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How to put the 'lean' in Lean IT: Vista was lean!All developers - no testers ;-)The worst I've seenWere a couple projects that had someone called a Configuration Control Manager. What a useless twit she was. Someone in charge of settings. Probably no surprise it was some friend of the senior manager who followed him...; Tags: Lean IT, IT IS; Discussion threads 2009-10-31
Hearings on climate, cap'n'trade, energy: well dont expect any change economy will always prevail the rest ....Maybe one day when it will be too late to turn around ... people will understand once again too late.. They will have a vibrant economy and a dead sentence quite ironic.. Im full of...; Tags: Taxes, Free trade, Personal finance, Businesses, tax, IT IS; Discussion threads 2009-10-28
Unrealistic expections and the latest Gmail outage: Gmail is down again? And you are giving them a free pass because they are Google? That is crazy talk. What you should be asking is "Why am I using this service that is constantly going down?" With an in-house solution you can have total control of your Microsoft...; Tags: E-mail providers, cloud computing, IT IS, expection, Google Gmail, latest Gmail outage, Gmail outage, Unrealistic expection, Google Inc., outage; Discussion threads 2009-09-24
Microsoft to employees: Don't want to use WinMo? You're on your own: Microsoft to employees: Don't want to use WinMo? You're on your ownMicrosoft to employees: Don't want to use WinMo? You're on your own1. Because every little bit helps2. To keep trust within the company of which they work and embrace it and use their products. The company for which...; Tags: Research & Development, Mobile applications, COMPANIES, Microsoft Corp., WinMo; Discussion threads 2009-06-15
Microsoft to turn .Net Micro Framework code, support over to the community: Microsoft to turn .Net Micro Framework code, support over to the communitySpeaking of "developing patterns" I've noticed you tend to use a lot of words to say pretty much nothing at all.How do you do that? is it practiced, or does it just come natually?:)"(why research when you can't develop?)"Excellent,...; Tags: .NET, Application servers, Middleware, John Zern, Microsoft .NET, Microsoft Corp., IT IS; Discussion threads 2009-05-06

Memo to Google: Memo to Google Natural Evolution of Software, Not DevolutionTwo important innovations since the times of time-sharing: multitasking and virtualization. Whereas time sharing was marked by batch jobs run serially, multitasking allowed for sharing of computing power between concurrent program processes and virtualization took that one step further and allowed...; Tags: Mainframes, Virtualization, cloud computing, operating system, IT IS, Google Inc.; Discussion threads 2009-03-24
Analyst: clouds are ‘fat dumb happy pipes’: Analyst: clouds are ‘fat dumb happy pipes’Clouding..As clouding is like plug and play service, we can serve the customer as per their need on a low costing. This will have high advantage than operating SOACheers,Kathiravan Manoharanhttp://kathyravan.blogspot.comhttp://paisamechanic.blogspot.comIT competing with outside vendors is wrong-headed"For example, IT departments that may one day be...; Tags: IT IS, information technology; Discussion threads 2009-02-19
When is virtual machine technology the wrong choice?: When is virtual machine technology the wrong choice?Message has been deleted.Stop drinking the Kool AidVirtual Machine technology is ONLY a "good" choice when you need to run server applications on "old" poorly designed M$ OpSystems i.e. pre-M$server2008. This is especially true for Exchange.When VMs are used with UNIX including Linux,...; Tags: Servers, cloud computing, Virtual Machine Technology, server, virtual machine; Discussion threads 2009-01-16
British support 70-year copyright terms: British support 70-year copyright termsHow about 10 years to the publisher, lifetime to the creator/musician and..Termination of said copyright when creator/musican dies as long as its outside of the minimum 10 years.I wholey believe in owning your own creations... but only until you die.RE: British support 70-year copyright termsLet's hope...; Tags: DVD, Consumer electronics, Forever; Discussion threads 2008-12-11
Opting out of IT: Opting out of ITThis is where the next generation apps come into play..They'll be web based. They'll do pretty much what the business wants out of the box and can be tailored for anonmolies, they will have been jointly developed by other companies doing roughly the same business things.It's happening...; Tags: Microsoft Windows, PRODUCTIVITY, Web Based App, IT IS, Murph, Opting-Out, business thing, Microsoft Corp., information technology; Discussion threads 2008-12-03
