Windows 8 Logo: Everything old is new again?
It is interesting how things come around… Also — wasn’t Google the one that was going for a design with 41 shades of blue?
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World Internet Usage Statistics
Very interesting statistics on Internet usage from a global perspective. Couple of things to call out: North America is #3 by number of Internet users North America is #1 by Internet penetration World Internet Usage Statistics News and World Population Stats. Source: http://www.internetworldstats.com/stats.htm Data is as of December 31, 2011.
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What is Kodak to do
As I was reading today’s news there is a story for which I simply had to write a comment about… Kodak ditches digital camera business Kodak will “phase out its dedicated capture devices business” — which includes digital cameras, pocket video cameras and digital picture frames — in the first half of 2012. Wow !…
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Tweets for January 2012
My Tweets for January 2012 follow: Date Tweet 2012-01-31 16:11:21 Nine Startup Tips From Michael Dell http://t.co/MdD69T2d 2012-01-30 16:11:46 Hierarchy of Need: Consumerization of IT – what it means for the Architecthttp://t.co/qnpH1RGh 2012-01-30 16:09:10 Manage IT consumerization to benefit the company: 5 policy keys http://t.co/n27xl9rO 2012-01-30 16:06:33 Consumerization in 2012: Cloud and mobile blurs into other people’s…
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You are fully capable…
A couple of days ago, I watched the Star Trek (2009) movie again. Such a great movie, so many good scenes here… The one that deserved a blog entry today, the one in which Sarek (Spock’s dad) tells his young son: You are fully capable of deciding your own destiny. The question you face…
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Move from Physical Image to Virtual
There are many reasons you would like to convert a Desktop/ Laptop image into a virtual image. They may include: Backup / easy recovery Want to access your image while on the road Tired of traveling with multiple devices Today is fairly easy to convert a physical desktop/laptop into a virtual one. Although I focus…
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Internet Parental Controls Enforced
Like many of you parents out there, we have a real issue with our kids Internet access habits… They are online at all times, talking to their friends, surfing YouTube or playing multi-player online games. The Internet has become a large part of our everyday activities, so we are not necessarily oppose to these activities, but the…
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Pitch and Pray – PnP
Interesting concept PnP – No, not the same as Plug and Play, but different… My job takes me to many sales calls, and presentations , and I work with many salespeople (we all are, but that is a different article). A few of them still are in the habit of pitching ideas and…
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WinZip: How many versions back are you?
I just received an email (probably like many thousands others) letting me know of the release of WinZip 16. Such a GREAT product, it used to be a must have tool… My thoughts (mostly in order) as I glanced at the email: wow! v.16 that is a high number! Have I seen any other…
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Tweets for December 2011
My tweets for December 2011 follow: Date Tweet 2011-12-31 18:08:57 Five tips for your 2012 social media strategy http://t.co/WwkqFCRh 2011-12-31 18:05:03 The Fine Line Between Success and Failure: Creating What You Want Most in 2012 – Forbes http://t.co/ipjStLAK 2011-12-31 17:56:16 Like Hell Facebook Is Killing Google (GOOG) http://t.co/KlvmWhCF 2011-12-30 15:47:03 2011′s Executive Compensation Highlights (and Lowlights) |http://t.co/Xp0Zl57p 2011-12-30…
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Best to all in 2012!
Wishing you all the very best in 2012! New Year’s resolutions: – Less butter – More blog postings! PS -Let’s hope the Maya’s were not right, and they simply ran out of space.
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Want to Archive your tweets to your blog?
I did, and I ended up in quite a digital journey… Prelude: If you are a bit like me, you have multiple important (and not so important) digital places in which you keep things at. Heck! you probably have multiple blogs, Twitter, Tumblr, Flickr, and so on accounts. Background: One day a while back, after…
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Microsoft Hyper-V
When considering VMware to address the Server Virtualization environment, take a moment to consider another more cost effective alternative: Microsoft Virtual Server. Although Virtual Server does not currently offer VMware features such as VMotion, Site Recovery, Converter, etc. Microsoft is spending a lot of development dollars making sure that the Virtual Server environment is in…
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5-15-50 Close Friends and Family
I just read this at www.Path.com and found it very relevant and appropriate and it hit a cord with me: “…Professor Robin Dunbar from Oxford University, whose research delves deeply into the number of trusted relationships humans can maintain throughout life. We tend to have 5 best friends, 15 good friends, 50 close friends and…
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Tweets Archives: November 2011
My tweets for 2011-11 are: 11/03/11 19:58:03 VDI Printing from The Virtualization Practice Blog http://t.co/ZNMsFE3X 11/04/11 14:16:35 Release: Citrix XenClient 2.1 http://t.co/bs3QuyRK 11/04/11 14:23:13 Printing Architectures for VDI – Part 2 http://t.co/nXcI6iWn 11/04/11 14:23:22 Making an Educated Decision on View 5.0 or XenDesktop 5.5 http://t.co/wRmRMtns 11/04/11 14:27:01 Desktop virtualization smackdown: Parallels vs. VMware vs. VirtualBox…
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Reading Book: I live in the future….
