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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.
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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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CSTechcast.com is where you get the podcast for IT pros. This week we take a trip up to the next generation tech conference Defrag and speak to Robert Scoble creator of Building43, Richard Nucci CTO of Boomi, and Defrag conference organizer Eric Norlin about how the social web is affecting business and the IT professional. We also have clips of presentations from Kris Loux CEO of JS-Kit and Jeff Dachis CEO of The Dachis Group. In the news, Intel settles its lawsuits with AMD for a cool $1.25 billion, the European Commission looks to block Oracle's acquisition of Sun over MySQL, a zero day flaw is discovered in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows 2000 is going end of life in July, and Windows 7 quickly earns 4% OS market-share. Rupert Murdoch's threat to pull hit Internet sites from Google search gets The Worst Tech Move of the Week, and we cover some details of Image Backup for Windows 7 in The Weekly Tech Tip.
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Links to stories and sites discussed in the show:
AMD,
Intel Settle Legal Disputes (eWeek)
EC
Objects To Oracle's Sun Acquisition (InformationWeek)
Microsoft
Investigating Zero-Day Windows 7 Flaw (InformationWeek)
Windows
2000 End-of-Life (Technet Blogs)
Windows
7 Now Owns 4% of PC Market, Says Report (eWeek)
Should
We Listen to Murdoch's Google Threat? (The Atlantic)
Learn
more about system image backup (Technet Blogs)
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Welcome to the podcast for IT pros, always available at CSTechcast.com. This week, we talk with Hutch Carpenter, Vice President of Product at Spigit, to find out how companies are adopting social networking tools inside enterprises, what the justification is for these tools, and how to be successful after the implementation. Find more info at spigit.com. In the news, AMD sues Intel over alleged payments to OEMs like Dell, Windows 7 comes out of the gate with great sales numbers, a new tool called Hook Safe provides rootkit protection using virtualization, a reported vulnerability in the secure web standard SSL, and Patch Tuesday sees six bulletins. Comcast's requirement that we "respect subscription revenue" gets The Worst Tech Move of the Week, we take "A Closer Look" at server baselining, and a particular type of 401.1 error gets some help in "The Weekly Tech Tip".
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Suit
Puts Spotlight on Dell-Intel Relationship (eWeek)
Windows 7 sales outshine
Vista (CNet)
Countering Kernel
Rootkits with Lightweight Hook Protection (NCSU)
New
tool seeks to block rootkits by protecting their targets (Ars technica)
Major vulnerability in
SSL authentication (Help Net Security)
Microsoft
Patch Tuesday for November 2009: six bulletins (Ars technica)
Comcast Exec:
We Need To Change Customer Behavior, Not Our Business Model (TechDirt)
Ten
Tips and Tricks for Server Baselines (TechNet Blogs)
Automatic
FixIt: You receive error 401.1 when you browse a Web site that uses Integrated Authentication
and is hosted on IIS 5.1 or a later version (TechNet Blogs)
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Another episode is ready at CSTechcast.com, where you find the podcast for IT pros. This week we discuss how cloud applications can contribute to your business, how to deal with data protection, and how to extend your firewall into the cloud with Raju Vegesna, evangelist for web app company Zoho. Find more information at zoho.com. In the news, the EU may block Oracle's acquisition of Sun over MySQL, the DoD lets up a little on its USB flash drive ban, localized scripts give new possibilities for domain names, Intel SSD drives suffer from bad firmware again, and malware is seeing more short but massive outbreaks not blocked by anti-virus. The Windows 7 upgrade that blocks a clean installation gets "The Worst Tech Move of the Week", we take "A Closer Look" at Windows 7's XP Mode, and the problems with Microsoft Office Sharepoint Server 2007 on Windows Server 2008 R2 gets fleshed out in "The Weekly Tech Tip".
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Links to stories and sites discussed in the show:
EU
Strategist Claims an Oracle-Owned MySQL Cannot Be Competitive (eWeek)
Banned USB Drives May Get
Thumbs Up (DefenseNews)
ICANN
Moves Ahead with Multilingual Domains (eWeek)
Intel
Pulls SSD Firmware Update (InformationWeek)
Virus
Writers Perfecting Hit-and-Run Tactics (MCPmag.com)
Windows
7 install trick saves up to $100 (ComputerWorld)
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CSTechcast.com brings you another podcast for IT pros. This week we get into social networking in business, for business, and about business with well know blogger Louis Gray, managing director of new media for Paladin Advisors Group. Find his insight at the ever popular louisgray.com. This week, the Chinese have apparently been setting up elaborate hacking into US government systems, citizen developers will account for 25% of enterprise applications in 2014, Sun plans to layoff 3,000 employees, Bing gets a small bump in traffic, and Windows 7 finally launches. The blogosphere's obsession with killing Friendfeed gets "The Worst Tech Move of the Week", we take "A Closer Look" at Windows 7 deployment tools, and Exchange Server virtual memory fragmentation gets some attention in "The Weekly Tech Tip".
