Control Your Spam!

It is presumed that nearly 2/3rds of email traffic is spam even though spamming is technically considered illegal by the federal US Government; the Federal CAN-SPAM (Controlling the Assault of Non-Solicited Pornography And Marketing) Act of 2003 has been largely unenforceable. It’s not just an annoyance though: spam is increasingly responsible for transmitting malware that [...]

New Microlecture – Information Systems

I’ve posted a new microlecture to my online content: Information Systems. This microlecture attempts to briefly define Information Systems and explain how IT relates to strategic business planning. R

Google Profiles Become Relevant!

Google Profiles Screenshot Google Profiles allow a person to construct a lightweight introduction to their habits, style, and work history, and for well over a year now, the information captured in Google Profiles haven’t been introduced into Google’s search engine results. You’re able to plug in your name, interests, blog or website, and some instant [...]

PPI Risks on the Rise – Should the Feds Intervine?

Consumer data and PPI

The Website Gets a Face Lift

The astute will notice that the website got a once-over. Isn’t it great?! Isn’t it cool?! I so love it! I must offer many kudos to my web developer, Workshed, for their time and attention to the design – a perfectly painless experience even given my unique requirements. Now primarily its modifications will allow me [...]

Response to a Survey

What follows is my response to a survey presented by a student for his networking class. I thought it’d be useful to share. Hello Michael – Just to cap: I’ve been in the technology industry for 14 years and have served many roles ranging from Analyst and Network Engineer to VP Information Technology. I’ve earned [...]

Microsoft to Small Businesses: You Pay Now, or, You Pay Later

Well – some interesting news this week from Microsoft. . Microsoft will officially end support for Windows XP Home and Professional on April 14, 2009. They’ve pledged to continue providing security updates for XP through 2014 but future bugs will not be fixed unless the customer pay a premium. . Meanwhile, XP continues to be [...]

What’s the Value of an Education Anyway?

The other day, I was lecturing onground and got into the discussion of classroom attendance. Within that discussion, a student communicated that – to him – classroom attendance was entirely arbitrary. “We’re paying for it,” he insisted. He insinuates, of course, that there’s a customer service component to his education and that – as his professor [...]

How Could Cloud Computing Help Your Company?

A New Way of Doing IT . Cloud Computing represents a new way of doing IT and – for many reasons – represents the future of small to mid-range business computing. The premise behind Cloud Computing is that there is better economy of scale through centralizing services to online providers; expenses and risk that would [...]