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  • A cleaner green message

    News from across the pond that a UK environmental group has set up a forum to help IT folks navigate the morass of green-oriented messages coming from vendors is a truly positive step. There's no doubt that "green" is hot these days, partly because vendors...
    Posted to Enterprise Insights by Greg Enright on Mon, Jul 23 2007

  • 'Undoing' the math

    It's all about the math, right? Not so, says Karl Fant. He's the founder of Theseus Research and he's feels there's something fundamentally wrong with using the algorithm as the basic paradigm of computer systems. For a start, many functions of a computer...
    Posted to Ahead of the curve by Dave Webb on Fri, Jul 20 2007

  • Wireless LAN security vs. convenience - walking the tightrope

    By Joaquim P. Menezes - “Security vs. ease of use” – is a conundrum a lot of network managers face when it comes to wireless LANs. In some companies, IT managers have refused to deploy wireless LANs because of the risks they pose. Others have allowed...
    Posted to Security by Joaquim Menezes on Fri, Jul 20 2007

  • White hats are more expensive than black hats

    My wife is taking a course this summer, but for me this is not a season to be studying. Even if I were so inclined, I don't think I'd be too quick to sign up for an IT security course that teaches you the basics of ethical hacking. Proving that you can...
    Posted to Security by Shane Schick on Fri, Jul 20 2007

  • All-in-one or one for each?

    I’m prepping for a trip to Anaheim, Calif., for Cisco Systems’ Networkers conference. At some point I have to face my stable of gadgetry and the George Carlinesque conundrum: Where am I gonna put all this stuff? (Link here , but coarse language alert...
    Posted to Cool Tools by Dave Webb on Thu, Jul 19 2007

  • Harry Potter, supply chain nightmare?

    This may be one of the stories that got away: I have this hunch that the launch of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is going to cause some major IT problems for the publishing and retail industry. The expected pre-sales and regular shipments have...
    Posted to Enterprise Insights by Shane Schick on Thu, Jul 19 2007

  • Election? What election?: The Ontario NDP Web site

    By: Sandford Borins The Ontario NDP's home page comes at you in the traditional orange and features a big picture of leader Howard Hampton . But what's most surprising is that it makes virtually no mention of the upcoming October 10 election....
    Posted to Government by Arnab on Thu, Jul 19 2007

  • Gartner must be watching 'Dragon's Den'

    A story on Silicon.com mentions how Gartner's latest report, the Seven Levers of Growth, compares CIOs to their counterparts in the investment community. "Gartner vice-president Dave Aron said CIOs must understand where the planned and likely growth will...
    Posted to Candid CIO by Shane Schick on Thu, Jul 19 2007

  • IT's big fear: Coworkers who outdo them in their absence

    Much like Toronto Hydro Telecom, which recently tried to promote its OneZone Wi-Fi service by putting out survey results about how people hate being chained to their desks, British Telecom recently released a study of its own . It says, naturally, that...
    Posted to Career Corner by Shane Schick on Wed, Jul 18 2007

  • IDC: Business managers spend a quarter of their time on IT

    Maybe we'd all be happier if we lived in Europe. A study from IDC this week suggested that there really isn't much conflict between IT departments and business managers after all . The highlights from IDC's European Vertical Market Survey said that "business...
    Posted to Career Corner by Shane Schick on Wed, Jul 18 2007

  • Data centre design: Facilities first, IT later

    Only in the middle of summer would I be willing (or have the time) to sift through a public sector request for proposal (RFP) document, but there were precious few details in the one about Ontario government's proposed new data centre . That's a shame...
    Posted to Enterprise Insights by Shane Schick on Wed, Jul 18 2007

  • "Don't worry be crappy"

    - By Joaquim P. Menezes - "Don’t worry, be happy," sang Bobby McFerrin. A key guiding principle of the would-be-innovator should be: "Don’t worry, be crappy," according to venture capitalist, success coach and Mac evangelist Guy Kawasaki. He delivered...
    Posted to Candid CIO by Joaquim Menezes on Wed, Jul 18 2007

  • Who's looking for your IT skills?

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    Posted to Techbuzz by Dan McLean on Wed, Jul 18 2007

  • 'Rogue' iphones causing chaos on campus?

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    Posted to Techbuzz by Joaquim Menezes on Wed, Jul 18 2007

  • Mindmapping as an enterprise strategy

    Last night a friend and I went to see A Mighty Heart , based on the killing of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl and the subsequent book written by his wife, Marianne. As she and the police tried to trace her husband's journey into a network of...
    Posted to Enterprise Insights by Shane Schick on Tue, Jul 17 2007
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