Thursday, September 30, 2010

“Time is limited, so I better wake up every morning fresh and know that I have just one chance to live this particular day right, and to string my days together into a life of action and purpose.” ~Lance Armstrong http://bit.ly/9eYu2N
“The brain's calculations do not require our conscious effort, only our attention and our opennessto let the information through. Although the brain absorbs universes of information, little is admitted into normal consciousness.” ~Marilyn Ferguson Live http://bit.ly/bHwOTp

The Path to Your FOCUS is Through Your Stomach | Change your thoughts

Being able to focus at the precise time when you need to, is a priceless quality not just in business, but in any area of your life. There are countless ways of teaching people the physical act of getting focused. But very seldom does anyone actually talk about the connection between your nutrition and your ability to focus.


10 things you should know about supporting mobile devices | 10 Things | TechRepublic.com

The explosion of mobile device usage in business has led to some tricky and unexpected support challenges. Brien Posey lists some of the concerns IT pros should be aware of.



Mobile devices have been around in one form or another for many years, but only recently have they gained mainstream acceptance in enterprise environments. For IT pros, it’s important to understand the unique challenges associated with managing these devices. In this article, I will give you 10 things to think about.


12 Hot New Tablets Hitting the Market | ITBusinessEdge.com

It's no surprise that the iPad is finding support in the enterprise. It’s Apple and it’s cool. At a higher level, though, it’s worth comparing the fast adoption of the new tablet with the slower and tentative acceptance of the iPhone when it was introduced three years ago. The difference says as much about the coalescing of consumer and business wireless as the quality of the devices themselves.



Clearly, however, the market is expanding at a brisk pace with many new competitive tablets being introduced to the public. This slideshow highlights 12 of the newest tablet devices, in no special order.


12 Hot New Tablets Hitting the Market | ITBusinessEdge.com

It's no surprise that the iPad is finding support in the enterprise. It’s Apple and it’s cool. At a higher level, though, it’s worth comparing the fast adoption of the new tablet with the slower and tentative acceptance of the iPhone when it was introduced three years ago. The difference says as much about the coalescing of consumer and business wireless as the quality of the devices themselves.



Clearly, however, the market is expanding at a brisk pace with many new competitive tablets being introduced to the public. This slideshow highlights 12 of the newest tablet devices, in no special order.


Top 10 Security Questions to Ask Before Outsourcing Any IT | ITBusinessEdge.com

With IT organizations looking everywhere to cut costs, one area that gets a lot of attention is outsourcing. But just as there are security concerns with internal IT, so too are there security issues with external IT service providers. Here are 10 tough questions that IT organizations should be asking about their IT service providers.



Reference: http://www.itbusinessedge.com/cm/blogs/vizard/take-long-security-look-before-outsourcing-leap/?cs=43383


The Short Lifespan of a Tweet: Retweets Only Happen Within the First Hour

For some, Twitter is a social network and for others it is just a broadcast medium. Judging from the latest data from social media analytics and monitoring service Sysomos, for the majority of users, Twitter is indeed mostly a broadcast medium. After analyzing over 1.2 billion tweets, the Sysomos team found that only 29% of tweets actually produce a reaction - that is, a reply or a retweet. According to Sysomos, just 6% of all tweets are retweeted and these retweets have a very short lifespan. Virtually all retweets happen within the first hour after the original tweet.