Today's Favorite Articles.

I posted an earlier link about how the Commodore is coming back, one little detail that I over looked is that its shipping with both Windows7 and Ubuntu. Its a twofer! Its all Linux anyway.
http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/commodore-64-back-running-ubuntu?source=NWWNLE_nlt_daily_am_2011-04-08

Cisco wants to reorganize and streamline the business.
http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/cisco-pulls-out-cutting-board?source=NWWNLE_nlt_daily_am_2011-04-08
What they are saying is there are going to be layoffs people, get ready by prepping your resume. Then again their at Cisco so they might find a market for their knowledge.

Webcast on how to monitor your virtual Data centers and clouds with one tool.
http://resources.networkworld.com/ccd/show/200003010/00193830034807NWWFYYXKKYEHS/

“Eight android apps for IT.”
http://www.infoworld.com/d/mobile-technology/eight-android-apps-it-277?source=IFWNLE_nlt_daily_2011-04-08

The tale of bad Android upgrades.
http://www.infoworld.com/d/mobile-technology/when-android-upgrades-go-bad-users-are-left-in-the-lurch-129?source=IFWNLE_nlt_daily_2011-04-08

White Paper “How to improve Disaster Recovery for the Enterprise.”
http://resources.infoworld.com/ccd/show/200002893/00289830033946IFWXARORLLPLG/

“Flat Network confusion.”
http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/flat-network-confusion?source=NWWNLE_nlt_cisco_2011-04-08

ICND1 Video training.
http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/icnd1-%E2%80%93-video-training-1?source=NWWNLE_nlt_cisco_2011-04-08

For my friends out there who want a their first Cisco cert.

More CCNA training material.
http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/ccna-lab-series-2011-overview?source=NWWNLE_nlt_cisco_2011-04-08

An ebook for the next generation of firewalls.
http://resources.networkworld.com/ccd/show/200001813/00282000023077NWWBDGQFFHTU2/


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

Today's Favorite Articles.

How to make your website more smartphone friendly.
http://www.infoworld.com/d/application-development/7-web-ui-mistakes-avoid-smartphones-and-tablets-128?source=IFWNLE_nlt_daily_2011-04-07

IBM to keep some products with its own proprietary software.
http://www.infoworld.com/d/open-source-software/ibm-bullish-linux-will-keep-db2-proprietary-161?source=IFWNLE_nlt_daily_2011-04-07

Former Gucci admin does $200,000 in damage before leaving the company.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/040611-gucci-admin-accused-of-200000.html?source=NWWNLE_nlt_daily_am_2011-04-07

Do want to play with dual screens, here’s an article for you.
http://www.networkworld.com/slideshows/2011/040511-dual-screens.html?source=NWWNLE_nlt_cool_tools_2011-04-07#slide1

10,000 core Linux super computer built in the cloud.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/040611-linux-supercomputer.html?source=NWWNLE_nlt_cloud_security_2011-04-07

New tech term "Cloud Networking".
http://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/frame/2011/040411wan2.html?source=NWWNLE_nlt_network_architecture_2011-04-07

Company gets rid of the blackberries and lets in the androids and iphones.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/040711-clorox-cleans-out-blackberries-in.html?source=NWWNLE_nlt_daily_pm_2011-04-07


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

The importance of following the Business news.

Do you read the news? Do you really read the news? Or do you jump to the website of your local paper to read the sports section ? When you go to a news paper website are you looking for the  subsection call technology? Then after those two sections will you check out the headlines on the front page see that the world is still in disarray, that taxes are going up again, and that overall the world is a depressing place? So you'll want to go back to your wonderful world of tech. But there is another section of the paper that you should be reading as well, along with other types of blogs and websites. Its called the business section of our economy. Its how us techies make our living, by having business thrive and grow, so will hopefully our paychecks too. I say all of this because as a techie I think its important to understand, and know what the markets are doing, and how they are shifting. Not to mention what tech companies are hot, and what companies are rumored to being bought by a bigger rival. Is it your company that’s a target for a take over?             

Besides the business section of the newspaper there are an assortment of sites that offer great market coverage. There’s yahoo business, there’s “MarketWatch” which I personally check out at least once daily. I use google finance to take a quick peek at our stock portfolio, then there’s the “WSJ.com” for in-depth coverage. If  you want the latest news from a business sector  there are  the google email alerts. I use this feature to keep track of rumors if my company is going to be bought out, I have google even send me stuff that gets reported in blogs, so if there’s a sniff out there I see it. But the real point of the matter is if you are tech worker; system admin,network admin, CIO, consultant, whatever, if you make your living in the tech world then you need to be on top of the latest business news and trends. Those of us in the tech field are knowledge workers we need to keep our knowledge base growing across the board and not just limited to our own little slice of the tech world.

That’s my two cents..............

Eric

Today's Favorite Articles.

Here’s a comparison of IT salaries region by region.
http://www.infoworld.com/t/it-jobs/the-2011-it-salary-survey-region-region-006&current=1&last=2#slideshowTop

Some helpful learning material from Cisco.
https://learningnetwork.cisco.com/community/learning_center/self_assessments

A helpful article on “cloud server security.”
http://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/dir/2011/040411id2.html?source=NWWNLE_nlt_security_identity_2011-04-06

“Dish buys Blockbuster for 228 million.”
http://www.fiercecable.com/story/dish-scoops-blockbuster-228-million/2011-04-06?utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal

“Comcast adds 1 million new Subscribers last year.”
http://www.fiercecable.com/story/comcast-tops-adding-broadband-subs/2011-04-06?utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal

Linux cant bash MS any more now that the war is won.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/040511-linux-vs-microsoft.html?source=NWWNLE_nlt_daily_am_2011-04-06

Here’s a security webcast.
http://resources.infoworld.com/ccd/show/200002154/00226530027123IFWMXSHBSH3VZ

Here’s another webcast about “reducing costs through Data Center Efficiency and Server Management.”
http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=2811549&promo=550&tag=nl.e550&cval=wit2.zdnet&ctype=default

It Pros vs. the minor leaguers.
http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/project-management/consultants-are-pros-while-corporate-it-staff-are-minor-leaguers/2953?tag=nl.e550


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

An Ode to Java.

