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Starting your day…

The information age has created a great deal of wealth and prosperity but it has also made it harder for people who sit at desks all day to maintain a healthy body. Many of us join health clubs and participate … Continue reading

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Jobs, Jobs, Jobs

One of the many vacation conversations was about generation X, Y, and Z and how the workplace was going to be effected. I have read a number of articles about the lack of jobs and how our University trained children … Continue reading

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Access Control

Yesterday I talked about how upgrades were causing problems for my virtual workplace, but there are other things that can cause more serious problems. In the past, IT organizations have combated network failures by not allowing users to access network … Continue reading

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VR and the Business Meeting

Yesterday Facebook announced that it had purchased a company in California called Oculus VR for two billion dollars. Oculus has been manufacturing a headset and shipping a developer’s kit for the last year that has been widely accepted by the … Continue reading

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Bio-Enhancements (Bionic Eyes)

Google is already working on vision enhancement with Google Glass and the number of applications that will use Google glass continues to grow. I can imagine that Google glass could migrate into Google vision with contacts and retina projection, but … Continue reading

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Bio-Enhancements (Bionic ear)

What would it take to improve on what nature has provided? I ask myself that question and I come up with a number of answers. The first enhancement that comes to mind is better hearing. As we age our hearing … Continue reading

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Network Function Virtualization (NFV)

The networking industry is about to be introduced to two new networking technologies. The promoters of these new technologies are claiming that they are complementary but they do seem to be at odds. These technologies are NFV and SDN. I … Continue reading

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How will SDN change the game?

I have been reading a lot about SDN (Software Defined Networks) lately and it is becoming clear to me that SDN will be a game changer. Video conferencing companies for example, have been struggling to create the most bandwidth efficient … Continue reading

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The Internet – A big change is in the works!!!

For the first time since perhaps the late 80’s, there is a big change in the works for the coreĀ of the Internet. Software Defined Networks will greatly effect the way packets flow from sources to destinations. There is at least … Continue reading

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Finding a job is a full time job

There were two separate periods in 2013, when I found myself looking for contracts and or a new full time job. During those periods, I found that my personality made me treat looking for a job as a full time … Continue reading

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