I am reading the book: I Live in the Future & Here’s How It Works: Why Your World, Work, and Brain Are Being Creatively Disrupted by Nick Bilton… So far it is has an excellent point of view for content creators. Have not finished yet, but I am enjoying it, and have made many notes…
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Tweets Archive: October 2011
My Tweets for October 2011 were: 10/01/11 17:41:07 Kindle Fire vs. iPad 2 vs. Nook Color — Good explanation. http://t.co/Ktu7a36i 10/01/11 18:13:35 Good food for thought! http://t.co/6Vp457vC 10/01/11 18:36:20 Video: Brian Madden explains the Consumerization of IT in 3 minutes – Brian Madden – BrianMadden.com http://t.co/btLVnDrQ 10/01/11 18:45:01 US SMB SaaS CRM Market Set…
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Tweets Archive: September 2011
My Tweets for 2011-09 follow: 09/04/11 06:05:15 Enterprise License Optimization: Microsoft licensing in VDI environments http://t.co/4zKW0Aq 09/04/11 06:10:59 Amazon Is Only Launching A 7? Tablet? Genius. (Plus A Mockup!) http://t.co/F3oZ6Wl 09/04/11 06:15:05 Netflix loses Starz contract, content to be pulled February 28 http://t.co/okhdpRR 09/05/11 17:01:02 Great graphic! RT @cloudtweaks: Infographic: The Cloud Computing Stratosphere http://t.co/NJdZzuO…
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To Netflix: Must Try Something else now
After several months of back and forth, this past weekend (long weekend) we finally came to realization that the current Netflix offering is just not working for us anymore… When the rate increase changed, earlier this year, we switched to streaming only, but, simply put, the current streaming selection sucks! Recent news events that…
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Tweets Archive: August 2011
My tweets for August 2011 were: 08/02/11 02:35:05 Chrome still pushing forward, IE8 falls below 30%, IE6 falls below 10% – TechSpot News http://bit.ly/qwr5j4 08/08/11 00:19:20 Forget About Devices! Why IT Execs Should Focus On Content http://onforb.es/p5leap 08/09/11 17:17:27 10-Year Stock Comparasion: Microsoft, Amazon, Google & Apple. http://bit.ly/ohSL7I 08/09/11 18:10:44 Dropbox has 25 million users…
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Tweets Archive to: 2011-07-30
My tweets for period: 7/16 – 7/30/2011 follow: 07/16/11 01:25:58 Ineresting point of view: Google+: One Hell Of A Trojan Horse http://tcrn.ch/noNOME 07/16/11 01:29:35 Desktop virtualization offers a solution to the consumerization of IT puzzle | ITworld http://bit.ly/pZF6nu 07/16/11 17:28:25 A Tale Of Two Countries: The Growing Divide Between Silicon Valley And Unemployed America http://tcrn.ch/nPgdaQ…
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Afternoon Rest
Afternoon Rest , a photo by jorper98 on Flickr. I love this picture – It is a very simple and functional piece used at the bottom of doors to protect them from carts wheels and hold them from swinging wide open. The pieces go largely unnoticed, but they someone took the time to make them…
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Boring Statistics – No More!
