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This web site is aimed at IT practitioners at all levels from junior IT
manager to the CIO and also at IT educators.
The purpose of the web site albeit portal is to enhance our
understanding of web and information hosting technologies from an
analytical perspective. The web and the Internet are
among two of the most important inventions of our time and they are
playing an important role in shaping the society today. The analysis (as
a tool of research) will help us to understand how to keep up first and
also to participate in
shaping the things to come and thus promote web advancement. Since
society relies so much on computer systems, adequate attention has to be
given to information hosting to make the systems as safe and secure as
possible. As of now, most of the information you need are to be found in this
home page which is open-ended. There are few related web pages; they are being developed but they
will be kept few (no overload)
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There is no lack of information on IT subjects.
In fact, there is too much information facing the IT managers; the
information overload is real. The IT managers are bombarded by
information in emails, newsletters, magazines, newspapers etc. The
purpose of this web site is to provide analytical information and
elements for reflection to guide action as appropriate. |
Current IT News:
Mobile World Congress
Ed Tech and Economic Growth
CES 2010 |
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In the past years we have moved from data processing to information processing
as a main concern and we are progressively moving from information systems
to knowledge systems. Most computer information systems are becoming in
fact knowledge systems, at times intelligence systems with data mining.
Here in this web site, we are going to deal with knowledge systems, intelligence
systems and even venture to wisdom systems. By the way, talking about
knowledge systems, do you what is a knol? Find out the answer.
How about exploring the world of
intelligence systems. The ABC of
Business Intelligence. |
DEVELOPERS CORNER (Frank Owarish, Ph.D.)
I tried MS-Visual Studio 2008 and have these thoughts to share: how
often do you get to use something more powerful yet easier or more
convenient to use; this is a case in point. If you have not had time to
try it; please do and it will help you save time. Also you could
download it for free to use for ninety days after which I am sure that
you will be convinced that it is a 'buy', professional version of
course.
Try Visual Studio 2008.
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Do you know what is OWASP? Have you tried the OWASP Development
Guide? If not, use one of the search engines below to find out. |
Are you familiar with the functionalities of OWA?
Find out.
Find out more: The
OWA Suite
2009: free trial
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Credit:
www.bitpipe.com and Forbes IT Research Library
Self test:Do your own self-test and see what you know of the following; if
you flop, you could always use the links provided and
other electronic tools to find the answer:
Web 2.0
Web 3.0
Web 4.0 (have you started planning yet?)
Semantic web
Twitter M2M How many search engines can you name?
Links
to the fundamentals:Web Consortium (W3C)
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Interesting IT applications
NOAA operates an array of
intelligent systems of which the
national weather service
is a component
What is a mega portal? Find out
Talk of staycation (often for free),
where to go
No jobs in business companies; in fact companies are cutting
jobs; some companies are recruiting though (more later); but
more importantly do you know that the government is recruiting
and there are several jobs that may suit you, including several
near you or in your dream spot:
Government JOBS
How about starting a small
business and getting help doing so?
The Government provides bail out to companies once in a blue
moon (rare while); but do you know that all the citizens receive
constant bail out to the tune of trillion dollars,
see how
Do you know that if you have some brilliant ideas for a
project, you may receive funding for it i.e.
grants that you do not have
to pay back! |
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Most organizations (public and private) host their
information systems as this is the conventional way to go.
However, the use of an external host service provider is worth
exploring; there is not just a cost factor (the result of the
fact that these companies host many information systems and
spread the costs) but also that they tend to move faster with
new and more cost effective technologies; they provide
reliability, scalability; they provide security and fault
tolerance and they do back up in a systematic way, far more
than what is done conventionally. This is an invitation for you
the IT Managers to explore this question; it is worth your time
since these days we all want to get the best value for money. |
MeetingsReality check
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