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Russell Mickler, Principal Consultant, has over 17 years of professional experience leading and managing IT organizations.
“And the Skies are all Cloudy all Day…”
Written on February 25, 2008
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Google’s Cloud Darkens The Dalles I live in Battle Ground, Washington, which is downstream of The Dalles, Oregon, by eighty miles on the Columbia River. Since 2006, search engine titan Google has been in the process of constructing a massive facility to house a server farm powered by the cheap hydro-electricty generated by our region. [...]
2007 CSI Computer Crime Survey
Written on February 20, 2008
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The 2007 CSI Computer Crime Survey is available for public consumption. Further, an Oct 9, 2007 Webcast is available for viewing. Interesting about this year’s survey: 1. The gradual decline of reported incidents (page 14). All of the usual threat metrics are either in a downward trend or are stable (virus attacks, phishing, IM abuse, [...]
Why a Microsoft/Yahoo! Merger Would Help Google
Written on February 4, 2008
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Last Thursday January 31, 2007, Terry Semel announced his resignation from the Yahoo! board of directors. A day later, Microsoft presented a $44.6 billion stock and cash offer to Yahoo! shareholders that came below Yahoo!’s 52-week high of $34.08 per share. On Friday, Microsoft’s PPS dropped six percent and Yahoo!’s shares increased 48-percent from $19.18 [...]