Today's Favorite Articles and My Two bits.

“Microsoft to relieve 'Excel hell' with Web crawler for enterprise data”
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/042111-microsoft-project-barcelona.html?source=NWWNLE_nlt_daily_am_2011-04-22

White Paper:
“Business Risk and the Midsize Firm: What Can Be Done to Minimize Disruptions?”
http://resources.networkworld.com/ccd/show/200002382/00277940032205NWW1KLXAHPZAV/

“NSF, Microsoft award 13 research teams free cloud computing”
http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/nsf-microsoft-award-13-research-teams-free-cl?source=NWWNLE_nlt_daily_am_2011-04-22

“Server Virtualization Complicates Network Management”
http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/server-virtualization-complicates-network-man?source=NWWNLE_nlt_daily_am_2011-04-22

“Earth Day Report: Top 10 Tech Power Suckers”
http://www.pcworld.com/article/225939/earth_day_report_top_10_tech_power_suckers.html#tk.nl_bdx_h_crawl

Red Hat to offer an alternative to Java.
http://www.technewsworld.com/story/Red-Hats-New-Java-Alternative-From-Coffee-to-Tea-72312.html

“A Disaster In The Making? Sony’s PlayStation Network Suffers Prolonged Global Outage”
http://techcrunch.com/2011/04/22/a-disaster-in-the-making-sonys-playstation-network-suffers-prolonged-global-outage/

“AT&T Admits They Weren’t Ready For The iPhone”
http://www.mobilecrunch.com/2011/04/22/att-admits-they-werent-ready-for-the-iphone/

A network cable nightmare.
http://linkstate.wordpress.com/2011/04/19/recabling-project/
Check out the pics in this blog they are sure to make any network geek cringe.

"Amazon EC2 debacle drags on into Day 2"
http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/amazon-ec2-debacle-drags-day-2?source=NWWNLE_nlt_daily_pm_2011-04-22

"Open Source is Expensive"
http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/open-source-expensive?source=NWWNLE_nlt_daily_pm_2011-04-22

"Microsoft blasts Google Docs compatibility with Word"
http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/microsoft-blasts-google-docs-compatibility-wo?source=NWWNLE_nlt_daily_pm_2011-04-22




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

Today's favorite Tech Articles and My Two Bits.

“How to format a hard drive”
http://www.networkworld.com/slideshows/2011/041911-hard-drive.html?source=NWWNLE_nlt_cool_tools_2011-04-21
Boy it must have been a slow day, they needed some filler articles. What were they thinking when they posted this one. This coming from a serious industry website. I have to shake my head on this one.

“German software maker Ashampoo warns of malware after hack”
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/042111-german-software-maker-ashampoo-warns.html?source=NWWNLE_nlt_security_2011-04-21

“IT's cloud resistance is starting to annoy businesses”
http://www.infoworld.com/d/cloud-computing/its-cloud-resistance-starting-annoy-businesses-383?source=IFWNLE_nlt_daily_2011-04-21

“Deploying and Configuring Server Core VMs on Hyper-V (Part 2)”
http://www.virtualizationadmin.com/articles-tutorials/general-virtualization-articles/deploying-configuring-server-core-vms-hyper-v-part2.html

“WAN Virtualization - Transport and encrypted flows”
http://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/frame/2011/041811wan2.html?source=NWWNLE_nlt_wan_2011-04-21

“IBM to support Windows servers on mainframes”
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/042011-ibm-windows-mainframe.html?source=NWWNLE_nlt_daily_am_2011-04-21

“Popular kids clothing retailer hit with database breach”
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/042011-popular-kids-clothing-retailer-hit.html?source=NWWNLE_nlt_daily_am_2011-04-21



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

Today's Favorite Articles.

“Microsoft Lync 2010: Unified communications comes of age”
http://www.infoworld.com/d/applications/microsoft-lync-2010-unified-communications-comes-age-442?source=IFWNLE_nlt_daily_2011-04-20

“Meet the fastest public-key algorithm few have even heard of”
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/042011-ntrue-algorithm-x9.html?source=NWWNLE_nlt_daily_pm_2011-04-20

“Are IT departments too slow to patch Windows?”
http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/are-it-departments-too-slow-patch-windows?source=NWWNLE_nlt_daily_pm_2011-04-20

“Intel first quarter carried by servers, enterprise demand”
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/btl/intel-first-quarter-carried-by-servers-enterprise-demand/47501?tag=nl.e589

“How far has the Internet come with IPv6 Adoption?”
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/networking/how-far-has-the-internet-come-with-ipv6-adoption/967?tag=nl.e589

“Why the Office 365 beta is worth testing”
http://www.zdnet.com/blog/bott/why-the-office-365-beta-is-worth-testing/3153?tag=nl.e589

“Office 365: Not for Smaller Businesses”
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/225632/office_365_not_for_smaller_businesses.html#tk.nl_bdx_h_crawl

“Exchange 2003 users are best suited to kick the Office 365 tires”
http://www.infoworld.com/d/microsoft-windows/exchange-2003-users-are-best-suited-kick-the-office-365-tires-377?page=0,0&source=IFWNLE_nlt_daily_2011-04-20

“Tech support teams understaffed by 42%”
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/041911-tech-support-shortfall.html?source=NWWNLE_nlt_daily_pm_2011-04-19

“Server Virtualization Skills Lacking In Networking Groups”
http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/server-virtualization-skills-lacking-networki?source=NWWNLE_nlt_daily_pm_2011-04-19