Who said statistics need to be dull…. Excellent video : titled Social Media Revolution 3 (4:15 version via Erik Qualman) based on the book Socialnomics by +Erik Qualman — [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x0EnhXn5boM] Back in 2009 I was exposed to the same style video called “Did You Know? 3.0 ” which conveyed a number of statistic, in a very refreshing matter…
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GooglePlus First Impressions
I love it! – ..but I must also be honest A few initial thoughts and ramblings — First – a big THANKS (bold, italics and underlined) to my teenage son for inviting me in!! — ( He did made me beg for it (a little) but let me easily it is funny that…
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Tweets Archive for 2011-07-15
Tweet archives for periord: 7/1 – 7/15 2011 07/01/11 06:35:07 I just connected my @klout account with LinkedIn. Connect and see how your @klout improves! http://t.co/Zaq2vVn 07/01/11 14:26:38 Reap the benefits of desktop virtualization: cut IT costs, secure data & more. Get the white paper. http://bit.ly/jhZVWB 07/02/11 16:32:10 How to patch virtualized Office 2010 sequenced…
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For Fun: My name in multiple languages
I had a little time in between flights, and ran across the much improved Google translate… So I why not play a bit… 🙂
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The Engagement Pyramid
Going through my ReaditLater.com pending queue, I found this great Groundwire article from By Gideon Rosenblatt which I had marked several months back A couple of quotes: …The most effective social change organizations understand how to wield their portfolio of engagement tactics in Zen-like fashion… …At Groundwire, we use a framework for mapping these different levels…
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Tweets Archive: June 2011
My tweets for the month are: 06/01/11 01:44:56 How Google Takes 54 Cents From Every Dollar Spent On Web Advertising http://read.bi/lI0Pg1 06/01/11 01:48:48 Paper: Windows 7 IOPS for VDI: Deep Dive http://bit.ly/lsTPp2 06/01/11 07:14:19 Asus unveils smartphone-tablet combo, the Padfone – TechSpot News http://bit.ly/mhhmOj 06/02/11 21:10:19 Microsoft’s Windows 8 Demo From D9 (Video) – AllThingsD…
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Roku Device
Got a Roku HD device and installed it – Goood user interface for the TV format… Netflix, Hulu, on demand PBS, NPR and TV NEW — The only downside: No YouTube…
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Chromebooks for Business
For the past 30 years we have struggled (and some of us made a living) with managing, configuring and supporting PCs. For just as many years folks have been talking about ways to make this easier. After all maintaining PCs can be a very expensive endeavor for businesses and a time consuming task for homes…
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The Future of Textbooks Finally here
Check out the demo of inkling.com at the D9 conference. Very Impressive.
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Tweets Archives: 2011-05-30
Tweets Archives, since the last tweets posting: 05/16/11 16:01:53 Hot Or Not: The Disruptive Tech Outlook for 2011 http://slidesha.re/k5Gbxn 05/16/11 19:36:47 8 Tips for Using Social Blogging to Grow Your Business | Inc.com http://bit.ly/kAgP6I 05/17/11 02:28:45 A Lot Of Cool Things Are Coming To Windows Phones (MSFT) http://read.bi/kyNIL1 05/17/11 02:35:59 Microsoft Apologises For BPOS Outage…
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Entrepreneurship is the Art of Optimism
I love this quote! –I have never heard this one before, and it really encapsulates perfectly the term. It came Mark Suster during a session at NYU that he posted on his weekly show: This Week in Venture Capital You can watch or listen to the show here (it is about half way into the…
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Is email going the way of regular mail?
First some astonishing statistics: (Source: PingDom: Internet 2010 in numbers) 107 trillion – The number of emails sent on the Internet in 2010. 294 billion – Average number of email messages per day. 1.88 billion – The number of email users worldwide. 89.1% – The share of emails that were spam. (that is 269 billion emails) 2.9 billion – The number of email…
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US Broadband Infrastructure falling behind
A few days ago (5/13/2011), I saw a segment in the PBS.org series Need To Know that talked to how strategic Europe sees the upgrade of their broadband infrastructure. More interesting is that it is being financed privately. As the program shows, the result have transformational. Fast forward to at time stamp: 24:50 time stamp. Watch the full episode. ( Broadband Infrastructure:…
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Tweets: 2011-05-15
Tweet archives for last couple of weeks. 05/01/11 06:17:56 Online College Education is evolving exponentially each year. Don’t believe me? Check this Infographic out ; http://lx.im/1c9Ey – ad 05/01/11 21:31:44 The Future of Advertising Will Be Integrated http://tcrn.ch/iGVoCi 05/01/11 22:09:22 Microsoft Keeps Burning Hundreds Of Millions Online http://read.bi/kQQqvj 05/01/11 22:21:03 Microsoft Online – $4B startup…
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Test from my phone
Entering a post from my phone… The device is small, and it makes difficult to type a lot. Adding an image is easy. Formatting is challenging. For a quick post to catch a though, very useful!
