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The show for IT pros is always at CSTechcast.com. This week we take a look at the unique challanges for mid-market IT and how the biggest vendors are changing to serve the segment with Chris Rue, Microsoft MVP and owner of Black Warrior Technology. find more at his blog ChrisRue.com. In the news, the storage vendors see hard times because IT is happy with what they have, openSSL has a new vulnerability, Amazon EC2 adds more Windows options, and the DoD comes up with a certification for ethical hacking. The continual march to nuke apps from the Apple App Store [...]
Find the show for IT professionals at CSTechcast.com. This week we discuss the features of Microsoft’s ADO .NET 4.0 with our good friend Ben Hoelting, leader of the South Colorado .NET User Group and Senior Developer at Colorado Technology Consultants. Find more from Ben at benhblog.com. In the news, the Kneber botnet is controlling 74,000 computers, The EU gives final approval on the Yahoo-Microsoft search deal, the administration confirms technology jobs are essential to the country, and Cisco and HP partnership vanishes with little warning. A school district allegedly spying on students through webcams at home gets The Worst Tech [...]
The show for IT Pro is here at CSTechcast.com. This week we talk with Steve Jones of SQL Server Central about free options to get training for IT professionals. Find more from Steve at sqlservercentral.com. In the news, Microsoft pulls back one of their patches for fear of blue screens, IBM reups their commitment to the Power7 CPU, database vendor Informatica announces a new cloud effort, and tech job creation is up but it’s still hard in the valley. The Buzz from Google goes silent in The Worst Tech Move of the Week, we take A Closer Look at securing [...]
The show for IT pros is at CSTechcast.com. This week, we discuss how pods bring new flexibility to the constrained data center with Jean Brandau, POD product manager at HP. Find more information at http://hp.com/go/pod. In the news, Sun’s CEO tweets his resignations as the Oracle merger comes to a close, Microsoft loses another high-profile executive in Mike Nash, Cisco reports positive quarterly numbers, and a rash of patches are set to hit the Microsoft Windows OS but one is noticeably missing. NBC chief Jeff Zucker’s comments on Boxee stealing content gets The Worst Tech Move of the Week, we [...]
The show for IT pros is at CSTechcast.com. This week we break down the reality of the latest technologies for the Microsoft admin with author and TechMentor co-chair Greg Shields. Find more information on skills you can gain at TechmentorEvents.com. Early bird special good until Feb 3rd. In the news: the Apple iPad finally gets announced, Oracle pledges to hire 2,000 employees after the Sun takeover, the Microsoft Azure cloud goes full steam and starts charging, and Microsoft reported a great quarter driven by Windows 7 but the enterprise is still flat. The herd mentality on the iPad from some [...]
The podcast for IT pros is at CSTechcast.com. We find out how to give data transfers a speed boost over the WAN with Mike Ascher of NetEx. Find more at Netex.com. In the news, AMD profits soar mainly due to the money via a judgment against Intel, tape backup is still alive with an advance to 35TB of data in a single tape, IE gets patched out of band, Microsoft SQL Server set for the 2010 release in May, and the EU drop their objections to the Oracle Sun merger. The music industry’s continued witch hunt for outrageous judgments get [...]
CSTechcast.com is the source for the show for IT pros. This week we delve into the cloud’s storage capabilities and when it makes sense in your It organization with Stephen Foskett, Director of Consulting at Nirvanix. Find more at Nirvanix.com. In the news, a standing vulnerability in SSL finally gets fixed, Microsoft releases an update for Word 2003 to comply with the i4i lawsuit, Intel reports 4th quarter earnings that are through the roof, and Forrester Research declares the recession for the tech sector over. The Chinese government hacking Google [...]
The show for IT Pros is at CSTechcast.com. This week we discuss how virtualization is making way for private clouds with John Gilmartin of VMWare. In the news, H1B visa process is getting challenged by the AFL-CIO, December sees new tech jobs, Adobe security issues continue to mount, and patch Tuesday has only one critical update for old Windows 2000. Technology mishaps in airport security get The Worst Tech Move of the Week, we take A Closer Look at what may be interesting from CES for IT pros, and some thoughts to getting the year started right with a few [...]
The podcast for IT pros is at CSTechcast.com. This week we talk virtual private clouds and what your strategy should be with Ian Huynh, Vice President of Engineering at HubSpan. Find more at http://hubspan.com. In the news, Microsoft lost the lawsuit related to Word 2007, Blackberry sees another outage, Linux enterprise powerhouse Red Hat reports strong earnings, and malware distributors are building virtual data centers to host malware. The second Blackberry outage in two weeks gains RIM The Worst Tech Move of the Week, we take A Closer Look at the winners and losers of 2009, and we tell you [...]
Welcome to the podcast for IT pros only at CSTechcast.com . This week we talk with Brent Ozar of Quest Software, about the benefits and challenges of using SQL Server in the virtual environment. Find more from Brent at http://www.brentozar.com/ . In the news, the blackberry network got hit by an outage, the FTC files anti-trust papers against Intel, Microsoft finally reaches a deal with the EU to allow other browsers on Windows 7, Microsoft is hit back by a company claiming rights to the name Bing, and MySQL creator Michael Winenius is out to save MySQL from [...]
It’s a celebration at CSTechcast.com, the home of the 100th episode of the podcast for IT Pros. This week we catch up with J. Peter Bruzzese to discuss the year in Microsoft enterprise technology and what we have to look forward to in 2010. Find Peter at InfoWorld. In the news, Amazon’s cloud gets hit by a power failure, the Enterprise Cloud Buyers Council is formed, 81,000 H1B visas have already been filled, and IBM Software Chief Steve Mills falls on the side of Oracle in the MySQL battle with the EU. AT&T’s blame the customer for their data woes [...]
CSTechcast.com is the source of the podcast for IT pros. This week we discuss SQL Server and the trends coming for DBAs with Kevin Kline, technical strategy manager for SQL Server Solutions at Quest Software. Find more at Quest.com. In the news, Intel keeps pushing the limits with an experimental 48 core processor, Office 2010 gets a ship date, enterprises have no security plans for their cell phones, and a new survey find CIOs are expecting an uptick in technology hiring. The reports of a Microsoft Black Screen of Death gets The Worst Tech Move of the Week, we take [...]
Come to CSTechcast.com and get the podcast for IT pros. This week, we tackle those IT projects that go over budget and past due date to see how an Agile approach can save the day with Chad Osgood, CEO of Premier Logic. Find more from Chad at http://premierlogic.com. In the news, another work-force reduction, this time at former dialup king AOL, Microsoft in court over intellectual property rights of some Chinese fonts, IBM give gives instant access to a petabyte of information in the cloud, SSL weakness shown to hack Twitter, and Google [...]
