Mícheál Ó Foghlú's Weblog http://www.ofoghlu.net/log/ en mofoghlu@tssg.org Copyright 2012 Fri, 08 Jun 2012 10:01:39 +0000 Fri, 08 Jun 2012 17:21:04 +0000 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/ http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 mofoghlu@tssg.org http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss I'm freezing this blog as read-only, new blog @ ofoghlu.net/blog As of today I'm freezing this blog as read-only: http://www.ofoghlu.net/log (Old blog - frozen) I'll keep all the generated files, with image and other links intact, as I migrate to a new server. I'll then use a completely new paradigm for maintaining my new blog, that I hope will start to be a bit more regular again, and contain more code snippets. The new tools will make this easier for me: http://www.ofoghlu.net/blog (new blog - active) This will use Octopress and Jekyll to manage content. See the first post in the new blog for details. Migration is in progress, DNS lag means it will take a day to propagate so it points to the new server where the new blog is (I've manually copied the initial sync of the new blog to the old server so the link works in the overlap period).... http://www.ofoghlu.net/log/2012/06/im_freezing_this_blog_as_reado.html 1706@http://www.ofoghlu.net/log/ As of today I'm freezing this blog as read-only: http://www.ofoghlu.net/log (Old blog - frozen) I'll keep all the generated files, with image and other links intact, as I migrate to a new server. I'll then use a completely new paradigm for maintaining my new blog, that I hope will start to be a bit more regular again, and contain more code snippets. The new tools will make this easier for me: http://www.ofoghlu.net/blog (new blog - active) This will use Octopress and Jekyll to manage content. See the first post in the new blog for details. Migration is in progress, DNS lag means it will take a day to propagate so it points to the new server where the new blog is (I've manually copied the initial sync of the new blog to the old server so the link works in the overlap period).]]> World irishblogs mofoghlu TSSG Fri, 08 Jun 2012 10:01:39 +0000 https://www2.tssg.org/mt-blog/mt-tb.cgi/821 0 http://www.ofoghlu.net/log/2012/06/im_freezing_this_blog_as_reado.html#comments Google Scholar Page I just enabled my Google Scholar Page: Mícheál Ó Foghlú - Google Scholar Citations. I had previous enabled by ACM personal profile: Mícheál Ó Foghlú - ACM Author Page.... http://www.ofoghlu.net/log/2012/03/google_scholar_page.html 1703@http://www.ofoghlu.net/log/ I just enabled my Google Scholar Page: Mícheál Ó Foghlú - Google Scholar Citations. I had previous enabled by ACM personal profile: Mícheál Ó Foghlú - ACM Author Page.]]> TSSG Researchers irishblogs mofoghlu TSSG Tue, 13 Mar 2012 16:28:44 +0000 https://www2.tssg.org/mt-blog/mt-tb.cgi/818 0 http://www.ofoghlu.net/log/2012/03/google_scholar_page.html#comments FeedHenry Brings Mobile App Development to Cloud Foundry http://www.ofoghlu.net/log/2012/03/feedhenry_brings_mobile_app_de.html 1700@http://www.ofoghlu.net/log/ This afternoon I published a guest blog post on the Cloud Foundry website, promoting to use of Feedhenry's new integration with public Cloud Foundry. I re-produce a slightly edited version here. I'll follow up with more details of how to update the server-side of the app that has been created with the instructions below, using git commits. FeedHenry Brings Mobile App Development to Cloud Foundry Mobile application developers can now build and deploy applications on Cloud Foundry using the FeedHenry developer platform. Available today (Wednesday, 6th March 2012) at mobilecf.feedhenry.com, Cloud Foundry developers can build mobile apps using HTML5, JavaScript and CSS fully integrated and instantly staged to their CloudFoundry.com account. To get started, simply download the FeedHenry Command Line tool, using your existing CloudFoundry.com credentials. New subscribers to CloudFoundry.com can join using the promotion code “feedhenry“. In the following blog we will demonstrate how to use the FeedHenry Command Line tool to clone a sample/template app, (from GitHub), stage the server-side code to CloudFoundry.com (Node.js and Redis), and build a HTML5 & JS app for an Android device. See http://mobilecf.feedhenry.com for detailed instructions. Also check out the FeedHenry App Studio to preview the app that you create here. Installing node.js The FeedHenry CLI tool, fhc, uses node.js on your local machine. To setup node.js use the node installer located at http://nodejs.org/#download Installing or Updating the FeedHenry CLI Tool (fhc) Use the Node Package Manager (npm) to install or update the FeedHenry CLI tool (fhc). $ sudo npm install –g fh-fhc (the optional prefix “sudo” gives permission to install system-wide in a Unix style environment). To test fhc is installed correctly and see the version you have installed, use: $ fhc -v fhc has some built-in documentation; use fhc help for general help, or fhc help [command] for help on a specific command. Logging in using your CloudFoundry.com credentials To get started with the CLI tool you need to login to the FeedHenry platform using your CloudFoundry.com credentials. This will automatically create a FeedHenry account at mobilecf.feedhenry.com. $ fhc target https://mobilecf.feedhenry.com $ fhc login <your CloudFoundry.com email> <your CloudFoundry.com password> In the next 3 simple steps, we will illustrate how to create a HTML5/JS app with an instant backend in cloudfoundry.com Forking a template app in github (code) To edit/modify the template app, login to github, and fork the app to your personal account. https://github.com/feedhenry/App-Anatomy Get the read-only git identifier for your cloned app. git://github.com/<YOUR-ID>/App-Anatomy.git Now create an app in the FeedHenry platform linked to your fork of the template app in github. $ fhc apps create App-Anatomy git://github.com/<YOUR-ID>/App-Anatomy.git If using a secured repository, please check out the documentation docs.feedhenry.com for generating and uploading public/private keys. Staging the backend to Cloud Foundry Staging to Cloud Foundry requires the use of the unique app identifier <APP-ID> that can be acquired by listing the active FeedHenry apps. $ fhc apps The staging can be done to the debug environment or the live environment. The former hosts the server-side for “debug” apps, and the latter for “release” apps. Separating these allows developers to exercise functionality separately in testing before deploying to production. $ fhc stage <APP-ID> --devel or $ fhc stage <APP-ID> --live To ensure that the app has indeed staged correctly use the Cloud Foundry CLI tool (vmc). $ vmc target api.cloudfoundry.com $ vmc login $ vmc apps $ vmc logs <my Cloud Foundry app-id> We have just staged the cloud code from our forked app. Each app contains three directories: client, cloud, and shared. The client directory is for the client-side HTML5/JS app, the cloud directory is for the server-side Node.js code (this is what has been staged). The shared directory is in both. Check out the documentation for more information on using the shared directory. Building the Android client To generate an Android debug build of the app: $ fhc build app=<APP-ID> config=debug destination=android version=2.2 download=true The appropriate files are gathered, bundled and dispatched to the FeedHenry build farm. The resulting binary file, for Android, an .apk file, is returned and can then be downloaded to your desktop. You can preview the app using the FeedHenry studio at mobilecf.feedhenry.com. Load the app onto the phone by using email or Dropbox. That’s it – you have built and staged an app in 3 easy steps. Note: Editing the code in the git repository can make changes to the server-side and the client-side functionality. Those changes can be uploaded to FeedHenry via a git pull request. The updated server-side code can be re-staged, and the updated client-side code can be used to build a new version of the app. To find out more about this template app, App-Anatomy, see FH App-Anatomy in the References. To get started go to http://mobilecf.feedhenry.com Additional information Installing vmc: http://start.cloudfoundry.com/tools/vmc/installing-vmc.html Installing Node.js: http://nodejs.org/#download Installing npm: http://npmjs.org/ Installing fhc: http://docs.feedhenry.com/our-tools-for-developers/fhc-command-line/ Cloning an app: http://docs.feedhenry.com/training-labs/fhc/creating-an-app-from-github/ FeedHenry App-Anatomy: http://docs.feedhenry.com/training-labs/app-labs/app-anatomy/ FeedHenry Android Build: http://docs.feedhenry.com/training-labs/fhc/creating-an-android-debug-build/ FeedHenry Staging to Cloud Foundry: http://docs.feedhenry.com/training-labs/fhc/creating-an-android-debug-build/#step3 Join the FeedHenry and the Cloud Foundry guys for a Cloud Foundry mobile meetup, March 25th, San Francisco. Signup for Cloud Foundry today, and start building your own mobile app!]]> Programming irishblogs mofoghlu TSSG Tue, 06 Mar 2012 15:44:20 +0000 https://www2.tssg.org/mt-blog/mt-tb.cgi/815 0 http://www.ofoghlu.net/log/2012/03/feedhenry_brings_mobile_app_de.html#comments Three new PhD Graduates from TSSG at WIT Ceremony It was my pleasure to attend the graduation ceremony in WIT on Friday 6th January 2012 where three more PhD students graduated from the TSSG. These were (left to right in picture above) Dr Korbinian Frank, Dr Gajaruban Kandavanam and Dr Lei Xu. These join the previous gradutes for a total of eight PhD gradutes from the TSSG to date. Doctorates represent many years of hard work, comprising persperation and insiration, and I wish all the new graduates all the best. Of course, I should also mention the supervisors for these students, respectively Dr Tom Pfeifer, Dr Dmitri Botvich and Dr Brendan Jennings pictured with Lei below (with me on the far right, Tom to my left, Dmitri on the far left and Brendan to his right). Dr Sasi Balasubramaniam, not pictured, was a co-supervisor of Gajaruban. In order for these students to graduate many others in the TSSG contributed to supporting the students, and to the funding that helped create the environment where this research could be done. It is interesting that all of the supervision of these students was carried out out by full-time researchers in the TSSG whose funding came from competive basic research grants (HEA and SFI), so the achievment is definitely one of the students, of the supervisors and of the TSSG in general.... http://www.ofoghlu.net/log/2012/01/three_new_phd_graduates_from_t.html 1697@http://www.ofoghlu.net/log/ It was my pleasure to attend the graduation ceremony in WIT on Friday 6th January 2012 where three more PhD students graduated from the TSSG. These were (left to right in picture above) Dr Korbinian Frank, Dr Gajaruban Kandavanam and Dr Lei Xu. These join the previous gradutes for a total of eight PhD gradutes from the TSSG to date. Doctorates represent many years of hard work, comprising persperation and insiration, and I wish all the new graduates all the best. Of course, I should also mention the supervisors for these students, respectively Dr Tom Pfeifer, Dr Dmitri Botvich and Dr Brendan Jennings pictured with Lei below (with me on the far right, Tom to my left, Dmitri on the far left and Brendan to his right). Dr Sasi Balasubramaniam, not pictured, was a co-supervisor of Gajaruban. In order for these students to graduate many others in the TSSG contributed to supporting the students, and to the funding that helped create the environment where this research could be done. It is interesting that all of the supervision of these students was carried out out by full-time researchers in the TSSG whose funding came from competive basic research grants (HEA and SFI), so the achievment is definitely one of the students, of the supervisors and of the TSSG in general. ]]> WIT and TSSG irishblogs mofoghlu TSSG Fri, 06 Jan 2012 17:00:00 +0000 https://www2.tssg.org/mt-blog/mt-tb.cgi/812 0 http://www.ofoghlu.net/log/2012/01/three_new_phd_graduates_from_t.html#comments We mourn three giants in October 2011 Three great men have passed away this month, all leave huge influence behind them on humanity and our continued journey in our use of tools. They contributed to the core foundational principles of computing, and to the design of products that led to the widespread adoption of the resulting technologies by the general public. I think software is a very strange thing, that we don't consider too often, layers of abstraction and tools that allow the creation of digital artefacts that change our lives. Of course hardware is needed too, but software itself must surely be studied more in social sciences as one of humanity's most productive inventions, not yet equal to natural language in impact on our history, but harnessing our natural linguistic abilities and turning them towards an engineering purpose - pure magic. Perhaps more accurately software should be seen as the latest incarnation of mathematics, our first artificial language, made alive through the ability to actually execute on hardware. In any case, we stand on the shoulders of giants. The BBC reported this week on the death of John McCarthy, arguably the founder of Artificial Intelligence (AI), and the creator of LISP, still one of my