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Links to stories and sites discussed in the show:
Evidence
Points To China In Cyber Attacks (InformationWeek)
Gartner:
‘Citizen Developers` to Deliver 25% of Apps by 2014 (eWeek)
Beleaguered
Sun Forced to Lay Off 3,000 More Employees (eWeek)
Microsoft
Bing Continues Growth in September, But So Does Google (eWeek)
Microsoft
CEO Ballmer Launches Windows 7 In New York (eWeek)
Friendfeed
lives! Co-founder says it’s in “chrysalis stage” (VentureBeat)
Deployment
TechCenter (Microsoft)
How to troubleshoot virtual memory
fragmentation in Exchange Server 2003 and Exchange 2000 Server (Microsoft)
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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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CSTechcast.com is the source of the podcast for IT pros. This week we talk with Dennis Hurst, Senior Security Engineer, HP Software & Solutions about security in the cloud, how it is affecting adoption at the enterprise level, what types of data should live there, and what standard we can expect from cloud vendors. Find more info from HP at http://www.hp.com/go/stophackers and visit http://cloudsecurityalliance.org to take the cloud security survey. In the news, NVidia can't make chipsets for Intel CPUs, tech job loses are confirmed to have risen again, a study shows enterprise overwhelmingly will invest in social networks this year, FBI Director Robert Mueller almost fell victim to a phishing scam, and Microsoft Patch Tuesday sets a record with 13 bulletins covering 34 vulnerabilities. Larry Ellison sticking his head in the sand about cloud computing gets "The Worst Tech Move of the Week", we take "A Closer Look" at the virtualized networks in virtual machines, and we cover how to deploy BitLocker whole disk encryption on more than your C: drive in "The Weekly Tech Tip".
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Links to stories and sites discussed in the show:
Nvidia
Stops Chip Set Development as Intel Dispute Continues (eWeek)
Technology
Unemployment Rises in Q3 (eWeek)
Study:
94% of Enterprises Will Invest in Social Media Despite Recession (eWeek)
FBI
Director Nearly Hooked in Phishing Scam, Swears Off Online Banking (eWeek)
Microsoft
to Plug Windows Security Holes on Patch Tuesday (eWeek)
Larry
Ellison Hates Cloud Computing (Enterprise 2.0 Blog)
How
to configure BitLocker on additional drives in a MDT 2010 deployment (TechNet Blogs)
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This week David Taber, CEO of SalesLogistix, joins us to discuss the ins and outs
of Salesforce.com implementations and how cloud CRM is taking over. Find more info
at SalesLogistix.com. In the news, the trend
of offshoring stays flat in big business but smaller businesses see offshoring growth,
SQL Server is big in emerging markets but MySQL is right behind it, PeopleSoft human
resources software gets a new version, payroll company PayChoice gets hacked for personal
data, and a federal order prohibits texting during driving by federal employees operating
government vehicles. The disappointing Google Wave beta launch gets The Worst Tech
Move of the Week, we take "A Closer Look" at Windows 7 features that work only with
Windows Server 2008 R2, and we tell you how to implement two different power profiles
in "The Weekly Tech Tip".
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Links to stories and sites discussed in the show:
Offshore
Outsourcing on Rise for Small and Midsize Companies in 2009 (eWeek)
Survey:
Microsoft SQL Server Tops All Databases in Emerging Markets (eWeek)
Oracle
Releases New Version of PeopleSoft Enterprise (eWeek)
Large
online payroll service hacked (ComputerWorld)
Federal
Workers Banned From Texting While Driving (InformationWeek)
Google
Wave crashes on beach of overhype (scobleizer.com)
Google
Wave Hits Shore. Flash Flood Warning In Effect. (LouisGray.com)
Thanks for sticking with us. A lightening strike did a number on our equipment so we were down for a couple of weeks. Anyway, as usual, communicate by using our feedback form on cstechcast.com, or find us at the socials twitter.com/cstechcast, at friendfeed.com/cstechcast, or the CS Techcast fan page on Facebook. It's be super nice of you to support our sponsors as well as leaving a nice review on iTunes for our show. Thanks all.
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Virtualization has disrupted the IT department and put network administrators in a position to service the technology without full reach into all of the networking components. The virtualization software, which is layered with networks in every virtual machine, puts an uncontrolled piece of network equipment into each host. In The Essentials Series: Best Practices for Virtual Network Management, Eric Beehler offers a strong understanding of virtualization so that IT departments may create a consensus for managing the virtual network.
Understanding the core features of virtual switches is essential to planning and managing them properly. In many ways, they are unique devices and need to be handled differently than traditional switches. Learn those key differences to determine your best path to proper management of the vSwitch.
Network operations needs to address virtualization to understand where it is disrupting existing processes. The technology has the potential to bring greater efficiencies to the network if managed properly, but without an eye towards change the technology can actually cause problems in provisioning, management, and troubleshooting. Learn the approach to these areas of concern to enable virtualization as a true advancement in your data center.
How does the network engineer approach the daily needs of a virtual host? The typical provisioning and escalation of issues will typically center around specific features and configurations in a vSwitch. See what knowledge you need to interact with system administrators to successfully provision and troubleshoot virtual servers.
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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".
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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)
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CSTechcast.com is the podcast for IT Pros. This weeks we discuss secure code, where it's lacking, and what can be done about it with Rob Cheyne, CEO of Safelight Security Advisors. Find more information about Rob at http://www.securityadvisors.com. In the news, Microsoft gets hit with vulnerabilities in SQL Server which can steal passwords from memory and a hit on IIS's FTP service that's open for a DDoS attack, Microsoft also gives us the regular Patch Tuesday with six critical updates for the week, Microsoft gets a little good news when the US Court of Appeals allowed them to keep selling Word 2007 despite a patent ruling against MS, and tech job hires are reportedly picking up in the NorthEast and Atlantic regions. Google's GMail outage puts some doubt into the cloud with "The Worst Tech Move of the Week", we take "A Closer Look" at open source CRM options, and we tell you how to automate your VPN connections in "The Weekly Tech Tip".
