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  • You Have a Virus – Now What?

    Computer Repair Appleton Milwaukee Oshkosh WI - Smart Computing - Blog
    Seth Reid
    20 Mar 2013 | 10:38 am
    If you are reading this, then the worst has happened.  Not the apocalypse, not Godzilla…no, something much worse, your computer is infected with MALWARE and you need a virus removal. What is Malware? First, let’s go over a few basics to help avoid some common mistakes.  All malicious computer programs are generically referred to as “malware”.  This is short for “malicious software”.  There are many varieties of malware that you’ve undoubtedly heard about including computer viruses, spyware, adware, trojans, worms, etc.  These are more specific labels that give clues about…

  • IT on the fly: The art of quickly building, then dismantling, IT operations

    Computerworld Management and Careers News
    20 May 2013 | 3:00 am
    The CIOs for the London Olympics, President Obama's 2012 re-election campaign and other short-lived but intense operations know how to run successful IT shops in extraordinary situations -- and their insights can be applied in even the most ordinary of conditions. Insider (registration required)

  • Business Process 21C: The Jackhammer Tales

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    Susan Scrupski
    5 Mar 2013 | 10:52 am
    Over the past few months I’ve begun to reflect upon how I arrived here at the intersection of process and innovation in the Enterprise.  It occurred to me that everything I learned as a researcher, a writer, and an industry observer in the services provider space  (my pre-Internet career) now had great bearing on what I was seeing in the Enterprise as a result of the pace of disruptive technologies impacting the market.  The question that kept re-emerging for me was: how are rigidly defined business processes that were hammered out in the 90s reconfiguring to adapt to better, faster,…

  • The New CISO – Agents of Change

    IT Security Blog. Mitigating Risks. Enabling Business Strategies. W. Mark Brooks
    Mark Brooks
    29 Jun 2012 | 3:54 pm
    Learn the new skills and characteristics neccessary for CISOs to be successful Agents of Change for their Security Program.

  • iOS 7 Undergoing Ive-Led Transformation

    InformationWeek News
    24 May 2013 | 8:30 am
    Sweeping changes are in store for Apple's smartphone operating system.
 
 
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    InfoWorld News

  • Bill to slay patent trolls garners broad backing

    24 May 2013 | 1:04 pm
    The EFF (Electronic Frontier Foundation), the CEA (Consumer Electronics Association), Rackspace, and other organizations are throwing their support behind the proposed

  • Google, Facebook launch bidding war for Waze

    24 May 2013 | 10:50 am
    Google is reportedly bidding for crowd-sourced map app provider Waze, igniting a possible bidding war with Facebook.

  • Google's Penguin update lets you squeal on spammy websites

    24 May 2013 | 8:34 am
    The latest version of Google's sophisticated anti-spam algorithm, dubbed Penguin 2.0, was announced yesterday in an official blog post from the company's well-known webspam czar, Mike Cutts. The 2.0 label was applied, according to Cutts, because the update is a major one -- it includes changes to the underlying algorithms used to evaluate whether a website is spammy or not, not just the dataset Google uses. About 2.3 percent of queries in U.S. English will be visibly affected by the changes.

  • SAP shakes up development leadership

    24 May 2013 | 8:01 am
    SAP has abruptly reorganized its development strategy, with SuccessFactors CEO and cloud strategy chief Lars Dalgaard leaving the company and executive board member Vishal Sikka now tapped to lead a single software development unit. Sikka has been a champion of SAP's HANA in-memory database platform, which has been positioned as the future convergence point for all of SAP's technologies. After Friday's announcement, those plans may speed up. All SAP development staffers will report to Sikka as of June 1.

  • Powerful thin clients may be alternative to PCs

    24 May 2013 | 5:20 am
    Thin clients introduced this week by Dell and Hewlett-Packard have faster processor than existing thin clients as well as high-definition graphics capabilities, so they could be alternatives to traditional PCs as computing continues moving to the cloud. The desk-side thin clients also have advanced virtualization features for virtual desktops to host multiple applications in one session. They were announced at the Citrix Synergy conference in Los Angeles.
 
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    DIGITIMES: IT news from Asia

  • Nvidia introduces GeForce GTX 780 GPU for gaming

    24 May 2013 | 1:18 am
    Nvidia has introduced the GeForce GTX 780 GPU, designed for gaming enthusiasts, featuring Kepler architecture with 2,304 cores and 3GB of GDDR5 memory.

  • Quartz component maker TXC expects sales to rise through 4Q13

    24 May 2013 | 1:16 am
    Quartz component maker TXC expects to post sequential sales growth through the fourth quarter of 2013, with results in the second half of the year outperforming the first half, according to company president Peter Lin.

  • UDE likely to obtain orders from 2 game console vendors

    24 May 2013 | 1:11 am
    Taiwan-based integrated networking connector maker UDE is negotiating with a US-based and a Japan-based game console vendor, and stands a high chance of obtaining orders, according to the company. UDE recorded revenues of NT$1.11 billion (US$37.2 million), gross margin of NT$27.3%, net operating profit of NT$166 million, net profit of NT$125 million and net EPS of NT$1.86 for the first quarter of 2013.

  • Lenovo 1Q13 net profit hikes 90% on year

    24 May 2013 | 12:30 am
    Lenovo on May 23 released its financial report for the first quarter of 2013, with net profit of US$127 million hiking 90% on year, according to the company.

  • Phison warns several backend firms of possible patent infringement

    24 May 2013 | 12:28 am
    IC design house Phison Electronics has warned several Taiwan-based backend service providers that products being shipped to Silicon Motion Technology may infringe on its NAND flash device controller patents, according to industry sources.
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    IT Management & Trends Blogs

  • Google Bad and Google Good

    23 May 2013 | 6:07 pm
    I love, I hate.

  • Is Microsoft's XBOX One signaling a change in the gaming industry?

    22 May 2013 | 7:42 am
    As an avid gamer, I have also been an avid watcher of the gaming industry. Things that are being said and not said at EA may meant that a major shift is coming from this gaming powerhouse...

  • What Constitutes an ERP Failure?

    22 May 2013 | 6:19 am
    It’s often been said that 80% or more of ERP implementations are considered failures. In fact, one of the findings of our 2013 ERP Report is that most ERP projects take longer than expected, cost more than expected, and fail to deliver expected business benefits. In addition, in our 2013 ERP Report: Organizational Change and Business Process Management due out next week, we find that 41% of organizations

  • What Constitutes an ERP Failure?

    22 May 2013 | 6:19 am
    It’s often been said that 80% or more of ERP implementations are considered failures. In fact, one of the findings of our 2013 ERP Report is that most ERP projects take longer than expected, cost more than expected, and fail to deliver expected business benefits. In addition, in our 2013 ERP Report: Organizational Change and Business Process Management due out next week, we find that 41% of organizations

  • When will R. Daneel Olivaw arrive?

    21 May 2013 | 9:47 pm
    R. Daneel Olivaw is a character in several novels by what I consider the greatest science fiction writer of all time, Isaac Asimov. Daneel is not human, it is not even living but is intelligent. The R in it's name stands for Robot. This robot, Daneel, does not look like a robot. It looks like a human being, in other words it is an android (no not like something put out by google :).   Already
 
 
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    IT security news - Google News

  • Experts: Network security deteriorating, privacy a lost cause - Register

    24 May 2013 | 4:17 pm
    Experts: Network security deteriorating, privacy a lost causeRegisterEthernet Summit Internet and network security is bad, and it's going to get worse before it gets better. To make it better, CIOs and IT admins need to rethink the way that they approach protecting their networks from hackers and other miscreants. "We

  • Microsoft Faults IT Security Practices in 'Cloud Computing' Report - Redmondmag.com

    24 May 2013 | 3:59 pm
    Microsoft Faults IT Security Practices in 'Cloud Computing' ReportRedmondmag.comMicrosoft this week published an assessment of organizational IT security, based on its own survey tool. The report, "Trends in Cloud Computing" (PDF), used information polled globally through a new Microsoft survey instrument called the "Cloud

  • 10 IT security mistakes consistently made by businesses - Grand Rapids Business Journal (subscription)

    24 May 2013 | 12:58 pm
    Grand Rapids Business Journal (subscription)10 IT security mistakes consistently made by businessesGrand Rapids Business Journal (subscription)Montgomery, who's had more than 30 years of experience in the field, said West Michigan companies are being hacked daily, and the business community can no longer “bury (their) heads in the sand” regarding IT security issues. The consequences are too

  • ONC releases implementation guidelines for Direct exchange - HealthITSecurity.com

    24 May 2013 | 11:54 am
    ONC releases implementation guidelines for Direct exchangeHealthITSecurity.comThe Office of the National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ONC) has announced the release of “Direct: Implementation Guidelines to Assure Security and Interoperability” intended for health information service providers, trust communities

  • IT security pros have trouble communicating with executives - Help Net Security

    24 May 2013 | 1:55 am
    Help Net SecurityIT security pros have trouble communicating with executivesHelp Net SecurityA Hanover Research survey of 131 information security professionals revealed key differences between the way executive and non-executive IT professionals communicate with senior leadership.Security Pros Fail In Business LingoDark Readingall 12 news articles »
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    Oracle Bloggers

  • HOWTO: X11 Forwarding for Oracle R Enterprise

    Sherry LaMonica
    24 May 2013 | 11:43 pm
    Oracle R Enterprise enables users to generate R graphs at the database server and return them in a variety of ways: an XML representation using base 64 encoding of the PNG images, in a table with a BLOB column containing the PNG images, and interactively returning the actual image to the R user at the client. This last case allows users to generate images at the database server machine and have the actual PNG image display at the user’s client R engine.To take advantage of this capability, users may need to ensure their X11 is properly configured. This blog highlights a solution to a common…

  • Friday Tips #29

    Chris Kawalek
    24 May 2013 | 10:15 pm
    We hope you're having a great Friday! We've got another tip from our Oracle VM Command Line Interface video series for you this week from Greg King, Principal Best Practices Consultant, Oracle VM Product Management. This one is on the basics of the Oracle VM command line interface: Thanks Greg! And we'll see you all next week with another tip! -Chris 

  • Book: Instant NetBeans IDE How-To

    Tori Wieldt
    24 May 2013 | 3:03 pm
    You've had some Java classes, and you're pretty good at basic coding. How do you make the leap from Java 101 to using an IDE like a professional? Here's a great book to get you on your way.  Instant NetBeans IDE How-To is for Java developers or anyone who has basic knowledge of Java but has not had much experience with IDEs; you can use this book to rapidly develop Java applications. NetBeans is an open source IDE which is known as a powerful IDE for Java application development. It allows you to write and generate smart code, and utilize drag-and-drop tools. NetBeans gives complete…

  • A sample application using the V2 API

    jsharma
    24 May 2013 | 2:39 pm
    This entry describes a simple Oracle Maps V2 application which displays a predefined vector layer (aka theme) on a tile layer. The vector layer is called 'Customers' and the tile layer is named 'demo_map'.  The vector layer is based on a database table named CUSTOMERS and it's definition (in user_sdo_themes) is as follows: SQL> select base_table, geometry_column, styling_rules from user_sdo_themes  2  where…

  • JSR updates - May 2013

    Heather VanCura
    24 May 2013 | 2:14 pm
    This month the JCP has been busy posting the Final Releases for the Java Enterprise Edition (Java EE) 7 JSRs.  There were also two JSR Early Draft Reviews this month (see below for details). In April, the Java EE 7 JSRs passed the JCP EC Final Approval Ballots, and this month, ten of the fourteen Java EE 7 JSRs have posted their Final Releases.  The other four JSRs will post their Final Release next week.  Congratulations to the Spec Leads, Expert Group Members and Adopt-a-JSR participants who worked tirelessly to bring these JSRs to completion.  Remember to register for…
 
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    MySQL Performance Blog

  • Percona Server for MySQL 5.5.31-30.3 now available

    Hrvoje Matijakovic
    24 May 2013 | 1:24 pm
    Percona Server for MySQL version 5.5.31-30.3Percona is glad to announce the release of Percona Server for MySQL 5.5.31-30.3 on May 24, 2013 (Downloads are available here and from the Percona Software Repositories). Based on MySQL 5.5.31, including all the bug fixes in it, Percona Server 5.5.31-30.3 is now the current stable release in the 5.5 series. All of Percona‘s software is open-source and free, all the details of the release can be found in the 5.5.31-30.3 milestone at Launchpad.New Features:Percona Server has ported the Atomic write support for Fusion-io devices patch…

  • ZFS on Linux and MySQL

    Yves Trudeau
    24 May 2013 | 3:00 am
    I am currently working with a large customer and I am involved with servers located in two data centers, one with Solaris servers and the other one with Linux servers. The Solaris side is cleverly setup using zones and ZFS and this provides a very low virtualization overhead. I learned quite a lot about these technologies while looking at this, thanks to Corey Mosher.On the Linux side, we recently deployed a pair on servers for backup purpose, boxes with 64 300GB SAS drives, 3 raid controllers and 192GB of RAM. These servers will run a few slave instances each of production database servers…

  • Experiences with the McAfee MySQL Audit Plugin

    Fernando Ipar
    23 May 2013 | 6:09 am
    I recently had to do some customer work involving the McAfee MySQL Audit Plugin and would like to share my experience in this post.Auditing user activity in MySQL  has traditionally been challenging. Most data can be obtained from the slow or general log, but this involves a lot of data you don’t need too, and isn’t flexible at all. The specific problem of logging failed connection attempts has been discussed on a previous post in our blog.Starting with 5.1, the new plugin API gives us more flexibility by allowing users to extend the server’s functionality with their own…

  • Percona XtraBackup 2.1.3 for MySQL available for download

    Hrvoje Matijakovic
    22 May 2013 | 5:33 pm
    Percona is glad to announce the release of Percona XtraBackup 2.1.3 for MySQL on May 22, 2013. Downloads are available from our download site here and Percona Software Repositories.This release fixes a high priority bug. It’s advised to upgrade your latest 2.1 version to 2.1.3 if you’re using the Percona XtraBackup with Percona XtraDB Cluster. This release is the latest stable release in the 2.1 series.Bug Fixed:Percona XtraBackup 2.1.2 would hang when performing State Snapshot Transfer. Bug fixed #1182698.Release notes with all the bugfixes for Percona XtraBackup 2.1.3 are available in…

  • Percona MySQL University @Portland: June 17

    Peter Zaitsev
    22 May 2013 | 12:32 pm
    Peter Zaitsev leads a track at the inaugural Percona MySQL University event in Raleigh, N.C. on Jan. 29, 2013.Portland is a well-recognized hub for Open Source technologies in the Northwest, home to conferences such as OSCON and Open Source Bridge as well as hosts of OpenSQL Camp in 2009. As such it is a very natural place for our next Percona MySQL University event scheduled for June 17.We run this event in partnership with MySQL Meetup at Portland organized by our own Daniel Nichter, who recently moved to the area.Percona MySQL University is a daylong, free, fast-paced and very technical…
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    ITSinsider

  • Mad Men and the UNIX Wars

    Susan Scrupski
    17 May 2013 | 1:20 pm
    I’ve been cleaning out my closets and finding some real gems.  I came across my old ad portfolio a few days ago. With all the increasing tension between transparency and privacy and the role of Internet freedoms, it’s hard to believe there was once a time not too long ago that computers didn’t “talk” to each other.  So-called “closed systems” enabled large manufacturers to secure unfair advantage in the market for hardware, software, and services.  Entire walled garden ecosystems surrounded the largest technology vendors in the world.  The UNIX…

  • “I just want to say one word to you. Just one word…” Elastics

    Susan Scrupski
    17 May 2013 | 9:58 am
    My daughter is graduating college next week, and I’ve been thinking about all the advice this next generation will get from relatives and friends.  In the 60s, Benjamin (Dustin Hoffman in The Graduate) received well-intentioned advice from Mr. McGuire, a family friend, to pursue the plastics industry.  Plastics and U.S. manufacturing conjure up an image of the industrial age economy we once knew.  Well, 45 years later, all that has changed.  Plastic is out and “elastic” is in. I caught up with my former colleague Nick Vitalari yesterday at the third annual Austin IT…

  • Yes, this is a public shaming. Sorry. (Not really).

