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I work for CNET Networks as the Executive Editor of TechRepublic, managing the editorial department. I write the blog Tech Sanity Check. Previously, I worked as an information systems manager in the health care industry. I helped a progressive allergy and asthma care center to greatly increase patient care and...- more about Jason Hiner »
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- Poll: Has your IT department experienced bandwidth problems during the 2008 NCAA Tournament?
- For IT departments, one of the biggest concerns of the NCAA Basketball Tournament being streamed live on Web is a large number of users watching from their desks and hogging bandwidth on the corporate network. Did your IT department experience bandwidth problems during the first round of March Madness? ...
- Blog posts 2008-03-28
- Poll: Do you think your company lost worker productivity during the first round of 2008 NCAA Basketball Tournament?
- Companies that use content filtering to block the NCAA Basketball Tournament typically do it because they don't want lose worker productivity. During the first round of the 2008 NCAA Tournament, do you think your company lost productivity because of users watching the games at their desks? [Poll=22]...
- Blog posts 2008-03-28
- Only 45% of IT departments blocked the NCAA Tournament in 2008
- Businesses and their IT departments often dread the opening round of the NCAA Basketball Tournament. The first two days -- always a Thursday and a Friday -- feature games that start at 12:00 PM Eastern and the games are now broadcast over the Internet, which means millions of workers can...
- Blog posts 2008-03-28
- WiMAX pioneer blasts the technology, but should the finger be pointed at him and his IT department?
- A lot of tech news writers latched onto the words of Australian broadband executive Garth Freeman last week when he said that WiMAX was a "disaster" and it that "failed miserably." Several reporters and bloggers took Freeman's words to imply that WiMAX was doomed as a technology. Unfortunately, most of...
- Blog posts 2008-03-26
- 700 MHz auction has set the board for next gen wireless broadband in the United States
- To no one's surprise, the FCC announced last week that the big winners in the 700 MHz auction of U.S. wireless spectrum were Verizon Wireless and AT&T. To get an analysis of the 700 MHz results and what they mean for the next generation of wireless broadband connectivity in the...
- Blog posts 2008-03-25
- Poll for IT consultants: Do you also consider yourself a Systems Integrator?
- In talking to IT consultants, I recently discovered that a lot of them also consider themselves Systems Integrators. This may sound self-evident since IT consultants are typically hired to integrate various types of systems into a client's current IT infrastructure, but I'm interested to know much overlap there really is...
- Blog posts 2008-03-25
- Sanity check: IT-business alignment, part 2 -- avoiding the alignment trap
- For highly-motivated IT leaders who are trying to figure out why IT departments are losing clout in many businesses, the best thing you can read right now is the study Avoiding the Alignment Trap in Information Technology from the MIT Sloan Management Review. I consider it one of the most...
- Blog posts 2008-03-24
- The four hurdles the iPhone had to jump to become business-ready
- Since the iPhone was released in mid 2007, Gartner has been one the most outspoken critics of using it as a business smartphone. Gartner warned IT departments not to allow it into the enterprise because of its security shortcomings. However, in the light of Apple's announcement of its iPhone SDK...
- Blog posts 2008-03-24
- Will you rent your next data center from HP?
- Hewlett-Packard announced this week that it was launching a data center-as-a-service product -- which it calls Adaptive Infrastructure as a service -- that allows enterprise IT departments to essentially rent a data center from HP rather than buying one. In this Tech Sanity Check podcast, I spoke to Deborah Nelson,...
- Blog posts 2008-03-21
- Over 50% of businesses have iPhone users, but only 27% of IT departments support it
- When Apple recently announced its SDK and Exchange support for the iPhone it unleashed a lot of talk about the iPhone becoming an enterprise powerhouse and even a BlackBerry killer. I thought it would useful to see where the iPhone currently stands, so that we can track its progress over...
- Blog posts 2008-03-20
- U.S. Postal Service goes green with free mail-in recycling service for electronics
- In 10 metro areas across the country, the United States Postal Service has launched a new pilot program that allows people to submit old inkjet cartridges, toner cartridges, and small electronics for proper disposal and recycling via free pre-paid mailers that customers can pick up at Post Office branches. If...
- Blog posts 2008-03-19
- Poll: Does your IT department block the NCAA Tournament?
- [Poll=19] by Jason Hiner
- Blog posts 2008-03-18
- Poll: Does your company do a March Madness office pool?
- [Poll=17] by Jason Hiner
- Blog posts 2008-03-18
- IT departments brace for video onslaught during March Madness 2008
- During my early teenage years, I came down with a head cold during the same week in mid-March for four straight years. Mysteriously, my sickness coincided with the week that the NCAA Tournament opened in each of those years, so I was able to watch all of the first round...
- Blog posts 2008-03-18
- Poll: Does your company prohibit users from watching the NCAA Tournament at work?
- [Poll=18] by Jason Hiner
- Blog posts 2008-03-18
- UPDATED: Calendar of U.S. technology conferences and events in 2008
- Despite repeated complaints from me and many others in the IT industry, it's still difficult to find a good master list of all the IT-related conferences, expos, and events. Thus, I've put together my own calendar in order to help TechRepublic readers find the events that best serve their interests...
- Blog posts 2008-03-18
- Poll: Do you listen to tech podcasts?
- I recently published my list of the 10 best technology podcasts and the 10 best video podcasts on technology. As I mentioned in the first article, I've found that podcasts are a great way to catch up on current events and trends in technology. The best part for me is...
- Blog posts 2008-03-17
- Sanity check: If you're working on IT-business alignment, you've already lost
- Last October, at a conference for IT managers and executives, I was chatting with George Spalding -- an ITIL expert from Pink Elephant -- about the popular concept of IT/business alignment. The fact that so many people in the IT field even talk about the need to align IT and...
- Blog posts 2008-03-17
- Are tech startups losing their cool in Silicon Valley?
- Silicon Valley may be in the process of repeating the labor cycle from the dot-com boom and bust, when tech workers fled to startups in droves during the boom and then quickly abandoned them for the safety of the IT blue bloods during the bust. Over the...
- Blog posts 2008-03-13
- Dallas and Columbus are the most lucrative cities for IT pros
- IT professionals have long known that the best salaries are in the biggest cities where there are big companies and big computer networks. At least that's the conventional wisdom. TechRepublic's 2008 IT Skills and Salary Report calls that thinking into question. One of the most surprising data...
- Blog posts 2008-03-12
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