CSTechcast.com is where you get the podcast for IT pros. This week we take a trip up to the next generation tech conference Defrag and speak to Robert Scoble creator of Building43 , Richard Nucci CTO of Boomi , and Defrag conference organizer Eric Norlin about how the social web is affecting business and the IT professional. We also have clips of presentations from Kris Loux CEO of JS-Kit and Jeff Dachis CEO of The Dachis Group . In the news, Intel settles [...]
Welcome to the podcast for IT pros, always available at CSTechcast.com . This week, we talk with Hutch Carpenter, Vice President of Product at Spigit, to find out how companies are adopting social networking tools inside enterprises, what the justification is for these tools, and how to be successful after the implementation. Find more info at spigit.com . In the news, AMD sues Intel over alleged payments to OEMs like Dell, Windows 7 comes out of the gate with great sales numbers, a new tool called Hook Safe provides rootkit protection using virtualization, a reported vulnerability in the [...]
This week we discuss how cloud applications can contribute to your business, how to deal with data protection, and how to extend your firewall into the cloud with Raju Vegesna, evangelist for web app company Zoho. Find more information at zoho.com. In the news, the EU may block Oracle's acquisition of Sun over MySQL, the DoD lets up a little on its USB flash drive ban, localized scripts give new possibilities for domain names, Intel SSD drives suffer from bad firmware again, and malware is seeing more short but massive outbreaks not blocked by anti-virus. The Windows 7 upgrade that blocks [...]
CSTechcast.com brings you another podcast for IT pros. This week we get into social networking in business, for business, and about business with well know blogger Louis Gray, managing director of new media for Paladin Advisors Group. Find his insight at the ever popular louisgray.com . This week, the Chinese have apparently been setting up elaborate hacking into US government systems, citizen developers will account for 25% of enterprise applications in 2014, Sun plans to layoff 3,000 employees, Bing gets a small bump in traffic, and Windows 7 finally launches. The blogosphere's obsession with killing Friendfeed gets "ThenWorst [...]
The source of the podcast for IT pros at CSTechcast.com. This week, we take on the challenge of keeping great tech talent in a hostile employment environment with Jack Phillips, CEO of research firm IANS. Find more info at http://ianetsec.com. In the news, IDC predicts IT job growth at 3%, adding 5.8 million job by 2013, PC sales are up 2.3% with Acer overtaking Dell at #2, IBM showed strong quarterly with profits up 14%, Google is now 6% of all Internet traffic, and Office 2010 Starter will be pre-installed and ad supported. Danger's Sidekick storage loss of massive outage [...]
This week we talk with Dennis Hurst, Senior Security Engineer, HP Software & Solutions about security in the cloud, how it is affecting adoption at the enterprise level, what types of data should live there, and what standard we can expect from cloud vendors. Find more info from HP at http://www.hp.com/go/stophackers and visit http://cloudsecurityalliance.org to take the cloud security survey. In the news, NVidia can't make chipsets for Intel CPUs, tech job loses are confirmed to have risen again, a study shows enterprise overwhelmingly will invest in social networks this year, FBI Director Robert Mueller almost fell victim to a [...]
Welcome back to the podcast for IT pros at CStechcast.com. This week David Tabor, CEO of SalesLogistix, joins us to discuss the ins and outs of Salesforce.com implementations and how cloud CRM is taking over. Find more info at SalesLogistix.com. In the news, the trend of offshoring stays flat in big business but smaller businesses see offshoring growth, SQL Server is big in emerging markets but MySQL is right behind it, PeopleSoft human resources software gets a new version, payroll company PayChoice gets hacked for personal data, and a federal order prohibits texting during driving by federal employees operating government [...]
CSTechcast.com brings you the weekly podcast for IT Pros. Cloud development expert John Barnes of Model Metrics tells us all about the realities of cloud dev, what to expect, how it differs from traditional server platforms, and how to address the mobile platforms. Find more info at modelmetrics.com. In the news, the DoJ is set to review the Yahoo Microsoft deal, Friendfeed releases their real time Tornado web server as open source, Oracle seems to be serious about selling Sun hardware, and Microsoft admits to a zero day exploit in SMB2. Microsoft CEO Ballmer virtual iPhone stomp gets "The Worst [...]
CSTechcast.com is the podcast for IT Pros. This weeks we discuss secure code, where it's lacking, and what can be done about it with Rob Cheyne, CEO of Safelight Security Advisors. Find more information about Rob at http://www.securityadvisors.com. In the news, Microsoft gets hit with vulnerabilities in SQL Server which can steal passwords from memory and a hit on IIS's FTP service that's open for a DDoS attack, Microsoft also gives us the regular Patch Tuesday with six critical updates for the week, Microsoft gets a little good news when the US Court of Appeals allowed them to keep selling [...]
CSTechcast.com is the podcast for IT pros. This week we go back and forth about Windows 7 with Paul McFedries, author of Microsoft Windows 7 Unleashed, and get into some of the features that don't get discussed as much. Find more info from Paul at mcfedries.com. In the news, Amazon introduces the Virtual Private Cloud, Apple releases OSX Snow Leopard with some nifty business features, Microsoft gets deeper into data warehousing with Project Madison, Cisco access points get Skyjacked with a new vulnerability, and good news from Intel points to an economic recovery for the tech sector. AT&T's broken promises [...]
CStechcast.com is the podcast for IT Pros. This week we bring in Tom Beck from Teo to discuss the unified communication model, how it can make us more productive, and how to avoid the pitfalls of implementation and acceptance. Find more info at Teotech.com. In the news, Internet Explorer takes a surprising win over it's competitors when blocking infected web sites, new Fibre Channel Over Ethernet implementations hit the scene from NetApp and QLogic working together, botnet researchers build a 1 million kernel test farm, Google buys On2 but a lawsuit may block the buy, and Microsoft Word is affected [...]
CStechcast.com gives you the podcast for IT pros. This week we take business performance management, where it applies, and what it takes to get to the data with Gary Cokins, global product marketing manager at SAS. Find more info at from Gary's blog at blogs.sas.com/cokins. In the news Microsoft let's Windows 7 out to select groups, Apple releases 18 security fixes for OS X, DNS BIND 9 is vulnerable to a zero-day attack, Microsoft's Patch Tuesday gives us five rated critical, and a survey shows most organizations have no patch management solution. Cloud services recent outages, broken promises and data [...]
Welcome to CStechcast.com, the podcast for IT pros. This week we have an enlightening discussion about data mining, why it's important, and some common pitfalls with industry pro John Elder. Find more info at datamininglab.com. In the news, Microsoft and Yahoo finally come to an understanding, Microsoft announces the location of its first retail stores, hard drive vendors up the ante to a terabyte in notebooks and servers, Google open sources parts of Wave, and a survey shows 40% of midmarket companies have no online presence. Apple flubs one by denying the Google Voice app making "The Worst Tech [...]