Can a dose of SOA relieve tension?: Can a dose of SOA relieve tension?Two large issues"Is SOA the way that this increasing tension might be relieved in many organizations?"To rephrase: "Can the way an architecture is defined the architectural style relieve the tension between groups?" IMO, no. If the groups are working at cross-purposes, the architectural style...; Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Web services, Strategic planning, IT IS, SOA; Discussion threads 2008-11-23
RealDVD: A walk through the complaint: RealDVD: A walk through the complaintRealMEHI'd love a way to legally copy my DVDs to my computer's HD so I can watch them without a disc in the drive. However, I'd never buy anything from Real to do it.Software doesn't copy DVDs...... people do. Real might want to talk...; Tags: Consumer electronics, Digital media, DVD, RealDVD, walk, IT IS; Discussion threads 2008-09-30
Can IT spending shift from reactive to proactive?: Can IT spending shift from reactive to proactive?Reactive to ProactiveWell it is like this:I have been in the IT field for roughly 25 years and most companies treat the IT Infrastructure worse than the mailroom. As an experienced IT Professional, the IT is one of or the very last to...; Tags: Strategy, Usefulness, Large Corp., information technology, IT IS, IT-spending; Discussion threads 2008-09-29
Does SOA matter? (Part 4): Does SOA matter? (Part 4)Purge SOA from your vocabularySelling SOA is bad mojo. For two reasons:1) It assumes that IT is something separate and distinct from "the business." 2) It assumes SOA itself is important.SOA isn't an architecture. SO principles are to be applied to a BA, EA, AA, etc.It...; Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Web services, Selling SOA, IT IS, SOA, Does SOA; Discussion threads 2008-09-05
Parts of a system: beyond the e-voting case: Parts of a system: beyond the e-voting caseGreater than what...."Server virtualization (in the PC/IBM sense of hosting multiple equivalent OS instances on one machine), for example, is extraordinarily popular right now and can definitely reduce data center cost - but almost always does so at greater cost to the business...; Tags: Data centers, Virtualization, Murph, Sun Ray, Sun Microsystems Inc., IT IS, e-voting; Discussion threads 2008-09-03
Demanding users: good news for RIAs, bad for "tech pros": Demanding users: good news for RIAs, bad for "tech pros"IT is the problem not the employeeI love how IT keeps the worker down, as if they somehow have the final say in the purchase/use of software on a companies network. It's usually the department head or higher up that...; Tags: Social networking, Instant messaging, IT IS, rich Internet application; Discussion threads 2008-08-23
IDF Opening Keynote: Are you listening, Washington?: IDF Opening Keynote: Are you listening, Washington?PURE BS!Look, I KNOW several people with advanced degrees in the sciences and math. Guess what? They have been laid off and replaced with offshoring and H1-B workers.Tech companies like Intel want to point the finger? Fine, hand them a mirror...We...; Tags: Recruitment & Selection, job, Barrett, education, IT IS; Discussion threads 2008-08-19
Is the enterprise ready for cloud computing?: Is the enterprise ready for cloud computing?My boss likes to look at IT as a cost...center. I asked him the other day to turn off all computers then try to do business. He said he couldn't. Well then it looks like your IT is responsible for 100% of your revenue....; Tags: IT IS, cloud computing; Discussion threads 2008-08-19
Compliance and IT: Compliance and ITOne Small Comment[i]for the average company with three or four sites and a few thousand employees[/i]The average company doesn't have a few thousand employees. 99% of all companies are SME's.AccuracyIf I only had a dollar for every time I was told the tracking data in some system...; Tags: compliance, IT IS, information technology; Discussion threads 2008-08-18
IT is shedding jobs--should you worry?: IT is shedding jobs--should you worry?a few question Debok its may seem loom and doom but what about baby-boomer retirement is this a problem in the state , in canada that a known big problem. So personally i always doubt those kind of article ....With the...; Tags: Recruitment & Selection, job, IT IS; Discussion threads 2008-08-14