Well, there's the original 802.3af then they added PoE+ (802.3at) which was some more power. But I think the problem is the in-wall cabling and the rating. Right now we can run ethernet just about anywhere because it's just low voltage DC. I always wondered how much more we could crank up the voltage on 'ol cat5e before we started igniting walls and ceilings all over the world.
That's like saying - isn't it AMAZING the power that my stock broker has? I mean, he says buy a stock, and everyone does it! He's like some kind of wizard!
No, he's just right enough times that people start to pay attention to what he has to say.
I only have a background in economics 101 and I'm not an investment banker, but could someone tell me how the worlds biggest borrower, the most in debt country in the world, a country so in debt that we're talking about grandchildren repaying the loans, and a country which seems to have for the last 50 years shown only a steady increase in spending and debt manages to have a AAA credit rating anyway?
Because it's also the largest economy in the world? The US debt is just reaching a 1:1 ratio with GDP (~$14T). Japan for example has a debt that is over 200% of their GDP!.
Now while I would NEVER argue this is a good position to be in, you have to understand that up until a couple years ago we weren't in dire straits.
I had the same problem with MobileIron. In fact, for smaller deployments I'd be really concerned, because they won't sell licenses in blocks smaller than 100. Air-Watch is more reasonable and upfront about their pricing. I appreciate that you might have compatibility issues that preclude you entirely from using specific mobile devices, every case is different. We have a volume of devices, and a support staff large enough, that we're capable of supporting multiple different device platforms.
Absolutely, I agree wholeheartedly. The management platforms for mobile devices that we're investigating manage all of the major mobile operating environments (Windows Phone, iOS, Android, and even Blackberry).
I really like Gnome 3. Took a little while to get adjusted, but now I really enjoy it. I'm wondering if some people just haven't adapted to the new interface. Launching applications has never been easier: windows key -> start typing -> automatically filters app list -> press enter. No more digging through pull down menus at the top of the screen.
Tiling? I'd be very surprised if Linus didn't use overlapping windows. There's no need to limit the number of visible windows to those who can be fully visible - most of them are waiting for your input, or compiling something (in which case you usually only want to see when it stops).
You're making the assumption that you must view all visible windows using a tiling window manager. [url=http://dwm.suckless.org/]DWM[/url] for example allows you to tag windows, even with multiple tags, then show and hide windows based on tags. You can also have a tag for windows that should use a floating layout, giving you the best of both worlds. For example I have one tag which always has 3 terminals open and I use the floating tag for my browser and music player.
You really should take a look at the Mobile Device Management (MDM) platforms. I recommend checking out Air-Watch and MobileIron specifically. You can, among other things, require devices to have passwords and meet complexity requirements. What we need to do is stop saying "we can't do it" and take a realistic look at how we can.
I work in IT and you don't speak for me. We work for the users, not the other way around. It's our job to provide them with the best tools for the job, not the tools that are the easiest for us to manage. With an attitude like that we'll never shake the old mentality people have of their IT departments.
The only data they could possibly have that is that old is data on some of the earliest mass produced consumer SSD drives. These were first generation products and logic would dictate that the drives being made today would be far more reliable. I think it's too early to try and draw any conclusions, everyone knows there were lots of problems with the first generation of drives, like most first gen products (eg - lack of TRIM, stuttering with the early Indilinx controllers, etc).
The entire point of cloud solutions isn't outsourcing. That's SaaS/PaaS/IaaS. Those are not necessarily one in the same. Ever heard of private clouds? The concept of clouds is one of abstraction and universal accessibility.
I highly doubt microsoft is dumb enough to give that many people access to the entire source code tree to windows, which is what I presume we're talking about here? or any single product I suppose. that would be crazy.
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That's the same reason I don't use a computer. And those "security experts" called me a luddite! Ha! Jokes on them!
That's what we do, exactly, PoE 2960s. wall plate->ip phone->computer. also used to power wireless APs.
Well, there's the original 802.3af then they added PoE+ (802.3at) which was some more power. But I think the problem is the in-wall cabling and the rating. Right now we can run ethernet just about anywhere because it's just low voltage DC. I always wondered how much more we could crank up the voltage on 'ol cat5e before we started igniting walls and ceilings all over the world.