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Microsoft Online – $4B startup and counting
It is simply amazing to see how much is Microsot investing into its online division. Based on the the latest Microsoft quarterly result published last week, the operating loss for the online services division was $726M in the 3rd quarter alone, and a loss $1.8B for the current year. If we look back to when the…
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Tweets Archive: 2011-04-30
Tweets for the last week: 04/24/11 19:02:59 Relaxing Sunday. Catching up on my reading. 04/24/11 19:05:10 Whiteboard art. Talent and patience. 04/24/11 19:15:41 Send links from iPad http://t.co/B1rtsOK 04/24/11 19:26:46 RT @jack: People around the world spend 3 hours walking for water. Take 3 min to learn why from @charitywater. Video: http://t.co/dYny8yT 04/24/11 19:32:15 Bookmarklets…
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Tip my hat to Amazon.com – Showed Real Class
After a heck of an outage last week, Amazon published they root-cause and postmortem yesterday – less than 5 days after the actual outage, and *after* they have completely stabilize the after-math of the outage. I have to tip my hat to how Amazon for the content transparentness, analysis and the expressly stated apology to their customer. We go…
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Shout-out to ThisWeekIn.com Podcast Network
Jason Calacanis, an established, proven entrepreneur and angel investor who has started, sold and funded startups, and his crew produce a phenomenal set of podcast shows, out of their web property: ThisWeekIn.com Two of my favorites, which I listen to whenever I get the chance are: This Week in Startups (TWIST), offers aspiring entrepreneurs invaluable…
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Tweets: 2011-04-22
Tweet archives for the last couple weeks: 04/11/11 02:27:57 Backing up my tweets with @Backupify http://backupify.com – Twitter backup is free! 04/12/11 03:40:28 75% of Enterprises Have ‘Bring Your Own Device’ Policies. What That Means. (Charts) | ZDNet http://zd.net/dPrm0Z 04/12/11 03:50:57 Amazon has lofty interests – Technology – NewsObserver.com http://bit.ly/gqJTmY 04/12/11 04:19:10 Dropbox: Insecure by…
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Tweets 2011-04-10
Tweets for the last couple of weeks: 03/27/11 00:09:06 Excellent real story! How to launch a startup for $42.15, and get 250,000 users http://bit.ly/gDWVr5 03/27/11 00:13:12 Export and Analyze Social Media Analytics | Export.ly http://bit.ly/fNty0h 03/28/11 21:09:37 In AT&T & T-Mobile Merger, Everybody Loses: Tech News and Analysis « http://bit.ly/fzLcyB 03/29/11 13:03:15 Amazon service lets…
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Tweets Archives: March 2011
March Tweets: 03/01/11 05:08:51 Wikipedia wants 1 billion users, 200,000 editors by 2015 – TechSpot http://bit.ly/fF2HEe 03/01/11 05:15:40 Forrester: IT staff must become ‘teachers’ to the business http://bit.ly/eJlazD 03/01/11 05:19:19 Microsoft Readies Windows Intune for March Launch http://bit.ly/e1eYYS 03/01/11 05:31:45 Softricity’s SoftGrid 10 years after the Wow! (A look back at Softricity by an insider)…
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Tweets Archive: Feb 2011
The following are the tweets I sent in February: 02/01/11 06:57:19 Google Docs gets a dose of Gmail features – TechSpot News http://bit.ly/eo0Jqd 02/01/11 07:18:28 Can you swap your laptop with an iPad? http://bit.ly/fUHfsT 02/02/11 07:10:30 Mozy Drops Unlimited Storage, Destroys Cloud Dream – PCWorld Business Center http://bit.ly/hiLs9e 02/04/11 05:16:12 How to hack the $250…
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Tweets: 2011-01-30
Tweets sent the last couple of weeks: 01/16/11 07:45:28 Top 10 Clever Uses for the Cloud http://lifehac.kr/fQzKXn 01/16/11 07:47:57 4 Companies Getting Real Results From Cloud Computing — Cloud Computing — InformationWeek http://bit.ly/gGTNg6 01/16/11 16:18:20 Windows on verge of dropping below 90% market share | ITworld http://bit.ly/gronTW 01/16/11 16:32:19 Netflix reveals challenges in the cloud…
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Tweets Collection: 2011-01-15
My tweets for the last couple of weeks: 12/29/10 06:49:03 Facebook passes Yahoo, becomes world’s third largest website – TechSpot News http://bit.ly/eth8XZ 12/31/10 18:19:47 E-book sales surpass physical book sales on Barnes & Noble website http://bit.ly/gYUEtu 12/31/10 18:47:40 Myspace still around? It Mulls Significant Layoffs, With Potential Sale Looming http://bit.ly/h3X2xi 01/03/11 17:15:59 The complicated new…
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Tweet Archives: 2010-12-31
Archive of last set of tweets sent in 2010.. 12/13/10 17:36:52 How Does Airplane WiFi Work? at WLAN Book.com http://bit.ly/eGvRDD 12/15/10 04:34:08 Monetizing digital content the rocky road ahead — Good Presentation http://slidesha.re/eYOI8q 12/16/10 00:30:49 Microsoft: From 2010 to 2011 – Walking the Cloud Talk – http://bit.ly/fynQWv 12/18/10 19:09:04 Citrix looks to 2011 to boost…
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Tweet report: 2010-12-12
Archives of tweets sent in the last couple of weeks: 11/29/10 22:46:08 Hacking NetFlix : The Reasons Behind Netflix’s Move to Amazon’s Cloud Services http://bit.ly/g1PXO4 11/30/10 04:08:51 Tablets expected to cut into PC sales in 2011 http://bit.ly/f08oqU 11/30/10 04:18:06 Paper: VDI TCO Analysis for Office Worker Environments http://bit.ly/hK8CpN 12/01/10 05:50:42 Red Hat – an open…
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Tweets Report: 2010-11-30
