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Curtis Franklin Jr.
Curtis Franklin Jr., Executive Editor
5/16/2012 - If you're like most manufacturers, you depend heavily on statistical sampling for your quality control. Out of every 10,000 widgets, some small number will be chosen for testing in various ...
Andrew Froehlich
Andrew Froehlich, Network Engineer & IT Consultant
5/16/2012 - In my circle of friends, there are one or two who are hanging on to their beloved BlackBerries for one singular reason -- the QWERTY keyboard. There are some users that rely on their ...
Ivan Schneider
Ivan Schneider, Writer, specializing in financial technology
5/16/2012 - By now, we've all had some experience with retargeting, a technique used in online advertising that propagates search queries throughout your subsequent online experiences. If you visit an ...
David Wagner
David Wagner, Senior Editor
5/16/2012 - When I was a kid, we'd go to the beach every summer, and just like today, a common souvenir was the t-shirt. However, back in those far off times, stores actually stocked decals with funny ...
Chad Gillis
Chad Gillis, Journalist
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Stephen Spector
Stephen Spector, Cloud Evangelist, Dell
5/16/2012 - In my last blog, I discussed the basic idea of virtualization and how cloud computing is enabled by this concept. In this post, I will present more details on the technology within ...
Elisa Sylvester
Elisa Sylvester, Clinical Mobility Solutions Marketing Manager, Dell Inc.
5/14/2012 - Could one of the oldest human inventions -- paper -- be the solution to improving point-of-care diagnostics? In a May 3 lecture, Dr. Andrew Ellington, a professor of chemistry and ...
Linda Lisle
Linda Lisle, Social Media Community Manager
5/11/2012 - Most companies still think innovation needs to be this huge, disruptive thing, and most still approach innovation as a one-time gathering of the creative types who get closed in a room to ...
Most recent post: Hammad Masood... True. Often we confuse innovation with invention
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Wednesday May 16, 2012 4:02:32 PM
hi to all of you. let's go!
Wednesday May 16, 2012 3:07:33 PM
Yes, let's wait till tomorrow! See you later!
Wednesday May 16, 2012 2:32:14 PM
hello, i'm out there and ready to go.  can't wait til tomorrow.
Wednesday May 16, 2012 1:18:00 PM
We still have a while to wait.
Wednesday May 16, 2012 11:28:08 AM
is anyone out there?  
Tuesday May 15, 2012 2:12:42 AM
hope to attend
Friday May 11, 2012 4:07:11 PM
@batye, I've used melatonin for long travel stints -- when I'm going back and forth to Europe or Asia. I really should try it for busy times here...
Friday May 11, 2012 4:06:42 PM
have to go - good day
Friday May 11, 2012 4:06:21 PM
I use melatonin it helps me sleep good during my 5 hours...
Friday May 11, 2012 4:05:53 PM
Curtis you could use melatonin from puritan.com sometimes they have good deal 5 for a price of two
Friday May 11, 2012 4:05:02 PM
good day to all I have to run :)
Friday May 11, 2012 4:05:01 PM
Have a good day, everyone -- and a great weekend!
Friday May 11, 2012 4:04:50 PM
I'm just working on not having to sleep - that will help a lot!
Friday May 11, 2012 4:04:21 PM
have a good day :)
Friday May 11, 2012 4:04:11 PM
this count is after I give some of my book away :)
Friday May 11, 2012 4:03:33 PM
All right campers. I have to go back to Contracts Land.  Have a good weekend.
Friday May 11, 2012 4:03:07 PM
@batye: That's alot of books - I have nowhere near that many!
Friday May 11, 2012 4:01:20 PM
how Curtis you could write book's I do not know - as I do have always shortage of time...
Friday May 11, 2012 4:00:33 PM
this days I sleep 5 hour a day and during day I get two naps of 15 minutes each... to accomadate all task I have during the day
Friday May 11, 2012 3:58:42 PM
my problem 24 hours a day is not suffient... it would be nice to have 36 or 48 hours days...
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On the Case
TGen IT: Where We Are Now
5|15|12   |   06:58   |   No comments

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On the Case
TGen IT: Where We Were
4|27|12   |   06:45   |   6 comments

The Translational Genomics Research Institute wanted to save lives, but its efforts were hobbled by immense computing challenges related to collecting, processing, sharing, and storing enormous amounts of data.
On the Case
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4|18|12   |   02:27   |   11 comments

Through their partnership, Dell and TGen have increased the speed of TGen’s medical research by 1,200 percent.
On the Case
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4|17|12   |   02:12   |   5 comments

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On the Case
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4|10|12   |   1:25   |   3 comments

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4|9|12   |   2:25   |   3 comments

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4|5|12   |   1:59   |   7 comments

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On the Case
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3|28|12   |   2:13   |   3 comments

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4|27|12   |   2:20   |   No comments

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3|28|12   |   2:11   |   10 comments

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2|29|12   |   2:28   |   4 comments

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2|22|12   |   2:15   |   6 comments

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