Google Wave: The Future of Internet Communication?
Twitter, Facebook, MySpace….now Google Wave. Interesting toy, fleeting fad, or relevant business tool? Good question. I think Twitter - all 140 characters of it, is a good lead generation, PR, and networking tool. For me, Facebook and MySpace are nothing morer than what they purport to be - ways [...]
Protecting Sensitive Data
I found this article from a recent issue of InformationWeek on sensitive data and the lack of security that we apply to it very interesting. I’ve personally managed many projects with sensitive data including employee health records, IRS data, student financial aid information, bank records, etc. I understand as a whole we do [...]
Upgrade to Windows 7?
Windows 7 has an official release date of October 22. Now is the time to be thinking about whether or not to upgrade your organization’s desktop and laptop corps to Windows 7.
Do We Need to Upgrade?
Does my organization really need Windows 7 to begin with? Whether or not you upgrade depends on [...]
Making an OS Decision
Windows 7, Google Chrome, Windows XP. How do we decide? Vista is out - it never caught on as a viable OS for businesses. Windows XP has remained the primary OS for most business laptops and desktops. Windows 7 comes out October 22, but a hasty jump to the new OS is [...]
What Does Cloud Computing Mean to Your Small Business?
At first thought, cloud computing reminds me of the old concept of a flow chart that would have this big box that said “and something happens here” when no one could figure out the right process to show or how to solve the problem.
Defining Cloud Computing
Cloud computing [...]
Cloud-Based Testing from Startup Skytap
Skytap (www.skytap.com) is a startup that tabs themselves as the leading provider of cloud-based virtual labs that deliver 100% self-service provisioning of complex IT environments without any architectural changes. Cloud computing is poised to become the defining technology of the 21st century and Skytap’s goal is to make serving up virtual [...]
Microsoft’s Office in the Clouds
Microsoft’s announcement on Monday, 7/13/09, at the Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC09) that it was taking MS Office into the clouds was so big that it prompted Google to pre-announce their Chrome OS last week before there was anything to unveil…just to get their announcement in first. Let’s look further at Microsoft’s [...]
SQE Better Software Development Expo 2009 Findings
I had the pleasure of attending the Expo portion of SQE’s Better Software Development Conference & Expo the week of June 8-12, 2009. The slant was definitely toward Agile Software Development which, for me as a project manager, was a nice learning experience.
During the Expo, I had the opportunity [...]
Low Cost Project Management Solution
Organizations looking to start using a project management tool with a very low startup cost need to look no further than ProjectOffice.net (www.ProjectOffice.net).
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ProjectOffice.net is an online project management solution used by professionals and teams to manage and collaborate on projects successfully. With ProjectOffice.net project managers can create projects and tasks, assign [...]
Go High or Low for your Small Biz Laptop?
Your small business needs new laptops - do you go expensive or do you go cheap? What’s the best bang for your buck? And do you go PC or do you go Mac?
PC vs. Mac
Let’s tackle the last question first. PC vs. Mac. I personally was a [...]