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Employers to Job Seekers: We Snoop, Deal With It

Employers to Job Seekers: We Snoop, Deal With It

Reality is reality and there is no way around it.  Since the social-networking boom, research into the online lives of potential candidates happens with ever increasing frequency.  The trend of researching candidates’ social-networking profiles will become standard practice for nearly every company. I know this is already the case for many companies. Is it wrong? I do not think so. Ultimately, people have to be responsible for their online actions as much as they are responsible for their real-world actions. A while ago, I wrote a couple…

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How close are you to having everything online?

How close are you to having everything online?

I sleep well at night knowing that virtually all of my personal information is stored online.  Really, the only personal data that is not permanently stored online are my photo albums and my music collection.  However, these files are backed up nightly to a remote online server (iDrive).  I know that I can move the last of my data online without too much effort, but I really do not see a benefit. I sleep better knowing that my documents are stored on some of the best storage arrays, operated…

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A vision of the future

A vision of the future

The best way to predict your future, is for you to create it! Your personal vision of the future governs how you currently spend your time and the thoughts that dominate your mind. It’s important to have a vision of yourself and your future, as these will act as your road map for your life’s direction. Without them, time will march on, but you will still be lost and floating on the current. It all starts in your head. You need to develop richly detailed…

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Reality of Hosted Applications

Reality of Hosted Applications

“Help! I cannot access my files!” I hate when I hear this from my users, I mean, I REALLY Hate to hear this, but I am fortunate, as I have direct control of my environment, and I have a limited number of users. We are seeing a greater move to the SaaS, ASP, and Cloud models and that brings a new reality to the corporate Information Technology world. Data and Applications are no longer under the complete control of the…

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