 CSTechcast.com brings you the weekly podcast for IT Pros. Cloud development expert John Barnes of Model Metrics tells us all about the realities of cloud dev, what to expect, how it differs from traditional server platforms, and how to address the mobile platforms. Find more info at modelmetrics.com. In the news, the DoJ is set to review the Yahoo Microsoft deal, Friendfeed releases their real time Tornado web server as open source, Oracle seems to be serious about selling Sun hardware, and Microsoft admits to a zero day exploit in SMB2. Microsoft CEO Ballmer virtual iPhone stomp gets "The Worst Tech Move of the Week", we take "A Closer Look" at the newly released Microsoft Deployment Toolkit 2010 and what it brings to the deployment table, and then we talk about tips to get upgraded to Windows 7 in "The Weekly Tech Tip".
The week's episode is brought to you by: GoDaddy.com. Use our discount code CST3 and get a.com domain name for only $7.49. Also brought to you by Consortio Services, a quality partner that can help you manage your small and medium business technology, SQL Servers, and Windows infrastructure. Explore other discount offers from CS Techcast: http://offers.mevio.com/show/cstechcast.html. Links to stories and sites discussed in the show:
Microsoft, Yahoo Search Deal Under Justice Department Scrutiny (eWeek)
Microsoft Hit Again by i4i in Word Patent-Infringement Case (eWeek)
Facebook Open-Sources FriendFeed Real-Time Web Server (eWeek)
Microsoft Warns of New Windows Bug, Advises Users to Take Precautions (eWeek)
CE-Oh no he didn't! Part LXII: Steve Ballmer publicly ridicules Microsoft employee with iPhone, threatens to smash it (Engadget)
Microsoft Delivers Final Versions of Free Deployment Tools for Windows Vista (Microsoft) The way to communication and happiness is at our web site's feedback link at CSTechcast.com or on the social networks at twitter.com/cstechcast, at friendfeed.com/cstechcast, or the CS Techcast fan page on Facebook. Support us by posting a glowing review on iTunes or wherever you find great podcast directories that include us of course, and don't forget to support our sponsors. Thanks. Link to the episode: http://www.cstechcast.com/home.aspx?Episode=90
- Eric Beehler (consortioservices.com/blog)
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Welcome to CSTechcast.com, the podcast for IT pros. This week we have an enlightening discussion about data mining, why it's important, and some common pitfalls with industry pro John Elder. Find more info at datamininglab.com. In the news, Microsoft and Yahoo finally come to an understanding, Microsoft announces the location of its first retail stores, hard drive vendors up the ante to a terabyte in notebooks and servers, Google open sources parts of Wave, and a survey shows 40% of midmarket companies have no online presence. Apple flubs one by denying the Google Voice app making "The Worst Tech Move of the Week", we take "A Closer Look" at Windows 7 and if it will help enterprises warm up to an upgrade, and some pointers on a successful Hyper-V P2V conversion in "The Weekly Tech Tip". This week's episode is sponsored by: Consortio Services, a quality partner that can help you manage your small and medium business technology. Links to stories and sites discussed in the show: Microsoft Bing to Power Yahoo Search in 10-Year Deal Aimed at Google (eWeek)
Microsoft to Open First Retail Stores in Arizona, California (eWeek)
Toshiba 640GB, 1TB Hard Drives Offer Encryption, Data Backup (eWeek)
Samsung Launches 1TB HDD for Servers, Desktop PCs (eWeek)
Google Open Sources Heart and Soul of Google Wave Code (eWeek)
Two Out of Five SMBs Don't Exist Online, Survey Finds (eWeek)
Apple blocks Google Voice app for iPhone (CNet)
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- Eric Beehler (consortioservices.com/blog)
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The podcast for IT pros, CSTechcast.com. This week the focus is on disaster recovery; the planning, the technology, and what you should be doing with Don Norbeck, Technology Officer of Virtualization, Cloud Computing and Product Strategy at SunGuard. Find more information at www.availability.sungard.com. In the news we discuss Windows Server 2008 and Windows 7 going RTM, Yahoo's further discussion about some sort of Microsoft deal, IT is shown to be failing in 25% of small businesses, and a zero-day vulnerabilities found in Adobe's Flash player. The EU's strange requirement of a menu of browsers for Windows 7 gets "The Worst Tech of the Week", we take "A Closer Look" at Hyper-V 2.0, and a pointer about Remote Desktop Protocol getting cutoff during a Forefront installation in "The Weekly Tech Tip". This week's episode is sponsored by: Consortio Services, a quality partner that can help you manage your small and medium business technology. Links to stories and sites discussed in the show:
Windows 7 Release May Put the Brakes on Apple Enterprise Growth (eWeek)
Microsoft Windows 7, Windows Server 2008 R2 Released to Manufacturing (eWeek)
Yahoo Board Meets About Microsoft, Fears Google Treatment (eWeek)
IT Failing 1 in 4 Small Businesses, Says Effectiveness Index Survey (eWeek)
Adobe Vulnerability Targeted in Drive-by Attacks (eWeek)
