This particular gadget is known as the O Kitchen, a concept device created by a team of Brazilian designers. I suppose it is named the O Kitchen because it can fold up into a large ball. Yet without a hole in the middle, I wouldn’t call it an “O”. I guess they didn’t like the name “Ball Kitchen”. I’m not even going to allude to what that sounds like.
This O Kitchen was designed to be an easily portable and compact kitchen, presumably made for those who don’t have the space for a big kitchen. Of course, this takes up some space too. Find out what all the numbers mean after the jump.
Each of the number corresponds to a different feature on the O Kitchen: 1) Unified microwave and electric oven; 2) Refrigerator; 3) Dishwasher; 4) Cooktop; 5) Smell and steam exhaust; 6) Lighting; 7) Control panel with internet access, MP3 player function, CD/DVD reader, digital cookbook, kitchen management software, built-in sound system; 8 ) Cabinets; 9) Automatic disposal system; 10) High temperature alert display.
I can see another use for the O Kitchen: outdoors. Why bother taking the grill to a tailgate party when you can just roll the O Kitchen in the back of the pickup truck? Of course, you’re probably going to have to bungee it down somehow so it doesn’t roll out on a sudden stop.
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Microsoft has begun shipping Forefront Identity Manager 2010, server software for provisioning and de-provisioning user access and privileges for network and database resources.
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Nexenta Systems is updating its NexentaStor open source storage software with inline deduplication, which increases the amount of data that can be stored on a server by storing it more efficiently, and support for three popular hypervisors.
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IT management software vendor CA has announced that it will be acquiring privately-held 3Tera for an undisclosed amount. 3Tera is the creator of AppLogic, a management platform in which a graphically oriented system is used to configure applications for deployment in the cloud.
CA says that this latest acquisition is part of the company's effort to handle application management issues in the cloud, tying them back to CA's existing system management and performance monitoring products. In addition, CA also has plans to expand 3Tera's virtualization support beyond the Xen virtualization platform, and to eventually support competing platforms such as VMWare ESX and Microsoft HyperV.
Gartner analyst Donna Scott says that this latest acquisition is CA's strategy to "get ahead of the curve." Scott noted that "[CA] is buying small companies early instead of waiting for a fully developed (cloud) marketplace."
Of CA's intention to enter into the cloud computing market, Forrester Research analyst James Staten wrote in a blog post: "If anyone doubted CA Inc.'s intention to get into the cloud computing market, you can't get away with that skepticism anymore. This company is serious."
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Yesterday CA Inc., the enterprise IT company formerly known as Computer Associates, announced its intent to acquire the cloud computing provider 3Tera. Even though the details of the deal are not available, there are some unconfirmed reports going around the blogosphere and twitterverse saying it could be 30x the current 3Tera revenue. This acquisition follows CA’s other acquisitions relevant to cloud space like Cassatt, NetQoS and Oblicore. This news has the potential to shake up the enterprise cloud computing market.
Traditionally, CA is a leading player in Enterprise IT Management software for mainframes and distributed systems. After the controversy surrounding the indictment of their then CEO, Sanjay Kumar, in the mid part of last decade, they put their house in order and started pushing products around “Lean IT” campaign. As cloud computing gained steam towards the end of the last decade and the recession forced the enterprises to take a second look at the cloud for adoption, CA was busy acquiring companies like NetQOS, Oblicore and Cassatt. But there were no telltale signs of any immediate cloud play. It appears, with all these acquisitions, CA was putting the necessary pieces of puzzle in place to take off as a strong and credible IaaS player. 3Tera’s acquisition gives us some hints about what is going to come out of CA in the coming years. It also sends a unambiguous signal that they are in for a long haul.
CA’s path to cloud nirvana through acquisitions is hardly surprising because CA is, in fact, built by a series of acquisitions from 1977 onwards. Already the blogosphere was buzzing around with the news that CA plans to spend $300 million buying cloud startups. So, their strategy to buy 3Tera is not at all surprising. I will briefly analyze the impact of this acquisition.
Even though it is exciting from many angles, I do have some concerns about this merger.
It will be interesting to see how it plays out in the long term. It will also be interesting to see who is the next target for CA with the rest of $300 Million they have have in the pockets.
They're after $20K, to pay for the servers, a site redesign, and a new back-end, and they say it'll last them for three years. I love the Librivox catalog, and this sounds like a good investment in its future. I kicked in $100.
We're asking for donations for the following:
- to cover hosting costs for our website (about $5,000/year)*, which includes:
- the site you are reading now;
- the forum;
- the wiki;
- the catalog;
- a whole lot of back-end software to host and process audio before it goes to the Internet Archive
- but does NOT include hosting audio files which is done by Archive.org
- to redesign the site and improve its accessibility
- to make the LibriVox catalog easier for listeners to use
- to make the management software easier for admins to use
We expect this fund-raising drive to sustain us for three years at least.
CA Wednesday announced it had entered into a definitive agreement to acquire for an undisclosed sum a company called 3Tera, a move that industry watchers say will equip the management software maker with tools to offer customers a smoother transition to private and public cloud computing.
CA is set to buy cloud software company 3Tera, a move that industry watchers say will equip the management software maker with tools to offer customers a smoother transition to private and public cloud computing.
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It looks like Mitsubishi doesn't want to miss its chance of becoming a bigger player in the automotive market. After all, electric cars represent a kind of fresh start for the industry, and companies with a head-start in battery technology, power electronics, charging infrastructure and management software, etc, have a chance to grab market share from bigger companies that are dragging their feet (you reading this, Toyota?). Mitsubishi's hopes rest on the i MiEV urban electric car, and so far the n... Read the full story on TreeHugger
