CloudGov 2012 Highlights Government Cloud Initiatives
Federal, state, and local government agencies gathered in Washington D.C. on 16 February to participate in Cloud/Gov 2012 held at the Westin Washington D.C. With Keynotes by David L. McLure, US...
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Counterintuity – Creative Internet Marketing in Burbank
Pacific-Tier Communications and Burbank N Beyond’s Innovators and Entrepreneurs had an opportunity to visit with Amy Kramer, President and Marketing Whiz, and Lee Wochner, CEO and Creative Strategist,...
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Gartner Data Center Conference Yields Few Surprises
Gartner’s 2012 Data Center Conference in Las Vegas is noted for not yielding any major surprise. While having an uncanny number of attendees (*the stats are not available, however it is clear they...
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Gartner Data Center Conference Looks Into Open Source Clouds and Data Backup
Day two of the Gartner Data Center Conference in Las Vegas continued reinforcing old topics, appearing at times to be either enlist attendees in contributing to Gartner research, or simply providing...
View ArticleBurbank Takes on Puppy Mills – Part 1
On October 16, members of the community, animal rescue organizations, and local pet store owners gathered at the Burbank City Council meeting to weigh in on the highly emotional issue of the sale of...
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Data Center Consolidation and Cloud Computing in 2013
Throughout 2012 large organizations and governments around the world continued to struggle with the idea of consolidating inefficient data centers, server closets, and individual “rogue” servers...
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Burbank Takes on Puppy Mills – An Animal Rights Perspective
Editor’s Note: This is part two in a series looking at the controversial topic of “Puppy Mills” and the attempt to ban the sale of the animals in Burbank, which will be taken up by the City Council...
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Burbank Takes on Puppy Mills – A Pet Store Owners Perspective
Note: This is part three of a series on the issue of pet stores selling puppies in Burbank (California), whether the city should prevent sales of puppies in Burbank, and a greater issue of animal abuse...
View ArticleBurbank Takes on Puppy Mills – An Interview with Councilman David Gordon
EDITOR’S NOTE: This interview was originally published by the author at BurbankNBeyond. This and the interview with Vice Mayor Emily Gabel-Luddy, are the final articles in a series researching the...
View ArticleBurbank Takes on Puppy Mills – Interview with Vice Mayor Gabel-Luddy
EDITOR’S NOTE: This article by the author originally appeared in BurbankNBeyond. This and the interview with Councilman David Gordon, are the final articles in a series researching the introduction...
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The Future of Carrier Hotels and Mixed-Use Office Buildings
We all know the buildings, One Wilshire, The Westin Building, 60 Hudson, Telehouse (UK), 200 Paul, 1102 Grand – all buildings advertising dozens, or even hundreds of carriers using the properties for...
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ICT Modernization Planning
The current technology refresh cycle presents many opportunities, and challenges to both organizations and governments. The potential of service-oriented architectures, interoperability,...
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The Value of Cloud Computing Certifications
A good indication any new technology or business model is starting to mature is the number of certifications popping up related to that product, framework, or service. Cloud computing is certainly no...
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Big Data Skills – Opportunities and Threats
Big data. There are few conversations in the IT community which do not start, address, or end on the topic. Some conversations are visionary in nature, some critical, and many considering the...
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Why IT Guys Need to Learn TOGAF
Just finished another frustrating day of consulting with an organization that is convinced technology is going to solve their problems. Have an opportunity? Throw money and computers at the...
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Connecting at the Westin Building Exchange in Seattle
International telecommunication carriers all share one thing in common – the need to connect with other carriers and networks. We want to make calls to China, a video conference in Moldova, send an...
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What Value Can I Expect from Cloud Computing Training?
Normally, when we think of technical-related training, images of rooms loaded with switches, routers, and servers might come to mind. Cloud computing is different. In reality, cloud computing is...
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Asian Carrier’s Conference 2013 Kicks Off in Cebu
The 2013 ACC kicked off on Tuesday morning with an acknowledgement by Philippine Long Distance Telecommunications (PLDT) CEO Napolean L. Nazareno that “we’re going through a profound and painful...
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Putting Enterprise Architecture Principles to Work
This week brought another great consulting gig, working with old friends and respected colleagues. The challenge driving the consultation was brainstorming a new service for their company, and how...
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You Want Money for a Data Center Buildout?
A couple years ago I attended several “fast pitch” competitions and events for entrepreneurs in Southern California, all designed to give startups a chance to “pitch” their ideas in about 60 seconds...
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