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 Monday, November 23, 2009

Come to CSTechcast.com and get the podcast for IT pros. This week, we tackle those IT projects that go over budget and past due date to see how an Agile approach can save the day with Chad Osgood, CEO of Premier Logic. Find more from Chad at http://premierlogic.com. In the news, another work-force reduction, this time at former dialup king AOL, Microsoft in court over intellectual property rights of some Chinese fonts, IBM give gives instant access to a petabyte of information in the cloud, SSL weakness shown to hack Twitter, and Google takes the first look curtain off of Chrome OS. Microsoft's ho-hum announcements at PDC get The Worst Tech Move of the Week, we take a Closer Look at what was announced at the Microsoft Developer's Conference, and we discuss how Hyper-V backs up virtual machines in The Weekly Tech Tip.

This week's episode is sponsored by: Go Daddy. Get your .com domain registered for only $7.49 with our discount code: CST3. Make sure to type in CST3 when you check out at godaddy.com.

Also brought to you by Consortio Services, a quality partner that can help you manage your small and medium business technology.

Links to stories discussed during the show:

AOL to Lay Off 2,500 Employees (eWeek)
Microsoft Loses Intellectual Property Battle in Chinese Court (eWeek)
IBM Launches Business Analytics Cloud (InformationWeek)
Researcher Hacks Twittter Using SSL Vulnerability (eWeek)
Releasing the Chromium OS open source project (Google)

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 Monday, October 19, 2009

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The source of the podcast for IT pros at CSTechcast.com. This week, we take on the challenge of keeping great tech talent in a hostile employment environment with Jack Phillips, CEO of research firm IANS. Find more info at http://ianetsec.com. In the news, IDC predicts IT job growth at 3%, adding 5.8 million job by 2013, PC sales are up 2.3% with Acer overtaking Dell at #2, IBM showed strong quarterly with profits up 14%, Google is now 6% of all Internet traffic, and Office 2010 Starter will be pre-installed and ad supported. Danger's Sidekick storage loss of massive outage and loss of data gets "The Worst Tech Move of the Week", we take "A Closer Look" at social networking in the enterprise, and we tell you how to get those IIS web apps started fast on "The Weekly Tech Tip".

 

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Links to stories and sites discussed in the show:
IT Jobs Will Expand Globally by Nearly 6 Million in 4 Years (eWeek)
PC Shipments Are Up: Acer a Big Winner (PC World)
IBM Profits Rise 14% in Third Quarter (eWeek)
Google Accounts for 6% of All Internet Traffic (ReadWriteWeb)
Microsoft Offering Ad-Supported Office 2010 'Starter,' Pre-Installed Version (eWeek)
T-Mobile: we probably lost all your Sidekick data (Engadget)
Now Available: The IIS 7.5 Application Warm-Up Module (IIS.net)

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Monday, October 19, 2009 3:22:46 PM (Mountain Standard Time, UTC-07:00)  Eric Beehler  #    Comments [0] - Trackback
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 Monday, August 31, 2009

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CSTechcast.com is the podcast for IT pros. This week we go back and forth about Windows 7 with Paul McFedries, author of Microsoft Windows 7 Unleashed, and get into some of the features that don't get discussed as much. Find more info from Paul at mcfedries.com. In the news, Amazon introduces the Virtual Private Cloud, Apple releases OSX Snow Leopard with some nifty business features, Microsoft gets deeper into data warehousing with Project Madison, Cisco access points get Skyjacked with a new vulnerability, and good news from Intel points to an economic recovery for the tech sector. AT&T's broken promises for iPhone MMS gets "The Worst Tech Move of the Week", we take "A Closer Look" at managing Hyper-V with Microsoft Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2, and we tell you how to move Windows Firewall settings around in "The Weekly Tech Tip".

