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Comment Re:Build a business case (Score 1) 383

by powerlord (#45598771) Attached to: Ask Slashdot: How Do I Convince Management To Hire More IT Staff?

But be careful shifting things "out the door", especially if they are business critical.

We recently moved our offices and looked into replacing our aged PBX. One choice everyone mentioned was hosted VOIP PBX services.

Great if you have high-speed, reliable, internet, great if you don't mind paying again and again. For us, even though we have outsourced our Email, phone services are mission critical. If our internet connection goes down, no biggie, business goes on (albeit slightly inconvenienced), if our PHONES go down, it'll be hell and high-water combined and everything grinds to a stop.

Likewise, any business suite or accounting package better darn well be able to run in stand-a-lone mode and resync when the internet connection comes back, or it isn't coming into any mission critical situation if I have any say (which I do).

The alternative is backup redundant service, and the equipment to handle that, which, for a small office is overblown.

Comment Re:millenials (Score 1) 289

by powerlord (#45226577) Attached to: The Cybersecurity Industry Is Hiring, But Young People Aren't Interested

Actually, you were tagged "Generation Y" ("What comes after X"?, "Y bother"?, "Y me"?) in the media quite extensively, especially after all the hubub about GenX.

Its mostly a matter of you having done so little to differentiate yourselves as something that matters that has led to your disappearance in the wake of the rise of the Millenials.

Then again, it could also be that with the short news cycle, which seems to be connecting to people's short attention spans, it seems like anything not "current" is quickly forgotten. Heck, you barely even hear of the "Baby Boomers" in the news, and there are probably (still) more of them out there in the US than anyone else.

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An anonymous reader writes: It’s on. The Android tablet race to the bottom has been restarted, and it’s got a new price tag: $100. Acer on Friday held a press event in New York City, announcing three devices: the Aspire R7 (a desktop/laptop combo), the Aspire P3 (an ultrabook), and the Iconia A1 (a tablet). The company saved the best for last: the 7.9-inch A1 is priced at just $169.

Submission + - Former Senator claims US government suppressing UFO evidence (go.com)

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jfengel writes: Former Sen. Mike Gravel (D-Alaska) says the White House has helped keep the truth about the “extraterrestrial influence that is investigating our planet” from the public. He was joined by five former Representatives. Paradigm Research paid each $20k to appear at a press conference, at which Gravel said:

“It goes right to the White House, and of course, once the White House takes a position, ‘well there's nothing going on’...it just goes down the chain of command, everyone stands toe. ... The smoking gun of the whole issue, which is when they saw hovering space craft in Wyoming and South Dakota over the ICBM missile silos that the missiles couldn't work.”

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An anonymous reader writes: Teenagers with high blood pressure appear to have better psychological adjustment and enjoy higher quality of life than those with normal blood pressure, according to a German study of 7,700 teens. Not surprisingly, adolescents with hypertension were more likely to be obese and less physically fit than those with normal blood pressure and spent more time watching TV or playing video games. But unexpectedly, they were better off in several ways—including being more academically successful and reporting a higher quality of life.

Submission + - Antivirus firms "won't co-operate" with PC-hacking police (pcpro.co.uk)

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nk497 writes: Dutch police are set to get the power to hack people's computers or install spyware as part of investigations — but antivirus experts say they won't help police reach their targets. Mikko Hypponen, chief research officer at F-Secure, said the Dutch bill could lead to antivirus firms being asked asked to cooperate with authorities to let an attack reach the target. So far, Hypponen hasn't seen a single antivirus vendor cooperate with such a request, and said his own firm wouldn't want to take part. Purely for business reasons, it doesn't make sense to fail to protect customers and let malware through "regardless of the source".

Submission + - There is no reason at all to use MySQL: MariaDB, MySQL founder Michael Widenius (muktware.com) 1

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sfcrazy writes: In this exclusive interview MySQL founder Michael Widenius talks about the reasons of decline of MySQL, what Oracle is doing wrong and how MariaDB is fast replacing it. There are quite some interesting information in this interview. The take out of this interview is — "...there is no reason at all to use MySQL 5.5 instead of MariaDB 5.5. The same will be true for the next generation."

Submission + - Massive News: Staples To Sell The Cube 3D Printer (fabbaloo.com)

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An anonymous reader writes: Today anyone can head out to the store and buy a 3D printer:

Only a few years ago the notion of finding a 3D printer in your local office supply store would have been ludicrous. But today, it really happened. What was particularly striking was finding listings for various Cube supplies at Staples' website. It's real, folks.

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