Tuesday, July 12, 2011

Today's Links and My Two Bits....

Verizon to Ease Bill Shock Pain From Tiered Switchover”
http://www.mobiledia.com/news/97563.html

Verizon Pushes Thunderbolt Update, Drops Free 4G Mobile Hotspot”
http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,2817,2388322,00.asp

Should I Ditch Cable at Home for 4G Wireless from my Cellular Provider?”
http://lifehacker.com/5819955/should-i-ditch-cable-at-home-for-4g-wireless-from-my-cellular-provider

“Verizon Terremark chief sees enterprise cloud services chasm coming”
http://searchtelecom.techtarget.com/news/2240037651/Verizon-Terremark-chief-sees-enterprise-cloud-services-chasm-coming

“Cisco beams up Shatner to address Las Vegas cloud trek”
http://www.computing.co.uk/ctg/news/2092745/cisco-beams-shatner-address-las-vegas-cloud-trek

HP wins multi-million dollar deal
http://www.itwire.com/it-industry-news/deals/48428-hp-multi-million-dollar-contract-win

Why some analysts like NetApp
http://www.zacks.com/commentary/18176/NetApp,+Inc+1817600

Microsoft: Buy Windows 7 today, keep same PC for Windows 8 upgrade”
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/071111-windows-8.html?source=NWWNLE_nlt_daily_pm_2011-07-11

Broadcom chip to accelerate FCoE”
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/071111-broadcom-chip-to-accelerate.html?source=NWWNLE_nlt_storage_2011-07-12

IT jobs: Winners and losers in the cloud era”
http://www.infoworld.com/t/it-jobs/it-jobs-winners-and-losers-in-the-cloud-era-427?source=IFWNLE_nlt_daily_2011-07-12

Spammers exploit the Google cloud to dupe victims”
http://www.infoworld.com/d/security/spammers-exploit-the-google-cloud-dupe-victims-671?source=IFWNLE_nlt_daily_2011-07-12

The 2011 Application and Service Delivery Handbook”
http://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/frame/2011/071111wan1.html?source=NWWNLE_nlt_wan_2011-07-12

Does your security policy reflect mobility and cloud security?”
http://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/sec/2011/071111sec1.html?source=NWWNLE_nlt_security_strategies_2011-07-12

Development benefits, and security risks, of HTML5 'hybrid' mobile apps”
http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/development-benefits-and-security-risks-html5?source=NWWNLE_nlt_security_strategies_2011-07-12

Did Harvard Researchers Breach Students' Privacy?”
http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/did-harvard-researchers-breach-students-priva?source=NWWNLE_nlt_security_strategies_2011-07-12

Microsoft plans big Skype/Lync integration”
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/071211-microsoft-skype-lync.html?hpg1=bn&source=NWWNLE_nlt_daily_am_2011-07-12

Meet IBM's new $75,000 mainframe”
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/071211-meet-ibms-new-75000.html?source=NWWNLE_nlt_daily_am_2011-07-12

“Comcast under Fire for Squeezing out Tennis Channel”
http://cable.tmcnet.com/topics/cable/articles/195781-comcast-under-fire-squeezing-out-tennis-channel.htm
I’m sorry Tennis Channel but that is economics 101. Comcast has business interests in Versus and the Golf Channel therefore no economic interest in helping you out. My advice to you is unless you can play with the big boy’s get over it, and stop wasting taxpayer services  in the form of the FCC to get what you think is a level playing field.

More tales from the Comcast Darkside....
“One Tale of Crossing the Comcast Cap”
http://www.dslreports.com/shownews/Comcast-Cap-Enforcement-a-Confusing-Mess-115103?nocomment=1

91-year-old Naples woman with no computer battles Comcast over Internet bills”
http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2011/jul/11/91-year-old-naples-woman-no-computer-battles-comca/

“IBM heaves new System z minis at mainframe shops”
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/07/12/ibm_zenterprise_114_mainframe/

CommScope supplies hydrogen fuel cell system to SCTE for backup data center power”
http://www.cablinginstall.com/index/display/article-display/0739122377/articles/cabling-installation-maintenance/news/data-center/data-center-power-cooling/2011/6/commscope-supplies.html?cmpid=$trackid

“Microsoft Yanks Security Site Search After Scammers Poison Results With Porn”
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/235421/microsoft_yanks_security_site_search_after_scammers_poison_results_with_porn.html#tk.nl_bdx_h_crawl

Ballmer's New Chant: Numbers, Numbers, Numbers”
http://www.pcworld.com/article/235448/ballmers_new_chant_numbers_numbers_numbers.html#tk.nl_bdx_h_crawl

How Google+ Ends Social Networking Fatigue”
http://www.pcworld.com/article/235433/how_google_ends_social_networking_fatigue.html#tk.nl_bdx_h_crawl

The 19 Most Hated Companies in America”
http://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2011/07/the-19-most-hated-companies-in-america/241344/#slide19
While Comcast and Verizon are on the list check out number 10. It shouldn't be much of a surprise though perhaps this company should have a higher ranking......

Auditors: Army's huge SAP project 'at high risk'”
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/070811-auditors-armys-huge-sap-project.html?source=NWWNLE_nlt_datacenter_2011-07-12

“Capturing energy in the air to power electronics”
http://www.smartplanet.com/blog/pure-genius/capturing-energy-in-the-air-to-power-electronics/6717?tag=nl.e550

“Where to find a job in a stalling market”
http://www.careerbuilder.com/JobSeeker/Blog/ViewBlog.aspx?blogLink=http%3a%2f%2fwww.theworkbuzz.com%2femployment-trends%2fwhere-to-find-a-job-in-a-stalling-market%2ffeed%2fatom%2f


Surfs up!...................................Eric

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