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Oracle Case Study: The State of Connecticut

The State of Connecticut needed to replace its multiple legacy systems with an integrated, web-based system that could streamline government operations, eliminate duplicate systems and activities, and facilitate better decision-making. In particular, the state wanted a single point-of-entry for financial data to improve tracking and reporting of statewide expenditures. The...

Tags: Oracle Corp., Financial, Connecticut, Financial Accounting, Financial Management, Finance, Financial Planning

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Cablevision blankets Long Island with Wi-Fi

Cablevision Systems, one of the biggest cable providers in the New York City metro area, announced that it's completed the first stage of a massive Wi-Fi network project called Optimum WiFi that will eventually cover the New York/New Jersey/Connecticut tri-state area. The company says that its wireless networking equipment now...

Tags: Cablevision Systems Corp., Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2008-09-04

Who's Dumber: Bad Guys … Or Good Guys?

In the old cowboy movies, the black hats were villains that created mayhem, until the white hats came along and ended their reigns of fear. Now, we have the spectacle of good guys seemingly educating the bad guys on how to exploit flaws or processes of the Internet, that...

Tags: Hat, Flaw, Internet, Social Security, BGP, Operational Accounting, Government, Networking, Finance, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2008-08-27

My Awesome IT Job: Senior vice president, CA

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 an IT pro that love their work. ...

Tags: Information Technology, Computer Associates International Inc., Strategy, Team Management, Management, Deb Perelman

Blog posts 2008-08-01

Another gas problem for the NEXT U.S. President

Five states are threateneing to sue the Environmental Procrastination Agency over gas. Not GASoline gas, but CO2 gas. California, Oregon, Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Connecticut are seeking tighter controls on emissions from ships, airplanes and off-road vehicles. The current EPA, of course, cannot find the time or...

Tags: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Healthcare, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-08-01

Traveling Blues

Traveling BluesCustomer service has declined...nearly everywhere.Midwest Airlines..far from the best care in the airCustomer service has declined with the airlines. A Case in point is Midwest Airlines. Recently they announced service was ending after September 8th of this year at several cities including Hartford Connecticut. My wife is from central...

Tags: Product marketing, Customer relationship management (CRM), Benefits, Case-in-point, Hartford Connecticut, Midwest

Discussion threads 2008-07-29

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

In America money is life

In America money is lifeWhat a crock[i]while the U.S. is both rich and powerful, it is “woefully behind when it comes to providing opportunity and choices to all Americans to build a better life.”[/i] OK, let me get this straight. There is someplace else in the world that...

Tags: Warm-Weather, Woody Allen

Discussion threads 2008-07-17

AT&T details iPhone plans; Rolls out 'iReady' tips (yes we're serious)

AT&T on Tuesday outlined its pricing structure for the rollout of the 3G iPhone and cooked up one cheesy marketing word: iReady. Just imagine the new uses for "iReady". "Let's get iReady." "iReady, set, iPhone." "Are you iReady?" Ok,...

Tags: Apple iPhone, AT&T Corp., iReady, 3G, Cellular Phones, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-01

Achieving magical results in IT

Achieving magical results in ITClient assignments, no thanksI agree that Trust and empowerment are powerful motivators, but I doubt that there will be many cases where empowerment will be on the menu while assigned to a client area. This will require a similar shift in thinking for the client, away...

Tags: Strategy, information technology

Discussion threads 2008-06-30

Verizon FiOS goes 50 Mbps across U.S.: Should I upgrade?

Verizon on Tuesday said it will roll out 50 megabits per second Mbps broadband service with upload speeds of up to 20 Mbps. Needless, to say this national rollout--the 50 Mbps down 20 Mbps up (50/20) service was tested in select areas--got my attention. I'm a Verizon...

Tags: Verizon Communications Inc., Mbps, Verizon FiOS, Roi/Tco, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-06-18

Cable: Act, Don't React

Cable companies are no longer just TV programming suppliers. They are mega-utilities, for visual, text and spoken communication. And when service goes out, you're not just cut off from entertainment in the living room, you're cut off from work and friends. The question becomes, very quickly, how...

Tags: Cablevision Systems Corp., Network, Outage, Service, Cable, Network Technology, Manufacturing, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Networking, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2008-06-12

Is it really about .Me or Montenegro?

The land rush for the .Me domain is underway and the usual domain name shenanigans are here--especially with speculation that Apple is hoarding these digital monikers to rebrand its .Mac service. This speculation perked up earlier this month. Jason O'Grady tried to land a few Apple.me-ish domains...

Tags: Yugoslavia, Domain, Independence, Apple Inc., Domain Name, Montenegro, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-06-09

Google holds firm against Lieberman's call to take down Islamist videos

Google holds firm against Lieberman's call to take down Islamist videosShocking??Why is it "Shocking" that Google seeks to protect free speech??Sorry, some Americans still believe in the constitution and the bill of rights.Sorry you are not one of us."Shocking"? Indeed!!RE: Google holds firm against Lieberman's call to take down Islamist...

Tags: Corporate communications, Lieberman Software Corp, Islamist video, video, Google Inc., Islamist

Discussion threads 2008-05-20

Diamonds are jet engines' best friends

You certainly know that birds are enemies of jet engine turbine blades. But these jet engines have another nasty foe: sand. Even if the turbine blades are protected with thin layers of thermal barrier coatings TBCs, they operate at very high temperatures. When a sand storm hits a blade, grains...

Tags: Turbine, Glass, Ohio State University, Aluminum, Telecom & Utilities, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-03-24

No nuces is good nucs? Blogosphere begs to differ with this blogger, as usual

My recent blog on the drought possibly shutting down some American nuclear power plants raised some comment. All of it negative about this idiot blogger. I've now been labelled an "ecosocialist." Was that because I mentioned Chernobyl? NO, that mess happened under a faux-socialist regime so maybe...

Tags: Nuclear Energy, Blogosphere, Plant, Blogger, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-01-25

Judge says Patriot Act allows warrantless phone, email taps

Hassan Abu-Jihaad was a sailor who allegedly leaked a Navy document to a suspected terror group in London. He's currently on trial in federal court in Connecticut for disclosing national-defense information and his trial is slated for Feb. 25. His lawyers attempted to argue that the evidence should be suppressed...

Tags: Phone, USA PATRIOT Act, Regulations, E-mail, Government, Online Communications, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-01-24

Proprietary take-over of open source a fairy tale

If there's one thing the Business Week and Forbes readers enjoy, before they snuggle into their warm beds in New Jersey and Connecticut, it's a nice fairy tale. It's always the same story. The little start-ups rise up, with really good ideas. But we buy some out, push...

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Open Source, Sun Microsystems Inc., DreamWorks SKG, Blogging, Wall, Construction, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-01-24

MySpace promises stronger safeguards for kids

After years of notoriety as the child predators' social networking site of choice, MySpace has agreed with 49 states plus the District of Columbia to better protect kids from sickos, The Washington Post reports. Among the new protections: better technology to screen out underage users and a commitment to...

Tags: MySpace, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-01-14

Naked IT: Shel Israel on social media and IT (includes podcast)

The Naked IT interview series talks with innovators about the evolving relationship between IT and business. Please listen to the audio podcast and read this blog post for additional analysis not included in the recording. In this segment, we talk with Shel Israel, co-author with Robert Scoble...

Tags: Podcast, Information Technology, Social Media, Enterprise, Shel, IT Guy, Michael Krigsman

Blog posts 2008-01-09