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Diverse Skills Can Help IT Workers Avoid Offshore Ax - Computerworld

A reminder that a well-rounded business focus is important even in the most technical parts of the information systems infrastructure. ddv

Diverse Skills Can Help IT Workers Avoid Offshore Ax - Computerworld: “Diverse Skills Can Help IT Workers Avoid Offshore Ax

ITAA workshop stresses advantages of having a multidisciplinary background .

MARCH 22, 2004 (COMPUTERWORLD) - ARLINGTON, Va. — To thrive in today’s workforce, IT professionals will need a mix of industry-specific skills and a multidisciplinary background as more programming and coding work is moved offshore. “

Test your Defenses Online

From a retirement community in Surprise, AZ - a well designed resource that is very current. I found this searching for online security and virus tests. This page organizes it very well. ddv

Test your Defenses Online: “There are many Web sites where you can test how secure your Computer is online. Some of these tests, like firewall tests are online because they must be run from outside your computer to be valid. Some take a while too, so be patient, eh?”

Bookmark Pen

Great dual purpose product - always have a pen handy when reading + serves as a bookmark! ddv

grippa slip bookmark checkbook pen “Plastic Grippa Slip Pens: only 1/8th inch thin. Choose from 29 different color combinations. Put them in your checkbook, textbook, diary, or bible.

When studying or conducting research you need to mark many places in several books to reference at a later time. You will also find yourself taking notes. Now you can mark your pages with flat bookmark pens. When you go to the referenced page the pen that marked it will be ready to write any notes you may need. The pens come in over 29 different pen colors. “

The Index of Information Systems Journals

The Index of Information Systems Journals: “The aim of this publication is to provide basic information about, and links to, either paper or electronic journal web sites, and more particularly, to provide links to their instructions to authors information. “

Help2Go

Excellent resource for simple explanations of technology topics. ddv

Help2Go: “PC Help in Simple Language”

Care and Handling of CDs and DVDs

“From the scientists at the Digital Preservation Program at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) — an excellent 50 page guide with everything you need to (or care to !) know about CDs and DVDs for long term storage. The document discusses the effects of light, moisture, radiation, scratches, marking, adhesive labels, and even playback. If the 50 page document is more than you can handle there IS a one page summary!! ddv

Care and Handling of CDs and DVDs: “Guide:

Care and Handling Guide for the Preservation of CDs and DVDs,

CLIR and NIST joint project

NIST Special Publication 500-252, October 2003, Final “

Dexterity Software Articles

An independent game developer’s articles on building a business, managing time and producitivity, etc. Captures relevant information concisely. ddv

Dexterity Software Articles

Out-of-memory problem caused Mars rover’s glitch - Computerworld

Why is it that basic housekeeping tasks always seem to be the lowest common denominator in computers? Even a mission to Mars is brought to its knees by forgetting to clean up the old junk! I am personally happy to have experienced continuing exponential growth in storage at exponentially decreasing prices! A bit of compression, a massive increase in storage — remember 160KB single sided disks? — and keeping EVERYTHING (or needing to clean it up ala Mars rover!) is not a problem!! ddv

Out-of-memory problem caused Mars rover’s glitch - Computerworld

Gartner | Sarbanes-Oxley Act

Gartner blog re: SARBOX. May require MyUT login. Gartner editors provide the input. ddv

Gartner | Sarbanes-Oxley Act

Government and IT Policy Research Center - Information technology legislation and laws - Government and IT Policy Center - CIO

Part of the CIO site. topics include everything related to IT policy. ddv

Government and IT Policy Research Center - Information technology legislation and laws - Government and IT Policy Center - CIO