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Red Hat and Hyperic Finally Made Me Happy

I previously questioned Red Hat’s apparent lack of love for Hyperic. Today, Stacey Schneider, Senior Director of Marketing at Hyperic, tipped me off to a joint Hyperic & Red Hat announcement.

The Firing of Microsoft CIO Stuart Scott

Microsoft abruptly fired Chief Information Officer and corporate VP Stuart Scott, and everyone’s been trying to figure out why he was kicked out.

Microsoft CIO Fired

Stuart Scott received very abrupt walking papers from Microsoft, losing his position as corporate vice-president and chief information officer.

Beyond the Hurdles to the Digital Natives

The CeBIT technology fair in Hanover, Germany, started last week and runs until March 21. CeBIT is the world’s largest trade fair showcasing digital IT and telecommunications solutions for home and work.

Public Affairs via Web 2.0

Everyone who owns a forum, a blog, a bulletin board or otherwise knows that to accept user content is to monitor what that user content. Does it makes sense for the web site, is the content that the user supplies something that fits in, makes sense, and is appropriate. We have heard about all the spamming that happens in these systems, but a larger question posed by CIO today is:

Another Thing CIOs Should Know About Requirements

I saw this article on CIO magazine  - Five Things CIOs Should Know About Software Requirements. It seems to me that there is one more thing (at least) that they need to know about requirements: Business rules are NOT requirements

An Open Mind for Second Life

If you want to really understand all sides of the story about Second Life as a business platform - the genuine potential as well as the current drawbacks - a series of in-depth feature articles published last week by CIO Insight magazine is where you definitely should go.

CIOs, Is Your Career Over?

The long-standing joke about the acronym for chief information officers actually standing for "career is over" may have a real punchline now, one that hits those C-level executives right in their employment status.

Computer Security Still Damaged by Social Engineering

Interesting article out of CIO magazine about Vista, and that while it is a highly secure operating system, with some neat things it can do, it still is not invulnerable to those programs that require social engineering to get the user to do something.

The Ex-lawyer and Red Hat Support

When I bought my first home, I used a lawyer that a friend referred me to. The lawyer was great, thorough, responded quickly and took the time to explain things in plain English.