IT Pro Show 123: 02.18.2013

Posted on February 19, 2013 by Same3Guys in IT Pro Show

Executive Summary:

Bill Gates says Microsoft missed the mark on mobile early on. Their CFO says they currently don’t have a Plan B if Windows Phone doesn’t succeed. We’ll offer thoughts about this and talk about what the new Rackspace offering means for companies considering cloud implementations.

Hosts: John Kresic, Tom Kresic, Mike Kresic
Running Time: 46:28

IT Pro News:

Windows Strategy Paying Off. But what is Plan B for mobile?
Bill Gates critical of Microsoft’s lack of innovations.
How efficient are we in understanding data redundancy? A new method may help even more.
What’s in the Box?
Rackspace offers OpenStack cloud environment for you to download for free
PaaS trends for the enterprise

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Sharepoint Governance Manifesto self-published by Ant Clay

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Cloud, Microsoft, Rackspace

IT Pro Show 109: 10.29.2012

Posted on October 31, 2012 by Same3Guys in IT Pro Show

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Executive Summary:

The Hurricane attacking the East Coast of the US this week provides some lessons for us all with regard to disaster preparedness. We’ll highlight some good examples, including how big data comes into play here. We’ll also discuss a shakeup in the executive ranks at Apple that took many by surprise and recap a major data breach in South Carolina that will cost the State millions of dollars, and it’s residents a lot of problems.

IT Pro News:

Data center preparedness.
Big data companies are using Hurricane Sandy to show how great their tools are.
Massive data breach in South Carolina exposes 3.6 million Social Security numbers.
Apple ousts two senior executives.
IBM Watson team and the Cleveland Clinic working together

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big data, IBM, Rackspace

IT Pro Show 85: 04.16.2012

Posted on April 18, 2012 by Same3Guys in IT Pro Show

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Executive Summary:
Tools that help you port your code to the cloud and tools that let you validate your code IN the cloud. The times are changing, that’s for sure. We’ve got these details and some news about how data centers at the Summer Olympics will be staffed for round-the-clock support.

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IT Pro News:

IBM releases a limited beta of Notes Social Edition to select partners, allowing some apps to run in a browser. Does this mean relief for enterprise deployments or is it just scratching the surface?
Why use Visual Studio? http://coderun.com/
It has begun: Oracle vs Google
IBM spins off POS. A good sign for an enterprise provider.
Porting COBOL apps to cloud providers?
Available on May 1st, Openstack interface now for Rackspace customers
Is IT in trouble due to the Jevon Paradox?
But it’s not you: Olympic IT staff to sleep in the datacenter

IT Pro Bookshelf :

What the 2020 EA function may look like.
Experience is the enemy of big thinking. So is fear, caution, politics and perfection. So says the author of a new book about Evangelist Marketing. He has tips on how to think big in business.

Google, IBM, Olympics, Oracle, Rackspace

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