decision Makers with a Microsoft BI Solution
Presentation: Introducing Microsoft BI Solution Development
Demo: Introducing the Microsoft BI Development Toolset

2.Introduction to BI Modeling Techniques
Presentation: Designing Data Models for Microsoft BI Solutions
Demo: Exploring a Sample Dimensional Data Model
Presentation: Designing Semantic Models for Microsoft BI Solutions
Demo: Creating a Data Model with the Microsoft Entity Framework
Hands On Lab: Your First Look at the SQL Server 2008 R2 Sample Databases
Hands On Lab: Building Your First Semantic Model with the ADO.NET Entity Framework

3.Introduction to SQL Server 2008 R2 Integration Services
Presentation: Introducing ETL Processing with SQL Server 2008 R2 Integration Services
Presentation: Implementing Control Flow in a SQL Server 2008 R2 Integration Services Package
Demo: Implementing Control Flow in a SQL Server 2008 R2 Integration Services Package
Presentation: Implementing Data Flow Tasks in a SQL Server 2008 R2 Integration Services Package
Presentation: Loading Fact and Dimension Tables in a SQL Server 2008 R2 Integration Services Package
Demo: Implementing Data Flow in a SQL Server 2008 R2 Integration Services Package
Hands On Lab: Building Your First Extract-Transform-Load Process with SQL Server 2008 R2 Integration Services

4.Introduction to SQL Server 2008 R2 Reporting Services
Presentation: Reporting Fundamentals with SQL Server 2008 R2 Reporting Services
Presentation: SQL Server 2008 R2 Reporting Services Report Design Basics
Demo: Developing a Simple SQL Server 2008 R2 Reporting Services Report with a Relational Data Source
Presentation: Adding interactivity to a SQL Server 2008 R2 Reporting Services Report
Demo: Adding Interactivity to a SQL Server 2008 R2 Reporting Services Report
Presentation: Extending SQL Server 2008 R2 Reporting Services Reports with Custom Logic
Hands On Lab: Building Your First Relational Report with SQL Server 2008 R2 Reporting Services

5.Publishing and Accessing SQL Server 2008 R2 Reporting Services Reports
Presentation: Publishing SQL Server 2008 R2 Reporting Services Reports
Demo: Publishing SQL Server 2008 R2 Reporting Services Reports
Presentation: Enabling Self-Service Reporting with SQL Server 2008 R2 Shared Components
Demo: Enabling Self-Service Reporting by Publishing SQL Server 2008 R2 Reporting Services Shared Components
Presentation: Accessing SQL Server 2008 R2 Reporting Services Reports Programmatically
Demo: Developing Embedded SQL Server 2008 R2 Reporting Services Applications
Hands On Lab: Building Your First Reporting Application with the Visual Studio 2010 ReportViewer Control

6.Introduction to SQL Server 2008 R2 Analysis Services
Presentation: Analysis Fundamentals with SQL Server 2008 R2 Analysis Services
Presentation: Understanding the Components of a SQL Server 2008 R2 Analysis Services Database
Demo: Developing a SQL Server 2008 R2 Analysis Services Database
Presentation: Introduction to SQL Server 2008 R2 Analysis Services Programming
Demo: Developing a Time Dimension with SQL Server 2008 R2 Analysis Services
Demo: Enhancing the End User Experience of a SQL Server 2008 R2 Analysis Services Cube
Hands On Lab: Building Your First Cube with SQL Server 2008 R2 Analysis Services

7.Introduction to SQL Server 2008 R2 Analysis Services Query Syntax
Presentation: Introduction to SQL Server 2008 R2 Analysis Services MDX
Presentation: Exploring SQL Server 2008 R2 Analysis Services MDX Query Techniques
Demo: Introducing SQL Server 2008 R2 Analysis Services MDX Query Development
Presentation: Exploring SQL Server 2008 R2 Analysis Services Cube Calculations
Demo: Enriching a SQL Server 2008 R2 Analysis Services Cube with Calculations
Hands On Lab: Building Your First Queries and Calculations with SQL Server 2008 R2 Analysis Services MDX

