Wednesday December 12, 2007 |
Wednesday December 12, 2007 Tapas, Rioja & BeerTonight, I had the chance to get out and see some of Brussels. The first place to start was the "Grand Place". In the run up to Xmas, they have lit the Hotel de Ville with spot lights and coloured filters, which they vary in time to the opera they play. Very cultured!
They also light up the front of "the Bourse", which at this time of year is surrounded by WinterFest stalls selling mulled wine and tat. I then cut accross to 'Le Bar Tapas' which serves a fine Tapas and some nice Rioja. tags: culture travel europe belgium brussels xmas bourse 
(2007-12-12 23:30:00.0) Permalink So what is wrong with the Internet?On Day 2, of the NESSI AGM, we broke into seminar groups. The first session I attended was called the ' Future of the Internet', it was led by Mike Fisher of BT [Google him], who presented about the forces for change on the internet, both historic constraints and changes being brought about by technology innovation, and demand. Again a key view of the future is the the internet evolves from a network of computers, beyond a network of things to a network of services. Since Mike comes from a network company, and a large one at that, and so understands how poorly IT is ready to manage the challenge of scale raised by these factors. In the afternoon, I attended the 'Service Orientated Infrastructure' session. Some aspects of the problem domain are very broad and interesting, but the discussions seemed focused around today's grid solutions in academia and commerce, although I arrived late. This working group's documents are also available on the NESSI web site SOI work group page, and their own web site. The GRID Strategic Research Agenda is available from the NESSI Site [.pdf]. tags: technology internet future futurology research NESSI EU R&D
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