The podcast for IT pros, CStechcast.com. This week the focus is on disaster recovery; the planning, the technology, and what you should be doing with Don Norbeck, Technology Officer of Virtualization, Cloud Computing and Product Strategy at SunGuard. Find more information at www.availability.sungard.com. In the news we discuss Windows Server 2008 and Windows 7 going RTM, Yahoo's further discussion about some sort of Microsoft deal, IT is shown to be failing in 25% of small businesses, and a zero-day vulnerabilities found in Adobe's Flash player. The EU's strange requirement of a menu of browsers for Windows 7 gets "The [...]
Welcome to CStechcast.com, the source of the podcast for IT pros. This week we are talking small business technology and the unique issues they face of limited budgets and expertise with Brett Jaffe, CEO of IT4. Find more info about Brett’s company go to http://it4yourbusiness.com. In the news, Cisco hands the pink slip to 700 employees, a new cloud services monitoring tool is released by Paessler, Steve Ballmer questions the viability of the Chrome OS, and Microsoft’s Kevin Turner announces plans to open Microsoft shops right next to Apple stores. The Twitter internal document leak scandal earns Michael Arrington "The [...]
CStechcast.com is the podcast for IT pros. This week we have Zee Kane, Principal at WeDoCreative and Editor in Chief at The Next Web, who joins us from UK to talk about proper site design and what companies should be thinking about to move their web designs forward. Find more from Zee's web design and marketing company at WeDoCreative.com. In the news, Software as a Service sees reluctant adoption, IBM gets patents for image based data masking, Microsoft registers C# and Common Language Infrastructure specifications under their "Community Promise", new remote-code execution flaw in the Microsoft Video Active-X control causes [...]
Welcome to another episode of the podcast for IT Pros, only at CStechcast.com. This week we are exploring privileged account management and how to reduce the attack surface of that powerful access with Phil Lieberman, President and CEO of Lieberman Software. Find more information at http://www.liebsoft.com. In the news Google Apps continues to add features useful for business environments with a new API for contacts, Cisco and VMWare find better ways to VMotion a VM across data centers, AMD's newest Opteron makes it's debut in new HP servers and workstations, Adobe's employees gets an involuntary week off, and new evidence [...]
We are back with another episode of the podcast for IT pros at CStechcast.com. This week the topic is open source infrastructure and how it applies in the enterprise with Frank Wiles of Revolution Systems. Find more information on Frank and his company at revsys.com. In the news, Microsoft announces pricing for Windows 7, Intel puts out updated compilers, bad hiring is losing money, and Bing still can't compete with Google. MySpace takes the social out of their business with their treatment of layed-off employees making "The Worst Tech Move of the Week", we take "A Closer Look" at how [...]
Welcome to the podcast for IT pros at CSTechcast.com. This week we are with Robert Scoble, Rob La Gesse, and Rocky Barbanica of Rackspace at the launch of Building43 to discover why business needs to pay attention to The 2010 Web and how IT professionals need to approach the cloud. Find more information at http://building43.com. In the news; Microsoft gets set to launch a free anti-virus program, Symbian unveils it's developer site to the public for it's open source phone OS, Juniper Networks shows off a 100GB Ethernet adapter, and many admit in a new survey to abusing privileged accounts [...]
CSTechcast.com has the podcast for IT pros. This week we talk with about the future of the Windows Server platform on VMWare and how to get a virtualized infrastructure right with Darren Duke, founder of Simplified Technology Solutions. Find more on Darren and his company at http://simplified-tech.com and the blog http://blog.darrenduke.net. In the news; Bing sees some success overtaking the number 2 search spot, IBM challenges Microsoft over a website claiming love of Windows from Websphere, HP goes after those loyal to their mainframes, Verizon brings its own computing as a service offering, and Windows 7 gets a release date. [...]
The place for the IT professional's podcast, CSTechcast.com. This week, the effect of the economy on open source and how you could help your IT organization by going open. We get the answers and the approach from Ned Lilly, president and CEO of xTuple and an open source ERP guru. Find information on Ned at nedscape.com and his company at xtuple.com. In the news; the US Department of Interior admits a major security breach reporting 18% of computers missing, IBM announces new incentives to stay on old mainframes, Dell takes a big hit in revenues for the quarter, EMC buys [...]
The podcast for IT professionals, and CIOs, is new every week at CSTechcast.com. This week we cover information technology in health care with Ron Lindsay of Emtec about what the future holds as health care enters an era of change. Find more information at http://emtecinc.com. In the news, all those still running Office 2000 have hit the end of the line for support, HP announces anther drop in revenue as well as more job cuts, Microsoft begins support of SQL Server clusters on virtual machines, Intel delays the release of it’s newest Itanium process until next year, and Microsoft is [...]
Welcome to the podcast for IT pros, available at CSTechcast.com. This week, we talk about the realities of managing an IT organization from the top in this battered economy with Christopher Reichert, Executive Chair of the 6th Annual MIT Sloan CIO Symposium. Find additional information at mitcio.com. In the news; HP issues a major battery recall, a group of Sun shareholders try to block its sale to Oracle, a Google outage of some services raises questions about the cloud, new research reveals major malware on many web sites, and Microsoft announces support and tools for PHP on the Windows Azure [...]
Welcome to CSTechcast.com, the podcast for IT professionals. ITIL is the standard for IT governance, but challenges of implementation and understanding still remain. We talk to Matthew Schvimmer, the head of products for IT Service Management and Project Portfolio Management at HP, to discuss what ITIL version 3 brings to the table, how it's not a magic bullet, and the work it takes to realize the benefits. For more information, go to hp.com. In the news, Polycom adds to the small business VoIP mix with a new PBX and wireless phones, Sun's StorageTek reports big sales of the high end [...]
CSTechcast.com, the source of the podcast for IT pros. This week we discuss the utter lack of visibility into virtualized infrastructure with Charles Thompson, product manager for Network Instruments, who discusses a new survey that shows 75% of organizations lack tools to monitor their virtual environments. Find The State of the Network Global Study at http://www.networkinstruments.com. In the news, Twitter gets hacked again giving us pause when envisioning private business use in a professional model, Seagate announces Replica to easily backup computers, Sun releases the latest update to Solaris the week after the Oracle takeover of Sun was announced, Windows [...]
