Notes from the Consultant’s Jungle

The Smart Grid concept is getting a boost from the Obama administration in the form of (with matching of private sector funds) approximately $8B capital investment over the next three years.  The United States Department of Energy is making a number of Smart Grid publications widely available, and the funding attracted by Smart Grid is [...]

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Posted by Bob Landstrom
The attention and interest in netbooks has been on the sharp increase over the past six months.  A recent post in IT Business Edge makes the claim that netbook sales can be credited with the resiliency the PC market has had through the recent recession.
When one looks for the reasons why netbooks [...]

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The Internet is going mobile. ‘Big news, right? Well, with the open-access provisions attached to the auction of the 700 MHz spectrum, the continued success of open-source public VoIP applications, and open platforms such as Android and OpenMoko, things are really accelerating.
The auction of the 700 MHz spectrum comes with the requirement that the winning [...]

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By Carrisa Baptiste- Mobile Devices Consultant, Advocate Networks, LLC
It has been years since I’ve used a paper telephone book, I use yellowpages.com. Several of my friends have received their diplomas from online educational institutions. Let’s not forget my eleven year old nephew who has a cellular phone and uses the internet to connect with other [...]

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