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Monthly Archives: June 2011
c:geo gone, but not forgotten
If you have been following any of the hot topics on the Geocaching front lately you know that Carnero has stopped development on his c:geo Geocaching app for the Android mobile OS. It seems Carnero takes exception to the perceived … Continue reading
Posted in Forums, Geocaching, Geocaching.com, In the News/Blogosphere, Mobile Caching
Tagged API, c:geo, Carnero, Geocaching, Groundspeak
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The ever expanding Digital Universe
IDC Released their 2011 Digital Universe Study and the results are pretty amazing: data is doubling every two years! This is the fifth year that the IDC has released this study and each year I continue to be surprised by … Continue reading
Posted in Future of IT
Tagged Automation, Cloud, Demand Management, EMC, Future of IT, Orchestration
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Security needs Automation
Recently there’s been some chatter about the role of automation in Security and whether it is appropriate or not as a business strategy much less a security strategy. Jeffrey Carr states that EMC’s wrong that automation is an efficiency and security … Continue reading
Trusted Cloud? Essential, not optional.
I recently wrote about the FBI raid at DigitalOne, where law enforcement seized far more servers than were under suspicion from a data center. This caused unnecessary outages and business disruption. I argued briefly that a company hosting its compute … Continue reading
Not the best reason to move to the cloud…
…but it will do. The details are somewhat sketchy, but it looks like an FBI raid over the ne’er-do-wells at LulzSec at hosting provider DigitalOne got a little over enthusiastic, grabbing several RACKS of servers instead of several servers (or … Continue reading
Posted in Future of IT, Private Cloud, The Nature of IT
Tagged Cloud, DigitalOne, FBI, LulzSec, Privacy
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Things I Learned Visiting Montana
Things I learned visiting Montana this week: Geocaching in Montana is not at all what I expected. I was looking for ammo cans sprinkled everywhere like so much sawdust from the local mill. Not so much. They like to hide … Continue reading
Posted in Geocaching, Silly, Transportation
Tagged chain saw, Geocaching, High Latitude, Montana, Travel
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13 Assassins and Honor
I’ve not really been able to indulge my movie addiction much since the birth of my daughters. Being a parent certainly changes your priorities, and living many hours away from your closest relative limits your babysitting opportunities. The price of … Continue reading
What Geocaching Can Teach Us About Demand Management
Welcome! As my inaugural post on The Practical Polymath I wanted to make some kind of introduction, maybe a little getting to know you post…you know, something soft. Truthfully, you don’t care about me so let’s just dive right in with … Continue reading