Oil and amp; Gas No1 cyber-victimA Presidential Commission finds oil and gas SCADA and control systems particularly vulnerable to cyber attack. The report concludes with a strong recommendation for reperimeterization. Data metrics workshopA well attended Hampton Data/SMi data metrics workshop resulted in a proposal for a new standard of the elusive holy grail of upstream data KPIs. What is a well-or for that matter, a turnip?Oil IT Journal Editor Neil McNaughton weaves some threads from PPDMs What is a Well initiative, a new book on RDF and BPs data modeling into a semantic web all of his own. PPDM-first European User GroupWhat is a Well explained. How Hess raised the bar on data management. BPs competitor analysis and data strategy. Mathew Wests comprehensive approach to information quality. Booklet offers advice on document capture and managementUser Friendly Consulting offers free advice based on 20 years of scanning and content management. PGS signs data hall deal with CyrusOne10,000 sq. ft. facility to house data and compute infrastructure for seismic processor. Hybrid Multicore Consortium kicks-offUS National Laboratories, NASA and others team to accelerate accelerator take-up! Palantir teams with Fekete on technico-economic evaluationFast/Cash combo promises seamless workflow from reservoir evaluation to portfolio management. Software, hardware short takesHalliburton, IBM, New Century, LandWorks, Emerson, Encom, ffA, IHS, IDS, Ikon, Paradigm, more... 33rd Artificial Lift R and amp;D Council Workshop, HoustonWeatherford rolls out WellSavvy robotic digital engineer. Decker on Valve Performance JIP. GE Oil and Gas User Group 2010, FlorenceGE Oil and amp; Gas 2010 User Group meeting in Florence offered insights into GEs approach to managing innovative R and amp;D, Chevrons mega projects, BPs high tech and new trends in deepwater drilling. GE Oil and amp; Gas Nailsea Smart CenterOil IT Journal visits GEs real time operations center-linked-in to high end assets around the world. Microsoft Global Energy Forum, HoustonThe 2010 Microsoft Global Energy Forum held in Houston last month (to which Oil IT Journal was not invited) had a certain deje vu about it with repeat performances from ConocoPhillips and Marathon. The big technology thing was Herb Yuans unveiling of Shells Petrel/Ocean strategy. But the real event was Steve Ballmers passionate expose on Microsofts involvement in oil and gas. Collaboration survey-oils not proactive!More as Microsoft and Shell rediscover potential of social networking in oil and amp; gas! Folks, facts, orgs ...1Spatial, Acorn Energy, AGR, ALC, Chief Outsiders, Atos Origin, Best Energy, BNK, Energistics, CSC, CNOOC, DNV, ETL, FaultSeal, GITA, Honeywell, Ingrain, Inpex, Invensys, , Northeast Natural Energy, Neuralog, Oilennium, Pearson-Harper, PAS, Kadme, SMT, RigNet, Schlumberger, DEAL. Done DealsTriple Point, Softmar, Enerbility, GeoQuasar, ARKeX, Hyperion, ffA, Terraspark, Recon, Technip, more... Consortium CornerOCTek, GeoIllustrator, Inherently Reliable Facilities, Environmentally Friendly Drilling kick-off. Beyond handover-Mustang teams with AvevaARC Advisory Group whitepaper studies Mustangs engineering document handover process. Sales, contracts, partnerships and deploymentsChevron, Landmark, Tullow, Ikon, Newfield, Paradigm, Marathon, MicroSeismic, Flare, Wipro, Pluspetrol, Blue Skye, Woodside, KBR, WorleyParsons, Aveva, Emerson, Yokogawa, KSS, more... e-Business round-upCoretex, Powervision, Murphy Oil, Basware, Apache, Oildex, BP, ESS, Technip, Ivalua, OFS Portal. SmartSignal Shield provides predictive diagnostics for oil and amp; gasSystem mines hundreds of millions of machine hours of blind customer data, anticipates failure. Weatherford announces online oil country tubulars databaseOnline resource offers one-stop-shop for information on tubing, casing and drill pipe connectors. Leica Geosystems improves point cloud data processingLaser and Lidar data capture enhanced in deals with MicroSurvey and INOVx. Wireless WorldNew wireless deployments and applications involve Emerson, Petrobras, Nynas AB and FreeWave. GeoNorth moves to Heroku/Amazon EC cloudAlaskan GIS specialist trials geo data delivery across several Cloud services. Electronic inspection and safety compliance managementMSA embeds N4 Systems Field ID in new Evotech full body anti-fall protection. Senergys WellScope tames CFD for drillersComputational fluid dynamic modeling set to transform well inflow analysis. Recession to end in 2010-upstream employment to riseGrant Thornton survey recalls challenging 2009, sees A and amp;M picking up steam for 2010. An interesting quote I found through iGoogle todayYou need only reflect that one of the best ways to get yourself a reputation as a dangerous citizen these days is to go about repeating the very phrases which our founding fathers used in the struggle for independence. - Charles Austin Beard Today’s snowfallA handful of pictures from today's snow. Home ServidorRumor has it that there will be a special March 5 event introducing this life-changing device. And by life, I mean all life on Earth. Hydroponic pumpkins!My friend Todd sent me these pictures of hydroponic pumpkins taken at an undisclosed location. That’s all I know. On a related note, I purchased 200 feet of PVC pipe this afternoon. The missing product in Apple’s line, and it’s not a tabletScrew your guesswork tablet. Wake me when Apple introduces something big. “It isn’t so, and never was.”“[The Revolutionary generation] set a high example, and we have much to learn from them. Much recent historical writing has served us ill in that respect. In the late twentieth century, too many scholars tried to make the American past into a record of crime and folly. Too many writers have told us that we [...] Starting overGetting this blog back on its feet. Apple Universe Podcast #159 - FileMaker 10The Apple Universe Podcast goes to Macworld 2009 in San Francisco, and to start things off, we talk to Rick Kalman, Sr. Product Manager, Desktop Products at FileMaker, Inc. FileMaker at Macworld announced it is shipping the new FileMaker Pro 10, a breakthrough version of the award-winning database software, which features a sleek new interface and intuitive new design. With a fresh new interface, ... Apple Universe Podcast #158 - MacBook Pro RumorsIn this episode of the Apple Universe Podcast, more pre-Macworld 2009 predictions run, along with some news! Be sure to tune into the Apple Universe Podcast Macworld Coverage page for updates! News: Macworld San Francisco 2009 Rumor Roundup BusyMac announces BusyCal - desktop calendar sharing and syncing Open Door Networks and Project A Ship 12 Apps and A Christmas Card Twittelator Pro 1.6 for i... Apple Universe Podcast #157 - Macworld Rumor RoundupIn this episode of the Apple Universe Podcast, Macworld predictions run high, and a iPhone battery review heats up! News: Apple’s iWork floating into the cloud? New iMacs Shipping January 2009? An iPhone Nano At Macworld? More versatile Mac mini expected at Macworld Host/Executive Producer: Daniel Brusilovsky Associate Producer: Sean Blake Length: 17:40 Sponsors: Drop.io - Simple Private Sh... Apple Universe Podcast #156 - iPhone Battery Showdown!In this episode of the Apple Universe Podcast, Macworld predictions run high, and a iPhone battery review heats up! News: AT&T Begins Selling $99 (Refurbished) iPhone New iMacs Shipping January 2009? 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