Welcome to CSTechcast.com, the podcast for IT pros. This week Erica Toelle, Sharepoint project implementation expert, gives us the scoop on Sharepoint project success. Find her insight at ericatoelle.com. In the news; the Sun-Oracle merger brings complications and an uncertain future for several Sun side solutions, uneven financial results mark the quarter for tech companies, Linux distro Ubuntu sees a major new release, and the RSA conference gets word of a major new botnet in force. IBM's attitude towards the Sun deal turns into a loss earning "The Worst Tech Move of the Week", we take "A Closer Look" at [...]
CSTechcast.com, the home of the podcast for IT professionals released every week. This week we talk to Stephen Wynkoop, founder and editor of SSWUG.org, about virtualized conferences and how it can get your tech skills sharp. Find more info at www.vconferenceonline.com/upcoming.asp. In the news, more mess for Microsoft from the DOJ, Sun gets Nehalemized with new Intel Xeon processors and a network switch addition much like Cisco's new server solution, IBM aims to have 28-nanometer chip manufacturing next year, Intel dips its profits but sees a bottom, and Verizon Business Security reports security breaches of 285 million records last year [...]
CSTechcast.com is your source to get the podcast for IT professionals. This week we talk to Toby J. Velte, author of Green IT: Reduce Your Information System's Environmental Impact While Adding to the Bottom Line, about the hard facts you can use to get buy-in to green your data centers. Find more info at Velte.com. In the news, the Confiker worm continues it's appetite for destruction by charging you for fake anti-virus software, Microsoft says Happy Easter with a basket-full of new patches, Google gives up some detail on data center efficiencies they have developed, spies are apparently successfully hacking [...]
Welcome to the podcast for IT pros, available at CSTechcast.com. This week we talk to Avinoam Nowogrodski, co-founder and CEO of Clarizen, about collaboration using SaaS applications and what benefit the SaaS platform serves a business over traditional internal applications. Find more information at clarizen.com. In the news, the Conficker worm comes in with a whimper on April 1st but is still considered a threat, all major server manufacturers get online with the latest Intel Nehalem-based Xeon processors, Intel keeps taking share away from AMD, IBM is getting closer to swallowing Sun, and Microsoft debuts Windows Server 2008 Foundation for [...]
CSTechcast.com brings you another podcast for IT pros. This week we talk about innovations in the server space and what to consider for the modern data center and cash strapped businesses with HP Vice-President of Industry Standard Servers, Paul Gottsegan. In the news, Conficker is ticking down to April 1st, HP releases an analysis tool for Adobe Flash code to look for security holes, Sun releases it's latest Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Software 3, and Red Hat beats Wall Street expectation giving good news to the tech economy and open source. Complexity on network equipment updates to protect against security holes [...]
Once again, CSTechcast.com brings you another podcast for IT pros. This week we talk to Marc Borbas, Vice President at INETCO, about how the approach to measuring and monitoring real-time applications that often leave your sphere of control. Find more information at INETCO.com. In the news, Internet Explorer 8 is officially release and gets a cool reception, IBM is looking to swoop in on Sun with a takeover bid, the FTC looking into privacy concerns around Google cloud applications like Apps and GMail, EMC pushing bigger and faster solid state drive technology into the data center, and Microsoft aims to [...]
Welcome to another podcast for IT pros always available at CSTechcast.com. This week we talk about Platform as a Service and get the scoop on cloud computing trends for business with the CEO of LongJump, Pankaj Malviya. Find more information at longjump.com. In the news, Amazon launches their Reserved Instances service for EC2, open source is steadily gaining in IT shops, Linux gets a boast in use in server rooms and may be the future on the desktops of businesses, AT&T boosts capital spending and hiring, and the Confiker worm continues it's attack with a new variant and threat of [...]
Announcing another podcast for IT pros, straight from CSTechcast.com. This week we talk about what approach you should take to application testing and the tools to help you get there with HP Senior Director of Products Mark Sarbiewski. Find complete information at hp.com. In the news, IE8 will get a sort of on-off switch in Windows 7, new critical updates for Microsoft Patch Tuesday, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is forced to defend Windows Mobile at the CIO Summit, virtualization and cloud service continue to gain acceptance in business, and the general economy continues to dive but IT consulting jobs are [...]
CSTechcast.com brings you the podcast for IT Pros; a "Top 10" according to CIO Insight. This week we talk with Jim Thor, network engineer for Wild Packets, about VoIP in the enterprise and how to identify the pitfalls and get a successful system in place. Find more on their solutions at WildPackets.com. In the news, IT sees a slight uptick in jobs, Ruby is becoming the programming language of choice for techies in emerging markets, not all is well at the Sun acquired MySQL with David Axmark and Michael Widenius resigning, IBM will be providing core IBM software such as [...]
CSTechcast.com, where you can find the podcast for IT professionals. This week we have Chris Poelker, VP of Enterprise Solutions at FalconStor and author of "Storage Area Networks for Dummies", to talk about data de-duplication as a solution for greening your data center. Find more on the topic at his blog http://blog.falconstor.com/ChrisPoelker/. In the news, the downturn in the global economy has NEC possibly pulling out of PC market in Europe, Africa, and the Middle East, Lenovo replaces their CEO after a bad quarter, Oracle is still making acquisitions with it's purchase of mValent, VMWare adds a free open-source virtualization [...]
The podcast for IT pros at CSTechcast.com. This week we discuss the benefits of moving your desktops off the desk and into the data center with Mike Fodor, VP at Pano Logic. Find more information on their desktop virtualization solutions at panologic.com. In the news, Toshiba and NEC are merging chip operations, high-speed broadband goes to Washington, government employment program E-Verify gets postponed, and a fired employee is indicted for planting a logic bomb in Fannie Mae computers. School officials pouty about criticism from students on the Internet gets "The Worst Tech Move of the Week", we take "A Closer [...]
CSTechcast.com brings you the podcast for IT pros. This week we talk with Adam Swidler of Google's Enterprise Division about their new report on the state of spam. Find the report at googleenterprise.blogspot.com and more information on the products at www.google.com/a/security. In the news, Intel drops chip prices up to 40%, Qualcomm buys AMD's mobile chip division, top web site spread malware, Seagate post a fix for a hard drive problem that just causes more problems, and despite the economy tech paychecks take a tick up. The White House's state of tech shines a light on out of date government [...]
CSTechcast has yet another information filled podcast for IT pros. This week we consult Alex Scoble, a CISSP certified security consultant and risk analyst, about the common security threats to your network and what you can do about it. Find Alex's blog at itmanager.blogs.com. In the news Steve Jobs is taking a leave of absence from Apple CEO duties, 1TB Seagate drives are seeing an abnormal level of failures, The "Downadup" virus infected about 6.5 million PCs in 4 days, the inauguration may prove challenging to Internet bandwidth, and United Airlines offers up Wi-Fi on some planes with some limitations, [...]
