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I work for CNET Networks as the Executive Editor of TechRepublic, managing the editorial department. I write the blog Tech Sanity Check. Previously, I worked as an information systems manager in the health care industry. I helped a progressive allergy and asthma care center to greatly increase patient care and...- more about Jason Hiner »
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- Top IT news for May 15 -- Microsoft TouchWall, 20 Mbit 3G in 2009, Icahn tries to control Yahoo
- Top 10 IT headlines AT&T plans 20-megabit 3G by 2009 Electronista Microsoft TouchWall can inexpensively turn any flat surface into a multi-touch display CunchGear Icahn reportedly preps his board slate for Yahoo ZDNet Can Icahn bring Microsoft's Yahoo bid back? ZDNet Comcast buys...
- Tags: Information Technology, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., 3G, Strategy, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Management, Jason Hiner
- Blog posts 2008-05-15
- Video: Five tips to help new IT managers
- Making the move from a technical job to managing an IT department requires a variety of new skills. This episode of Sanity Savers for IT executives provides five tips for IT executives to help their techies make the transition to becoming managers. For more, you can read...
- Tags: Adobe PDF, Information Technology, Article, IT Manager, Video, Corporate Communications, Strategy, Marketing, Management, Jason Hiner
- Blog posts 2008-05-14
- Top 10 IT headlines for May 14 -- Biz PCs are going nowhere, ignoring Moore's law, can Microsoft win over developers
- Top 10 IT headlines Can Microsoft win over enough developers to change the paradigm? TechRepublic Business PCs are going nowhere fast ZDNet Why are we ignoring Moore's Law? TechRepublic Here comes the government to fight cybercrime! [shudder] TechRepublic Microsoft to raise Windows Small...
- Tags: Developer, TechRepublic Inc., PC, Information Technology, Microsoft Corp., Strategy, Management, Jason Hiner
- Blog posts 2008-05-14
- Top 10 IT headlines for May 13 -- Microsoft looking post-PC, counterfeit Cisco routers from China, Sprint nosedive continues
- Top 10 IT headlines Microsoft desperately trying to break free of the PC TechRepublic FBI: Counterfeit Cisco routers risk "IT subversion" (ZDNet Microsoft adding 10,000 new data center servers a month ZDNet Sprint Nextel continues to bleed customers CNET Technology helps woman find...
- Tags: TechRepublic Inc., Cisco Router, Router, CNET Networks Inc., Information Technology, Microsoft Corp., Cisco Systems Inc., Sprint Communications, Data Centers, Strategy, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Management, Jason Hiner
- Blog posts 2008-05-13
- Aberdeen: Top 25 most influential IT vendors of 2008
- Research firm Aberdeen Group released its Annual State of the Market Report on Tuesday, including a new list of the 100 technology vendors that provide the most value to businesses. The report is based on five years of research, 2.5 million interviews, and 4,645 survey respondents. The...
- Tags: Aberdeen Group Inc., Information Technology, Survey, Marketing Research, Strategy, Marketing, Management, Jason Hiner
- Blog posts 2008-05-13
- Sanity check: Has Eric Schmidt finally outmaneuvered Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer?
- When Eric Schmidt left his job as the chairman and CEO of Novell to become the top executive at Google in 2001 he privately told journalist John Battelle that one of the things he was looking forward to was no longer competing with Microsoft. Bill Gates and...
- Tags: Google Inc., Eric Schmidt, Steve Ballmer, Yahoo! Inc., Bill Gates, Microsoft Corp., Software As A Service (SaaS), Channel Management, Search, Internet, Microsoft Windows, Emerging Technologies, Marketing, Operating Systems, Software, Jason Hiner
- Blog posts 2008-05-12
- Top 10 headlines for May 12 -- Redesigned BlackBerry unveiled, Microsoft limits cheap laptops, Nokia focuses on U.S.