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Links to stories and sites discussed in the show:
Microsoft
Downplays SQL Server Database Vulnerability (eWeek)
Microsoft
SQL Server 2008 Feature Pack, October 2008 (Microsoft)
Microsoft warns of IIS FTP
vulnerability (ITWire)
Microsoft
Readies 5 Critical Windows Updates for Patch Tuesday (eWeek)
Microsoft
Can Keep Selling Word, Says Appeals Court (eWeek)
Conservative
Technology Hiring Expected in Fourth Quarter of 2009 (eWeek)
Gmail
Gfails, Internet Survives Again (InfoWorld)
Deploying
VPN Connections by Using Windows Powershell and Group Policy (Microsoft TechNet)
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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
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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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CSTechcast.com is the podcast for IT Pros. This week we bring in Tom Beck from Teo to discuss the unified communication model, how it can make us more productive, and how to avoid the pitfalls of implementation and acceptance. Find more info at Teotech.com. In the news, Internet Explorer takes a surprising win over it's competitors when blocking infected web sites, new Fibre Channel Over Ethernet implementations hit the scene from NetApp and QLogic working together, botnet researchers build a 1 million kernel test farm, Google buys On2 but a lawsuit may block the buy, and Microsoft Word is affected by a patent lawsuit from i4i blocking it's XML formats. FriendFeed makes frienemies of its user base with its bow to Facebook's buyout in "The Worst Tech Move of the Week", we take "A Closer Look" at the software control feature AppLocker in Windows 7, and we tell you what you can do when CPU utilization hits 100% in "The Weekly Tech Tip".
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Links to stories and sites discussed in the show:
IE
8 Tops Firefox, Google Chrome, Others in Browser Security Smackdown (eWeek)
NetApp,
QLogic Combine for FCOE Storage Configuration (eWeek)
Researchers
Boot Million Linux Kernels to Help Botnet Research (eWeek)
Google
Must Fight Lawsuits to Win On2's Hand in Marriage (eWeek)
Microsoft,
Open-Source Community Could Both Avoid Lawsuit Damage (eWeek)
Patent
Ruling Against Microsoft Hinges on Meaning of Custom XML (eWeek)
FriendFeed
Updates Status: Married to Facebook (New York Times)
Microsoft
Windows Enterprise: Windows 7 Features (Microsoft)
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- Eric Beehler (consortioservices.com/blog)
CSTechcast.com gives you the podcast for IT pros. This week we take business performance management, where it applies, and what it takes to get to the data with Gary Cokins, global product marketing manager at SAS. Find more info at from Gary's blog at blogs.sas.com/cokins. In the news Microsoft let's Windows 7 out to select groups, Apple releases 18 security fixes for OS X, DNS BIND 9 is vulnerable to a zero-day attack, Microsoft's Patch Tuesday gives us five rated critical, and a survey shows most organizations have no patch management solution. Cloud services recent outages, broken promises and data loss gets "The Worst Tech Move of the Week", we take "A Closer Look" at Web 2.0 apps acceptance in the enterprise, and we give you a quick overview of the Windows 7 Problem Step Recorder in "The Weekly Tech Tip".
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Links to stories and sites discussed in the show:
Microsoft
Opens Windows 7 RTM for Downloading (eWeek)
Apple
Mac OS X Update Plugs 18 Security Vulnerabilities (eWeek)
Bind9 FTP Site (isc.org)
New
DNS Vulnerability Has Organizations Scrambling (MCPmag)
Microsoft
to Fix Windows, Office Bugs in Critical Updates (eWeek)
Nearly
Half Of Companies Lack A Formal Patch Management Process (Dark Reading)
Project
Quant: Patch Management Process Survey (SurveyMonkey)
Twitter
Continues to Battle DDoS Attack (PC World)
Microsoft backtracks
on free Office Live domains (CNet)
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- Eric Beehler (consortioservices.com/blog)
Here is a little SQL Script I wrote that gives you file and filegroup size details for all databases on SQL Server 2005 or 2008. This returns all the vital information I am looking for when I look at database sizes and growth such as file size, space used, free space, and the physical filename. There is also a second result set with details rolled up to the filegroup. If you were so inclined, you could capture this information on a regular basis and do some trending. Script attached.
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)
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)
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- Eric Beehler (consortioservices.com/blog)
Welcome to CSTechcast.com, the source of the podcast for IT pros. This week we are talking small business technology and the unique issues they face of limited budgets and expertise with Brett Jaffe, CEO of IT4. Find more info about Brett’s company go to http://it4yourbusiness.com. In the news, Cisco hands the pink slip to 700 employees, a new cloud services monitoring tool is released by Paessler, Steve Ballmer questions the viability of the Chrome OS, and Microsoft’s Kevin Turner announces plans to open Microsoft shops right next to Apple stores. The Twitter internal document leak scandal earns Michael Arrington "The Worst Tech Move of the Week", we take "A Closer Look" at open source network management and monitoring tools, and we give you some SQL Server TempDB configuration magic 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.
Cisco
Lays Off Hundreds Of Workers (InformationWeek)
CloudClimate
Website Monitors Cloud Service Performance (eWeek)
Microsoft's
Ballmer Dismisses Chrome (InformationWeek)
Microsoft
to Open Retail Stores Near Apple Stores (eWeek)
Twitter
and TechCrunch Joust Over Stolen Documents (New York Times)
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- Eric Beehler (consortioservices.com/blog)
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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- Eric Beehler (consortioservices.com/blog)
Welcome to another episode of the podcast for IT Pros, only at CStechcast.com. This week we are exploring privileged account management and how to reduce the attack surface of that powerful access with Phil Lieberman, President and CEO of Lieberman Software. Find more information at http://www.liebsoft.com. In the news Google Apps continues to add features useful for business environments with a new API for contacts, Cisco and VMWare find better ways to VMotion a VM across data centers, AMD's newest Opteron makes it's debut in new HP servers and workstations, Adobe's employees gets an involuntary week off, and new evidence that IT spending may be on an uptick. Facebook's attempt to get you comfy and open up to the world gets "The Worst Tech move of the Week", we take "A Closer Look" at the challenges of backing up virtualized servers, and we review the gotchas of upgrading Small Business Server in "The Weekly Tech Tip".