    Susan Scrupski
    29 Mar 2013 | 11:02 am
    Really Microsoft? Did you just DM me TWICE?  I will tolerate this from Russian spammers, porn stars, and the occasional life coach, but I will not sit quietly while you damage your brand @MSFTEnterprise.  MSFT has always in the upper right “most likely to fail” quadrant for me with Social because the company has always been late to the party, buys its way in, and has never demonstrates it groks the Zeitgeist of social. NEVER, never DM an influencer unless you want to have a real, human conversation.  Otherwise, you’ve just set yourself up for reinforcing entrenched…

  • Crushpath Reboots the Pitch

    Susan Scrupski
    20 Mar 2013 | 1:52 pm
    I caught up with Sam Lawrence just before SXSW to hear about his latest milestone with the company he founded in 2011, Crushpath.  Readers of this blog will remember Sam as the first highly visible CMO for Jive Software.  Sam’s Go Big Always blog defined the category for social software back in ’09.  Sam’s contribution was always edgy, always provocative, and always right.  There were few in our space that had the voice, influence, and insight Sam had early on.  I’ve missed him over the years, and am really happy to see him back with this amazing new offering.

  • Business Process 21C: The Jackhammer Tales

    Susan Scrupski
    5 Mar 2013 | 10:52 am
    Over the past few months I’ve begun to reflect upon how I arrived here at the intersection of process and innovation in the Enterprise.  It occurred to me that everything I learned as a researcher, a writer, and an industry observer in the services provider space  (my pre-Internet career) now had great bearing on what I was seeing in the Enterprise as a result of the pace of disruptive technologies impacting the market.  The question that kept re-emerging for me was: how are rigidly defined business processes that were hammered out in the 90s reconfiguring to adapt to better, faster,…
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    DaniWeb IT Discussion Community

  • Not able to connect desktop and laptop to the internet simultaneously

    manitm16
    25 May 2013 | 9:59 pm
    I have a desktop win xp3 and laptop win7 home basic with router.I can access internet from both, but only one at a time. If I try connect the second computer to internet I get the notification "Error 105 (net::ERR_NAME_NOT_RESOLVED): Unable to resolve the server’s DNS address" Request anyone to suggest a solution.

  • Can I use a Virtual Machine to connect my internal Wifi Card?

    DeanMSands3
    25 May 2013 | 9:41 pm
    I'm running a google search for "Virtual Machine PCI Pass-through" (making minimal progress) but I thought I'd ask your advice too. I have an older (~2005) PCI WiFi card from Generic Off-brand Chinese Corporation X. I'm running Windows 7x64. The company that made the card has since gone out of business before a Vista driver was put out and there's little information on the card itself. So... now what? I'm considering running a Win2K VM to connect to the device, have it use its NT5 drivers, then have it ICS (Internet Connection Sharing) back to the host. Or something. You have any interesting…

  • C# code

    jony_munsi
    25 May 2013 | 9:29 pm
    I want to a C# console application code... My problem is... i want take input from keybord a ID like 10510023.. and the 1st 2 digit of this code indicate the year of a student like if ID is 10510023 the year is 2010 or if it is 13510023 the year is 2013.. like same... 3rd digit indicate his or her semester, 4th digit for her branch.. and next digit is serial.... please someone help me...

  • Can't figure out error

    HelpWanted2115
    25 May 2013 | 7:11 pm
    Hey guys... I keep getting an error(Error 26: Type Mismatch) in line 19(Until num='';) and I don't know how to fix it... Can you guys please assist me.....Thanks.... program sequence; uses wincrt; var num,count_zero,count_non_zero:integer; Begin count_non_zero:=0; Repeat writeln('Enter a number'); readln(num); IF num=0 then count_zero:=count_zero+1 Else count_non_zero:=count_non_zero+1; writeln('Non Zero Count: ',count_non_zero); writeln('Zero count: ',count_zero); Until num=''; End.

  • Question for this Code.!!

    Nomas11
    25 May 2013 | 7:04 pm
    Would someone please helpe me out and tell me where i'm missing up with this code.? I want the result(output) in order to be table of row and column. but i was trying and trying but i couldn't. import java.util.Scanner; public class MultiTable { public static void main(String[] args) { Scanner input = new Scanner(System.in); // here the program will start. int num = -1; while(num <=0 || num > 10){ // while loop and collecting numbers between 1 and 10. System.out.print("Enter an integer between 1 and 10:"); num = input.nextInt(); } System.out.println(); for(int i = 1; i<=num; i++)…
 
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    The State of Security

  • VM.3: What to Look for When Purchasing a Vulnerability Management Solution

    Andrew Storms
    23 May 2013 | 9:05 pm
    How Good is Your Vulnerability Management Shopping List? Buyers always identify multiple factors when they evaluate technical solutions, and they try to choose the features that are most important to their business to navigate the sea of possible solutions. It’s important to define the most important qualities for your unique business when you’re considering the… Read More

  • Study: Security Pros Unable to Effectively Communicate with Executives

    Shelley Boose
    23 May 2013 | 9:00 pm
    Tripwire has announced the results of a survey of 131 information security professionals that revealed key differences between the way executive and non-executive IT professionals communicate with senior leadership. The online survey was conducted this year between January and March by Hanover Research. Key survey findings include: Only 38% of non-executive respondents use business-oriented language… Read More

  • Security Slice: The SEC and Connecting Security to the Business

    Eva Hanscom
    23 May 2013 | 9:00 am
    The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is currently reviewing whether public companies should divulge more information on cyber-attacks and risks that impact their networks to their investors. Will the SEC guidelines help companies connect security to their businesses? Listen to Episode 77 of our Security Slice podcast and hear Tim Erlin and Dwayne Melançon discuss… Read More

  • Infosec Gurus on Positioning Security as a Business Enabler

    Anthony M Freed
    22 May 2013 | 9:05 pm
    Infosec gurus Dwayne Melancon, Brian Honan, Nigel Stanley, Neira Jones, Sarb Sembhi, Simon Heron, and Amar Singh offer insight on how to better connect security to the business in order to allow your efforts to be seen as being an important enabler for the organization’s primary objectives. Special thanks to @twistandshoutUK for video production.  … Read More

  • BSidesLV Preview: The Object Monitor for Enhanced Network Security (OMENS)

    Anthony M Freed
    22 May 2013 | 9:00 pm
    Security BSides Las Vegas – which this year will be held at the Tuscany Suites & Casino on July 31st & August 1st – is just around the corner, so we decided to run a short series highlighting some of the fantastic presentations that are slated for the event. First up is a session by… Read More
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    Phil Windley's Technometria

  • Discovery and QR Codes

    20 May 2013 | 2:59 am
    Summary: SquareTag isn't a QR code play. It's a personal cloud play. We just happen to use QR codes. QR Codes provide a way for humans to easily discover the cloud associated with a thing, and interact with it, from a mobile device. Some people hate QR codes. Certainly Kevin isn't alone in this. Doc relates a conversation with JP with essentially the same emotion. I have to admit that I'm ambivalent about them: I see them as a useful tool that will be replaced by better tools in the future. That might surprise you if you know anything about SquareTag, a personal cloud product from my company,…

  • Building an App Using the Personal Cloud Application Architecture

    16 May 2013 | 3:36 am
    Summary: The personal cloud application architecture is a post-Web 2.0 programming model that separates users data from application logic and application data. This post explains how to build PCAA-style applications by converting a simple, JavaScript-based TODO list application into one that stores user data in the user's personal cloud. Last week, I released a white paper that introduced the personal cloud application architecture (PCAA). A PCAA is a post-Web 2.0 architecture. The traditional Web 2.0 application architecture looks like this with the database in the back of a front-end that…

  • Using Products to Build Customer Relationships

    13 May 2013 | 3:52 am
    Summary: SquareTag is designed to strengthen and enrich the relationships people have with companies and organizations by linking them together through products. This post explains why relationships matter, shows how SquareTag helps build more genuine relationships, explains the SquareTag value proposition, and concludes with a short case study. I was the Co-Founder and CTO of iMall.com back in the '90s. iMall was an early ecommerce tools vendor. At one point we had over 50,000 merchants using our tools to sell online. We envisioned that ecommerce would change the nature of how things were…

  • CloudOS Will Be Open Source

    13 May 2013 | 2:25 am
    Summary: Today we're happy to announce that CloudOS will be open source as well. There are still some things we need to get right in the source before we release it (small things like redacting keys). When we do it will be under the GPL license. If you've been reading my blog for the past few years, you know I've been a big proponent of the personal cloud vision as the future of online computing. I don't just see it as minor improvement, but as a significant shift in the way the 'Net operates. All of the work we've been doing uses a platform we call CloudOS. This screencast, The Cloud Needs…

  • Forever Demo Slides

    8 May 2013 | 7:48 am
    Summary: We're building applications written in JavaScript that use personal clouds as their backend storage. Here are the slides from a talk I've given several times about this concept. On Monday, I released a new white paper, Introducing Forever: Personal Clouds Application Architectures about a new post-Web 2.0 programming model that uses personal clouds to store user data from an application. Last week at OpenWest and this week I also gave talks that not only included a demo of Forever, but also showed how to use CloudOS to build a JavaScript TODO list. I'll have a blog post about that a…
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  • 6 Job Scheduling Tactics for Windows Server Sprawl

    24 May 2013 | 12:00 am
    Built-in schedulers often fall short when you need to include dependencies, the behavior of other applications, or the completion of business processes on other servers.If your data center is starting to get out of control, it’s time to consider an enterprise scheduler, also known as workload automation.Request Free!

  • Workforce Management

    24 May 2013 | 12:00 am
    Each issue of Workforce Management will bring you timely human resource news and information, articles and research analysis that will impact how you look at recruitment and retention costs, the latest technology that fits your company needs and ways to effectively communicate retirement benefits.Request Free!

  • Integrated Computing Platforms: Infrastructure Builds for Tomorrow's Data Center

    24 May 2013 | 12:00 am
    In this white paper, you will gain insight into increasingly dynamic environments that require infrastructure integration that demands a high level of expertise – relinquishing IT professionals from their DIY mentality to implementing ICPs for optimal efficiency. Read now to learn more about how these computing platforms can benefit your organization today.Request Free!

  • Enterprise Job Scheduling: 12 Things You Should Know

    24 May 2013 | 12:00 am
    To find examples, just look in your runbook, operator documentation, or system administrator checklist for timed or manual jobs that you have to monitor every time they run. Automating your job schedule is a cost-effective solution that frees up your operators to perform more important tasks.Are you ready to automate job scheduling or upgrade your automation? Download this white paper to find out the 12 areas that you should consider.Request Free!

  • Saving Time and Money with Savvy Use of Flash in Automated Storage Tiering

    24 May 2013 | 12:00 am
    In this white paper, IDC examines EMC's FLASH 1st strategy — which pairs Flash drives with EMC's FAST VP tiering solution and FAST Cache, effectively an extension of the DRAM Cache, in its VNX arrays. Find out how your organization can leverage and benefit from this easy to manage storage insfrastructure.Request Free!
 
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  • A Case for EHR: 5 Status Quo Myths that Hold You Back and Reduce Your Bottom Line

    22 May 2013 | 12:00 am
    The implementation of Electronic Health Records (EHR) has been a hot topic in the medical community for some time. However, many physicians continue to subscribe to myths regarding EHR implementation. Often, private practices maintain the status quo because it seems easier and less expensive than adopting change—but this way of thinking is shortsighted and could drain thousands in profits. Paper charts are cumbersome and an outdated method to manage patient information. Each day hours of staff time is wasted pulling and filing patient charts. It is estimated that 30% of the time medical…

  • The 5 Phases of Capture

    16 May 2013 | 2:20 pm
    Capture solutions from IBM are designed to address the needs of organizations of any size with a host of robust features, which include the following:Distributed capture: Leverage sophisticated capture capabilities from any location using an integrated solution for remote scanning or verification, reducing shipping costs, and accelerated document inputFlexible, built-in rules: Rely on hundreds of prebuilt actions and rules that encompass almost every function of document capture, from document identification to data formattingRecognition: Use recognition engines that can process bar codes,…

  • Evaluating Blade Servers for your IT Infrastructure

    15 May 2013 | 4:50 pm
    Choosing the right blade server may be more costly upfront, but savings will be realized in the investment protection that comes throughout the blade server's lifecycle, delivering greater value, particularly through its scalability and upgradeability.The HP BladeSystem offers this investment protection. Designed with the entire lifecycle of the blade in mind, it delivers both innovation and standardization. At least one flavor of the solution is sure to meet any enterprise’s computing needs.Request Free!

