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Green Computing

Have you spent much time wondering about green computing?  No, it is not taking your iPad with you to the Irish pub on St. Patricks day.  A good technology operations manager has to live and breathe green computing 24 hours a day.   We have to understand the implications to power and cooling… [ Keep reading ]

Tech Boss Banter

Welcome to Tech Boss Banter,  part of the Department of Information Technology’s Tech Talk blog.   Join us for a light-hearted view of technology management through the eyes of Department of Information Technology employee, Deb Schlenker,  Director – Computing Services.     With any luck it will be informative, thought provoking and fun!

Change

Change.    You can’t live with it and you can’t live without it.  Kind of like your smartphone, laptop, parents, spouses, children. . . well you get the point. However in the workplace you do have to live with change.  Changes can include a new technology, a new business process, a… [ Keep reading ]

Job Postings link

We will post current information security jobs we are aware of here.

Vulnerability in Windows Help and Support Center

New vulnerability in Help and Support Center is very dangerous and being exploited in the wild.

CTTAB June Agenda Now Available

The June agenda of the CTTAB monthly meeting are now available here. Also available are commitee reports, changes to committees and descriptions.

Wiki Tips & Tricks: Page Templates

Did you know that you can build a page once — just once — and then use that same page over and over in your wiki without building it again? Page templates can be a great way to save time and effort. Learn more about page templates. This tip originally… [ Keep reading ]

Seattle selected to participate in ‘Code for America’ fellowship program

Seattle has been named as one of the first cities that will participate in a new fellowship program to develop new applications for government transparency and participation. See more here.

iPhone App Turns Phone into Double-ended Language Translator

Dynamic Language, a translation and interpretation provider, has posted on their blog an interesting new application for the iPhone.  “Trying to communicate in a foreign language can feel more awkward than fast dancing during a slow song at a middle school dance. No one really understands what is going on,… [ Keep reading ]

CTTAB May minutes & reports available

The May minutes of the CTTAB monthly meeting are now available here.   Also available are commitee reports, changes to committees and descriptions.