EMC is creating a documentary series on YouTube about our own IT department’s journey to virtualization. So for all of you who are interested in what your IT department will have to go through to build a private cloud, or what is actually the technical building blocks of the pubic cloud, check out this series. [...]
Archives for August, 2009
The Zombie stories are real, and their masters are getting smarter
Remember a couple of weeks ago I talked about zombies. Specifically how the implicit trust we have in social media tools is providing an opportunity for bad guys to turn your computer into a zombie that can be controlled to steal identities, personal information, or take down important websites. Well, the security experts at RSA [...]
category: Uncategorized
Blogging my Homework
In my Human Performance Theory class, we have to turn in Executive Summaries (ES) and mindmaps for selected readings each week. Since I know so many people who are experts on performance, I thought I’d share what I am doing on this blog. Background OK, I’m doing this for selfish reasons – I know my [...]
category: EME6691
We need a root cause analysis of the gender in IT problem
The statistics speak for themselves. 24% of professional IT jobs are held by women, even though 57% of professional jobs are held by women In 2008, 56% of all AP test-takers were female, 51% who took the calculus AP test were female, but only 19% of the Computer Science test takers were female. In 2008, [...]
category: women in tech
Fall Semester Starts Tomorrow
Fall semester starts tomorrow. Part of me is anxious, mostly because I am already so busy I’m not sure what my class load is going to do to my life. But the other part of me is really excited. I was one of those nerds who loved going back to school because it meant you [...]
category: grad school
