General News and Notes

The unrest in Egypt and resultant Internet brownout (roughly 10% of Egypt's connectivity is still up, so it's not quite a blackout) serves not only as a point of political and human rights concern, but also as a reminder that Internet connectivity can be… more »

These days our firms are so dependant upon Internet connectivity - especially if you're moving any of your systems to the Cloud - that having fast and reliable Internet access is a necessity.  And despite the claims of certain pundits and evangelists hig… more »

As computers have become more and more powerful the amount of time they spend doing not much of anything has continued to increase.  Let's face it, computers have gotten faster at a greater rate than humans have.  If you ever actually look at the task ma… more »

O.K., so lately folks have been asking me "But Ben...we really WANT to use Cloud Computing or Software as a Service (SaaS) in our firm. What do we need to do to make it work?" And I've even had one or two Cloud vendors ask me what they could do to get… more »