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Links to stories and sites discussed in the show:
Amazon Bridges Corporate IT with the Cloud via New Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) Service (eWeek)
10 Reasons Snow Leopard Is Ready For Business (PC World)
Apple Snow Leopard Is Not the Mac's Ticket to the Enterprise (eWeek)
Microsoft Debuts Project Madison CTP for Data Warehouses (eWeek)
Database: First Look at Microsoft's SQL Azure Database CTP (eWeek)
Newly Discovered Vulnerability Could Threaten Cisco Wireless LAN (Dark Reading)
IBM Slashed More than 10K Jobs in 2009, Says Group (eWeek)
Intel Raises Third-Quarter Revenue and Gross Margin Expectations (Intel)
Dell's numbers show PC industry staggering back (Washington Post)
Article ID: 974576 (Microsoft TechNet)
Apple, AT&T Sued For Misleading MMS Marketing (InformationWeek)

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Monday, August 31, 2009 5:27:04 PM (Mountain Standard Time, UTC-07:00)  Eric Beehler  #    Comments [0] - Trackback
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 Monday, July 13, 2009

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CSTechcast.com is the podcast for IT pros. This week we have Zee Kane, Principal at WeDoCreative and Editor in Chief at The Next Web, who joins us from UK to talk about proper site design and what companies should be thinking about to move their web designs forward. Find more from Zee's web design and marketing company at WeDoCreative.com. In the news, Software as a Service sees reluctant adoption, IBM gets patents for image based data masking, Microsoft registers C# and Common Language Infrastructure specifications under their “Community Promise”, new remote-code execution flaw in the Microsoft Video Active-X control causes concern, and Google Apps and other Google projects gets their beta tag removed. Comcast's unwanted DNS redirection gets "The Worst Tech Move of the Week", we take "A Closer Look" at the newly announced Google Chrome OS, and we explore firewall settings for Windows 7 in "The Weekly Tech Tip".

This week's episode is sponsored by: Consortio Services, a quality partner that can help you manage your IT.

Enterprise Not in Love with Software as a Service, Gartner Finds (eWeek)
IBM To Patent Data Mask (InformationWeek)
Microsoft Opens Up C# and CLI Specs (eWeek)
Microsoft Security Advisory: Vulnerability in Microsoft Video ActiveX control could allow remote code execution (Microsoft.com)
Microsoft Vulnerability Targeted in New Drive-by Attack (eWeek)
Google Apps Finally Exits Beta (InformationWeek)
Comcast Finally Launches DNS Redirection (DSLReports.com)
Introducing the Google Chrome OS (Google Blog)

 

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Monday, July 13, 2009 11:06:44 AM (Mountain Standard Time, UTC-07:00)  Eric Beehler  #    Comments [0] - Trackback
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 Monday, June 08, 2009

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CSTechcast.com has the podcast for IT pros. This week we talk with about the future of the Windows Server platform on VMWare and how to get a virtualized infrastructure right with Darren Duke, founder of Simplified Technology Solutions. Find more on Darren and his company at http://simplified-tech.com/ and the blog http://blog.darrenduke.net/. In the news; Bing sees some success overtaking the number 2 search spot, IBM challenges Microsoft over a website claiming love of Windows from Websphere, HP goes after those loyal to their mainframes, Verizon brings its own computing as a service offering, and Windows 7 gets a release date. Hulu's thought that they can play for pay gets "The Worst Tech Move of the Week", we take "A Closer Look" at why small and medium business should consider monitoring and automation, and slow IE8 tabs may not be the fault of the browser; find out how to investigate with "The Weekly Tech Tip".

 

Links to stories and sites discussed in the show:

Microsoft's Bing Overtakes Yahoo for Now, Report Says (eWeek)

IBM Declines Challenge, Asks Microsoft to Kill Anti-IBM Website (eWeek)

websphereloveswindows.com (Microsoft.com)

HP Makes Pitch to IBM Mainframe Users (eWeek)
Verizon Business Unveils 'Computing As A Service' (InformationWeek)

Windows 7 To Ship Oct. 22, Microsoft Confirms (InformationWeek)
Soon, you'll have to pay for Hulu (DailyFinance)

