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Experts Predictions for 2009

Saturday, January 3rd, 2009

Welcome to 2009! In the beginning of a new year it seems a good time to see what others are expecting to happen in the upcoming year. It will also provide an article next year of what happened, what didn’t and how much expectations met or missed reality.

Here is an article by Nancy Weil regarding IT Predictions for 2009. Some of the highlights:
– Netbooks drop to $200 – $300
– Quotes IDC as saying will be a grim year for mobile gadgets
– Windows 7 will be released early (4th quarter)
– SaaS and Clouds will grow and the emergence of ‘Private Clouds’
– Oh yeah, there will be security vulnerabilities as well…

Also, here is a link to the Green-tech article by Ted Samson with predictions for 2009 by notables such as:

-Robert Aldrich, director of datacenter solutions, Cisco
-Subodh Bapat, vice president and distinguished engineer, Sun Microsystems
-Lewis Curtis, infrastructure architect and advisor, Microsoft
-Dr. Albert Esser, vice president of datacenter infrastructure, Dell
-Steve Sams, vice president of site and facilities services, IBM Global Technology Services
-Ted Samson, senior analyst, InfoWorld
-Will Swope, vice president and general manager, Corporate Sustainability Group, Intel
-Roger Tipley, director, The Green Grid
-Larry Vertal, senior strategist, AMD
-Doug Washburn, analyst, Infrastructure and Operations, Forrester Research

Either way, I hope the new year treats you well and you are able to make your own reality happen in 2009.

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Going on a “Tech” Interview? Read this first.

Tuesday, August 21st, 2007

As an interviewer I like to scan interview question lists for two things. One, to determine if there are some interesting subjects I’m missing in my normal interview and two, has the interviewee also drank from the same spigot? It doesn’t really matter if they have or haven’t but it’s interesting how many candidates use the same lists.

I read recently that an interviewer’s mind is made up in the first 10 Minutes. I certainly hope not and try to look past the first impression. However, I think it is often true. The first five minutes of real questions in an interview I am looking for a quality I call “frankness”. Will the person be open and honest? Do they add up to their ‘paper’? Is there a personality fit with my team? So, in a sense, yes, the first ten minutes are important.

Anyway, while trying to find out the answer to a technical database question I came across this site at GeekInterview.com (really like that name) that might be useful to you if you are looking for interview ideas or answers. Enjoy!

Here are some of my favorite subjects:
Accounting – Yes, Geeks can know accounting
Data Warehousing
Testing
Database
Oracle
Microsoft

Also, there is a good number of FAQs

Well, that’s enough for one 0 calorie lunch. Remember, Geeks don’t let friend Geeks drive a point home without facts.

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Data Integration and Data Exchange in the Information Integration Space

Thursday, August 9th, 2007

Alan Nash – Phd. University of California

Discusses challenges and solutions for Data Integration and Data Exchange in the Information Integration Space.

He speaks on Certain Answer Symantics, Universal Solutions and homomorphism. In addition, he addresses the Data Exchange Problem.

View the presentation in it’s entirety for an indepth overview of challenges, concepts and approaches to solving issues associated with Information Integration.
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On another front there is much discussion about Compliance Issues beyond Sarbanes-Oxley. This has been a hot issue recently, however, on closer examination much of the requirement is just enforcement of good I.T. Practice.

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Every day is a lunch day

Thursday, August 9th, 2007

Every day we come across nuggets of information, chewy bites of interest, and knowledge of real value.  This blog is an attempt to put some of it somewhere so it can jog my memory and keep note.  Hope you enjoy.

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