CSTechcast.com brings you the weekly podcast for IT pros. This week we talk about the challenges of delivering as an IT pro to the small and mid-sized business with Art Hollingsworth and Mike Scott of the Two Guys Tech podcast. Find them at Twoguystech.com. In the news: MacWorld excitement comes not from Apple hardware but from third party software, Palm tries to makes a comeback with the Pre smartphone, HP reports six hour battery life for their new netbook, and Windows 7 beta is brought to the public with much fanfare. The bungled digital TV transition gets "The Worst Tech [...]
CSTechcast.com brings you the weekly podcast for IT pros. This week we talk about technology communities and SQL Server in particular with Andy Warren, President of End to End Training. Find him blogging at http://www.sqlservercentral.com/blogs/andy_warren. In the news, we cover the coming USB 3.0 devices, Microsoft tries to patent pay as you go computing, Microsoft System Center Data Protection Manager gets an update with service pack 1, SSL certificates gets compromised by a bunch of PS3s game consoles, and Windows experiences the largest usage drop in 4 years. The cable box method of pay as you go computing gets "The [...]
3, 2, 1, CSTechcast.com for IT pro podcasts in the new year! This week we discuss encryption solutions, why it matters and separate the press hype and reality with John Callas, CTO of PGP Inc. Find their solutions at PGP.com. In the news we discuss the effect the economy is having on data centers, Microsoft working on a fix for a SQL vulnerability since April, notebook sales steadily outstripping desktops, and Citrix is giving you a way to get Windows on your iPhone, sort of. Michael Arrington trying to police how Robert Scoble uses the Internet gets "The Worst Tech [...]
CSTechcast.com welcomes you to another episode of the podcast for IT pros. Today we talk the trends in the database space with Billy Bosworth, SQL Server VP & GM of Quest Software. Find their solutions at Quest.com. In the news Cisco announces a full rack solution for the data center including a complete set of servers, Toshiba announces their 512GB flash-based SSD drive for notebooks, the SEC requires ZBRL on financial documents as soon as mid next year, Sun’s open source VirtualBox VM solution gets popular, and IE7 gets a shiny new out-of-band patch for the holiday. The hoopla over [...]
The weather outside is frightful, so if you’ve no place to go, download the latest podcast from CSTechcast.com. This week we talk the open source option and why it makes sense for you operations with Curt Finch, CEO of JournyX and author of All Your Money Won't Another Minute Buy: Valuing Time as a Business Resource. In the news, IE8 is winning the war to have the least bugs, new patches for critical vulnerabilities released after Patch Tuesday, the .tel domain aims to make it easy to share contact information, Sun retires Network.com and launches a new cloud initiative, and [...]
CSTechcast.com brings you good cheer in another podcast for IT pros. This week we talk about your online brand and why it's important with the co-founder and editor of SQLServerCentral.com Steve Jones. In the news, IBM unveils the Open Collaboration Client open source desktop system, Microsoft and RSA get cozy with security integration, Amazon announces a free tier of access to SimpleDB, Windows 7 beta gets an official date, and patch Tuesday plays the Grinch with six critical updates to keep you up late. The irrational logic that keep people hanging onto Windows XP, making some a tidy profit, gets [...]
A full year of shows at CSTechcast.com, and here's another for the IT pro. This week the topic is VM sprawl and how to control it with guest David Lynch, VP of Marketing at Embotics. In the news, the terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India bring up the question of stability for IT companies in the region, spammers get their mojo back despite the shutdown of spam hoster McColo, a seemingly ignored Microsoft patch is seeing exploits in the wild, new Lenovo laptops can foil thieves with a text message, and IBM announces consulting services in for cloud computing. The Blu-ray [...]
CSTechcast.com is the source for our weekly podcast for tech pros. This week we discuss ways to keep your job in a bad economy with Bruce Culbert, CEO of iSymmetry and myCRMcareer.com. In the news Microsoft takes Exchange and SharePoint to the cloud, CA aims to help manage cloud services, OOXML gets finalized but the controversy remains, USB devices threaten network security, and Internet Explorer 8 gets a ship date, or at least a ship quarter. Seagate's being incommunicado about hard drive problems while pushing themselves on the chattiest services in social networking gets "The Worst Tech Move of [...]
Download the podcast for IT pros at CSTechcast.com. This week Barry Phillips, Vice President and Group Manager at Citrix, talks about the continued convergence of voice and data and what that means for IT. In the news Citrix gets serious on the iPhone with Xen, Office makes a push onto the web with support for Mac and Linux, AMD tries to mount a comeback with it's quad-core Shanghai processors, Sun and others get layoff fever, and spammer centric ISP's get taken down. AVG's crippling false positive gets "The Worst Tech Move of the Week", we talk about the next four [...]
STechcast.com has the latest podcast for IT professionals. This week Tableau CEO Christian Chabot talks to us about techniques for exploring new and unfamiliar data using business intelligence tools. Find out more about Tableau at tableausoftware.com. In the news, Microsoft's PDC show saw the unveiling of Windows 7 and Azure cloud services, Sony recalls another 100,000 laptop batteries, Linux is getting popular as a utility OS when you don't want to wait for Windows to boot, Informatica and Salesforce.com team to sync data between internal apps and SaaS software, and the Google-Yahoo deal sees scrutiny from the US Department of [...]
Welcome to another episode of the podcast for IT professionals always available at CSTechcast.com. This week we talk what it takes to be a tech book author, the publishing game, and what it's like to go independent with Julie Yack, editor of the new book CRM as a Rapid Development Platform. Find more info at thecrmbook.com and use discount code "cstechcast" for 10% off the purchase price of the book. The news bring an out of cycle Microsoft patch for Windows, Intel announces next-gen cooling for laptops, Amazon's EC2 goes production for virtualization in the cloud, new service packs announced [...]
Thanks for tuning in to another episode of the podcast for IT pros always available at CSTechcast.com. This week we detail what's involved in Content Management Systems with Gerardo Dada, Senior Director of Product Marketing at Vignette. Find more information at vignette.com. In the news, HP debuts their data center in a box called POD, Google Apps unexpected upgrade causes problems for business clients, a new MacBook ditches the Firewire port, and outsourcing business is good in a down economy. The pains with Google Apps gets "The Worst tech Move of the Week", we take "A Closer Look" at the [...]
A new full-length podcast for IT pros is ready for consumption at CSTechcast.com. This week we talk about the bandwidth hog that is web-based video and how network admins can control it with E-telemetry's CTO Alan Schunemann. Find more information about his company at etelemetry.com. The news brings a mess of Microsoft patches, also word that UAC is being refashioned in Windows 7, AMD spinning off The Foundry Company for chip manufacturing, Oracle acquiring Primavera, and IBM furthers its cloud computing ambitions with Bluehouse. Telecom companies trying to stop widespread municipal Internet get "The Worst Tech Move of the [...]