“Cisco vs Wi-Fi rivals: its latest Wi-Fi controller software dissected”
http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/cisco-vs-wi-fi-rivals-its-latest-wi-fi-contro?source=NWWNLE_nlt_daily_pm_2011-04-19

“Tech jobs proliferating ... at least for some”
http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/tech-jobs-proliferating-least-some?source=NWWNLE_nlt_daily_pm_2011-04-19

“Free Internet Security Tools, Lightweight PDF Reader”
http://www.pcworld.com/article/221107/free_internet_security_tools_lightweight_pdf_reader.html#tk.nl_sbx_h_cbstories

“Readers' Choice Awards Yearly Round Up 2010”
http://www.virtualizationadmin.com/news/general/readers-choice-awards-yearly-round-up-2010.html

“Mobile development 101: What you need to know”
http://www.infoworld.com/d/application-development/mobile-development-101-what-you-need-know-683-0

“Skype, LifeSize offer HD video compatibility”
http://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/converg/2011/041811convergence2.html?source=NWWNLE_nlt_convergence_voip_2011-04-20

“Microsoft turns the table on Google, discloses Chrome security bugs”
http://www.networkworld.com/community/blog/microsoft-turns-table-google-discloses-chrome?source=NWWNLE_nlt_google_2011-04-20

“Survey: Insider data breach more common than you may think”
http://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/dir/2011/041811id2.html?source=NWWNLE_nlt_security_identity_2011-04-20

“8 security questions to ask before building mobile apps”
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/041811-8-security-questions-to-ask.html?source=NWWNLE_nlt_security_identity_2011-04-20

“IT Leader Builds a Know-how Network”
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/041811-it-leader-builds-a-know-how.html?source=NWWNLE_nlt_web_apps_2011-04-20

“First White Spaces access point gives grandma the Internet”
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/041911-whitespaces-superwifi-rice.html?source=NWWNLE_nlt_daily_am_2011-04-20

“Five cool vendors in cloud management”
http://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/nsm/2011/041811nsm2.html?source=NWWNLE_nlt_network_systems_2011-04-20


Whew......Theres allot out there today.

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

Today's Favorite Articles and My Two bits.

A 256GB Thumbdrive by next year...
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/225370/look_out_for_the_256gb_thumb_drive_and_the_128gb_tablet.html#tk.nl_bdx_h_crawl
Now what if they put those things in servers? Or even Microservers, you could shrink the energy consumption of the servers and save business some money in IT. Just some ideas.

Advances in tech;
The Self Encrypting Hard Drive.
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/225392/toshiba_selfencrypting_hard_drive_has_promise.html#tk.nl_bdx_h_crawl

“Verizon Launches Next-Generation All-Fiber-Optic FiOS TV Service”
http://cable.tmcnet.com/topics/cable/articles/165000-verizon-launches-next-generation-all-fiber-optic-fios.htm

“In-Stat: More sports won't stop cable cord cutting”
http://www.fiercecable.com/story/stat-more-sports-wont-stop-cable-cord-cutting/2011-04-18?utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal

“Cablevision adds PC-to-TV service for subscribers”
http://www.fiercecable.com/story/cablevision-adds-pc-tv-service-subscribers/2011-04-18?utm_medium=nl&utm_source=internal

White Paper:
“Wi-Fi Provides RX for Healthcare Challenges”
http://resources.networkworld.com/ccd/show/200001404/00167620019777NWWYHW2FCOOPK/


White Paper:
“Comprehensive Framework for Secure Virtualized Data Centers”
http://resources.networkworld.com/ccd/show/51314488/00265120032181NWW798EBXL19V/
“Understand the need for security solutions that can address the reality of expanding virtualization. Read this paper and learn how HP TippingPoint's secure virtualization framework allows organizations to gain control of the virtual environment by introducing in-line security policy enforcement.
Sponsor: HP”

“WAN virtualization: Great idea, but which equipment?”
http://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/frame/2011/041811wan1.html?page=1


“InfoWorld preview: Office 365 beta”
http://www.infoworld.com/d/cloud-computing/infoworld-preview-office-365-beta-153?page=0,0




Some Reasons why Office 365 pays for its self.
http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/225377/office_365_virtually_pays_for_itself.html#tk.nl_bdx_h_crawl



White Paper;
“Maximizing Server Performance and Reliability”
http://whitepapers.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=2857145&promo=550&tag=nl.e550&cval=wit2.zdnet&ctype=default

White Paper/video
“Microsoft Desktop Virtualization Customer Roundtable”
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/enterprise/solutions/virtualization/dvroundtable2011.aspx?OCID=1WOD_paidd

Mobile location services.....
http://www.infoworld.com/d/mobile-technology/mobile-location-services-dont-ruin-pending-revolution-279?page=0,0&source=IFWNLE_nlt_daily_2011-04-19

My two bits: Do we need phones that track our location for us? Unless I’m loss and I need to use a GPS to find my way in an area that I don’t know, then I don’t need apps on my phone that track my location. Then again that's me, I like my privacy.

“The shifting LANscape”
http://www.networkworld.com/newsletters/frame/2011/042511wan1.html?source=NWWNLE_nlt_wan_2011-04-19

“Server and desktop hypervisors (Part 2)”
http://www.virtualizationadmin.com/articles-tutorials/general-virtualization-articles/server-desktop-hypervisors-part2.html

“Cisco enterprise management tools take on new network realities”
http://www.networkworld.com/news/2011/041911-cisco-prime.html?source=NWWNLE_nlt_daily_am_2011-04-19


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