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- Y2K Problem
- (Year 2000 problem) The inability of older hardware and software to recognize the century change in a date. The reason they could not was because the year was...
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- What's the hurry? You can still see Miami from the plane.
- Add another choiceHarry, you need to add another choice on your survey."If the climate [b]IS[/b] warming, it is part of a natural cycle and has very little to do with mankind's actions, and there is very little that we can do to affect it."another choice being added--Harry FullerFuller, why the...
- Tags: launch-pad, global warming
- Discussion threads 2009-10-31
- Will a flu pandemic really bring down the Internet?
- Is the last bulleted list a joke??That last bulleted list is a joke. It worships a model, and is not the best tool for the job.Keep in mind through all this:-The problem is going to be network congestion. Therefore steps should be taken to [b]REDUCE[/b] network usage."Monitor your VPNs. Make...
- Tags: NETWORKING, H1N1 flu, network, marketing, network congestion, flu, Internet
- Discussion threads 2009-10-27
- How did IT fall so far behind the tech curve?
- Okay, butThey also go out and buy their own servers with some hidden budget line, then try to foist maintenance off on the CIO. And then we try to integrate the data - and the data isn't theirs, it's critical to the health, even survival, of the enterprise.Yes, we...
- Tags: Strategy, Virtualization, cloud computing, Regulatory compliance, Marketing Guy, information technology
- Discussion threads 2009-10-19
- TD Bank botches IT system consolidation; Customer havoc ensues
- But hey, don't worry... TD's got you covered.As reported in the local news last night, a woman who went to withdraw money from her account to pay her rent found that the ATM would not let her. So after discussing the situation with TD bank employees at her branch,...
- Tags: Financial services, information technology, Regis, TD Bank, bank, IT system consolidation
- Discussion threads 2009-10-02
- Mac users suffer Safari 4 woes
- Mac users suffer Safari 4 woesNo Mac issues hereIt works well.Now on Windows, Safari is a PIG - memory, CPU, etc.Works great on my MacNo issues to report here. Nice and fast. The new UI changes here and there take a little getting used to. Overall, I'm very satisfied.RE: Mac...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Web browsers, Safari 4, Apple Safari, Safari 4 woe, Mac-user, Apple Macintosh
- Discussion threads 2009-06-26
- Climate change driven IT spend: are we being hoodwinked?
- Climate change driven IT spend: are we being hoodwinked?Green Y2KDennis, needed questions...I asked a similar question couple of weeks ago - are we headed towards a green Y2K?http://dealarchitect.typepad.com/deal_architect/2009/05/the-green-y2k.htmlI was at Gartner then and we were warning the world about Y2K. The bigger the total remediation cost we projected the more...
- Tags: Y2K, global warming, Climate Change, IT SPEND, information technology, carbon dioxide
- Discussion threads 2009-06-08
- Climate change driven IT spend: are we being hoodwinked?
- One of the great things about being an Irregular is that every now and again, one of our motley band will toss a pebble into a pond which sends ripples. Last weekend Jeff Nolan, one of our founders and a great personal friend said this: ...
- Tags: Information Technology, Carbon Dioxide, Climate, Argument, Tom, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2009-06-08
- Microsoft finishes Vista SP2
- Microsoft finishes Vista SP2RE: Microsoft finishes Vista SP2Unlike previous SPs, SP2 requires SP1. So if you don't hsve SP1 installed, you win't see SP2 in the AU/MU/WU.Unsure why people are in a rush to install it. who knows if there are any issues.RE: Microsoft finishes Vista SP2We care because I...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Service Pack 2, Vista SP2, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista
- Discussion threads 2009-04-29
- Friday Rant - Conficker worm hype
- Friday Rant - Conficker worm hypeHey...come on now......Chicken Little has made a pretty good living with this tactic...what's your problem? ;-)RE: Friday Rant - Conficker worm hypeI agree with you, my boss watched CNN and came in afraid to go online, I even had to run scans again on...
- Tags: Cyberthreats, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, Spyware, adware & malware, Conficker Worm, Friday Rant, worm, paranoia, Y2K, USB flash drive
- Discussion threads 2009-04-03
- What BearingPoint
- What BearingPointGood riddance?The Brits are finding out the hard way about digitizing medical records. Their own national IT project is way over budget and not very close to a solution (I know because I read the Register!). If the FBI can't even get their case file system working, what chance...
