In a blog piece for Businessweek, Daniel Connolly recommended business schools start teaching business intelligence courses to prepare students for the use of technology across many business-oriented fields. The technological proliferation across departments and industries is prompting not only IT professionals but other professionals as well to invest in computer training and certifications to be [...]

About a year ago, I came across some startling information concerning the nuclear power industry.  It seems that in the early 1950s, President Eisenhower (being a “likable” war-hero) made a fatefully historic decision.  As a part of his “Atoms for Peace” program, he chose to use Uranium instead of Thorium as the fuel for nuclear [...]

Continuing from last months technical deep dive into System Center 2012, this month I will expand upon the software packages in System Center 2012 and their particular uses in your organization. First, I will cover Service Manager, which is a component of System Center 2012 that handles service requests and ticketing. Included with this software [...]

One of the unsung heroes of early digital history (and world history, for that matter) was Alan Turing. While working for British intelligence at Bletchley Park during World War II, he designed the precursor to modern digital computers in an effort to decode crucial German military messages. During that time, a little-known American colonel, Dwight [...]

There is a new Cisco IT training certification course that teaches students how to implement Cisco IOS Network Security and prepare for the exam. Companies interested in protecting their networks with valuable Cisco technology should look for IT professionals with the Cisco certification to develop a comprehensive security policy to affect the posture of the [...]

According to the Green IT Council, whose goal it is to educate, motivate, and transform IT professionals and organizations into sustainable IT practitioners, Green computing, or green IT, refers to environmentally sustainable and energy efficient computing. The Council conservatively defines Green IT as “the study and practice of designing, manufacturing, using, and disposing of computers, [...]

Last month I introduced each of the software packages for System Center 2012 and a high level overview of their purpose. This month I will take a deeper look into each of these pieces of software and how they may be of advantage to your organization.I will start with Configuration Manager, which is a core [...]

What Does A Cloud Feel Like? Reach For The Sky At Microsoft Technology Center on March 26th I hope that most of you have read at least one of my numerous articles about Office 365 or the recent article in Redmond Magazine, but if you have not, MAKE SURE YOU READ THIS ONE! Sovran is [...]

With the speed at which business operates these days, being environmentally conscious is more important than ever before. Fortunately, improvements in IT have also resulted in more efficient use of our natural resources. If your organization has virtualized its IT infrastructure, you may have seen some of the results firsthand. Where it once took several [...]

System Center 2012  As many organizations continue to look for solutions to manage and monitor end user devices and services, Microsoft has introduced System Center 2012, which continues this trend with a fully Windows integrated product. The following is just a quick technical summary of some of the packages included in System Center 2012 along with their [...]