favourite programming languages. He died 24th October 2011, at the age of 84. See also the Guardian Obituary. AI was my first love in computing, and I have huge respect for the power and simplicity of LISP for exploring this vast field. Earlier this month, the BBC also announced the death of Dennis Ritchie, creator of the C programming language and co-creator of UNIX at Bell Labs, who died on 12th October 2011. See the Guardian Obituary. I fell in love with UNIX (and the Internet) in the mid-80s in university in Keele, and it has been the stable OS underpinning nearly everything I have done with computing since then, not least the Mac OS X MacBook I am using now to type this blog post. Again it is a powerful and generative tool, based on simple principles. Perhaps most well covered in the popular press, Steve Jobs of Apple who died at the early age of 56, on the 5th October 2011. Through arguably the most impressive range of product launches in the history of computing, he has driven the adoption of the key technologies in computing by the general public, opening up the excitement and wonder of the potential for these technologies to all of us, not just the academics. See the Guardian Obituary. I love my iPod, iPhone and iPad as well as my OS X machines, and I love the fact that computing was democratised by the personal computer. We will not see their likes again, to paraphrase what we say in Irish.... http://www.ofoghlu.net/log/2011/10/we_mourn_three_giants_in_octob.html 1696@http://www.ofoghlu.net/log/ Three great men have passed away this month, all leave huge influence behind them on humanity and our continued journey in our use of tools. They contributed to the core foundational principles of computing, and to the design of products that led to the widespread adoption of the resulting technologies by the general public. I think software is a very strange thing, that we don't consider too often, layers of abstraction and tools that allow the creation of digital artefacts that change our lives. Of course hardware is needed too, but software itself must surely be studied more in social sciences as one of humanity's most productive inventions, not yet equal to natural language in impact on our history, but harnessing our natural linguistic abilities and turning them towards an engineering purpose - pure magic. Perhaps more accurately software should be seen as the latest incarnation of mathematics, our first artificial language, made alive through the ability to actually execute on hardware. In any case, we stand on the shoulders of giants. The BBC reported this week on the death of John McCarthy, arguably the founder of Artificial Intelligence (AI), and the creator of LISP, still one of my favourite programming languages. He died 24th October 2011, at the age of 84. See also the Guardian Obituary. AI was my first love in computing, and I have huge respect for the power and simplicity of LISP for exploring this vast field. Earlier this month, the BBC also announced the death of Dennis Ritchie, creator of the C programming language and co-creator of UNIX at Bell Labs, who died on 12th October 2011. See the Guardian Obituary. I fell in love with UNIX (and the Internet) in the mid-80s in university in Keele, and it has been the stable OS underpinning nearly everything I have done with computing since then, not least the Mac OS X MacBook I am using now to type this blog post. Again it is a powerful and generative tool, based on simple principles. Perhaps most well covered in the popular press, Steve Jobs of Apple who died at the early age of 56, on the 5th October 2011. Through arguably the most impressive range of product launches in the history of computing, he has driven the adoption of the key technologies in computing by the general public, opening up the excitement and wonder of the potential for these technologies to all of us, not just the academics. See the Guardian Obituary. I love my iPod, iPhone and iPad as well as my OS X machines, and I love the fact that computing was democratised by the personal computer. We will not see their likes again, to paraphrase what we say in Irish.]]> Musings irishblogs mofoghlu TSSG Wed, 26 Oct 2011 10:48:26 +0000 https://www2.tssg.org/mt-blog/mt-tb.cgi/811 0 http://www.ofoghlu.net/log/2011/10/we_mourn_three_giants_in_octob.html#comments Tall Ships in Waterford Waterford had a very busy weekend from Thursday 30th June 2011 to Sunday 3rd July 2011 as the quays in the city centre hosted the start of the Sail Training Interational Tall Ships Race 2011. I was up early on Sunday morning, standing on the green road between Cheekpoint and Passage East, to see the parade of sail as the ships came past to Dunmore East. This Flickr Set of photos captures most of the tall ships as they passed by.... http://www.ofoghlu.net/log/2011/07/tall_ships_in_waterford_1.html 1690@http://www.ofoghlu.net/log/ Waterford had a very busy weekend from Thursday 30th June 2011 to Sunday 3rd July 2011 as the quays in the city centre hosted the start of the Sail Training Interational Tall Ships Race 2011. I was up early on Sunday morning, standing on the green road between Cheekpoint and Passage East, to see the parade of sail as the ships came past to Dunmore East. This Flickr Set of photos captures most of the tall ships as they passed by. ]]> Personal Note irishblogs mofoghlu TSSG Sun, 03 Jul 2011 23:43:19 +0000 https://www2.tssg.org/mt-blog/mt-tb.cgi/805 0 http://www.ofoghlu.net/log/2011/07/tall_ships_in_waterford_1.html#comments New C++ ISO Standard, C++0x, reboot The New C : Lay down your guns, knives, and clubs • The Register Facinating discussion of how important C++ still is. Wierd that I witnessed it all, from teaching myself OO and C++ on a 286 with Zortech C++ in the mid-to-late 1980s. I still have an original ECOOP conference poster (1988, Oslo, Norway).... http://www.ofoghlu.net/log/2011/06/new_c_iso_standard_c0x_reboot.html 1685@http://www.ofoghlu.net/log/ The New C : Lay down your guns, knives, and clubs • The Register Facinating discussion of how important C++ still is. Wierd that I witnessed it all, from teaching myself OO and C++ on a 286 with Zortech C++ in the mid-to-late 1980s. I still have an original ECOOP conference poster (1988, Oslo, Norway).]]> Programming irishblogs mofoghlu TSSG Sat, 11 Jun 2011 18:54:00 +0000 https://www2.tssg.org/mt-blog/mt-tb.cgi/800 0 http://www.ofoghlu.net/log/2011/06/new_c_iso_standard_c0x_reboot.html#comments World IPv6 Day figures from Google indicate success Google, Facebook promise new IPv6 services after successful trial Google said it has decided to leave its main YouTube website enabled for IPv6 for the time being. Since 2008, Google has supported IPv6 on separate websites -- such as www.ipv6.google.com -- rather than on its main websites. "We saw 65% growth in our IPv6 traffic on World IPv6 Day," said Lorenzo Colitti, IPv6 Software Engineer at Google, who pointed out that Google added IPv6 support to several new services including Orkut for the trial. "This event has really been successful in galvanizing the community."... http://www.ofoghlu.net/log/2011/06/world_ipv6_day_figures_from_go.html 1684@http://www.ofoghlu.net/log/ Google, Facebook promise new IPv6 services after successful trial Google said it has decided to leave its main YouTube website enabled for IPv6 for the time being. Since 2008, Google has supported IPv6 on separate websites -- such as www.ipv6.google.com -- rather than on its main websites. "We saw 65% growth in our IPv6 traffic on World IPv6 Day," said Lorenzo Colitti, IPv6 Software Engineer at Google, who pointed out that Google added IPv6 support to several new services including Orkut for the trial. "This event has really been successful in galvanizing the community." ]]> Telecoms and Networking irishblogs mofoghlu TSSG Sat, 11 Jun 2011 12:28:56 +0000 https://www2.tssg.org/mt-blog/mt-tb.cgi/799 0 http://www.ofoghlu.net/log/2011/06/world_ipv6_day_figures_from_go.html#comments Coverage of World IPv6 Day Tech giants join in World IPv6 Day | IT PRO... http://www.ofoghlu.net/log/2011/06/coverage_of_world_ipv6_day.html 1682@http://www.ofoghlu.net/log/ Tech giants join in World IPv6 Day | IT PRO]]> Telecoms and Networking irishblogs mofoghlu TSSG Wed, 08 Jun 2011 10:11:13 +0000 https://www2.tssg.org/mt-blog/mt-tb.cgi/797 0 http://www.ofoghlu.net/log/2011/06/coverage_of_world_ipv6_day.html#comments World IPv6 Day today Today is World IPv6 Day, organised by the Internet Society (ISOC). Internet Society - World IPv6 Day. Read the "About IPv6" section of the Irish IPv6 Task Force website if this means nothing to you :-) Many people are experimenting with turning on IPv6 for the first time, and/or turning off IPv4 to see if the IPv6 infrastructure can cope. So today is a good day to test your own machine to see how well it can cope with the next generation internet protocol, IPv6: http://www.testipv6.com. In Ireland there is a good IPv6 readiness site, http://www.ipv6ready.ie, sponsored by the INEX, the Dublin Internet Neutral Exchange. The Irish IPv6 Task Force has also a website for the day, http://www.ipv6day.ie, the site includes a monitoring tooolset that monitors IPv6 readiness for high profile public and private sector Irish internet sites.... http://www.ofoghlu.net/log/2011/06/world_ipv6_day_today.html 1681@http://www.ofoghlu.net/log/ Today is World IPv6 Day, organised by the Internet Society (ISOC). Internet Society - World IPv6 Day. Read the "About IPv6" section of the Irish IPv6 Task Force website if this means nothing to you :-) Many people are experimenting with turning on IPv6 for the first time, and/or turning off IPv4 to see if the IPv6 infrastructure can cope. So today is a good day to test your own machine to see how well it can cope with the next generation internet protocol, IPv6: http://www.testipv6.com. In Ireland there is a good IPv6 readiness site, http://www.ipv6ready.ie, sponsored by the INEX, the Dublin Internet Neutral Exchange. The Irish IPv6 Task Force has also a website for the day, http://www.ipv6day.ie, the site includes a monitoring tooolset that monitors IPv6 readiness for high profile public and private sector Irish internet sites.]]> Telecoms and Networking irishblogs mofoghlu TSSG Wed, 08 Jun 2011 10:06:33 +0000 https://www2.tssg.org/mt-blog/mt-tb.cgi/796 0 http://www.ofoghlu.net/log/2011/06/world_ipv6_day_today.html#comments Android: FeedHenry Apps mofoghlu's FeedHenry Apps4 total, 4 free (100%), 0 paid (0%), 7MB total size, $0 total price NCB Client View RTÉ DocOnOne RTÉ Pocket Aer Lingus View this Android app list on AppBrain... http://www.ofoghlu.net/log/2011/06/android_feedhenry_apps.html 1680@http://www.ofoghlu.net/log/ mofoghlu's FeedHenry Apps4 total, 4 free (100%), 0 paid (0%), 7MB total size, $0 total price NCB Client View RTÉ DocOnOne RTÉ Pocket Aer Lingus View this Android app list on AppBrain ]]> FeedHenry irishblogs mofoghlu TSSG Fri, 03 Jun 2011 01:29:49 +0000 https://www2.tssg.org/mt-blog/mt-tb.cgi/795 0 http://www.ofoghlu.net/log/2011/06/android_feedhenry_apps.html#comments HTML5 Last Call May 2011 The next generation of web standards made significant progress this month as the W3C announced that the draft HTML5 specification has been opened up to a "Last Call" for comments from members of the W3C, and the wider community. This is on target for the schedule the W3C set last year for HTML5, and is based on the assumption that the priority is to get a recommended HTML5 specification as soon as possible. W3C Invites Broad Review of HTML5... http://www.ofoghlu.net/log/2011/05/html5_last_call_may_2011.html 1679@http://www.ofoghlu.net/log/ The next generation of web standards made significant progress this month as the W3C announced that the draft HTML5 specification has been opened up to a "Last Call" for comments from members of the W3C, and the wider community. This is on target for the schedule the W3C set last year for HTML5, and is based on the assumption that the priority is to get a recommended HTML5 specification as soon as possible. W3C Invites Broad Review of HTML5]]> Semantic Web and Web Technologies irishblogs mofoghlu TSSG Thu, 26 May 2011 09:46:39 +0000 https://www2.tssg.org/mt-blog/mt-tb.cgi/794 0 http://www.ofoghlu.net/log/2011/05/html5_last_call_may_2011.html#comments MIT is celebrating 150 years, and they've listed the top 150 things they've done. Top of the list is supporting the World Wide Web Consortium! Well done guys.... good to be top of these lists. MIT 150: The Top 50 - Boston.com... http://www.ofoghlu.net/log/2011/05/_mit_is_celebrating_150.html 1676@http://www.ofoghlu.net/log/ MIT is celebrating 150 years, and they've listed the top 150 things they've done. Top of the list is supporting the World Wide Web Consortium! Well done guys.... good to be top of these lists. MIT 150: The Top 50 - Boston.com]]> irishblogs mofoghlu TSSG Mon, 16 May 2011 16:27:43 +0000 https://www2.tssg.org/mt-blog/mt-tb.cgi/791 0 http://www.ofoghlu.net/log/2011/05/_mit_is_celebrating_150.html#comments Semantic Web: RDFa http://www.ofoghlu.net/log/2011/05/semantic_web_rdfa.html 1675@http://www.ofoghlu.net/log/ Whilst attending the World Wide Web Consortium Advisory Committee meeting in Bilbao (on today and tomorrow), I realised that one small part of the semantic web initiative, pushed for many years by the W3C, has started to see wide scale adoption. RDFa is now claimed to be embedded in 3.6% of all public URLs (October 2010), and growing fast. Yahoo! led the way with SearchMonkey indexing, Google followed with rich snippets, and FaceBook have used it to enable their open graph protocol. For more information see:W3C Pleased With Semantic Web Adoption by Facebook, Best Buy & Others Strategies for Building Semantic Web Applications W3C RDF Web Applications Working Group ]]> Semantic Web and Web Technologies irishblogs mofoghlu TSSG Mon, 16 May 2011 10:25:51 +0000 https://www2.tssg.org/mt-blog/mt-tb.cgi/790 0 http://www.ofoghlu.net/log/2011/05/semantic_web_rdfa.html#comments The China Post: Europe set to put data in the cloud Europe set to put data in the cloud – Google Apps for Business.... http://www.ofoghlu.net/log/2011/05/the_china_post_europe_set_to_p.html 1670@http://www.ofoghlu.net/log/ Europe set to put data in the cloud – Google Apps for Business.]]>