Latest tweets from the last couple of weeks: 11/17/10 22:16:45 The 10 biggest tech scandals of the decade http://bit.ly/d7ue59 11/17/10 22:25:54 Four ways cloud computing can make your business better now | VentureBeat http://bit.ly/bwbYyC 11/18/10 15:42:57 Windows 8 to showcase ‘desktop as a service’? | ZDNet http://zd.net/clkac7 11/19/10 14:12:36 Microsoft TCO study: VDI is 11%…
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Latest Tweets: 2010-11-15
Tweets for the last couple of weeks follow: 10/31/10 00:26:08 Test with iPad 10/31/10 00:32:56 RT @MSDownloads: Office 365 Beta Data Sheets: These documents provide an overview of the features of the Office 365… http://goo.gl/fb/fiMN1 10/31/10 01:05:01 cloudcomputing.info | Gartner: Microsoft and VMware the only leading players in cloud computing b… http://bit.ly/ahn5Sr 11/03/10 07:49:34 Did…
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The old Cable/TV is history? (finally)
A recent piece of news captures (finally) the truth about the feeling everyone has about their cable serif. It is overpriced and there is never anything on when one finally has the time to sit down in front of the TV. Cable Lost 500,000 subscribers in a single quarter In a related piece, one of…
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Traditional TV/Cable is finally caving!
A recent piece of news captures (finally) the truth about the feeling everyone has about their cable serif. It is overpriced and there is never anything on when one finally has the time to sit down in front of the TV. Cable Lost 500,000 subscribers in a single quarter http://www.techspot.com/news/41013-cable-lost-500000-subscribers-in-q3-thanks-to-the-web.html In a related…
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Tweet report for 2010-10
Tweet Archive for October 2010 10/01/10 03:45:15 Let’s make it official and call it “user virtualization” http://bit.ly/9jOiLR 10/02/10 23:32:47 Application Virtualization Smackdown: Head-to-head analysis of Citrix, Endeavors, InstallFree, … http://bit.ly/aGUjbZ 10/12/10 01:46:24 Citrix announces XenDesktop 5. From Brian Madden http://bit.ly/bJ5heq 10/12/10 02:19:44 Facebook Introduces Organized Secured Share, Group Chat and Email Lists http://bit.ly/94aoB6 10/19/10 16:19:47…
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Tweets for 2010-09
Tweet Archive for September 2010 09/04/10 15:25:41 Microsoft hungry to eat VMware’s lunch | Beyond Binary – CNET News http://bit.ly/b5nqXu 09/09/10 04:42:27 ThinPoint Desktop Virtualization Review http://bit.ly/cRDIDV 09/09/10 04:45:06 Release: VMware ThinApp 4.6 http://bit.ly/9unLCe 09/09/10 04:51:37 CIOs split on future destiny of the IT department http://bit.ly/b7ttUq 09/09/10 04:54:22 Report: Mac sales are booming in enterprise,…
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LatestsTweets: 2010-08-30
Latest Tweets: 08/13/10 00:53:17 Using #Flipboard on iPad. What a fantastic app and UI. Highly recommended! www.flipboard.com 08/13/10 01:21:44 Netflix to stream Paramount, Lionsgate, MGM movies on Sep 1 http://www.seattlepi.com/business/1700ap_us_tec_netflix_movie_streaming.html 08/13/10 01:25:29 Microsoft, Google, CompuCom and California – latimes.com http://bit.ly/coxFhG 08/13/10 03:00:03 iPad Instrument Apps http://bit.ly/aAo9hf 08/13/10 03:28:31 Six Costly Cloud Mistakes – – CFO.com…
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Tweets report: 2010-07-30
Latest tweets: 06/28/10 06:19:19 Thanks #brianmadden for a great article on your #VDI predictions ! http://bit.ly/dqNH8A 06/28/10 06:24:28 Best and fresh comparison on #VDI solutions from the #BRIANMADDEN group at: http://bit.ly/9BYe5U 06/28/10 06:31:28 Have you gone #VDI only? I am 1/2 way there (still carry a laptop with me) but, I would like to hear…
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When to Baseline a Project Plan (Microsoft Project)
This is a common topic of conversation and it comes up every time I start a project… Best advice I have found follows: As the Project Manager you need to know what to, who should do what, when it should be done, why it should be done, the cost for it and a variety…
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When to Baseline a Project
This is a common topic of conversation and it comes up every time I start a project… Best advice I have found follows: As the Project Manager you need to know what to, who should do what, when it should be done, why it should be done, the cost for it and a variety of…
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Tweet’s Report: 2010-05-30
tweets of the last couple of months: 04/17/10 22:46:06 Google has the most servers! 1M+ http://digs.by/at3oxq 04/20/10 04:35:57 Microsoft Online Windows InTune: formerly System Center Online Desktop Manager but with more (MDOP included) http://bit.ly/c29RFj less 04/24/10 17:17:45 Microsoft and Facebook launched http://docs.com where Microsoft Office WebApps (Word, Excel PowerPoint) are available to Facebook users! 04/30/10…
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Cloud Services 101
Cloud computing (or cloud services) is the new buzz in the world of IT services. The term, which is still pretty nebulous for many users, refers to a model in which computing resources are hosted and delivered via the Internet than can dynamically grow and shrink depending on its demand and you pay only for…
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Office 2010 Deployment Kit for App-V
Just in case you missed it, Microsoft released the Microsoft Office 2010 Deployment Kit for App-V which will is required for sequencing and deploying Office 2010 client products with Microsoft Application Virtualization (App-V). The toolkit must be installed on the App-V sequencing station prior to monitoring the Office 2010 client installation, and on the…
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Facebook Distrust