This week's episode is sponsored by: Consortio Services, a quality partner that can help you manage your IT.
Links to stories and sites discussed in the show:
Google
Apps Opens Up Contacts to Socialize the Enterprise (eWeek)
Cisco,
VMware Look to Move VMs Between Data Centers (eWeek)
AMD
Rolls Out Latest Quad-Core Opteron (eWeek)
Adobe
Shutters Operations for a Week to Cut Costs (eWeek)
Global
IT Spending To Drop 10.6%: Forrester (InformationWeek)
A
Closer Look at Facebook's New Privacy Options (ReadWriteWeb)
The Essentials Series: New
Techniques for Creating Better Backups (RealTimePublishers)
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- Eric Beehler (consortioservices.com/blog)
SSIS is a pretty useful tool for designing ETL processes. One of the transformations I was disappointed with in 2005 was the lookup. I found it a little better than the lookup functionality in DTS, but not too much better. Well, Microsoft must have read my mind because SQL Server 2008 has a new shiny Lookup transformation that is, in my opinion, much improved.
In 2005, the lookup had cache options, but they were really heavy handed. And you could deal with a lookup not finding a match by using the error output, but then how would you know the difference between a non-match and a real error? Let's start with the cache. There are now three cache options and two choices for your cache source.
As for data sources for your cache, you can still go to the database, but now you can also set up your own custom cache connection. This gives you the ability to build your cache in a separate step and then reference it with your lookup. This is a little involved so I won't go into more detail here, but keep your eyes open for another blog entry... ;) Furthermore, if you use the partial cache, you can manage your cache size on the Advanced page of the Lookup's properties.
So I like the changes to caching, but I like the output options even more. You can now specify that rows with no match be redirected to their own output, or be ignored all together. This now gives you three outputs to work with; one for a match, one for no match, and another for errors. I put together a small sample package and added a screen shot below, you can see that I am using all three outputs. In this case, when an e-mail address is not found in the lookup, I use a derived column to put "NA" into the email address column before I load. I then union this data with the rows that found a match and do an insert into my destination table.
In the end, this new lookup is much cleaner and easier to use than its 2005 predecessor. Plus the addition of the Cache Connection Manager is a big win…..more on that coming soon.
We are back with another episode of the podcast for IT pros at CStechcast.com. This week the topic is open source infrastructure and how it applies in the enterprise with Frank Wiles of Revolution Systems. Find more information on Frank and his company at revsys.com. In the news, Microsoft announces pricing for Windows 7, Intel puts out updated compilers, bad hiring is losing money, and Bing still can't compete with Google. MySpace takes the social out of their business with their treatment of layed-off employees making "The Worst Tech Move of the Week", we take "A Closer Look" at how you can bridge into the cloud from traditional applications, and get guidance on which Windows Perfmon counters to use when troubleshooting memory problems with "The Weekly Tech Tip".
This week's episode is sponsored by: Consortio Services, a quality partner that can help you manage your IT.
Links to stories and sites discussed in the show:
Microsoft
Windows 7 Push Includes Price Cuts, Additional Vista Upgrades (eWeek)
Intel
Ships New Compilers (eWeek)
Businesses
Losing Money on Bad Hiring Practices, Survey Finds (eWeek)
Microsoft
Bing Beats Google But Users Stay Loyal to Google (eWeek)
Adding
Insult To Injury: MySpace Botches Layoffs (TechCrunch)
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- Eric Beehler (consortioservices.com/blog)
I had the pleasure of writing the latest in The Essential Series for Realtime Publishing, a free set of publications for IT professionals and executives. This allowed me to speak to the system administrator that is facing the challenge of new technologies putting strain on old backup solutions. How can you adapt and address the needs of virtualized servers putting backup jobs into overtime? What about the new requirements for encryption on sensitive data? How can data deduplication help conserve backup resources and even green your data center? Read the paper to find out.
Link to The Essential Series, New Techniques for Creating Better Backups: http://nexus.realtimepublishers.com/esntcbb.php#
Synopsis
The world of backups is an essential piece of an IT infrastructure. With new technologies coming online and new issues around data security, the question becomes whether your backups are keeping up. Virtualization presents new challenges to the old agent based network backup, data breaches force you to take a second look at security, and the sheer volume of data puts backup solutions at their breaking points. The Essentials Series: New Techniques for Creating Better Backups takes a fresh look at backup technologies that address these challenges of virtualized servers, options and management of backup encryption, and the benefits of data deduplication for efficient use of backup resources.
Article 1: How Virtualization Changes the Standard Approach to Backups
Virtualization is the technology that brings consolidation, but that is exactly why existing backup techniques can run into trouble. Learn the various methods for successful backup of a virtualized server environment and understand why one size does not fit all.
Article 2: Avoid Making Headlines by Securing Your Backups
Very public announcements of lost backups that cause breaches of personal data have put IT departments into panic mode. Don't be the next company on the news for lost data. Find out what options for encryption are available and how to implement the technology successfully.
Article 3: Reducing Backups with Data Deduplication
Data storage keeps growing at an exponential rate. With that comes longer backup times and the expense of running expensive tape libraries. Reign in cost and need for resources by utilizing data deduplication to find the redundancy in the vast amount of data being stored. Get familiar with the options and the way it makes you change the way you think about the backup window.