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Semantic Web and Web Technologies irishblogs mofoghlu TSSG Mon, 09 May 2011 10:08:08 +0000 https://www2.tssg.org/mt-blog/mt-tb.cgi/785 0 http://www.ofoghlu.net/log/2011/05/the_china_post_europe_set_to_p.html#comments Mobile OS Market Share (Feb 2011) iCrossing from iCrossing.... http://www.ofoghlu.net/log/2011/04/mobile_os_market_share_feb_201.html 1665@http://www.ofoghlu.net/log/ from iCrossing.]]> Telecoms and Networking irishblogs mofoghlu TSSG Sat, 16 Apr 2011 23:30:23 +0000 https://www2.tssg.org/mt-blog/mt-tb.cgi/780 0 http://www.ofoghlu.net/log/2011/04/mobile_os_market_share_feb_201.html#comments Facebook usage graphic from iCrossing.... http://www.ofoghlu.net/log/2011/04/facebook_usage_graphic.html 1664@http://www.ofoghlu.net/log/ from iCrossing.]]> Semantic Web and Web Technologies irishblogs mofoghlu TSSG Fri, 15 Apr 2011 21:19:59 +0000 https://www2.tssg.org/mt-blog/mt-tb.cgi/779 0 http://www.ofoghlu.net/log/2011/04/facebook_usage_graphic.html#comments Science, Engineering and Technology Research Funding Policy in Ireland 1995-2008: A Policy Document Analysis My thesis on Irish Research Funding Policy, accepted last summer for a doctorate in the University of Sheffield, School of Education, has been published on the University of Sheffield e-thesis website. This site is shared by the Universities of York and Leeds, and so is called White Rose eTheses Online. It has also been published on the Waterford Institute of Technology repository (i.e. where I currently work). Ó Foghlú, Mícheál (2010) Science, Engineering and Technology Research Funding Policy in Ireland 1995-2008: A Policy Document Analysis, EdD Thesis, University of Sheffield, School of Education. (University of Sheffield PDF, WIT PDF). Abstract In the period 1995 to 2008 there has been an increased level of government funding for research and development in higher education institutions in Ireland. This thesis analyses the evolving theoretical literature on the production of knowledge, and traces how models of research and innovation have evolved in the contemporary period. Four models are discussed: (i) linear model, (ii) national systems of innovation, (iii) mode-2 science, and (iv) triple helix. The thesis presents a detailed analysis of a series of public documents produced in Ireland in the period, and discusses how each one relates to the theoretical background. Some of these relationships are explicit, where documents cite key authors and the models as discussed in the theoretical literature. Some of the relationships are implicit, where the manner in which the process of research and development is described implies that certain models are being assumed. The thesis subsequently discusses the results of this analysis, where it seems that the Irish policy literature is moving away from an engagement with at least some of these theoretical models, towards a very operationalised implementation strategy. This is epitomised by the development of the Strategy for Science Technology and Innovation. The thesis finally makes a number of recommendations for policy makers, advising the more detailed study and analysis of Ireland's own national system of innovation, and the prioritisation of the use of research funding to build up capabilities in identified areas of this system that are weak.... http://www.ofoghlu.net/log/2011/04/science_engineering_and_techno.html 1663@http://www.ofoghlu.net/log/ My thesis on Irish Research Funding Policy, accepted last summer for a doctorate in the University of Sheffield, School of Education, has been published on the University of Sheffield e-thesis website. This site is shared by the Universities of York and Leeds, and so is called White Rose eTheses Online. It has also been published on the Waterford Institute of Technology repository (i.e. where I currently work). Ó Foghlú, Mícheál (2010) Science, Engineering and Technology Research Funding Policy in Ireland 1995-2008: A Policy Document Analysis, EdD Thesis, University of Sheffield, School of Education. (University of Sheffield PDF, WIT PDF). Abstract In the period 1995 to 2008 there has been an increased level of government funding for research and development in higher education institutions in Ireland. This thesis analyses the evolving theoretical literature on the production of knowledge, and traces how models of research and innovation have evolved in the contemporary period. Four models are discussed: (i) linear model, (ii) national systems of innovation, (iii) mode-2 science, and (iv) triple helix. The thesis presents a detailed analysis of a series of public documents produced in Ireland in the period, and discusses how each one relates to the theoretical background. Some of these relationships are explicit, where documents cite key authors and the models as discussed in the theoretical literature. Some of the relationships are implicit, where the manner in which the process of research and development is described implies that certain models are being assumed. The thesis subsequently discusses the results of this analysis, where it seems that the Irish policy literature is moving away from an engagement with at least some of these theoretical models, towards a very operationalised implementation strategy. This is epitomised by the development of the Strategy for Science Technology and Innovation. The thesis finally makes a number of recommendations for policy makers, advising the more detailed study and analysis of Ireland's own national system of innovation, and the prioritisation of the use of research funding to build up capabilities in identified areas of this system that are weak. ]]> Research irishblogs mofoghlu TSSG Thu, 14 Apr 2011 22:56:07 +0000 https://www2.tssg.org/mt-blog/mt-tb.cgi/778 0 http://www.ofoghlu.net/log/2011/04/science_engineering_and_techno.html#comments Talk at WIT Research Day on Irish Research Funding Policy I gave a talk today at the WIT Research Day (13th April 2011) on Irish Research Funding Policy, focused on its reference to non-linear theories of Knowledge Production. Draws on my doctoral research that did an analysis of public research policy documents in Ireland 2005-2008. Ireland in this period made the case for huge increases in HERD (funding for R&D in Higher Education), and implemented this from 1998 onwards primarily via the HEA PRTLI and SFI. My case is that this was done without a proper analysis of what impact on the knowledge economy was planned for, or how it could be measured. Now with less money available, we need to revisit the process, make critical decisions, and create clarity for ongoing funding. The slides area available on SlideShare. 20110413 wit research_day_mofoghluView more presentations from Mícheál Ó Foghlú.... http://www.ofoghlu.net/log/2011/04/talk_at_wit_research_day_on_ir.html 1662@http://www.ofoghlu.net/log/ I gave a talk today at the WIT Research Day (13th April 2011) on Irish Research Funding Policy, focused on its reference to non-linear theories of Knowledge Production. Draws on my doctoral research that did an analysis of public research policy documents in Ireland 2005-2008. Ireland in this period made the case for huge increases in HERD (funding for R&D in Higher Education), and implemented this from 1998 onwards primarily via the HEA PRTLI and SFI. My case is that this was done without a proper analysis of what impact on the knowledge economy was planned for, or how it could be measured. Now with less money available, we need to revisit the process, make critical decisions, and create clarity for ongoing funding. The slides area available on SlideShare. 20110413 wit research_day_mofoghluView more presentations from Mícheál Ó Foghlú.]]> Research irishblogs mofoghlu TSSG Wed, 13 Apr 2011 14:01:48 +0000 https://www2.tssg.org/mt-blog/mt-tb.cgi/777 0 http://www.ofoghlu.net/log/2011/04/talk_at_wit_research_day_on_ir.html#comments Nortel, in bankruptcy, sells IPv4 address block for $7.5 million IGP Blog :: Nortel, in bankruptcy, sells IPv4 address block for $7.5 million. The RIRs have long argued that they assign the IP addresses, and that they are not owned, so I am not sure that this will stand up in the end, but the claim is that Nortel have sold an IPv4 allocation to Microsoft as part of their bankruptcy process.... http://www.ofoghlu.net/log/2011/03/nortel_in_bankruptcy_sells_ipv.html 1658@http://www.ofoghlu.net/log/ IGP Blog :: Nortel, in bankruptcy, sells IPv4 address block for $7.5 million. The RIRs have long argued that they assign the IP addresses, and that they are not owned, so I am not sure that this will stand up in the end, but the claim is that Nortel have sold an IPv4 allocation to Microsoft as part of their bankruptcy process.]]> Telecoms and Networking irishblogs mofoghlu TSSG Tue, 29 Mar 2011 09:28:58 +0000 https://www2.tssg.org/mt-blog/mt-tb.cgi/773 0 http://www.ofoghlu.net/log/2011/03/nortel_in_bankruptcy_sells_ipv.html#comments Cross-Platform Mobile App Development Retrospection: Cross-Platform Mobile Development at EclipseCon - Heiko Behrens (Blog) I met Heiko recently in Kiel, Germany, where we were both presenting our own visions of cross-platform mobile app development to a local chapter of the ACM. I was very impressed with his bredth of knowledge and his analysis of the field. This blog post covers his most recent session at EclipseCon this month. Now, in my view, the hybrid approach of using web technologies for the user interface, and generating local code to integrate into the features of the mobile device (camera, local storage, contacts list, accelerometer, compass, GPS, and so on), as FeedHenry does, is the best medium to long term bet. Web technologies have proved again and again that they can solve cross-platform UI issues, and they must be the safest bet. I'd much rather learn standard JavaScript, CSS, and HTML/HTML5, with a few extra local API calls to get at the local device's features, than learn a limited subset of JavaSCript or some new invented DSL language, when developing mobile apps. 2011-03-28 @ 15:42 Heiko Behrens responds: Thank you for the reference, Mícheál. I fully agree on the long term: As with the desktop mobile web technology eventually will be able to do real time rendering and tight integration with the host system. At the moment though, neither desktop browsers nor their mobile counter parts can even access a webcam or the built-in camera with pure web technology. It will take some time to catch up with native capabilities. And as we go, a significant amount of outdated browsers (such as WP7) ask for compromises. We'll see what the future holds...... http://www.ofoghlu.net/log/2011/03/crossplatform_mobile_app_devel.html 1657@http://www.ofoghlu.net/log/ Retrospection: Cross-Platform Mobile Development at EclipseCon - Heiko Behrens (Blog) I met Heiko recently in Kiel, Germany, where we were both presenting our own visions of cross-platform mobile app development to a local chapter of the ACM. I was very impressed with his bredth of knowledge and his analysis of the field. This blog post covers his most recent session at EclipseCon this month. Now, in my view, the hybrid approach of using web technologies for the user interface, and generating local code to integrate into the features of the mobile device (camera, local storage, contacts list, accelerometer, compass, GPS, and so on), as FeedHenry does, is the best medium to long term bet. Web technologies have proved again and again that they can solve cross-platform UI issues, and they must be the safest bet. I'd much rather learn standard JavaScript, CSS, and HTML/HTML5, with a few extra local API calls to get at the local device's features, than learn a limited subset of JavaSCript or some new invented DSL language, when developing mobile apps. 2011-03-28 @ 15:42 Heiko Behrens responds: Thank you for the reference, Mícheál. I fully agree on the long term: As with the desktop mobile web technology eventually will be able to do real time rendering and tight integration with the host system. At the moment though, neither desktop browsers nor their mobile counter parts can even access a webcam or the built-in camera with pure web technology. It will take some time to catch up with native capabilities. And as we go, a significant amount of outdated browsers (such as WP7) ask for compromises. We'll see what the future holds... ]]> Semantic Web and Web Technologies irishblogs