Apr 30

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Features | Ubuntu

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Browse the web

Ubuntu includes Mozilla Firefox – for fast, safe web browsing. You can also choose alternative open-source browsers from the Ubuntu Software Centre.

Create professional documents and presentations

OpenOffice.org is fully compatible with Microsoft Office and has everything you need to create professional documents, spreadsheets and presentations. OpenOffice.org is easy to use, packed with the features you need and completely free.

Get free software

The Ubuntu Software Centre gives you instant access to thousands of free open-source applications. Browse software in categories including: education, games, sound and video, graphics, programming and office. Software is easy to find, easy to install and easy to remove.

Email and chat

Get chatting with Empathy. Quickly integrate your chat accounts from Yahoo, Gmail, MSN, Jabber, AOL, QQ and many more. Evolution Mail provides easy, intuitive email.

Social from the start

New in 10.04. Read and update your social networks instantly. Ubuntus new Me Menu lets you access your Facebook and Twitter accounts and more straight away. Connect to your chat channels and make updates through a single window. Being sociable has never been so easy.

Buy music while you listen

New in 10.04. Ubuntus new music player includes an integrated store, so you can buy and download new tracks with just a few clicks. And thanks to Ubuntu Ones file-sharing magic you can store your music online and listen to it from other computers and music players. Ubuntu works with most music and media players.

View, store and edit photos

Ubuntu is ready for all your gadgets. Connect your phones and cameras to download your pictures. You can organise your photos with F-Spot and use popular tools like Picasa, Facebook and Flickr. For advanced photo editing, find a free application from the Ubuntu Software Centre.

Mobilise your digital life!

All Ubuntu users get a free Ubuntu One account. Ubuntu One allows you to store all kinds of files online so you can access them anywhere. Store bookmarks, contacts, music and pictures. Take everything everywhere with Ubuntu One.

Make, play and edit video

Watch all your favourite content from YouTube, iPlayer, and MSN Player. Play your own videos with Movie Player or use Pitivi to edit your videos.

Start fast with Ubuntu

Ubuntu loads quickly on any computer, but its super-fast on newer machines. After loading, opening a browser takes seconds, unlike other operating systems that leave you staring at the screen, waiting to get online.

Choose from hundreds of free games

The Ubuntu Software Centre offers hundreds of games, including puzzles, adventures, tactical challenges and more. All free to choose and free to use.

Accessibility

At the core of the Ubuntu philosophy is the belief that computing is for everyone and access should be free and complete whatever your economic or physical circumstances. Ubuntu is one of the most accessible desktop operating systems around.

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Feb 18

VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager – Data Disaster Recovery for Servers

By admin 24x7 Management And Support, cloud computing, disaster-recovery, industry best practise, offsite-backup, server architecture, training No Comments »

Take the Disaster Out of Disaster Recovery

Easily manage and implement your recovery plan with VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager.

Watch our new VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager video

Build, Manage and Execute ReliableDisaster Recovery Plans

As an integrated element of VMware vSphere, VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager helps you:

Accelerate recovery for the virtual environment through automationEnsure reliable recovery by enabling non-disruptive testing

Simplify recovery by eliminating complex manual recovery steps and centralizing management of recovery plans

Accelerate RecoveryEnsure that you are able to meet your recovery time objectives RTOs by automating the recovery process.

VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager eliminates the slow manual steps of recovery, turning the complex paper runbooks associated with traditional disaster recovery into an integrated part of your virtual infrastructure management.

Ensure Reliable RecoveryEliminate common causes of failure during recovery and make it possible to test your recovery plans thoroughly and easily.By automating recovery, VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager eliminates error-prone manual steps in the recovery process and ensures that recovery procedures will be consistently executed as intended.

VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager also makes it easy to execute non-disruptive tests of recovery plans within an isolated testing environment so that you can ensure that they are up to date and will execute successfully. Simplify Disaster RecoverySimplify and centralize the process of creating, updating and managing recovery plans.

VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager guides users through the process of building, managing and executing disaster recovery plans.  It integrates seamlessly with VMware Infrastructure and VMware vCenter Server to make recovery plans significantly easier to manage and update. It also integrates easily with storage replication software from leading storage vendors to simplify the use of advanced replication software with VMware vSphere.

via VMware vCenter Site Recovery Manager -- Data Disaster Recovery for Servers.