  • 11 Ways to Migrate Lotus Notes Applications to SharePoint and Office 365

    14 May 2013 | 9:20 am
    When migrating Lotus Notes to Microsoft SharePoint and Office 365, it's critical to:Approach it as a two-step process--moving the application content, and then migrating over the application designLook at many different ways you can execute migration and choose the best one for your scenarioUse the right tool to help you preserve the legacy content with adequate fidelity and completenessThis white paper outlines 11 ways to migrate application content from Lotus Notes to SharePoint and Office 365 to ensure legacy content is preserved with high fidelity and completeness.Request Free!

  • SQL Antipatterns: Avoiding the Pitfalls of Database Programming

    13 May 2013 | 7:50 am
    Now he’s sharing his collection of antipatterns—the most common errors he’s identified in those thousands of requests for help. Most developers aren’t SQL experts, and most of the SQL that gets used is inefficient, hard to maintain, and sometimes just plain wrong. This book shows you all the common mistakes, and then leads you through the best fixes. What’s more, it shows you what’s behind these fixes, so you’ll learn a lot about relational databases along the way. Along with the issue you will also periodically receive offers, tips, and other…
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  • Top 8 Considerations for Selecting SMB Network Monitoring Software

    24 May 2013 | 12:00 am
    Maximizing up-time through monitoring and mapping of network devices, as well as providing alerts to potential and actual disruptions, is a mission critical imperative. Download this white paper for the top 8 considerations and criteria SMB IT professionals should evaluate when researching network monitoring software.Request Free!

  • Top 8 Reasons SMBs Need to Monitor their Networks

    24 May 2013 | 12:00 am
    These tools are generally powerful, easy to use and affordable. After you enter the most important pieces of equipment to monitor, they just run in the background - only alerting you to active or impending issues related to hardware, software or bandwidth utilization. Here are the top reasons to implement a network monitoring system.Why Monitor Your Network?Optimize network reliabilityVisualize network topologyStay in touch with your networkUnderstand capacity utilizationTroubleshoot device and traffic issuesSave time in network administrationTrack trendsImprove the bottom lineRequest Free!

  • Evaluating Label Printers to Support Transportation & Logistics Operations

    22 May 2013 | 4:20 pm
    This white paper identifies the features of shipping-label printers that will return the greatest value for long-term, low-cost reliable operations, from features that save time to those that simplify integration and management.Request Free!

  • Are Your Smart Phones Tough Enough for Work?

    22 May 2013 | 4:20 pm
    Millions of new smart phones continue to ship every month, and many of them find their way into businesses to help workers do their jobs in innovative new ways. However, many of these same phones will be replaced within a year because they are not durable enough to work reliably in new enterprise work environments. In this white paper, learn why emerging enterprise applications require ruggedness and reliability.Request Free!

  • Intrusion Detection Systems with Snort: Advanced IDS Techniques Using Snort, Apache, MySQL, PHP, and ACID

    14 May 2013 | 1:20 pm
    Now, Rafeeq Ur Rehman explains and simplifies every aspect of deploying and managing Snort in your network. You'll discover how to monitor all your network traffic in real time; update Snort to reflect new security threats; automate and analyze Snort alerts; and more. Best of all, Rehman's custom scripts integrate Snort with Apache, MySQL, PHP, and ACID - so you can build and optimize a complete IDS solution more quickly than ever before. An expert introduction to intrusion detection and the role of SnortWriting and updating Snort rules to reflect the latest attacks and exploitsContains…
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  • 6 Job Scheduling Tactics for Windows Server Sprawl

    24 May 2013 | 12:00 am
    Built-in schedulers often fall short when you need to include dependencies, the behavior of other applications, or the completion of business processes on other servers.If your data center is starting to get out of control, it’s time to consider an enterprise scheduler, also known as workload automation.Request Free!

  • Saving Time and Money with Savvy Use of Flash in Automated Storage Tiering

    24 May 2013 | 12:00 am
    In this white paper, IDC examines EMC's FLASH 1st strategy — which pairs Flash drives with EMC's FAST VP tiering solution and FAST Cache, effectively an extension of the DRAM Cache, in its VNX arrays. Find out how your organization can leverage and benefit from this easy to manage storage insfrastructure.Request Free!

  • 6 Ways to Calculate Returns from Your Network Monitoring Investment

    24 May 2013 | 12:00 am
    Financial constraints put all technology investments under a microscope; even technology that ensures network reliability. Depending on an organization's business model, network infrastructure and overall goals, Return On Investment (ROI) for network monitoring might be realized in five minutes or over five months. This paper outlines the areas in which network monitoring, mapping and alerting solutions deliver ROI. It discusses how to compare those returns to the costs for achieving them.Request Free!

  • Private Cloud in 2013: Strategies and Implementation eBook and Virtual Conference

    24 May 2013 | 12:00 am
    Among the multitude of capabilities that the Cloud can offer, you want to know exactly how it will benefit you and your business, right? Learn how HP and Microsoft have teamed up to create a private cloud system that utilizes the benefits of both Microsoft Windows Server 2012 and HP Converged Infrastructure that will advance your system to its fullest potential. Because the cloud is such a complex, yet advanced tool, getting advice from those who know it best will save you time and energy when it comes to implementation, planning, deployment, operations, and more.Along with this eBook also…

  • Evaluating Blade Servers for your IT Infrastructure

    15 May 2013 | 4:50 pm
    Choosing the right blade server may be more costly upfront, but savings will be realized in the investment protection that comes throughout the blade server's lifecycle, delivering greater value, particularly through its scalability and upgradeability.The HP BladeSystem offers this investment protection. Designed with the entire lifecycle of the blade in mind, it delivers both innovation and standardization. At least one flavor of the solution is sure to meet any enterprise’s computing needs.Request Free!
 
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    Business Technology Roundtable

  • Why Global ICT Spending will Reach $3.7 Trillion in 2013

    David Deans
    23 May 2013 | 2:37 pm
    Economic uncertainty surrounding the U.S. government sequester, European debt crisis and weakening GDP in China has resulted in volatile spending patterns across most segments of the market. According to the latest market study by International Data Corporation (IDC), as a result of the current economic climate, business technology spending was slightly below expectations in the second half of 2012 and first quarter of 2013. IDC now projects worldwide IT spending growth of 4.9 percent this year in constant currency, down from the previous forecast of 5.5 percent growth -- and representing a…

  • How Cloud-Based Collaboration Boosts Performance

    David Deans
    20 May 2013 | 3:04 pm
    Online collaboration has evolved during the last decade, delivering even greater value -- thanks to a new generation of business technology applications. Forbes Insights released "Collaborating in the Cloud," a Cisco-sponsored study examining the ways business leaders increasingly look at cloud collaboration as a way to increase productivity, accelerate business results and enhance innovation across borders and functions. The research combines a global survey of more than 500 executives with 15 executive interviews. "The ability to collaborate in the cloud is becoming a key driver of…

  • Insight from 2013 Cisco Global IT Impact Survey Results

    David Deans
    8 May 2013 | 3:46 pm
    As businesses increase the number of new application rollouts and create new connected user experiences to better serve their customers, IT organizations face the challenge of expanding network services and aligning their network strategies to meet the requirements of the business. A global study announced today by Cisco revealed that while the majority (63 percent) of IT professionals are confident in their ability to respond to the needs of the business, almost a third (27 percent) still equated the visibility of their IT department into their company's business initiatives to "a foggy day…

  • How the 'Internet of Everything' Impacts Financial Services

    David Deans
    25 Apr 2013 | 12:52 pm
    What does today's retail banking customer expect from a financial institution, and how can business technology be applied to enhance the overall experience. The latest results from the Cisco Customer Experience Report focused on the retail banking sector. The global report examined consumers' desire for a banking experience that is more personalized to help simplify the management of their finances over multiple channels -- including online, mobile phones, telephones, video conferencing and bank branches. It also examined views about the privacy of their personal information and the value of…

  • Big Data: Visualizing the Strategic Business Imperative

    David Deans
    28 Mar 2013 | 10:43 am
    The term Big Data is going to become a key part of the forward-looking business technology debate among informed, proactive and ICT savvy executives. But what's really driving the growing demand for meaningful solutions? While most companies are collecting, storing and analyzing data, they continue to struggle with both the business and IT challenges of Big Data -- more data is not necessarily better. Enormous amounts of data are being generated daily by smartphones, sensors, video cameras, smart meters, and other connected devices, adding to the huge store of information from traditional…
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  • Nine Hidden Assumptions That Can Kill (Virtual) Collaboration

    info@executivebrief.com
    17 May 2013 | 2:05 am
    Why don’t leaders trust the concept of a virtual workplace, approaching virtual work with a skeptical eye and making it almost impossible for virtual teams to live up to expectations? Here are nine hidden assumptions you need to discuss within your team to work successfully from afar.

  • Project Portfolio Management and Enterprise Resource Planning Integration Guide

    info@executivebrief.com
    7 May 2013 | 5:39 am
    Many global and enterprise project-centric organizations face the challenge of ensuring that exchange of data between Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) and Project Portfolio Management (PPM) systems works in harmony. This white paper will help such organizations identify what to look for in a PPM system as well as provide useful strategies for software integrations.

  • Next Generation Mobile Solutions for Healthcare: Key Software Technologies

    info@executivebrief.com
    29 Mar 2013 | 1:47 am
    Here is an overview of the key enabling software technology for delivering next generation mobile solutions within the Healthcare provider context: security for systems and Protected Health Information (PHI), Mobile Device Management (MDM), Mobile Human Interfaces, and Healthcare platform data integration.

  • What the Next Evolution of Enterprise IT Means for Your Job

    info@executivebrief.com
    7 Mar 2013 | 11:40 am
    On average, businesses are using well under half of the skills that their IT departments have on a day-to-day basis. For those seeking a career in IT, they will increasingly have two choices: either a more technical role with outsourcing service providers or a business focused one in an end user organisation.

  • BYOD: Bring Your Own Devil

    info@executivebrief.com
    6 Mar 2013 | 1:43 pm
    Cloud-enabled, with multiple email accounts, a mobile device dealing with corporate internal information is a Pandora’s Box. Obviously, it implies that businesses should reconsider their data security policies and choose a specific scenario of BYOD adoption and Mobile Device Management.
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    Modis

  • Around the IT Industry 5/20-5/24

    Modis
    24 May 2013 | 11:00 am
    Google+ Has an Amazing New Unadvertised Feature Google+ allows its users to search photos by tagging them, but Vic Gundotra briefly touched on another way to find your photos of things that matter. Object recognition. This technology enables a user to type in the word, “Cat” or “Cake” and return their pictures with the aforementioned [...]Around the IT Industry 5/20-5/24 is a post from: Modis

  • GEEKSTAKES 2013: Back & geekier than ever!

    Modis
    24 May 2013 | 3:45 am
    A long time ago (1998) in a galaxy far, far away (Albany, New York), one brave man decided to stand up to stereotypes, bullies and enemies of calculus and pocket protectors everywhere to declare Geek Pride Day an annual tradition at a local bar. He didn’t even need a lightsaber. But the story of geek [...]GEEKSTAKES 2013: Back & geekier than ever! is a post from: Modis

  • Around the IT Industry 5/13-5/17

    Modis
    17 May 2013 | 9:00 am
    Google Unites Drive, Gmail, and Photo Storage, Totaling 15GB of Space for Users Google Drive already offered its users 5GB of space in a style similar to that of Dropbox. Gmail has had its own 10GB of storage for a long period of time, and it wasn’t long until these were combined–giving Google users a [...]Around the IT Industry 5/13-5/17 is a post from: Modis

  • Interview with a Geek

    Modis
    14 May 2013 | 12:23 pm
    It shouldn’t come as a surprise that many of the top minds and talents in the tech realm lean toward the geekier end of the spectrum. When you’re hunting for IT professionals to staff key positions among your team of techies, geeks are often among the most sought-after candidates. At times, however, interviewing such folks poses [...]Interview with a Geek is a post from: Modis

  • Hold your pixels high: Geek Pride Day 2013!

    Modis
    13 May 2013 | 11:12 pm
    Geek Pride continues to run rampant! Modis’ Geek Pride 2013 Survey found that 87% of Americans don’t sneak their geek – so bring on the comic books, superhero pajamas and action figures. Once upon a time, geek wasn’t a term that many wanted to be associated with, but year over year geek gets more chic [...]Hold your pixels high: Geek Pride Day 2013! is a post from: Modis
 
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    Converge Blog

  • What Is the New AS6081 Standard?