EU says Microsoft to offer browser options (BizJournal) Full interaction with CS Techcast on Friendfeed.com/cstechcast, Twitter.com/cstechcast, and the CS Techcast fan page on Facebook. As always, hit us up at our feedback form on the CSTechcast.com main page. See you next week! Link to the episode: http://www.cstechcast.com/home.aspx?Episode=84
- Eric Beehler (consortioservices.com/blog)
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CSTechcast.com has the latest podcast for IT professionals. This week Tableau CEO Christian Chabot talks to us about techniques for exploring new and unfamiliar data using business intelligence tools. Find out more about Tableau at tableausoftware.com. In the news, Microsoft's PDC show saw the unveiling of Windows 7 and Azure cloud services, Sony recalls another 100,000 laptop batteries, Linux is getting popular as a utility OS when you don't want to wait for Windows to boot, Informatica and Salesforce.com team to sync data between internal apps and SaaS software, and the Google-Yahoo deal sees scrutiny from the US Department of Justice. Shortchanging a tech policy debate by a certain presidential candidate's policy wonk gets "The Worst Tech Move of the Week", we take "A Closer Look" at Windows 7, and we tell you how to find a successful DFS sync in "The Weekly Tech Tip". Our sponsor this week: Admin Script Editor by iTripoli. Links to stories and sites discussed during the show:
Microsoft launches Windows Azure (CNet)
Sony Recalls Notebook Computer Batteries Due to Previous Fires (CSPC)
HP, Toshiba Recall Sony Laptop Batteries (InformationWeek)
Linux Headed For More PCs Than Windows (InformationWeek)
In Age of Impatience, Cutting PC Start Time (New York Times)
Linux to Ship on More Desktops than Windows (Linux-foundation.org)
Informatica To Offer Salesforce.com Integration Service (InformationWeek)
Yahoo, Google May Walk Away From Search Deal - Report (InformationWeek)
Obama tech advisor sounds cautious notes at one-man "debate" (Ars Technica) Your continued support for CS Techcast is appreciated. Thanks for posting reviews to the podcast directories like iTunes, Podcast Alley, and TechPodcasts.com. Give your feedback and let us know what your thinking. If you have show ideas, let us know. All our contact information is available on CSTechcast.com. Support our sponsors, who help cover the costs of doing this show every week. Check us out on the social networks at Twitter.com/cstechcast and Friendfeed.com/cstechcast. Thanks. Link to the episode: http://www.cstechcast.com/home.aspx?Episode=49 - Eric Beehler (consortioservices.com/blog)
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Another fine podcast for IT professionals found here at CSTechcast.com. This week we talk enterprise 2.0 with Ross Mayfield, social networking extraordinaire and Chairman, President, and co-founder of Socialtext. Find Ross' blog at ross.typepad.com and SocialText's offerings at Socialtext.com. In the news, possible privacy issues with the IE8 beta phoning home, Dell's pushing into the VM space with new blade servers and storage, the DOJ is questioning the Google-Yahoo ad deal, HP's building an OS of their own, and the LHC gets hacked. Apple's new BSOD causing iTunes 8 gets "The Worst Tech Move of the Week", we take "A Closer Look" at Yammer and the benefits and drawbacks of micro-blogging in the enterprise, and "The Weekly Tech Tip" talks about Core Config, a new utility for Windows Server 2008 Server Core configuration. Links to stories and sites discussed during the show:
MS defends IE 'phone home' feature, clarifies privacy policy (InfoWorld)
Dell unwraps products designed for virtualization (InfoWorld)
Sandy Litvack, a dogged trustbuster in pursuit of Google (CNet)
Hackers deface LHC site, came close to turning off particle detector (ZDNet)
iTunes 8 causes Windows Vista problems (ZDNet)
TechCrunch50: Yammer Wins TechCrunch50 (PC Magazine)
Core Config Utility (Codeplex) We're not just a podcast, check out our ramblings about random thoughts on the social sites twitter.com/cstechcast and friendfeed.com/cstechcast. We always welcome your feedback, so hit the voicemail, feedback page, or blog. All are available at CSTechcast.com. Thanks for listening. Link to the episode: http://www.cstechcast.com/home.aspx?Episode=42 - 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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Come and get it, CSTechcast.com has the latest podcast for IT professionals posted for download. This week we get an IT compliance education with Don Jones. Find Don's vast expertise at his website concentratedtech.com. The news brings enhanced search for Adobe Flash on the web, no critical Microsoft patches this Tuesday, the VLC Player has buffer overflow security problem, Google gives away Rat Proxy to check for security on your websites, the Coreflood Trojan is waiting for an admin to logon, NVidia has heat problems with laptop chips, and Microsoft gets serious with a new yearly subscription model for Office. Twitter downtime gets "The Worst Tech Move of the Week", we take "A Closer Look" at cloud computing security, and "The Weekly Tech Tip" is all about SQL auditing.
