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IT Certifications, Innovation, and Career Growth – Making the Right Decisions
I often get asked, “What certification should I get next?” There is no right way to answer this question without a deeper analysis of why a certification is being sought in the first place. I’ll focus specifically on IT certifications … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Life, News, Technology, Tips
Tagged best certifications, best IT certifications, Bill Gates, CCIE, CCIEs, CCNA, certifications, Cisco, Cisco CCIE, Cisco CCNA, CompTIA, CompTIA Linux+, employment, IT certifications, job, job opportunity, jobs, Larry Page, linux, Mark Zuckerberg, opportunity cost, Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, technologist, top certifications, top IT certifications, vmware
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Cloud Computing and the Pace of Technological Innovation
Everyone knows for the most part that technology, especially in Silicon Valley, is a fast moving beast. Nowadays, it’s not a field for people to get into halfheartedly; otherwise, you may find yourself being eatin’ alive by the competition. It’s … Continue reading
The Commoditization of the Hypervisor
It’s amazing; since the introduction of hardware based virtualization made possible with processor technology such as the Intel-VT and AMD-V (see prior blog The Power of Virtualization – a competitive edge), everyone and their mother is coming out with a … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Technology, Technology, Virtualization and Cloud Computing
Tagged AMD-V, Citrix, commodity, hypervisor, Intel VT, Live Migration, live storage migration, Microsoft, Oracle, oVirt, paravirtualization, Red Hat, Storage VMotion, virtualization, vMotion, vmware, Xen, XenServer
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The Rise of the Hybrid Cloud
As many organizations move their corporate services to private clouds to cut costs, enable rapid provisioning of resources, enable advanced monitoring, and increase up-time, I believe we will see a continuous uptake of solutions which tie private cloud services and … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Technology, Technology, Virtualization and Cloud Computing
Tagged Amazon S3, Amazon Simple Storage Service, American cloud companie, avoid US cloud, avoid US-based cloud, cloud, controversial Patriot Act, hybrid cloud, Jon Stokes, non-US cloud provider, Patriot Act, PATRIOT Act Gives Foreigners Good Reason to Avoid US Cloud, private cloud, public cloud, unconstitutional Patriot Act, United States Patriot Act, VPN
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HumairAhmed.com: Top 500,000 Websites in US – Not Bad for a Blog!
Well, it looks like I’ve finally broken into the top 500,000 websites in the US in terms of traffic according to Alexa. Not bad for a semi-periodically updated blog I suppose. Most sites, especially personal blogs, don’t even make the … Continue reading
Posted in Blogging, Business, Humair's News Releases, Internet Search, News, Technology, Technology, Websites
Tagged ahmed, alexa, blog, blog rank, blogging, humair, Humair Ahmed, Humair Ahmed's blog, Humair's blog, site, site rank, website, website rank
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How to sink your company with bugs, poor design, and poor support – SnagIt Case Study
TechSmith’s SnagIt is a popular screen/video capture software for Windows and Mac. It does get the job done most of the time, but these days, especially with basic screen and video capture, I expect much better. After having been forced … Continue reading
Posted in Applications, Business, Technology, Technology, Tips & Tricks
Tagged 2 GB limit, avi, avi fix, Camtasia, Camtasia Studio, corrupt avi, corrupt avi file, fix avi, HyperSnap, screen capture, SnagIt, snagit corrupt avi, snagit error, SnagIt Learning Center, snagit lost video capture, snagit video capture error, snagit video error, TechSmith, TSCC, TSCC codec, video capture, VirtualDub
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