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

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

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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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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".

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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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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".

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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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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".

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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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Link to the episode: http://www.cstechcast.com/home.aspx?Episode=80
- Eric Beehler (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.

Link to the episode: http://www.cstechcast.com/home.aspx?Episode=79
- 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)

Thanks for downloading and listening to CS Techcast. We say congratulations to Eric Johnson on his family's new arrival. Please send us your thoughts with the feedback form at cstechcast.com and on the social networks: Facebook fan page, at twitter.com/cstechcast, and at friendfeed.com/cstechcast. Tell your friends about CS Techcast and give us a review on iTunes if you're feeling generous. Remember to make sure you are subscribed to the podcast for IT pros!

Link to the episode: http://www.cstechcast.com/home.aspx?Episode=75
- Eric Beehler (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)

Thanks for downloading and listening to CS Techcast. Please send us your thoughts with the feedback form at cstechcast.com and on the social networks: Facebook fan page, at twitter.com/cstechcast, and at friendfeed.com/cstechcast. Tell your friends about CS Techcast and give us a review on iTunes if you're feeling generous. Remember to make sure you are subscribed to the podcast for IT pros!

Link to the episode: http://www.cstechcast.com/home.aspx?Episode=74
- 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)

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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)

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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)

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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)

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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. Find more info from Joel at http://webhackingexposed.com. This week, Microsoft stays steady on custom support pricing, HP earnings result in job cuts, Sun likes its encryption open source, IBM wants in on the broadband stimulus money, and Microsoft gets cozy with Red Hat with an interoperability pact. Facebook's ToS meltdown gets "The Worst Tech Move of the Week", we take "A Closer Look" at some utility cloud options, and DHCP migration to Server 2008 is "The Weekly Tech Tip.

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

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)

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Link to the episode: http://www.cstechcast.com/home.aspx?Episode=62

- 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 We