mofoghlu TSSG Mon, 28 Mar 2011 11:24:04 +0000 https://www2.tssg.org/mt-blog/mt-tb.cgi/772 0 http://www.ofoghlu.net/log/2011/03/crossplatform_mobile_app_devel.html#comments University of Limerick iPhone app for Diabetes TiY - Tag It Yourself Interaction Design Centre - Computer Science and Information Systems Department - University of Limerick - Limerick, Ireland Tag-it-Yourself™ is a journaling platform that supports the personalization of self-monitoring practices in diabetes. TiY is developed at the Interaction Design Centre (www.idc.ul.ie) and is part of a broader research project called FutureCOMM, which is funded by HEA Ireland under the 4th PRTLI program. The TSSG led the FutureComm project, and UL's IDC were partners. This is a very interesting output of the research programme. Now allI have to do is persuade them to migrate to Feedhenry to allow it work across multiple devices sucha s Android, Blackerry and Nokia WRT as well as iPhone.... http://www.ofoghlu.net/log/2011/03/university_of_limerick_iphone.html 1656@http://www.ofoghlu.net/log/ TiY - Tag It Yourself Interaction Design Centre - Computer Science and Information Systems Department - University of Limerick - Limerick, Ireland Tag-it-Yourself™ is a journaling platform that supports the personalization of self-monitoring practices in diabetes. TiY is developed at the Interaction Design Centre (www.idc.ul.ie) and is part of a broader research project called FutureCOMM, which is funded by HEA Ireland under the 4th PRTLI program. The TSSG led the FutureComm project, and UL's IDC were partners. This is a very interesting output of the research programme. Now allI have to do is persuade them to migrate to Feedhenry to allow it work across multiple devices sucha s Android, Blackerry and Nokia WRT as well as iPhone. ]]> Semantic Web and Web Technologies irishblogs mofoghlu TSSG Mon, 07 Mar 2011 11:30:06 +0000 https://www2.tssg.org/mt-blog/mt-tb.cgi/771 0 http://www.ofoghlu.net/log/2011/03/university_of_limerick_iphone.html#comments Security is a big issue in mobile apps Mobile Apps Insecure? - Bank Technology News Article (free subscription required to read article). As we are discovering in FeedHenry, the security of mobile apps is a big issue, especially in vertical market segments such as finance and healthcare where there is a risk that sensitive data may need to stored temporarily be on the mobile device. FeedHenry are enabling platform security features to give enterprises the confidence to develop secure solutions in these vertical market segments. These features cover both server side and client side security issues, including encryption.... http://www.ofoghlu.net/log/2011/03/security_is_a_big_issue_in_mob.html 1655@http://www.ofoghlu.net/log/ Mobile Apps Insecure? - Bank Technology News Article (free subscription required to read article). As we are discovering in FeedHenry, the security of mobile apps is a big issue, especially in vertical market segments such as finance and healthcare where there is a risk that sensitive data may need to stored temporarily be on the mobile device. FeedHenry are enabling platform security features to give enterprises the confidence to develop secure solutions in these vertical market segments. These features cover both server side and client side security issues, including encryption.]]> Security irishblogs mofoghlu TSSG Fri, 04 Mar 2011 13:21:48 +0000 https://www2.tssg.org/mt-blog/mt-tb.cgi/770 0 http://www.ofoghlu.net/log/2011/03/security_is_a_big_issue_in_mob.html#comments Native Apps versus HTML5 - good TechCrunch article HTML5 Is An Oncoming Train, But Native App Development Is An Oncoming Rocket Ship This article argues that at best lip service, and at worst derision, is being paid to web apps and HTML5 apps, despite an underying beleif that HTML5 is the way of the future. The debate is summarised in terms of the major platforms: Apple (fully native for iPhone and iPad), Google (half in half for Android), Facebook (fully HTML for Facebook). FeedHenry's offering is effecively a halfway house between the two, as the FH client API wraps the local device functionality, and allows the resulting app to delivered via app stores as a real app, despite using web technologies rather than native development languages to build.... http://www.ofoghlu.net/log/2011/02/native_apps_versus_html5_good.html 1653@http://www.ofoghlu.net/log/ HTML5 Is An Oncoming Train, But Native App Development Is An Oncoming Rocket Ship This article argues that at best lip service, and at worst derision, is being paid to web apps and HTML5 apps, despite an underying beleif that HTML5 is the way of the future. The debate is summarised in terms of the major platforms: Apple (fully native for iPhone and iPad), Google (half in half for Android), Facebook (fully HTML for Facebook). FeedHenry's offering is effecively a halfway house between the two, as the FH client API wraps the local device functionality, and allows the resulting app to delivered via app stores as a real app, despite using web technologies rather than native development languages to build.]]> Semantic Web and Web Technologies irishblogs mofoghlu TSSG Thu, 10 Feb 2011 11:52:18 +0000 https://www2.tssg.org/mt-blog/mt-tb.cgi/768 0 http://www.ofoghlu.net/log/2011/02/native_apps_versus_html5_good.html#comments Irish IPv6 Task Force Press Release Download file The IPv6 Forum Worldwide Chapters' Leaders & Experts call for Swifter Move to IPv6 For Internet Sustained growth and Future Innovation WATERFORD, IRELAND 4th February 2011. “The Irish IPv6 Task Force joins its affiliate organisations in the IPv6 Forum to call on the ICT industry to respond to the networking needs of the future. Our contribution towards the required migration to IPv6 is the set of online resources we have created, including two sets of videos of summits that provide detailed advice background context, see http://www.ipv6.ie/” says Dr Mícheál Ó Foghlú, Chair Irish IPv6 Task Force and Executive Director Research TSSG, Waterford IT. The IANA (Internet Assigned Numbers Authority- www.iana.org ) has allocated the last IP address blocks from the global IPv4 central address pool, ending all debates over when this would happen. Several months remain before Regional Registries consume all their remaining regional IPv4 address pools, with recent trends suggesting that Asia, Europe, and North America will exhaust in that order within a month or two on either side of July 1, 2011. “The Internet has become the global communication network, now is the time to sustain its growth and stability by integrating IPv6. IPv6 adds great value to IPv4” states Dr. Vint Cerf, Honorary Chair, IPv6 Forum. “The Internet is for Everyone. IPv6 represents the next stage of the Internet's evolution and will help make this vision a reality,” states Lynn St. Amour, President & CEO, Internet Society. The eventuality of this day was foreseen by the IETF almost 20 years ago, and a replacement was developed. In 1999 the IPv6 Forum was established by the IETF IPv6 Task Force with the mission to educate and promote the new protocol, and now that we have reached the end of the IPv4 free pool, that mission is more urgent than ever. The IPv4 based Internet will not stop working, but it will stop growing, while the IPv6 based Internet is designed to grow for generations to come. In our daily lives, failure of the Internet infrastructure or restrictions on its capabilities to add new users or support the worldwide economy are no longer acceptable. Therefore, the IPv6 Forum recommends to all people involved in ICT, that now is the time to leverage 2011 and 2012 for planning and rolling out the new version of the Internet Protocol. Enabling IPv6 in all ICT environment is not the end game but is now a critical requirement for continuity in all Internet business and services going forward. Production quality deployments will take time, Starting late and accelerating the process will compromise quality and significantly raise the costs. The last thing that everyone should avoid is to have to rapidly deploy an unnecessarily costly IPv6 infrastructure to sustain growth and communicate with customers, suppliers, and partners. Transition planning and adoption of IPv6 is now critical to the on-going stability and growth of Internet Protocol based ICT, not only in the public Internet but in every facet of your office, home and mobile electronic existence where TCP/IP and other IP protocols are used. Training, management, support, billing, security and applications development need to be engaged to allow you to be IPv6 ready. This call is more critical to developing nations that strive to modernize their critical Internet infrastructure making it future proof and protecting their investments. “The time is now! And resistance is futile,” states Latif Ladid, IPv6 Forum President Senior Researcher at University of Luxembourg, Security and Trust (SnT) Center. Emeritus Trustee, Internet Society. “Attempting to predict this date has been an interesting challenge over the years, given the chaotic nature of global Internet growth. The challenge ahead for the larger community will be to move past denial, mourning, and grief, and get on with the task of IPv6 deployment,” states Tony Hain, IPv6 Forum Fellow, Technical Director, North American IPv6 Task Force. “If you think you can ignore IPv6, think again. As new IPv4 addresses cannot be acquired the industry will be faced with customers / partners / suppliers who can only be reached via IPv6. Our industry will need to face the “balkanization” of the Internet. It is time to act and to deploy IPv6 now,” states Yanick Pouffary, NAv6TF Technology Director, IPv6 Forum Fellow and IPv6 Forum (Ready & Enabled) Logo Programs Chairperson. To test your IPv6 connection and see if the globe is spinning for you, click on this link: http://ipv6forum.org/test_ipv6.php or this link http://test-ipv6.com/ About the Irish IPv6 Task Force The Irish IPv6 Task Force was established by the Waterford Institute of Technology, HEAnet and the Department of Communications, in 2004. Its membership is drawn from the leading networking and public policy expertise in Ireland including the public sector and academic networks, telecommunications companies, online services companies and general enterprise. Since it was formed it has promoted within Ireland the issues relating to IPv4 depletion and IPv6 migration, including organising two successful IPv6 Summits in 2009 and 2010, the videos and presentations are available online http://www.ipv6.ie/summit2010 and summit2009. The Task Force encourages companies to plan for IPv6 deployment as a matter of urgency, and has provided freely reusable online training materials to help with this engagement. About the IPv6 Forum The IPv6 Forum is a world-wide consortium of leading vendors, Internet service vendors, National research & Education Networks (NRENs) and international ISPs, with a clear mission to promote IPv6 by improving market and user awareness, creating a quality and secure Next Generation Internet and allowing world-wide equitable access to knowledge and technology. The key focus of the IPv6 Forum today is to provide technical guidance for the deployment of interoperability thru its IPv6 Ready & Enabled Logo Programs :www.ipv6ready.org & http://www.ipv6forum.com/ipv6_enabled/ http://www.ipv6forum.com For further information, please contact: Dr Mícheál Ó Foghlú, Chair, Irish IPv6 Task Force Executive Director Research, TSSG, Waterford IT Tel: + 353-51-302963 mofoghlu att tssg.org... http://www.ofoghlu.net/log/2011/02/irish_ipv6_task_force_press_re.html 1650@http://www.ofoghlu.net/log/ Download file The IPv6 Forum Worldwide Chapters' Leaders & Experts call for Swifter Move to IPv6 For Internet Sustained growth and Future Innovation WATERFORD, IRELAND 4th February 2011. “The Irish IPv6 Task Force joins its affiliate organisations in the IPv6 Forum to call on the ICT industry to respond to the networking needs of the future. Our contribution towards the required migration to IPv6 is the set of online resources we have created, including two sets of videos of summits that provide detailed advice background context, see http://www.ipv6.ie/” says Dr Mícheál Ó Foghlú, Chair Irish IPv6 Task Force and Executive Director Research TSSG, Waterford IT. The IANA (Internet Assigned Numbers Authority- www.iana.org ) has allocated the last IP address blocks from the global IPv4 central address pool, ending all debates over when this would happen. Several months remain before Regional Registries consume all their remaining regional IPv4 address pools, with recent trends suggesting that Asia, Europe, and North America will exhaust in that order within a month or two on either side of July 1, 2011. “The Internet has become the global communication network, now is the time to sustain its growth and stability by integrating IPv6. IPv6 adds great value to IPv4” states Dr. Vint Cerf, Honorary Chair, IPv6 Forum. “The Internet is for Everyone. IPv6 represents the next stage of the Internet's evolution and will help make this vision a reality,” states Lynn St. Amour, President & CEO, Internet Society. The eventuality of this day was foreseen by the IETF almost 20 years ago, and a replacement was developed. In 1999 the IPv6 Forum was established by the IETF IPv6 Task Force with the mission to