Link to the paper: http://nexus.realtimepublishers.com/esntcbb.php#
- Eric Beehler (http://consortioservices.com/blog)
Welcome to the podcast for IT pros at CStechcast.com. This week we are with Robert Scoble, Rob La Gesse, and Rocky Barbanica of Rackspace at the launch of Building43 to discover why business needs to pay attention to The 2010 Web and how IT professionals need to approach the cloud. Find more information at http://building43.com. In the news; Microsoft gets set to launch a free anti-virus program, Symbian unveils it's developer site to the public for it's open source phone OS, Juniper Networks shows off a 100GB Ethernet adapter, and many admit in a new survey to abusing privileged accounts to gain access to private information. AT&T's lack of support for the new iPhone 3Gs features and the charges for upgrades to loyal Apple fans gets "The Worst Tech Move of the Week", we riff on the interview and talk about getting started with the cloud for small and medium business in "A Closer Look", and "The Weekly Tech Tip" covers multi-server queries and the Object Explorer in SQL Server 2008.
This episode is sponsored by: Consortio Services (http://consortioservices.com)
Links to stories and sites discussed in the show:
Microsoft's
Free Anti-virus Software 'Morro' Coming Soon (eWeek)
Symbian
Foundation Launches Developer Site Beta (eWeek)
Juniper
Unveils 100G Ethernet Adapter (eWeek)
IT
Staff Increasingly Spying on Colleagues, Report Says (eWeek)
AT&T
Tight-Lipped on iPhone 3GS's Lack of MMS and Tethering (PC World)
Apple
iPhone Users Cry Foul Over AT&T Upgrade Policy (InformationWeek)
Building43 (Rackspace)
IT was great to have such leaders in the cloud and social media space on our show. Keep coming back every week as we bring on leaders in IT and people in the trenches who know how to get things done. Contact us by using the feedback for at cstechcast.com, track us down on Twitter at twitter.com/cstechcast, friend us on Friendfeed at friendfeed.com/cstechcast, or hit the CS Techcast fan page on Facebook. If you like the show, please subscribe and help keep us going. Thanks.
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- Eric Beehler (consortioservices.com/blog)
Just found a little something new in SSIS 2008, The Integration Services Connections Project Wizard. This thing starts up when you first begin a new SSIS project. The whole point is to walk you though your initial connection configurations. Once the connections are set up, it even asks you if each is a source, destination, or both and then it creates your first Data Flow task complete with the correct sources and destinations. This probably isn't all that useful to someone that has spent any measurable amount of time with SSIS, but for new comers I think its great. I remember the first time I opened SSIS, it took me a minute to figure out how to get a connection , a source, and a destination all set up. Granted I tend not to read documentation, so I am probably a special case.
In any event, if this pops up in your face the next time you start a project. Have a look, it’s a neat little addition.
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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- Eric Beehler (consortioservices.com/blog)
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)
The podcast for IT professionals, and CIOs, is new every week at CSTechcast.com. This week we cover information technology in health care with Ron Lindsay of Emtec about what the future holds as health care enters an era of change. Find more information at http://emtecinc.com. In the news, all those still running Office 2000 have hit the end of the line for support, HP announces anther drop in revenue as well as more job cuts, Microsoft begins support of SQL Server clusters on virtual machines, Intel delays the release of it’s newest Itanium process until next year, and Microsoft is set to debut their updated "Kumo" search engine this week. Apple's refusal to admit it has a security problem gets "The Worst Tech Move of the Week", we take "A Closer Look" at how business laptops are different, and we tell you how to access virtual hard drive files directly from Windows 7 without starting the virtual machine in "The Weekly Tech Tip".
Links to stories and sites discussed in the show:
Office
2000 and Office Update Site to Retire (TechNet)
HP
To Cut More Than 6,000 Jobs (InformationWeek)
Microsoft
Changes Stance on Virtualized SQL Server Failover Clusters (eWeek)
Intel
Again Delays 'Tukwila' Itanium Release (eWeek)
Microsoft
to Unveil 'Kumo,' a New Search Engine (eWeek)
Apple
Leaves Major Java Security Hole Open for Mac Users (eWeek)
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- Eric Beehler (consortioservices.com/blog)
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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- Eric Beehler (consortioservices.com/blog)
"Why Consider Essential Business Server 2008 as the Core for the Mid-Sized IT?" is my latest article for Windows Administration in Realtime. I'm posting it here if anyone is interested in downloading a copy of the journal. It's free. I hope you enjoy it.
- Eric Beehler (http://consortioservices.com/blog)
Welcome to CStechcast.com, the podcast for IT professionals. ITIL is the standard for IT governance, but challenges of implementation and understanding still remain. We talk to Matthew Schvimmer, the head of products for IT Service Management and Project Portfolio Management at HP, to discuss what ITIL version 3 brings to the table, how it's not a magic bullet, and the work it takes to realize the benefits. For more information, go to hp.com. In the news, Polycom adds to the small business VoIP mix with a new PBX and wireless phones, Sun's StorageTek reports big sales of the high end 17 petabyte capable system, Oracle's Larry Ellison states that they will retail Sun's storage division, and Microsoft offers up Azure cloud computing solutions to government. Microsoft's rename of the very annoying Windows Genuine Advantage to Windows Activation Technologies is just lipstick on the pig of "The Worst Tech Move of the Week", we take "A Closer Look" at the good and the bad of the Windows 7 release candidate, and "The Weekly Tech Tip" is for SQL Server admin with advice on getting that data fitting into your query results inside SQL Server Management Studio.
