http://blogs.uww.edu/ambrosep University of Wisconsin Whitewater Fri, 06 Jun 2008 17:00:40 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en The widely held notion about overcoming the fear of public speaking is to imagine that your audience is sitting in their underwear. However, Toni Bowers of TechRepublic offers the following suggestions to overcome your fear: Leave nothing to chance. Lay out your strategies, have your material ready, line up a contingency ... http://blogs.uww.edu/ambrosep/2008/06/06/want-to-conquer-the-fear-of-public-speaking/ Jason Hiner of TechRepublic in his video blog presents five key habits of unsucessful CIOs. According to Hiner, these CIOs are short sighted, have inflated egos, and have no business sense. They do the following: Acquire technology because it is new Do not consider open-source solutions Build an in-house solution when there is ... http://blogs.uww.edu/ambrosep/2008/06/05/five-habits-of-wildly-unsuccessful-cios/ A recent McKinsey study projects that by 2020, world's data center will become bigger polluters than the airline industry. Did you ever think of that! The study states that the CO2 emission due to electricity consumption by data centers will be more than that of the airline industry. Here's a summary ... http://blogs.uww.edu/ambrosep/2008/05/03/data-centers-bigger-polluters-than-airlines/ International Data Security (IDS), a Silicon Valley startup, is building data centers on a fleet of decommissioned cargo ships using sea water as a coolant. Shipboard cargo spaces will be built out as data center floors and deck space will be used to stack modular data centers in standard shipping containers. ... http://blogs.uww.edu/ambrosep/2008/03/19/floating-data-centers/ A recent article in eWeeklisted security, networking, and operating systems as important skills that US employers are looking for in IT professionals. Here's a list of top 10 IT skills as reported by eWeek. Security/Firewall/Data Privacy General Networking/Network Infrastructure Operating System Hardware Non-specific Server Technology (database, storage, maintenance, and administration) Soft Skills (customer service, sales, project management, and ... http://blogs.uww.edu/ambrosep/2008/03/12/10-most-wanted-it-skills/ Mac will double its market share Half of business travelers won't take their laptops Open source will penetrate 80% of enterprise software A third of all software purchased will be by subscription Many new businesses will buy IT infrastructure as a service Power efficiency will become a key criteria in IT purchases CO2 footprint will become ... http://blogs.uww.edu/ambrosep/2008/02/26/it-trends-over-the-next-5-years/ #10. [your first name]   #9. blink182   #8. password1   #7. myspace1   #6. monkey   #5. letmein   #4. abc123   #3. qwerty   #2. 123456   #1. password Source: PC Magazine http://blogs.uww.edu/ambrosep/2008/02/23/top-10-commonly-used-passwords/ Jason Hiner, Executive Editor of Tech Republic shared this on his blog recently (listed in descending order of 'hotness'): 7. BPM Business Process Management: Refers to streamlining business operations as a cost savings measure by using technology to make business processes more efficient. 6. CMDB A Configuration Management Database: A unified database that captures configuration data about ... http://blogs.uww.edu/ambrosep/2008/02/08/hot-it-acronyms-for-2008/ Did you know that it is illegal for employers to ask certain questions during a job interview? I often find that students are unaware that employers cannot ask certain questions during a job interview. Susan Thornberry of Tech Republic identifies 10 questions, or area where employers cannot dig into during ... http://blogs.uww.edu/ambrosep/2008/01/03/questions-that-employes-cannot-ask-during-a-job-interview/ Systems Analysts are in good demand. The Bureau of Labor Statistics projects that the growth of job opportunities systems analysts will be much better than average. Here at the MCS program we train you to be a good systems analyst. But are you really cut out to be one? Suzanne ... http://blogs.uww.edu/ambrosep/2007/12/26/are-you-cut-out-to-be-a-systems-analyst/