Thin Clients v PC Desktops, I can’t agree with the author. This discussion is about processing power at the desktop versus commoditized application enablement. Recent "Ars Technica Article" “I understand the allure of remote desktop technology. But I have never understood why someone who could just as easily put a real PC in front of a user would opt instead to give them a slow, creaky, laggy shadow of one with a cheap keyboard and maybe a USB peripheral.” I am all for the powering / empowering of end users with the best possible PC technology. However, in many business... Continue reading

Loose Lips, Sink Ships, or so IBM believes. in a recent article from Wired - Recent Posting from Wired Enterprise Magazine This is really no joke at all and needs to be taken seriously, as IBM’s CIO has. “IBM CIO Jeanette Horan told MIT’s Technology Review this week that her company has banned Siri outright because, according to the magazine, “The company worries that the spoken queries might be stored somewhere.”” In order for Apple and Siri to facilitate all this audio “Magic”, the data needs to be processed. Where is that done? Who has access to it? How long... Continue reading

Click Here for Wired.com Article This is yet another important chapter in the ongoing war of Net Neutrality. This particular battle is between the FCC and Comcast. While much debate continues over technical and philosophical views of Net Neutrality, Comcast actively manages traffic based upon content, which in turn is based upon Business Objectives and sometimes profit motivated policies which may compete with open internet access. Certainly, many ISPs would like to manage traffic along the same lines so that they can balance business objectives with open internet access. Comcast has not waited for the jury to be out on... Continue reading

Washington Post Article It would be hard to find a student at Stone Bridge High School who has never used the Internet for a research assignment, socialized with Facebook or played a video game. But few know much about how computers and the Web actually work. Like most Teenagers, they are rabid “Consumers” of the available technologies, Blackberry, iTouch, wireless internet, Social Media such as Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, XBox, etc. my own teenagers alike. Despite my long career in Technology and my passion / expertise in Infrastructure and core technology, my own kids have evolved into huge consumers of the... Continue reading

CIO Article on 2009 Data Breaches If there was anything even vaguely comforting about the data breaches that were announced this year, it was that many of them stemmed from familiar and downright mundane security failures. What does this say or speak loudly of? Is it about Competence or Incompetence? I don’t really think so. Overall, it is about a lack of “dogged, stick-to-it-iveness”. What does that mean? I am certain that all the named organizations on this list have highly competent practitioners in their IT space. Certainly there may be exceptions. I have found through many, many year of... Continue reading

Click Here for CIO.com Article Toilet texting. Tweeting in church. What are the do's and don'ts for smartphone users this holiday season? You may be surprised at what most people consider good iPhone and BlackBerry manners, as revealed by a new survey. These are Five Key Rules of Digital Mobile Etiquette that you should live by. This article is as humorous as it is relevant, even if most of you don’t openly acknowledge it. Fac ut vivas (Get a life) Technorati Tags: Blackberry,iPhone,Smartphone,Etiquette,Mobile B Continue reading

See Washington Post Article A very concise article, written in plain English that describes the GPS Network, it’s origins and uses. The Wikipedia article, on the other hand, is much better suited to Information Sponges or Geeks Only Thanks to an invisible armada of incessantly broadcasting satellites, collectively called the Global Positioning System, and to the explosive proliferation of GPS receivers in gadgets from dashboard map units to cell phones to dog collars, even the cartographically clueless are now good to go. So if you are “Cartographically Clueless” (I Love that phrase), please read the Washington Post Article, and get... Continue reading

Read Network World Article Here we go. AT&T, Major Carrier and ISP, throws it’s support behind the FCC and Network Neutrality. "AT&T has long supported the principle of an open Internet and has conducted its business accordingly. We were also early supporters of the FCC's current four broadband principles and their case-by-case application to wired networks. To the extent that the chairman seeks to bolster the FCC's legal authority to enforce these principles, we would support him. “ The Internet “Peanut Gallery”, thinks this is a waste of time. How wrong they are. This is about big business, big revenues,... Continue reading

Read Network World Article Here we go. AT&T, Major Carrier and ISP, throws it’s support behind the FCC and Network Neutrality. "AT&T has long supported the principle of an open Internet and has conducted its business accordingly. We were also early supporters of the FCC's current four broadband principles and their case-by-case application to wired networks. To the extent that the chairman seeks to bolster the FCC's legal authority to enforce these principles, we would support him. “ The Internet “Peanut Gallery”, thinks this is a waste of time. How wrong they are. This is about big business, big revenues,... Continue reading

See Network World Article Knowledge of risk factors goes a long way in protecting data Knowing what you're doing does not remove the risk. Knowing what you're doing can help mitigate, or alleviate, the risk but it rarely removes all of the risk. Still, it's important enough that we could say the first rule of risk management is: Know what you are doing. Please read the article, and then think a while about your project load and where these rules might likely apply. The rules are really quite simple in nature, which is why they are quite often overlooked. It's... Continue reading

