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By on October 18, 2009 in Community Manager, Enterprise Applications

Technology Spending Now The Bellweather Saturday, 17 October 2009 In case you slept in this weekend or avoided work all weekend, check in with me here as I was not so lucky. In the order of importance, or, to be honest, the way I saw it, here are some stories you should not have missed. [...]

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Tek-tips updates and blogs around the sphere

By on October 16, 2009 in Community Manager

Join the LinkedIn Groups Group: RSA Conference Subject: RSA Conference Connect Newsletter October 15 (Linkedin) RSA® Conference Europe 2009 starts next week. View our preview podcast interviews with many of our speakers. http://bit.ly/iSltD More information on RSA Conference Europe 2009. http://bit.ly/KkshC ——————————————– ** Podcasts and Blogs ** Policy and Government Podcast Shannon Kellogg, a founding [...]

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Shavlik statement on Patch Tuesday by Jason Miller, Data and Security Team Leader, Shavlik Technologies, St. Paul, MN

By on October 13, 2009 in Community Manager

Microsoft has released 13 new security bulletins in the October 2009 version of Patch Tuesday. Eight bulletins have a severity rating of Critical. The remaining five security bulletins have a severity rating of Important. For the first time, Windows 7 and Windows 2008 R2 are affected by security bulletins. The sheer volume of bulletins and [...]

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Microsoft Security Bulletin Summary for October 2009 Published: October 13, 2009

By on October 13, 2009 in Community Manager

Version: 1.0 This bulletin summary lists security bulletins released for October 2009. http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms09-oct.mspx With the release of the bulletins for October 2009, this bulletin summary replaces the bulletin advance notification originally issued October 8, 2009. For more information about the bulletin advance notification service, see Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification. For information about how to [...]

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Cloud Contains a Storm but not a Shower

By on October 12, 2009 in Cloud Computing, Community Manager, Data Center

Andy Parham, CEO of Bick Group, delivered the keynote speech at Data Center World. In short, he said that a tremendous number and extent of changes are coming to the data center segment. To emphasize his point, Parham used two examples. The first was alternating current’s takeover of the power market from direct current, carried [...]

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On Social CRM Options

By on October 12, 2009 in Community Manager, CRM/ERP/ETL, Social Media

The discussion around Social CRM is entering a phase whereby we are trying to move away from turning around in circles about semantics, towards a more practical and pragmatic approach that businesses can identify with so as to consider implementing it. I won’t deal with CRM Vendors here, as Social CRM can be seen as [...]

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Scientists Use Inkjet Printer to Manipulate Genes in New Ways

By on October 11, 2009 in Community Manager

October 5th, 2009 By Lisa Zyga Scientists Use Inkjet Printer to Manipulate Genes in New Ways Scientists have used an Epson R280 inkjet printer to dynamically control gene expression in two dimensions. Image credit: Cohen, et al. (PhysOrg.com) – With recent advances in biochemistry, researchers can control the circuitry in a developing cell, thereby influencing [...]

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Smoot matches wits with the grammar-school set

By on October 11, 2009 in Community Manager

BERKELEY — “I am George Smoot, and I am smarter than a 5th grader.” Smoot’s shout-out came after winning the $1 million jackpot on the Fox program, “Are You Smarter than a 5th Grader?” which aired Friday, Sept. 18. After an intense “memory search,” in Smoot’s words, he correctly answered the final question, In which [...]

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2 spots at a startup in Santa Rosa – Dir of Marketing, and a Project/Product manager

By on October 10, 2009 in Community Manager

contact: The contact info Colt Briner – 707-541-3872 *Director of Marketing Seeking individual to coordinate all marketing-related aspects of new Web 2.0 online application, in beta testing and currently scheduled for official launch in early 2010. Candidate will have a strong background in and understanding of marketing campaigns, from positioning to branding to various forms [...]

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CloudCamp LA Wrap-up

By on October 8, 2009 in Cloud Computing, Community Manager

On Wednesday, September 30, we attended the first CloudCamp in Los Angeles – the 44th CloudCamp. Dave Nielsen and a team of 6 volunteers organized the unconference in a record 2 weeks. It was well-attended with most of the 224 registrants showing up and filling the meeting rooms of the Microsoft offices in downtown LA. [...]

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