- Top 10 IT headlines RIM officially announces the BlackBerry Bold and a $150 million development fund ZDNet Microsoft to limit capabilities of cheap laptops PC World Nokia kicks off strategy to focus more attention on the U.S. wireless market ZDNet Has Eric Schmidt finally...
- Tags: U.S., TechRepublic Inc., Nokia Corp., Information Technology, RIM BlackBerry, Microsoft Corp., Laptop Computer, Strategy, Wireless LANs, Wireless, Management, Jason Hiner
- Blog posts 2008-05-12
- UPDATED: Calendar of U.S. technology conferences and events in 2008
- Despite repeated complaints from me and many others in the IT industry, it's still difficult to find a good master list of all the IT-related conferences, expos, and events. Thus, I've put together my own calendar in order to help TechRepublic readers find the events that best serve their interests...
- Tags: Event, Orlando, Information Technology, San Francisco, New York, Las Vegas, Computer Associates International Inc., Conference, Summit, International Data Corp., NV, Feb., Mar., FL, Apr., June, Sept., Oct., Web 2.0, Data Centers, Strategy, Storage, Internet, Hardware, Data Management, Management, Jason Hiner
- Blog posts 2008-05-08
- Top 10 IT headlines for May 9 -- IE8 details, Wall Street's sway over tech, GPL relevance, L'Affair Microhoo
- Top 10 IT headlines Microsoft shares more IE8 security details ZDNet Wall Street: Too much sway over the tech sector? ZDNet Does the GPL still matter? Techdirt Underground marketplace sells your personal data for a hefty profit TechRepublic A rundown of 'L'Affair Microhoo'...
- Tags: GPL, TechRepublic Inc., CNET Networks Inc., Information Technology, Sway, Wall, Strategy, Open Source, Management, Jason Hiner
- Blog posts 2008-05-09
- Nortel tells IT pros to avoid the 'Cisco energy tax'
- Among the bold claims being made at Interop Las Vegas 2008, perhaps the boldest was Nortel's assertion that its network gear consumes 50% less power than Cisco's. Take a look at Nortel's aggressive Interop campaign in the Expo Hall and in the promotional materials for the conference. by Jason Hiner
- Tags: TechRepublic Inc., Nortel Networks Corp., Information Technology, Cisco Systems Inc., Taxes, Financial Planning, Finance, Jason Hiner, nortel, cisco, networking
- Image galleries 2008-05-09
- Xirrus explains why IT can now afford to 'ditch the switch'
- I've written positively about Xirrus wireless arrays in the past, but I recently gave them some grief at Interop Las Vegas 2008. My criticism was directed toward the "ditch the switch" promotional campaign, because I just don't think most companies are at the point where ditching the switch is a...
- Tags: Xirrus Inc., Information Technology, Podcasts, RSS, Wireless, Internet, Jason Hiner
- Blog posts 2008-05-09
- Top 10 IT headlines for May 8 -- IT should prep for more telecommuters, Microsoft still shopping, AMD 12-core
- Top 10 IT headlines IT must prepare for $200-a-barrel oil and a rise in remote workers TechRepublic Microsoft still shopping; Approached Facebook ZDNet Microsoft going it alone? Not exactly ZDNet AMD Plans 12-Core Server Chip In 2010 TechWeb Dell expands virtualization offerings eWEEK...
- Tags: TechRepublic Inc., Information Technology, Telecommuting, Microsoft Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Strategy, Management, Jason Hiner
- Blog posts 2008-05-08
- Video: Dirty little secrets about working in IT
- Like every profession, IT has its own set of dirty little secrets that its members don't often talk about out loud. However, if IT leaders aren't aware of these issues then they can quietly doom an IT department to failure. Episode #2 of Sanity Savers for IT executives shines the...
- Tags: Information Technology, Video, Secret, Strategy, Management, Jason Hiner
- Blog posts 2008-05-07
- The new Clearwire: Mobile WiMAX in the U.S. gets major cash infusion
- Sprint has finalized a groundbreaking deal to spin off its nascent U.S. WiMAX network into a joint venture partnership with Clearwire that will be funded by Intel, Google, Comcast, Time Warner Cable, and Bright House Networks. Sprint has been building out its Xohm WiMAX into a nationwide...