educate and promote the new protocol, and now that we have reached the end of the IPv4 free pool, that mission is more urgent than ever. The IPv4 based Internet will not stop working, but it will stop growing, while the IPv6 based Internet is designed to grow for generations to come. In our daily lives, failure of the Internet infrastructure or restrictions on its capabilities to add new users or support the worldwide economy are no longer acceptable. Therefore, the IPv6 Forum recommends to all people involved in ICT, that now is the time to leverage 2011 and 2012 for planning and rolling out the new version of the Internet Protocol. Enabling IPv6 in all ICT environment is not the end game but is now a critical requirement for continuity in all Internet business and services going forward. Production quality deployments will take time, Starting late and accelerating the process will compromise quality and significantly raise the costs. The last thing that everyone should avoid is to have to rapidly deploy an unnecessarily costly IPv6 infrastructure to sustain growth and communicate with customers, suppliers, and partners. Transition planning and adoption of IPv6 is now critical to the on-going stability and growth of Internet Protocol based ICT, not only in the public Internet but in every facet of your office, home and mobile electronic existence where TCP/IP and other IP protocols are used. Training, management, support, billing, security and applications development need to be engaged to allow you to be IPv6 ready. This call is more critical to developing nations that strive to modernize their critical Internet infrastructure making it future proof and protecting their investments. “The time is now! And resistance is futile,” states Latif Ladid, IPv6 Forum President Senior Researcher at University of Luxembourg, Security and Trust (SnT) Center. Emeritus Trustee, Internet Society. “Attempting to predict this date has been an interesting challenge over the years, given the chaotic nature of global Internet growth. The challenge ahead for the larger community will be to move past denial, mourning, and grief, and get on with the task of IPv6 deployment,” states Tony Hain, IPv6 Forum Fellow, Technical Director, North American IPv6 Task Force. “If you think you can ignore IPv6, think again. As new IPv4 addresses cannot be acquired the industry will be faced with customers / partners / suppliers who can only be reached via IPv6. Our industry will need to face the “balkanization” of the Internet. It is time to act and to deploy IPv6 now,” states Yanick Pouffary, NAv6TF Technology Director, IPv6 Forum Fellow and IPv6 Forum (Ready & Enabled) Logo Programs Chairperson. To test your IPv6 connection and see if the globe is spinning for you, click on this link: http://ipv6forum.org/test_ipv6.php or this link http://test-ipv6.com/ About the Irish IPv6 Task Force The Irish IPv6 Task Force was established by the Waterford Institute of Technology, HEAnet and the Department of Communications, in 2004. Its membership is drawn from the leading networking and public policy expertise in Ireland including the public sector and academic networks, telecommunications companies, online services companies and general enterprise. Since it was formed it has promoted within Ireland the issues relating to IPv4 depletion and IPv6 migration, including organising two successful IPv6 Summits in 2009 and 2010, the videos and presentations are available online http://www.ipv6.ie/summit2010 and summit2009. The Task Force encourages companies to plan for IPv6 deployment as a matter of urgency, and has provided freely reusable online training materials to help with this engagement. About the IPv6 Forum The IPv6 Forum is a world-wide consortium of leading vendors, Internet service vendors, National research & Education Networks (NRENs) and international ISPs, with a clear mission to promote IPv6 by improving market and user awareness, creating a quality and secure Next Generation Internet and allowing world-wide equitable access to knowledge and technology. The key focus of the IPv6 Forum today is to provide technical guidance for the deployment of interoperability thru its IPv6 Ready & Enabled Logo Programs :www.ipv6ready.org & http://www.ipv6forum.com/ipv6_enabled/ http://www.ipv6forum.com For further information, please contact: Dr Mícheál Ó Foghlú, Chair, Irish IPv6 Task Force Executive Director Research, TSSG, Waterford IT Tel: + 353-51-302963 mofoghlu att tssg.org ]]> Telecoms and Networking irishblogs mofoghlu TSSG Fri, 04 Feb 2011 14:45:32 +0000 https://www2.tssg.org/mt-blog/mt-tb.cgi/765 0 http://www.ofoghlu.net/log/2011/02/irish_ipv6_task_force_press_re.html#comments Excellent Netscape documentary from 1998-99 I just read an interesting blog post from Jeff Atwood Coding Horror: Lived Fast, Died Young, Left a Tired Corpse (thanks to @rjroger) The post has links to the documentary film of Netscape pushing to release open source with a tight deadline: Code Rush. For a very long time, Code Rush was almost impossible to find, but the activism of Andy Baio nudged the director to make the film available under Creative Commons. It is salutary to see the development environment that drove one of the lasting legacies of the original dot com bubble, I am typing this in a Firefox (Mozilla) browser window using a MovableType Perl backend CMS, all technologies of that era, the open source Firefox being the direct legacy of Netscape. I am CTO of FeedHenry, a company that is basing its mobile app strategy on JavaScript, another legacy of that era. What comes around goes around.... http://www.ofoghlu.net/log/2011/02/excellent_netscape_documentary.html 1646@http://www.ofoghlu.net/log/ I just read an interesting blog post from Jeff Atwood Coding Horror: Lived Fast, Died Young, Left a Tired Corpse (thanks to @rjroger) The post has links to the documentary film of Netscape pushing to release open source with a tight deadline: Code Rush. For a very long time, Code Rush was almost impossible to find, but the activism of Andy Baio nudged the director to make the film available under Creative Commons. It is salutary to see the development environment that drove one of the lasting legacies of the original dot com bubble, I am typing this in a Firefox (Mozilla) browser window using a MovableType Perl backend CMS, all technologies of that era, the open source Firefox being the direct legacy of Netscape. I am CTO of FeedHenry, a company that is basing its mobile app strategy on JavaScript, another legacy of that era. What comes around goes around.]]> Telecoms and Networking irishblogs mofoghlu TSSG Wed, 02 Feb 2011 12:05:06 +0000 https://www2.tssg.org/mt-blog/mt-tb.cgi/761 0 http://www.ofoghlu.net/log/2011/02/excellent_netscape_documentary.html#comments World IPv4 Stocks Finally Run Out IANA, the Internet authority, has assigned its last batches of IPv4 addresses to the RIRs (Regional Internet Registries), putting pressure on companies to adopt IPv6. See the Irish IPv6 Task Force for more information, particularly the last two Irish IPv6 Summits in 2010 and 2009, lots of good slides and videos on-line. Geoff Huston's prediction model now cites only the next projected deadline, when RIR's allocation will run out. His prediction model for the IANA /8 pool, that I have been tracking since 2005, has now reached its reality checkpoint: 1st Feb 2011. So in a very real way today marks the beginning of the end of the Internet as we know it. This morning, the Internet authority IANA allocated two batches of IPv4 addresses to APNIC, the regional Internet registry of the Asia Pacific, leaving just five batches (known as /8s) in the global pool. Some time ago, the Regional Internet Registries (RIRs) agreed that, when IANA got down to the last five /8s, IANA would allocate them automatically to the five RIRs, regardless of whether or not those registries needed more IP addresses at the time. That day has arrived, meaning that IANA’s stock of IPv4 addresses is now fully depleted. I am tempted to say "The end of the world is neigh!" but in fact things will continue much as normal for some time. The point is that when the RIRs run out, that's it, no more IPv4 (or very expensive recycled IPv4). So we have probably less than one year to migrate to IPv6, if want the Internet to continue to be able to grow. Of course this is not feasible, so we are now pretty much guaranteed a messy overlap period of a fully allocated IPv4 Internet that cannot grow any further co-existing with a fresh new IPv6 world that has not yet grown to be the same size, but will do so over time (years? decades?). I really hope we can push people to migrate quickly, as I like the idea of an Internet that can grow, and I hope you do too. Please Act Now! Update 2011-02-03 And I'm quoted here: Silicon Rebublic, Internet to run out of available IP addresses tomorrow (based on what was said at the previous Irish IPv6 Summit in May 2010).... http://www.ofoghlu.net/log/2011/02/world_ipv4_stocks_finally_run.html 1645@http://www.ofoghlu.net/log/ IANA, the Internet authority, has assigned its last batches of IPv4 addresses to the RIRs (Regional Internet Registries), putting pressure on companies to adopt IPv6. See the Irish IPv6 Task Force for more information, particularly the last two Irish IPv6 Summits in 2010 and 2009, lots of good slides and videos on-line. Geoff Huston's prediction model now cites only the next projected deadline, when RIR's allocation will run out. His prediction model for the IANA /8 pool, that I have been tracking since 2005, has now reached its reality checkpoint: 1st Feb 2011. So in a very real way today marks the beginning of the end of the Internet as we know it. This morning, the Internet authority IANA allocated two batches of IPv4 addresses to APNIC, the regional Internet registry of the Asia Pacific, leaving just five batches (known as /8s) in the global pool. Some time ago, the Regional Internet Registries (RIRs) agreed that, when IANA got down to the last five /8s, IANA would allocate them automatically to the five RIRs, regardless of whether or not those registries needed more IP addresses at the time. That day has arrived, meaning that IANA’s stock of IPv4 addresses is now fully depleted. I am tempted to say "The end of the world is neigh!" but in fact things will continue much as normal for some time. The point is that when the RIRs run out, that's it, no more IPv4 (or very expensive recycled IPv4). So we have probably less than one year to migrate to IPv6, if want the Internet to continue to be able to grow. Of course this is not feasible, so we are now pretty much guaranteed a messy overlap period of a fully allocated IPv4 Internet that cannot grow any further co-existing with a fresh new IPv6 world that has not yet grown to be the same size, but will do so over time (years? decades?). I really hope we can push people to migrate quickly, as I like the idea of an Internet that can grow, and I hope you do too. Please Act Now! Update 2011-02-03 And I'm quoted here: Silicon Rebublic, Internet to run out of available IP addresses tomorrow (based on what was said at the previous Irish IPv6 Summit in May 2010).]]> Telecoms and Networking irishblogs mofoghlu TSSG Tue, 01 Feb 2011 14:38:05 +0000 https://www2.tssg.org/mt-blog/mt-tb.cgi/760 0 http://www.ofoghlu.net/log/2011/02/world_ipv4_stocks_finally_run.html#comments Daniel Karrenberg's facinating article in similarities between Internet industry and Financial industry The ISP Industry and the Financial Sector - Amazing Similarities A really interesting article, as you can see from the diagram. In the last RIPE Labs article on this subject How Does the Internet Industry Compare?, we looked at ways to compare our industry with other industrial sectors, and identified a number of characteristics that an industry must have in order to be comparable to the Internet industry. It seems the financial sector or monetary credit industry shares many of these characteristics and in fact behaves much like the Internet industry. The three main factors that determine the cumulative distribution of resources in both industries are: centrally administered coordination policies commercial strategies and competition between each industry members determines how fast each of them grows the absolute size of the user base and the varying demands of individual users.... http://www.ofoghlu.net/log/2011/01/daniel_karrenbergs_facinating.html 1644@http://www.ofoghlu.net/log/ The ISP Industry and the Financial Sector - Amazing Similarities A really interesting article, as you can see from the diagram. In the last RIPE Labs article on this subject How Does the Internet Industry Compare?, we looked at ways to compare our industry with other industrial sectors, and identified a number of characteristics that an industry must have in order to be comparable to the Internet industry. It seems the financial sector or monetary credit industry shares many of these characteristics and in fact behaves much like the Internet industry. The three main factors that determine the cumulative distribution of resources in both industries are: centrally administered coordination policies commercial strategies and competition between each industry members determines how fast each of them grows the absolute size of the user base and the varying demands