New Roles and Skills for Cloud Computing - AdVoice: Microsoft - Cloud Power This article is commissioned by Microsoft Corp. The views expressed are the author’s own. Clearly, cloud computing requires new skills inside of organizations that are moving to the cloud. We all get that. However, many companies have difficulty understanding exactly what those skills are, the scope required, and the timing. There are several ways this can play out. My take on all of this is that before we ignore the problem, or toss money at it, perhaps this a good time to put some lines in the sand around what skills are required as the cloud creeps into our IT universe. When considering what skills are needed to thrive in the cloud, I like to use a role-based approach, with the new roles being: Cloud Architect Cloud Security Specialist Cloud Developer Cloud Infrastructure Manager Provider Specialist Cloud architect is the No. 1 job posting that I see from any company or consulting organization looking to move into cloud computing.
Josh Knows | Introductory Tour of the GNU Radio Project Before you read too far, I have produced a coding guide: Blocks Coding Guide. Don't overlook it. Introduction I am writing this guide because GNU Radio is a great tool that can easily be overlooked. The documentation is poor and just getting started is not obvious. GNU Radio is a set of signal processing tools for the computer. GNU Radio is... An API for creating signal blocks (C++/Python) A runtime environment for signal processing A library of signal processing blocks User scripts and applications Hardware drivers (USRP/USRP2/VRT) An application for creating flow graphs (GRC) The USRP is big ADC/DAC with a USB plug, with a decent price (under $1k). Buy USRPs Here Installing GNU Radio Installing GNU Radio is probably the biggest leap for a beginner. Windows GNU Radio definitely works in Windows. Follow these instructions Linux Ubuntu Linux is very nice for GNU Radio because all the dependencies can be easily met. Using GNU Radio Introdution Python Helpful Python References Learning By Example
data structures and software dependability | Software / Snoopy latest update: April 14, 2014, at 01:02 PM Please use the following reference to give credits to Snoopy:M Heiner, M Herajy, F Liu, C Rohr and M Schwarick:Snoopy – a unifying Petri net tool;In Proc. PETRI NETS 2012, Hamburg, Springer, LNCS, volume 7347, 398–407, June 2012 News Downloads Windows version snoopy-stable-windows-2014-04-01.msiafter download finished double click on the *.msi and the installation starts start snoopy, e.g. by double click on the icon on your desktop Linux version Mac OS X version (10.5+, Intel only) snoopy-stable-macosx-intel-2014-04-01.dmgopen the dmg and drag snoopy to your favorite location start snoopy, e.g. by double click on the name For our faithful long-term friends, who want to transfer their PED-files, we provide here a ped2snoopy converter, and some useful hints to use it. Here are some examples to get used to the tool: There is no all-covering manual available, but you will hopefully not miss it. General Description Basic Properties Main Features Upcoming
Satellite Tracking System: Orbitron by Sebastian Stoff / Satellite tracking easiest ever! The first artificial satellite was put in the space on October 4, 1957 by the Russians. It was named Sputnik 1, and spent 92 days in Earth orbit. Since then man has launched thousands of rockets, and put thousands of satellites in orbit. There are more than 8000 objects in orbit now, including operational, non-operational, rocket bodies, and debris. They are orbiting at an altitude from 150, up to several thousands kilometers. Due to predictable conditions of satellite movement in space (lack of atmosphere) computer software can calculate a satellite's position for given moment. To keep tracking software working precisely, one should update elements periodically. You must remember that TLE data for an object that has maneuvered since the last elset is no longer any good. Why do we track satellites? So even if you're a beginner, don't hesitate to download satellite tracking software like Orbitron. Remember, satellite tracking is the easiest ever with Orbitron!
