My Take On Tech

Cloud computing is one of the latest catch phrases that the technology marketing engine has been pushing. The actual term, appears to have come from the idea of using a "cloud" to graphically represent the internet. So it really means internet computing.

If it is really just internet com ... Read More

As IT professionals, we're always being asked to do more with less. We are responsible for the results of nearly everything that uses electricity in the organization and we embrace the old adage "If you want it done right, do it yourself." What this means is that we feel that everything in IT is on ... Read More

Information Technology (IT) Systems are a complex integration of smaller subsystems. A metaphor commonly used compares IT to a car. While these are vastly different types of systems utilizing very different technologies, there are some similarities.

A car is made up of different subsyste ... Read More

I remember the good old days when I bought my first computer. I knew nothing about computers other than the little I had access to at school. It was a Gateway 486DX2-66, to some this makes me a relative nubee in the tech world. It had a VESA slot for the video and EISA slots for the other I/O. It w ... Read More