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Dumbstruck city: big, brittle, not so smart

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A city that seems smart one moment can look like the dumbest thing alive the next moment. All it takes is one little cloud outage.

We’ve taken cloud outages in stride. After all, how often does it really matter if you place an Amazon order now or in an hour or two? But what if the cloud locks or unlocks your front door?

Fainting ladies

I’ve been reading up on “smart cities.” Anthony Townsend, in his article “Smart Cities: Buggy and Brittle” — from 2013 and still fresh — says yes, worry. Start with the cellular networks.

Cellular networks … are the fainting ladies of the network world — when the heat is on, they’re the first to go down and make the biggest fuss as they do so.

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Alpine Data and Goliath

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Vision and bravado came from the Alpine Data Labs CEO and a spokesman for the venture fund at the recent Alpine Data Labs reception. But the stack of books near the exit told the real story: Malcolm Gladwell’s latest, David and Goliath, tells how Alpine intends to take on the “giants.”

CMO “and data geek” Bruno Aziza, in his second month since SiSense, says that where the Goliaths demand coding, Alpine demands none. Where the Goliaths sit on the desktop, Alpine floats on clouds. While the Goliaths extract from Hadoop, Alpine rides on top. Go, Alpine.

Lyzasoft says “power to the people” with free version

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It was International Workers’ Day on Saturday and the official release day of Lyzasoft’s latest product: its foray into “free.” It’s a good way to say “power to the people.”

Some people associate that slogan with protests and even violence. But I think the best paths to power usually involve well-analyzed data, whether in public life or at work. Now the Little Guy has a potent new tool to deploy.

Lyzasoft founder Scott Davis calls Lyza on Lyza Commons [discontinued] “the YouTube of data.” This fully functional cloud-based version of Lyza is a strong tool for office-based, home-based, cubbyhole-based, dorm-based, or public library wifi-based users and groups.… Read the rest “Lyzasoft says “power to the people” with free version”