    Converge
    9 May 2013 | 12:24 pm
    SAE recently released the new AS6081 Standard, otherwise defined as Fraudulent/Counterfeit Electronic Parts: Avoidance, Detection, Mitigation, and Disposition – Distributors.So what does all that mean? The new AS6081 is a quality standard designed to provide an even higher level of protection against counterfeit components for customers in the aerospace/defense industry and the global supply chain.This new standard released by the SAE International G-19 Distributor Committee allows electronic component distributors in high-reliability markets to:Help identify reliable sources to procure…

  • Converge Enhances Q-Trade with Pathfinder

    Converge
    24 Apr 2013 | 6:32 am
    If we stop and think about how many programs and systems companies utilize to conduct business on a daily basis, it would make sense that they should all be working collaboratively to provide the highest caliber of service to its customers.Procuring electronic components and managing surplus inventory in the independent market are already involved enough without having to worry about whether the systems a company has in place are accurately and effectively working together to your benefit. Unfortunately, smaller, independent distributors and brokers may consider this type of system a luxury…

  • The Ins and Outs of Global Compliance and Logistics at Converge

    Converge
    10 Apr 2013 | 7:43 am
    Compliance and logistics are often said to be the backbone of an electronics distributor, especially one with an established global presence. Without these two important functions, companies buying and selling electronic components worldwide would be unable to fulfill demand and/or even compete for business.But all companies exporting any kind of product are bound by and must comply with strict government regulations and compliance procedures. This requires not only experienced personnel and resources but also time to prepare/verify a product for export and ensure that it’s not being…

  • Global Converge Leaders in APAC: Meet Eric Wu

    Converge
    27 Mar 2013 | 6:56 am
    Continuing with our Global Leaders blog series, we introduce you to Eric Wu, Converge’s Global Business Leader in the APAC region. Meet Eric Wu, Global Converge Leader in APAC   Q: Tell us a little about what you do at Converge. Is there something that you specialize in for the company?A: My title is Director of Sales in APAC for South Asia. My responsibilities include managing our regional sales team, daily sales activity and tactical operations. I work closely with my regional managers to support and strengthen each regional sales team, identify the potential markets and…

  • New Converge Podcast: Protecting Customers Through Quality Management

    Converge
    13 Mar 2013 | 6:35 am
    How does Converge protect its customers from receiving substandard components? That’s the topic of discussion in a new podcast titled “Protecting Customers Through Quality Management” which is now available on the Converge website.All of our customers are secure in knowing that partnering with Converge for their electronic component needs provide them peace of mind. But, how exactly does Converge provide that assurance?In this new podcast, we will be talking with our quality experts Ron Wiggins and Dwight Gerardi about why it’s so important to partner with an independent distributor…
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    The Practitioner's Guide to Data Quality Improvement

  • Criteria for a Data Replication Solution

    admin
    30 Apr 2013 | 3:35 am
    In my last post we looked at the environmental drivers for the assessment criteria for a data replication solution, including environmental complexity, the need for application availability, the need to accommodate different types of systems and models, the growing volumes of data, and going beyond a point-to-point set of solutions. As I suggested, these frame the dimensions by which one might scope a data replication solution, and in conversations with both Ash Parikh and Terry Simonds from Informatica (here is the third installment of that conversation), we shared some thoughts about how…

  • Characteristics Driving a Data Replication Solution

    admin
    27 Apr 2013 | 3:32 am
    In my last post, we discussed two (presumably) complementary business drivers for instituting a standard enterprise-wide strategy for data availability: the desire to absorb massive amounts of data for analytical purposes (AKA “big data”) while simultaneously enabling accessibility to internal data stored across a variety of different siloed systems that have evolved organically over the years. Yet while the desire for decreasing the latency for data access, often to the point of what is fuzzily referred to as “real-time,” drives the expectation for immediate accessibility to all data…

  • Ensuring that Data Availability Meet the Business Needs

    admin
    24 Apr 2013 | 3:32 am
    Almost everywhere you look these days, there is talk about big data, big data analytics, and the value of massive data volumes, and underscoring the demand for exploiting big data is the need to manage big data. This will be critical when dovetailing the desire for instituting analytical systems and addressing real-time needs for operational decision-making. Whether your company is looking to streamline supply chain management and inventory control, or deriving insight for enhancing customer experiences using numerous data streams linked with existing customer profiles, the best advantage…

  • Managing Information Consistency and Trust During System Migrations and Data Migrations

    admin
    29 Nov 2012 | 1:12 pm
    If you have been following this series of articles about data validation and testing, you will (hopefully) come to the conclusion that there is a healthy number of scenarios in which large volumes of data are being moved (using a variety of methods), and in each of these scenarios, the choices made in developing a framework for data movement can introduce errors. One of our discussions (both in the article and in discussions with Informatica’s Ash Parikh) focused on data integration testing for production data sets, while another centered on verification of existing…

  • ETL Verification: Do Your ETL Processes Do What You Think They Do?

    admin
    1 Nov 2012 | 3:01 am
    What is now generally referred to as “data integration” is a set of disciplines that have evolved from the methods used for populating the data systems powering business intelligence: extracting data from one or more operational systems, their transfer to a staging area for cleansing, consolidation, transformations, and reorganization in preparation for loading into the target data warehouse. This process is usually referred to as ETL: extraction, transformation, and loading. In the early days of data warehousing, the ETL scripts were, as one might politely say, “hand-crafted.” More…
 
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    RES Software Blog

  • Citrix Takes Mobility “Out of Darkness” With XenDesktop 7

    Sean Donahue
    22 May 2013 | 10:02 am
    The excitement was palpable today at Synergy as Citrix announced the release of XenDesktop 7. There is little irony in the fact that the entire audience was snapping pictures, capturing video, live tweeting and more from their mobile devices as Citrix announced they were bringing Windows apps and Desktops to the mobile world. If you are like me, you live on a variety of devices and change those devices several times a day, yet your job and the work you do doesn’t “change.” Take this blog as an example. I started it on my desktop based Dell laptop. I then continued it on my iPad and made…

  • 4 faults with IT as a Service and how to avoid them

    Patrik Zander
    21 May 2013 | 4:46 am
    Let’s take a typical example of a simple service IT delivers to end users: applications This service should be pretty straightforward and quite easy for IT to manage. It breaks down into a handful of steps. IT gets a request from an end user, requesting access to a specific application IT puts the user in an Active Directory Application Group or Organizational Unit IT uses an application provisioning solution like System Center Configuration Manager, application virtualization or application publishing, to install, distribute or grant access to the requested application Application will…

  • Goodbye AppSense.

    RES Software
    9 May 2013 | 6:31 am
    By Klaus Besier CEO, RES Software I’ll make a prediction: the days of RES Software and AppSense competition are nearing their end. If you’ve looked at our workspace virtualization space, you know there are really only two players out there. (Yes there are others, but they provide point solutions or solutions that only work within VDI rather than today’s hybrid desktop infrastructures.) In terms of end-to-end workspace virtualization providers it’s “us,” RES Software, and it’s “them,” AppSense. And it’s been that way for years. AppSense is the best kind of competitor to…

  • Notes from the Road 27: Has the evolution of IT plateaued?

    Sean Donahue
    3 May 2013 | 8:14 am
    You’ve upgraded your desktops. You’ve upgraded your data centers. But have you upgraded the IT experience for users? Years and years ago if a user wanted a service from IT, they would call the help desk and open a request or ticket. That could be a request for applications, printers, a new peripheral or even a password or pin reset. The user’s whole experience with IT requests was dominated by a call to the help desk and then: hurry up and wait. Why? Because that help desk agent had to seek approval requests, do resource discovery, acquire the requested service and then deliver the…

  • RES Automation Manager 2012 SR4

    Patrik Zander
    30 Apr 2013 | 1:00 am
    On April 8th we released Automation Manager SR4. Below you’ll find a list of the most important changes in this release. Please download the release notes from our support portal to read the full list of new features and enhancements.    New features: PowerShell 3.0. support: Automation Manager now fully supports Windows 8 and Windows Server 2012 and enables administrators to copy paste existing Powershell 3.0 scripts into a secure, efficient and controllable Module that can be delegated to virtually anybody within or outside of IT. Support for Windows Authentication when…
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    Computer Repair Appleton Milwaukee Oshkosh WI - Smart Computing - Blog

  • 16 May 2013 | 9:49 am

    Seth Reid
    16 May 2013 | 9:49 am
    Not all computer support companies are created equal and choosing the right computer support company will save you money, time and stress. Follow Smart Computing’s tips to help insure you get the best computer repair service possible. Click here to DOWNLOAD. Smart Computing provides computer support options for small to medium sized businesses that do not currently have their own IT department as well as the average home user. We serve the Fox Valley including Appleton, Oshkosh, Neenah, Menasha, Fond du Lac and all surrounding areas. Contact us for more information on our computer services…

  • You Have a Virus – Now What?

    Seth Reid
    20 Mar 2013 | 10:38 am
    If you are reading this, then the worst has happened.  Not the apocalypse, not Godzilla…no, something much worse, your computer is infected with MALWARE and you need a virus removal. What is Malware? First, let’s go over a few basics to help avoid some common mistakes.  All malicious computer programs are generically referred to as “malware”.  This is short for “malicious software”.  There are many varieties of malware that you’ve undoubtedly heard about including computer viruses, spyware, adware, trojans, worms, etc.  These are more specific labels that give clues about…

  • Repair Computer in Appleton, WI

    Seth Reid
    16 Jun 2012 | 9:33 am
    For Computer Repair in Appleton, WI call 920.460.0440.  Your computer will be fixed at your business or home by an experienced computer tech.  Our computer service is fast, thorough, friendly, and affordable.

  • $20 per hour discount off Onsite Computer Repair in Appleton, Oshkosh, WI 54911, 54914, 54915, 54901, 54902, 54904

    Seth Reid
    13 Jun 2012 | 8:52 am
    Computer repair discount coupon code FIX-MY-PC-JUNE-12 for anyone ( residential or business ) in Appleton, Oshkosh, Neenah, Menasha and surrounding areas.  Our computer repair coupons are assigned codes, this coupon is FIX-MY-PC-JUNE-12.  You will get $20 per hour off of your computer repair.  This coupon expires July 1st, so if you have a computer or network that needs to be looked at, now is the time. For those who may not be sure what Smart Computing fixes ( we pretty much do everything you could have a problem with ), here is a short list of our computer services in Appleton, Oshkosh,…

  • Microsoft Phishing Scam Over Phone

    Seth Reid
    6 Jun 2012 | 10:53 am
    Hello readers!  I have got some very important news regarding a new scam that seems to be everywhere right now.  Basically the scammers call you and say “Hi, I am from Microsoft and we have detected a lot of errors on your computer.  Click our link to let us show you and help fix the problem.”  So you click the link and they pull up what is called the Event View in Windows.  The event viewer is pretty much guaranteed to show some warning or error because of the thousands of background events that have happened since you have had your computer.  The scammer then pulls up some…
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    The IJIS Factor

  • Why We Need Architecture

    Paul Wormeli
    30 Apr 2013 | 6:20 am
    April 29, 2013. Plans to procure an IT system or to implement an information exchange between two disparate systems, particularly when crossing domain boundaries, are seldom based on positioning the system or exchange in the bigger picture of how this result will improve operations. When systems or exchanges are implemented without regard for how they [...]

  • A Measure of Sanity

    Paul Wormeli
    1 Apr 2013 | 6:09 am
    April 1, 2013. “One out of many” – E pluribus unum – is a great motto for a country, especially the huge democracy that is the U.S. No doubt, there’s incredible strength in our numbers and diversity. But what’s far from ideal is that each of the 50 semi-autonomous states within the U.S. has its [...]

  • Security as a Service

    Paul Wormeli
    14 Mar 2013 | 8:11 am
    March 14, 2013. For decades, case and records management (RMS) systems in law enforcement and criminal justice have had a fairly universal approach to user authentication and authorization. These major applications have all had a security or administrative module in which the users were entered and given roles-based permissions. The typical security module allowed users [...]

  • Re-using Proven Processes

    Paul Wormeli
    7 Mar 2013 | 6:55 am
    March 7, 2013. The Nationwide Suspicious Activity Reporting Initiative (NSI) is an interesting and unusual model for government programs and instructive in the underlying methodology that created it. The NSI program was originally sponsored and started by an investment from the Program Manager for the Information Sharing Environment (PM-ISE), in collaboration with the Bureau of [...]

  • Coordinating the Future of Standards

    Paul Wormeli
    25 Feb 2013 | 6:46 am
    February 25, 2013. The good news about standards is that there are so many of them. The bad news about standards is that there are so many of them. In just about every commercial/governmental domain, it has been the habit of participants to come to eventual agreement on how to interact with each other by [...]
 
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    The Data Center Journal

  • Cedexis and Catchpoint Announce Integrated Solution to Improve Web and Mobile Application Performance

    Press Release
    24 May 2013 | 7:30 am
    Cedexis and Catchpoint Systems, Inc. today announced a combined industry-leading solution to help organizations improve website and mobile application end-user experiences.  Building upon Catchpoint’s advanced, real-time web performance monitoring capabilities and Cedexis’ real-time, global, load balancing solution, the joint offering automates issue detection and handling. Together, Cedexis and Catchpoint provide significant advancements in measuring the complete website and/or mobile application end-user experience, inclusive of servers, applications, content delivery platforms/clouds…

  • London’s Deluxe Digital Selects HP to Transform Film Distribution Process to Cinemas

    Press Release
    24 May 2013 | 7:27 am
    HP Enterprise Services UK Ltd. today announced that Deluxe Digital Cinema EMEA (Europe, the Middle East and Africa), a technology and services provider to the film industry for digital cinema services and distribution throughout EMEA, is working with HP to enable improvement in the speed, security and quality of its feature film and trailer distribution. Under the terms of the seven-year agreement, Deluxe Digital will use HP Business Exchange Services (BES) content distribution systems combined with HP Enterprise Cloud Services to improve distribution of the latest feature films from an…

  • OnRamp Addresses Recent Cloud Security Concerns With Private Cloud Solutions Designed to Mitigate Security Risks

    Press Release
    24 May 2013 | 7:19 am
    OnRamp, a data center service provider with locations in Texas and North Carolina, is helping customers manage the security risks associated with storing data in the cloud by offering private cloud solutions on dedicated equipment, hosted in the secure environment of the company’s data center facilities. “The advent of cloud computing technologies has, without a doubt, changed the scope of IT services within recent years,” stated OnRamp Founder Chad Kissinger. “However, with these advances, new security concerns have emerged.” Although there are many risks associated with the cloud…

  • Selecting a Colocation provider

    Bob DeCoufle
    24 May 2013 | 6:10 am
    You have reached that moment, the moment when you are in need of IT/ data center options. You gather your wits and research, network with peers and develop comparisons to help narrow down a choice. You study your information and you begin asking yourself, do we have enough existing space for our growth needs? Will our budget be slashed next year? Will the company continue to grow? Will our next IT refresh consolidate and become denser? After all these questions all that remains between success and failure could be this decision; should we outsource or insource?  Are you prepared to make the…

  • What does PCI DSS have to do with ITAD?

    Sarah Greesonbach
    24 May 2013 | 5:50 am
    As an IT asset manager, one of your priorities when managing your IT Asset Disposition process is adhering to strict industry standards. Near the top of that list of standards is the Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS). PCI refers to requirements administered and monitored by the PCI SSC, an independent body that was created by the major payment card brands (Visa, MasterCard, American Express, Discover and JCB). What does payment card information have to do with your IT assets? Whether your organization has stored credit card information in the cloud or exclusively on a…
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    FierceGovernmentIT

  • Audio: VanRoekel reviews 1 year under Digital Government Strategy

    Molly Bernhart Walker
    23 May 2013 | 11:56 am
    Federal Chief Information Officer Steven VanRoekel hosted a press call May 23 to discuss 1 year of deliverables under the Office of Management and Budget's Digital Government Strategy.

