It’s easy to be cynical if you are an end user who relies on an IT (Information Technology) support organization. How many unplanned outage notices have you wondering if anything is going to be working today? Frustrated, you send that e-mail to the CEO to get some attention on something that should have been fixed
Nothing Concentrates the Mind Like a Hanging (at Dawn)
IT (Information Technology) projects stall for lots of reasons. They also fail spectacularly. Worse, they don’t fail soon enough and organizations bloat staffing in pursuit of a project that should be killed. It’s also common to see unqualified resources stumbling through what an expert can finish with little effort. Nothing Concentrates the Mind Like a
Are Spreadsheets Killing Your Business?
Succeeding in Business means evaluating your existing processes for improvement. All businesses use spreadsheets for many tasks mainly because it’s quick and easy and doesn’t involve a complicated Information Technology cycle to deploy. How many tasks do you recognize in your own business? Travel Expenses Invoices Project Tracking Orders and Quotes Sales Prospects Workflow Checklists
Vonage isn’t the only option for stranded SunRocket Customers
SunRocket, a VoIP provider, ceased operations and stranded all of its customers. Unfortunately, many of those customers pre-paid for their service. That means not only did their phone service stop functioning, they are unlikely to see any refunds for pre-paid service. And while Vonage is often mentioned as a replacement option, it looks like Packet8
Test before upgrading to Vista
A quick web search should give you a taste for both the horror and success stories that a Vista upgrade brings. Before your IT staff decides that Vista is your standard, make sure they didn’t forget to test these items: Does Vista work with your VPN solution? (Specifically, does your VPN software even support Vista
Are Broadcasts Contributing to Comcast Slowness?
I’ve been getting reports about Comcast slowness in this area for several weeks. Taking a closer look,a quick speed test confirmed that performance is awful. A look at the cable modem revealed that quite a bit of traffic was inbound without anything else plugged into the modem. A sniffer trace revealed that nothing was attacking
What If Conventional Internet Marketing Wisdom Is Wrong?
Intuitively, you already know most of it is wrong. You’re jaded enough to mistrust what seems like millions of online experts peddling ideas that prey on a simple truth. Every business can use more effective marketing across all channels (not just online). The paradox is that when you are small you need the most help
Has something taken over your e-mail form?
E-mail form spam seems to be growing in popularity where automated programs fill out web e-mail contact forms. There are various opinions about why they do this including exploiting vulnerabilities for doing injection or using the form to send the spam directly. However, for the cases I’ve inspected, I’ve observed that there is no injection
The Game is Called Connect The (unrelated?) Dots
Cisco announced it will acquire WebEx for $3.2 billion dollars. Now it’s time to play the Connect the Dots game where everyone struggles to understand the deal on a number of levels and backs up the speculation with a series of dots (including unrelated dots) to bolster their thesis. 1. Did they pay too much?
No Love for NAC (Network Access Control)?
The main message of CIO Insight’s article is that NAC could require expensive network upgrades and is not ready for prime time. The market will ultimately decide if NAC makes an impact or falls back to earth failing to escape gravity. Before deploying a NAC solution, ask yourself some questions to determine if you’ve even
