May 9th, 2007
phil
‘Intelligent’ cars as fuel-efficient as hybrids
The technology for road telematics already exists, but given questions on safety and other issues that surround it, it is only being deployed in a small handful of field tests.
Engineers at Australia’s University of Melbourne compared how the two novel technologies matched up on fuel efficiency.
They used an unconverted saloon, or sedan, as the benchmark and three different driving cycles, configured to the Australian, American and European urban lifestyles, for the test runs.
A hybrid version of the car would deliver fuel economy of 15-25 percent over the unconverted vehicle, they calculated.
But this saving was matched when the benchmark car was fitted with basic telematics that predicted traffic flows as little as seven seconds ahead, as determined by the Australian drive cycle.
Here’s my brilliant idea: how about doing both things – make it a hybrid AND fit telematics
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Posted in Uncategorized
January 29th, 2007
phil
Techworld.com
Wouldn’t it be good if HP continued to make mincemeat of other vendors’ lackadaisical SMI-S efforts and creamed into their customer bases with Storage Essentials? They deserve no less. As for the others in the anti-Aperi Group words fail me….No. Stop. I’m, a hack. I can’t write that and mean it….
Is this really what’s going on? Maybe this isn’t such a great idea. Doesn’t SMI-S require several decent client applications in order for it to develop the required momentum for decent agent implementations to emerge? (Few have done so yet.)
Posted in appiq
January 20th, 2007
phil
I only just learned that AkkorI have come out of stealth mode with an “SRM appliance”
http://www.akorri.com/Default.aspx
Sounds like they’re aiming at one or two of the useful subsets of Storage Authority supposed functionality. Topology, and SPA and impact/hotspot analysis. I wonder if they will get it to work. Matrix and Northbridge behind them, and a couple of customers.
Most interestingly, their “Vice President of Channel and Alliance Development” is actually Lord Voldemort. That’s got to give them some kind of advantage.
Posted in appiq
January 1st, 2007
phil
Strategic Info Management: Has Storage Resource Management Fizzled? – Storage & Servers – Network Computing
…We brought in AppIQ; same dog, different set of fleas…
This kind of thing makes me proud. To think that somewhere in the depths of the software there is a nugget of gold that could be combined with a whole load of other stuff to make a usable software product. Mmmm.
Posted in appiq
January 1st, 2007
phil
Techworld.com – Storage Insight – Hurd speaks; continuing change at HP
…Mark Hurd did signal that focused acquisitions may be on the cards, ruling out larger-scale corporate buys such as Symantec. That may indicate that HP could move into the high-end network-attached storage (NAS) space. It also seems to need a data protection management reporting capability of its own, one that integrates well and deeply into its existing storage and IT infrastructure management products. There’s no sign that Storage Essentials is developing into this space…
Mellor points out repeatedly that non of the high-ups in HP (Hurd, Livermore, Robison) are talking about product (specifically Storage Essentials) but rather about strategy. Maybe that signifies a gap between product and strategy, or even between product strategy and corporate strategy? Are HP going to try to leverage “focused acquisitions” to bridge this gap, rather than Doing Engineering (which still seems to be regarded as a core competency amongst the engineers and their first few levels of management)?
Posted in appiq
November 13th, 2006
phil
Maybe this was the best Archers episode ever.
Not because Ruth finally got sensible and saved her 18-year marriage to David
Nor because her kids drew a picture of her carrying a wineglass the size of a bucket
But, yes, because David prepared dinner to the strains of the Bob The Builder cover of Mambo No. 5.
Sizzlin’ !!
Posted in Uncategorized
November 6th, 2006
phil
http://homepage.ntlworld.com/styles.family/index.html
If it were not that this page were written by my nephew Elliott, I would be astounded by the clear and succinct way these facts have been marshalled.
Posted in kids
October 24th, 2006
phil
Techworld.com – CEO Mark Hurd has had a stellar inauguration
In storage, HP bought people for technology historically — letting the smart people who were acquired run away with their cash and the ideas that got them where they were. Now not only has HP embraced the entrepreneurs it swallowed up, it promotes them. Case in point: Ash Ashutosh, the founder of AppIQ Inc. is now HP’s storage chief technology officer.
It’s great to see all this vision, business insight, and sound people management at HP.
Posted in appiq
October 22nd, 2006
phil
Only a few months ago, Idris could hardly form letters. Now she can write her whole name (unless she gets caught first).
Idris is 4 and a half. The Prius is not yet 3.
Posted in kids
September 27th, 2006
phil
Environment Unlimited | Travel and transport | Wheels, two. Options, limitless
Five reasons to ride
Money Owning a car costs around £3,000 a year. Bikes cost about £75. There’s also a tax break scheme (IR 176) that allows employees to buy a new bicycle tax free to use for commuting.
Fitness Driving a car burns up about 58 calories an hour. Cycling at a reasonable pace uses up more than 400 calories an hour.
Environment Car emissions = loads. Bike emissions = zero.
Parking A bike is nearly always, easier than a car, unless you’re in a railing fascist zone.
Happiness There’s plenty of evidence to show that a bit of exercise every day is likely to improve your mental wellbeing, as well as toning your thighs. The same cannot be said of driving.
Posted in green