  • Issa tries again with DATA Act

    David Perera
    23 May 2013 | 11:12 am
    House Oversight and Government Reform Chairman Darrell Issa (R-Calif.) will try again this year to pass into law a bill that would require federal agencies and companies or organizations receiving federal dollars to report back each quarter financial data using standardized data elements.

  • DHS, DOJ grossly underestimate spectrum relocation costs

    David Perera
    23 May 2013 | 10:18 am
    The Homeland Security and Justice departments were the worst at estimating the actual cost of relocating radio systems away from a band auctioned off to the private sector, shows data from a Government Accountability Office report.

  • White House unveils more deliverables on anniversary of the Digital Government Strategy

    Molly Bernhart Walker
    23 May 2013 | 9:46 am
    Six deliverables were unveiled across government May 23--20 percent of all the goals laid out in the plan. Five of the announcements were directly related to mobile adoption, use and services in the federal government, while one advances open data efforts around APIs and data.gov.

  • Exascale computing needs more funding, say federal computer scientists

    David Perera
    23 May 2013 | 9:05 am
    Funding for Energy Department supercomputer efforts would need at least another $400 million annually to possible build a exascale computer by 2020, a computer scientist told a May 22 House hearing.
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    SMP Updates

  • CTIA - The Wireless Association Statement on the Mobile Device Theft Deterrence Act

    24 May 2013 | 10:06 pm
    CTIA-The Wireless Association® Statement on the Mobile Device Theft Deterrence ActWASHINGTON/PRNewswire-USNewswire/ --&nbsp;Today&nbsp;,&nbsp;Senator&nbsp;Charles Schumer&nbsp;(D-NY) introduced the Mobile Device&nbsp;Theft&nbsp;Deterrence&nbsp;Act...

  • Vidicom's InteracTV Wins

    24 May 2013 | 10:01 pm
    Vidicom's InteracTV WinsNEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--For the second consecutive year, the Public Relations Society of America (PRSA) has recognized Vidicom with a Bronze Anvil Award for InteracTV. The winning tactic builds an interactive brand commu...

  • LiveWorld Transitions Out of Community Center Business And Reconfirms 2013 Guidance

    24 May 2013 | 9:55 pm
    LiveWorld Transitions Out of Community Center Business And Reconfirms 2013 GuidanceSAN JOSE, Calif. &amp; NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--LiveWorld, Inc. (OTC Markets: LVWD), today announced that it is focusing on its broader social media presence and ...

  • Punchh Named Winner of 2013 TiE50 "Top Startup" at TiEcon 2013

    24 May 2013 | 2:12 pm
    Punchh Named Winner of 2013 TiE50 "Top Startup" at TiEcon 2013Punchh Helps Restaurants Re-Invent Marketing With MobileCUPERTINO, CA--(Marketwired) -&nbsp;Punchh, Inc., a startup that delivers branded mobile apps and a cloud-based marketing automat...

  • MarcomCentral Launches Groundbreaking PowerPoint Personalization Over The Cloud

    24 May 2013 | 12:40 pm
    MarcomCentral Launches Groundbreaking PowerPoint Personalization Over The CloudSOLANA BEACH, Calif/PRNewswire/ -- MarcomCentral®, a leading marketing asset management and distributed marketing solution by PTI Marketing Technologies® Inc., announce...
 
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    Paragon Software Blog

  • Stay Current! Get latest product updates for Mac based applications

    Ksenia Schevjeva
    23 May 2013 | 2:01 am
    Paragon Software releases a stream of FREE SOFTWARE UPDATES for Mac users ensuring the most up-to-date user experience possible! How to download your update: 1. Please, choose your software update from the list below and click on “Update now” 2. Login to your account 3. Go to “Products” / “View registered products” 4. Find the product you want to update [...]

  • D-Link signs agreement with Paragon Software Group to embed exFAT, NTFS, and HFS+ driver technology

    Ksenia Schevjeva
    21 May 2013 | 11:47 pm
    Paragon Drivers Enable Select D-Link Products to Support High Capacity SDXC cards along with exFAT, Windows and Mac formatted USB Drives Paragon Software Group announces a partnership with D-Link, the global leader in connectivity for home, business, and service providers, to license Paragon’s Universal File System Driver (UFSD) technology on select products. OEMs embed Paragon Software’s [...]

  • Paragon Software adds ExtFS for Windows Beta to its broad cross-platform UFSD technology portfolio

    Ksenia Schevjeva
    14 May 2013 | 1:58 am
    The industry’s only solution to provide full read and write access to Ext2/Ext3/Ext4 partitions under all latest Windows versions. Immediately open to free beta testing! Paragon Software is happy to announce the beta launch of its new Paragon ExtFS for Windows – a special utility designed to eliminate barriers between Linux and Windows operating systems by [...]

  • Paragon Software Group’s Backup and Recovery Software Suite, Hard Disk Manager, selected by Converse College

    Ksenia Schevjeva
    8 May 2013 | 11:51 pm
    Chosen for Easy Deployment, Reliable Recovery, Flexible Scheduling Features and Cost Effectiveness South Carolina-based Converse College selected Hard Disk Manager (HDM) Premium for ease of deployment, dependable backup and recovery, job-scheduling features and cost effectiveness. “It was time to update our tape backup solution or find a more cost-effective replacement,” said Cori Williams McClure, network administrator at [...]

  • Paragon Software Group unveils Paragon Protect & Restore for centralized backup and disaster recovery of virtual and physical servers

    Ksenia Schevjeva
    29 Apr 2013 | 3:09 am
    Tight Integration With Hypervisors for Agentless Backups, VM Replications and Seamless Restores Paragon Software launches Paragon Protect & Restore (PPR), featuring centralized remote management of physical and virtual machines. The software provides agentless backup of virtual servers and workstations through a tight integration with VMware vSphere (Microsoft Hyper-V coming soon). PPR additionally supports agent-based backup of [...]
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    MarkjOwen's Blog

  • Lessons from the Library – what I learned at a free seminar on genealogy

    markjowen
    25 May 2013 | 2:59 am
    Recently, I attended a seminar at the Central Library titled “Writing up your Family History”. It was free, and it caught my interest, so I decided to go along to it. During the seminar I quickly realised that I was picking up so much more than just the subject matter: Commit yourself This is more of a personal thing that I do rather than something I picked up during the seminar. During sessions like this I always sit at the front of the room. There is a lot of value in this because I then feel that I am really involved. As well as being able to see any slides, etc, clearly, and…

  • Virtually working – managing virtual teams

    markjowen
    20 May 2013 | 3:04 am
    I’ve worked in a globally dispersed team with colleagues in France, Germany, the Netherlands, and the US. The team worked really well. Virtual Teams do require a little bit of extra effort, however, to get all the players to “gel” well together. The team I worked in had regular communication, and an awareness that things had to happen differently than in a usual everyone-in-the-same-building situation. There was no water cooler, or hall, conversations that resulted in any other (remote) team member wondering what the heck was going on. There was no surprises, and each…

  • It’s like working in an Encyclopaedia

    markjowen
    11 May 2013 | 2:30 am
    Everyday I am truly in awe.  I work in an open-plan office where there are developers, designers, hardware people, project managers, business analysts and a few who I am not sure what they do. It’s a great work environment, and one that I have found to be incredibly educational. Because it is open-plan,and because all the  developers, designers, hardware people, project managers, and business analysts are so passionate and enthusiastic about what they do, I get to sit in on some very interesting discussions  (Hell, sometimes I’m almost able to contribute something useful…

  • The Difference between Records Management Policies, Procedures, and Guidelines – Richard Medina Doculabs

    markjowen
    11 May 2013 | 1:52 am
      This is a great post from Richard Medina from Doculabs. It digs into the structure and differences between the policies, procedures, and guidelines you need for an effective RM program. Click on the link below: The Difference between Records Management Policies, Procedures, and Guidelines – Richard Medina Doculabs   Related articles   Advantages of Records Management (documentrecordsmanagement.wordpress.com) Record Management and You (agimssinc.wordpress.com)   Tagged: guidelines, policies, principles, procedures, Record Management, standards

  • 7 Habits for a BA

    markjowen
    25 Mar 2013 | 12:42 am
    Over on The BA Coach site  Yaaqub Mohamed (A.K.A YAMO) wrote a great article where he put the seven habits (from Stephen Covey’s “The 7 habits of highly Effective People”) into the context of a Business Analyst. I like what he wrote, and want to capture it here: 1) Be Proactive  In Summary: I still remember the depth of meaning in this simple statement that I felt when Dr. Covey explained what it means to be proactive as human beings. Owning up the responsibility for our own lives and the actions we take is the essence of this habit. When you dissect the word…
 
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    Latest News from IT News & Views

  • Yahoo Buys Tumblr for $1.1 Billion to Be Hip

    21 May 2013 | 5:00 am
    Looking to hang with the cool kids, Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer, swearing “not to screw it up,” is buying Tumblr for a cool $1.1 billion, a big chunk of her $5.4 billion pocketbook since it’s “substantially all” in cash. The New York-based acquisition will remain a separate business with its 26-year-old founder, David Karp, sticking around as CEO. To try to separate the acquisition from the taint of the aging Yahoo, which is scorned by many of Tumblr’s users, Yahoo said the “product, service and brand will continue to be defined and developed separately with the same Tumblr…

  • Google Tops $900

    16 May 2013 | 5:00 am
    Google’s stock topped $900 a share Wednesday ahead of the opening of its annual I/O developers’ conference in San Francisco, raising its market value to over $304 billion, something no high-tech firm has ever done before. There’s the inevitable talk of it hitting $1,000. Apparently it rose on rumors that it’s going to field a paid Spotify-like subscription music service. The Wall Street Journal says it signed distribution deals with three big music labels: Universal Music Group, Sony and Warner Music Group. There’s also talk of a service called Google Play Games that will let gamers…

  • Dell Essentially Pre-Announces

    15 May 2013 | 5:30 am
    Dell Tuesday moved up its fiscal Q1 earnings call up five days to this Thursday May 16 at 4:45 p.m. ET. It didn’t say why it changed the schedule. CNBC’s David Faber, who was first out with the news, said he heard Dell is going to come with earnings below consensus and that the miss is big enough for Dell to want to get the word out to the market as quickly as possible. Dell was expected to make 35 cents a share on $13.5 billion in revenues. Now the Wall Street Journal says it looks like 20 cents on $14 billion. The higher-than-expected top line will pass muster, but its income has…

  • Microsoft Wants Nook: TechCrunch

    13 May 2013 | 5:30 am
    Microsoft wants to buy Nook Media LLC, the Barnes & Noble’s digital and college books joint venture, for a billion dollars according to TechCrunch, which says it’s got internal documents to prove it. With Windows 8 in mind Microsoft bought 16.8% of the operation last year for $300 million plus another $180 million due sometime for Windows 8 content. Apparently it now just wants the e-book piece as well as Nook’s e-readers and tablets. That digital territory includes movies, TV, comics and apps. TechCrunch says Nook Media means to discontinue its Microsoft-opposing Android-based tablet…

  • Icahn’s Back with a New Deal for Dell

    10 May 2013 | 10:34 am
    Activist shareholder Carl Icahn and another of Dell’s large shareholders, Southeastern Asset Management, have come up with a new alternative proposal to Michael Dell’s $24.4 billion buy-out offer to take the company private. The pair sent the special committee of Dell’s board another letter proposing to let shareholders keep their stock in the company or get an additional $12 a share in cash and stock. The pay-out or leveraged recapitalization would come out of Dell’s existing cash and $5.2 billion in new debt. Southeastern will lose a packet of money if Michael Dell’s…
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    Mindtree Blogs

  • Watch out for ‘consumerism’ in your enterprise applications

    Vinay Dixit
    24 May 2013 | 7:30 am
    I can clearly see ‘consumerism’ not limiting itself to free market economies but creeping into well-guarded enterprises as well. In many large enterprises, CIOs have made successful attempts to implement full-scale ERP systems to automate a number of business processes. …

  • Agile methods in stage-gated IT environments – Why?

    Raja Bavani
    17 May 2013 | 7:30 am
    I spent two weeks last month interacting with my business partners and friends about agile methods. They are curious to learn and introduce agile methods in their project portfolio. This post is to explore the reasons for their curiosity. My …

  • In Defense of Bureaucracy

    Avinash Rao
    14 May 2013 | 7:30 am
    bu•reau•cra•cy noun \byu̇-ˈrä-krə-sē, (3) a system of administration marked by officialism, red tape, and proliferation. (As per Merriam Webster) Spoiler alert: This post is likely to be controversial! Bureaucracy. The word conjures up immediate images of (perhaps typically government) paper …

  • Building a Self Service Portal

    Giridhar LV
    10 May 2013 | 7:30 am
    Self Service Portal or SSP is one of the key components in any Cloud based solution. The use case for a SSP is to enable the end-user to request a product or a service and have it delivered. A request …

  • Networked Devices: Peculiarity of the Smart TV

    Vallabh Munshi
    7 May 2013 | 7:30 am
    There is enough said and written about the information continuum. As an introduction to this post, I will say it again that digital services are spreading from desktop computers to mobiles, to tablets, to Smart TVs, and to any other …
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    The Accidental Successful CIO

  • CIO’s Need To Know How To Attract The Best IT Talent

    Dr. Jim Anderson
    22 May 2013 | 2:00 am
    CIOs need to know how to attract (and keep) the best IT talentImage Credit Who is responsible for making sure that your IT department has enough IT workers do everything that is expected of it? Lots of CIOs would like to think that given the importance of information technology, this task is something that the Human Resources (HR) department needs to take care of. However, the truth is that at the end of the day the CIO plays a big role in making sure that you don’t have too many open positions at any given point in time… How To Get The IT Talent That You Need I’ll agree that…

  • Why BYOD Spells DOOM For CIOs

    Dr. Jim Anderson
    15 May 2013 | 2:00 am
    BYOD just might be a trap that has been set to snare a CIOImage Credit Have you heard about the Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) craze that is sweeping companies worldwide? Employees have invested so much money along with time and effort into customizing their smartphones, tablets, etc. that they want to bring them to work and use them to do work. This is opening the door to a whole new world of problems for the person who has the CIO job… What’s So Wrong With BYOD? If we spend just a moment and think back to our High School history lessons, we’ll remember that the city of Troy fell…