Links to stories and sites discussed in the show:
Polycom
Debuts Wireless Office in a Box (eWeek)
Sun
Drives 'Amber Road' to Record Sales (eWeek)
Oracle
Won't Divest Sun's Hardware Business (InformationWeek)
Microsoft
Offers Cloud-Based Public Data Hosting With Azure (InformationWeek)
Windows
7 Upgrade Advisor Scans Your System for Win7 Compatibility (LifeHacker)
Competitors
Grouse Over IE8 Default Setting in Windows 7 (PC World)
Windows
7 To Boost SSD Performance (TechNet Blogs)
Microsoft,
Intel goof up Windows 7's "XP Mode" (ArsTechnica)
Microsoft
outlines Windows 7 anti-piracy measures (PC Authority)
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- Eric Beehler (consortioservices.com/blog)
The Slowly Changing Dimension (SCD) transformations are pretty handy in SSIS packages. They let you compare a new set of data to an existing table and insert or update as needed. Alternatively, you can have them insert new rows and mark old rows as "Expired" instead of updating rows when a change occurs. This is great if you want to maintain history. Now these are meant for dimensions in a data warehouse, but you can use them against any table in your database. The reason for this post is to look at an issue that can occur with SCDs when you have duplicate data in your incoming data set.
When an SCD analyzes a set of data it looks at each row and compares it to the destination. It decides whether the row will be inserted or updated (or inserted with the old row being marked inactive). Notice I said this comparison is with the incoming data and the destination. The SCD does check for duplicates that may exist in the incoming data. So if you have duplicates, that also happen to be new rows when compared to the destination, all the duplicate rows get "flagged" for insertion. You can probably guess what happens next. The first row gets inserted but the second and subsequent duplicates cause a Primary Key violation when they attempt to insert the now duplicate record.
Now this might seem like a glitch to some, but this functionality is "by design ". The button line is that the data being inserted should be de-duplicated prior to being inserted into the destination. In a perfect world, the data would come from a source where it lived in a normalized, and therefore de-duplicated, state. If you don't have the luxury of living in a perfect world, you can build a manual data de-dup process or use a Sort transformation. One of the options of the Sort transformation is to "Remove Rows with Duplicate Sort Values". Just drop one of these in, check the box, and you have magically de-dup your values.
CSTechcast.com, the source of the podcast for IT pros. This week we discuss the utter lack of visibility into virtualized infrastructure with Charles Thompson, product manager for Network Instruments, who discusses a new survey that shows 75% of organizations lack tools to monitor their virtual environments. Find The State of the Network Global Study at http://www.networkinstruments.com. In the news, Twitter gets hacked again giving us pause when envisioning private business use in a professional model, Seagate announces Replica to easily backup computers, Sun releases the latest update to Solaris the week after the Oracle takeover of Sun was announced, Windows 7 gets it’s Release Candidate released, and Office 2007 Service Pack 2 adds ODF edit and PDF save support. Minnesota's hops into the slippery slope with its requirement of ISP’s to filter gambling web sites to earn "The Worst Tech Move of the Week", we take "A Closer Look" at the Kindle as a replacement for your tech library, and a quick way to get a desktop moved with all of user’s documents and settings is "The Weekly Tech Tip".
Links to stories and sites discussed in the show:
Twitter
Confirms Hacker Gained Access (eWeek)
New
Seagate Desktop Drive Plugs in, Backs Up (eWeek)
Sun
Updates Solaris 10 with Focus on Virtualization, Security (eWeek)
Microsoft
Windows 7 Release Candidate Arrives for Some – Most Must Wait (eWeek)
Microsoft
Releases Office 2007 SP2 (InformationWeek)
Minnesota
asks ISPs to block gambling sites (USA Today)
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- Eric Beehler (consortioservices.com/blog)
Welcome to CStechcast.com, the podcast for IT pros. This week Erica Toelle, Sharepoint project implementation expert, gives us the scoop on Sharepoint project success. Find her insight at ericatoelle.com. In the news; the Sun-Oracle merger brings complications and an uncertain future for several Sun side solutions, uneven financial results mark the quarter for tech companies, Linux distro Ubuntu sees a major new release, and the RSA conference gets word of a major new botnet in force. IBM's attitude towards the Sun deal turns into a loss earning "The Worst Tech Move of the Week", we take "A Closer Look" at sys admin tools for your iPhone, and Sharepoint admins get some help in "The Weekly Tech Tip".
This show is sponsored by: Consortio Services, managed IT services and expert SQL assistance. Visit ConsortioServices.com.
Links to stories and sites discussed during the show:
Oracle to
buy Sun in $7.4 billion deal (CNet)
Ubuntu
9.04, the Jaunty Jackalope, Sports Modest Software Improvements But Big Plans (eWeek)
EMC: 'We
expect IT spending to improve' (CNet)
VMware's
quarter: Services up, licenses down (CNet)
AMD reports
loss, cautious on PC sales (CNet)
Security
Vulnerabilities on Tap at RSA (eWeek)
IBM Talks Teeter
as Sun Board Splits (Wall Street Journal)
Sun-Oracle FAQ: Did IBM make
a big mistake? (ZDNet)
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,
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Link to the episode: http://www.cstechcast.com/home.aspx?Episode=72
- Eric Beehler (consortioservices.com/blog)
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)
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Link to the episode: http://www.cstechcast.com/home.aspx?Episode=71
- Eric Beehler (consortioservices.com/blog)
CSTechcast.com is your source to get the podcast
for IT professionals. This week we talk to Toby J. Velte, author of Green
IT: Reduce Your Information System's Environmental Impact While Adding to the Bottom
Line
Links to stories and sites discussed during the show:
Updated
Conficker Ropes Victims into Rogue Anti-virus Scam (eWeek)
Microsoft
warns of monster patch day next week (ComputerWorld)
Google
Data Center Secrets Now Showing On YouTube (InformationWeek)
Google container data center
tour (YouTube)
Electricity
Grid in U.S. Penetrated By Spies (The Wall Street Journal)
Before
Grid Hack Reports, NERC Advises Industry on Cyber Assets (eWeek)
Feds
Tap Sun For Healthcare IT Despite Uncertain Future (InformationWeek)
We send congratulations to Dana and her family on her new baby. Send in your good wishes or 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. As always, thanks for subscribing to our podcast. Tell your friends to check it out.