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 Monday, June 01, 2009

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The place for the IT professional's podcast, CSTechcast.com. This week, the effect of the economy on open source and how you could help your IT organization by going open. We get the answers and the approach from Ned Lilly, president and CEO of xTuples and an open source ERP guru. Find information on Ned at nedscape.com and his company at xtuple.com. In the news; the US Department of Interior admits a major security breach reporting 18% of computers missing, IBM announces new incentives to stay on old mainframes, Dell takes a big hit in revenues for the quarter, EMC buys up Configursoft, and Microsoft gets a new look and a new name: Bing! Newspapers planning to charge for online content race to the grave in "The Worst Tech Move of the Week", the hard to explain Google Wave gets "A Closer Look", and Terminal Server gets a quick security sweep in "The Weekly Tech Tip".

Links to stories and sites discussed in the show:
Department of Interior Computers Missing, Report Finds (eWeek)
IBM Entices Sun, HP Customers onto Linux Mainframes (eWeek)
Dell Reports Drop in First-Quarter Revenue (eWeek)
EMC to acquire software maker Configuresoft (ComputerWorld)
http://www.bing.com/
Shhhh. Newspaper Publishers Are Quietly Holding a Very, Very Important Conclave Today. Will You Soon Be Paying for Online Content? (The Atlantic)
Google Wave Preview (Wave.google.com)

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- Eric Beehler (consortioservices.com/blog)
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 Monday, April 20, 2009

CSTechcast.com, the home of the podcast for IT professionals released every week. This week we talk to Stephen Wynkoop, founder and editor of SSWUG.org, about virtualized conferences and how it can get your tech skills sharp. Find more info at www.vconferenceonline.com/upcoming.asp. In the news, more mess for Microsoft from the DOJ, Sun gets Nehalemized with new Intel Xeon processors and a network switch addition much like Cisco's new server solution, IBM aims to have 28-nanometer chip manufacturing next year, Intel dips its profits but sees a bottom, and Verizon Business Security reports security breaches of 285 million records last year and the problem is still most common from servers and applications. Twitter's spotlight on Entertainment Tonight gets "The Worst Tech Move of the Week", we take "A Closer Look" at the new Exchange 2010 beta, and we give you some tools for your malware tool belt in "The Weekly Tech Tip".

Links to stories and sites discussed during the show:
Feds Want Eyes On Microsoft For Another 18 Months (InformationWeek)
Sun Strikes Back At Cisco (InformationWeek)
IBM Alliance Looks To Top Intel With 28-Nm Chips (InformationWeek)
Intel Faces Roadblocks Despite Hope In PC Sales (InformationWeek)
More Data Breached In 2008 Than In Previous Four Years Combined (InformationWeek)
Oprah's on Twitter, Twitter's on Oprah, and Everyone's So Excited! (Gawker)

Send in any comments you have on the show through our feedback form at CStechcast.com or visit us on the social networks at the Facebook fan page, at twitter.com/cstechcast, and at friendfeed.com/cstechcast. Do us a favor a post a review on iTunes. Tell your friends to check it out. As always, thanks for subscribing to our podcast.

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Monday, April 20, 2009 9:23:24 AM (Mountain Standard Time, UTC-07:00)  Eric Johnson  #    Comments [0] - Trackback
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 Sunday, April 05, 2009

Welcome to the podcast for IT pros, available at CStechcast.com. This week we talk to Avinoam Nowogrodski, co-founder and CEO of Clarizen, about collaboration using SaaS applications and what benefit the SaaS platform serves a business over traditional internal applications. Find more information at clarizen.com. In the news, the Conficker worm comes in with a whimper on April 1st but is still considered a threat, all major server manufacturers get online with the latest Intel Nehalem-based Xeon processors, Intel keeps taking share away from AMD, IBM is getting closer to swallowing Sun, and Microsoft debuts Windows Server 2008 Foundation for small business. Mac fans who can't leave that Microsoft price commercial alone make "The Worst Tech Move of the Week", we take "A Closer Look" at spear phishing, and a little application called PRTG Network Monitor helps you monitor and report on network devices, workstations, and servers in "The Weekly Tech Tip".

