Thursday, 10 December 2009
Friday, 4 December 2009
£950 Green Data Centre for Scotland
Following the post yesterday about the DETI announcement of £48 million on telecoms infrastructure, friend Bill McCluggage drew my attention to this:
Data centre to attract crucial investment
He mentioned it in his Twitter stream yesterday too.
And he is right the NI investment is Dwarfed by Scotland. The story in a nutshell: "A £950 million ‘green’ data centre targeting £3.5 billion of potential inward investment has been approved for Scotland."
I strongly believe that individuals and families all over Northern Ireland should have access to high quality broadband. Bill was one of the driving forces behind getting NI to where it is now (and achieved that about 5 years ago). But in a post industrial economy where cranes that helped build ships are now tourist attractions and where there is the skills and talent to develop a robust digital economy, then the Investment focus needs to shift to supporting the emerging digital economy. We could have the best connectivity in the world - we should have the best connectivity (up and down) in the UK.
Thursday, 3 December 2009
Foster announces £48million investment in telecoms
This announcement from DETI is interesting/encouraging. But - I don't know, you tell me - is 2Mb/s up good enough to support digital businesses? I would have thought synchronous 10 Mb/s would be needed as a minimum. 10 Mb/s for consumers is really quite good, but for digital content producers?
Enterprise Minister Arlene Foster has announced an investment totalling £48million in Northern Ireland’s telecommunications infrastructure.The Next Generation Broadband project involves the introduction of new technology to increase broadband speeds in Northern Ireland over the next 18 months. It is targeted at areas across Northern Ireland, both urban and rural, which will deliver the greatest economic benefit by receiving high speed broadband.BT is investing close to £30million in the project, with a further £18million coming from the Department of Enterprise Trade and Investment (DETI), under the European Regional Development Fund's (ERDF) European Sustainable Competitiveness Programme and the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD), under the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development (EAFRD) Rural Development Programme.Under the project, BT will deploy fibre to the cabinet technology to a majority of businesses with other fixed line solutions being used where appropriate. The tender specified that businesses in urban areas should receive a minimum downstream speed of 10Mb/s and ones in rural areas 2Mb/s. This will be delivered with many businesses set to receive speeds well in excess of those benchmarks.
Wednesday, 2 December 2009
TotalMobile
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; ">TotalMobile is a new business from Consilium. It is led by Consilium’s Chief Technology Officer Gareth Tollerton with a team in Belfast. TotalMobile is an Enterprise Mobile Working solution designed for any business or organisation with people who spend time working outside the office. It has recently begun working in the US market.</p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; ">Gareth spoke to Davy Sims about the challenge of developing new products in an emerging area of technology.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><a href="http://www.simsdigitalmedia.com/podcasts/momentum/audio/consilium.mp3" > </a></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; ">For more information about Total Mobile visit <a href="http://www.totalmobile.co.uk" >www.totalmobile.co.uk</a>. The Consilium web site is <a href="http://www.ctechs.co.uk" >www.ctechs.co.uk</a></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; ">For more about Momentum visit <a href="http://www.momentumni.org" >www.momentumni.org</a></p>
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Twitter Cookbook
Full version of my Belfast Telegraph column
Think you can’t say much in 140 characters? How about a full recipe for Yam and leek Soup?
- Yam Leek Soup: saute leek&onion/T buttr/t mixspice. Simmr20m+4c stock/3c yam/tater/bay. Rmv bay; blend+½c yogurt/s+p. Top w tst pumpkinseed.
@Cookbook on Twitter provides a stream of more than 300 recipes with new ones being added almost every day.
· Garden Chicken Soup: brwn onion/½lb/225g chopchickn/3T oil; +t s+p/2T wine&herbs/bay/2c pep&carrot&tom/c orzo/4c h2o. Simmer15m. Top w parm.
The author is Maureen Evans (@Maureen) one of the first members of the Twitter community. From Canada then San Francisco she now lives in Co. Antrim. “I'm obsessed with the possibilities and constraints of language -- including new forums of conversation, such as Twitter. I'm also interested in making things: creativity, ingenuity, and learning to do things for oneself. I believe that people are more capable than we often think, including in our kitchens!” A graduate student in Creative Writing at Queen's University, Maureen is working on a collection of poetry. That interest is reflected in her haiku stream on Twitter, @maureen. “Food is another passion of mine; I'm constantly cooking, and that interest is recorded on @cookbook -- which is in effect a diary of my kitchen.”
- Humus: Mid East. Soak c chickpea 8h. Replace h2o; simmer3h. Drain. Puree/season to taste+⅓c tahini&lem&olvoil/½t garlic&salt/cayenne. Chill.
“I really enjoy the food in Northern Ireland, where the vegetables come to my countertop still covered in earth! The locality and quality of Northern Irish food is nearly unmatched in the modern food, and I would urge fellow residents to celebrate that in their own kitchens.”
- Biftek à la Parrilla: Argentina. Cvr4steak/½c olvoil~h. Rmv; +2T coarsesalt. Sear1st side@high; +3m@med for med-rare(5m welldone). Turn/rep
The initial idea of @cookbook was to share Maureen’s love of food with a few friends. “I felt Twitter was a way I could remind people of life's little pleasures, and make them curious about cooking again. Solving a tiny recipe is like solving a riddle -- it makes you concentrate, and remember the cooking experience that you figured out.”
You can follow Maureen’s recipes on www.twitter.com/cookbook and her haiku on www.twitter.com/maureen
Tuesday, 1 December 2009
Total Mobile from Consilium
Total Mobile is a new business from Consilium. It is led by Consilium’s Chief Technology Officer Gareth Tollerton with a team in Belfast. Total Mobile is an Enterprise Mobile Working solution designed for any business or organisation with people who spend time working outside the office. It has recently begun working in the US market.
Gareth spoke to Davy Sims about the challenge of developing new products in an emerging area of technology.
For more information about Total Mobile visit www.totalmobile.co.uk. The Consilium web site is www.ctechs.co.uk
For more about Momentum visit www.momentumni.org
Erik Van Ommeren on Cloud Computing
Erik van Ommeren, Director of Innovation at Sogeti and author of Collaboration in the Cloud speaks to Momentum about Cloud computing.
Erik spoke at an event in Belfast on Friday 27 November organised by Socitm – the Society of Information Technology Management and supported by Momentum and Sogeti.
The presentation ranged beyond the unexpected including new management and leadership thinking, how younger people’s expectations are driving change in information technology and how the business IT department will change to manage the use of Cloud computing.
During the presentation Erik asked the audience what they thought could computing is. Davy Sims spoke to Erik after the presentation and asked him the same question.
You can hear the interview by visiting the Momentum iTunes channel or downloading the podcast here:
You can also download Erik's book "Collaberation in the Cloud" here
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