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Ten jobs robots won't take away from you in the next 10 years
05/20/13
There are jobs that robots might be able to do in the near future. Gibbs has ten that they're unlikely to steal from meat machines.
The International Space Station Goes Linux and RunRev goes open source
05/10/13
On the ISS, Linux is in and XP is out and open source is the way of the future
Enterprise vendors: There's no such thing as product secrecy any more
05/06/13
Some enterprise vendors try to keep what they are offering away from what they think might be the wrong eyes. This is never a good idea.
Directly connected to the Internet of Things
04/25/13
Last week here in Backspin I discussed how real-world "things" that aren't easily augmented with digital instrumentation, such as bicycles, cars and even dogs, can be indirectly connected to the Internet of Things (IoT) using physical ID tags and online proxies. This is, as I pointed out, a powerful concept.
Indirectly connected to The Internet of Things
04/22/13
Not everything needs to, or can, connect to the Internet of Things by IP
Being green and the madness of crowds
04/11/13
Some time ago I had a call with a company that ran data centers they claimed were "green." Their argument for their greenness was they purchased power with green credits, which meant they paid a premium for electricity to fund alternative energy programs. Along with that they had a car park full of solar cells.
Facebook and Minnovation
04/05/13
Facebook's big announcement was a big "so what?" and minimal innovation at its finest
Fixing process exceptions. And music on hold
03/25/13
Gibbs wrestles with a lost medical insurance payment ... for five hours
The 'Minority Report' shopping experience
03/15/13
Everywhere you go these days -- every store, every urban street, every car park, every ATM -- there are video cameras watching where you go and what you do. Just what are "they" (whoever "they" are) doing with all of that video surveillance?
Another EU fine! Is Microsoft insane?
03/07/13
Microsoft has just been hit, again, with a massive fine by the EU for making the same mistake all over again
How we manage our social networks
02/28/13
Gibbs analyzes the results of his "How do you manage your social networks?" survey
Big Data, Big Business, Big Government, Bigger Brother
02/25/13
In his 1990 book "The New Realities," Peter Drucker noted: "Knowledge is information that changes something or somebody - either by becoming grounds for action, or by making an individual (or an institution) capable of different and more effective action." And that is what Big Data is delivering ... new knowledge, new insights and new actions, all of which will give us new problems to deal with.
Predicting the Tech Future
02/15/13
For my recent column of predictions for 2013 I polled a huge number of IT people to see what they are expecting, and ended up getting more than 400 responses.
Six tips for the care and training of new users
02/11/13
Got a new user? As a responsible IT organization you have to recognize that this is a big responsibility.
Bring Your Own ... and Roll With It, Baby!
02/01/13
Over the last couple of years a huge buzz has been building around the consumerization of IT, workers using their own PCs, smartphones, tablets and phablets at work, a movement that also goes by the name Bring Your Own Device (BYOD).
How do you manage your social networks?
01/28/13
I recently decided, somewhat randomly, to experiment a bit more with social networking. I was on LinkedIn and at some point the service asked me if it could access my Gmail contact list.
The Internet of Things, Huge Data, and Starbucks
01/17/13
Gibbs ponders how a Starbucks coffee cup could become the greatest business edge
How Bill ruined keynotes and Qualcomm got weird and crazy at CES
01/11/13
It's all Bill's fault. At one time the big keynote presentations at shows like Comdex (R.I.P.) were glimpses into the future.
Outlook 2013 ... Even more interesting than 2012!
01/02/13
Gibbs reviews his predictions from last year and surveys the more than 400 predictions that he's been sent by IT professionals
Want an iPhone 5? You might get tasered first.
12/17/12
The demand for iPhone 5s is amazing and the dangers of overseas grey markets appear to have got a Chinese woman from Massachusetts tasered. Really.
Apple After Jobs, with a whiff of slapdashery
12/07/12
If there's one thing there's an inexhaustible supply of it's negligence. The Big N appears everywhere and it's indefatigable. As soon as you let your guard down for a second, it jumps up, slaps you upside the head, and runs around causing chaos.
The season for quantifying enterprise happiness
12/03/12
Hitachi has a system that can analyze how happy your organization is and maybe even re-engineer it to make it happier!
The Petraeus scandal and computer ethics
11/20/12
Last week Gen. David Petraeus, the director of the Central Intelligence Agency, resigned in response to what has turned out to be a much bigger scandal than it first appeared.
The Ninth Annual Gibbs Golden Turkey Awards
11/19/12
For the ninth time, Gibbs hands out awards to those on the path to Failsville
The Gibbs Golden Turkey Awards nominations: Vote early, vote often!
11/09/12
This November marks the ninth year for which we will be announcing the Gibbs Golden Turkey Awards ...

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