Links to stories and sites discussed during the show:
Is Conficker Finally History? (PC World)
Fresh Crop Of Intel Nehalem Servers On Way (InformationWeek)
Intel's Share Of Chip Market Rises, AMD's Falls (InformationWeek)
IBM-Sun Deal 'In Final Stages' (InformationWeek)
Microsoft Offers Server For Tiny Businesses (InformationWeek)
Microsoft's "I'm just not cool enough to be a Mac person" ad tries to kick Apple where it hurts (ZDNet)
Give me a break. Microsoft isn’t cheaper than Apple. Dell might be, but Microsoft isn’t! (Macgasm.net)
PRTG Network Monitor (Paessler.com)

After we finished the recording of this week's episode, our lovely co-host Dana gave birth to her brand new baby boy Jaden. We send congratulations to her and her family and I hope you do too. Send in your good wishes or any comments on our feedback for at CStechcast.com or visit us on the social networks at the Facebook fan page, at twitter.com/cstechcast, and at friendfeed.com/cstechcast. As always, thanks for subscribing to our podcast.

Link to the episode: http://www.cstechcast.com/home.aspx?Episode=69
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 Sunday, February 22, 2009

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CSTechcast.com brings you the podcast for IT Pros; a "Top 10" according to CIO Insight. This week we talk hacking and vulnerabilities with Joel Scambray, CISSP, co-founder and CEO of Consciere, and co-author of Hacking Exposed. Find more info from Joel at http://webhackingexposed.com. This week, Microsoft stays steady on custom support pricing, HP earnings result in job cuts, Sun likes its encryption open source, IBM wants in on the broadband stimulus money, and Microsoft gets cozy with Red Hat with an interoperability pact. Facebook's ToS meltdown gets "The Worst Tech Move of the Week", we take "A Closer Look" at some utility cloud options, and DHCP migration to Server 2008 is "The Weekly Tech Tip.

Links to stories and sites discussed during the show:
Microsoft Holds the Line on Custom Support Pricing (Redmond Channel Partner Online)
HP earnings dip nearly 10%, will cut salaries (CNet)
Sun Releases First Protocol for Encryption Key Interoperability (eWeek)
IBM Eyes Stimulus Funds for Broadband Project (eWeek)
Red Hat, Microsoft Sign Virtualization Interoperability Pact (eWeek)

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Sunday, February 22, 2009 1:49:45 PM (Mountain Standard Time, UTC-07:00)  Eric Beehler  #    Comments [0] - Trackback
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 Sunday, February 15, 2009

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CSTechcast.com brings you the podcast for IT Pros; a "Top 10" according to CIO Insight. This week we talk with Jim Thor, network engineer for Wild Packets, about VoIP in the enterprise and how to identify the pitfalls and get a successful system in place. Find more on their solutions at WildPackets.com. In the news, IT sees a slight uptick in jobs, Ruby is becoming the programming language of choice for techies in emerging markets, not all is well at the Sun acquired MySQL with David Axmark and Michael Widenius resigning, IBM will be providing core IBM software such as DB2 and WebSphere from Amazon's Web Services cloud platform, and Microsoft puts a $250,000 bounty on the head of the Conficker Worm's author. A Canadian court's ruling that ISP logs are fair game for authorities gets "The Worst Tech Move of the Week", we take "A Closer Look" at hiring a consultant versus hiring an employee, and we help you protect against the Conficker Worm in "The Weekly Tech Tip".

Links to stories and sites discussed during the show:
Some IT Jobs Defy Employment Downturn (InformationWeek)
Ruby Shines in Emerging Markets (eWeek)
MySQL Exits May Open Sun Customers To Other Databases (InformationWeek)
IBM To Deliver Software Via Amazon's Cloud (InformationWeek)
Microsoft Offers $250,000 Bounty For Worm Authors (InformationWeek)
Canadian judge: No warrant needed to see ISP logs (Ars Technica)
Virus alert about the Win32/Conficker.B worm (Microsoft.com)

Catch us on the Facebook fan page, at twitter.com/cstechcast, and at friendfeed.com/cstechcast being social. We also have a feedback form off the main page if you have anything you'd like to say. Plus, catch us when we're recording live at our UStream page CS Techcast – Behind The Scenes. Thanks for listening and make sure you come back again.

