Kogan have announced the “Agora Internet TV Portal”, a $200 box to provide a web service on a TV screen. This uses Internet software and may also be useful as a low cost thin client computer for web browsing. The unit has three USB ports as well as a TV type remote control. It mayRead… Read more »
The Australian Government has released a Draft 2011 ICT Strategic Vision for comment. The document is available in PDF, DOC and RTF formats. Unfortunately the document is not in an efficient and easy to read format. Here is a web conversion of the DOC version of the document (without the images): <!– This file wasRead… Read more »
The Australian Government has released a Draft 2011 ICT Strategic Vision for comment. The document is available in PDF, DOC and RTF formats. Unfortunately the document is not in an efficient and easy to read format. Here is a web conversion of the DOC version of the document (without the images): <!– This file wasRead… Read more »
This apparently ordinary station on the Berlin U-Bahn is remarkable for two reasons, one visible and one not visible at all. The first is fairly apparent. The typeface of the station name and the brown tiles give a clue, though the full splendour of the orange ceiling doesn’t really come across in the picture. ThisRead… Read more »
I’ve had the pleasure of meeting Cloudera’s VP of Product Charles Zedlewski in person. Charles has a gift for understanding enterprise technology and conveying his understanding in clear, easy to remember ways. Charles will be providing a presentation on Cloudera’s Distribution of Hadoop (CDH3) on 21 April 2011 via a webinar you can attend (linkRead… Read more »
Crucial Point LLC subsidiary CTOlabs.com has just published the results of a study on the impact of data growth in government. To download your copy see: http://www.carahsoft.com/dedupesurvey From the press release: http://www.prweb.com/releases/2011/04/prweb5243224.htm Data Growth and Virtualization Mandate New Approach to Federal Storage Management Survey Finds Data Deduplication Aids in Managing Data Growth in Federal AgenciesRead… Read more »
If you’re reading this blog then you don’t need to be convinced about the tremendous role that information technology now plays in all aspects of our lives, from entertainment to medicine, education, and enterprise.To really be successful in the modern world as a student, entrepreneur, or even informed citizen, you need access to a computerRead… Read more »
The Australian Government has released a Draft 2011 ICT Strategic Vision for comment. The document is available in PDF, DOC and RTF formats. Unfortunately AGIMO showed a lack of vision by no0t supplying the document in an efficient and easy top read web format. Assuming the vision follows this approach, government IT will be threeRead… Read more »
The Austrlaian Computer Society is running an ACS Business Skills On-Line Pilot Program. I was selected as one of the initial students. The pilot is from mid April to the end of July 2011 and I have to do at least 3 courses (there are 80 to choose from). These are short one to fourRead… Read more »
Human Resource Specialists are not specialists in Information Technology. Yet, today HR has a difficult time recruiting, engaging with employees, providing benefits, conducting training or capturing performance feedback without the intervention of technology. In fact, without technology, I can emphatically say that these functions are impossible. Why? Because heightened expectations for anywhere, anytime access toRead… Read more »