Técnicos dizem que futuro da transmissão por satélite está ameaçado Luiz Xavier Diretora da Secom da Câmara, Sueli Navarro disse que a nova faixa de frequência vai interferir no sinal da TV Câmara. Durante seminário realizado nesta terça-feira para debater o futuro da recepção do sinal de TV por satélite no Brasil, técnicos das emissoras de televisão se manifestaram contra o edital do leilão da faixa de frequência de 3,5 GHz, aprovado pela Agência Nacional de Telecomunicações (Anatel). Eles afirmam que essa nova faixa de frequência vai interferir no sinal de televisão captado por antenas parabólicas instaladas no País. Na avaliação do engenheiro de comunicações da Rede Record André Felipe Trindade, o futuro da transmissão por satélite corre risco depois que a Anatel decidiu colocar em leilão a faixa de 3,5 GHz para ofertar serviços de WiMAX, tecnologia de banda larga sem fio. Ele citou como situação em que haverá interferências a recepção de eventos internacionais como a Copa do Mundo de Futebol e os Jogos Olímpicos.
AcademicPapers - GNU Radio - gnuradio.org Please feel free to add a summary, bibliographic info, and a link to your papers! Institutions sorted by continent. Asia¶ National University of Computer and Emerging Sciences, Pakistan¶ Niaz Ahmed, Waqas Abbas, Affan Syed. UTM-MIMOS Center of Excellence in Telecommunication Technology, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia¶ Syed-Yusof, S.K., Khairul Rashid, K.M. ; Abdul Latiff, N.M. ; Fisal, N. ; Sarijari, M.A. ; Rashid, R.A. ; Ramli, N., "TDMA-based cooperative sensing using SDR platform for cognitive radio", in Proceedings of the Asia-Pacific Communications Conference (APCC), South Korea, October 15-17, 2012 Europe¶ Lappeenranta University of Technology¶ A. ETH Zürich (Switzerland)¶ System Security Group: "S. Department of Physics - Quantum Optics Group: Bruno Zimmermann, Torben Müller, Jakob Meineke, Tilman Esslinger, Henning Moritz: High-resolution imaging of ultracold fermions in microscopically tailored optical potentials. University of Messina (Italy) - Faculty of Engineering¶
Meet Snoopy: The DIY drone that tracks your devices just about anywhere Seven months ago, Ars documented CreepyDOL, a low-cost, distributed network of Wi-Fi sensors that stalks smartphone-toting people as they move about neighborhoods or even entire cities. As each node is small enough to be slipped into an overlooked nook at the nearby gym, cafe, or break room, the system can assemble a shockingly detailed dossier of personal data, including the schedules, e-mail addresses, personal photos, and current or past whereabouts of the person or people it monitors. Now, CreepyDOL—short for Creepy Distributed Object Locator—is about to be outdone by a newly updated DIY stalker device that has the potential to collect orders of magnitude more data from people. Dubbed Snoopy, it can track not only Wi-Fi, but also signals based on radio frequency identification (RFID) and the Bluetooth and 802.15 specifications. Digital terrestrial footprint It was also possible to know if any devices within range of Snoopy had previously visited other monitored locations.
KiCad EDA Software Suite - Kicad EDA - KiCad EDA KiCad is an EDA software suite for the creation of professional schematics and printed circuit boards up to 32 copper layers with additional technical layers. KiCad runs on Windows, Linux and Apple OS X and is released under the open-source GNU GPL v2 free of charge. If you like KiCad or are making a good living using KiCad in your toolset, you should consider donating funds used for development. CERN has put up a place to collect donations which will be used directly to support a developer. With KiCad you can create schematic diagrams and printed circuit board up to 32 copper layers. Eeschema, schematic editor.Pcbnew, printed circuit board editor, with a 3D viewer.Gerbview, Gerber file viewer. And then some other auxiliary tools: Pl_editor, a page layout editor.Bitmap2component, make you convert bitmap images to footprints.PCB calculator, provides some nifty calculators. KiCad is under heavy development. Since its birth, in 2007, KiCad has shown a great level of acceptance among users.