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 Sunday, December 07, 2008

CSTechcast.com brings you good cheer in another podcast for IT pros. This week we talk about your online brand and why it's important with the co-founder and editor of sqlservercentral.com Steve Jones. In the news, IBM unveils the Open Collaboration Client open source desktop system, Microsoft and RSA get cozy with security integration, Amazon announces a free tier of access to SimpleDB, Windows 7 beta gets an official date, and patch tuesday plays the Grinch with six critical updates to keep you up late. The irrational logic that keep people hanging onto Windows XP, making some a tidy profit, gets "The Worst Tech of of the Week", we take "A Closer Look" at what to do with the firesale deals caused by the bad economy on enterprise tech equipment, and "The Weekly Tech Tip" is a simple quick fix to SQL Server database orphaned users.

Our sponsor this week: Admin Script Editor by iTripoli.

Links to stories and sites discussed during the show:
IBM Launches Microsoft-Free Linux PCs (InformationWeek)
Microsoft, EMC's RSA Partner To Protect Data (InformationWeek)
Amazon Opens SimpleDB To Unlimited Public Beta (InformationWeek)
I know where you can get Windows 7 Beta 1 DVD's... shhhhh (Technet Keith Combs' Blahg)
Patch Tuesday will have eight bulletins (CNet)
Hate Vista? Dell Now Charging $150 Extra for Windows XP (Sillicon Alley Insider)

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 Sunday, November 30, 2008

A full year of shows at CSTechcast.com, and here's another for the IT pro. This week the topic is VM sprawl and how to control it with guest David Lynch, VP of Marketing at Embotics. In the news, the terrorist attacks in Mumbai, India bring up the question of stability for IT companies in the region, spammers get their mojo back despite the shutdown of spam hoster McColo, a seemingly ignored Microsoft patch is seeing exploits in the wild, new Lenovo laptops can foil thieves with a text message, and IBM announces consulting services in for cloud computing. The Blu-ray consortium's seeming ignorance of it's real competition gets "The Worst Tech Move of the Week", we take "A Closer Look" at the upcoming service pack 2 for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008, and find out how to extend your play time beyond 60 days with the evaluation copy of Windows Server 2008 in "The Weekly Tech Tip".

Our sponsor this week: Admin Script Editor by iTripoli.

 

Links to stories and sites discussed during the show:
Mumbai terrorist attacks don't deter technology companies (InfoWorld)
Spam spikes again weeks after McColo shutdown (InfoWorld)
Microsoft warns of new Windows attacks (InfoWorld)
Lenovo service disables laptops with text message (ComputerWorld)
IBM to offer cloud computing services for enterprises (ComputerWorld)
Why You Probably Won't Find Amazing Sony Deals for Christmas (Gizmodo)

 

Wow, has it really been a year? We started out thinking this would be fun, but we have also tried to make it professional with content that makes you want to keep coming back. If you like it, help us out and tweet, blog, or post about our show so you can share the podcast with those who can benefit. Keep coming back to CSTechcast.com for more great content for you, the IT professional.

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Sunday, November 30, 2008 8:12:07 PM (Mountain Standard Time, UTC-07:00)  Eric Beehler  #    Comments [0] - Trackback
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 Monday, October 13, 2008

A new full-length podcast for IT pros is ready for consumption at CSTechcast.com. This week we talk about the bandwidth hog that is web-based video and how network admins can control it with E-telemetry's CTO Alan Schunemann. Find more information about his company at etelemetry.com. The news brings a mess of Microsoft patches, also word that UAC is being refashioned in Windows 7, AMD spinning off The Foundry Company for chip manufacturing, Oracle acquiring Primavera, and IBM furthers its cloud computing ambitions with Bluehouse. Telecom companies trying to stop widespread municipal Internet get "The Worst Tech Move of the Week", we talk physical to virtual migration tools in "A Closer Look", and when you get a HAL mismatch migrating server to a virtual world we give you some relief in "The Weekly Tech Tip".