Link to the episode: http://www.cstechcast.com/home.aspx?Episode=70
- Eric Beehler (consortioservices.com/blog)
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
- Eric Beehler (consortioservices.com/blog)
CStechcast.com brings you another podcast for IT pros. This week we talk about innovations in the server space and what to consider for the modern data center and cash strapped businesses with HP Vice-President of Industry Standard Servers, Paul Gottsegan. Find more info at hp.com. In the news, Conficker is ticking down to April 1st, HP releases an analysis tool for Adobe Flash code to look for security holes, Sun releases it's latest Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Software 3, and Red Hat beats Wall Street expectation giving good news to the tech economy and open source. Complexity on network equipment updates to protect against security holes gets "The Worst Tech Move of the Week", we take "A Closer Look" at the need for standards in the cloud, and we show you some tricks to get Linux setup in Hyper-V in "The Weekly Tech Tip".
Links to stories and sites discussed during the show:
Conficker
Worm Worries Exaggerated (InformationWeek)
Questions and Answers:
Conficker and April 1st (F-Secure)
Malware probes find a
China angle (CNet)
Sun
Brings Storage Management To Desktop Virtualization (InformationWeek)
Red
Hat Profit Beats Forecasts, Shares Rise (InformationWeek)
Linux
on Hyper-V (TechNet)
As always, thanks for subscribing to our podcast. Keep us going by spreading the word about CS Techcast and writing a review at your favorite podcast service, like in iTunes or at Podcastalley.com. As always, find us all week on the social networks at the Facebook fan page, at twitter.com/cstechcast, and at friendfeed.com/cstechcast. Please also send us feedback; link at CSTechcast.com.
Link to the episode: http://www.cstechcast.com/home.aspx?Episode=68
- Eric Beehler (consortioservices.com/blog)
Once again, CSTechcast.com brings you another podcast for IT pros. This week we talk to Marc Borbas, Vice President at INETCO, about how the approach to measuring and monitoring real-time applications that often leave your sphere of control. Find more information at INETCO.com. In the news, Internet Explorer 8 is officially release and gets a cool reception, IBM is looking to swoop in on Sun with a takeover bid, the FTC looking into privacy concerns around Google cloud applications like Apps and GMail, EMC pushing bigger and faster solid state drive technology into the data center, and Microsoft aims to make it easier to find bugs in your code with Crash Analyzer. Quick hacks at a contest of the top 3 browser's security gets "The Worst tech Move of the Week", small and mid-size business security options gets "A Closer Look", and new features of DHCP server in Windows Server 2008 R2 and a new tool are covered in "The Weekly Tech Tip".
Links to stories and sites discussed during the show:
Explorer
8: Bugs, Crashes, Glitches, Oh My! (InformationWeek)
IBM-Sun
Rivalry May Finally Reach An Accord (InformationWeek)
Feds
To Shut Down Google Apps? (InformationWeek)
EMC
Offers Larger-Capacity Flash Drives For Symmetrix Systems (InformationWeek)
Microsoft
to Unveil Open-Source Security Analyzer for Application Developers (eWeek)
DHCP
Server Events Tool (TechNet Blogs)
A grim day for browser
security at hacker contest (The Register)
As always, thanks for subscribing to our podcast. Keep us going by spreading the word about CS Techcast and writing a review at your favorite podcast service, like in iTunes or at Podcastalley.com. As always, find us all week on the social networks at the Facebook fan page, at twitter.com/cstechcast, and at friendfeed.com/cstechcast. Please also send us feedback; link at CSTechcast.com.
Link to the episode: http://www.cstechcast.com/home.aspx?Episode=67
- Eric Beehler (consortioservices.com/blog)
Welcome to another podcast for IT pros always available at cstechcast.com. This week we talk about Platform as a Service and get the scoop on cloud computing trends for business with the CEO of LongJump, Pankaj Malviya. Find more information at longjump.com. In the news, Amazon launches their Reserved Instances service for EC2, open source is steadily gaining in IT shops, Linux gets a boast in use in server rooms and may be the future on the desktops of businesses, AT&T boosts capital spending and hiring, and the Confiker worm continues it's attack with a new variant and threat of massive DDoS attacks. Twitter's strange approach to it's own influence gets "The Worst Tech Move of the Week", we take "A Closer Look" at new features and fixed bugs coming for the Windows 7 release candidate, and a story to keep you on the a logical troubleshooting path is "The Weekly Tech Tip".
Links to stories and sites discussed during the show:
Amazon
Offers You Your Own Little Place In The Clouds (InformationWeek)
Linux
Gaining Strength In Downturn (InformationWeek)
AT&T sets
'09 budget cuts, to add some jobs (Reuters)
Latest
Conficker worm gets nastier (CNet)
Microsoft Details New
Changes to Windows 7 (PCMag)
Calacanis
Offers $250K For Twitter Paid Inclusion (MediaPost)
Calacanis
Discussion on Friendfeed (Friendfeed)
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're subscribed so you can catch us every week.
Link to the episode: http://www.cstechcast.com/home.aspx?Episode=66
- Eric Beehler (consortioservices.com/blog)
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)
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're subscribed so you can catch us every week.
Link to the episode: http://www.cstechcast.com/home.aspx?Episode=65
- Eric Beehler (consortioservices.com/blog)
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
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)
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're subscribed so you can catch us every week.
Link to the episode: http://www.cstechcast.com/home.aspx?Episode=64
- Eric Beehler (consortioservices.com/blog)
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.
