Wednesday, December 15, 2010

God Bless Harry Exner

A great young man with tremendous potential who died much, much to early.  My sister flew back to Minnesota to represent the Edstrom's from Northern VA.  His Funeral is today.  Last night there were over 700 people who attended Harry's wake.  Our thoughts and prayers go out to all of Harry's family, friends and relatives.  Very, very sad....

Below is from the Red Wing Republican Eagle Newspaper.

Harry Raymond Exner, 19, of Red Wing, died Tuesday, Dec. 7, in Denver, Colo.

He was born on May 11, 1991, in Red Wing to Harry and Renae (Franklin) Exner. He graduated from Red Wing High School in 2009. He moved to Aurora, Colo., and attended Anthem College to pursue a degree in X-ray technology. He was a member of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church.

He enjoyed snowboarding, playing hockey, riding his dirt bike and motocross, competing in races the past three years. He lived life to the fullest. He was very adventurous and loved being surrounded by friends and family, including his second family in Colorado, his aunt Debbie and uncle Pat Cahill.
He is survived by his parents, Harry “Bob” and Renae; his two brothers, Jackson and Cole, all of Red Wing; maternal grandparents, Marvin and Marion Rohr of Cannon Falls, and paternal grandparents, Harry and Ruthe Exner of Red Wing; many aunts, uncles, and cousins.

He is preceded in death by his maternal grandfather, Ray Franklin; aunt and uncle, Pete and Patty Neidere, and aunt, Marcia Exner.

Memorial service will be 11 a.m. Wednesday, Dec. 15, at Church of St. Joseph with Reverend Kristin Schlauderaff officiating. Burial will be at a later date. Visitation will be from 4-8 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 14, at the Church of St. Joseph and for one hour prior to the service. Memorials are preferred to the donor’s choice.

Funeral arrangements are by the Mahn Family Funeral Home, Bodelson-Mahn Chapel,

www.mahnfamilyfuneralhome.com.

Ten Biggest Cloud Stories of 2010

This article on the ten biggest cloud stories of 2010 is definitely worth reading.

Number 5 and 7 were of particular interest:


5. The Feds Want A Slice Of The Cloud

The U.S. government has made it clear that cloud computing is in its sights, but the Obama administration wants a little more knowledge, security and standardization in the cloud before it goes full steam ahead.
In May, Federal CIO Vivek Kundra said that for the cloud to truly take hold, the feds must develop standards to avoid inefficiencies and security holes.
"What's important today is the [development of standards] in the area of security, interoperability and data portability" to ensure information is protected; clouds and the computer applications they support can work together; and content can be moved within and among different clouds without jeopardizing access to or integrity of the data, Kundra said.

7. Cloud A Cash Cow For Amazon.com

Amazon.com made a big and early splash in the cloud computing market with the launch of its Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) service four years ago. In that time, Amazon has added countless features and functions to its Amazon Web Services cloud offerings and has also continuallywhittled down the cost of those cloud services.
In July, a report surfaced estimating that Amazon could generate $500 million in cloud computing revenue in 2010and that cloud revenue could hit the $750 million mark in 2010. That same report, by UBS analysts Brian Pitz and Brian Fitzgerald estimated that come 2014 AWS cloud generate $2.5 billion for the online book store turned cloud computing kingpin.
Determining how much cash Amazon generates from its AWS offerings is difficult, so any insight into its possible dollar value is a pretty big deal, especially as Amazon keeps its cloud revenue relatively under wraps.