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sfranciaNov 14,2008

How RIM handed the mobile market over to Apple

Hint: It has nothing to do with touch screens.

While RIM scrambles to create the next greatest device, or their "iPhone killer" it needs to recognize that it's no longer about the device. RIM don't you remember that touchscreens aren't new.. Palm had them back in the 90's ... before you crushed them.

sfranciaOct 21,2008

Hire Your Next Consultant Using Twitter

Cisco Systems Gigabit Switch Router.

Image via Wikipedia

At Portero we had an issue with our network.

I know enough about networking to understand the basics. I actually used to work on the IOS back during the dawn of the internet. Though things have changed since then, the biggest issue is I don't remember enough to fix network configuration issues on the router level.

sfranciaSep 23,2008

Promotion

Permit me to shamelesly announce my promotion to Chief Information Officer at Portero Inc.

sfranciaSep 08,2008

Why are You Still Shopping Offline?

Today I visited one of the largest national office supply outlets. I had a specific purpose in mind. I needed to pickup 2 wireless routers and 1 audio cable. What transpired caused me to wonder why anyone does any offline shopping anymore.

sfranciaJul 25,2008

Implementing a Corporate Wiki

It seems all of a sudden, the two buzz words in the corporate IT world are wiki and blog. Corporate wikis are emerging as cheap, intelligent, flexible systems for shared-document collaboration and content management. Because they are browser based, wikis are quite easy to implement and deploy.

The wiki works well in the corporate world as it solves two problematic areas, the need for internal collaboration and document management.

sfranciaJul 15,2008

The New Facebook in depth review

Facebook just unveiled their biggest change yet. The http://www.new.facebook.com website is a preview of the next design of Facebook. The new design places more emphasis on friends and actions and downplays the applications. There is a lot more than just design going on. They also reveal some new functionality. I will present an in-depth review of what to expect from Facebook complete with screenshots.

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