The newest episode is available at CSTechcast.com, a full podcast for IT professionals. This week, CEO of Brighttalk.com Paul Heald talks about how webcasts are helping business reach other businesses and the technology behind it. In the news Microsoft is set to release the cloud computing OS Red Dog, the Windows XP downgrade gets six more months of life, web sites get their credentials ripped off, AMD swings at Intel with the Shanghai server CPUs, and Steve Jobs IS alive even after a rumored health crisis. Credit card companies lack of concern for bad wireless security gets "The Worst Tech [...]
Welcome to another CSTechcast.com podcast for IT professionals. This week we interview Adam Shostack, author of The New School of Information Security about the essentials IT organizations need to establish to really do security right. In the news, PDF security holes are under increasing attack, Cisco is busy applying patches to its IOS software, solid state drives from Toshiba hit 256GB for netbooks, and Microsoft announces RTM status for Essential Business Server aimed at the mid-sized market and Windows HPC Server for the super high-end. A lack of great new business apps for smart phones and an overabundance of [...]
Check out another podcast for IT pros at CSTechcast.com. This week John Kembel, CEO of HiveLive, gets us familiar with the ins and outs of getting a business to engage with customers through new social networks. Find more information on them at HiveLive.com. The news brings us a read on IT jobs during an uncertain economy, the hacking of Sarah Palin's e-mail, Apple finally addressing the DNS vulnerability, VMWare Virtual Center coming to the iPhone, and announcements from VMWorld on how to extend virtualization beyond the operating system. Investment bank's lack of real information in a world of technology gets [...]
Another fine podcast for IT professionals found here at CSTechcast.com. This week we talk enterprise 2.0 with Ross Mayfield, social networking extraordinaire and Chairman, President, and co-founder of Socialtext. Find Ross' blog at ross.typepad.com and SocialText's offerings at Socialtext.com. In the news, possible privacy issues with the IE8 beta phoning home, Dell's pushing into the VM space with new blade servers and storage, the DOJ is questioning the Google-Yahoo ad deal, HP's building an OS of their own, and the LHC gets hacked. Apple's new BSOD causing iTunes 8 gets "The Worst Tech Move of the Week", we take "A [...]
A new interview, tech news, and insight from the podcast for IT pros at CSTechcast.com. This week we talk about smartphone and mobile device security with Dan Dearing, Vice President of marketing at Trust Digital. Find out more about Trust Digital at trustdigital.com. In the news, we discuss a kaleidoscope of a patch from Microsoft, social networking for G Men, Dell shutting down factories of their once high-flying made-to-order operations, a six-core server chip from Intel, and a recall of overheating Sony Vaio laptops. Comcast's FCC countersuit gets "The Worst Tech Move of the Week", Chrome, Firefox, and IE8 start [...]
A new podcast for IT pros at CSTechcast.com is ready for you to download. Anil Desai, respected author, Microsoft MVP, and consultant, talks about the journey of being an independent technology consultant and the lessons learned. Find more on his web site anildesai.net. In the news, we talk the IT disaster recovery efforts in effect prompted by Hurricane Gustav, what jobs are more at risk to being outsourced, Google Apps are not getting much adoption in the enterprise, we discuss the new Cellular Seizure Investigation Stick, and the latest beta of Internet Explorer 8. Comcast's bit cap gets "The Worst [...]
CSTechcast.com has a great show available for subscription and download this week. We interview Ken Ledeen, author of Blown to Bits: Your Life, Liberty, and Happiness After the Digital Explosion, about the current status of privacy in the digital domain and how you can steer your IT organization around these new privacy pitfalls. The news brings stats of Vista service pack 1 adoption, a new massive Microsoft data center, a lawsuit for Apple and their 3G iPhone, DNS continues to be exposed, and Apache Tomcat faces a new security vulnerability. ISP who haven't patched their DNS servers get "The Worst [...]
CSTechcast.com brings you another episode of the podcast for IT professionals. Today, we talk about the future of IPv6 for business with Fred Wettling, author of Global IPv6 Strategies from Cisco Press. In the news, solid state drives are looking to replace spinning disks for enterprise applications, AMD is introducing new processors, a court ruling on model trains impacts free software, Windows 7 starts to get real, and iPhone gets Gartner's nod for use in business. VMWare's servers have fallen and they can't get up in "The Worst tech Move of the Week", greening servers gets "A Closer Look", [...]
Let's do it again, another IT pro podcast posted at CSTechcast.com. This week we talk phishing threats and how to keep your users safe with Rohyt Belani, CEO of Intrepidus Group. See their new technology online at phishme.com. The news brings twelve new Microsoft updates for patch Tuesday, but Microsoft also tries harder with three new security programs, security concerns around the march towards virtualization, cloud entries from AT&T, others bring forth virtualization for small business, and economic woes hit IT jobs hard. Apple's iPhone kill switch gets "The Worst Tech Move of the Week", we take "A Closer Look" [...]
Welcome to the podcast for IT pros at CSTechcast.com. This week we look at the coming trends for the SQL Server database platform with our friend Paul Nielsen, author of SQL Server 2005 Bible. Find Paul and his books at sqlserverbible.com. In the news; Apple's DNS patch fails to randomize ports plus other DNS patches show new flaws, IBM commits to the cloud with a heavy investment in data centers, Microsoft is set to deliver Small Business Server 2008 for mom and pops and Essential Business Server 2008 for the mid-market this year, the Storm worm pops back onto the [...]
CSTechcast.com, your weekly source for tech, trends, news, and reviews for IT pros presents the latest episode of our podcast. Rhonda Layfield joins the fray to update us on the extensive deployment tools available for the Microsoft Windows platform. Find Rhonda contributing to the web site Minasi.com. Tech news brings everyone early exposure to the DNS flaw, VMWare decides to give away the ESXi hypervisor, Drizzle aims to slim down MySQL, the Brocade-Foundry marriage merges Fibre-SAN switching with 10G Ethernet expertise, and Terry Childs finally gives up the goods. Quick selling VC's are investing in "The Worst Tech Move of [...]
Hello again from CSTechcast.com, the latest in our weekly podcast series for IT professionals is online. This week we discuss the unifying potential of Office Communication Server with Ron Barrett, author of How to Cheat at Administering Office Communications Server 2007 . Find Ron at networkworld.com/community/barrett. The news brings us Intel launching the Centrino 2 laptop chipset with vPro features for enterprise management, an insider admin locked out the San Francisco network with a password change, a major spike in malware due mainly to SQL injection attacks, new terabyte tape backup capacity, and some users get locked out of validating [...]
