Desperate Times…
To: Mr. Chambers and Board of Directors Re: Not Working It has been well over a year now and things are still …
Continue ReadingCH-CH-CH-CHANGES…
“Turn and face the strain” David Bowie’s song seems very apropos for Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) these days. After four (4) consecutive quarters …
Continue ReadingBig Data Boot Camp
On March 10th, IBM launched a Big Data skills initiative, which provides IT professionals and students no-charge access to 1,200 on-site skills …
Continue ReadingThe Google Shuffle
In a move that many technology pundits have determined was long overdue, Google announced on January 20th, 2011 that in April of …
Continue ReadingIs Dell Inc. Becoming a Serious IT Player?
I have been pretty tough on DELL in a past post (re: Acquisition of Perot Systems), but a recent, and very rare, …
Continue ReadingHow Difficult Can Counting Be?
That is the question I asked myself when I found out that from fiscal 2005 through fiscal 2010, the Department of Homeland …
Continue ReadingMicrosoft’s Cloud Services – Pretty Impressive
The Windows Azure Platform is Microsoft’s general purpose cloud computing platform that, because of its flexibility, scalability, and choice, is catered mainly …
Continue ReadingVMware Sets Sights on Desktop OS
At this years’ VMWorld, VMware announced that it will be developing a hosted service (due in 2011) that will allow the delivery …
Continue ReadingA Whistle Blows @ Oracle…
In a classic case of how can you let THAT happen, Oracle has recently been named in an U.S. Department of Justice …
Continue ReadingDue Diligence Anyone?
due diligence Function: noun Date: 1903 1 : the care that a reasonable person exercises under the circumstances to avoid harm to …
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