  • 5 Secrets A CIO Needs To Know In Order To Create A Social Media Plan

    Dr. Jim Anderson
    8 May 2013 | 2:00 am
    CIOs need to know how to find social media secrets Image Credit Darn that social media stuff! Just when you thought that the job of being a CIO couldn’t get any tougher, along comes this whole new way for the world to communicate. The arrival of social media has just boosted the importance of information technology. What makes things even tougher is that the rest of the company is waiting for you to tell them what the rules for using social media at work is… Let’s Have A Policy Party Hopefully by now you realize that as part of your CIO job you need to be responsible for…

  • What Google Can Teach CIOs About Finding Inner Peace

    Dr. Jim Anderson
    1 May 2013 | 2:00 am
    Inner peace is what all CIOs are really looking for So CIO, what is your life like these days? Are you dealing with long hours at work, demanding peers and customers? An IT department who doesn’t want to talk to you let alone do what you need them to do? Unfortunately all of these things seem to be part of the modern definition of information technology. I guess the concept of finding inner peace must seem pretty far away most days. Over at Google, their IT workers are experiencing everything that you are experiencing – and more of it. How do they deal with the lack of peace in their…

  • 4 Ways CIOs Can Help The Company To Connect With Its Customers

    Dr. Jim Anderson
    24 Apr 2013 | 2:00 am
    A CIO can have a big impact on how customers view your companyImage Credit In your company, whose job is it to make sure that your customers are happy? Sales? Marketing? The CEOs? It turns out that all of these people have a role to play, but in the end it is the CIO who may end up having the biggest impact on just exactly how the customer ends up feeling about your company. Say Hello To The Mobile Era Remember back in the old days? Back then the only time that your company had to worry about making its customers happy was when they were in the store or when you were sending them something…
 
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    MakingITclear®

  • Secrets of the Hiring Process: How to Hire

    Harwell
    7 May 2013 | 4:00 am
    I’ve hired hundreds of people during my career, and my process has been pretty consistent for all of those hires: 1. Decide on the need for a person in a job. Maybe it’s a replacement for someone who left, or maybe it’s a new position that I need for a project or for an expansion of a functional area. 2. Define the job. I’m not a personal fan of job descriptions, but they’re important for recruiting and for determining a fair level of pay. So I’ll usually put one together, sometimes working with someone in Human Resources (HR). In many cases, the job is similar to another existing…

  • Failed First-Time Managers: 2 Case Studies

    Harwell
    19 Mar 2013 | 11:16 am
    I’ve promoted 20 or 30 people into their first manager jobs during my career. Two of those promotions were failures — they did so badly that I had to take them back out of the positions. Here’s what I learned from that experience. Background In both cases there was ample evidence that the people were ready for a promotion. Both people had performed well as project leaders where they provided direction to others. Both were respected by their peers and customers, and had good communication skills. Both people had worked for me for a few years, so I had a pretty good idea of what their…

  • How to Sell to a CIO

    Harwell
    7 Jan 2013 | 4:45 am
    In 2006 I wrote an article explaining a recommended sales approach for selling to a CIO. The article has been available as a downloadable PDF file since that time, but I thought it might be a good idea to have the text of that article available directly on my blog as well. And after my last article on the Emperor’s New Clothes, I figured this is the right time to share the original 2006 article. If you’re in sales, then this is aimed directly at you. If you’re a CIO (or someone else in IT) being bothered by salespeople, then send your sales reps a link to this article so…

  • The “Emperor’s New Clothes” Trick and How to Deal with It

    Harwell
    11 Dec 2012 | 4:16 am
    As a child, I read the story “The Emperor’s New Clothes” by Hans Christian Andersen. The story is one of the earliest known accounts of a trick that technology salespeople use all of the time. Let me first recap the story, and then I’ll explain the trick and how to deal with it. The Plot of the Children’s Story According to the plot, a pretentious emperor always wants to be seen as superior to everyone else. Some con men convince him that they can make him a new set of clothes that are better than anything he has ever worn. The clothes are incredibly thin and luxurious, and so light…

  • Emergencies Aren’t Strategy

    Harwell
    27 Nov 2012 | 12:49 pm
    In a previous article I talked about how there are two reasons for strategy: focus and communication. It seems like companies have a lot of trouble with focus. Particularly in large companies, there’s a tendency to “focus” on everything at once: accomplishing all of your objectives, expanding in all of your markets, increasing revenues in all product lines at the same time that you’re cutting costs in all departments. And of course this defeats the entire idea of focus, which is to concentrate your resources on the few things that are the most important. If everything is important,…
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    Informatica Perspectives

  • Enterprise Application Projects Are Much Riskier Than You Think

    Roger Nolan
    24 May 2013 | 12:00 pm
    IT application managers are constantly going through a process of integrating, modernizing and consolidating enterprise applications to keep them efficient and providing the maximum business value to the corporation for their cost. But, it is important to remember that there … Continue reading »

  • Sub-100 Nanosecond Pub/Sub Messaging: What Does It Matter?

    Matt Meinel
    24 May 2013 | 12:02 am
    Our announcement last week was an exciting milestone for those of us who started at 29West supporting the early high-frequency traders from 2004 to 2006. Last week, we announced the next step in a 10 year effort that has now … Continue reading »

  • The Biggest Dirty Little Secret in IT

    John Schmidt
    23 May 2013 | 12:00 pm
    I’ll get to the secret in just a minute, but first an observation about the cost of IT. Forrester has been conducting a cost of IT study for many years with the most recent results published in the 2013 IT … Continue reading »

  • A key growth milestone for the Informatica Marketplace

    Scott Geffre
    23 May 2013 | 12:01 am
    Recently, the Informatica Marketplace reached a major milestone: we exceeded 1,000 Blocks (Apps). Looking back to three years ago when we started with 70 Blocks from a handful of partners, it’s an amazing achievement to have reached this volume of solutions … Continue reading »

  • Marge Breya and Rick Smolan Discuss the Growing Amount of Data

    Marge Breya
    22 May 2013 | 12:01 am
    Hi everyone, it’s great to be back again this week. I’m continuing my conversation with Rick Smolan about many aspects of big data. In our first part of Rick and I’s conversation, we touched on big data’s impact on healthcare. … Continue reading »
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    Wikibon Blog

  • CEOs: Five Reasons Your CIO Quits

    Scott Lowe
    24 May 2013 | 11:04 am
    I normally write articles targeted at CIOs, but this time, my audience is comprised of the CEOs out there to whom many fine CIOs report.  Regardless of industry and regardless of vertical, IT can be a really tough gig.  IT departments are constantly torn between meeting all of the requirements expected of them as “service providers” to the organization while also making a valiant attempt to demonstrate business credibility by providing solutions that can have significant business impact. Unfortunately, there are CEOs out there – and, by CEOs, I’m including anyone that sits at the…

  • Three Important Lessons in Leadership

    Scott Lowe
    16 May 2013 | 1:00 pm
    Leadership can be a tough gig.  During my twenty years in IT, I’ve seen many, many examples of really good leadership and a few examples of poor.  In this article, I will share with you three leadership lessons that I’ve learned from various people over the years. Not everything is a crisis One of the best lessons that was bestowed on me came somewhat early in my IT career — 1998.  In that job, the second of my then four-year career, was an associate director of IT responsible for managing the organization’s network, servers, and data center.  The email system was one of two…

  • Visualizing the Universe of Big Data

    Jeff Kelly
    15 May 2013 | 12:00 pm
    Our friends at Forbes.com have put together a fantastic new infographic leveraging data from Wikibon’s Big Data Vendor Revenue and Market Forecast, 2012 – 2017 report. It provides a compelling view of the Big Data universe and illustrates the real revenue vendors are deriving from Big Data. They range from the mega-planets (if you’ll go with me on this analogy) IBM, HP and EMC to the smaller but powerful emerging planets like Hortonworks, 10gen and DataStax. Ok, not the greatest analogy but still a great infographic: Infographic by Forbes.com; Data by Wikibon. Nice work by…

  • Inside the Federation at EMC World 2013

    Stuart Miniman
    1 May 2013 | 2:00 pm
    EMC World 2010 was the first enterprise show of SiliconANGLE’s theCUBE. Over the last 3 years, theCUBE has interviewed more than 1,000 guests at dozens of shows; EMC World is one of the most popular programs every year. EMC has expanded far beyond storage to become a “federation” of companies in the EMC family: EMC, VMware and the newly launched Pivotal. The live broadcast schedule for theCUBE at EMC World will be a full 3 days, Monday May 6 – Wednesday May 8, 10am – 5pm Pacific. Guests include many CEOs, CIOs, CTOs, thought leaders and end-users from a broad spectrum of topics.

  • With Pivotal Investment, GE Takes on IBM to Win the Industrial Internet

    Jeff Kelly
    25 Apr 2013 | 8:31 am
    Then-CEO Sam Palmisano launched IBM’s Smarter Planet initiative five years ago during a speech at the Council on Foreign Relations. IBM would focus its energies, Palmisano said, on helping governments and companies understand and analyze the voluminous data streaming off connected devices and industrial equipment to improve operational efficiencies and deliver better services to citizens and customers. Since then, IBM has largely had the Industrial Internet, as the concept of has come to be called, to itself. The company’s Smarter Planet division has played a key role in making IBM the…
 
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    Application Integration

  • COBOL and Modern Mainframe Applications

    Ronald Nunan
    21 May 2013 | 3:18 pm
    A few thoughts on how to mix the new with the old At the end of March, IBM announced some enhancements to the venerable programming language, COBOL. http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/41095.wss I know, you are thinking that a COBOL announcement is the equivalent of flogging what no longer needs to be flogged, but before we write this off as irrelevant, note that the announcement provides a couple of nuggets about COBOL in the market. One nugget: “Today, nearly 15 percent of all new enterprise application functionality is written in COBOL.” It’s a surprising statistic that…

  • Three Reasons to Reuse Not Reinvent

    Ronald Nunan
    30 Apr 2013 | 7:13 am
    Recently, I was working with a winery with an AS/400 that was completely customized for its business. The applications were business critical and tailored to fit the organization. But the system was outdated. In this scenario what should a business do? Purchase a new modern system or update the existing system? New is not always better and there are options for leveraging existing applications in a modern way. Businesses such as this winery should consider “reusing” their existing legacy applications with legacy modernization versus “reinventing” and purchasing new applications. …

  • Mainframes and Hybrid Apps

    Ronald Nunan
    25 Mar 2013 | 9:30 am
    I was recently going through some old articles and found this survey from late last year, “The Mainframe and Innovation: Not Mutually Exclusive.” In looking through the actual survey, conducted by Decipher Research, I was reminded of the ongoing strength for hybrid applications in Enterprise IT. Looking at the survey data, you can see it captured some interesting points on the mainframe with respect to current trends: 81% globally, 77% in US, of respondents see the mainframe as strategic to current and future plans. More than a third, 44% globally, will enable mobile management…

  • More on Hybrid Apps

    Ronald Nunan
    7 Mar 2013 | 8:18 am
    Take a look at an article over on ZDNET by Spandas Lui: IBM: Bright future for hybrid mobile apps. This article, via an interview of IBM’s marketing manager for mobile Jon Baxter, projects how application development will be affected by mobile user’s needs. It makes a case that in only a few years half of applications developed will be built as hybrid apps — applications run from a server, but with the UI delivered as HTML wrapped in native code. I personally think this is a great approach and would like to see this pan out. The article also captures a few of the drivers…

  • Mobile Application Development

    Ronald Nunan
    28 Feb 2013 | 11:50 am
    I recently had a chance to read through a survey on mobile application development and unlike many I have read, this covered an area of the market that is really interesting to me. The reason I liked this survey,  Mobile Application Development Survey conducted by King Research, was its focus. As opposed to drilling into mobile security and management concerns, a common and popular topic in the enterprise, it looked at how enterprise architects and developers plan to make mobile devices useful. It was geared towards capturing how corporations are investing in making the mobile user a…
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    IT Certification Master

  • How to Effectively Build a Networking Career From The Ground Up – with Rick Mur (4xCCIE, JNCIE)

    Mirek Burnejko
    13 May 2013 | 11:03 pm
    Two years ago we did the first interview on our site with Rick Mur. Today it’s time to speak with Rick one more time. We are going to speak about his new achievements and his method of learning, but mainly about building a networking career from the ground up. Rick Mur has 4 CCIE certifications (RS, SP, Storage and DC) and JNCIE. He works with the biggest projects in Europe (more you can read on his LinkedIN page or his personal website). In this interview you will find: What is the easiest way to maintain your knowledge? What to do if you don’t have any experience and want to…

  • 5 YouTube Channels Each IT Expert Must Know (+5 Extra)

    Mirek Burnejko
    5 May 2013 | 9:38 pm
    Before I ask you about your favorite YouTube channels, I want to share with you my opinion about this type of free learning method. I love social media. Thanks to platforms like LinkedIN or Twitter I have access to news about new technologies or certifications. For IT professionals like you or me, there is something else – YouTube. Yes, YouTube. Some people use it for watching “60 Minutes with My Cats” or “The Best of Harlem Shake”. Our goal is to move our skills to another level, so we’re using YouTube to learn, learn and learn. Today, it is simpler than…

  • Why Network, Skill, Experience Matters Most – with Himawan Nugroho

    Mirek Burnejko
    21 Apr 2013 | 11:20 pm
    This is an interview with Himawan Nugroho. Himawan is a legend in the networking field. Thousands of people , including myself, began their careers reading Himawan’s blog – Inevitable. Himawan has many IT certifications including: CCIE RS, CCIE SP, CCIE Security, CISSP. Additionally he’s a part of Cisco Advanced Services team and a founder of several organizations, like CCIE93, Jawdat Teknologi Indonesia and GEM Foundation. What is the most important, he is an inspiration for network engineers who struggle with their networking career. In this interview you will find: How a…

  • New Interesting Certifications

    Mirek Burnejko
    17 Apr 2013 | 8:39 am
    Here you can find a list of new certifications that you can achieve to move your career to the next level. You can also find here some certifications that were not added to the list of IT certifications (1915 certifications from 160 vendors). I still receive information from you about new certifications I haven’t heard about. Thanks for that !!! I will be talking about: F5 Riverbed Cloud Institute Tenable Ruijie Networks Websense Asterisk SIP School D-Link F5 New F5 certifications are available or will be available soon. At this moment you can pass exams required for the Certified…