Java, java, everywhere Java.

Oh the price of Java! 

Everyone drinks Java and most people can write Java!

Java, Java how many ways do I know you.

I write in you, I drink you. I run you, I brew you. Java, Java. 

Java is the only programming language that I can drink!

(My wife thought I was two things when she read this. One That I was crazy, and two that I was more in love with Java than her, but she knows thats not the case.)

Today's Favorite Articles.

Thunderbird to loose its anonymity to go under the Mozilla umbrella.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-30685_3-20050717-264.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20

Hack of the day “Android on an iphone.”
http://www.pcworld.com/article/196595/how_to_install_android_on_your_iphone.html#tk.nl_hox_h_cbstories

New Commodore64 on the way. No release date yet, but will be backward compatible with the original. Check out the innards and you might one too.
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13772_3-20050585-52.html?part=rss&subj=news&tag=2547-1_3-0-20

“How to prevent users from disconnecting the network connection in Server 2008”
http://www.zdnetasia.com/prevent-users-from-disabling-network-connections-in-windows-server-2008-62208226.htm

“Virtualization strategies ignore storage costs.”
http://www.itworldcanada.com/news/virtualization-strategies-ignore-storage-costs-survey/142859

Dragonfly, a potential solution to virtual storage problems?
http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/04/04/marvell_dragonfly/

Linksys Division gets new management and it shows in new product line.
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/perlow/cisco-linksys-the-makeover/16665?tag=mantle_skin;content

An early look at Ubuntu’s Unity.
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/open-source/the-new-ubuntu-desktop-unity/8584?tag=mantle_skin;content

The sky's are still cloudy when it comes to IT Salaries.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/040411-it-workers-under-pressure-and.html?page=1

On the other side of the coin here is a listing of “top-paying industries for IT”.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/040411-top-paying-industries-for.html?source=nww_rss

Some storage solutions for your consideration.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/040411-huawei-symantec-unveils-first-midrange.html?source=nww_rss

Amazon seeks to lower cost barriers to entering into the cloud.
http://www.infoworld.com/d/cloud-computing/amazons-cloud-new-offers-dedicated-hardware-910

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

Today's Favorite Articles.

Lessons in IT why command line is sometimes a better tool.
http://www.infoworld.com/d/data-center/why-guis-suck-revisited-515?source=IFWNLE_nlt_daily_2011-04-04

Article blames Windows OS and poor security in critical real time systems.
http://www.infoworld.com/t/windows-security/your-power-plant-windows-671?source=IFWNLE_nlt_daily_2011-04-04

Though I suspect its not so much the software that’s the problem rather its the people using the software to manage these critical systems.

“Eight ways to save power in data Centers”.
http://www.infoworld.com/d/data-center/8-radical-ways-cut-data-center-power-costs-425?source=IFWNLE_nlt_daily_2011-04-04

You could tell the boss how you are going to save the company money and look like a hero doing so.

The benefits of a Virtual WLAN CONTROLLER.
http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/virtual-wlan-controllers-yes-benefits-are-rea?source=NWWNLE_nlt_virtualization_2011-04-04

Some heavy tech stuff here.

MS claims “Hper-V is ready to support teir1 Application work loads”.
http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/microsoft-hyper-v-ready-tier-1-application-wo?source=NWWNLE_nlt_virtualization_2011-04-04

Cisco upgrades some hardware.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/033011-cisco-nexus-datacenter-switches.html?page=1

Here’s an argument that the cost of running IPv4 will increase and we will all pay the price.
http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/cost-running-ipv4-network-will-increase?source=NWWNLE_nlt_cisco_2011-04-04

There are managers that have ideas and do not know how to execute those ideas, then there are the managers that know how to take some elses ideas and execute them.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/Executing-on-Ideas-and-Other-Magic-Acts-72179.html



Surf up!...............Eric

Today's Favorite Articles.

Email marketing giant Epsilon is hacked, supposedly only emails and names are stolen, nothing of any financial nature was taken reports say.
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/224112/bank_customers_warned_after_breach_at_epsilon_marketing_firm.html#tk.nl_bdx_h_crawl

Eye protection for the computer user.
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/224128/protect_eyes_with_gaming_glasseseven_while_working.html#tk.nl_bdx_h_crawl

How virtualization is effecting the office environment.
http://www.easterniowabusiness.com/2011/04/03/office-equipment-trends-multitasking-flexibility/

A cloud company that you should be aware of GigeNET Cloud.
http://www.americanbankingnews.com/2011/04/03/gigenet-cloud-version-3-about-to-be-released-higher-performance-more-reliable-more-features/

IT Outsourceing impedes Innovation Study finds.
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/033011-it-outsourcing-study-highlights-impediments.html?page=1

Microsoft embraces the Penguin.
http://www.infoworld.com/t/misadventures/shocker-redmond-microsoft-turns-linux-020?source=rss_
It’s all just Linux now.

Nasa has computer security Problems?
http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/NASA-Failure-to-Secure-Computer-Systems-Endangers-Space-Missions-Audit-741515/?kc=rss
Nothing that someone with an associates degree in computer science can’t fix on the cheap.

Surfs up!...............Eric :-)