My commands as 'Small Business Technology King for a Day' Not long ago, someone asked what I would do if I were a government czar on small business, like the czar on the auto industry. I'm taking this further and proclaiming myself Small Business Technology King for a Day. While I wish my edicts were the law of the land, sadly, I am without the dungeons necessary to enforce my rulings. So take these "edicts" as free consulting for best practices in how small businesses can get the most value for their technology dollar. Jury still out on federal CIO Vivek Kundra On a recent trip to Washington DC, I met with a number of IT professionals working for the federal government. I made sure to ask each person I met what he or she thought of federal CIO Vivek Kundra. Net Neutrality - Somebody Get John McCain A VoIP Clue Phone Party affiliations aside, anyone proposing we allow carriers to clamp down and determine what content we can run through our Internet and ISP connections probably still has their secretaries print out emails for them. Would you allow Verizon or AT&T to determine who you can make calls to on their wireless networks? No. Cisco ISR G2s - Just Another 3700-series? Almost a year ago, Cisco released a huge marketing blitz titled the "Data Center Big Bang". I commented at the time that this was a big YYYYYAAAAAWWWWNNNNN. Lots of hype, not much substance. Is it reality or is it augmented? Mark Gibbs discusses the how augmented reality works and chastises the U.S. Postal Service and General Electric for playing fast and loose with terminology. 12 mad science projects that could shake the world Some science projects once only conceivable by mad scientists are now becoming more mainstream as real money is being spent on everything from shape-shifting robots to artificial intelligence-based borgs. Here we take a look at 12 projects Dr. Frankenstein would have loved. Windows 7 installation nightmares: should you wait until SP1? Gartner declared that enterprises needn't wait for Windows 7 SP1. But then the Microsoft help forums were flooded with questions and complaints from users having installation problems. Networks and the Pandemic I was talking yesterday to a colleague about the potential impact of H1N1 and business continuity planning, and in particular the impact on network operations. Data center battle heats up for Cisco Oh, what a tangled web we weave. The server, storage and networking vendor partnerships and cross-pollination expanded again this week with word that Dell and Juniper will be teaming up for data center requirements. On Linux and random numbers Look, I hate to bring this up, but there's something we need to discuss: Why haven't I heard from you recently? (No, not you, you've been in touch. It's this guy over here
) Really, is it too much to ask that you put pen to paper
oh, all right, fingers to keyboard
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