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- Does your company have an IT/HR integrated employee process that prevents loss of data?
Mon, 29 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Author: podcast@ciopodcast.com (JTK)
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Mon, 29 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Author: podcast@ciopodcast.com (JTK)
According to this (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/7635622.stm) BBC article, someone picked up some networking gear that still had proper access to the "home office" environment. Wow, this should be a clear reminder to wipe all gear before being sold to the public. Of course, this does bring up the possible scenario that the user selling the gear was an ex-employee which opens up a plethora of problems. - With Microsoft Pushing Windows 7.x Just Around the Corner, are you concerned about long term support
Wed, 24 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Author: podcast@ciopodcast.com (JTK)
View Qualtrics Poll (http://poll1.qualtrics.com/WRPoll/?mode=html&SV=Prod&P=PO_e5t5CzMERzpOfe4)Qualtrics Survey Software (http://www.qualtrics.com)Enterprise Feedback Management (http://www.qualtrics.com/solutions/efm/) - Will Microsoft truly make IE 8.x web standards compliant?
Mon, 22 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Author: podcast@ciopodcast.com (JTK) - Microsoft needs better products.. not better ads
Thu, 18 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Author: podcast@ciopodcast.com (JTK)
In recent, not really IT related news, Microsoft is switching gears with their new Ad campaign. Semi-substantiated rumors have them "moving to phase 2" of their 300 million dollar campaign which includes a change in strategy. Rumor has it they're ditching Jerry in favor of trying to change the "I'm a PC" tag from negative to positive. There are clearly times when we wish we were Jerry Seinfeld. 10 Million dollars for 2 ads... that's good work if you can get it. - PHPLive! Chat Testing
Mon, 15 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Author: podcast@ciopodcast.com (JTK)
PHPLive! appears to be a rather interesting product. For about 90 bucks you can purchase the software for this rather full featured chat client. Live chat is growing each and every day. In fact, we're testing this application for clients before we recommend they load it up on their sites. If you'd like to help us test it, head to our website and click on the chat client on the right. We'd appreciate your thoughts about this and any other chat product. - Google Chrome (BETA) Released
Wed, 03 Sep 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Author: podcast@ciopodcast.com (JTK)
So... Google has thrown their hat into the ring with a brand new browser, Google Chrome. (http://www.google.com/chrome) This is going to make things most interesting to watch as we move forward. Microsoft's IE already has serious competition from the primary tier in Firefox and Apple's Safari.. and now Google is in the running. We expect Chrome to immediately take users away from IE while having minimal effect on the rest of the browser community. - MacPro vs. Home Built
Thu, 07 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Author: podcast@ciopodcast.com (JTK)
It has long been held that Apple gear is more expensive than building your own.... or is it? We regularly hear complaints about how Macs are so much more expensive. Usually, those complaints are combated by ensuring that a true (sorry for the pun) Apples to Apples comparison be conducted. In most cases when that's done properly, the Macs work out to be about the same price, but what about homebuilt machines. PC enthusiasts have built their own machines for quite some time claiming better product cheaper than can be provided by the Dells and HPs of the world. - iPhone 2.0 Update
Fri, 11 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Author: podcast@ciopodcast.com (JTK)
We've just completed a seamless, relatively quick upgrade to our older, original iPhone. This update went without issue at about 7PM EDT. While this is not a blanket endorsement to go ahead and upgrade your phone, it appears that Apple may be on the down side of the issue. We'll take some time with the 2.0 software and write a brief review. Assuming that upgrading is really a no-brainer here, we won't spend all that much time on it. We noticed a number of odd error messages during the day with our older software. For example Visual Voicemail returned an "unavailable error" on one of our units consistently throughout the day. Hopefully, all of these issues have been resolved. Good luck with your upgrade to iPhone 2.0. As always, please send any feedback to podcast@ciopodcast.com. - iPhone Activation Woes (AGAIN)
Fri, 11 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Author: podcast@ciopodcast.com (JTK)
Fondly, I remember yelling at my bricked, brand new iPhone while I stared at an all, but useless iPhone for 3 days (http://www.ciopodcast.com/index.php/content/view/161/2/) after purchasing one. It appears that lightning has struck twice. Several CIO Podcast associates have reported issues related to upgrading to iPhone firmware 2.0. At this time, it appears that Apple has taken down the 2.0 update for older version iPhone users. Dr. Evil has certainly come out to play with Apple once again. - Open Avenues for Ideas
Tue, 08 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Author: podcast@ciopodcast.com (JTK)
Earlier this week a colleague asked me how I am as successful dealing with executives as I am. Basically, the answer to that is education. No, not formal business education, but education about the issues that CEO's and employers are facing today. But, sometimes that's not enough. As IT Leaders we need to be responsive to our businesses needs. People ask how I keep in touch with the business leaders I view as my clients. - XP Ends General Availability
Fri, 27 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Author: podcast@ciopodcast.com (JTK)
Microsoft XP formally ends general availability. Even the OEM version will be available only until the end of the year. This combined with Gates' "retirement" truly marks the end of an era at Microsoft. Arguably, Windows XP was the best operating system Microsoft has ever released. It's taken years of bug fixing and continued development to get it to be as stable and secure as it is today. Yes, in spite of this, Microsoft pushes all clients to its questionable Vista environment. - Has Microsoft finally seen the light?
Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Author: podcast@ciopodcast.com (JTK)
In a recent conversation about investing in Macs vs. PCs Microsoft Silverlight was raised. What is it? Silverlight (http://www.microsoft.com/silverlight/) appears to be an "applet" that allows .Net developers to release websites for heterogeneous environments from Safari, Firefox to IE and even for cell phone based browsing. Oddly, this product was raised by the Microsoft "side" as a way to prevent purchasing Macs. The argument is lost on us. We can't help but imagine that with the changing of the guard at Microsoft that Microsoft itself is in need of deep change. Ray Ozzie has the technical reigns and perhaps he'll be the savior. - Snow Leopard Thoughts
Fri, 20 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Author: podcast@ciopodcast.com (JTK)
Apple recently announced Snow Leopard, their next version of OS X. Version 10.6 will contain a couple of new "under the hood" items that most users will likely not notice and a couple of very prevalent items that they will. While the computational power addition of using the GPU is strong, the most compelling reason for this release will be it's integration with Microsoft's Exchange messaging platform. We're currently dealing with a client situation related to a merger of two companies with very different IT systems and philosophies. The "Merger" is a hard and true Microsoft shop, while the "Mergie" has been happily a Mac shop. Of course, there's a new implementation project that's spawned the age old Mac vs. PC debate for the new sites. And wow, what a political football it has turned out to be. - Firefox 3 Download Day
Tue, 17 Jun 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Author: podcast@ciopodcast.com (JTK)
Here it is folks... the day that Firefox 3.0 is released. We've seen this browser grow up over the years and it's now a viable alternative to Microsoft's Internet Explorer. So much so, that with about 18% market share, websites need to be compatible with Firefox. - Sage Advise: Susan Cramm
Mon, 19 May 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Author: podcast@ciopodcast.com (JTK)
I'm always interested in reading strategy postings by other CIOs. Recently Susan Cramm started a blog (http://discussionleader.hbsp.com/cramm/) on the Harvard Business Reivew site. Her first two posts are insightful and dead on advice for people outside of IT dealing with IT. Definitely worth checking out and following her coming posts. Now, how do I forward them to my CEO clients without offending them? - 200,000 people to microsoft: SAVE XP!
Fri, 16 May 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Author: podcast@ciopodcast.com (JTK)
Over 200,000 people have petitioned to have Microsoft save XP. Yours truly is among them. Vista just has not risen to the occasion to allow Microsoft to discontinue XP. Stability and investment concerns worry all of my clients. InfoWorld posted this (http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/05/16/news-save-xp-200k_1.html) reminder recently. Hopefully, Microsoft is listening. We can always hope, right? - Apple Instore Hardware Support (Avoid It)
Fri, 16 May 2008 01:00:00 +0100 Author: podcast@ciopodcast.com (JTK)
Why is it so hard to get Apple stores to do a decent job fixing their computers? Twice I have taken computers there to be fixed, and twice I have horror stories to tell about the experience and the results. I will never again take an Apple product to my local Apple store for repairs. - When is it too early to demo a product?
Wed, 14 May 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Author: podcast@ciopodcast.com (JTK)
I find it amusing that whenever Microsoft's Bill Gates demos a product, it doesn't work. In his latest demo of the TouchWall, Gates's initial interaction with the device wasn't. That is the supposedly touch sensitive device, wasn't. - Increased Brute Force SSH Attacks
Tue, 13 May 2008 00:00:00 +0100 Author: podcast@ciopodcast.com (JTK)
In this world with the growing number of Macs and Linux boxes out there, we've seen a large number of people using SSH and other protocols tunneled over SSH to get real work done. It's a great thing when used cautiously