Feb 08

Olympics and Green tech: ‘No room to fail’ – Vancouver Winter Games

By admin 24x7 Management And Support, communication-standards, design concepts, disaster-recovery, document-management, green-it, industry best practise, insights, it-management, it-projects, media-tools, network-security, operating systems & collaborative tools, proffesional bodies, server architecture, training, uncategorized No Comments »

This is not your grandfather’s winter games. Every Olympic city makes major investments in technology, security and infrastructure in the 21st Century, and the Vancouver Winter Games are no exception.  The Olympic Cauldron will be lit on February 12, 2010. And yet, the hard work began immediately after Canada was selected to host the 2010 Winter Olympics back in 2004.

Want some examples?

1)      Technology companies are certainly talking about their unique role in these Games.  Green technology is a central element. Check out this Canadian website on technology related to the Olympics.

2)      Stopping terrorism is essential. One article back in 2005 estimated that the security budget would be about $177 million with a 50-50 split between the federal and provincial governments, but USA Today called actual security spending to be closer to $1 billion. More than 1000 security cameras are in place for the Winter Olympics.

3)      Infrastructure development has been important. There are plenty of stories online about the people behind the scenes who make the Olympic Games happen. There are also stories about the technology being used. If you look hard enough, you’ll find just about every big IT company is involved in some way. One example is Sun, but AT&T and others are right there as well.

4)      The economic development aspects and wider role of the Olympics can be seen in YouTube videos like this one.

5)      The role of the city mayors and Vancouver Government overall has been a huge part of this story.

Bottom line, this is big business. Just like the involvement of the South African Government in preparing for the 2010 World Cup in June, the Vancouver Olympic Games required an incredible investment in everything that we do in government technology every day. The difference is the scale, and the number of people watching.

So when you watch that beautiful opening or closing ceremony, when the US Hockey Team is skating to victory or those international downhill skiers fly past your TV screen, remember the technology and security infrastructure that made it all possible.

Let the games begin…

Jan 29

Prepare for the Worst, Plan for the Best: Disaster Preparedness and Recovery for Small Businesses, 2nd Edition | Book Review

By jeromewagner disaster-recovery, industry best practise, insights, it-management, proffesional bodies, training No Comments »

The book addresses disaster planning for small businesses in three stages: prepare, recover and respond.

The section on how to prepare for a disaster is the most detailed, and contains generic as well as practical suggestions.

The author provides logical common sense guidelines for the realities of how to prepare for, respond to and recover from problems, and this has a thoroughness brought about by experience.

The examples of specific problems encountered, which are provided throughout, help to keep the focus on why being prepared is important for the small business.

Specific suggestions whilst preparing are to not plan for the worst case only, as this causes planning paralysis and might result in the assumption that if it is not possible to plan for everything don’t bother to do anything at all. Also, the recommendation to prepare in a step-by-step fashion, prioritising what is important to your business, is key.

Part two covers the immediate response to a disaster, and the flexible implementation of the disaster planning. The final section addresses business recovery to the pre-disaster state.

Overall, the common sense suggestions are useful, but the detailed instructions on who to contact, how to register, and so on, are too USA-specific for a UK audience. I estimate the book is probably 75 per cent applicable outside the USA.

via Prepare for the Worst, Plan for the Best: Disaster Preparedness and Recovery for Small Businesses, 2nd Edition | Archive | Book Reviews | Opinion, News, Analysis | BCS – The Chartered Institute for IT.

Jan 20

Gesturcons: an icon language to describe natural user interface gestures- Experience Design by Ron George

By jeromewagner communication-standards, other, training, uncategorized No Comments »

Gesturcons: an icon language to describe natural user interface gestures

Posted by Ron in Design, Interaction Design on Jan 10th, 2010 |

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I purposely left out some of the icons at first launch because I wanted to hear some feedback before people thought I had a fully thought out solution. So, I have updated this post with the additional icons and the explanation for the purpose of them at the bottom. Enjoy!

One of the prevailing themes of my writing is the ability for everyone to gain common grounds when discussing interactions. I believe one of the keys to this is a common metaphor, OCGM (Objects, Containers, Gestures, and Manipulations) as well as a set of icons for use in design. When sketching out the user experience it’s important to note the interactions. This is especially true in state diagrams, specs, and other interaction design documents. In my first installment of Gesturcons, I present to you the Gesturcons : Touch Pack 1.0. These are being released under the Creative Commons License and I hope that you all find some good use for them in your designs and experiences.

This is the first batch, for touch. I also have Spatial, Voice, and a few others in the works.

via Gesturcons: an icon language to describe natural user interface gestures- Experience Design by Ron George.

Nov 30

RTFM Education » vSphere

By jeromewagner cloud computing, industry best practise, insights, operating systems & collaborative tools, server architecture, training No Comments »

VMware vSphere 4.0 Implementation Book – READY FOR PRE-ORDER – Via the RTFM Blog:

“As you can see by the image bar at the top of this blog post – this week my book on vSphere4 has been listed on Amazon for pre-order. The book has been been placed on a Fast-Track programme internally to McGraw-Hill.