I am not alone in my note to Facebook and my distrust! - According to a report in CNET News: …a recent poll by Sophos indicated that 60% of users surveyed are considering quitting Facebook over the privacy issues. good article that explains the issues …
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Cloud Services 101-5: Storage as a Service
Originally published for Averro.com blog. One of the major technical dilemmas that many small or medium sized companies face, is to have enough storage space for all the data its employees work with every day. Storage space can be pretty expensive; servers, hosting fees and support costs, can eat up a significant portion of the…
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Cloud Services 101-Video 2: Key Benefits
Originally published for Averro.com blog. In Cloud Services 101- Video 1 presentation we covered the basics (Definition, types, and deployment models) of what is refered to as cloud services. In this part-2 presentation we cover the key advantages that small and medium businesses can benefit from the use of these technologies. We have a few…
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FreeFileSync Terms of Use
FreeFileSync: Terms of Use The FreeFileSync standard and Donation Edition are for private use only. Commercial use requires buying the FreeFileSync Business Edition. This also applies to government organizations. A. GNU General Public LicenseB. wxWidgets LicenseC. OpenSSL LicenseD. curl LicenseE. libssh2 LicenseF. PuTTY License A.GNU General Public LicenseVersion 3, 29 June 2007 Copyright © 2007 Free Software Foundation, Inc….
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Cloud Services 101-4: For Small Businesses
Originally published for Averro.com blog. Cloud computing is quickly altering the way small businesses work. Hardware procurement, setup and software licensing in order to support the applications for all users in the organization is a significant effort and constant concern for the management team in any small business. With the development of cloud based services,…
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Note to Facebook
I think I’ve had enough of Facebook… This is what I would write to them, if they cared…. Dear Facebook – Your disregard to the trust placed in you with my information and relationships has gone beyond the point in which I can accept. Your complex and confusing privacy settings options are out of…
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Cloud Services 101-3: Key Benefits
Originally published for Averro.com blog. As we discussed in our initial article of the series, Cloud Services 101: The Basics, the cloud services can be categorized into three areas, Infrastructure, Platform or Application related. In part 2 of the series (Cloud Services 101: Big Players in the Field) we touched up on some of the…
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No More On-Premise Servers
I have long been talking to clients (especially small businesses) about the fact that they do not need to keep servers on-premise to do their work. In a press release dated 1/13/10 where Gartner lists its key predictions for IT in 2010 and beyond (read here), the first highlight is a prediction that by 2012,…
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Cloud Services 101-2: The Big Names in the Field
Originally published for Averro.com blog. Thanks to the convergence of multiple technology trends, including virtualization, data center consolidation, web-services, browser and commercialization of hardware advancements, there is simply no way of ignoring or denying the impact that cloud services are having within the industry. Placing files, email and applications on the cloud has its significant…
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iPad thoughts – the first 2 weeks
Very interesting device. For me, it is definitely a consumption device. Netflix, web-surfing, news and blog reader, drawing and playing games with my kids, and some YouTube. The video quality is amazing, the magazine reader is excellent, the battery second to none… Very good for easy blog postings and lite-email writing during my daily…
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Gartner Prediction: No IT assets
Gartner Prediction: No IT assets In a press release dated 1/13/10 where Gartner lists its key predictions for IT in 2010 and beyond (read here), the first highlight is a prediction that by 2012, 20% of businesses will own no IT assets. By 2012, 20 percent of businesses will own no IT assets. Several interrelated…
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Cloud Services 101-Video 1: The Basics
Originally created for Averro.com blog and posted on their blog. Following our April 17th posting, we have posted webcast — first of a series — explaining how can cloud services can help the Small Business. Each video is small and to the point, and intended for a business audience, and not a technical one. This…
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Windows Intune – Cloud-based Desktop Management
The beta version of Windows Intune, formerly known as System Center Online Desktop Management, it is now officially part of the Microsoft Online Services. is now in full beta. Windows Intune simplifies how businesses manage and secure PCs using Windows cloud services and Windows 7—so your computers and users can operate at peak performance. Windows…
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Blogging from iPad
So.. I had to know what all if the buzz was all about. I was not one of the first 300,000 wave, but was able to be on the second wave of shipments… So what do I think? Amazing device indeed. It will definitely be the catalyst to these types of devices. Will it be…
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Office Web Apps available to 400M users