8.Accessing SQL Server 2008 R2 Analysis Services Data
Presentation: Developing SQL Server 2008 R2 Reporting Services Reports for Analysis Services
Demo: Developing a Simple SQL Server 2008 R2 Reporting Services Report with an Analysis Services Cube
Presentation: Using Excel 2010 as an Analysis Services Client
Demo: Creating an Excel 2010 PivotTable Using a SQL Server 2008 R2 Analysis Services Cube
Presentation: Using SharePoint 2010 Excel Services with Analysis Services Data
Demo: Publishing and Sharing SQL Server 2008 R2 Analysis Services Cube Data with SharePoint 2010 Excel Services
Hands On Lab: Building Your First Multidimensional Report with SQL Server 2008 R2 Reporting Services

9.Introduction to SharePoint 2010 PerformancePoint Services
Presentation: Performance Management Fundamentals with SharePoint 2010 PerformancePoint Services
Demo: Delivering an Interactive Performance Management Dashboard with SharePoint 2010 PerformancePoint Services
Presentation: Developing KPI's and Scorecards with SharePoint 2010 PerformancePoint Services
Demo: Developing KPIs and Scorecards with SharePoint 2010 PerformancePoint Services
Presentation: Developing Reports and Dashboards with SharePoint 2010 PerformancePoint Services
Demo: Developing Interactive Reports and Dashboards with SharePoint 2010 PerformancePoint Services
Hands On Lab: Building Your First Dashboard with SharePoint 2010 PerformancePoint Services

10.Introduction to Data Mining with SQL Server 2008 R2 Analysis Services
Presentation: Data Mining Fundamentals with SQL Server 2008 R2 Analysis Services
Demo: Developing Data Mining Models with SQL Server 2008 R2 Analysis Services
Presentation: Programming SQL Server 2008 R2 Analysis Services Data Mining
Demo: Embedding SQL Server 2008 R2 Analysis Services Data Mining in a Custom Application
Hands On Lab: Building Your First Data Mining Model with SQL Server 2008 R2 Analysis Services

11.Introduction to Self-Service Reporting and Analysis with SQL Server 2008 R2
Presentation: Self-Service Reporting Fundamentals with SQL Server 2008 R2
Demo: Self-Service Reporting with Report Builder 3.0
Presentation: Self-Service Analysis Fundamentals with SQL Server 2008 R2
Demo: Self-Service Analysis with SQL Server 2008 R2 PowerPivot for Excel 2010
Demo: Publishing and Sharing SQL Server 2008 R2 PowerPivot Workbooks with SharePoint 2010 Excel Services
Hands On Lab: Building and Sharing Your First Report Builder 3.0 Report
Hands On Lab: Building and Sharing Your First SQL Server 2008 R2 PowerPivot for Excel Workbook

Other Content
This update includes all of the content from the previous release. Here’s a quick summary of what is included:

•Getting Started Building Web Applications With SQL Server
This content is for web developers who are new to SQL Server and are just getting started building their first solution. You can find it by navigating to the Getting Started - Web Developers page.
•SQL Server 2008 R2 Update for Developers
This content provides a complete training course with six units covering all the key improvements in SQL Server 2008 R2, including StreamInsight and Data-tier applications. Integration with Office 2010 and SharePoint 2010 is also covered. You can find this content by navigating to the SQL Server 2008 R2 - Overview page.
•SQL Server 2008 Update for Developers
This content covers all the key improvements in SQL Server 2008, including new date and time data types, spatial data types, FILESTREAM, Transact-SQL improvements and support for .NET CLR assemblies. You can find it by navigating to the SQL Server 2008 - Overview page.

Usability Improvements
This update features several usability improvements that we hope will make it easier to navigate and use the training kit:

•The master configuration wizard no longer auto-starts and can be launched manually from the Prerequisites page if needed. This makes it easier to use individual demos or hands-on labs without having to install the prerequisites for the entire training kit.
•Remote SQL Server instances are now supported for many demos and hands on labs. Unfortunately we were not able to add support for remote SharePoint 2010 installations. This still requires manual intervention.
•We reworked the menu structure and content pages to improve navigation and discovery of content.
•We added a desktop shortcut to the main training kit page (default.htm).

Some Random Thoughts: PowerPivot tutorial videos

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