Monthly Archives: February 2009

Developers for Smarties: 5 Traits Of Great Programmers

While the wonderful folk in the world of information technology would have us all believe that all we need to do is buy their latest “solution”, the facts of the matter are that if you’re serious about leveraging technology eventually … Continue reading

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Virtualization Technology Overview

One of the hottest buzzwords in technology today is virtualization. Unforrtunately, virtualization by itself covers a vast array of potential technologies. Let’s look at the word itself first. Virtualization implies taking something “real” and “virtualizing” it, or making it “virtual”. … Continue reading

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Vendor negotiation tips

Stephen Foskett and Martin Glassborow have some great posts about pricing and negotiation lately, and I thought I’d jump into the fray. In my experience, there are a few other things to consider, especially if you’re new at this. Much … Continue reading

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Level of Work: Choose the right person for the task

In the managerial world, at least in some circles, Elliott Jacques is well known for his theory of requisite organization. While his work runs against some of the conventional wisdom of organizational theory, his Level of Work concept has merit … Continue reading

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How to keep your personal data safe

Everybody knows they should be backing up their personal data, but nobody does it. Here’s some simple and straightforward steps to actually doing it. Continue reading

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How to build a business infrastructure in an hour using cloud services

Lately, the IT world has been abuzz with talk of “cloud computing”, “cloud services”, “cloud storage”, and pretty much everything else having to do with clouds. In an earlier post I talked about some of the risks of using these … Continue reading

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What's all the noise about VoIP, anyway?

What’s all the noise about VoIP? In short, it’s the way we’ll all talk on the telephone in a few years, so you’d better learn a bit about it! Read the rest of the article to get started. Continue reading

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Is your data safe in the SAAS cloud?

Data stored in online “cloud” or “SAAS” applications is necessarily well protected. It’s important to understand the risks of using these applications and protect yourself as much as possible. Continue reading

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What is Network Attached Storage, anyway?

Network Attached Storage, or NAS. You’ll see a lot of storage industry pros debating about what it really is, and why their flavor of NAS is better than their competitors.The term NAS comes from the fact that originally a NAS allowed “storage devices” which speak SCSI to be attached to a “network”, speaking ethernet. But really then, what is it? Continue reading

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