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					Got opinions? Take a Poll on: Uncle Sam and IT Bypassing IT IT Ethics Let us know what you think about IT issues! IT Blogs a moderated blogosphere of IT internet experts IT & Marketing Cooperate on Web Presence Mary E. Shacklett 11/4/2009 8 comments Who owns the corporate Website? most recent post: Mary E. Shacklett... No, the task is not easy with all of the different stakeholders and the varying priorities. It... Government Opens to Midmarket Tech Vendors Pam Baker 11/4/2009 4 comments For decades now, midmarket companies have been mired in a government contracting sinkhole. There are government programs and set-asides for small businesses. For large enterprises, there are sole source and other no-bid contracts plus the ever-popular bundled contracts. most recent post: Michael P. Kassner... I found your comments interesting. I was hoping maybe it would help, but I understand the problems.... Conference Examines the State of 'Enterprise 2.0' Rob Salkowitz 11/4/2009 5 comments The left-coast version of the Enterprise 2.0 conference kicked off at the Moscone Center in San Francisco this week. Even in the early going, a few key themes are starting to emerge that reflect the growing maturity of the field and the hard-learned lessons of practitioners: most recent post: DHagar... I agree, RIMMAN, a lot is hype to sell geek-type products and services. I think this post is an excellent... Cloud Computing Splits Into Two Camps David Vellante 11/3/2009 8 comments Today (November 3, 2009), VMware, Cisco, and EMC announced an alliance called VCE. The coalition packages up infrastructure based primarily on VMware Inc. (NYSE: VMW) software (vSphere); Cisco Systems Inc. (Nasdaq: CSCO) compute and network infrastructure (UCS and Nexus switches); and EMC Corp. (NYSE: EMC) storage. most recent post: David Vellante... The hybrid cloud (private cloud where you're moving workloads between internal and external clouds)... How to Make Password Changes Like Clockwork Tom Stamulis 11/2/2009 17 comments Daylight savings, spring cleaning, getting your oil changed, and replacing smoke detector batteries -- all have something in common; they all are completed on a schedule. So it’s about time those of us brandishing iPhones, BlackBerrys, and other PDAs like they are body parts start to embrace some scheduling that can protect our identity and build a more secure Internet environment. most recent post: hankos2... I agree but there are a lot of users that use a computer in there job, that could care less about security... most commented IT blogs 17 How to Make Password Changes Like Clockwork 8 Cloud Computing Splits Into Two Camps 8 IT & Marketing Cooperate on Web Presence 5 Conference Examines the State of 'Enterprise 2.0' 4 Government Opens to Midmarket Tech Vendors MORE IT BLOGS IE's IT Poll: IT Ethics MORE POLLS
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Conference Examines the State of 'Enterprise 2.0': I agree, RIMMAN, a lot is hype to sell geek-type products and services. I think this post is an excellent one in that the business value can only emerge when it becomes a foundation...
DHagar on Conference Examines the State of 'Enterprise 2.0'

The Recession Has Changed Your IT Job: I agree, and fully agree with Mary's premise. I think not only are there going to be shifts in the IT jobs to more informatics and connectivity, but also the changes in the job structure...
DHagar on The Recession Has Changed Your IT Job

Re: Who owns the website?: No, the task is not easy with all of the different stakeholders and the varying priorities. It gets more interesting because the corporate Website is visible to everyone--within and outside of the...
Mary E. Shacklett on IT & Marketing Cooperate on Web Presence

Re: Now that Gartner said it, I guess what everybody already knew is now correct: Like those of all analysis firms, Gartner's figures are meant to be starting points for big companies who do their own research. I'm not sure that clients...
Mary Jander on The Recession Has Changed Your IT Job

Re: Better Investigators?/ & a need for international investigation: I think Internet crime is greater than what we can imagine. One of the main problems I see concerning the field of investigation is the lack of an International law...
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Re: Public vs Private vs Hybrid Clouds?: The hybrid cloud (private cloud where you're moving workloads between internal and external clouds) is on the roadmap of VMware. IMO it will take a decade to get there. Getting data into the cloud...
David Vellante on Cloud Computing Splits Into Two Camps

Public vs Private vs Hybrid Clouds?: There might be a third option in there -- the "Hybrid Public-Private" cloud -- that mainly serves one customer, but also has capabilities to attend to a handful of trusted partners/clients. Or...
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Filipino Technocrat Takes Offense by Blogger.com Mislabeling of Spams and Nonspams

Jason_13 10/12/2009 2 comments

Sometimes the poor reliance on technology creates problems such as this. Another area is the use of automated filtering to try to detect fraudulent use of credit/debit cards. I know that a filter was tripped recently when one of my cards...

most recent post: Marc Guerrero ... "http://cuzmarc.blogspot.com/ - http://cuzmarc.blogspot.com/2009/10/i-take-offense_12.html#comments A comment at InternetEvolution, from one Jason with display rank name as Cyborg, who described himself thus: "I have been working in the ..."

Sidekick/Danger Failure is a Disaster, But Not For Clouds

Allen_Falcon 10/11/2009 1 comment

Over the weekend, out of the mainstream press cycle, Microsoft and T-Mobile acknowledged that the server in Microsoft's Danger group earlier in the week would like result in total data loss for users impacted by the failure. Some...

Not sure if Corporate would embrace Twitter usage

Lippencotte 9/24/2009 2 comments

In reading some information I found on another net I read this article that basically says; can't tweet at work here is a solution to work around this so that you can prove how valuable the service is. It is configured to look like an...

most recent post: Nicole Ferraro ... "I'm not sure how something like this would get past the company's firewall if Twitter is blocked (perhaps it could, I don't know). But if Twitter is just "not allowed" without actually being blocked, and employee used this to prove Twitter's ..."

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mte01 8/17/2009 2 comments

Hey Nicole, I have some technical jokes (my own invention) that are related to the Information & Technology world in general; where is the best place to put them in IE?

most recent post: Nicole Ferraro ... "We have a user-generated message board: Start your own discussion. You could try posting one there, just as long as it's relevant and appropriate."

Twitter's Project Retweet

Stowe Boyd 8/14/2009 7 comments

Twitter has announced that they will be implementing RT as a primitive in the platform. Good idea or bad?

most recent post: lpricci49 ... "Yup- user directed. Thas the key. I keep thinking of that chat with Craig of Craigslist who described himself as the "Forest Gump" of the web. All sorts of fancy ideas about Craigslist- and what he kept coming back to is 'are the ..."

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