No need to wait in line for our newest podcast; all the week's tech news and insight for IT Pros is here at CSTechcast.com. We explore the latest in delivering applications to remote and global networks with Zach Seils, author of Deploying Cisco Wide Area Application Services. This week, Microsoft lobs another offer at Yahoo, DNS gets patched across all vendors, NVidia slowly reveals more about their overheating laptop chips, cloud apps have downtime woes, SQL Server will be out in August, and a new Microsoft push for software plus services. Overreacting tech bloggers make "The Worst tech Move of [...]
Come and get it, CSTechcast.com has the latest podcast for IT professionals posted for download. This week we get an IT compliance education with Don Jones. Find Don's vast expertise at his website concentratedtech.com. The news brings enhanced search for Adobe Flash on the web, no critical Microsoft patches this Tuesday, the VLC Player has buffer overflow security problem, Google gives away Rat Proxy to check for security on your websites, the Coreflood Trojan is waiting for an admin to logon, NVidia has heat problems with laptop chips, and Microsoft gets serious with a new yearly subscription model for Office. [...]
The latest CSTechcast.com podcast is up. This week we discuss social networking and how we take it into business and gain personally with Patrice-Anne Rutledge, author of The Truth About Profiting from Social Networking . Be social and visit patricerutledge.com. In the news; Microsoft stops selling Windows XP, but keeps a loophole for business and extends support, Hyper-V goes RTM, Cisco updates its edge network solution with VMWare support, new tools are released to deal with recent SQL injection attacks, database market share shows Oracle in the clear lead, and IT spending is not reducing security threats. Suing web sites [...]
Get informed and entertained, the CSTechcast.com podcast is up and online. Today we see why the little Vista Gadget can be so useful with Rajesh Lal, author of Creating Vista Gadgets. You can find him and his gadgets at innovatewithgadgets.com. The news brings the latest release of Oracle Retail version 13, deduplication features added to HP SANs, security issues with Mac, Firefox 3, and the Microsoft Bluetooth patch, but a fix for Safari on Windows, an update for Google Trends, and we are all apparently guilty of using our admin power for the evils of spying. The Associated Press [...]
We even podcast on vacation, bringing you the latest tech information for IT professionals at CStechcast.com from fabulous Las Vegas. This week, we delve into Vista with authors of Using Microsoft Windows Vista Robert Cowart and Brian Knittel. In the news, Firefox gets it's 3.0 on while Microsoft previews more IE8 features, the new iPhone gets some enterprise functionality while hopefully not tarnishing its cool factor, Oracle adds social networking to CRM, Microhoo finally break up (could Bradgalena be next?) while Yahoo gets on the rebound with Google, and PC shipments stay healthy in Asia. Short sighted middle management gets [...]
Info for IT pros, get ready to download the latest audio at CStechcast.com. Crimeware is the focus this week, as we interview expert Markus Jakobsson, author of Crimeware: Understanding New Attacks and Defenses. In the news; Adobe gives a preview of the new Acrobat 9 integrated with the new acrobat.com web site, Microsoft warns on the monthly round of patches, spear phishing catches 15,000 big fish, AMD starts to make a serious notebook push with Puma, Opera one ups the browser competition in the fight against malware, and we review the latest rumor mill around the next generation Apple [...]
Another podcast is up and available at CStechcast.com, the podcast for IT professionals. This week we talk about the history and the future of networks with John Day, author of Patterns in Network Architecture . The news brings cloud computing to your data center with a new product from HP, easier Web 2.0 APIs from Google, details on Windows 7 and Ruby on .NET, and a warning on Apple Safari on Windows. Lack of data breach disclosure "The Worst Tech Move of the Week", getting Vista's search to work right in the "Weekly Tech Tip", and we take "A Closer [...]
This week we explore VMware ESX virtualization with Edward L. Haletky, author of VMware ESX Server in the Enterprise. Find information from the author at http://astroarch.com/wiki/index.php/Virtualization. In the news; Microsoft announces support for ODF and PDF in an upcoming Office service pack, Citrix debuts its Branch Repeater for remote office support over the WAN, Google gives us the Safe Browsing Diagnostic Tool to check web sites for malware, jobs openings involving virtualization skills are up 40 percent, and some companies look to allow employees to use their own laptops on the corporate network. Microsoft gets rid of their academic search [...]
IT professionals get another great podcast; a weekly dose of great content at CStechcast.com. We get into the latest enterprise management tools with Kerrie Meyler, author of System Center Operations Manager 2007 Unleashed. She can be found at the blogs: ops-mgr.spaces.live.com and www.networkworld.com/community/meyler/. The news brings more undying news from Yahoo and Microsoft, an HP buyout of EDS, another standard arriving soon for financial data, the rollout of updated rich media platforms from Sun JavaFX and Adobe Flash, and an ongoing SSL threat to Paypal. Constant bickering over Open XML formats gets "The Worst Tech Move of the Week", we [...]
IT pros get another podcast chock full of information and irreverence, at CStechcast.com. This week we put the focus back onto the brand new Windows Server 2008 operating system with Rand Morimoto, author of Windows Server 2008 Unleashed. Tech news sees the demise of the MicroHoo merger, Windows XP Service Pack 3 gets PCs to go on endless reboots, a new security bulletin on a new Trojan infecting half a million PCs, patch Tuesday sees 4 new patches, Office 2007 SP1 is coming to automatic updates, Google sets up a new enterprise hosted security service, and we take a peek [...]
Our latest weekly podcast for IT Pros, available at CStechcast.com, is released to the world. This week we try to tap our inner CSI with Keith J. Jones, author of Real Digital Forensics, available alone or in the Computer Forensics Library Boxed Set. Find more info at realdigitalforensics.com. The news finds Windows XP Service Pack 3 and Vista Service Pack 1 pulled back from Windows Updates, the BlueHat conference exposes easy antivirus hacks, third party solutions aim to help Ruby on Rails scale, SharePoint gets a new administration toolkit, and dirty secrets of the security industry are revealed. Eric Schmidt's [...]
This week's new podcast, available at CStechcast.com, gives IT pros another dose of news and expert information. Microsoft Office 2007 Servers is the topic with J. Peter Bruzzese, author of Administrator's Guide to Microsoft Office 2007 Servers and regular contributor to Infoworld.com, among his many endeavors. Find him on the web at cliptraining.com. In the news; Microsoft floods us with bad news on desktops, the Yahoo merger, and it's database share, but hey Live Mesh is cool along with Yahoo! announcing a redesign at the Web 2.0 Conference, SQL injection attacks are on the rise, and IT pay takes a [...]
