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- My Awesome IT Job: Senior security engineer, VoIP carrier
- Hey, we all complain about work from time to time; we've all had lousy jobs. But before you call it a day and head off to the support group that meets at the bar, here are a few words from IT pros that love their work. "I...
- Tags: Network, Information Technology, Hobby, Telephony, VOIP, Telecommunications, Security, Networking, Deb Perelman
- Blog posts 2008-07-18
- Voting For A McCain
- Voting For A McCainAh, milk from the the government sow..Obama's tax policies will hurt American business way more than any benefits his technology policies may provide. It's not government's role to create and invest in technology; its role is to get out of the way so that the Apples,...
- Tags: Taxes, Free trade, Obamessiah, tax, Obama
- Discussion threads 2008-07-16
- My Awesome IT Job: Chief architect, The Hive
- Hey, we all complain about work from time to time; we've all had lousy jobs. But before you call it a day and head off to the support group that meets at the bar, here's a new Friday feature at The IT Grind showcasing IT professionals that love their work....
- Tags: Information Technology, Chief Architect, Hobby, Home Entertainment, Scripting Languages, Productivity, Strategy, Programming Languages, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Management, Software Development, Deb Perelman
- Blog posts 2008-07-11
- No crazies: 10 steps to kill IT failures
- No crazies: 10 steps to kill IT failuresRe: exit stragegiesI think that, in regards to the first point of making it possible to pull the plug easily, that piece of advice should be given considerable thought before being acted upon. It is a sound, responsible thing to do to...
- Tags: Backups, information technology, backup plan
- Discussion threads 2008-07-02
- More on RIM's moat: Launches BlackBerry Bold; App developer fund
- Business people can be hip too. That appears to be the message from Research in Motion and its motives behind its new BlackBerry Bold smartphone. There's definitely a hint of some iPhone envy here, but the device isn't a direct competitor. From the statement (Matthew Miller's take,...
- Tags: Developer, Research In Motion Ltd., Smart Phone, RIM BlackBerry, BlackBerry Bold, BlackBerry Partners Fund, Smart Phones, B2C, Handhelds, B2B, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, E-business/E-Commerce, Internet, Hardware, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-05-12
- Self-healing computers for NASA spacecraft
- As you can guess, hardwired computer systems are much faster than general-purpose ones because they are designed to do a single task. But when they fail, they need to be totally reconfigured. This can be just a costly problem in a lab on Earth, but it can be vital in...
- Tags: NASA, Patent, Unit, Hardware, FPGA, Computer, UA, UA Engineer, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-04-25
- Absolutely amazing: Integrator completes ERP project on-time
- CIBER (NYSE: CBR), a system integrator, completed an SAP implementation on-time and within budget. This amazing accomplishment must be extraordinary news because the company released a press release specifically to alert the media. I interpret the press release as an indictment of CIBER...
- Tags: ERP, Consulting, Outsourcing, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2008-04-12
- Audits and self-promotion
- Audits and self-promotionGo Flake!Maybe we'll get an intelligible response for once.Remember, on the Internet, no one knows you are a dog!My Policy is MeAn talented person with that policy will make a near perfect professional employee if the employer establishing strong link between the benefit the employee provides the company...
- Tags: Benefits, Malamute, benefit, incentive, audit
- Discussion threads 2008-02-20
- Windows adoption rates: a history lesson
- In the Talkback section of my earlier post on XP versus Vista adoption (Who's choosing XP over Vista?), several commenters pointed to a PC World Techlog post by editor Harry McCracken that they believe contradicts my conclusions. Here's what Harry had to say: On January 30th, Microsoft released Windows...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Operating Systems, Software, Ed Bott
- Blog posts 2007-12-31
- Remediation
- RemediationI agreeI have a BS in math with a computer ed minor, my wife is a music teacher. This is one of the major reasons I do not teach.We need a year end test that follows an approved book's teaching curriculum. In this manner we can see...