If you have been using the Beta versions of the Office 2010 WebApps as of yesterday – you are in the company of 400 million friends! Yes – in a very unexpected announcement, Microsoft and Facebook made available http://docs.com – which allows Facebook users to collaborate using Office 2010 Web Apps. Now you can discover,…
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Windows Intune: Cloud Desktop Management
The beta version of Windows Intune is now in full beta. Windows Intune simplifies how businesses manage and secure PCs using Windows cloud services and Windows 7—so your computers and users can operate at peak performance. Windows Intune delivers cloud-based management and security capabilities that can be administered through a single Web-based console, enabling your…
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Cloud Services 101-1: The Basics
Originally published for Averro.com blog and posted on their blog. Cloud computing (or cloud services) is the new buzz in the world of IT services. The term, which is still pretty nebulous for many users, refers to a model in which computing resources are hosted and delivered via the Internet than can dynamically grow and…
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Cracking open the iPad
For those curious on what the inside of the iPad in all of its (inside) glory look like a good video by TechRepublic here. Also for more photos go here Thanks TechRepublic!
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Windows Azure – Simple Explanation
We are often asked what is Windows Azure, and how does it help the business. Explaining what an application hosting platform is, and how it can help it is not as simple as it sounds… Microsoft Azure is an application hosting environment rather than a server-based like Amazon’s AWS environment. Azure is a service that…
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Tweet report: 2010-03-30
Latest set of tweets: 03/15/10 02:34:21 “Automatic WordPress Backup v2” Great Tool: http://bit.ly/cYsvnn 03/15/10 15:03:23 “10 things to consider before deploying a cloud” http://bit.ly/aXsFBf 03/16/10 23:29:21 Collaborative Mind Map in Google Wave” – this is VERY cool. http://bit.ly/bAyoV8 03/17/10 00:12:10 MIX10 Web Development Conference – Very good range of what Microsoft is doing… — http://bit.ly/dumZUK …
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VDI Basic Questions answered
There seems to be a lot of market noise about this and it is an interesting topic. What does VDI stand for? VDI = Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Is VDI new? The virtual machine on the desktop is not new. Microsoft’s Remote Desktop, Citrix, VMware Workstation, Parallel, Virtual PC and several others have been around for…
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Random thoughts and ideas
A few days ago, I tweeted that Google bought DocVerse – an office plug-in which allowed for real time sharing, group-editing and versioning of Microsoft PowerPoint, Excel and Word documents within the Google docs platform - I can’t wait to see how they will release within the platform, as it would improve its capabilities…
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Calista products coming out: RemoteFX
Two years after being acquired, the Calista team and product set are finally coming out for air! The upcoming version of Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 will incorporate the RemoteFX – a set of RDP technologies which will vastly improve the user experience when accessing remote sessions – most prominently graphics virtualization. The…
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VDI Overview
Traditionally, companies have deployed desktop or laptop computers to their end users. The operating system, applications have been individually installed on every desktop or laptop via imaging software or remote installation, and application configuration settings and most user data is stored locally on the computer. While this may have worked when the company started small,…
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Tweet report: 2010-03-15
My latest tweets: 03/01/10 17:08:48 jorper98 is actively looking for a new “gig”. Open to recommendations, ideas or thoughts. 03/06/10 17:54:31 Like – Good list of Firefox Add-ons. http://bit.ly/a4o9WP 03/06/10 18:10:57 “Apple’s iPad to be released April 3” @ http://bit.ly/9oaiGO Are you going to wait ? 03/06/10 18:23:51 Mobile phones: “Apple is playing defense, and…
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To iPad or not to iPad: Courier is the question
So much conversation about this topic, one more would not hurt. Like many folks out there, I can’t wait to get an iPad early next month and start playing with it, but I must confess, I am not sure why (other than it is sexy). For several years I have been using a regular HP…
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Project Management Online Tools
One of the most common questions I get asked is what tool to I use to manage projects while working with virtual teams. The answer I give, is typically, “it depends a lot on the size of the project, and what you want to manage” Collaboration, Project Management, Project Portfolio Management (PPM), Online Project Management,…
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IE6: You will be remembered…
According to a CNN report today, “More than 100 people, many of them dressed in black, were expected to gather around a coffin Thursday night to say goodbye to an old friend. The deceased? Internet Explorer 6.” March 1st marks the official death of the IE6 browser – http://ie6funeral.com/ Internet Explorer Six, resident of the…
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Palm Pre – WebOS 1.4 upgrade.