  • How To Become a WiFi Security Expert for FREE

    Mirek Burnejko
    3 Apr 2013 | 11:25 am
    There is nothing better like free trainings. And when we talk about free trainings about hacking wireless networks, what can be better. Today I want to present another training from Vivek Ramachandran – SecurityTube Wi-Fi Security Expert (SWSE). There are three reasons this training is so special: 1. Vivek is a real expert on this field. He discovered the Caffe Latte attack, broke WEP Cloaking, a WEP protection schema in 2007 publicly at Defcon and conceptualized enterprise Wi-Fi Backdoors. He is also the author of the book “Backtrack 5 Wireless Penetration Testing“. 2. This…
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  • Internet down? Troubleshooting tips for remote users

    Guest Author
    24 May 2013 | 7:36 am
    As more users work from home, IT must handle more calls from those remote workers. One of the common issues: a lost Internet connection. In this guest post, Debbie Allen offers some tips to pass along to telecommuters so they can troubleshoot web problems on their own.  _____________________________________________________________ Helping others troubleshoot problems with Internet connectivity is often a routine part of managing daily IT business. As IT professionals, it can be easy to forget that many users are technically challenged. Besides not understanding technical terms, many of these…

  • What IT managers need to know about DDoS attacks

    Guest Author
    24 May 2013 | 7:16 am
    Distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks are one of the most common cyber threats companies face now. In this guest post, IT security expert George Hillston offers some advice on stopping those attacks.  _____________________________________________________________ DDoS attacks are launched from multiple compromised systems by Internet hackers for a variety of reasons. Attackers are usually able to install a virus or Trojan on a compromised system. They are capable of taking control of its communication functions and, more damaging, make the business’ network lose connectivity or cause…

  • Android apps illegally steal users’ info, lawsuit claims

    Sam Narisi
    23 May 2013 | 7:08 am
    Mobile viruses aren’t the only BYOD security threat companies need to watch for. There may also be legitimate apps that snoop on users’ data more than organizations are probably comfortable with.  And in the case of Android, there are plenty of apps that violate users privacy — with Google’s approval, a recently filed lawsuit alleges. The suit is an updated version of claim from last year that was rejected in court. The complaint alleges that Google collects personal data about users without their consent and allows Android app developers to do the same. The…

  • Compare Free Price Quotes on Document Management Systems

    gdimaio
    22 May 2013 | 8:30 am
    If your business deals with a large amount of paperwork such as government regulations, blueprints, product manuals, client contracts, or legal files, you may benefit from a document management system. A document management system, or content management system (CMS), will organize your physical files into electronic records. It can be used in any type of business or industry to streamline daily processes and create procedures for record-keeping. To learn more, let BuyerZone help you sort through all your options and provide you with free price quotes from several qualified vendors. You can…

  • Businesses Are Ready For A New Approach To IT

    gdimaio
    22 May 2013 | 8:00 am
    Today’s businesses need simpler more efficient and flexible computing models. The IBM PureSystems family is comprised of platform systems and infrastructure systems that include built-in “patterns of expertise” to address complex business and operational tasks for smarter computing. Click here to learn more!   The post Businesses Are Ready For A New Approach To IT appeared first on IT Manager Daily.
 
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  • Weekly recap: How developers can stand out at work, bad mobile apps, and more…

    Joe Stangarone
    24 May 2013 | 12:41 pm
    Every week, I share the most interesting and useful tech articles that I’ve found over the past week. This week’s top articles focus on helping developers stand out at work, social BI, and more. I hope you find them useful: Social Intelligence: The new frontier for BI As I’ve mentioned in previous articles, Business Intelligence is moving beyond your database. Social sites, forums, and blogs often contain a wealth of information about your company. The next big push in BI will involve harvesting this social data. How to stand out at work: 10 tips for developers With the growing need for…

  • 7 common mobile mistakes that drive users crazy

    Joe Stangarone
    21 May 2013 | 6:45 am
    As more and more businesses venture into the mobile app world, there’s bound to be some growing pains. That happens with every new trend. Do you remember how bad websites looked when the internet was gaining popularity? Yikes! Mobile applications provide an amazing opportunity for business, but also represent uncharted waters. How do you build mobile apps that help your business? How can you avoid the mistakes that alienate your users? If your business is building, or considering mobile apps, I’d like to help you avoid these mistakes. Now, before I elaborate on the most common mobile…

  • Business advantages of Java

    Joe Stangarone
    20 May 2013 | 10:41 am
    If your company needs to build new web apps or just bring your current apps to the web, you have plenty of languages to choose from. Which one is best for your company? Now, I realize this is a controversial topic, and I’m certainly not interested in starting a big war over programming language superiority. I’ve seen those arguments, and let me tell you…nobody wins. That being said, I will gladly tell you why we chose Java, and why we believe it is such a great option for business. Rather than write it all in a blog post, however, we created this short video that quickly explains…

  • Weekly recap: A strategy to improve application development, web accessibility, and more…

    Joe Stangarone
    17 May 2013 | 10:32 am
    Every week, I share the most interesting and useful tech articles that I’ve found over the past week. This week’s top articles focus on improving application development, web accessibility, and more. I hope you find them useful: Most data isn’t “big,” and businesses are wasting money pretending it is It’s all over the tech sites. You’ve heard the hype. “Big Data” is the next big thing. Quick! Buy expensive software to manage all of your big data! Of course, I’m joking. The fact is, most companies don’t actually have “big data.” Unless you’re dealing with absolutely…

  • 5 common IT practices that waste your time

    Joe Stangarone
    14 May 2013 | 7:09 am
    How much time do you waste at work? It might be more than you think. No, I’m not referring to blatant wastes of time like talking on the phone all day, surfing the web, or even sleeping. I’m referring to work-related practices that keep IT professionals busy, yet ultimately unproductive. Here’s the tricky part: They aren’t easy to identify. They look like work, they feel like work, but they keep your IT department from accomplishing important tasks. So, how can you avoid these time-wasting practices and focus your efforts on essential tasks? The first step: Identify the culprits. To…
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    AMRCON

  • Is Your Business Network Suffering from Old Age?

    AMRCON
    1 May 2013 | 11:07 am
    Nowadays, when networks reach six or seven years old, they reach a point where they begin to slow down from old age. Unfortunately, due to recent economic strains, many business owners have had to decide whether to deal with the decreased productivity of their outdated network or to stretch their budgets and reinvest in an updated network. AMRCON is ready to bring some relief to your business by offering you a much needed network hardware and workstation upgrades and virtualization of your server equipment into our private cloud environment for a price you can afford. We avoid the costly…

  • How to Avoid a Twitter Takeover

    AMRCON
    26 Apr 2013 | 9:57 am
    In response to the AP debacle, Twitter is working on a new two-step authentication process, which they are planning to rollout to users soon. But you don’t have to wait for Twitter to make your social media account more secure. Here are a few simple steps you and other employees can take to keep your Twitter stream clean. Use a stronger password! This advice is obvious but, nonetheless, is ignored by a lot of people who still use their building number or birthdate as a password. That’s not enough! Having a strong password is the number one thing you can do to protect your Twitter…

  • Distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks on the rise

    AMRCON
    19 Mar 2013 | 11:37 am
    Over the last few years, DDoS attacks have been on the rise. In fact, just in the last two months, United Federal Credit Union (UFCU) and Patelco Credit Union have experienced significant downtime twice due to denial-of-service attacks on their servers. As some of you may already know, a DoS attack or distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack involves a concerted attempt to make a machine or network resource unavailable to its intended users by flooding a target with an enormous amount of traffic. What are the symptoms of a DDoS attack? According to the United States Computer Emergency…

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  • ODScloud: AMRCON’s Private Cloud Solution

    AMRCON
    28 Feb 2013 | 4:41 pm
    We all know the benefits of cloud computing—how it can reduce IT costs, increase productivity in the workplace, and scale easily as needs change. Unfortunately, many cloud computing solutions are too limited for the needs of larger businesses, especially when security and compliance matter. For this and many other reasons, AMRCON has partnered with IO Data Centers, the leading provider of next-generation modular data center technology and services, to bring you ODScloud. As part of the agreement, AMRCON maintains its own private cloud within IO’s state-of-the-art data center in…
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    Information Space

  • Google’s revolutionary ‘Conversational Search’ goes live on Chrome

    Hrishikesh Deshkar
    24 May 2013 | 6:45 am
     What’s the most impressive thing about Google? Its cool products and the fact that it’s taking over the world? Totally. Google demoed a new search feature called Conversational Search at the recently concluded Google IO conference. This feature enables you to actually ask your question to Google without hitting the microphone button in the search box. The code word for enabling this feature is ‘Okay Google’. So how is this a conversational search? Google will speak the answer to your query while (of course) displaying the other search results as well. If you continue asking straight…

  • Startups Need Passion like Apples Need Sunlight

    xuening lydia chen
    23 May 2013 | 11:10 am
    More than just a nickname for New York City, the term “apple” has come to represent innovation and technology. That could be due to the glowing, half-bitten apple (logos) we see on various technologies more and more each day. While Apple, Inc. is based in Silicon Valley, there are more than 900 innovative technology companies situated in New York City. Among those companies, I’ve discovered, we can always find one that will fulfill our needs, from online entertainment websites to food-ordering systems. Yet we don’t know about the hard work behind the success of those companies,…

  • The Secret Society We Call Startups

    Marc Personick
    23 May 2013 | 9:51 am
    Within the post-industrial brick walls of a growing metropolis, and hidden in abandoned warehouses, makeshift sales rooms, and reclaimed shipping departments, startups are reshaping industry without us even knowing it is happening. The New York City tech scene is a nostalgic reinterpretation of the industrial age manufacturing boom seen in the late 19th and early 20th century. Thomas Jefferson thought a collective of small farmers would power the US economy. Under the guiding hand of Mayor Michael Bloomberg, startups are the crops of today’s small farmers, the collective of entrepreneurs…

  • The Island of Lost Toys (in Tech)

    Molly Blodgett
    23 May 2013 | 7:46 am
     Do you own a ping-pong table? Great. You’re now one step closer to becoming an entrepreneur in technology. I say that because for five days and nearly twenty company visits during our EntreTechNY trip, there was one common denominator: ping-pong tables. For every start-up/major corporation visited, a ping-pong table was present. It was almost like a “secret handshake” of sorts for the entrepreneurial tech community. However, despite the presence of  ping-pong tables at these companies, it was clear that certain places were by no means all “fun and games.” As our group walked into…

  • The New Incubation Philosophy: Established Companies Reduce Startup Opportunity Cost

    Joshua Anderson
    22 May 2013 | 12:48 pm
    Entrepreneurship, especially in the tech space, is becoming more popular by the day. This is so much the case that even established digital agencies and consulting companies have begun to try their hands at encouraging their staffs to become more entrepreneurial, and are focusing on building in-house entrepreneurial companies using corporate resources.  This new entrepreneurship philosophy  is a concept that was revealed on our recent EntreTechNYC trip. The strategy represents an alternate model for startup “incubation.” In this model, the employing company provides all required…
 
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  • Samsung Galaxy S4 Road-Show Begins in Karachi

    Asif Mansoor
    25 May 2013 | 8:35 am
    Samsung Galaxy S4, the world’s fastest selling phone in the Samsung lineup is going places in Pakistan. The company announced today a series of nationwide road shows that will bring the irresistible Galaxy S4 closer than ever before to consumers throughout the country. The activation drive will kick-off from 25 May to 28 May, 2013 [...]

  • Viber for Desktop Launched, Available for Windows and Mac

    Asif Mansoor
    23 May 2013 | 10:01 pm
    Viber has been launched for WIndows and Mac PC’s. If you’re looking for an alternative to Skype, Viber now gives users the ability to place calls not only to other mobile users, but also to desktops. Setting up Viber Desktop uses the same process that the popular mobile app uses, with your mobile number being [...]

  • Mobilink Foundation and UNESCO Sign Agreement to Enhance the ‘SMS Based Literacy’ Program

    Asif Mansoor
    23 May 2013 | 9:50 pm
    Mobilink Foundation and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) have signed an agreement to enhance the award winning ‘SMS Based Literacy’ program. The ‘SMS Based Literacy’ program uses Short Messaging Service (SMS) to impart education to learners across Pakistan. The program was conceived by UNESCO Islamabad, who started piloting this project with [...]

  • Californian Teenager Invents 20 Second Chargeable Battery

    Asif Mansoor
    23 May 2013 | 9:31 pm
    The Intel International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF) Award saw Eesha Khare, an 18 year old high school student from Saratoga, California, who invented an energy storage device, capable of being fully charged in 30 seconds. Eesha Khare won the Intel Foundation Young Scientist Award and a prize of $50,000 for her invention, leaving behind [...]

  • Warid’s ‘Muft Hafta’ Brings 500 Free On-net Minutes and SMS to Any Network

    Asif Mansoor
    22 May 2013 | 9:51 pm
    Warid Telecom offers its Glow and prepaid subscribers 500 free on-net minutes and 500 SMS to any network through its ‘Muft Hafta’ offer. To avail this offer subscribers need to “SMS or Call 3733” from their Warid numbers. Through the ‘Muft Hafta’ offer, for every 4 weeks of usage, customer will receive one free week [...]
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    modisblog

  • IT jobs market set to grow by 100,000 roles a year

    Blog
    23 May 2013 | 1:38 am
    The tech industry is booming, with as many as 100,000 IT based jobs being created a year, according to a report by the BBC. And with big brand tech companies and cool SMEs proliferating around Shoreditch’s ‘Silicone Roundabout’, pursuing a job in IT is undergoing something of an image makeover. Once considered unglamorous, the IT […]

  • Essential CISO business skills

    Blog
    22 May 2013 | 1:09 am
    Communication and sales skills are of more importance than expert technical knowledge for CISOs, according to a recent panel of experts at Infosecurity 2013. Simply being a highly qualified network engineer is no longer enough. An understanding of business governance has taken precedence over technical wizardry for CISOs in an increasingly tech reliant economy. For […]

  • Is information taking precedence over technology?