The latest CS Techcast podcast is here with news, views, and interviews for IT professionals at cstechcast.com. This week we discuss Microsoft Expression Web and the approach of these tools in a Web 2.0 world with Jim Cheshire, author of Using Microsoft Expression Web 2. Find Jim at www.jimcobooks.com. The news brings new web mashup design and an updated Live Maps from Microsoft's Live platform, Forrester is going against conventional wisdom with Vista in business, Citrix turns up the heat on the competition with smooth delivery of applications via virtualization on their XenDesktop beta, and an increasing zero day worry [...]
This week's podcast at cstechcast.com concentrates on technology trends that matter to IT pros. We have an extended interview with long time industry expert, PC Magazine and MarketWatch columnist, and Cranky Geeks host John C. Dvorak where we discuss Google's platform as a service, Dell's shrinking relevance, and Microsoft's apparent soft opening for Windows Server 2008. Find John C. Dvorak at dvorak.org/blog. The news brings us Gartner's top disruptive technology trends that may mean upgrades to your internal apps for multi-core and a further move towards mashup development, Gartner also stirs the pot by declaring that Windows is collapsing in [...]
CStechcast.com brings you another information filled podcast for IT pros. This week we interview Ben Day, Microsoft MVP for C#, conference speaker, and leader of the Beantown.NET User Group to get into the benefits and how to avoid the controversy of LINQ. Find him online at Benday.com. In the news we see the nail in Windows XP sales coffin, we explore Windows 7 rumors, you get exposed to a plethora of security patches, go head first into IRS phishing, see the resurgence of backscatter spam, more DDoS traffic, get some much needed help from a honeypot client, look at VMWare's [...]
CStechcast.com brings you another audio podcast filled with a half hour of solid information for IT professionals. This week we interview Andy Leonard, Microsoft MVP and co-author of several books including Professional Software Testing with Visual Studio 2005 Team System: Tools for Software Developers and Test Engineers, and we talk about the importance of database testing. In the news we talk about some major security gaffs involving malware on servers that led to identity theft and rigged searches on major web sites, plus new attacks against DNS, hacking Windows Server 2008 and the MacBook Air, and EnterpriseDB's open source Postgres [...]
The title, a play on translated Japanese advertising; the cstechcast.com podcast, real information for IT professionals. Get ready for the newly released Microsoft Windows Server 2008 operating system with our interview of Greg Shields, frequent TechMentor presenter, Redmond Magazine contributing editor, and author of the new book: Windows Server 2008: What’s New/What’s Changed. Check out the details and a free sample chapter at sapienpress.com. The news hails the coming of Windows Vista Service Pack 1 along with lingering problems and updated Microsoft Deployment tools; FireFox 3, Safari for Windows, and IE 8 are bringing back the 90's; it's Browser Wars [...]
CStechcast.com brings another podcast episode to the starting line with guest Kalen Delaney. This SQL Server expert and authoritative author of the Inside SQL Server series gives us her take on SQL Server 2008. Find the latest from Kalen Delaney at insidesqlserver.com and SQLCommunity.com. In the news; 10,000 legitimate sites were hit by a SQL injection to deliver malware, Microsoft get their Dynamics apps revved up for the enterprise, Apple makes the iPhone business savvy, and the NCAA gets set to dunk on your network bandwidth. The "Worst Tech Move of the Week" is pre-installed with viruses courtesy of [...]
A special episode at cstechcast.com this week as we record our podcast live from PASS Camp. This keynote address features an expert panel to explore the upcoming SQL Server 2008 database release with questions on features, technology, and strategy for our panel. Featured on our panel are Paul Nielsen - Microsoft SQL Server MVP and author of the “SQL Server Bible” book series (SqlServerBible.com), Kevin Cox – member of the SQL Server Product Group in the Customer Advisory Team at Microsoft (sqlcat.com), and Ben Hoelting - a .NET developer with Colorado Technology Consultants (benhblog.com). Of course, we also have our [...]
A special episode at cstechcast.com this week as we record our podcast live from PASS Camp. This keynote address features an expert panel to explore the upcoming SQL Server 2008 database release with questions on features, technology, and strategy for our panel. Featured on our panel are Paul Nielsen - Microsoft SQL Server MVP and author of the “SQL Server Bible” book series (SqlServerBible.com), Kevin Cox – member of the SQL Server Product Group in the Customer Advisory Team at Microsoft (sqlcat.com), and Ben Hoelting - a .NET developer with Colorado Technology Consultants (benhblog.com). Of course, we also have our [...]
A special episode at cstechcast.com this week as we record our podcast live from PASS Camp. This keynote address features an expert panel to explore the upcoming SQL Server 2008 database release with questions on features, technology, and strategy for our panel. Featured on our panel are Paul Nielsen - Microsoft SQL Server MVP and author of the “SQL Server Bible” book series (SqlServerBible.com), Kevin Cox – member of the SQL Server Product Group in the Customer Advisory Team at Microsoft (sqlcat.com), and Ben Hoelting - a .NET developer with Colorado Technology Consultants (benhblog.com). Of course, we also have our [...]
CStechcast.com brings you the expertise of Michael Stiefel, a Microsoft MVP in Connected Systems Development, to explain the concepts behind Software as a Service (SaaS). Michael can be found at reliablesoftware.com. News on deck: Windows Vista takes price cuts and more lumps from Dell, Google says to Microsoft "Do you want a piece of me?" and releases Google Sites, sliding skills found in the security field, and the Cobra language goes open source. In our segments; Network Solutions steals our domain so we can't register "The Worst Tech Move of the Week", we take a trip down memory lane with [...]
We are back for another week, and talking with James Taylor and Neil Raden, the authors of Smart (Enough) Systems. The details on the book can be found at www.smartenoughsystems.com. In the news this week, BitLocker exploited, 10 disruptive technologies, Windows Vista cripples some apps, and broadband in the sticks. The nod for "The Worst Tech Move of the Week" goes to the Veteran’s Administration, this week's "Tech Tip" helps you find the command-line, and Johnson blows a vein over developers in the "IT Pet [...]
The latest podcast available at cstechcast.com is now offering free stuff, check it out. This week we discuss the methods behind debugging the Windows operating system with Mario Hewardt and Daniel Pravat. Read the book Advanced Windows Debugging for all the in-depth information and check out advancedwindowsdebugging.com. News brings us a drop in spending, a potpourri of security issues, Blackberry leaves executives stranded on the island, and Starbucks is hooking us up with free Wi-Fi. The Microsoft-Yahoo merger gets "The Worst Tech Move of the Week" and not why you think, our "Tech Tip" imparts experience about SQL Server I/O [...] |
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