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

Lots of patches out recently from Microsoft, Apple, Oracle and Adobe.

Read more about them here: http://www.informationweek.com/articles/229401762

Don't become a victim to these vulnerabilities! Install your patches today.

Gary Hoke

Freebie after Rebate: McAfee Internet Security 2011 - 1 User @ Newegg

Gary Hoke

I just ordered "The Real Business of IT" this past weekend and I'm looking forward to reading it. I heard lots of positive feedback and it appears to have numerous positive reviews.

http://www.gartner.com/it/products/research/media_products/REAL_IT/home.jsp

If you would like a preview Chapter 1 and Chapter 5 are available online. I'll post a review once I'm finished.

Gary Hoke

So what if you could take a pill and it could report back to your doctor when you took it, what was your heart rate, body temperature or other physiological information? Well that day is here (or at least really close). Proteus Biomedical has developed ingestible sensor technology that does just that.

http://www.proteusbiomed.com/proteus_technology.html

Imagine if you got a text message reminding you to take your medication, but only if you forgot to take it. This technology has the promise to significantly increase drug adherence thereby allow physicians to better determine if a drug was not effective as a result of poor drug adherence versus efficacy. This could be especially of interest in clinical trials when the assessment of efficacy is most critical.

Gary Hoke

Congrats to all you software engineers out there! Best job in America for 2011 per CNBC.

http://www.cnbc.com/id/40950977?slide=11

1. Software Engineer

Average Salary: $87,140
Scored High On: Hiring Outlook, Salary, Work Environment

If you had any doubt that technology was king, this No. 1 ranking should erase it. Software engineers, those who research, design and maintain software systems, are in great demand as mobile technology and computer networking grows. Plus, the need to secure and update those systems gives an added spike to demand.

Employment of computer software engineers is expected to jump more than 30 percent in the next decade, according to the Labor Department.

The pay is highest at scientific-research, computer-equipment manufacturing and software-publishing companies.

Gary Hoke

So I'm thinking about buying a Apple iPad to run Microsoft Windows on. No really. So if you had to choose would you go with a Windows Tablet or an iPad with VM access to the Windows client in a business environment? Please share your thoughts!

The article below discusses how the newly released VMware View™ Client for iPad is being planned for use in the healthcare industry.

http://emrdailynews.com/2011/03/09/apple-ipad-means-business-for-healthcare-with-vmware-view%E2%84%A2-virtual-desktops/

Gary Hoke