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 trending up. Tech companies sitting on cash instead of investing for the future get "The Worst Tech Move of the Week", we take "A Closer Look" at alternative tech training, and understand network teaming in Hyper-V with "The Weekly Tech Tip".
Links to stories and sites discussed during the show:Windows 7 Will Have IE 8 On-Off Switch (InformationWeek)Microsoft Patch Day Won't Fix Excel Vulnerability (InformationWeek)Microsoft CEO Gets Earful About iPhones In IT (InformationWeek)Survey: Virtualization Takes Off, Cloud Computing on the Rise (eWeek)Employment Situation Summary (Bureau of Labor Statistics)Technology firms sitting on mountains of cash (MarketWatch)
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Link to the episode: http://www.cstechcast.com/home.aspx?Episode=65
- Eric Beehler (consortioservices.com/blog)