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 "The Worst Tech Move of the Week", those who undervalue their IT staff get ripped six ways from Sunday in "The IT Pet Peeve", and "The Weekly Tech Tip" reviews the snapshot feature in Hyper-V. Links to stories and sites discussed during the show:
Wall Street turmoil unlikely to KO IT industry (NetworkWorld)
Report: Legislator's son at center of Palin hack talk (InfoWorld)
Apple update finally fixes important DNS bug (InfoWorld)
VMware's VirtualCenter coming to Linux, iPhone (InfoWorld)
VMware chief says the OS is history (InfoWorld) If you'd like to support CS Techcast, vote for us in the Podcast Awards. They are taking nominations until the end of the month, so get your vote in. We'd like any feedback you'd be willing to give. Contact information is up on the home page. This week we took some pictures, so those will be showing up on the web site as well. I hope you enjoy the show and keep coming back to CSTechcast.com. Link to the episode: http://www.cstechcast.com/home.aspx?Episode=43 - Eric Beehler (consortioservices.com/blog)
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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. ISPs who haven't patched their DNS servers get "The Worst Tech Move of the Week", we argue the confusion around SSL certificates in "Point/Counterpoint", and Active Directory logon problems give fodder for "The Weekly Tech Tip". Links to stories and sites discussed during the show:
Vista users rush for SP1; XP owners dawdle on SP3 (ComputerWorld)
Microsoft's $500M Iowa data center to use shipping containers (ComputerWorld)
iPhone 3G owner sues Apple over dropped calls, slow speeds (ComputerWorld)
Security expert: DNS attacks are happening (CNet)
Exploit code published for Apache Tomcat flaw (ZDNet) We have awarded our prize for feedback, but don't let that stop you. Submit feedback at our web site CSTechcast.com, at our blog ConsortioServices.com/blog, or at our Twitter.com/cstechcast and Friendfeed.com/cstechcast social networking locations. Let us know what you think and thanks for listening to CS Techcast. Link to the episode: http://www.cstechcast.com/home.aspx?Episode=39 - Eric Beehler (consortioservices.com/blog)
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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 radar with an FBI spoof, and Sun debuts JavaFX to compete with Adobe. Plus, Apple's culture of secrecy gets "The Worst Tech Move of the Week", and we put mobile security in our crosshairs for "A Closer Look".
Links to stories discussed during the show:
Apple's patch fails to fix DNS flaw, researchers claim (ComputerWorld)
DNS patches cause problems, developers admit (InfoWorld)
IBM Brings Cloud Computing To Earth With Massive New Data Centers (InformationWeek)
Windows Small/Essential Business Server RC1s arrive (Ars Technica)
FBI warns of new Storm worm attacks (ComputerWorld)
Jobs entrusts a NYT columnist with the truth about his health, even before he tells Apple shareholders (VentureBeat)
Travelers' Laptops May Be Detained At Border (Washington Post)
We apologize for the late post of our podcast, but system problems prevented a timely post. This is the first time we have missed the release mark. Anyway, we hope everything is back on track hardware wise. The drawing for an Amazon.com gift certificate is just a few weeks away, so visit CSTechcast.com to submit your feedback to enter. We'd like to thank those who have submitted the wonderful, constructive feedback so far and look forward to more from our listeners. Please subscribe and write a review on iTunes or your favorite podcast site. Thanks for listening.
Link to the episode: http://www.cstechcast.com/home.aspx?Episode=36
- Eric Beehler (consortioservices.com/blog)
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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 the Week", we take "A Closer Look" at virtualization sprawl, and we look at SharePoint disaster recovery in "The Weekly Tech Tip".
Links to stories discussed during the show:
New DNS exploit now in the wild and having a blast (ArsTechnica)
VMware Counters Microsoft, Will Make ESXi Hypervisor Free (InformationWeek)
Drizzle project plans a stripped-down MySQL (InfoWorld)
Dissecting the Brocade-Foundry Merger (eWeek)
SF mayor gets codes to hijacked city network (CNet News.com)
VCs Reap What They Sow (Gigaom)
The Silicon Valley VC Disease (Scobleizer)
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Link to the episode: http://www.cstechcast.com/home.aspx?Episode=35
- Eric Beehler (consortioservices.com/blog)
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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 the Week", we take "A Closer Look" at the new Microsoft Certified Master program, and "The Weekly Tech Tip" covers WSUS troubleshooting. Links to stories discussed during the show: Yahoo Rejects Joint Microsoft/Icahn Deal But Open To $33 Per Share All-Microsoft Sale (Search Engine Land)
Patch domain name servers now (ComputerWorld)
Report: NVIDIA issues cover all G84 and G86 GPUs (ZDNet)
Rackspace Downtime: A Reminder That All Are Vulnerable (TechCrunchIT)
Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Due in August (eWeek)
Oracle, Salesforce.com Jump on iPhone Bandwagon (eWeek)
Microsoft still pushing Vista compatibility story (CNet)
iPhone 3G disaster (Scobleizer's Recent Qik Videos)
Microsoft Certified Master Program (Microsoft)
More on the Certified Master programs from me, Per, the program owner... (Technet Blogs)
Troubleshooting WSUS downloads (Technet Blogs) Thanks for listening and give Dana a warm welcome. She will be helping us out with the news and shaking up the format a bit. We hope you like her as much as we do. Don't forget our give away. Enter at CSTechcast.com for your chance to win and take our money in the form of an Amazon.com gift certificate. Link to the episode: http://www.cstechcast.com/home.aspx?Episode=33 - Eric Beehler (consortioservices.com/blog)
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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 database gets new life with new funding and a competitive update. The "Worst Tech Move of the Week" goes to Warner's proposed music tax on ISPs, the "Weekly Tech Tip" brings you ways to improve page file performance in Windows, and disaster recovery planning gets "A Closer Look". A big giveaway for you from Quest Software for a copy of Change Director for SQL Server, so enter at our web site CStechcast.com by clicking the Contest button. Links to stories discussed during the show: Attackers booby-trap searches at top Web sites (C|Net News.com)
Malware Cited in Supermarket Data Breach (Associated Press)
EnterpriseDB Looks to Bolster Product Line (eWeek)
NIST Unveils Tool To Foil DNS Attacks (ENT Magazine)
Minimizing Information Leakage in the DNS (National Institute for Standards and Technology)
MacBook Air Hacked In Two Minutes (Information Week)
Hacker Pours Cold Water on Windows Server 2008 Security Design (eWeek)
Warner Music Pushes ISP Tax For Music Downloads (Information Week)
Jim Griffin says ISP music tax only one possibility (C|Net News.com) 
Don't Miss The Giveaway! Don't miss our big giveaway of Quest Software's Change Director for SQL Server. Change Director for SQL Server provides a powerful automated solution for managing change to SQL Server databases. Please enter using the "Contest" button on the CStechcast.com homepage. Leave comments at the blog, on the feedback form, or at our voicemail. Tell your friends to subscribe to CS Techcast! Thanks for listening. Link to the episode: http://www.cstechcast.com/home.aspx?Episode=18 - Eric Beehler (consortioservices.com/blog)
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