    Blog
    14 May 2013 | 3:42 am
    For the first time in decades, access to information, rather than the new technology is being heralded as the key business IT investment of the moment. With the capacity to analyse, and potential to monetise big data, companies are looking to uses for the unprecedented amount of information available to them. Applications have been found […]

  • Cyber security sector growth

    Blog
    14 May 2013 | 3:35 am
    The Government is championing a series of initiatives to help the UK become a world leader in cyber security. Announcing a raft of measures at the recent Infosecurity Europe conference, Minister for political and constitutional reform Chloe Smith said the government intends to capitalise on the growing demand for security services worldwide. The sector has […]

  • Silicon Roundabout

    Blog
    13 May 2013 | 5:48 am
    EastLondonTechCity aka Silicon Roundabout is a technology development in Central/East London and is the UK’s flagship tech cluster. A recent article in Wired Magazine tells the story of how it came to be. When tech business moo.com, had outgrown its Clerkenwell office the owner, Richard Moross, went looking for new premises. The estate agent “took me […]
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    Complete IT Professional

  • What Is The Linux Certification Path?

    Ben
    23 May 2013 | 5:30 am
    There are a lot of certifications in the IT industry related to the Linux operating system. Some are vendor neutral, meaning they don’t apply to just one variation of Linux. Others are vendor specific, which means they are applicable to a single version of Linux. Some are junior certifications, others are for experts. Let’s take a look at how they all work together and what the certification path could be. What Are The Major Linux Certifications? In a recent post on Linux certifications, I detailed some instructions on how to get a Red Hat Linux certification. It focused on Red…

  • How To Improve Efficiency As An IT Professional

    Ben
    20 May 2013 | 5:26 am
    Working as an IT professional has some common traits to other jobs. We come to work, we carry out the tasks we need to do, and we go home. As we’re in the IT industry though, we know a little more than the average person about information technology and the benefits it can bring to a company. How about benefits to an individual? Can it help us do our jobs better? Let’s take a look at a few ways we can improve our own efficiency as an IT professional. Why Should I Be More Efficient? I’m writing this article to help you, the reader, consider some ideas on becoming more…

  • How To Find IT Consulting Jobs

    Ben
    16 May 2013 | 5:15 am
    So you’ve decided to make the move into IT consulting? As an IT consultant myself, I can tell you it’s an interesting career and is quite challenging and rewarding. However, the process to become an IT consultant and find a job can be a bit confusing. Let’s take a look at some ways you can find IT consulting jobs. First of all, I’d like to clarify that by IT consulting I mean you work as sole operator, consulting yourself out to other clients (also known as an IT contract0r), or you are employed by a consulting firm who then sends you out to clients. Both of them are…

  • Your IT Career Questions Answered #1

    Ben
    13 May 2013 | 5:54 am
    I’ve had a few questions recently about IT careers and career advice, so I’ve put together this post to answer some of them. Maybe you’re having the same issues, or have similar questions, so you might be able to benefit from some of the answers, or at least relate to the problems. Training On A Budget “How do I get some education or training materials for improving my IT skills with a small budget?” Improving your IT skills can be quite expensive, as I’m sure you’ve noticed. Certifications and college courses cost a bit of money to start, even if you…

  • Benefits Of An ITIL Certification

    Ben
    9 May 2013 | 5:30 am
    ITIL, which stands for Information Technology Infrastructure Library, is a framework and approach for IT service management. It covers the process of providing IT services to a business, and certifications are offered in this area to enhance the knowledge of other IT professionals. Let’s take a look at some benefits of getting an ITIL certification. Four Levels of Certification Similar to other certifications and providers, there are multiple levels of certification. They range from beginner to advanced, which helps you increase your knowledge and get deeper into the framework if you…
 
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    Livebook

  • Yahoo Acquires Tumblr for Only 1.1 Billion !!!

    Alireza Mortazavi
    19 May 2013 | 12:03 pm
    Google plus is competing Facebook, Bing shares forces with Facebook and now Yahoo joins the social media premier league by acquiring Tumblr for 1.1 billion dollar. Tumblr and its 107 million microblogs would add another 15 billion pageviews a month to Mayer’s hoard. Most important of all, it could make Yahoo look cool again. Given its aging audience, Yahoo’s biggest problem with advertisers right now, the hunt for cool companies is high on Mayer’s agenda. That would be why she offered $30 million to a startup run by a charismatic 17-year-old. I hope they spend as much as…

  • Google App Engine finally supports PHP and MySQL

    Alireza Mortazavi
    19 May 2013 | 7:16 am
    At Google I/O, Google announced it would finally support the most popular computing language on the planet, PHP, in its cloud platform, Google App Engine. That means that yes, at some point you’ll be able to run your little WordPress-powered blog on the biggest server farms on the planet. But it also means that major companies will be able to use Google’s famously reliable services to run their enterprise-scale “big data,” backend, and, yes, consumer web projects, all in the PHP language that that is increasingly penetrating corporations. Many PHP developers start with MySQL when…

  • History will always remember this name: Sir Alex Ferguson

    Alireza Mortazavi
    8 May 2013 | 2:04 am
    Sir Alex Ferguson will retire as Manchester United manager The most iconic manager in English football history will retire at the end of the season to become a director of Manchester United FC. He will take the roles of both Director and Ambassador for the club, while the club is in the strongest possible shape. Alex has proven time and time again what a fantastic manager he is but he’s also a wonderful person. His determination to succeed and dedication to the Club have been truly remarkable. We will always cherish the wonderful memories he has given us, like that magical night in Moscow.

  • Year 2038 Problem, the Unix Millennium Bug

    Alireza Mortazavi
    4 May 2013 | 7:25 am
    Example showing how the date would reset, represented as a signed 32bit integer (at 03:14:08 UTC on 19 January 2038). The year 2038 problem may cause some computer software to fail at some point near the year 2038. The problem affects all software and systems that both store system time as a signed 32-bit integer, and interpret this number as the number of seconds since 00:00:00 UTC on Thursday, 1 January 1970. The furthest time that can be represented this way is 03:14:07 UTC on Tuesday, 19 January 2038. Times beyond this moment will “wrap around” and be stored internally as a…

  • RVP, the Hat-Trick Hero !!!

    Alireza Mortazavi
    22 Apr 2013 | 2:55 pm
    RVP scored his first hat trick for united on his third appearance, now his second made Manchester United the champions of England for a record-extending 20th time as United ascended the throne in comfortable fashion with four games to spare!!! The Reds’ number 20, sealed United’s 20th title and also moved to the top of the Premier League’s scoring charts with his 24th strike of the season. Well done RVP !!! Incoming search terms:remote host mta5 am0 yahoodns net [98 138 112 34] closed connection in response to ehloa picture of rvp of manchestercartooney rooben van percyerror…
 
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  • Project Management Success – It’s as Easy as Office 365

    Deirdre Cashion
    22 May 2013 | 7:33 am
    Successfully managing projects is not as easy as it sounds.   Far too often, projects don’t deliver the desired results due to missed deadlines or budget over runs and organisations fail to realise the full potential of their investment. But for...The post Project Management Success – It’s as Easy as Office 365 appeared first on .

  • Ticking timebomb or industry hype? Windows XP

    Deirdre Cashion
    1 May 2013 | 6:38 am
    It’s not a time for panic.  But it is a time for cool, calm consideration of your desktop system strategy with the impending Windows XP end of life support in April 2014. According to analysts (Netmarketshare.com), around 40% of organisations...The post Ticking timebomb or industry hype? Windows XP appeared first on .

  • iPad for Business – Get Mobile, Buy Smart

    Deirdre Cashion
    23 Apr 2013 | 9:55 am
    This event is now over. Download the presentations here: The New Office, Guido Marchetti, MJ Flood Technology Citrix Xenmobile, Francis O’Haire, DataSolutions Managed iPad, Brian Murphy, MJ Flood Technology     === Many organisations are looking to adopt the power...The post iPad for Business – Get Mobile, Buy Smart appeared first on .

  • Is devising mobility strategy a walk in the park?

    Deirdre Cashion
    16 Apr 2013 | 1:17 am
    by Guido Marchetti, Office 365 Specialist for O2 Telefonica, MJ Flood Technology We all know that users are demanding greater access to computing resources and applications on the fly, but what does this mean for organisations that must meet the...The post Is devising mobility strategy a walk in the park? appeared first on .

  • Unified Communications – The age of the 9-5 desktop worker is dead

    Deirdre Cashion
    20 Mar 2013 | 4:10 am
    Today’s professional workforce is tech savvy, active, mobile, remote, on the move, multi-tasking with multiple devices and highly reachable so as a business you need to ask yourself – “what does my business need to make the most of my...The post Unified Communications – The age of the 9-5 desktop worker is dead appeared first on .
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    iTech Room

  • Disable WordPress Theme and Plugin updates

    admin
    23 May 2013 | 11:50 pm
    WordPress users get frequent notifications on themes and plugins updates. These updates come with enhancement in current one or some bug fix. So it’s wise to be updated regularly but be cautious on the compatibility issues. In some cases the updates causes problem, if you have modified the theme as per your requirement or you have edited the plugin.If you are a WordPress developer then use this manual method of disabling theme updates. Change the version value like ‘Version: 1.0.1’ on your theme’s style.css file to very high value like ‘Version: 50.0.1’Another option is editing…

  • 10+ Free EPUB eBook Readers

    admin
    21 May 2013 | 12:16 am
    According to Wikipedia, EPUB (Electronic PUBlication) is a free and open e-book standard by the International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF). They have the files with the .epub extension. They are getting very popular nowadays and almost all new and old books are available in electronic format. Here are some of the best eBook readers. Some of them also support other eBook formats like .mobi too.1. EPUBReader: EPUBReader is a Firefox addon which enables you to read ePUB files from the browser without any further installation of any software. When ePUB files are download, it will process them…

  • 20 Very useful and Popular WordPress plugins 2013

    admin
    17 May 2013 | 5:45 am
    Plugins are snippets of codes to enhance the functionality of WordPress. They help to add more features with an easy installation. Nowadays, wide ranges of plugins are available to suit user requirements. They have made the life of both the developers and non-developers very easy.Here is a list of some very useful and popular plugins.1. Search & Replace: A simple search for find strings in your database and replace the string. You can search in ID, post-content, title, comments, tags/categories etc.2. Broken Link Checker: It will monitor your blog looking for broken links and let you know…

  • 15 Free online file storage services

    admin
    12 May 2013 | 12:15 am
    Online storage or File hosting or popularly called as ‘Cloud Storage’ is meant to store user data away from user’s normal hard disk, safely and securely. This is the soft-copy generation, so you need to backup your important data on some other places. It’s wise to backup your important files in such online storage because you never know when your hard disk will get crashed.With growing technology and users demand, a lot of free online file storage or file hosting services is on rise. They allow users to share and synchronize user files across the devices like, computer, tablet, smart…

  • Free CDN (Content Delivery Network) to boost website performance

    admin
    1 May 2013 | 1:06 am
    According to Wikipedia: A content delivery network or content distribution network (CDN) is a large distributed system of servers deployed in multiple data centers across the Internet. The goal of a CDN is to serve content to end-users with high availability and high performance.Why use CDN? - To make website loading faster. - T o protect from spammers to SQL injection to DDOS. - To get detail analysis of website’s traffic.Top Free CDN services:1. CloudFlareIt says that any website using it loads twice as fast, uses 60% less bandwidth, has 65% fewer requests and increases security. It’s…
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    TheITBros

  • Grant Full Access to All Mailboxes in Exchange 2007 and 2010

    Brian Jackson
    10 May 2013 | 3:16 pm
    This is a short tutorial on how to add full access to all mailboxes in Exchange 2007 and 2010 for a an additional user. This can come in handy when say migrating to Office 365 in which you need your migration account to have full access. We were surprised by how many variations we found, so we decided to post one. Step 1 Launch the Exchange Management Shell. Step 2 Type the following and press enter; replacing “name_of_database” with the name of your Mailbox Storage Database and “name_of_user_account” with the name of the user you are wanting to have full access…

  • Windows Server 2008 – “Printer Driver Is Not Installed On This Computer…”

    Brian Jackson
    7 May 2013 | 8:29 pm
    We ran across this issue today on a Windows Server 2008 print server. The issue seems to be with some of HP’s various printer model drivers. We have also seen reports of the same issue on Windows Server 2003. When going into the properties of the printer you receive this error: “The ‘HP Laserjet 1200 Series PCL 5′ printer driver is not installed on this computer. Some printer properties will not be accessible unless you install the printer driver. Do you want to install the driver now?” This appears to occur when you have switched from one version of a driver to…

  • Xbox Music Can’t Sign In with Error Code 0xc00d11cd (0×80004001)

    Brian Jackson
    27 Apr 2013 | 5:23 pm
    Trying to sign in to Xbox Music in Windows 8 and getting the error code 0xc00d11cd (0×80004001)? Follow the instructions below to troubleshoot the error. Solution 1 First off you can try following the steps outline by Microsoft for that error here: http://support.xbox.com/en-US/apps/windows-8/windows-8-error-c00d11cd Solution 2 If nothing from the above link worked, which it didn’t for us, you might want to check the version of Windows 8 you are running. It is most likely that you are running an “N” edition of Windows 8. You can read about the “N” editions…

  • Windows Server 2008 Print Job Stuck in Queue

    Brian Jackson
    26 Apr 2013 | 9:25 pm
    This tutorial will show you how to manually clear out a job stuck in the print queue. The first thing to try is obviously restarting the printer/computer. You can also try right clicking on the job in the queue and selecting delete/cancel. If those things don’t work, then follow the directions below. Step 1 Browse to C:\Windows\System32\spool\PRINTERS There are two corresponding files for each print job, a .SPL file and a .SHD file that you will want to locate. I usually open up the .SPL files with notepad and browse to find the correct print job. They normally list the username of…

  • Free Software Giveaway – CollageIt Pro for Mac OS X and Windows $19.90 Value

    Brian Jackson
    24 Apr 2013 | 8:26 pm
    We have 20 free licensed copies of CollageIt Pro (valued @ $19.90!) to give away that we received from Pearl Mountain. The first 20 people to comment on this post will get the licenses, one per person. We have 12 Windows licenses and 8 Mac OS X licenses! First come first serve. Please comment below with which platform you prefer. We will update the post to let you know once certain ones are gone. CollageIt Pro Description Product URL: http://www.collageitfree.com/ CollageIt is an easy-to-use photo collage maker for Mac OS X & Windows, which makes collage automatically. In a matter of…
 
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