Sponsors this week:
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Links to stories and sites discussed during the show:

11 Microsoft security updates due next week (InfoWorld) <http://www.infoworld.com/article/08/10/09/11_Microsoft_security_updates_due_next_week_1.html>

User Account Control (Windows 7 Blog) <http://blogs.msdn.com/e7/archive/2008/10/08/user-account-control.aspx>

So much for that idea: Tech stocks have fallen from 1999 to 2008 (CNet) <http://news.cnet.com/8301-1001_3-10064100-92.html>

AMD deal triggers Intel license warning (CNet) <http://news.cnet.com/8301-13924_3-10062097-64.html>

City-owned fiber network a go as judge tosses telco lawsuit (Ars Technica) <http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20081009-city-owned-fiber-network-a-go-as-judge-tosses-telco-lawsuit.html>

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 Wednesday, August 06, 2008

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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 Sunday, July 20, 2008

Hello again from CSTechcast.com, the latest in our weekly podcast series for IT professionals is online. This week we discuss the unifying potential of Office Communication Server with Ron Barrett, author of How to Cheat at Administering Office Communications Server 2007. Find Ron at http://www.networkworld.com/community/barrett. The news brings us Intel launching the Centrino 2 laptop chipset with vPro features for enterprise management, an insider admin locked out the San Francisco network with a password change, a major spike in malware due mainly to SQL injection attacks, new terabyte tape backup capacity, and some users get locked out of validating their Office installations. Big media going after moms gets "The Worst Tech Move of the Week", IT managers strike a nerve in "The IT Pet Peeve", and "The Weekly Tech Tip" gets you straight when accessing JET with 64-bit SSIS.

Links to stories discussed during the show:
Intel vPro: What is New for IT (eWeek)
Insider threat looms large as San Francisco's network crisis plays out (Network World)
Huge rise in malware this year (InfoWorld)
IBM and Sun each claim to develop 'first' 1TB tape drive (Network World)
Users reporting failed Windows and Office validations (ArsTechnica)

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Link to the episode: http://www.cstechcast.com/home.aspx?Episode=34

- Eric Beehler (consortioservices.com/blog)


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 Sunday, June 29, 2008

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The latest CSTechcast.com podcast is up. This week we discuss social networking and how we take it into business and gain personally with Patrice-Anne Rutledge, author of The Truth About Profiting from Social Networking. Be social and visit patricerutledge.com. In the news; Microsoft stops selling Windows XP, but keeps a loophole for business and extends support, Hyper-V goes RTM, Cisco updates its edge network solution with VMWare support, new tools are released to deal with recent SQL injection attacks, database market share shows Oracle in the clear lead, and IT spending is not reducing security threats. Suing web sites over negative comments gets "The Worst Tech Move of the Week", we take "A Look Back" at Bill Gates' time at Microsoft, and we give SQL Server admins plenty of detail to avoid worst practices in "The Weekly Tech Tip".

Links to stories discussed during the show:
Microsoft Pledges Windows XP Support Through 2014 (InformationWeek)
Hyper-V: It’s here (ZDNet)
Virtualization Key Enhancement To Cisco Data Center 3.0 (InformationWeek)
Microsoft Puts Bull's-Eye on SQL Injection Attacks (eWeek)
IDC: Oracle Maintains Lead in Database Market (PC World)
2008 Security Survey: We're Spending More, But Data's No Safer Than Last Year (InfomationWeek)
Car dealership sues consumer site over bad feedback, loses (ArsTechnica)

Look for a not so hidden blooper in this episode. Support us by sending in your comments and posting a review on iTunes or your favorite podcast directory. See you next week and thanks everyone for listening.

Link to the episode: http://www.cstechcast.com/home.aspx?Episode=31

- Eric Beehler (consortioservices.com/blog)
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