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- ZDNet Author Biography
Andrew Mager is an associate technical producer at CBS Interactive Business, slicing mockups for BNET, ZDNet, and TechRepublic. Before coming to work in San Francisco, he was studying print & electronic journalism at Virginia Tech. With the lack of quality student media in the hills of southwest Virginia, Andrew and...- more about Andrew Mager »
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- A live, more interactive Rev3
- Television and the Internet are on a collision course that will revolutionize entertainment, but Revision3 is always one step ahead of the game. Today, they launched a new live video player that allows the user to be the director. That's right, you...
- Tags: Episode, Media Players, Internet, Corporate Communications, Instant Messaging, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Marketing, Online Communications, Andrew Mager
- Blog posts 2008-11-21
- Elastic servers reduce costs during weekend downtime
- Dorion Carroll, vice president of engineering for Technorati, explains that because bloggers don't blog as much on the weekends, the company can save on costs by using fewer servers during those low times, while adding servers from the Amazon cloud to deal with heavy weekday traffic. by Andrew Mager
- Tags: Downtime, Blogging, Servers, Internet, Hardware, Andrew Mager
- Blog posts 2008-10-28
- Sifting through Splogs
- Dorion Carroll, vice president of engineering for Technorati, discusses the challenges inherent in trying to index the growing blogosphere. Because the company grew right along with it, they were able to evolve defenses, like keywords and posting heuristics, against the onslaught of spam blogs. by Andrew Mager
- Tags: Blogging, Internet, Andrew Mager
- Blog posts 2008-10-28
- Serving up sub–second responses
- Dorion Carroll, vice president of engineering for Technorati, says that while the active blogosphere is between 15 and 30 million blogs, there they around 130 million indexed altogether. The challenge for their small technical team is to sift through that ever-expanding amount of data, while serving up sub-second response times....
- Tags: Blogging, Team Management, Internet, Management, Andrew Mager
- Blog posts 2008-10-28
- Technorati VP of engineering: Dorion Carroll
- Dorion Carroll, vice president of engineering for Technorati, talks to ZDNet correspondent Sumi Das about the challenges with scaling operations as the blogosphere continues to grow. He also discusses how they're able to index millions of blog posts in near real time, surviving the economic downturn and what differentiates the...
- Tags: Technorati, Engineering, Blogging, Internet, Andrew Mager
- Blog posts 2008-10-28
- Who owns social media?
- Who really owns your social data? That is the question that will be debated tonight at the headquarters of CBS Interactive in San Francisco, along with many others. The Social Media Club, headed by Chris Heuer...
- Tags: Social Media, Andrew Mager
- Blog posts 2008-10-21
- Fiber to the node vs. fiber to the home
- Pieter Poll, CTO of Qwest, discusses the difference between fiber to the node and fiber to the home service. He says Qwest strives to reduce homeowners' construction costs, while still bringing their customers the fastest Internet possible. by Andrew Mager
- Tags: FTTH, Qwest Communications Inc., Fiber, Fiber Optics, Optical Networking, Broadband Internet, Telecommunications, Networking, Andrew Mager
- Blog posts 2008-10-21
- No bandwidth capping for Qwest
- Pieter Poll, CTO of Qwest, explains why he's not surprised by Comcast's bandwidth caps. Although Qwest has no immediate plans for caps, he explains that one percent of the top users are creating 20 percent of the demand, making caps a way to keep things fair. by Andrew Mager
- Tags: Cap, Bandwidth, Qwest Communications Inc., Andrew Mager
- Blog posts 2008-10-21
- Net neutrality: a two-sided issue
- Pieter Poll, CTO of Qwest believes that applications should only be controlled or blocked if there are legal implications. However, he says Qwest should be allowed to customize their service and provide what he calls a "two-sided business agreement" for the best user experience possible. by Andrew Mager
- Tags: Qwest Communications Inc., Net Neutrality, Andrew Mager
- Blog posts 2008-10-21
- Qwest CTO: Pieter Poll
- Pieter Poll, CTO of Qwest, talks to ZDNet correspondent Sumi Das about choosing the innovative technologies to run one of the leading communication companies in the U.S. They also discuss the company's role as the network infrastructure provider at the 2008 DNC and RNC conventions, and where the company stands...
