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After reading WIkinomics, I decided its time to get back to blogging about tech again.  Wikinomics is a book that we can all learn something from.   The book describes the trend of mass collaboration and how the tools or “Weapons of Mass Collaboration” are allowing companies to innovate faster, cheaper, and better.  Wikinomics teaches us that the open source model is not the taboo that once was, but an economical alternative to the vendor lock in that the large software houses seek to impose on fat enterprise budgets (read Microsoft, Oracle, SAP).

Companies and the Government are awaking to see that enterprise software doesnt always have to be a $10 million compromise of the IT budget and for good reason.  Many times, the functionality required for a project can be discovered and implemented using an existing Open Source platform.

WIkinomics describes how systems that were built with Peer Production or “Pro-sumer” input has created vibrant user driven communities that surpass the technical support you would pay for from a “big 3″ vendor (MS, ORACLE, SAP).

The bottom line?  Software should not be a top heavy budget item.  With the proper assistance, companies and government agencies can successfully adopt open source platforms and dramatically increase their ROI.

You can buy the book here: http://www.amazon.com/Wikinomics-Mass-Collaboration-Changes-Everything/dp/1591841933/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1207324794&sr=8-1

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My neighbor recently acquired a used Dell inspiron laptop which became infected with the now well known and documented AntiVirus2009 Internet explorer malware.

The AntiVirus2009 program malicously attacks a user IE web browser and attempts to extort money from it’s victims. Cleverly disguised as an ad that you are infected; av2009 tricks users into believing they have to pay $70 to remove the “virus”.

The best defense is ensuring you have an up to date mailcous software detector installed. While symantec and mcafee are great; adAware by lavasoft and Spybot are great AND free.

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Yes, I am a believer.  WordPress can be used to build a corporate web site.  Within a week, IRT can not only build your site to your specifications, we can train you how to manage your web site.  No more late calls to a web developer.  If you can send email, you can update a WordPress site.

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After a download of a WordPress app i’m taking my site mobile. Yes, I can now update this site from the palm of my hands.

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Goodby 2008, hello 2009.  This will be my new place to expose my thoughts and discoveries Web 2.0-3.0, Open Source Tech (LAMP), and other musings as necessary.  I will welcome all comments and suggestions.

This first post is the result of launching into WordPress, quite possibly the best invention since GoogleMaps.  I am looking forward to empowering businesses through internet technologies.   After working with Joomla, I do believe that WordPress is smoother thus far…

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