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November 14, 2011  6:52 PM

“Cloud” Is a Meaningless Computing Buzzword



Posted by: Robin "Roblimo" Miller
Amazon, AWS, client, cloud, failure, hosting, hype, Internet, ISDN, leased line, network, personal computer, SaaS, SalesForce, server, Web

Michael Bremmer of Telecomquotes.com, who claims more than 22 years in the IT service space, says, "Cloud computing isn't new or even a fad, but a return to technology's roots. (All things old are really new again!)" He's right. "The 80's," he points out,...

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October 20, 2011  11:03 AM

IT Work is Nothing Like Mining Coal



Posted by: Robin "Roblimo" Miller
air conditioning, butcher's holler, coal, IT, Loretta Lynn, miner, server

Fellow IT Knowledge Exchange blogger Matt Heuser wrote a piece titled Are IT Workers the Coal Miners...

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September 12, 2011  2:15 PM

Prepare for IT Employees’ Departures When You Hire Them, if not Sooner



Posted by: Robin "Roblimo" Miller
access, disgruntled, ex-employee, felony, hire, keylogger, lawsuits, layoff, malware, miscreants, paranoia, password, policies, pre-nup, processes, protect, sabotage, server, skills, subordinates, systems, termination, trust, VPN, Web

Alan Wlasuk, managing partner of 403 Web Security, spent some time last week telling me how to fire or lay off your IT subordinates without creating situations like

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March 29, 2011  2:53 PM

Can’t Find a Job You Like? Become a Self-Employed IT Consultant



Posted by: Robin "Roblimo" Miller
consultant, Florida, Ft. Myers, IT, Linux, network, self-employed, server, service, technician, Windows

Frank Sfalanga Jr. once worked at a job where, he says, he spent "18 months being ground into dust." He'd left a decent but unspectacular job at a records storage company to join a good friend who had moved to the dust-grinder company. Then the friend changed jobs again, and once again Frank...

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