- Tags: CTO, Qwest Communications Inc., Network Administration, Networking, Andrew Mager
- Blog posts 2008-10-21
- Uncov is back, and you can write for it
- The rantalicious tech blog Uncov took a brief hiatus from the Internet, but now it's back. Former Googler software engineer and current CTO of Pressflip Ted Dzubia will be doing most of the posting, but he's opened it up for anyone to contribute....
- Tags: Uncov, Internet, Blogging, Tools & Techniques, Management, Andrew Mager
- Blog posts 2008-10-09
- Live: Mashable Monthly
- 6:30 p.m. The blogger lounge is loaded with pizza, cupcakes, and Fiji water. Pete Cashmore's sending off party is hosted at Roe in San Francisco, and the place is filling up. I got to work quickly and made friends with the representatives from Artiklz. ...
- Tags: Cupcake, Flickr, Pete Cashmore, Strands, Blogging, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Channel Management, Internet, Marketing, Andrew Mager
- Blog posts 2008-09-30
- Turn Facebook into English Pirate mode
- Today is International Talk Like A Pirate Day, and Facebook is playing along. Scroll to the bottom of your page, and change the language to "English Pirate": It's silly, but also kinda fun: ...
- Tags: Facebook, Ye, Piracy, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Andrew Mager
- Blog posts 2008-09-19
- Twitter has a new look
- Twitter is redefining the future of messaging. They just released some cosmetic changes, and the site seems faster overall. It's more Ajaxy, and more responsive. by Andrew Mager
- Tags: Twitter, Instant Messaging, Groupware, Internet, Online Communications, Enterprise Software, Software, Andrew Mager
- Blog posts 2008-09-18
- Accessing the R&D budget
- Rebecca Jacoby, CIO of Cisco, explains why the company spends 10% of its revenue on research and development, and how new acquisitions help them innovate even further. by Andrew Mager
- Tags: R&D, Research & Development, Business Operations, Andrew Mager
- Blog posts 2008-09-16
- Integrating acquisitions
- Rebecca Jacoby, CIO of Cisco, explains how IT takes the first steps after an acquisition—streamlining critical processes and ensuring that whatever the new company has brought to the table is put to good use. by Andrew Mager
- Tags: Acquisition, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Andrew Mager
- Blog posts 2008-09-16
- Cutting costs with TelePresence
- Rebecca Jacoby, CIO of Cisco, describes how the company is using collaboration tools, especially their video conferencing system TelePresence, to cut costs and connect customers. by Andrew Mager
- Tags: Cost, Collaboration, Groupware, Productivity, Enterprise Software, Software, Andrew Mager
- Blog posts 2008-09-16
- Cisco CIO: Rebecca Jacoby
- Rebecca Jacoby, CIO of Cisco talks to ZDNet correspondent Sumi Das about adding new collaboration tools such as TelePresence and Unified Communications inside the enterprise. She also shares her views on managing IT for more than 50,000 employees worldwide, and why she’s been called one of the most extroverted CIOs...
- Tags: CIO, Cisco Systems Inc., Collaboration, Groupware, Enterprise Software, Software, Andrew Mager
- Blog posts 2008-09-16
- Bear Hug Camp: a microblogging meetup
- CBS Interactive hosted a meetup about the state of microblogging. Bear Hug Camp is about discussing the future of messaging. People use Twitter as a way to communicate and stay in touch with their audience. It's not always reliable though. ...
- Tags: Steve Gillmor, Twitter, Instant Messaging, Blogging, Internet, Online Communications, Andrew Mager
- Blog posts 2008-09-12
- Inspiration from an Internet entrepreneur
- When I hear the name Gary Vaynerchuk, I don't immediately think wine. Yes, his online wine empire is explosive, but he is multi-dimensional. His fame has changed him, but only for the better. Gary gets bombarded with hundreds of emails every day, but still manages to connect...
- Tags: Web, Internet, Wine, Gary, Andrew Mager
- Blog posts 2008-09-11
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