of individual users. ]]> Telecoms and Networking irishblogs mofoghlu TSSG Fri, 28 Jan 2011 00:48:56 +0000 https://www2.tssg.org/mt-blog/mt-tb.cgi/759 0 http://www.ofoghlu.net/log/2011/01/daniel_karrenbergs_facinating.html#comments TSSG's new building has an energy efficient data centre The Telecommunications Software and Systems Group (TSSG) at Waterford Institute of Technology has a new energy–efficient data centre to support its network-based research projects in the area of telecommunications networking. Right now, TSSG is working on an average of 40 to 50 research and development projects. It has been recognised as one of the top 10 European institutes driving ‘future internet’ research. Kedington Group has designed the centre at TSSG, which has an IT power load of 300Kw, with some cabinets engineered to house 30kw of IT equipment. It deployed Rittal LCP technology, which uses chilled water (at 15°C) and will provide free cooling 72pc of the time, for the new data centre. New fuel-efficient data centre for Waterford Institute of Technology’s TSSG - Green Tech - Green Tech | siliconrepublic.com - Ireland's Technology News Service... http://www.ofoghlu.net/log/2011/01/tssgs_new_building_has_an_ener.html 1643@http://www.ofoghlu.net/log/ The Telecommunications Software and Systems Group (TSSG) at Waterford Institute of Technology has a new energy–efficient data centre to support its network-based research projects in the area of telecommunications networking. Right now, TSSG is working on an average of 40 to 50 research and development projects. It has been recognised as one of the top 10 European institutes driving ‘future internet’ research. Kedington Group has designed the centre at TSSG, which has an IT power load of 300Kw, with some cabinets engineered to house 30kw of IT equipment. It deployed Rittal LCP technology, which uses chilled water (at 15°C) and will provide free cooling 72pc of the time, for the new data centre. New fuel-efficient data centre for Waterford Institute of Technology’s TSSG - Green Tech - Green Tech | siliconrepublic.com - Ireland's Technology News Service]]> Telecoms and Networking irishblogs mofoghlu TSSG Wed, 26 Jan 2011 14:09:56 +0000 https://www2.tssg.org/mt-blog/mt-tb.cgi/758 0 http://www.ofoghlu.net/log/2011/01/tssgs_new_building_has_an_ener.html#comments W3C Unveils HTML5 Logo The W3C have unveiled a HTML5 Logo: W3C News Archive: 2011 W3C W3C unveiled today an HTML5 logo, a striking visual identity for the open web platform. W3C encourages early adopters to use HTML5 and to provide feedback to the W3C HTML Working Group as part of the standardization process. Now there is a logo for those who have taken up parts of HTML5 into their sites, and for anyone who wishes to tell the world they are using or referring to HTML5, CSS, SVG, WOFF, and other technologies used to build modern Web applications. The logo home page includes a badge builder (which generates code for displaying the logo), a gallery of sites using the logo, links for buying an HTML5 T-shirt, instructions for getting free stickers, and more. The logo is available under "Creative Commons 3.0 By" so it can be adapted by designers to meet their needs. See also the HTML5 logo FAQ and learn more about HTML5. The logo itself is not the main important thing, it is the richness of HTML5's features that help make media (audio and video in particular) easier to access in a standardised way on the web. HTML5 also promises to help level out the differences between the various mobile devices, providing a common web-based layer of functionality that can be targeted by all mobile apps. Currently companies like FeedHenry (where I am CTO) offer a client-side API abstraction that helps cross-platform mobile app development and deployment, utilising web technologies. HTML5 will hopefully make more of these differences irrelevant over time, making it even easier to develop cross-platform mobile apps that work across a wide range of devices, using standardised web technologies (approved by the W3C). The TSSG (where I am Executive Director Research) are members of the W3C and support these standardisation activities. UPDATE 2011-02-21 Ian Jacobs of the W3C has blogged on the interesting discussions the unofficial release of the logo to the public has generated, see Ian Jacobs' Blog Entry.... http://www.ofoghlu.net/log/2011/01/w3c_unveils_html5_logo.html 1642@http://www.ofoghlu.net/log/ The W3C have unveiled a HTML5 Logo: W3C News Archive: 2011 W3C W3C unveiled today an HTML5 logo, a striking visual identity for the open web platform. W3C encourages early adopters to use HTML5 and to provide feedback to the W3C HTML Working Group as part of the standardization process. Now there is a logo for those who have taken up parts of HTML5 into their sites, and for anyone who wishes to tell the world they are using or referring to HTML5, CSS, SVG, WOFF, and other technologies used to build modern Web applications. The logo home page includes a badge builder (which generates code for displaying the logo), a gallery of sites using the logo, links for buying an HTML5 T-shirt, instructions for getting free stickers, and more. The logo is available under "Creative Commons 3.0 By" so it can be adapted by designers to meet their needs. See also the HTML5 logo FAQ and learn more about HTML5. The logo itself is not the main important thing, it is the richness of HTML5's features that help make media (audio and video in particular) easier to access in a standardised way on the web. HTML5 also promises to help level out the differences between the various mobile devices, providing a common web-based layer of functionality that can be targeted by all mobile apps. Currently companies like FeedHenry (where I am CTO) offer a client-side API abstraction that helps cross-platform mobile app development and deployment, utilising web technologies. HTML5 will hopefully make more of these differences irrelevant over time, making it even easier to develop cross-platform mobile apps that work across a wide range of devices, using standardised web technologies (approved by the W3C). The TSSG (where I am Executive Director Research) are members of the W3C and support these standardisation activities. UPDATE 2011-02-21 Ian Jacobs of the W3C has blogged on the interesting discussions the unofficial release of the logo to the public has generated, see Ian Jacobs' Blog Entry.]]> Semantic Web and Web Technologies irishblogs mofoghlu TSSG Tue, 18 Jan 2011 16:52:27 +0000 https://www2.tssg.org/mt-blog/mt-tb.cgi/757 0 http://www.ofoghlu.net/log/2011/01/w3c_unveils_html5_logo.html#comments World IPv6 Day The Internet Society, ISOC, have announced an Internet Society - World IPv6 Day on 8th June 2011. On 8 June, 2011, Google, Facebook, Yahoo!, Akamai and Limelight Networks will be amongst some of the major organisations that will offer their content over IPv6 for a 24-hour "test drive". The goal of the Test Drive Day is to motivate organizations across the industry – Internet service providers, hardware makers, operating system vendors and web companies – to prepare their services for IPv6 to ensure a successful transition as IPv4 addresses run out. Please join us for this test drive and help accelerate the momentum of IPv6 deployment.... http://www.ofoghlu.net/log/2011/01/world_ipv6_day.html 1641@http://www.ofoghlu.net/log/ The Internet Society, ISOC, have announced an Internet Society - World IPv6 Day on 8th June 2011. On 8 June, 2011, Google, Facebook, Yahoo!, Akamai and Limelight Networks will be amongst some of the major organisations that will offer their content over IPv6 for a 24-hour "test drive". The goal of the Test Drive Day is to motivate organizations across the industry – Internet service providers, hardware makers, operating system vendors and web companies – to prepare their services for IPv6 to ensure a successful transition as IPv4 addresses run out. Please join us for this test drive and help accelerate the momentum of IPv6 deployment. ]]> Telecoms and Networking irishblogs mofoghlu TSSG Mon, 17 Jan 2011 16:43:40 +0000 https://www2.tssg.org/mt-blog/mt-tb.cgi/756 0 http://www.ofoghlu.net/log/2011/01/world_ipv6_day.html#comments Review of Ireland's Mobile Broadband Options TechWire: Irish operators' wifi dongle plans: a comparison A good article for beginners who have no clue which option to go for, but also interesting to see all these facts assembled together.... http://www.ofoghlu.net/log/2011/01/review_of_irelands_mobile_broa.html 1640@http://www.ofoghlu.net/log/ TechWire: Irish operators' wifi dongle plans: a comparison A good article for beginners who have no clue which option to go for, but also interesting to see all these facts assembled together.]]> Telecoms and Networking irishblogs mofoghlu TSSG Thu, 06 Jan 2011 11:29:46 +0000 https://www2.tssg.org/mt-blog/mt-tb.cgi/755 0 http://www.ofoghlu.net/log/2011/01/review_of_irelands_mobile_broa.html#comments A good statement of challenges for cloud computing in 2011 Research Report: 2011 Cloud Computing Predictions For Vendors And Solution Providers The authors present the challenges that cloud computing offers to traditional vendors, outlining the key comparisons between traditional and cloud development. It doesn't stike me as particular new or insightful, but it is clear and accurate, so my guess is that this makes it worth reading - one usually underestimates how much effort it takes to articulate the zeitgeist clearly.... http://www.ofoghlu.net/log/2010/12/a_good_statement_of_challenges.html 1639@http://www.ofoghlu.net/log/ Research Report: 2011 Cloud Computing Predictions For Vendors And Solution Providers The authors present the challenges that cloud computing offers to traditional vendors, outlining the key comparisons between traditional and cloud development. It doesn't stike me as particular new or insightful, but it is clear and accurate, so my guess is that this makes it worth reading - one usually underestimates how much effort it takes to articulate the zeitgeist clearly.]]> Semantic Web and Web Technologies irishblogs mofoghlu TSSG Wed, 29 Dec 2010 20:01:56 +0000 https://www2.tssg.org/mt-blog/mt-tb.cgi/754 0 http://www.ofoghlu.net/log/2010/12/a_good_statement_of_challenges.html#comments Activity Levels Well I never thought the day would come, but my blogging levels have dropped significantly due to a number of factors: Things are very busy in TSSG (the usual), and I'm trying to delegate taks to allow more room for.... I'm very involved now as CTO of FeedHenry, so that's an extra job I'm using Yammer a lot for internal TSSG and FeedHenry information sharing. I'm using Twitter a lot, especially when at an event and sharing experiences, or when promoting an event or a document (I know lost of people reported Twitter stealing blogging time, I never thought it would be me though). Despite all that I intend to make some time to compose some longer posts that are better suited to the blog, and to a general audience.... http://www.ofoghlu.net/log/2010/11/activity_levels.html 1637@http://www.ofoghlu.net/log/ Well I never thought the day would come, but my blogging levels have dropped significantly due to a number of factors: Things are very busy in TSSG (the usual), and I'm trying to delegate taks to allow more room for.... I'm very involved now as CTO of FeedHenry, so that's an extra job I'm using Yammer a lot for internal TSSG and FeedHenry information sharing. I'm using Twitter a lot, especially when at an event and sharing experiences, or when promoting an event or a document (I know lost of people reported Twitter stealing blogging time, I never thought it would be me though). Despite all that I intend to make some time to compose some longer posts that are better suited to the blog, and to a general audience.]]