Top 10: Windows 7 launch, FCC vote, Sun job cuts
This was one of the busiest news weeks in recent memory, with the Windows 7 launch, the U.S. Federal Communications Commission moving toward net neutrality rules, big job cuts at Sun Microsystems, the Web 2.0 conference and a flurry of financial reports, among other noteworthy happenings.
BT's Web 2.0 security strategy
In 2006, just as the first tweet was being Twittered, BT Global Services launched an effort to keep its customers and 112,000 employees safe in a new world of Web-based communities and other interactive sites.
Top 10 IT management trends for the next five years
The top trends affecting technology infrastructure over the next five years can be summed up as largely a list representing where IT and users are battling for control over technology.
Web 2.0 face-off: British Airways vs. Virgin Atlantic
It's not just customers who are using social networks and other Web 2.0 tools to protest shoddy airline service and questionable fees. Some airlines are leveraging the angst and their own Web 2.0 arsenals to engage customers and snub rivals.
Cheap sleep, part II
In my last post, I told you how to use new 2.0 resources to find a low-cost place to stay as an alternative to costly hotels. But cheap accommodation is only half the equation. The other half is to reduce or offset the monthly cost of your empty house. Here are three approaches that will save you big time.
Top 10: Windows 7 launch, FCC vote, Sun job cuts
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Either way you look at it Microsoft Data Center management did not follow standards or best practices in this failure. In which case it makes me wonder more about the outsourcing of corporate data much less personal data.
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