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 cloud services platform. A best of "Worst Tech Move of the Week", we take "A Closer Look" at new software coming from the Microsoft TechEd conference, and a little help to get a lock down on security for your Sharepoint servers in "The Weekly Tech Tip".
Links to stories and sites discussed in the show:HP Recalling 70,000 Laptop Batteries Due to Fire Concerns (eWeek)HP Notebook PC Battery Pack Replacement Program (HP)Sun Shareholders File Suit to Block Sale to Oracle (PC World)Gmail, Google News 3.5-Hour Outage Blamed on System Error (eWeek)New script outstrips all other drive-by download risks (The Register)…And We Have A Winner! (Sophos Labs)Microsoft Launches PHP Tools for Windows Azure (eWeek)The 10 Biggest Tech Failures of the Past Decade (Time Magazine)
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Link to the episode: http://www.cstechcast.com/home.aspx?Episode=75 - Eric Beehler (consortioservices.com/blog)