Quote of the Day: "It's not your job to like me. It's mine." ~ Byron Katie
On this Day: In 1981, IBM introduced the System/23 Datamaster, its first desktop computer.
FCC Drops Dynamic Reserve Pricing Auction Rule An FCC official acknowledged that the commission would drop its requirement to impose "dynamic reserve pricing," a rule that garnered stiff opposition from broadcasters.
All You Engineers! Don't Be Left Out of the Cloud Summit. Register now for the Aug 5-6 Technology Leadership Cloud Summit in Raleigh, N.C., featuring WGBH-TV CTO Stacey Decker and Capitol Broadcasting's Jimmy Goodmon. Meals are free. Lodging is free. The off-site data center tour is free. The networking is free. All you have to do is get there and bring your questions.
"High Speed Bridge to Cloud Storage" is a new ebook from Signiant that introduces Signiant Flight (previously known as SkyDrop), a SaaS solution for accelerated transfer of content to and from cloud storage.
"Using Cloud Playout to Simplify Your Disaster Recovery Plans" from Imagine Communications describes how using its Cloud Disaster Recovery system can provide private or public cloud-based disaster recovery for broadcast and video playout operations.