At the moment the book is in what they call “copy edit” phase. So essentially the writing has stopped, and its in the hands of the publisher. It’s been proof-read a number of times – but goes through round of checking, and prep work ready to roll through the printers factory. When they have done that round of checking – it will be my last chance to make any tweaks.

I’ve got about 2 pages of A4 notes to impleament and couple of images to add – but nothing major. For example this week I discovered some ESX hosts which had fan/heat problems – and of course, vSphere4’s “health status” was alerting me to this fact. I wanna put that image into the book to show how vSphere4 has much better hardware awareness than previous versions.”

via RTFM Education » vSphere.

Nov 15

Google Chrome

By jeromewagner communication-standards, media-tools, training No Comments »

Why use Google Chrome?

Google Chrome is a web browser that runs web pages and applications with lightning speed. Read about why we built a browser.

1. Speed Speed: Fast to launch, fast to load web pages Google Chrome is quick to start up from your desktop. Google Chrome loads web pages in a moment. Google Chrome runs interactive web pages, web applications and JavaScript faster than ever.

2. To learn more, check out the Features video. Simplicity: Designed for efficiency and ease of use Search and navigate to web pages from the same box. Arrange and organise your tabs however you wish – quickly and easily. Get to your favourite websites in the New Tab page with just a click from the thumbnails of your most visited sites.

3. Themes Style: Themes to add colour and delight to your browser Deck your browser out with colours, patterns, images and artwork. Take a look at the Google Chrome Themes Gallery.

via Google Chrome.

Nov 01

Enterprise Architecture SG: View Event | Enterprise Architecture SG | BCS – The Chartered Institute for IT

By jeromewagner employment, industry best practise, insights, it-management, proffesional bodies, training No Comments »

Developing Architects

Enterprise architecture is still an emerging profession. As well as the specific technical skills required, there are some critical talents, skills and approaches that architects need in order to operate effectively inside organisations.

They must have a broad perspective on the organisation they serve – its business goals and how the IT strategy supports them – and be able to weigh up competing dimensions and help stakeholders make trade-offs between their respective needs to achieve the right solutions for the enterprise as a whole. They will need to concentrate on the things that really make a difference and earn a position of influence within all of those teams engaged in the actual delivery of business and IT change projects and programmes.In this session, Sally Bean and Peter Haine will draw on their extensive experience with architecture groups in the public and private sector to examine the key architect roles that are required, how to develop the broad range of competencies needed to fulfil them, and ways of organising architecture teams for maximum effectiveness.

They will also provide insights from their experiences of leading communities of practice in architecture.

This presentation will focus on:

The different types of architect you need in your organisation and how you work out which team structure will be most effective

The necessary distribution of competencies soft and hard and responsibilities across the different architect role types

Practical career development paths for architects

The characteristics of high-performing architecture teams

via Enterprise Architecture SG: View Event | Enterprise Architecture SG | BCS – The Chartered Institute for IT.

Oct 29

Ubuntu Home Page | Free operating system for your desktop or laptop

By jeromewagner cloud computing, green-it, operating systems & collaborative tools, training No Comments »

Free operating system for your desktop or laptop
Faster, smoother, more beautiful…
New features, fixes and applications designed around you
Developing at speed…
Fun tools make it write and deploy apps to Ubuntu
…and introducing your personal cloud
Store and share files and contacts in a couple clicks with Ubuntu One

What is Ubuntu?

Ubuntu is an operating system built by a worldwide team of expert developers. It contains all the applications you need: a web browser, office suite, media apps, instant messaging and much more.Ubuntu is an open-source alternative to Windows and Office.Discover Ubuntu »

via Ubuntu Home Page | Ubuntu.

Oct 02

IT Job Market « theitblogjobboard

By jeromewagner employment, insights, training No Comments »

Upskilling in a downturn

Posted on October 2nd, 2009 by Sarah Jones

In the current economic climate there is an abundance of IT candidates on the market all fighting for the same jobs. This has resulted in recruitment consultants and potential employers adopting a vigorous screening process in order to whittle down the applications. This could mean that even if you have years of experience in a particular area, you are more likely to get further in the recruitment process if you hold a recognised qualification.

Therefore casualties of the credit crunch that have suffered redundancy pay cuts or difficulties in finding a job are considering additional training. With the objective of increasing their knowledge, expertise and ultimately, their employability.

How many IT professionals are using the recession to upskill? Is now really a good time and will this actually help you to secure a new job? The IT Job Board conducted some research to find out.

via IT Job Market « theitblogjobboard.

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