Brian Madden posed an interesting question on his blog. Five years from now, will a 200-person company need any servers on site?
This is an interesting debate, but I would like to look one step further. In a world where we can literally have everything in the cloud, do we really need to keep investing in our basic IT infrastructure? Is IT still a competitive differentiator? Continue reading
One of the hardest things to take on for most IT departments is the continued consumerization of the core infrastructure technology we consume. Gone are the days when devices were primarily built for the corporate entity. Manufactures realized early that … Continue reading
I think back at my father’s life when technology seemed to be barely a word, one spoken sparingly in the world outside of institutes of advanced research. Perhaps he heard it while listening to the CBC when the Russians announced they were sending … Continue reading
In a surprise announcement this morning on their Red board, Rogers has officially allowed cell phone tethering on their Blackberry and IPhone data plans.
While there are a number restrictions on which data plans this will be allowed on, the fundamental message is Rogers is slowly loosening its hold on what users can and can’t do. Continue reading
I don’t know what it is lately, maybe a bad economy, maybe I just getting old and cranky, but sales staff making cold calls are getting on my nerves. Continue reading
It seems that for the next big thing in smart phones to succeed, all it needs is some extra aluminum. Word on the technology street is that Nokia’s flagship symbian phone will be 12 MP, have HDMI-out, and will have … Continue reading
It’s a weird feeling when you go looking for something and it is no longer there. Today I wanted to include some historical content, the problem is I can no longer link to the article online as the web site is gone… Continue reading
Ok, I know I’ve been known to toss out a good Microsoft conspiracy theory once in a while. And I usually get called on them.
It’s just sooo easy to pick on Microsoft since no one would ever attribute the “do no evil” tagline to that comany. But honest, this one isn’t me…. Continue reading
Hey everyone. A few new things to report on here. 1) I have made a custom author template page that will list all of the Blogging Idol Contestants a little bit about them and a link to their profile page. … Continue reading
The idea of DNS redirection isn’t new by any means. Yesterday’s announcement by Google that they were redirecting their DNS entry for Google.cn to Google.com.hk is a perfect example of how users and content can be easily directed across the … Continue reading
PWC has issued a call to action to help define Canada’s digital future. Framed as a discussion about various issues, the call to action is designed to solicit ideas about how Canada can lead the world in a digital economy. The … Continue reading
Malcolm Gladwell’s What the Dog Saw: And Other Adventures inspired a question we all need to be ready ask. In this book, Gladwell writes about the need for HR to ask questions that reference more than one state of mind (of the interviewee).
In times where the task of job seeking has become a challenge, this is the question within the question that job seekers need to ask. Continue reading
Scott Anthony over at Harvard Business Review has a great article on the dangers of trying to get too much out of your existing staff by asking them to take on innovation as a part time job. In the IT … Continue reading
The issue of internet censorship to mainland China took the next logical step today. Google has officially announced that they have stopped censoring results to their google.cn web search portal as well as other services. What is interesting is how Google is … Continue reading
