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NOV
13th
Is this anything: XES
XES is an attempt to standardize encoding source code in XML form.
- When encoded an XSLT script XES could then be used to translate the code into other forms, such as:
- o Conversion to other languages, XSLT might not easily do a complete conversion without error, but it could at least do the first step and take some of the drudgery out of human conversion.
- o Generation of documentation such as UML diagrams and other diagrams possibly in SVG format.
- XES could be a good intermediate format for code generators.
- XES can hold code in a format where the first parsing stage of compiling has already been done, this would allow:
- o code to be more quickly compiled on the fly.
- o Open Source code to be distributed in this form with Linux so that it can be compiled more quickly and with less errors than distributing it
- o To allow some small level of language independence in code distributing code without loosing any information.
- XES could define an intermediate language, like Java or C# intermediate code, which is more like the source code but could still be interpreted at runtime.
- XES could provide a much better way to mix scripting code in with XML data.
- XES could provide a more general way to define algorithms together with the data it is acting on.
NOV
13th
APPEL1.0
A P3P Preference Exchange Language
Automating compliance with the 'Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act'
APPEL is a
language for describing user preferences for P3P (Platform for Privacy
Preferences Project) policies. APPEL offers the prospect of automatically
bringing a website with varied privacy notification requirements into compliance
with certain provisions of the Financial Modernization Act of 1999.
Read More
Dec
20th
Free landing page optimization tool
Website Optimizer, Google's free multivariate and A/B testing tool, helps online
marketers increase visitor conversion rates and overall visitor satisfaction.
Instead of guessing what works best, the folks at Google can save time and show
you what works by testing what and where your visitors see and do with the
testing tool.
It's worth it to view the demo at: http://services.google.com/training/websiteoptimizeroverview/ This is because you can also pick up how to describe a complicated subject like web site optimization using the Macromedia Breeze product. [Editor's Note: When trying to 'hit two birds with one stone' it is important to get at least one of them (i.e. it more important to understand web site optimization than getting too distracted by the Breeze software -- 'tho that Breeze stuff is pretty spiffy]
NOV
9th
OSIPS 101:
A Technical Guide to
the Security Industry
Association's OSIPS
Data Models
By William DeVoe, Software Engineer, HID Global
The OSIPS (Open, Systems Integration and Performance Standards) data models
are breaking new ground in defining interoperability between components in
traditional access control systems. The SIA Standards strategy of
"breaking
stovepipes" (described in previous SIA News articles) will lead to more
choices for
integrators, consultants
and end-users.
The OSIPS Framework includes connections, authentication and authorization,
schedules, event reporting, and I/O points.
Read More at the SIA
site
NOV
9th
IBM Upgrades Direct, Low-Latency Delivery
of Exchange Data
In their ongoing quest to reduce data latency in the delivery of market data to algorithmic trading programs, Wall Street firms are starting to take data feeds directly from the exchanges, cutting out middlemen like Reuters, Thomson and Bloomberg.
Read more at: "wallstreetandtech.com"
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Blog: Remote Desktops
Coming to
Wall Street
in 2008
Wall Street & Technology
Dec. 18, 2007
"...Wachovia has already said they're kitting out the new trading floor in their under-construction Charlotte headquarters with remote desktops (or "back-racked PCs" as they call them), which will open in 2009..."
"...Newer technology, such as Teradici's chipsets (which transmit images between monitor and CPU at high speeds), can accommodate distances of up to 2,000 kilometers before latency becomes an issue. For instance, Teradici says it has run tests between Houston, Texas and London, England and found no discernable time lag (below 35 milliseconds, a lapse can't be detected by the human eye, Robinson says). However, a fast network is essential for remote desktops to perform well -- a 10 megabit network, for instance, would be too slow..."
Hedge Fund Services Heat Up
By Paul Allen
Wall Street & Technology
February 27, 2005
"In my view, prime brokers and [hedge] fund administrators will increasingly
find themselves competing in the same space in terms of the services they can
offer," says Rob Schultz, head of HSBC's alternative fund services for North
America...