Links to stories discussed during the show:
Adobe, Google, Yahoo Team for Flash Search (eWeek)
Four Microsoft Patches Due Tuesday; Not Rated Critical (PC World)
Critical vulnerability found in VLC Media Player (InfoWorld)
Google gives away free Web app security scanner (InfoWorld)
Trojan lurks, waiting to steal admin passwords (InfoWorld)
Nvidia reports problem with laptop chips (InfoWorld)
Microsoft Hopes Office Subscription Plan Will Counter Free Software (InformationWeek)
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Link to the episode: http://www.cstechcast.com/home.aspx?Episode=32
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We even podcast on vacation, bringing you the latest tech information for IT professionals at CStechcast.com from fabulous Las Vegas. This week, we delve into Vista with the authors of Using Microsoft Windows Vista Robert Cowart and Brian Knittel. In the news, Firefox gets it's 3.0 on while Microsoft previews more IE8 features, the new iPhone gets some enterprise functionality while hopefully not tarnishing its cool factor, Oracle adds social networking to CRM, Microhoo finally break up (could Bradgalena be next?) while Yahoo gets on the rebound with Google, and PC shipments stay healthy in Asia. Short sighted middle management gets our "Worst Tech Move of the Week" and "The Weekly Tech Tip" presents the incredible, shrinking partition. Links to stories discussed during the show:
Mozilla to release Firefox 3 on June 17 (InfoWorld)
Next Internet Explorer 8 beta targets IT pros (PC Advisor)
Coming To The iPhone: Enterprise Apps (Information Week)
Oracle Touts Social Networks For Salespeople (Information Week)
Yahoo `Damaged Goods' After Yang Fails to Revive Deal (Bloomberg)
IDC Calls for PC Market to Grow 15 Percent (eWeek) We bring you CS Techcast even when on vacation, and we will keep bringing you more shows you can use to stay informed every week. Help us out by putting your review of our show on your preferred podcast directory and especially on iTunes. Help us grow the show and keep in contact with us, all our contact information is on the web site CStechcast.com. Thanks for listening. Link to the episode: http://www.cstechcast.com/home.aspx?Episode=29 - Eric Beehler (consortioservices.com/blog)
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IT pros get another podcast chock full of information and irreverence, at CStechcast.com. This week we put the focus back onto the brand new Windows Server 2008 operating system with Rand Morimoto, author of Windows Server 2008 Unleashed. Tech news sees the demise of the MicroHoo merger, Windows XP Service Pack 3 gets PCs to go on endless reboots, a new security bulletin on a new Trojan infecting half a million PCs, patch Tuesday sees 4 new patches, Office 2007 SP1 is coming to automatic updates, Google sets up a new enterprise hosted security service, and we take a peek at the 10 worst workplaces in tech. A continuing trend of knocking a good app developed with Microsoft tools gets "The Worst Tech Move of the Week", fanboys get a freestyle rant in the "IT Pet Peeve", and the "Weekly Tech Tip" helps you hack the Vista experience index. Links to stories discussed during the show:
The MicroHoo Fallout (eWeek)
Trojan Infects More Than 500,000 PCs (eWeek)
Continuous Reboots Plague Windows XP SP3 Users (PC Magazine)
Four Patches Coming in May (ENT News)
Google gains on Microsoft with hosted security offering (C|Net News.com)
The 10 Worst Workspaces in Tech (ValleyWag)
Building a web app the Microsoft way (ThinkVitamin.com)
Maybe Microsoft isn't completely useless on the web, after all (C|Net Blogs) Thanks everyone for downloading and listening to the CS Techcast. Link to the episode: http://www.cstechcast.com/home.aspx?Episode=24 - Eric Beehler (consortioservices.com/blog)
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Our latest weekly podcast for IT Pros, available at CStechcast.com, is released to the world. This week we try to tap our inner CSI with Keith J. Jones, author of Real Digital Forensics, available alone or in the Computer Forensics Library Boxed Set. Find more info at realdigitalforensics.com. The news finds Windows XP Service Pack 3 and Vista Service Pack 1 pulled back from Windows Updates, the BlueHat conference exposes easy antivirus hacks, third party solutions aim to help Ruby on Rails scale, SharePoint gets a new administration toolkit, and dirty secrets of the security industry are revealed. Eric Schmidt's obsession with Microsoft gets "The Worst Tech Move of the Week", we take "A Closer Look" at the recent SQL injection attacks and what you can do about it, and joining a domain from afar using Vista is our "Weekly Tech Tip". Links to stories discussed during the show:
XP update delayed over glitch (C|Net News.com)
Vista SP1 auto updates also halted (C|Net News.com)
Antivirus holes, browser spies are highlights at Microsoft's BlueHat hacker sessions (C|Net News.com)
Making Ruby on Rails Scale (eWeek)
Twitter Said To Be Abandoning Ruby on Rails (TechCrunch)
Announcing the First Release of the Microsoft SharePoint Administration Toolkit (Microsoft SharePoint Products and Technologies Team Blog)
7 dirty secrets of the security industry (InfoWorld)
Schmidt in CNBC interview: We're concerned about Microhoo (C|Net News.com)
SQL Injection Attacks on IIS Web Servers (BillS IIS Blog) We love bringing you the show and hope everyone who listens appreciates the effort. Let us know what you think; post to the blog, send us an e-mail, or call us. Details for contacting us can be found at CStechcast.com. Review our show at your favorite podcast directory, including iTunes, and let everyone know how you like CS Techcast. Thanks everyone for listening. Link to the episode: http://www.cstechcast.com/home.aspx?Episode=23 - Eric Beehler (consortioservices.com/blog)
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This week's new podcast, available at CStechcast.com, gives IT pros another dose of news and expert information. Microsoft Office 2007 Servers is the topic with J. Peter Bruzzese, author of Administrator's Guide to Microsoft Office 2007 Servers and regular contributor to Infoworld.com, among his many endeavors. Find him on the web at cliptraining.com. In the news; Microsoft floods us with bad news on desktops, the Yahoo merger, and it's database share, but hey Live Mesh is cool along with Yahoo! announcing a redesign at the Web 2.0 Conference, SQL injection attacks are on the rise, and IT pay takes a depressing dip. You would think a non-profit charity like One Laptop Per Child could steer clear of making "The Worst Tech Move of the Week", the "Weekly Tech Tip" gives us a refresher about DNS on Windows with some useful tricks, and we get the "Point / Counterpoint" on system administrators specializing in more than one OS. Links to stories discussed during the show:
Microsoft Windows Sales Plunge 24% Amid Rising Competition (Information Week)
Microsoft Flexible On Windows XP End Date, Ballmer Says (Information Week)
In Database Market, Oracle Gets Bigger, Others Hang On (Information Week)
Microsoft Demos Live Mesh (eWeek)
Yahoo plans makeover with elements of social network (Washington Post)
The Web 2.0 economy hangs in limbo (C|Net News.com)
Microsoft: Web at the center, not PC (C|Net News.com)
SQL attack hits 500,000 websites (vnunet.com)
SQL Infection Hits Over 500K Webpages, Infiltrates DHS And UN (mashable.com)
Walter Bender Resigned from One Laptop Per Child!! (olpcnews.com)
OLPC CTO founds own company, aims at $75 laptop (Ars Technica)
Average Info Tech Pay Drops To $105,000 For Managers, $78,000 For Staff, Our Survey Finds (Information Week) For those looking for additional information on the SQL Injection attacks plaguing vulnerable Internet pages, please follow this link to the SANS posts: http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=4331. For anyone interested in viewing some of J. Peter Bruzzese video training material, point your browser to youtube.com/cliptraining. For anyone who enjoys our podcast through iTunes, please write up a nice note in their reviews section or on your favorite podcast directory. If you like what you hear, share it with a friend; send them to CStechcast.com. Thanks everyone for listening and, please, give us your feedback. Keep tuning in every week for a new episode of CS Techcast. Link to the episode: http://www.cstechcast.com/home.aspx?Episode=22 - Eric Beehler (consortioservices.com/blog)
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We interviewed John C. Dvorak this Thursday for CS Techcast episode 20, to be release Monday, about several interesting IT trends. One topic we touch on is the seemingly soft, targeted debut of Windows Server 2008. There was almost no press about it in the general media or even the tech press except within the Microsoft-specific tech community and some enterprise IT trade papers like eWeek. My speculation is that Vista and the negative response received from its big release is causing Microsoft to be cautious about its launch so they don't attract bad press as the "Vista for servers", which is true in the same ways XP and Server 2003 share similar kernel code.