- Tags: Mobile, Network, Clearwire Corp., Broadband, Sprint Communications, WiMAX, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Network Technology, Broadband Internet, Telecommunications, Networking, Jason Hiner
- Blog posts 2008-05-07
- Top 10 IT headlines for May 7 -- Sun launches Flash competitor, Cisco still cautious of U.S. economy, AMD accuses Intel of conspiracy
- Top 10 IT headlines The new Clearwire: Mobile WiMAX in the U.S. gets major cash infusion TechRepublic JavaOne: Sun rolls out JavaFX CNET Cisco third quarter 'steady' ZDNet Cisco still cautious about U.S. economyCNET AMD says Intel paid PC makers to boycott rival...
- Tags: CNET Networks Inc., Information Technology, Sun Microsystems Inc., Cisco Systems Inc., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., Strategy, Microsoft Windows, Management, Operating Systems, Software, Jason Hiner
- Blog posts 2008-05-07
- Top 10 IT headlines for May 6 -- IBM reshuffles, Yahoo plummets, Google puts pressure on Verizon
- Top 10 headlines Yahoo stock plunges after Microsoft backs off New York Times Google to Verizon: Don't shirk open access responsibilities CNET IBM reshuffles its executive deck CNET Could Sprint ditch Nextel? Makes sense CNET Apple gets top marks for tech support TechWeb...
- Tags: Google Inc., CNET Networks Inc., Information Technology, Yahoo! Inc., Verizon Communications Inc., IBM Corp., Blogging, Corporate Communications, Strategy, Internet, Marketing, Management, Jason Hiner
- Blog posts 2008-05-06
- Top IT news for May 5: Penalizing net censorship, IBM-Google partnership, can open source save Sun?
- Top five headlines Microsoft abandons its bid for Yahoo see below Bill would penalize companies that aid net censorship ZDNet IBM-Google hug in the cloud ZDNet Will open source save Sun? CNET 48% see themselves running Windows XP in 2014 ZDNet ...
- Tags: Google Inc., Partnership, CNET Networks Inc., Open Source, Information Technology, Sun Microsystems Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., IBM Corp., Strategy, Management, Jason Hiner
- Blog posts 2008-05-05
- Sanity check: The top four trends in IT from Interop Las Vegas 2008
- One of the top priorities for me at large trade shows like Interop -- with 18,000 attendees and 500 vendors -- is to try to sniff out big IT trends. I look at the booths that are getting the most traffic, the sessions that appear to be the most crowded,...
- Tags: Data Center, Information Technology, Green IT, Splunk, Data Centers, Strategy, WANs, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Management, Networking, Jason Hiner
- Blog posts 2008-05-04
- Microsoft walks away from its $44.6 billion bid for Yahoo
- Microsoft has decided to walk away from its $44.6 billion acquisition bid for Yahoo. Negotiations broke down and the Redmond, Washington software giant decided that a hostile takeover -- and a subsequent nightmare integration of the two companies -- would not be worth the potential value of integrating Yahoo's...
- Tags: CNET Networks Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Internet, Mergers & Acquisitions, Asset Management, E-mail, Free Trade, Corporate Law, Leadership, Investment, Finance, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Online Communications, Management, Jason Hiner
- Blog posts 2008-05-03
- IT pros and biz tech vendors converge at Interop Las Vegas this week
- I'll be at Interop Las Vegas 2008 this week along with about 18,000 other professionals in the IT industry. This show keeps getting bigger every year. This year, there will be about 500 vendors exhibiting their products -- which is up from about 450 in 2007 and 350 in 2006....
- Tags: Information Technology, Podcasts, Strategy, Internet, Management, Jason Hiner
- Blog posts 2008-04-28