Any experts want to chime in?
That's like saying - isn't it AMAZING the power that my stock broker has? I mean, he says buy a stock, and everyone does it! He's like some kind of wizard!
No, he's just right enough times that people start to pay attention to what he has to say.
I only have a background in economics 101 and I'm not an investment banker, but could someone tell me how the worlds biggest borrower, the most in debt country in the world, a country so in debt that we're talking about grandchildren repaying the loans, and a country which seems to have for the last 50 years shown only a steady increase in spending and debt manages to have a AAA credit rating anyway?
Because it's also the largest economy in the world? The US debt is just reaching a 1:1 ratio with GDP (~$14T). Japan for example has a debt that is over 200% of their GDP!.
Now while I would NEVER argue this is a good position to be in, you have to understand that up until a couple years ago we weren't in dire straits.
I had the same problem with MobileIron. In fact, for smaller deployments I'd be really concerned, because they won't sell licenses in blocks smaller than 100. Air-Watch is more reasonable and upfront about their pricing. I appreciate that you might have compatibility issues that preclude you entirely from using specific mobile devices, every case is different. We have a volume of devices, and a support staff large enough, that we're capable of supporting multiple different device platforms.
Absolutely, I agree wholeheartedly. The management platforms for mobile devices that we're investigating manage all of the major mobile operating environments (Windows Phone, iOS, Android, and even Blackberry).
I really like Gnome 3. Took a little while to get adjusted, but now I really enjoy it. I'm wondering if some people just haven't adapted to the new interface. Launching applications has never been easier: windows key -> start typing -> automatically filters app list -> press enter. No more digging through pull down menus at the top of the screen.
Tiling? I'd be very surprised if Linus didn't use overlapping windows. There's no need to limit the number of visible windows to those who can be fully visible - most of them are waiting for your input, or compiling something (in which case you usually only want to see when it stops).
You're making the assumption that you must view all visible windows using a tiling window manager. [url=http://dwm.suckless.org/]DWM[/url] for example allows you to tag windows, even with multiple tags, then show and hide windows based on tags. You can also have a tag for windows that should use a floating layout, giving you the best of both worlds. For example I have one tag which always has 3 terminals open and I use the floating tag for my browser and music player.
You really should take a look at the Mobile Device Management (MDM) platforms. I recommend checking out Air-Watch and MobileIron specifically. You can, among other things, require devices to have passwords and meet complexity requirements. What we need to do is stop saying "we can't do it" and take a realistic look at how we can.
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iOS has 256bit AES encryption
I work in IT and you don't speak for me. We work for the users, not the other way around. It's our job to provide them with the best tools for the job, not the tools that are the easiest for us to manage. With an attitude like that we'll never shake the old mentality people have of their IT departments.
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I guess you've never been mugged.
Cisco ASA 5500 firewalls as of 8.4(1) support Android 2.1+ L2TP/IPSEC VPN.
Besides that, SSD's give way more IOPS than any hard drive available (even the 15k RPM ones)
Several orders of magnitudes higher. There are SSD's producing as many as 50,000 random 4k IOPS vs about 250 from a 15k RPM fiber channel hard disk.
The only data they could possibly have that is that old is data on some of the earliest mass produced consumer SSD drives. These were first generation products and logic would dictate that the drives being made today would be far more reliable. I think it's too early to try and draw any conclusions, everyone knows there were lots of problems with the first generation of drives, like most first gen products (eg - lack of TRIM, stuttering with the early Indilinx controllers, etc).
the problem with this is i cant access dropbox from my smartphone or tablet
The entire point of cloud solutions isn't outsourcing. That's SaaS/PaaS/IaaS. Those are not necessarily one in the same. Ever heard of private clouds? The concept of clouds is one of abstraction and universal accessibility.
the only problem I have with this is usability. especially from my smartphone or tablet.
I highly doubt microsoft is dumb enough to give that many people access to the entire source code tree to windows, which is what I presume we're talking about here? or any single product I suppose. that would be crazy.
so you mean git is only good for 99.999% of all software projects? oh well, i guess it was a good try, everyone back to subversion!