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- The 10 best IT certifications
- Guest post from TechRepublic's 10 Things blog: IT pros tend to have strong opinions when debating the value of professional certification â€" and views become even more polarized when it comes down to a discussion of which certs are meaningful. TechRepublic's Erik Eckel put together a list of the accreditations...
- Blog posts 2008-12-11
- California governor: Silicon Valley should go to Germany
- After more than a hundred years of talk about the Pacific Rim economic opportunities for California, Silicon Valley and other California businesses are firmly focused on the west rather than the east. But Thursday morning California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger will be at Intel's HQ in the heart of Silicon Valley...
- Blog posts 2008-10-01
- CTP Prep Course
- View Available Dates and LocationsIn this three-part, lecture-only course, you will learn the fundamentals of data networking, telephony networking, and convergence technologies while preparing for the Convergence Technologies Professional CTP certification exam. CTP certification is the largest vendor-neutral convergence certification program. It is recognized as the...
- Training 2008-09-01
- The governmental-communications complex: net neutrality now!
- This isn't about technology George Ou ought to be in marketing: his impassioned apology for Comcast's intrusive "network management" see A rational debate on Comcast traffic management almost makes sense. By dragging the discussion down into the details of cable's technical inadequacies he glosses over the...
- Blog posts 2007-11-07
- Don't sweat copyrights, it's good for the economy
- Fair use exceptions to U.S. copyright laws is worth more than $4.5 trillion in annual revenue, or a sixth of GDP. Do you buy it? That tally is provided via a study commissioned by the Computer and Communications Industry Association, a bunch of firms that support fair...
- Blog posts 2007-09-13
- Hearings on broadband data suggest Congressional push for national strategy
- Care to compare US broadband speeds to the rest of the world? Rep. Ed Markey (D-MA) did yesterday, in hearings on how the FCC measures availability. The US lags in speed, availability and value, Markey said and charged that the FCC "has not kept pace with the times or the...
- Blog posts 2007-05-17
- Why don't our cell phones have call timers, better Bluetooth? Here's why
- Why dont all of our cellular phones show us the elapsed time of our phone conversations during our conversations? Or why dont these same phones utitlize Bluetooth for more than just voice connections between headsets and handset?Its all because the carriers dont want that to happen.Thats the assertion of Tim...
- Blog posts 2007-03-06
- RSA 2007: DHS's Greg Garcia gets organized for cybersecurity battle
- At a town hall meeting at the RSA 2007 Conference in San Francisco, Greg Garcia, the Department of Homeland Security assistant secretary for cybersecurity and telecommunications, described the environment in which his agency operates:"The next ten years there will be a single integrated IP network that serves all needs," Garcia...
- Blog posts 2007-02-08
- Six things the techpress isn't talking about
- "Everybody knows" - all kinds of weird and wonderful things. Unfortunately most of them are wrong, we mostly dont know theyre wrong, and a lot of us base daily decisions at least partially on some of these certainties. As a public service, therefore, I thought Id list five...
- Blog posts 2007-01-24
- Fed IT spending to increase, modestly
- According to an industry trade association, the federal government's spending on information technology is only going to moderately increase over the next five years, reports The Washington Post. The Government Electronics and Information Technology Association, an association of government contractors including defense companies, information technology services providers...
- Blog posts 2006-10-30
- Poll: To win, Zune will need a Bono. Who should it be?
- Yesterday, Microsoft CEO came to our news room to talk about Microsoft's plans across a variety of fronts. The one that interests me is the company's plans for its forthcoming Zune. After Microsoft's first stab at taking the licensing route as it did with Windows failed to slow down the...
- Blog posts 2006-10-26
- Finally, a cybersecurity czar
- A year after Congress elevated cybersecurity to the top rung of the Homeland Security hierarchy, DHS has finally appointed an assistant secretary for cyber-security and telecommunications. And the winner is ... Greg Garcia, VP of information security policy for the Information Technology Association of America. The Washington Post reports:...
- Blog posts 2006-09-19
- Net Neutrality debate in the Big Apple
- The New York Software Industry Association NYSIA, the trade organization of the software industry in the New York City metropolitan area, hosted a debate on the hot button “net neutrality” issue at its monthly meeting in NYC last evening.Bruce Bernstein, NYSIA President, moderated the debate. Participants:James L. Gattuso, Senior Research...
- Blog posts 2006-06-26
- Silicon Alley 2.0: Bruce Bernstein fostering high-tech growth in the Big Apple
- DISCLAIMER: I am a long-time member of the New York Software Industry Association NYSIA, and a happy one. I met with the man at the helm of NYSIA, Bruce Bernstein, at the organization’s new incubator for technology startups in lower Manhattan to tour the 21,000 square feet state-of the art...
- Blog posts 2006-06-20
- Net neutrality comes to head on House floor
- The House will vote Friday on HR5252, a bill that would free phone companies to deliver TV throught their wires, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. The bill is a hot issue because of the battle over net neutrality. Phone companies also want to be able to charge content vendors a...
- Blog posts 2006-06-08
- Trouble in the tropics: Belize telco accused of blocking VoIP
- For the last few months, VoIP users in Belize have been up in arms at what they perceive to be an organized effort by Belize Telecommunications Limited to block outgoing calls over Vonage, Skype and other Internet phone service providers.Online forums have bristled with frustrated posts. The Vonage Forum...
- Blog posts 2006-04-24
- Telecom industry spending up 8.9% in 2005, up 10.2% in 2006
- Total spending in the telecom industry grew 8.9% in 2005 and will grow 10.2% in 2006. According to the Telecommunications Industry Association's annual look at spending in the sector, the industry spent an estimated $856.9 bln 2004. The sale of networking equipment fell 71% from 2000 to 2003, but it...
- Blog posts 2006-02-21
- Telecom spending up 9% in 2005
- Telecom spending enjoyed a 9% boost in 2005. Increased wireless demand, network expansion and broadband Internet access was responsible for the $856.9 bln hike, according to the Telecommunications Industry Association. The trend is expected to climb to 10.2% growth in 2006, leveling off at 9% annual growth, reaching $1.2 trillion...
- Blog posts 2006-02-18
- Fee-happy broadband cable shows its true "net neutrality" colors
- As the U.S. Senate Commerce Committee held hearings about net neutrality yesterday, it's worthy to note that cable broadband service providers have been strangely noncommittal about their feelings on the issue.Net neutrality is the principle that high-speed Internet service providers should not charge- and not be allowed to charge...
- Blog posts 2006-02-08
- Here's a surefire way to stifle innovation
- Here's a surefire way to stifle innovationNonsensical giberish"But if HR-1201 becomes law, every consumer could legally hack any TPM by claiming fair use"Like this:http://www.engadget.com/entry/7796925370303347Here's the guy circumventing a protection measure - sticking a pen into a lock to show how easy it is not unlock.It encourages lock makers to make...
- Discussion threads 2005-10-07
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