Technology Is Broken

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Technology Is Broken, but it's not your fault.

Well, if you make no effort to backup your files and lose them, it's your fault. But if you set up a backup process and it doesn't work, you're off the hook for at least part of the blame.

Here I am explaining how Technology Is Broken at the ITEC conference in Philadelphia on November 14th, 2007.

Keynote speech Keynote speech

Technology is broken for the 285 million people in the US who are not in the business. You know this if you support technology at work, because you also support tehcnology at home for yourself, your friends, your family, and for anyone else who can guilt you into fixing the messes they have made. But even when you beat your technical problem in the short term, the long term technology deck is stacked against us all. Can we beat the technology house at its own game?

Let me describe some ways you can fight back against technology, and WIN.

 

 

Broken Technology

How to fix that technology

Examples

     
Security
It's a long battle with no rest breaks. Watch for hackers on the outside and careless or malicious employees on the inside.

Leaky Executives

Vulnerability Assessment

 

Backup problems

Follow a backup system that runs automatically and copies data locally and offsite. Let's make this simple:

No Data = No Company.

Lost Files = Lost Money.

Do those rules make backup more important now?

Pirate Backup System (ARR)

Apple's new Time Machine backup problems

Server/backup appliance like the FileEngine

Symantec Backup Exec System Recovery Overview

 

Collaboration inside and outside the business
Set up systems to communicate with employees, customers, and suppliers. The new surge of hosted collaboration services make this much easier than in the past. Cheaper, too.

Community Blogging

Video conferencing

Resonating with customers
Connect to your customers by giving them information they need about your products and your company. Not a sales pitch, but a friendly introduction, because customers buy from people and companies they like and where they feel appreciated.

Blogging consultants I know and respect

Interview with blogging expert Denise Wakeman

 

Your software is not yours: license liabilities
Use software without license restrictions (Open Source software) and carefully monitor your commercial software (especially Microsoft)

Beware the BSA (speech excerpt)

Dealing with the BSA

BSA Reward for rats now $1 Million

One lawyer fighting the good fight

Free Software choices

     
     
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Other sites of interest:

About me, including books, articles, bios, etc. Gaskin.com

My Small Business Technology pages at Network World

My Enterprise Networking blog at ITworld

Home base for my videos: PodTech.net