Biz Tech Talk

Corporate Computers vs Home Computers

Just about every company out there has some sort of computer system. Whether it's a single PC running Quickbooks, a peer-to-peer system in a small office or a full-fledged domain-controlled network in a large office, PC's are everywhere. A lot of times it is obvious as to what kind of PC or network you should have. The problems arise when a company starts with one kind of network or PC because that's all they can afford. Later, when they grow larger, the choices they made while small can cause problems, costing significant amounts of money to fix.

WOOT!

Ok, not all my posts are technical, informative or even coherent.  This is probably one of them, but I am excited about my bags of crap.

Let me back up a sec.  If you’ve never been to www.woot.com, you might want to take a gander.  They sell one thing a day.  It’s usually electronic in nature and at a very good price.  If it sells out, it says “Sold Out” until Midnight when another product comes on.  Sometimes the product doesn’t sell out, so there’s a few left over.

VIRAL VIDEOS, OR ARE THEY?

As an avid IBM supporter I am the first person to tell you that Microsoft trounces IBM when it comes to marketing their products.  This has bothered me for years.  Every time I go to Lotusphere in Orlando, FL I see all the cool new products that IBM is releasing and then I hear absolutely nothing for an entire year until the next Lotusphere.  IBM marketing just doesn’t seem to exist anywhere!