- Tags: remediation, Remediation
- Discussion threads 2007-12-28
- Internal Microsoft IE 8 build passes the Acid standards test
- Internal Microsoft IE 8 build passes the Acid standards testIE8 Web Layout Engine?Can someone please verify what web layout engine IE8 used to pass the acid2 test?ThanksBeautifulThis and true XHTML support would make me a happy camper. It's really not too much to ask, and it's nice that they're...
- Tags: Web browsers, Quality, Standards compliance, class action lawsuit, IE8 Web Layout Engine, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Internal Microsoft IE 8, standards test, standards, pass, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-12-19
- Samsung LN-T4681F
- Among that tiny segment of the population that cares about the latest HDTV technology, and the even tinier segment that can afford it, the introduction of Samsung's 81 series of flat-panel LCDs is kind of like early Christmas. The first widely distributed LCD HDTVs to incorporate LED backlights--Sony sold a...
- Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Monitors & displays, Samsung LN-T4681F, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., HDTV
- Product reviews 2007-11-01
- Could the 'War of the Worlds' scare happen today?
- Could the 'War of the Worlds' scare happen today?Manipulating the massesThe 'war of the worlds is old ha't. The greatest scam of the modern age is "The War On Terror". Can I suggest "The Northwoods Project" as preliminary reading to watching "Zeitgeist", "Loose Change" and "9/11 Mysteries". Then ask yourself...
- Tags: scare, 9/11 commission
- Discussion threads 2007-10-31
- Is Microsoft's Europe agreement a big deal?
- American developers interviewed yesterday by Paula Rooney do not believe the agreement by Microsoft to obey Europe's anti-trust edict is a big deal. Let me beg to disagree. It's true that the protocols whose code is being released here are, in current development terms,...
- Tags: America, Europe, Agreement, Microsoft Corp., Recruitment & Selection, Open Source, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2007-10-23
- Forget Gore, remember this name: Roderick Bremby
- Forget Gore, remember this name: Roderick BrembySo where will the electricity come from?Brilliant move. Stop a brand-new plant with lots of environmental controls and strict emissions requirements from being built and they'll just have to run the older, dirtier, plants longer and harder to provide the power that's needed.Now...
- Tags: Roderick Bremby
- Discussion threads 2007-10-19
- Time to make a competitive Internet a priority
- The biggest accomplishment of open source in this decade has been to restore competition to the software market. High barriers to entry were allowing Microsoft and Oracle to expand their monopolies before open source helped companies both new and old make them work for it. ...
- Tags: Microsoft Access, Open Source, Competition, Monopoly, Service, Mexico, Internet, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2007-10-15
- Is iPhone helping Apple lose its soul?
- Business Week's Arik Hesseldahl writes that he won't buy an iPhone because he doesn't like how Apple "is keeping the iPhone from evolving in a manner consistent with its corporate heritage." Most of Arik's specific grievances seem to be focused not on the iPhone pricing...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., Business Week, Russell Shaw
- Blog posts 2007-10-08
- GoalEnforcer Hyperfocus (zip)
- GoalEnforcer Hyperfocus Edition is a visual goal setting software that can help you plan, get focused and accomplish goals much faster than any other method. Its innovative interface lets you unleash the power of recursive visual thinking and increase your productivity. You can easily set and rearrange a goal accomplishment...
- Tags: Goal, Goal-setting, GoalEnforcer Hyperfocus Edition, G-map, Operational Planning, Business Operations
- Software downloads 2007-09-19
- SEC charges four more ex-Nortel officers in fraud
- SEC charges four more ex-Nortel officers in fraudofficer and director bars, FIN 48ODB, good one. A little known accounting change called FIN 48, requires that listed companies report the amount of money set aside for questionable tax positions. The problem here is out of country investors who put pressure on...
- Tags: Taxes, Litigation, Free trade, Financial accounting, Outsourcing, Chief Operations Officer, Nortel Networks Corp., ex-Nortel officer, ex-Nortel, John Roth, SEC
- Discussion threads 2007-09-12
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