Tyler Whitaker's Infotech

Category: Business

  • Why Walmart will be the health care provider of the Future

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    It’s that time of year again to get a flu shot. Like every year I recently went down to my doctor’s office, and was reminded why traditional health care is so screwed up. Despite being organized with a special “flu shot clinic”, it still took me 25 minutes just to get past the waiting room.…

  • Bloggaps and Sabbaticals

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    It looks like we have experienced a bloggap here on this site. Actually I’m running an experiment this summer. I’ve been taking a sabbatical. Sure, I’m still writing my monthly InfoTech column with Landscape Management Magazine. (Check out the latest on Websites, Software Licensing, and Website Content) And I’m still working on some pet projects like my…

  • Google Spreadsheet, What will MS do now?

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    Good news for the web 2.0 world today. Google has released (via limited beta) Google Spreadsheet, their answer to Excel on the web. While it might not be as feature rich as people would like, that fact that it can read and write .xls files is a good start, not to mention the online sharing…

  • May CTO Breakfast

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    We had a good discussion today at the Phil Windley’s CTO Breakfast. A couple of items really stood out. Bruce Fryer with a new startup Digisense brought up the Amazon S3 web service is being used by JungleDisk.com to provide super low cost online backup. An interesting part of the discussion turned toward how to…

  • Skype Offers Free Calling

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    Online Voice over IP vendor Skype has just announced free calling with in the US and Canada until the end of the year. This is an interesting move and further commoditize the long distance market. But the real questions is whether this is sustainable. I.e. How will Skype pay the bill for these PSTN calls? And…

  • The IM Generation

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    There is an interesting article at AlwaysOn on what is being billed as the “IM Generation.” Born between 1980 and 2000, this next generation is living in a 24/7 online world where IM is more important that email. This generation is also bring a new look to the venture market where boot-strapping a company is the name…

  • April CTO Breakfast

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    I attended Phil Windley’s CTO breakfast this morning. As always we had a good discussion on all things technology. I found a couple of interesting ideas from this meeting. First off, Nathan Conger from Novell showed us some of the latest features of the SUSE Enterprise Linux desktop. I must admit that it’s been a while since I’ve played with…

  • The Evolution of the Software Industry

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    Dan Farber wrote and interesting blog entry (ZDNet Between The Lines) recaping Software 2006 at the Santa Clara Convention Center. He highlights some interesting themes in software industry and how we need to shift to a customer centric mentality. Gone are the days of charging customers maintenance fees to fix our own software. Gone are…

  • Free Online Backup Software, The Mozy Way

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    If you have been following my InfoTech articles published in Landscape Management Magazine, you know that I highly recommend offsite backup as a means to keep your data safe and secure. I would venture to say that most of you still need some help in this area.  Let me introduce Josh Coates and his company…

  • InfoTech Article on Handling Old Computer Hardware

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    A new InfoTech Article is now available on setting up the right processes to handle old and obsolete computer hardware in your business. Rank ordering your employees will setup a water fall process for new hardware to trickle down through your organization. InfoTech Article: Water Fall Process