Read More on WSJ.com The Battle Lines for Network Neutrality are starting to form. No sooner did we post yesterday Refer to Post, yesterday on Blog.BarryRubin.Net about the “Internet Delivery (ISP Group)” companies crying foul about the “over-reach” of the FCC that is stifling their innovation, than the “Internet Content / Destination” Companies speak up. Fed up with a barrage of letters that arrived at the FCC last week from net-neutrality opponents (or lawmakers urging a cautious approach toward the new rules), a coalition of Internet companies are urging the FCC chairman to hold steady. “We believe a process that... Continue reading

Click Here to Read More on Computer World Article Cisco Systems, Alcatel-Lucent, Corning, Ericsson, Motorola and Nokia Well, the battle for Network Neutrality rages on. Are we shocked that all these “delivery-based” companies are desirous of killing Net Neutrality? We should not be. When you read the rhetoric, keep in mind that their “mom and apple pie” does not seem to include the support of “Content Destination” companies. Nor did I see support from companies that make their living on content / applications and being an internet destination (versus an internet delivery company). Some of these companies obviously absent from... Continue reading

Click Here for HealthcareIT News This doesn’t exactly qualify as “News”, but more of a validation of the benefits of EHR/EMR systems. These systems bring tremendous value in function to Healthcare providers as well as they put in place a process and methodology that will literally squeeze expense dollars out of the equation. The reduction of expense dollars can very often make the Business Case for the investment in such systems. Technorati Tags: EMR,EHR,IT Healthcare Continue reading

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Read WSJ.com Article A Carrier Caves in, chalk one up for Network Neutrality, Consumers win! - AT&T to Allow Internet Phone Apps Technorati Tags: Network Neutrality,Internet,Mobile Continue reading

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Click Here for Lionel Wilson Blog Post I should first state that I have not seen this Ponemon survey that was mentioned by the author of the above-referenced blog post. I have requested to see it. Most IT security professionals who must comply with the industry standards to protect credit card data think those standards have no impact at all on actual security, according to new study by Ponemon Institute. As an Infrastructure and Security Professional, I do not agree with this statement and would welcome the opportunity to review the source survey. PCI DSS has had a huge positive... Continue reading

Click Here for Washington Post Article The debate and the battle for Net Neutrality is heating up. Resources are being marshaled. Rhetoric is spinning. Tweeters are, well you know, Tweeting. In my opinion, this is a straightforward, if not simple concept, called Net Neutrality. If you click on the Net Neutrality link, you will find Wikipedia’s definition: “Network neutrality (also net neutrality, Internet neutrality) is a principle proposed for residential broadband networks and potentially for all networks. A neutral broadband network is one that is free of restrictions on content, sites, or platforms, on the kinds of equipment that may... Continue reading

Click Here for CSO Article Small, loosely connected gangs illustrate the challenge of stopping organized retail theft This isn’t exactly the stuff that makes it into Organized Crime Drama Plots such as The Sopranos from HBO. In the Retail Space, crime does not draw the same attention and glitz as has been popularized in the HBO hit series. Some Retailers, like Target, have made some improvements to security: Target's success at holding the line on retail crime comes from the way it organizes itself. Its cuts have been strategic, not wholesale. The store also has a four-pronged approach in place... Continue reading

Click Here for WSJ Online Article By AMY SCHATZ WASHINGTON -- AT&T Inc. alleged Friday that Google Inc.'s Google Voice service is improperly preventing consumers from calling certain phone numbers, in violation of federal call-blocking rules. What’s good for the Goose (or Google), should be good for the Gander. Net Neutrality cannot be applied or invoked when it is convenient based upon a competitive dispute. Either we all subscribe to and adhere to the tenants of Net Neutrality or we don’t. Does AT&T eat it’s own dog food? Google's view of Net Neutrality, what is your view? The Internet is... Continue reading

I am passionate about this topic, as a result, I have re-posted this. Get passionate yourself! Every minute of every day, someone needs blood. That blood can only come from a volunteer donor, a person like you who makes the choice to donate. There is no substitute for your donation. When you make a blood donation, you join a very select group. Currently only 3 out of every 100 people in America donate blood. From its beginning, the American Red Cross has formed a community of service, of generous, strong and decent people bound by beliefs beyond themselves. The American... Continue reading

Click Here for HealthcareIT News Article Let’s talk about the expense-side. How many times have you been frustrated with the tsunami of paper-based forms and ID cards at your health care provider’s office, insurance company mailings, hospital, x-ray lab, etc. It is not only the mindless repetition of repetitive information placed into little boxes on forms, but the “handling” of this data by none other than PEOPLE. As Healthcare Reform consumes a large part of the public debate today in the news and around water coolers and Twitter feeds alike, one must look at Healthcare and think about where we... Continue reading

Click Here for HealthcareIT News Article Let’s talk about the expense-side. How many times have you been frustrated with the tsunami of paper-based forms and ID cards at your health care provider’s office, insurance company mailings, hospital, x-ray lab, etc. It is not only the mindless repetition of repetitive information placed into little boxes on forms, but the “handling” of this data by none other than PEOPLE. As Healthcare Reform consumes a large part of the public debate today in the news and around water coolers and Twitter feeds alike, one must look at Healthcare and think about where we... Continue reading