> Musings irishblogs mofoghlu TSSG Tue, 16 Nov 2010 09:54:30 +0000 https://www2.tssg.org/mt-blog/mt-tb.cgi/752 0 http://www.ofoghlu.net/log/2010/11/activity_levels.html#comments University Rankings There has been a news flurry in Ireland recently in response to the launch of this year's QS university rankings on 8th September 2010, that placed Cambridge at number one, the first time a non-US university had held the spot. http://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/world-university-rankings/2010/results More recently the THES launched the updated THEWUR (Times Higher Education World University Rankings) and this continues to have US dominance, with Harvard in the first place slot. http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/world-university-rankings/2010-2011/top-200.html This is a nice visualisation showing the US and UK dominance of the THEWUR: http://globalhighered.wordpress.com/ Note that QS did the rankings for the THE for the past 5 years, but this year the THES used Thomson Reuters for the first time. Harvard had been in first place for the previous five years in these rankings that QS published in association with Times Higher Education. The concern in Ireland has been about slippage of our universities down these rankings, and the belief that this trend will continue if current university under-investment continues. This Irish Times reported that 2 Irish universities are in the top 100 THEWUR: Thu 16th Sep 2010: TCD at 76 and UCD at 94. Ireland was ranked at 17 in the world for the overall quality of its higher education system. The US topped this ranking. The QS university rankings placed TCD at 52 and UCD at 114.... http://www.ofoghlu.net/log/2010/09/university_rankings.html 1636@http://www.ofoghlu.net/log/ There has been a news flurry in Ireland recently in response to the launch of this year's QS university rankings on 8th September 2010, that placed Cambridge at number one, the first time a non-US university had held the spot. http://www.topuniversities.com/university-rankings/world-university-rankings/2010/results More recently the THES launched the updated THEWUR (Times Higher Education World University Rankings) and this continues to have US dominance, with Harvard in the first place slot. http://www.timeshighereducation.co.uk/world-university-rankings/2010-2011/top-200.html This is a nice visualisation showing the US and UK dominance of the THEWUR: http://globalhighered.wordpress.com/ Note that QS did the rankings for the THE for the past 5 years, but this year the THES used Thomson Reuters for the first time. Harvard had been in first place for the previous five years in these rankings that QS published in association with Times Higher Education. The concern in Ireland has been about slippage of our universities down these rankings, and the belief that this trend will continue if current university under-investment continues. This Irish Times reported that 2 Irish universities are in the top 100 THEWUR: Thu 16th Sep 2010: TCD at 76 and UCD at 94. Ireland was ranked at 17 in the world for the overall quality of its higher education system. The US topped this ranking. The QS university rankings placed TCD at 52 and UCD at 114. ]]> Musings irishblogs mofoghlu TSSG Fri, 17 Sep 2010 16:27:37 +0000 https://www2.tssg.org/mt-blog/mt-tb.cgi/751 0 http://www.ofoghlu.net/log/2010/09/university_rankings.html#comments Horn blogs on Irish Innovation Fund It was refreshing to read that one of the outputs of Ireland's recent Innovation Task Force Report has been the establishment of an Innovation Fund RTE, Irish Times, Bloomberg. Chris Horn explains the context in his excellent blog post: Innovation Fund: Go, Ireland, Go ｫ Chrisjhorn's Blog For the TSSG's view of research and innovation in Ireland see our submission to the Task Force, the page also has links to the resulting Task Force Report.... http://www.ofoghlu.net/log/2010/07/horn_blogs_on_irish_innovation.html 1635@http://www.ofoghlu.net/log/ It was refreshing to read that one of the outputs of Ireland's recent Innovation Task Force Report has been the establishment of an Innovation Fund RTE, Irish Times, Bloomberg. Chris Horn explains the context in his excellent blog post: Innovation Fund: Go, Ireland, Go ｫ Chrisjhorn's Blog For the TSSG's view of research and innovation in Ireland see our submission to the Task Force, the page also has links to the resulting Task Force Report.]]> WIT and TSSG irishblogs mofoghlu TSSG Wed, 14 Jul 2010 15:38:31 +0000 https://www2.tssg.org/mt-blog/mt-tb.cgi/750 0 http://www.ofoghlu.net/log/2010/07/horn_blogs_on_irish_innovation.html#comments Public Service Review: Science & Technology The TSSG has published a series of editorials in Public Service review: Science & Technology. This lists them all with links to the on-line version. What Next for the Net? PSR: ST Issue 7 (pages 90--01) A Telecomms Transformation: IMS and Next Generation Networks PSR: ST Issue 6 (pages 142--143) The Dynamic Approach (Research and Innovation in Ireland) PSR: ST Issue 5 (pages 72--73) The Telecommunications Software & Systems Group: shaping future communications networks and services PSR: ST Issue 4 (pages 84--85) Advertisement PSR: ST Issue 4 (page 1)... http://www.ofoghlu.net/log/2010/07/public_service_review_science_1.html 1634@http://www.ofoghlu.net/log/ The TSSG has published a series of editorials in Public Service review: Science & Technology. This lists them all with links to the on-line version. What Next for the Net? PSR: ST Issue 7 (pages 90--01) A Telecomms Transformation: IMS and Next Generation Networks PSR: ST Issue 6 (pages 142--143) The Dynamic Approach (Research and Innovation in Ireland) PSR: ST Issue 5 (pages 72--73) The Telecommunications Software & Systems Group: shaping future communications networks and services PSR: ST Issue 4 (pages 84--85) Advertisement PSR: ST Issue 4 (page 1) ]]> Telecoms and Networking irishblogs mofoghlu TSSG Tue, 06 Jul 2010 13:25:22 +0000 https://www2.tssg.org/mt-blog/mt-tb.cgi/749 0 http://www.ofoghlu.net/log/2010/07/public_service_review_science_1.html#comments Science Spin Interview on IPv6 Sean Duke interviewed with me recently about IPv6 and the Future Internet. This interview was broadcast on Science Spin on Dublin's Spin FM (103.2) on the 17th June, 2010. Sean was kind enough to give longer than the traditional two minute "sound bite", instead this is a ten minute discussion that allows time for a bit more depth. You can listen to podcast of this interview, after the introductions mine is the first segment (time 00:50 to 11:10).... http://www.ofoghlu.net/log/2010/06/science_spin_interview_on_ipv6.html 1633@http://www.ofoghlu.net/log/ Sean Duke interviewed with me recently about IPv6 and the Future Internet. This interview was broadcast on Science Spin on Dublin's Spin FM (103.2) on the 17th June, 2010. Sean was kind enough to give longer than the traditional two minute "sound bite", instead this is a ten minute discussion that allows time for a bit more depth. You can listen to podcast of this interview, after the introductions mine is the first segment (time 00:50 to 11:10).]]> Telecoms and Networking irishblogs mofoghlu TSSG Tue, 22 Jun 2010 15:28:43 +0000 https://www2.tssg.org/mt-blog/mt-tb.cgi/748 0 http://www.ofoghlu.net/log/2010/06/science_spin_interview_on_ipv6.html#comments TSSG wins first place in Ericsson Mobile Application Awards I am very happy to announce that a team of programmers from the TSSG have won first place in the Ericsson Mobile Application Awards. The global student competition generated over 700 registered users, 120 registered teams from 28 countries worldwide and the involvement of 1000 end-users globally. The jury selected the winners yesterday at the Nordic Mobile Developer Summit in Stockholm. Pictured above is Robert Mullins and the two part-time students Kieran Ryan and Mark Williamson who are both members of the TSSG and students on the TSSG-sponsored MSc Communications Software in Waterford Institute of Technology. The winning entry has an associated YouTube video and was based on the development of a "Caller Profiler application". This success demonstrates the capability within the TSSG to translate from a high level research interest in telecommunications networks and services, through to real software development that can have an impact on industry, with a link back to WIT's teaching curriculum, in particular with specialised targeted MSc (taught) course offerings designed to enable professional development of specialist software skills. Robert Mullins led the TSSG's engagement in Enterprise Ireland funded ILRP IMS-ARCS project that built enablers for next generation IMS services. The development work for the competition was enabled by Enterprise Ireland funding linked to one of the IMS-ARCS industrial members Vennetics as partner. We are grateful to Ericsson for the opportunity to take part in this competition. Ericsson, both in Ireland and in Sweden, work closely with the TSSG in supporting our Next Generation Network TSSG Centre (funded by the TSSG, Enterprise Ireland, and Science Foundation Ireland), and have worked with us on many leading edge research projects. Well done to the winning team! UPDATE 2010-06-14 - Video Interview A video interview with the winning three teams, the TSSG team as overall winners are third in the sequence starting at timestamp 2:20: UPDATE 2010-06-17 - TSSG Press Release The official press release on the Applications Award win was released today: TSSG Press Release... http://www.ofoghlu.net/log/2010/06/tssg_wins_first_place_in_erics.html 1632@http://www.ofoghlu.net/log/ I am very happy to announce that a team of programmers from the TSSG have won first place in the Ericsson Mobile Application Awards. The global student competition generated over 700 registered users, 120 registered teams from 28 countries worldwide and the involvement of 1000 end-users globally. The jury selected the winners yesterday at the Nordic Mobile Developer Summit in Stockholm. Pictured above is Robert Mullins and the two part-time students Kieran Ryan and Mark Williamson who are both members of the TSSG and students on the TSSG-sponsored MSc Communications Software in Waterford Institute of Technology. The winning entry has an associated YouTube video and was based on the development of a "Caller Profiler application". This success demonstrates the capability within the TSSG to translate from a high level research interest in telecommunications networks and services, through to real software development that can have an impact on industry, with a link back to WIT's teaching curriculum, in particular with specialised targeted MSc (taught) course offerings designed to enable professional development of specialist software skills. Robert Mullins led the TSSG's engagement in Enterprise Ireland funded ILRP IMS-ARCS project that built enablers for next generation IMS services. The development work for the competition was enabled by Enterprise Ireland funding linked to one of the IMS-ARCS industrial members Vennetics as partner. We are grateful to Ericsson for the opportunity to take part in this competition. Ericsson, both in Ireland and in Sweden, work closely with the TSSG in supporting our Next Generation Network TSSG Centre (funded by the TSSG, Enterprise Ireland, and Science Foundation Ireland), and have worked with us on many leading edge research projects. Well done to the winning team! UPDATE 2010-06-14 - Video Interview A video interview with the winning three teams, the TSSG team as overall winners are third in the sequence starting at timestamp 2:20: UPDATE 2010-06-17 - TSSG Press Release The official press release on the Applications Award win was released today: TSSG Press Release ]]> TSSG Researchers irishblogs mofoghlu TSSG Fri, 11 Jun 2010 16:28:33 +0000 https://www2.tssg.org/mt-blog/mt-tb.cgi/747 0 http://www.ofoghlu.net/log/2010/06/tssg_wins_first_place_in_erics.html#comments A busy calendar The TSSG has been organising so many events over past 3 months that its been hard to keep up. Most of these events have had over 100 people from Irish academia and industry, engaging with various aspects of our activity set in the TSSG. March 2010 NGN Test Centre (Dublin) May 2010 Irish IPv6 Summit (Dublin) FeedHenry Developer Day (Dublin) FAME/CTVR LTE Event (Dublin) 3CS Industry Consultation Workshop (Waterford) In addition we've taken part in a number of critical events, including an Enterprise Ireland information day on the Future Internet PPP call in EU FP7 (c.f. White Paper on FI PPP), as well as taking part locally in a WIT Research Day last Monday. The TSSG usually try and have 2-3 events in Dublin per year, but 2010 looks like being a bumper year for event organisation.... http://www.ofoghlu.net/log/2010/05/a_busy_calendar.html 1631@http://www.ofoghlu.net/log/ The TSSG has been organising so many events over past 3 months that its been hard to keep up. Most of these events have had over 100 people from Irish academia and industry, engaging with various aspects of our activity set in the TSSG. March 2010 NGN Test Centre (Dublin) May 2010 Irish IPv6 Summit (Dublin) FeedHenry Developer Day (Dublin) FAME/CTVR LTE Event (Dublin) 3CS Industry Consultation Workshop (Waterford) In addition we've taken part in a number of critical events, including an Enterprise Ireland information day on the Future Internet PPP call in EU FP7 (c.f. White Paper on FI PPP), as well as taking part locally in a WIT Research Day last Monday. The TSSG usually try and have 2-3 events in Dublin per year, but 2010 looks like being a bumper year for event organisation.]]