Vision of the future: all data centers will be green and no company will have its own data center
February 11, 2008
http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/02/07/Google-Apps-edition-bypasses-IT-department_1.html?source=NLC-DAILY&cgd=2008-02-07 | www.infoworld.com
Google's team edition of Google apps seems like an IT worst nightmare: all the company documents on a public server. But is it really that bad? What about having all your sales leads on a public server, wouldn't that be even worse? Oh wait isn't that what salesforce.com is all about? Completely outsourced IT services will be the future. Why have your own data center if you can rent the services on a as needed basis? Companies do not have their own power generators so why have your own data center or your own IT staff? What needs to happen before we can get there?
February 5, 2008
Spyware forum: Computer users often to blame for problems | www.computerworld.com
Virus is not spyware; To much money to prevent malware.
Sepculation Drives the Market not the Quality of the product
February 1, 2008
Wall Street scores VMware's Q4 results an error | www.computerworld.com
Virtualization is here; Squeamish brokers only control short term markets; VMware has strong and stable product offerings.
Business Continuance Becomes a Top Of Mind Issue
February 1, 2008
Internet failure hits two continents | www.cnn.com
Business continuance will now become a top of mind issue, especially in global outsourced solutions.
Can you trust your private data to the web?
January 22, 2008
MySpace Bug Leaks 'Private' Teen Photos to Voyeurs | www.wired.com
So if even a MySpace has bugs that exposes private data of their users to anyone on the web, then what about all the other web sites where we enter our private data? How do we know that the banking web site or the credit card web site doesn't have the same kinds of "bugs"? Consumers are trusting more and more information to the "web" but is it really safe to do so?
January 17, 2008
Sun Microsystems Announces Agreement to Acquire MySQL, Developer of the World's Most Popular Open Source Database | www.sun.com
LAMP is the future of the Internet; MySQL has a toe hold with good partners; Consolidation, in this case, is good.
January 16, 2008
Sun Microsystems Announces Agreement to Acquire MySQL, Developer of the World's Most Popular Open Source Database | www.sun.com
Sun is buying MySQL for almost a billion dollars. This looks like a big gamble. Why are they doing this? Is MySQL worth that much?
Your PC is safe now, but your MySpace page is not!!
November 26, 2007
Looming Online Security Threats in 2008 | www.businessweek.com
Most if not every PC user knows they need some form of malware protection and most if not all PCs ship with some form of malware protection. So our PCs are pretty safe these days. But most people who use MySpace have no idea that they need protection when on MySpace (or FaceBook or any other "social" website).
Is Second Life the next Internet?
November 26, 2007
CNN enters the virtual world of Second Life | www.cnn.com
The online world Second Life (SL) and the similar World of Warcraft both seem to indicate that the Internet is no longer just for websites. Even Google is rumored to be working on its own online world. So are these just other ways of showing more online ads or is this something new?
The Internet is not necessarily safe or accurate - CYA
November 19, 2007
Looming Online Security Threats in 2008 | www.businessweek.com
After 200 hundred years we have learn nothing. There is nothing secure that isn't in your pocket - you better watch that too. Mars - never been there.
February 7, 2012
SOPA and the wisdom of Yogi Berra
January 19, 2012
Larger wafers present a growth opportunity for LEDs
January 6, 2012
Smartphones threaten digital camera industry
December 1, 2011
Google music launches: The end of the end for the music industry
November 22, 2011