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Is computer science the one smart major in a recession?

Is computer science the one smart major in a recession?HealthcareBut, be careful about not acquiring excessive debt while getting the education. The more I think I about it, as long as there's money, accountancy.So, competitive advantage, driven by innovation and not price or service or proximity, has never been more...

Tags: Strategy, Benefits, Personal finance, BLS, information technology, smart major, IS COMPUTER, IT Staff, recession, IT People, offshoring

Discussion threads 2009-03-18

Cloud computing: A new era of IT opportunity and challenges

Cloud computing: A new era of IT opportunity and challengesDefining Cloud Computing and Vendor SelectionHinchcliffe makes some great points in this article and two really stood out to me. The first being - what is cloud computing and what offerings fit within the cloud. This appears to be...

Tags: Hinchcliffe, cloud computing, IT opportunity, information technology

Discussion threads 2009-03-03

Are IT workers sabotaging the office to get ahead?

Are IT workers sabotaging the office to get ahead?I know most people ..... consider IT workers as a bunch of incompetent people. But they forget the shear amount of work stress they have to put up on a daily basis.IT is the never ending job where no matter how...

Tags: information technology, IT People

Discussion threads 2009-01-16

Evolution, risks, controls, and strategies

Evolution, risks, controls, and strategiesOh no, not more IT people who think they know about accountancy"A big part of the problem here arises because accounting ideas are extremely stable over time while IT ideas are not. Thus our idea of a system wide control is fifty or more years ahead...

Tags: Thin clients, PRODUCTIVITY, strategy, information technology, thin client, IT idea, IT People

Discussion threads 2006-08-02

How to host a power lunch...really

How to host a power lunch...reallyVery important, beleive it or notMaybe I'm in a humorless mood this morning, but having watched that video, I thought to myself, "maybe if my managers learned to wine & dine, our budgets wouldn't get cut." This kind of thing is important for IT people....

Tags: Strategy, IT People, information technology

Discussion threads 2006-04-19

Gates courts CEO crowd

Gates courts CEO crowdgates not that stupideven he knows to target the non-techy clueless business decision maker. should he & monkey boy target the cio or any other technical mgr, they would be escorted out of the building by securityGates courting CEOsThe reason Gates courts CEOs and not IT people...

Tags: Strategy, information technology, IT People

Discussion threads 2004-05-20

Symantec slams the door on LiveUpdate flaw

Symantec slams the door on LiveUpdate flawglad i changedto a competing vendor!be nice to have themlet you download the updates vs that junk autoupdate, everytime i rebuilt my pc was a few reboots just to get the thing up to date, i switched to pf2 and never looked backSymantecPeter Norton...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, SECURITY, IT People, Symantec Corp., software, product catalog, Norton Co.

Discussion threads 2004-01-13

Additional Resources

Copyright associations want enforcement for free

The defender of status quo?What a tired old rant. Use technology and the law to enforce ill advised and ill gotten copyright protection.The internet has revolutionized mankind's ability to communicate and share knowledge and culture, and you want to put it under lock and key to deny mankind that benefit?How...

Tags: Benefits, Federal government, Sales force management, Mickey Mouse, Internet

Discussion threads 2009-11-05

Flu pandemic disproportionately infects, kills young people; are some getting preferred treatment?

Overhyped, almost hysteriaand blogs like these of course add to that. All in the name of $.Money needs to be made pharma, existence needs to be legitimized (health boards & governments), and the media of course needs to sell. Yep, the incentives point to one direction.Problem is, there is no...

Tags: HEALTHCARE, Vertical industries, Flu Pandemic, death rate, H1N1 flu

Discussion threads 2009-11-05

What would make you trust Microsoft?

Flame on!Let me save a couple people the time of posting"Microsoft is the most evil thing on earth and should be destroyed" - Linux Geek, Ole Man, D.T, No More Microsoft Software ...."I trust Microsoft with my life" - Mike Cox, Loverock, ... "They are a company. I trust them...

