Google Is Heading For A Cliff; What Will They Do?
Posted by Stephen in Computer history, Personal on 22. May, 2009 | View Comments
Google is the most important company to the Internet. Hyberbole? I think not! Without Google, the Internet that we all know and love would be a very different place, as would the business of IT. Along with Microsoft and the supporting community around LAMP, Google is the very foundation of modern computing. But the foundation of Google itself, its ability to rank Internet content and present relevant information to its users, is at risk. What will they do to fix it?
Ten-Year Trend: Mobility
Posted by Stephen in Apple, Computer history, Enterprise storage, Everything, Personal, Terabyte home, Virtual Storage on 11. Mar, 2009 | View Comments
What is the megatrend of this decade? I suggest that we are witnessing a wholesale shift from information tied to place/device to information mobility. Cloud computing, server virtualization, and even flash memory are all contributors to this massive trend, along with the user-side trends of the post-PDA mobile phone, 3G data, social web services, and connected home.
Email Archiving 101 Webinar, January 8
Posted by Stephen in Enterprise storage, Personal on 07. Jan, 2009 | View Comments
Are you interested in learning the basics of email archiving? If so, I’ll be presenting a webinar on January 8, 2009, intended to introduce the topic to newcomers to the field!
Register online at Contoural’s web site!
E-mail Archiving 101: A Non-Technical Person’s Overview of How E-mail Archiving Works and How to Pick the Right Tool
Thursday, January [...]
Six Critical Steps For Managing Email E-Discovery
Posted by Stephen in Enterprise storage, Personal on 20. Oct, 2008 | View Comments
What is the best way to use email archiving systems for e-discovery? Earlier this year, I co-wrote a whitepaper on the topic (sponsored by LiveOffice), and on Wednesday I will present a companion webinar.
The gist is that email archiving can be an incredibly useful tool to manage legal risks and enable more effective discovery of message content. [...]
Storage Decisions New York 2008 Feedback
Posted by Stephen in Enterprise storage, Personal, Virtual Storage on 24. Sep, 2008 | View Comments
Key takeaways from my Storage Decisions New York 2008 sessions: segment email archives, get legal involved on retention policy, consider the impact of VMware VDC-OS
A Few iPhone Exchange ActiveSync Gotchas
Posted by Stephen in Apple, Terabyte home on 21. Jul, 2008 | View Comments
I’ve been running OS 2.0 on my (first-generation) iPhone for a week and a half now, and as I mentioned before, Exchange ActiveSync push email, calendaring, and contacts was one of the main things Iwas looking for when I upgraded. That article on setting up ActiveSync has since become my top blog post by far, [...]
How Long Should Companies Retain Email?
Posted by Stephen in Enterprise storage on 07. Feb, 2008 | View Comments
One of the key questions asked of me in my current position at Contoural is this one: How long should we (the client company) save our email messages? Not surprisingly, I encounter a wide variety of answers to this question – Legal and IT usually wants a short retention time, while end users seem to [...]