Link to the episode: http://www.cstechcast.com/home.aspx?Episode=62
- Eric Beehler (consortioservices.com/blog)
CSTechcast.com, where you can find the podcast for IT professionals. This week we
have Chris Poelker, VP of Enterprise Solutions at FalconStor and
author of “Storage
Area Networks for Dummies
Links to stories and sites discussed during the show:
NEC
Says May Withdraw From PC Business In Europe (InformationWeek)
Lenovo
CEO Resignation Tied to Company Performance (eWeek)
Oracle
Acquires Leader in Application Configuration Management (eWeek)
VMware
Announces First Open Source Virtual Desktop Client, Enabling Partners to Optimize
Devices for VMware View and Provide Low-Cost Desktop Solutions (VMWare)
Microsoft
Security Bulletin Advance Notification for February 2009 (Microsoft TechNet)
Make sure your subscribed to the podcast so you don't miss an episode. Find out how at cstechcast.com. You can also 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.
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- Eric Beehler (consortioservices.com/blog)
The podcast for IT pros at CSTechcast.com. This week we discuss the benefits of moving your desktops off the desk and into the data center with Mike Fodor, VP at Pano Logic. Find more information on their desktop virtualization solutions at panologic.com. In the news, Toshiba and NEC are merging chip operations, high-speed broadband goes to Washington, government employment program E-Verify gets postponed, and a fired employee is indicted for planting a logic bomb in Fannie Mae computers. School officials pouty about criticism from students on the Internet gets "The Worst Tech Move of the Week", we take "A Closer Look" at the top 5 areas to consider when introducing new technology, and we try to help out when Windows 2008 DNS can't resolve some top level domains in "The Weekly Tech Tip".
Links to stories and sites discussed during the show:
Top
Japanese Chip Makers Studying Merger (InformationWeek)
Congress
Wants Neutrality On Publicly Funded Broadband (InformationWeek)
Feds
Delay E-Verify Deadline to May 21 (eWeek)
Fannie
Mae Contractor Indicted For Logic Bomb (InformationWeek)
Court:
No right to shout "douchebag" in a crowded blog (ArsTechnica)
Cannot
resolve names in certain top level domains like .co.uk. (TechNet Blogs)
You can subscribe to the podcast through various means at cstechcast.com. You can also catch us on the Facebook fan page, at twitter.com/cstechcast, and friendfeed.com/cstechcast where we are easy to contact. 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.
Link to the episode: http://www.cstechcast.com/home.aspx?Episode=61
- Eric Beehler (consortioservices.com/blog)
I wanted to let all our CS Techcast listeners know that our podcast made the list of the 10 Must Listen Podcasts for CIOs at cioinsight.com! We are on a list with the likes of HP's CTO Phil McKinney Killer Innovations podcast, the Deloitte Insight podcast, and the CERT podcast. We are very excited about making this list and hope to continue bringing you a great podcast for IT professionals every week.
- Eric Beehler (consortioservices.com/blog)
CSTechcast.com brings you the podcast for IT pros. This week we talk with Adam Swidler of Google's Enterprise Division about their new report on the state of spam. Find the report at http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com and more information on the products at www.google.com/a/security. In the news, Intel drops chip prices up to 40%, Qualcomm buys AMD's mobile chip division, top web site spread malware, Seagate post a fix for a hard drive problem that just causes more problems, and despite the economy tech paychecks take a tick up. The White House's state of tech shines a light on out of date government systems in "The Worst Tech Move of the Week", we discuss the need for high-ranking official to carries devices like a Blackberry in "Point/CounterPoint", and we give you an old school tip on email troubleshooting in "The Weekly Tech Tip".
Links to stories and sites discussed during the show:
Intel
Drops Desktop, Server Chip Prices As Much As 40% (InformationWeek)
Qualcomm buys AMD’s handset division,
technology for $65 million (ZDNet)
70
Of Top 100 Web Sites Spread Malware (InformationWeek)
Seagate
Posts Hard Drive Fix (InformationWeek)
Tech
Paychecks Grew Last Year Despite Economic Gloom (InformationWeek)
We'd like to thank the Google folks for talking to our audience about this new report. If you'd like to be in the loop every week, subscribe at cstechcast.com. You can also catch us on the Facebook fan page, at twitter.com/cstechcast, and friendfeed.com/cstechcast where we are sharing all week. We also have a feedback form off the main page if you have anything you'd like to say. Thanks for listening.
Link to the episode: http://www.cstechcast.com/home.aspx?Episode=60
- Eric Beehler (consortioservices.com/blog)
CSTechcast has yet another information filled podcast for IT pros. This week we consult Alex Scoble, a CISSP certified security consultant and risk analyst, about the common security threats to your network and what you can do about it. Find Alex's blog at itmanager.blogs.com. In the news Steve Jobs is taking a leave of absence from Apple CEO duties, 1TB Seagate drives are seeing an abnormal level of failures, The “Downadup” virus infected about 6.5 million PCs in 4 days, the inauguration may prove challenging to Internet bandwidth, and United Airlines offers up Wi-Fi on some planes with some limitations, of course. The lack of hard nose reporting from the traditional media on Steve Jobs over the past few weeks has garnered "The Worst Tech Move of the Week", we take "A Closer Look" at the common problem of weak passwords, and multi-monitor support comes to Remote Desktop Connections in Windows 7 and we show you how to get at it in "The Weekly Tech Tip".
Links to stories and sites discussed during the show:
Letter from Apple
CEO Steve Jobs (Apple.com)
On eve
of Macworld, Jobs talks health (CNet)
Seagate
customers swamped by Barracuda drive failures (The Register)
'Amazing'
worm attack infects 9 million PCs (ComputerWorld)
Unprecedented
live streaming video during inaugural will tax Internet (ComputerWorld)
United
Airlines To Offer In-Flight Wi-Fi (InformationWeek)
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