Palo Alto Battlefield National Historic Site

Palo Alto Networks releases an Application Usage and Risk Report report twice a year that summarizes the data they collect from traffic assessments (I’m pretty sure this means evaluation units). The Fall 09 report includes data from more than 200 organizations. Some specific findings from the research include: Twitter session use grew more than 250 percent from the Spring 2009 edition of the Application Usage and Risk Report, published in April. Facebook use increased 192 percent... Read Full Story

Here’s a short article at Businessweek.com about Palo Alto Networks enabling businesses to allow policy-based Web 2.0 use and reduce the odds of something bad happening because of it. The title doesn’t really describe the content of the article. Consumer Tech Invades the Enterprise Read Full Story

Grim news hit this university town in late October just two days before a PTA forum on teenage stress: A fourth Palo Alto teen had died after stepping in front of a commuter train in less than six months. With hundreds of parents crowding the forum, school Superintendent Kevin Skelly told the anxious gathering that the latest death was "a cruel irony" because city officials were working to prevent another tragedy. Experts have struggled to understand what generates clusters of teen suicides... Read Full Story

A Veterans Administration probe that found eight veterans suffered potentially preventable vision loss while under the care of optometrists at a Northern California VA facility is prompting medical groups to call for a state investigation. The groups sent a petition Wednesday to the California Department of Consumer Affairs seeking an evaluation of the care received by the veterans at VA Palo Alto. The patients had glaucoma, a class of eye diseases that can lead to blindness. The California... Read Full Story

Recently Palo Alto Networks released the fall edition of their Application Usage and Risk Report:   An Analysis of End User Application Trends in the Enterprise. There are definitely some interesting findings within the report, and I wanted to highlight some of the more noteworthy ones from the perspective of NewsGator, particularly NewsGator Social Sites for Microsoft SharePoint. For instance the report finds that 91% of organizations they polled were using SharePoint, up dramatically... Read Full Story

KEEPING THE FAITH IN SILICON VALLEY> Spirits are high and ideas are flowing in the cubicles of one startup incubator For months, Saeed Amidi has heard all the talk of doom and gloom in Silicon Valley. Layoffs are on the rise, venture capital investments are plunging, and tech startups are closing their doors. But Amidi doesn't see that pessimism in his own business, a Valley-based incubator called Plug and Play Tech Center. "People are really excited about starting new companies... Read Full Story

Tesla Motors will open a new power train production facility and corporate headquarters in Palo Alto, Calif., as the electric-car maker moves to expand production after a recent award of government loans, the company said Tuesday. The three-building facility at the Stanford Research Park will build components for Tesla's electric vehicles as well as parts for other automakers. The facility will employ some 350 people with space for up to 650. The carmaker, which currently builds the $109,000... Read Full Story

Brownsville is a relatively small city but still has quite a few notable attractions to see. You can go to the Gladys Porter Zoo, visit Boca Chica State Park or do a number of other activities. If you are a history buff there is one attraction you should make sure to visit. That attraction is the Palo Alto Battlefield. It is a must see for any fan of history. Keep reading and find out more. The Palo Alto Battlefield is home to the first battle in the Mexican American War. The battle... Read Full Story

We provide a full range of tree care services in Palo Alto including tree trimming and tree removal. Palo Alto Tree Treatment We are able to treat and a variety of tree disorders. Often, trees suffer from urban environmental factors, and when these factors are addressed there is a re-establishment of the trees health. Sometimes the tree requires treatment for a disease or fungus. We take care of that too. Palo Alto Tree Pruning – Tree Trimming We offer complete tree trimmin and... Read Full Story

Tesla has announced its plans to move its headquarters to Palo Alto. What’s funny is they will still be retaining their showroom and sales operations on El Camino Real in Menlo Park. So the big question is, why bypass Menlo Park? What does Palo Alto have that Menlo Park doesn’t? For some critics, the more “politically correct” question would be “what does Menlo Park have that Palo Alto doesn’t?” The answer: the Menlo Park City Council. Many critics blame the city council for impeding... Read Full Story