> WIT and TSSG irishblogs mofoghlu TSSG Wed, 26 May 2010 22:06:25 +0000 https://www2.tssg.org/mt-blog/mt-tb.cgi/746 0 http://www.ofoghlu.net/log/2010/05/a_busy_calendar.html#comments Patsy Phelan at FutureNet 2010 It is great to see the TSSG pushing some of its ideas at big events. Here we are helping re-think the Internet from scratch, by allowing experimentation immediately with any new form of networking protocol, directly programmed in Java. Patsy Phelan, one of our researchers who has been working on the EU FP7 project 4WARD, has been promoting the flexible software he has developed that allows us to deploy new or tweaked networking protocols, at any OSI layer, coded directly in Java. The platform will be released under an open source licence in the near future. Welcome to FutureNet 2010. For over 10 years FutureNet has been the must attend event for service providers, IT managers, and consultants to stay ahead of the rapidly changing communications services market. This year is no different as we'll address the sustainability of the Internet for business, look at emerging trends around Ethernet, wireless, and SIP, and help you put together a "Green" strategy by evaluating new service options. We'll also examine the management and support strategies necessary to achieve success. We look forward to seeing you this year at FutureNet 2010 in Boston! UPDATE 2010-09-10 Watch a screencast of Patsy's presentation Miguel ponce de Leon blog post 4WARD Project Website Future-Net Talk profile Future-Net bio for Patsy Phelan... http://www.ofoghlu.net/log/2010/05/patsy_phelan_at_futurenet_2010.html 1628@http://www.ofoghlu.net/log/ It is great to see the TSSG pushing some of its ideas at big events. Here we are helping re-think the Internet from scratch, by allowing experimentation immediately with any new form of networking protocol, directly programmed in Java. Patsy Phelan, one of our researchers who has been working on the EU FP7 project 4WARD, has been promoting the flexible software he has developed that allows us to deploy new or tweaked networking protocols, at any OSI layer, coded directly in Java. The platform will be released under an open source licence in the near future. Welcome to FutureNet 2010. For over 10 years FutureNet has been the must attend event for service providers, IT managers, and consultants to stay ahead of the rapidly changing communications services market. This year is no different as we'll address the sustainability of the Internet for business, look at emerging trends around Ethernet, wireless, and SIP, and help you put together a "Green" strategy by evaluating new service options. We'll also examine the management and support strategies necessary to achieve success. We look forward to seeing you this year at FutureNet 2010 in Boston! UPDATE 2010-09-10 Watch a screencast of Patsy's presentation Miguel ponce de Leon blog post 4WARD Project Website Future-Net Talk profile Future-Net bio for Patsy Phelan ]]> Telecoms and Networking irishblogs mofoghlu TSSG Fri, 21 May 2010 15:29:50 +0000 https://www2.tssg.org/mt-blog/mt-tb.cgi/743 0 http://www.ofoghlu.net/log/2010/05/patsy_phelan_at_futurenet_2010.html#comments Irish IPv6 Summit 2010 - a Great Success IPv6 2010 Originally uploaded by IPv6 Ireland On Wed 19th May 2010 we held the 2nd successful Irish IPv6 Summit in Dublin Castle with an impressive array of international speakers, and a registered audience of over 100 delegates. Pictured to the right are myself, Eamon Ryan TD (Minister of Communications), Roger O'Connor (Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources). The event was streamed live over IPv4 and IPv6, and edited videos of the presentations will be available shortly. The slides for each presentation have been posted and are available now. The event received some good press coverage, including local radio coverage by WLRFM and press coverage by Silicon Republic. We now look forward to further engagement with Irish industry and the public sector to help promote IPv6 in Ireland. Contact me if you would like to get involved.... http://www.ofoghlu.net/log/2010/05/irish_ipv6_summit_2010.html 1629@http://www.ofoghlu.net/log/ IPv6 2010 Originally uploaded by IPv6 Ireland On Wed 19th May 2010 we held the 2nd successful Irish IPv6 Summit in Dublin Castle with an impressive array of international speakers, and a registered audience of over 100 delegates. Pictured to the right are myself, Eamon Ryan TD (Minister of Communications), Roger O'Connor (Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources). The event was streamed live over IPv4 and IPv6, and edited videos of the presentations will be available shortly. The slides for each presentation have been posted and are available now. The event received some good press coverage, including local radio coverage by WLRFM and press coverage by Silicon Republic. We now look forward to further engagement with Irish industry and the public sector to help promote IPv6 in Ireland. Contact me if you would like to get involved. ]]> Telecoms and Networking irishblogs mofoghlu TSSG Wed, 19 May 2010 23:55:55 +0000 https://www2.tssg.org/mt-blog/mt-tb.cgi/744 0 http://www.ofoghlu.net/log/2010/05/irish_ipv6_summit_2010.html#comments Public Service Review: Science & Technology The TSSG has published a series of editorials in Public Service review: Science & Technology. This lists them all with links to the on-line version. What Next for the Net? PSR: ST Issue 7 (pages 90--01) A Telecomms Transformation: IMS and Next Generation Networks PSR: ST Issue 6 (pages 142--143) The Dynamic Approach (Research and Innovation in Ireland) PSR: ST Issue 5 (pages 72--73) The Telecommunications Software & Systems Group: shaping future communications networks and services PSR: ST Issue 4 (pages 84--85) Advertisement PSR: ST Issue 4 (page 1)... http://www.ofoghlu.net/log/2010/05/public_service_review_science.html 1627@http://www.ofoghlu.net/log/ The TSSG has published a series of editorials in Public Service review: Science & Technology. This lists them all with links to the on-line version. What Next for the Net? PSR: ST Issue 7 (pages 90--01) A Telecomms Transformation: IMS and Next Generation Networks PSR: ST Issue 6 (pages 142--143) The Dynamic Approach (Research and Innovation in Ireland) PSR: ST Issue 5 (pages 72--73) The Telecommunications Software & Systems Group: shaping future communications networks and services PSR: ST Issue 4 (pages 84--85) Advertisement PSR: ST Issue 4 (page 1) ]]> WIT and TSSG irishblogs mofoghlu TSSG Thu, 06 May 2010 14:00:11 +0000 https://www2.tssg.org/mt-blog/mt-tb.cgi/742 0 http://www.ofoghlu.net/log/2010/05/public_service_review_science.html#comments Feedhenry http://www.ofoghlu.net/log/2010/05/feedhenry.html 1626@http://www.ofoghlu.net/log/ TSSG - Telecommunications Software & Systems Group: FeedHenry, a TSSG Spin- Out Success! Waterford, Tuesday May 5th 2010. The Telecommunication Software & Systems Group (TSSG) located at the Waterford Institute of Technology (WIT) is delighted to announce the official spin-off of FeedHenry, an award-winning software firm. Dr. Willie Donnelly, Director of the TSSG and Head of Research and Innovation at Waterford Institute of Technology said, “FeedHenry is another successful commercialisation result from TSSG’s purpose-built commercial arm, the Centre for Converged Services (3CS). We believe that the application of technology and the exploitation of research is a key driver for Ireland’s economic growth. Leading research institutions like TSSG have a crucial role to play in en¬hancing Ireland’s economic competitiveness,” he said. Read the full article featured in Silicon Republic here]]> WIT and TSSG irishblogs mofoghlu TSSG Wed, 05 May 2010 16:33:48 +0000 https://www2.tssg.org/mt-blog/mt-tb.cgi/741 0 http://www.ofoghlu.net/log/2010/05/feedhenry.html#comments Extended China Visit IMG_1549 Originally uploaded by mofoghlu Well, trust me to be on the longest trip away I had been on for about 6 months when disaster struck European airspace with volcanic ash meaning lots of flights were cancelled. So ended up being away from home for 2 weeks instead of 1 week. I was with some WIT colleagues visiting Dalian in north east China (see out TSSG weblog entry for details). I came back to Beijing to get my onward flight to Dublin via Abu Dhabi with Etihad Airways, and I was told at midnight on Saturday the 17th April that my flight was cancelled, and that was not allowed to even go on the first leg of the journey to Abu Dhabi (despite having a boarding card generated via online check-in), and that my payment had been refunded and I was on my own. This is not what I expect as a customer when this type of incident happens, I expect some help and support from the airline. So much for customer service. So there I was on my own in a strange city with nowhere to stay and no knowledge of the local language spoken or written (I'd only been in Beijing the previous Tuesday for a transfer to another flight). Luckily, I managed to get myself a booking at an excellent hotel in the city centre, the Park Plaza (very near the shopping area of Wangfujing and walking distance to the Forbidden City), to get a taxi to take me there, and I spent a week waiting for the WIT travel agent, FCM Travel Ireland, to be able to come up with an alternative way home. Eventually I secured a full-price (just shy of €2k) flight home with Lufthansa via Frankfurt the following Saturday. Quite expensive given my original return was only just over €1k. Well I worked out a schedule where I would get up a bit late, do some touristy things, have an early dinner around 6pm local time, and then work in the evening when the timezone overlapped with home (4pm local time as 9am in Ireland). This has meant that haven't come back to huge email backlog, though obviously I do have lot of meetings to catch up on (I get around 100 per day, many of which do actually require responses). I really enjoyed the opportunity to see Beijing, taking in the Forbidden City, the Great Wall (at Mutianyu) and some other cool sights. But I really missed being away from my family. I was really glad to touch down in Frankfurt in the EU27 on Saturday afternoon, and then in Dublin a few hours later. The photo shows me at the Great Wall, Mutianyu section, which was the highlight of the trip, from a tourist perspective. Equally impressive was the evidence of investment and development in China both in Dalian and in Beijing. You certainly get a feel for China as a happening place, as so many people are saying. I really hope China can figure out how to share its wealth among all its 1.3 billion people, and help everyone, not just a privileged few. Bust I guess I should focus on putting our own house in order in Ireland first, where we've let the wealth gap extend too much during the boom years. I will have to think long and hard before flying Etihad Airways again -- they did nothing to help me, not even honouring my valid ticket with them for the first leg of my journey home! Buyer beware. A big thank you to FCM Travel Ireland and to Lufthansa for getting me home safely.... http://www.ofoghlu.net/log/2010/04/extended_china_visit.html 1622@http://www.ofoghlu.net/log/ IMG_1549 Originally uploaded by mofoghlu Well, trust me to be on the longest trip away I had been on for about 6 months when disaster struck European airspace with volcanic ash meaning lots of flights were cancelled. So ended up being away from home for 2 weeks instead of 1 week. I was with some WIT colleagues visiting Dalian in north east China (see out TSSG weblog entry for details). I came back to Beijing to get my onward flight to Dublin via Abu Dhabi with Etihad Airways, and I was told at midnight on Saturday the 17th April that my flight was cancelled, and that was not allowed to even go on the first leg of the journey to Abu Dhabi (despite having a boarding card generated via online check-in), and that my payment had been refunded and I was on my own. This is not what I expect as a customer when this type of incident happens, I expect some help and support from the airline. So much for customer service. So there I was on my own in a strange city with nowhere to stay and no knowledge of the local language spoken or written (I'd only been in Beijing the previous Tuesday for a transfer to another flight). Luckily, I managed to get myself a booking at an excellent hotel in the city centre, the Park Plaza (very near the shopping area of Wangfujing and walking distance to the Forbidden City), to get a taxi to take me there, and I spent a week waiting for the WIT travel agent, FCM Travel Ireland, to be able to come up with an alternative way home. Eventually I secured a full-price (just shy of €2k) flight home with Lufthansa via Frankfurt the following Saturday. Quite expensive given my original return was only just over €1k. Well I worked out a schedule where I would get up a bit late, do some touristy things, have an early dinner around 6pm local time, and then work in the evening when the timezone overlapped with home (4pm local time as 9am in Ireland). This has meant that haven't come back to huge email backlog, though obviously I do have lot of meetings to catch up on (I get around 100 per day, many of which do actually require responses). I really enjoyed the opportunity to see Beijing, taking in the Forbidden City, the Great Wall (at Mutianyu) and some other cool sights. But I really missed being away from my family. I was really glad to touch down in Frankfurt in the EU27 on Saturday afternoon, and then in Dublin a few hours later. The photo shows me at the Great Wall, Mutianyu section, which was the highlight of the trip, from a tourist perspective. Equally impressive was the evidence of investment and development in China both in Dalian and in Beijing. You certainly get a feel for China as a happening place, as so many people are saying. I really hope China can figure out how to share its wealth among all its 1.3 billion people, and help everyone, not just a privileged few. Bust I guess I should focus on putting our own house in order in Ireland first, where we've let the wealth gap extend too much during the boom years. I will have to think long and hard before flying Etihad Airways again -- they did nothing to help me, not even honouring my valid ticket with them for the first leg of my journey home! Buyer beware. A big thank you to FCM Travel Ireland and to Lufthansa for getting me home safely. ]]> Musings irishblogs mofoghlu TSSG Mon, 26 Apr 2010 13:17:06 +0000 https://www2.tssg.org/mt-blog/mt-tb.cgi/737 0 http://www.ofoghlu.net/log/2010/04/extended_china_visit.html#comments