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Evaluating thin clients from a position of strength: All too often our schools (and even our colleges and universities) turn to thin-clients as a 'last resort' to address severe budgetary constraints without regard for other alternatives which can also reduce costs without sacrificing needed computing resources. Many view thin-clients as a one-stop solution which fixes easy-to-identify problems within an existing infrastructure. Often...; Tags: K-12, Higher Ed, Funding, Emerging Tech, Education Technology, Classroom Tech; Blog posts 2007-07-27
Don't be fooled, Linux is not free: I just finished reading Chris Dawson's most recent piece Linux definitely has a place in education and I couldn't agree more, until he said ..."If the choice is arbitrary, then would you rather pay hundreds of dollars or many thousands or millions at the enterprise level or would you rather...; Tags: Open Source, K-12, Higher Ed, Education Technology; Blog posts 2007-07-08
When faculty say 'NO' to UNIX/Linux: Well, sooner or later, it was bound to happen. We are in the process of retiring our last two instructional UNIX/Linux labs. And guess what? Nobody seems to care! In fact, the faculty who have been using those labs for instruction have asked us to give...; Tags: Open Source, K-12, Higher Ed, Education Technology, Classroom Tech; Blog posts 2007-05-08
Why Linux will not displace Windows: I firmly believe that, all else being equal, the differences between the Windows desktop, the Macintosh desktop, and the Linux desktop are negligible. With the proper applications, all three platforms will be capable of providing a satisfactory experience for any user. All three platforms have both free and...; Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Desktops, Linux, Microsoft Windows, desktop; Blog posts 2007-03-12
There's no room for bias in academia: Whenever I sit down to review the comments posted about an article written by one of my fellow bloggers, I am struck by the level of bias that abounds among our readers. To be sure, there are zealots on almost every subject under the sun but sometimes our readers...; Tags: Classroom Tech, Education Technology, Funding, Hardware, Higher Ed, K-12, Policy; Blog posts 2007-03-07

Penny-wise or pound-foolish?: While perusing "Between the Lines", I just came across "Do consumables notably ink matter to IT departments?" I was shocked that this question would even come up in an IT setting. The answer is... Of course IT departments need to pay attention to printing consumables! To ignore...; Tags: Education Technology, IT Management, Funding, Higher Ed, K-12, Classroom Tech, printer, printing; Blog posts 2007-02-07
Gaming effort to get girls into science: The University of California San Diego UCSD and the San Diego Supercomputer Center have joined forces to launch a new program targeting middle-school girls to get them interested in science education, reports Photonics.com The new partnership will focus on helping San Diego County students monitor the air quality, solar...; Tags: Education Technology, Higher Ed, K-12, Science Ed, San Diego Supercomputer Center, game; Blog posts 2007-01-18
And the battle rages goes on: I just finished reading Chris Dawsons article "Will your students be using Linux in 2007?" and, as usual, I agree with him 100% -- until he says "Businesses who have successfully made the switch to Linux often have a culture that caters to said enthusiasts and/or have dumped enough effort...; Tags: Linux, Apple, Hardware, K-12, Higher Ed, Funding, Open Source, Education Technology, Microsoft Windows; Blog posts 2006-12-15

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Mainstream media writes Windows obit: Wow, a tough day for Windows. BusinessWeek reports that HP, the world's biggest PC company, is so troubled by Vista's 'tepid reception' and Apple's resurgence that it is developing its own operating system. Meanwhile a New York Times columnist writes on his blog that Windows is "already...; Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co., PC, Microsoft Windows Vista, Mainstream Media, Microsoft Corp., Web Browser, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Operating Systems, Software, John Morris; Blog posts 2008-09-05
The Office (2.0): No paper? No problem.: I think I may have been the only person at this week's Office 2.0 conference using - gasp! - a pen and paper. There was no program "book" when I registered - the agenda was online only. And none of the exhibitors handed out press releases on paper - though...; Tags: Document, Microsoft PowerPoint, Appirio, SlideRocket, Digital Signatures, Collaboration, Productivity, Groupware, Fax, Microsoft Office, Security, Enterprise Software, Software, Office Suites, Sam Diaz; Blog posts 2008-09-05
