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The exciting and also the maddening thing about working in the technology business is the frenetic pace […]

Unless you are in Las Vegas tossing dice in the craps pit or flipping cards […]

Maybe a better question is what should you expect from your I/T vendors and partners? […]

If there is any doubt as to the quality of products from Cisco, one must only examine the magnets that are included with the Catalyst 2960 and 3560 8-port compact switches.

TBL recognizes that for K-12 Information Technology Teams, “summer vacation” is really the “summer busy season” when major projects that cannot be done during the academic year are stuffed into a 90 day window.

“Stop the madness” has been a marketing moniker for several campaigns over the years, most notably in the 1980s during the Reagan administration as a slogan to drive an anti-drug message to kids. It has also been used to peddle diet strategies among other less altruistic endeavors. It seems to me that this phrase may be applicable to the I/T business as well.

The full phrase, penned by Democratic strategist James Carville, “It’s the economy, stupid” helped then candidate Bill Clinton shift the focus of the US electorate away from an immensely popular sitting president and his success in foreign affairs to the quandary of ordinary Americans as the US economy began to slip into recession. Fast forward almost 20 years, narrow the focus to the world of business and the Information Technology that supports it and the cry is still relevant…it’s the economy.

I read a blog post over at Windows IT Pro recently that prompted this post. Mr. Greg Shields asks the question “When was the last time you VMotion-ed?”

The iPad invasion has begun. While it is no secret that TBL has fully adopted the iPhone as the mobile device for its employees, the skepticism of the iPad being only a larger iPhone that doesn’t fit in one’s pocket very easily has been quickly forgotten by many at TBL.

The first regular TBL Virtual Golf Tournament was held today at our offices in Glen Allen.