Today, the day after this discussion for the upcoming CS Techcast releasing Monday, a new Gartner report says that Windows is collapsing. They report the continuing trend towards web apps and the increasing irrelevance of Windows as reasons why Microsoft must go through with the Yahoo merger. With only a 6.3% adoption rate for Vista in business, they tell us that companies cannot make the justification for a migration to Vista when there is no obvious benefit to the new OS. They also cite the need for a new version of the client OS to mend fences, but the very large code base of Vista and the massive effort it will take to turn it into a smaller, leaner version of itself to address the many criticisms hurled at it in the past year will take a while. In the end, though, web apps may make the version of Windows you are running largely a moot point in the very near future.
Make sure you tune into the latest release of CS Techcast this Monday for our discussion of Windows Vista and Server 2008, pre-Gartner report, and more insight with John C. Dvorak. Find the CS Techcast podcast at cstechcast.com.
- Eric Beehler (consortioservices.com/blog)
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We're moving our podcast to an earlier Monday release to make sure our information is super fresh, available at cstechcast.com. This week, the second part of our chat with the authors of The Craft of System Security, Sean Smith and John Marchesini. The news gives us Google Apps for enterprise, malware slips into popular sites, a roadblock from Yahoo for Microsoft, security patches from MS and Apple, and Vista SP1 is RTM, but no one can find it. Plus the RIAA gets a nod for "Worst Tech Move of the Week", the "Weekly Tech Tip" helps out you SharePoint administrators, and we "Tech It Old School".
Show Notes
Links to stories discussed in the show:
http://www.informationweek.com/blog/main/archives/2008/02/google_lets_ent.html
http://www.nytimes.com/idg/IDG_002570DE00740E18002573E70076F8A2.html?ref=technology
http://entmag.com/news/rss.asp?editorialsid=9521#1
http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Apple-Plugs-QuickTime-Malware-Installation-Hole/
http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/Windows-Users-Brace-for-MS-Patch-Tuesday-Barrage/
http://computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9061838&intsrc=hm_list
http://blogs.zdnet.com/ip-telephony/?p=3184
http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2008/02/08/riaa_wants_filters_for_end_users/
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We turn the big 1-0 with our latest podcast, available at CStechcast.com. This week we talk to the authors of The Craft of System Security, Sean Smith and John Marchesini, the first of a 2 part interview. The news brings the ginormous Yahoo-Microsoft merger, cable cuts in the Med makes the Internet vulnerable, Cisco manages the data center from the switch, VMWare moves beyond the hypervisor, and your boss is prepping for a recession. Plus, "The Worst Tech Move of the Week" and "A Closer Look" at tech certifications.
Show Notes
Links to the stories discussed in our podcast:
http://www.news.com/Microsoft-bids-44.6-billion-for-Yahoo/2100-1014_3-6228705.html?part=rss&tag=2547-1_3-0-20&subj=news
http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/techbeat/archives/2008/01/ciscos_new_data.html
http://entmag.com/news/rss.asp?editorialsid=9470#6
http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Careers/Economic-Worries-Hitting-IT-Pros/
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- Eric Beehler (consortioservices.com/blog)
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