by Ron Miller

Cell Phone Networks Get Disaster Prep

You could learn a lot about mitigating disasters by watching the cell phone companies. They are surprisingly effective.

Read my full post on the Real User Monitoring Blog.

 

Mobile News Sites Stay Up During Irene

Image by NASA Goddard Photo and Video via Flickr

Mobile news sites manage to handle the stress of Hurricane Irene remarkably well. There could be a lesson there for network administrators in general.

See my full post on the Real User Monitoring Blog.

WikiLeaks Screw-up Could Endanger Lives

Image via Wikipedia

It appears that WikiLeaks has revealed previously redacted names in the US diplomatic cables by accident, leaving many people around the world in danger of being exposed. WikiLeaks is denying names have been exposed.

Read my full commentary on Internet Evolution.

 

HP Decision to Dump webOS Still Makes No Sense

HP's decision to axe the TouchPad and webOS in such a public manner made no sense, and with new plans to spin off the PC division announced this week, killing its mobile component makes even less sense.

Read my full commentary on my TechTarget View from Above blog.

Smoking Gun Email Could Bite Google in Oracle Law Suit

Image by Smoking Gun via Flickr

Google is trying desperately to keep a potentially incriminating email out of evidence in the Oracle Java patent infringement law suit. Perhaps it could have avoided this problem with a sensible email retention policy.

Read my full commentary on FierceContentManagement.

Can Apple Produce The Next Big Thing Without Jobs?

Tim Cook has clearly demonstrated he can manage, but he has yet to prove that he can innovate -- and that will be his true test.

Read my full commentary on my TechTarget View from Above blog.

5 Links for Developers and IT Pros 8/26/11

 

This we look at the stupidest C bug ever, 5 tips for slashing IT costs and a cartoon on programmer training budget cutting run amok.

 

See my links and commentary on the Ness SPL blog.

Photo by Tomma Henckel. Used under Creative Commons License.

August 2011: The Month that Rocked Technology

The changes this month from some of the biggest brands in technology have shaken the very foundation of the technology business and it's hard to know what's going to happen as a result.

See my full commentary on the Ness SPL Blog.

Monitoring is About the Users, Stupid

When it comes to web and application monitoring, it's sometimes easy to get caught up in the numbers on the screen and forget that there are real users experiencing real pain when there is a performance issue.

Read my full commentary on the Real User Monitoring blog.

HP’s webOS Decision Sends Shock Waves Through Developer Community

HP showed just how difficult it can be to place reasonable bets as a mobile developer, but it also might have pushed the idea of a more standardized approach like HTML5 to guard against the vagaries of a changing market.

Read my full commentary on my TechTarget View from Above blog.