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The two sides of an IT admin: Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

May 21, 2012
Few professions have the propensity to go from normal to obscene as rapidly and thoroughly as IT does
Technology Consulting, IT Jobs, Risk Management, Data Center
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Why voting machines still suck

May 14, 2012
Significant government funds go into snooping on citizens and outrageously sophisticated weaponry. How about a little scratch for the basic instrument of democracy?
Government, E-government, Federal Regulations, Hacking
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Barbra Streisand, the Internet, and you

May 07, 2012
By trying to lock down the Internet, misguided lawmakers -- and divas -- are creating a new generation of users who evade such controls with ease
Federal Regulations, Internet, Internet Privacy
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IT in a nutshell: Duct tape and sealing wax

April 30, 2012
In the data center and beyond, you're only borrowing time with quick and dirty fixes, not saving it
Data Center, Computer Hardware, Networking
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How to run your business on four rack units

April 23, 2012
With a little hardware and a lot of virtualization, you can keep 50 to 100 users happy -- and you don't even need much horsepower
Server Virtualization, Data Center Design, Load Balancers, Servers, Storage
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Mission impossible: A remote network cutover

April 16, 2012
Few feats are more rewarding to a network admin than pulling off the seemingly impossible -- which is not exactly a rare request
Data Center, IT Jobs, Network Router, Network Switch, Systems Management, Networking
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Beyond virtualization: Envisioning true cloud computing

April 09, 2012
When operating systems break their hardware bonds and deepen their ties with hypervisors, virtual machines will seem almost quaint
Server Virtualization, Servers, Data Center
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Keeping up with your network requires consistent care and feeding

April 02, 2012
As your infrastructure evolves, so should your network and system monitoring. Open source Observium provides a fine example
Data Center, Network Monitoring, Systems Management
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Your privacy is a sci-fi fantasy

March 26, 2012
What if our personal information wasn't digital and the collectors weren't machines?
Security, Federal Regulations, Internet Privacy, Social Networking
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The return of the fat app

March 12, 2012
Mobile devices are turning the app dev ship around, and everything old is new again
Web Development, Mobile Apps
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