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Highly respected writer and industry analyst Loren B. Thompson has just penned an opinion piece on recent changes in the Pentagon related to how DoD does IT. The piece, titled “The Twilight of Network-Centric Warfare” is worth a full read by anyone in the IT business, in or out of government. Dr. Thompson argues...
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Beginning in late 2004 with its acquisition of PeopleSoft, Oracle initiated an acquisition campaign that has brought over forty companies into the Oracle fold. During that time, Oracle has made five multi-billion dollar acquisitions – about one per year – all of which have made for big news in the ERP software market. But...
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Using wi-fi hotspots at airports, coffeeshops, hotels, conferences or work locations can be a tremendous productivity boost, and your options for connecting to wi-fi are only increasing. Companies like McDonalds, Starbucks, Panera and Chick-fil-A now offering free connectivity just to help sell their wares. But did you realize that when you connect to a...
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One thing many consumers and enterprise CTOs agree on is the strong desire for more speed to our mobile devices. Consumers want it for the tremendous voice, video and data options and the applications those empower. Enterprise IT wants it for the same reason plus the continual desire to derive competitive advantage. And both want...
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Code for America is a great project with an exciting mission. They exist to help bring programming and technical talent, especially web2.0 talent, to the issues and challenges facing city governments. You are no doubt aware that cities are under great financial pressure. And we citizens of cities are as well, which means the...
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Having used the iPad for three months and on extensive travel, I thought it might be appropriate to provide...
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Recently, I picked up a Sony Digital Book Reader PRS-300. I found a great deal on Craigslist, and am...
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In mid February, Notion Ink released completed specs on their Adam tablet (here). It did not receive the attention...
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In my earlier post, when I railed against the iPad, it was mostly personal disappointment and letdown. I was...
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WOW. What a letdown. I can not believe that this was the subject of endless hype. Here are the...
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The Apple iTablet or iSlate is due to be shown off to the world January 27th, and unleashed on...
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Note from Bob Gourley: The following article was written by enterprise technology and mission IT expert Danny Proko and...
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A good hacker knows that a good hack involves three things: 1. Vulnerability 2. Exploitation 3. Maintenance of access Talking to that secretary gave us a lot of information -- the antivirus vendor and version of Internet Explorer being the most important among other things. This tells us...
One of the things I like about Alan Paller the individual and the organization he helps lead SANS is they encourage people to write. They are great motivators, especially if you are pursuing a security certification. As part of a my 2003 SANS certification I wrote a piece on Quantum Encryption and Quantum Computing and...
In September 1997 the US Naval Institute ran an article I wrote titled “The Devil is in the Details: Information War in the Field and Fleet.” Now 13 years later there are a few things I wrote in that article I wish I could take back! But for the most part I believe it...
Using wi-fi hotspots at airports, coffeeshops, hotels, conferences or work locations can be a tremendous productivity boost, and your options for connecting to wi-fi are only increasing. Companies like McDonalds, Starbucks, Panera and Chick-fil-A now offering free connectivity just to help sell their wares. But did you realize that when you connect to a...
I remember 3 years ago having a conversation with Vint Cerf and Lewis Shepherd...
Monday 12 July 2010, Microsoft announced and released a new version of its Windows...
Most enterprise CTOs are very interested in the “cloud” and ways to tap into...
We have been writing for years about the megatrend of Cloud Computing, and have...
AT&T recently released their Femtocell. This device plugs into your home (or small office)...
We are all watching with interest the engineering of very high speed chips with...
