Intel promoted an industry analysts' report that calls the 3-4 year upgrade cycle of PCs a fallacy and pushes for a 2-year refresh cycle. The report "Replacing Enterprise PCs: The Fallacy of the 3-4 Year Replacement Cycle" (PDF) is compiled by J. Gold Associates, LLC and was reposted by Intel yesterday. My initial reaction is to state the obvious in defense: Of course Intel … [Read more...]
Archives for August 2014
Should ISPs be considered a public utility?
The PBS Idea Channel explored the net neutrality subject of ISP reclassification to be considered public utilities. It's a loaded, game-changing topic and I think it goes hand-in-hand with the definition of broadband. What bandwidth speed is fast enough to utilize the Internet? Perhaps more importantly, what monthly data cap should be considered sufficient to use the … [Read more...]
Checking out Google Domains beta and AWS Route 53
I got access to the Google Domains beta and Amazon Route 53 expanded their external DNS to a registrar, so I wanted to create an overview of the services to anybody shopping around for a new registrar. I have transferred almost all of my domains from GoDaddy to Hover or Gandi following GoDaddy's SOPA support and the fact that there are alternatives without horrible websites. I … [Read more...]
DEFCON documentary
DEFCON: The Documentary is a film that came out last year covering the 2012 DEFCON convention, the world's largest hacking convention. The documentary is nearly 2 hours long shows a variety of what goes on at DEFCON beyond the stories and high profile hacks that might make it into the news. The documentary is streaming freely on YouTube on The Documentary Network channel and is … [Read more...]
Mondo 2014 IT Salary Guide
Mondo's 2014 IT Salary Guide just came out Friday so the data is hot and fresh. You have to submit your information in order to download the 15-page PDF but it may be very useful information if you're hiring IT Professionals, looking for a job, or looking for an area to specialize to improve your income and career's future. The data is presented very clearly in an … [Read more...]