By inmedia
Those looking for a fright this Halloween need look no further as the media is
littered with IT horror stories that are bound to keep many of you up at night. From dismal insight into the Canadian data centre to security breaches in the enterprise and the looming shortage of skilled IT workers. No less frightening but presented in a more playful fashion, eWeek has compiled what it considers the 13 Scariest Things in IT in 2007 and CIO is sharing a variety of technology disaster stories.
By inmedia
At inmedia, our belief is that it’s about more than just the technology, it’s about the business case for the technology. According to today’s CIO Insider, this is a mindset that too few IT departments have yet adopted. If you are concerned about the business case for the IT purchases at your company, there are good lessons to be learned in the article “Three Tips for Creating a Business-Savvy Information Technology Staff.”
By inmedia
For one reason or another, we just received the October 15 issue of eWeek. Regardless of its tardiness, the green issue is full of interesting news about what technology companies are doing to improve energy efficiency.
“An inconvenient IT truth” by Michael Vizard is shocking. Here are some quick facts I pulled from the piece:
-Surveys show that 48 percent of IT budgets are spent on energy
-By 2008, 5o percent of today’s data centers will have insufficient power and cooling
-By 2009, energy costs will become the second-highest operating cost of a data center, behind labor
-By 2010, half of all data centers will have to relocate or outsource applications to another facility
Vizard’s conclusion is simple: “Unless IT organizations take a proactive approach to green computing, they will not have the necessary dollars needed to invest in the system.”
By inmedia
Your IT guy just might be the next big movie star! For those of you toiling away in a tech job and dreaming of becoming famous, here’s an article from this morning’s Computerworld that should encourage you not to give up your Hollywood dreams. Click to read Geek stars: The secret (nerdy) life of celebrities.
By inmedia
Today’s CIO Insider newsletter features an eye-opening article about the lessons companies can learn from the many costly product recalls that have taken place in recent years. The cases highlighted in this article certainly prove the business case for manufacturing intelligence systems like those Sciemetric Instruments provides.
Click to read “Beyond Peter Pan: Lessons from ConAgra’s Recalls.”