I just got the much anticipated WebOS 1.4 which, amongst many others features, enables video capture and which supports Adobe’s Flash Player. I just did a couple of quick tests. Pretty good video quality and Flash works nicely. Can wait to check the rest of the list. A silly quick test follows: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rOEWbfZswJM&color1=0xb1b1b1&color2=0xcfcfcf&hl=en&feature=player_embedded&fs=1]
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Latests Tweets: 2010-02
Latest tweets: 01/02/10 04:53:36 Moving my photo collection online. Pains, aches and challenges – http://bit.ly/8Gtqxj 01/07/10 20:17:46 Excited about my Palm Pre (again)! http://bit.ly/6NG2hm 01/16/10 18:23:20 Good Article on why App-V did not turn-out to be the nirvana of application simplification. http://bit.ly/4GusBu 02/10/10 02:58:29 Win7 on iPad? – thanks Citrix! http://chilp.it/260c15 02/19/10 20:13:00 The Aging…
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Windows 7 N
A qiick post, with something I learned today…. I am not sure if you have noticed or not, but on Technet and the VLSC download site, you will notice a downloaded titled “Windows 7 N” The N version represents a version of Windows 7 that does not have Windows Media Player included and is intended…
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The Aging of the World – totally made me think.
The current issue of Time Magazine (Feb 22, 2010) is titled The Science of Living Longer. It was a very interesting issue, but I have to admit the following stats which they quoted freaked me out a bit.. It is not the fact that we are aging, that made me wonder – It is how…
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Thoughts and Catches of the Week
It has been a while since I’ve posted an entry here. I have been crazy busy traveling with work and general work. I guess that is good, but I have to confess, many times while late at the hotel, I’ve thought about posting something, but didn’t, even though I had something to say… I got…
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Tools for Managing Passwords
This is not only about passwords, but all kinds of confidential data. There are so many important numbers, pins, passwords, challenge questions !! Where do you safely keep all of this information? Some of my friends have a little notebook (yes old school!). Others keep all this info stored in emails or in Word/Excel documents…
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[TechCrunch] SPICEWORKS the new Facebook for IT Pros?
via TechCrunch Spiceworks, a startup that develops Web-connected social IT management software, has raised $16 million in Series C funding round led by Institutional Venture Partners with Austin Ventures and Shasta Venturesparticipating. This brings the startup’s total funding to $29 million. Spiceworks develops a desktop software suite that helps a company’s IT staff collaborate with…
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[SOA World] is your App Infrastructure based on a the Postal Service’s Model?
Article written by Rob West This is a thought-provoking article from LORI MACVITTIE on SOAWorld Magazine that poses an interesting point-of-view: …the US postal service doesn’t determine whether postage may be due or not until the package arrives at its destination. If the addressee isn’t willing/able to pay that postage due, the package is of course…
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Wix – a service to create Flash-based sites
A flash site to create flash sites. I have seen these before, but this one is vey well executed. You can pay $10/month (a bit expensive, but if you want to go this route why not!) and will eliminate Wix advertisement and offer more options. the Check it out… A Couple of quick tests I…
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Excited about my Palm Pre (again)!
Back in October 2009, I decided to upgrade my Treo and went with the Palm Pre platform. You might have read my post on this topic iPhone vs Palm Pre. There were 4 things I was a bit disappointed with the software/device. What’s up with no Flash capabilities? (same with iPhone) No zoom for the…