Tags: SECURITY, Microsoft Corp., extremist, open source, MHD

Discussion threads 2009-11-05

House bill calls for ISPs to block some fake financial sites

Good grief!Now the BIG LETHARGIC Gov is going to tell people what sites they can go to and tell ISP's to block them???GOOD GRIEF! It is out of control, 2010 is coming and these socialist will be sent back home... AHHHH the sound of 1984 is very much alive..and well...

Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Government, Internet Service Provider, fake financial site, financial

Discussion threads 2009-11-05

Survey: IT workers eyeing security certifications

No government healthcareIf the Gov goes with this socialist health_care scheme it will be the end of the free market.With Billions in waste from fraud in medicare/medicade and welfare running rampant with no checks in place.All we need is this community leader telling people we need to go TRILLIONS more...

Tags: security, security certification, survey

Discussion threads 2009-11-05

Not tolerating the intolerant

My thoughts"Most reject volunteerism in search of making money, satisfying career ambitions, relaxing or spending time with friends and family."Some volunteerism is fine, and I'm glad to help out when I can - but I don't think it can or should sustain an economy or nation. And yes, I think...

Tags: tolerance, volunteerism, apathy

Discussion threads 2009-11-04

The iPhone is one of the best phones in the world, carriers with it are the problem

far from perfect indeedIt's a great gadget...until it freezes and you have to wait several minutes while you reboot it. That is if you know how to reboot it, the first time is always accompanied with panic because you think the thing went dead. Don't blame the carriers,...

Tags: Smart phones, iPhone Screen, BlackBerry Tour, Apple iPhone, phone, carrier, keyboard

Discussion threads 2009-11-04

Gartner: 10 reasons why both sides of the SOA debate have it wrong

It would be nice if....someone could give an actual in place, concrete, working example of SOA. The only thing you ever hear is that so and so is implementing. No one can give an example and then describe how it is actually different from services already being provided by a...

Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Web services, Middleware, SOA, Gartner Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-04

U.S. Ethics Committee staffer file-shares sensitive document

So the answer will be change the technology, right??...I certainly hope not. The person responsible should be fired immediately, if this group is supposed to be so secretive and protective of their data. Putting ANY work-related material on your personal computer is not only a bad idea, it may be...

Tags: Peer to peer (P2P), U.S. Ethics Committee staffer, U.S. Ethics Committee, sensitive document, staffer, file-sharing

Discussion threads 2009-11-04

iHacked: jailbroken iPhones compromised, $5 ransom demanded

... WHAT?Who in their right mind keep a server running with default usernames/passwords on the default port....I doubt that jailbroken iPhones are alone in this. It's possible, specially if iPhones have a ssh server running, that this could happen on non-jailbroken iPhones also.Just one question...Has this person been remanded yet?...

Tags: Smart phones, extortion, Apple iPhone

Discussion threads 2009-11-03

iTunes TV subscriptions: Sure, it could happen - and probably will

Timely My wife and I are currently getting ready to ditch cable because of the price and get our programming from the internet. We like HULU because there are a lot of programs and movies that are free, but with short commercials which are tolerable. This along with other...

Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Apple iTunes, Boxee, Plex, TV, Internet, cable, Mini

Discussion threads 2009-11-02

Is Microsoft a dinosaur to Google's mammal?

Random comments...How odd the mixed metaphors sound... "built from the ground up to work in the cloud"...The dinosaurs were around for tens of millions of years, and we mammals can barely say the same. The crown of creation can be wrested from the head of the wearer by something unforeseen--like...

Tags: Desktops, OPEN SOURCE, Ideation, Google Inc., desktop, dinosaur, Linux, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-11-02

Water, water everywhere. So why not use it to create steam?

Here is a lesson on how little we can put in the blog...and still call it our own. Could you write less and still get paid ???sheshEver heard of Nuclear powered ships? They heat water that flashes into steam and thus turns the turbines.This short article.I think the...

Tags: Fuel cells, hydrogen, steam

Discussion threads 2009-11-02