- Tags: Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate law, Outsourcing, Operational accounting, Financial services, Brits, BearingPoint Inc., acquisition
- Discussion threads 2009-02-23
- SOA 2009: Do we need architects or firefighters?
- ZDNet blogging colleague Ian Finley just posted an interesting question that reflects ever-shifting priorities in today's rough-and-tumble economy: "When the building's on fire, who calls an architect? ...No one does. They call the fire department." He advises enterprise architects and vendors alike to put down their plans and ESBs, put...
- Tags: Entrepreneurial, Information Technology, SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Entrepreneurship, Web Services, Y2K, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Strategy, Software, Management, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2009-02-21
- When the building’s on fire, who calls an architect?
- No one does. They call the fire department. This year, manufacturers and retailers need more IT fire fighters and fewer enterprise architects. And those fire fighters need axes, ladders and hoses; not enterprise service buses or SOA governance suites. Companies are fighting for their lives and employees...
- Tags: Enterprise Architect, SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Ian Finley
- Blog posts 2009-02-19
- DTV delay bill fails in House. It
- DTV delay bill fails in House. ItDTV is a redundancy in broadcastIf you shut off analog you will drive the inventors of digital right out of their mind.You're taking the pressure distributed to TV engineers and placing it right of the digital inventor's shoulders.It's just like the time change a...
- Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, TV, digital television
- Discussion threads 2009-01-28
- Zune problems? All should be fine by Midnight
- Zune problems? All should be fine by MidnightSo, by letting your kids and yourself... have an ear-splitting volume of music free day (and hopefully prolonging your hearing, which does NOT recover), Microsoft should be sued?Better I think to thank them for their ineptitude which lead, hopefully, to a day of...
- Tags: Y2K, Microsoft Zune, Zune problem, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-12-31
- 30GB Zunes go on strike for New Year
- 30GB Zunes go on strike for New YearEven you must admit...that a hardware failure, such as a hard drive, is not the same as a firmware update that contains a time bomb.Did you buy the puck green one?Never heard of a mass failure of iPods, so this certainly is a...
- Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Loverock, Microsoft Zune, Microsoft Corp., Apple iPod
- Discussion threads 2008-12-31
- Did the Y2K failure come to Zune 30 devices 9 years later?
- Did the Y2K failure come to Zune 30 devices 9 years later?Two stuck Zune 30's hereMy wife and I both have frozen Zunes. Mine had been charging yesterday / overnight and found it to be on the logo this morning. My wife's hasn't been used for a couple...
- Tags: Y2K, Zune team, Microsoft Zune, Zune 30, Y2K failure, Zune 30 device
- Discussion threads 2008-12-31
- Doctors warn of rash from mobile phone use
- Doctors warn of rash from mobile phone useDoctors warn of rash from mobile phone useA simple bluetooth headset would prevent this. Who doesn't use one nowadays anyway?Scare People!Why even report it with such flaky information. You know that probably 5% of people who read this will go and throw...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Cellular phones, phone, Y2K, Bluetooth, rash, mobile phone, mobile
- Discussion threads 2008-10-16
- Survey: Corporations hold out on Vista
- Survey: Corporations hold out on VistaLarry isn't going to give it up...It's sad what passes for "journalism" these days. ZDNet and her "sister site" TechRepublic are so one sided it's laughable. Is this "survey" really supposed to be passed as truth? The survey was conducted by a company KACE that...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Vista, survey, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-07-23
- From Chapter one: Data Processing and the IBM Mainframe
- From Chapter one: Data Processing and the IBM MainframeGood PostIn those days i was the Manager of Technical Services and Computer Operations and remember not too fondly the innumerable meetings, courses, seminars required to implement changes. The technique "Structured or Top-down programming" was used to insure data integrity when program...
- Tags: Mainframes, Servers, mainframe, Y2K, IS-department, data-processing, IBM mainframe, business rule, IBM Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-07-18
- The Techie Hall of Shame
- The Techie Hall of ShameThe Florida architectural firm rampagehttp://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/01/24/disgruntled_employee_silent_rampage/RE: The Techie Hall of ShameAs far as this system in S.F. - If you have physical access to the machine, you should be able to get admin/root access. I'd be curious to know what OS they are talking about.RE: The Techie...
- Tags: Social Security, Operational accounting, Most IT folk, Techie Hall, VSB
- Discussion threads 2008-07-16
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