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Cloud Computing - The cloud of the global environment

Cloud Computing. According to an article I have read, all traditional resellers had better switch to a cloud model, or face exinction. I argued the toss on CRN about that, especially as the writer was...

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Sometimes I wonder...

what is coming? where are we going? what is the tipping point of technology that means we can't really go much further?

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Resellers: Parasites or your best friend who sells you stuff?

With the announcements about the budget out now, what is there to celebrate from an end user's perspective? will you have enough budget to buy the power workstation you need to help you develop really...

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I am in IT. Not a Tech, I sell stuff...

 I have been selling IT since 1992. I have sold all sorts of brands, technologies and ideas to my clients. Problem is, though, once you mention that you are in IT, at a dinner, a party or at a...

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The obvious question

How obvious is this question?

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Free. Open source. what does it actually mean?

Open source gets a mention nearly every day in the ICT industry. There are really cool programs out there that are open source, but what does that actually mean?

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Things that the government did - did they realise what they were doing?

Many years ago, in the time of the rule of the great Hawke, and the lesser but fairly scary Keating, ICT had a direction. It was called the Panel Period contracts, and you had to be on them to sell to...

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Canberra Girl Geek Dinners #5 Last Night

I am not a Girl Geek. Well, it's true. I have resisted recommendations to wear a skirt so as to appear like a Girl Geek, especially as I live in Canberra, and it would be pretty frosty in a skirt....

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Back in the saddle again. A little older and wiser, and it is going to be great!

I am in a unique position. I have left distribution and joined a reseller again, but am still firmly committed to growing technology awareness in the industry. I decided that the best way for my career...

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The dreaded online survey

How many times have you been sent an email with an online survey request in it? "We value your opinion, please complete the survey so that we can make your experience with our company better." Over the...

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How To Survive An Event, Without Resorting To Pain Medication

This is a how to survive an event post, as there are many events on right now, and there are traps that most people fall into when they attend them. Be mindful that you may be required to stand up for...

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The Times, They Are A-Changing

Tomorrow, for the first time in a long time, I will be a booth boy. The last time was many years ago, before the Hyatt had taken the crown as the venue of choice. Back then, it was the Canberra...

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Journal Of A Booth Boy - Day 1

So here is the journal of a booth boy - my experiences on a booth at an event, and how I discovered how much I missed this.... I got up really early yesterday, day 1. Couldn't sleep. I drove across...

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Journal Of A Booth Boy - Day 2

The second day way pretty much the same as the first. We had worked out a plan of attack: I would go and engage with people I knew and bring them back to the stand to explain who insitec was and what...

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Journal Of A Booth Boy - The Aftermath

So I have been standing up continually for two days. I have seen many old friends and potential new friends, heckled other booth people, generally had a good time of it. But now, in the aftermath,...

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Social media - Tool and Trap

Social media is great. we can contact people globally, we can form relationships with strangers on face value, we can gain business and expand our reach. There is a side to social media that we seem to...

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Google singled out for WiFi breaches - I must have missed something...

Google got in trouble here for accessing wifi networks and potentially downloading commercial data, email and other data. It went to the AFP, who, surprisingly, took it seriously. Here is the bit I...

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Grrr. I hate it when I am told I don't have enough Experience for a job

2 weeks ago, my employer realised that the best way to ensure the survival of the company was to shed staff. Not my ideal solution, considering that, as I was last in, I was one of the ones out. I...

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Review: ASI nimu NL2a Netbook Tablet

Yes, Yes, I know, I work for ASI now. But this review is my opinion, not that of my employer. But one of the reasons I joined AUTechHeads was for the love of technology, and this device just fits the...

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Blade Server review? How about a Modular Server review instead?

I was lucky enough during my orientation at my new employer to get a look at a modular server. Yes, it is another ASI product, and yes, this is my opnion, not that of my employer.  I have had...

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Response to "How did you get into IT"

Many years ago, when dinosaurs roamed the earth, and the net was what you caught fish in, I discovered that if my father and his colleagues at a large computer company ran a series of commands to a...

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Technology Review - Cisco Flip Camera

This is a review for something that I own, a neat little video camera called a Flip. It is a flash drive unit, it records 60 minutes of video, and, via a usb connector that is built in, you can upload...

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Logmein Calling (Or, How to make cold calling just that little bit harder)

I work for an ICT provider. we sell hardware, software, computers, services, etc, etc. One of the things my role in the company requires is cold calling. Old school, I know, but I just can't wait for...

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Why is it that some of the IT Journalists sensationalise mundane things?

There seems to be a growing trend to publish articles that are of interest to a select few of the IT industry, and throw it out to the general population, in an attempt to sensationalise mundane events...

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Backup - Hard drive, Tape, Online, It doesn't matter where, Just do it!

A few years ago, I had a coffee cup that stated, with a picture of a homeless man busking: "Software Meltdown, Data Destroyed, Didn't do no Backup, Now I'm Unemployed". I used to trot that cup out at...

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Backup Part Two

So the last post I wrote was 3 months ago. A lot changes in 3-months. The products I was advocating at the old company (they retrenched me for commercial reasons) are still there, and are great, I am...

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Data....

Data. We save it, store it, back it up and access it as we need to. We grow larger and larger storage capabilities to fit it in, we implement backup regimes with SAN / NAS and Virtual Tape Libraries to...

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Remember me? Probably not...

Whew. I have just got a moment to update where I have been, what I have been doing and why I haven't visited for a while.  Firstly, I have been monitoring discussions here, but have not been in a...

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Okay, who blinked?

If you blinked and missed it, I had a job. I don't right now, but am hoping to change this pretty soon. The following happened when I did. I have told a couple of vendors to check out this site, see if...

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Who is AuTechHeads?

who is AuTechHeads? are you a blogger, a technician, an industry professional? Do you have things that make you passionate about technology that are outside the norm?  Why are you here? what could the...

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