Service integrators = Ed Tech bargain hunters?: I'm not entirely enamored of my ISP right now. Their backbone is dated, downtime too frequent, the email interface they provide is kludgy at best, application support for their web hosting is more limited than what you can get from $1.99 a month hosts, and, well, I'm just not...; Tags: Internet Service Provider, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Web Hosting, Internet, Christopher Dawson; Blog posts 2008-09-05
Echelon wins smart meter project in Germany; plus insight on smart grid in Europe: A reseller for smart grid technology player Echelon announced a deal this week to deploy an advanced metering infrastructure system that will serve roughly 10,000 customers in Hassfurt, Germany. The contract, which will be rolled out over the next three years, is being handled by EVB Energie AG. The utility...; Tags: Germany, Green Technology, Echelon, Grid, Cloud Computing, Utility Computing, It Management, Network Technology, It service Management, Networking, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2008-09-05
Chrome's JavaScript poses challenge to Silverlight: Experts speaking at Microsoft's TechEd conference in Australia warn that JavaScript will continue to get speedier, making it the biggest rival of Silverlight technology. The biggest rival for Microsoft's next-generation Silverlight web technology will be JavaScript, not Adobe's ubiquitous Flash, according to experts speaking at Microsoft's TechEd conference in...; Tags: Microsoft Silverlight, JavaScript, Chrome, Scripting Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Suzanne Tindal ZDNet Australia, Silverlight, Microsoft, Adobe, Flash, Google; News items 2008-09-05
My Awesome IT Job: Senior IT Manager, Cisco: 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 loves their work. ...; Tags: Information Technology, Cisco Systems Inc., Deb Perelman; Blog posts 2008-09-05
VMworld is bringing out the vendors: Planning for an announcement is a challenging task. Large suppliers know that just about whatever they do will be picked up by the media and presented to the world. Smaller vendors have a much more difficult time getting heard. So, picking the right place and time for an announcement is...; Tags: Supplier, Announcement, VMworld, Channel Management, Marketing, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-09-05
News to know: Windows 7; Patch preview; Office 2.0; Dell: Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Ryan Naraine: Critical WMP, MS Office bugs on Patch Tuesday swat list Dancho Danchev:Malware and spam attacks exploiting Picasa and ImageShack Mary Jo Foley:...; Tags: Google Inc., Dell Computer Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, Comcast Corp., Microsoft Corp., Office 2.0, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-09-05
From Chapter Two: The appliance computing culture: The appliance computing culture earned its successes by focusing on the revenue generation side - and that, in turn, drove its own evolution to database technology, the "application as interfaces to data" view, and tight evolutionary links between University research groups and companies like DEC and DG. by Paul Murphy; Tags: Job, Processor, Database, Mainframes, Recruitment & Selection, Servers, Hardware, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Paul Murphy; Blog posts 2008-09-05
Microsoft Student Technology Day UK: Note Wednesday 1st October 2008, a little over 3 weeks away from today in your diary. Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft and a whole load of influential partners and companies will be in London for the Microsoft Student Technology Day. It's a day about and for students,...; Tags: Entrepreneurial, Microsoft Corp., Entrepreneurship, Management, Zack Whittaker; Blog posts 2008-09-04
Should political postings stay or go? A survey.: I've been blogging for ZD Net for several years, writing for ZD publications for almost 20 years. I've always found readers to be intelligent and thoughtful, which is why I continue to do this while doing other things as "work." My posting, A virus in your genes, think about that,...; Tags: U.S., R&D, Discovery, Blog, Politics, Survey, Creationism, Rational Rants, Research & Development, Blogging, Business Operations, Internet, Mitch Ratcliffe; Blog posts 2008-09-04
Handicapping the Fall Enterprise Software Race: SAP vs. Oracle vs. Microsoft: It's leapfrog time in enterprise software land, and the next frog to jump will be Oracle, which is hosting industry analysts next week in Redwood Shores and then hosting the entire world at its much-too-massive Open World Conference in San Francisco the following week. Oracle is...; Tags: Strategy, Small And Medium Enterprise, Oracle Corp., SAP AG, Microsoft Corp., Smb/Sme, Enterprise Software, Software, Joshua Greenbaum; Blog posts 2008-09-04