Need PDUs to maintain your PMP certification?

There is one month left to get up to 12 PDUs for free through the IIL.

http://events.unisfair.com/index.jsp?eid=1022&seid=374

Enjoy!

Gary Hoke, MBA, PMP

Great article comparing web conferencing options....

http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/239419/business_videoconferencing_showdown_meet_facetoface.html

Gary Hoke

Have you Branch"ed"Out yet?

So what is the BranchOut app on Facebook? I'd describe it as the LinkedIn of Facebook. Many people try to separate their personal and professional networks. BranchOut spans both of these.

http://bit.ly/qAb7nV

It should be interesting to see if this app has longevity and begins to generate revenue streams similar to LinkedIn.

Gary Hoke

http://www.garyhoke.com

LinkedIn to Launch Job Application Tool

Lookout job boards! You are soon to be extinct! LinkedIn's got the network, got the money from their IPO and will now proceed to put hooks into everything else.

http://gigaom.com/2011/06/01/apply-with-linkedin/?utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+OmMalik+%28GigaOM%3A+Tech%29

If they bring on some additionally functionality like this their market cap might actually become justifiable.

Gary Hoke

German scientists beat data transfer record - 26 Tb/sec!!!


This seems fairly newsworthy. Maybe we'll be bouncing lasers off satellites for WAN connections in the near future?

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20110523/tc_afp/germanysciencetelecomdata

Gary Hoke

Is a storm brewing for cloud computing???

Outage of Amazon Web Services won't help adoption, but will hopeful drive some changes.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110422/ap_on_hi_te/us_tec_amazon_outages

Gary Hoke

Dice Tech Salary Survey for 2010-2011 is out...

http://salary.dice.com/Documents/Dice_2010_11_TechSalarySurvey.pdf

Some surprise results with regards to salary drop for some roles and skills.

Gary Hoke

Here's a great use of RFID to prevent theft. As RFID costs continue to fall things like this will only become more prevalent.

"That hotel towel you're stealing might have an RFID chip in it"

http://www.engadget.com/2011/04/20/that-hotel-towel-youre-stealing-might-have-an-rfid-chip-in-it/

Maybe they'll start putting it on the shampoo bottles and in the bars of soap as well?

Gary Hoke