Author Archives: bfitzhugh

Catching a Thief

Posted on February 13, 2012 by bfitzhugh

My Dad has an old farm shop that is now used irregularly by a relative who now farms in the area. Recently thieves have been boldly driving trucks in and stealing valuable old scrap metal that has accumulated on the … Continue reading →

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The coming war on general computation

Posted on February 12, 2012 by bfitzhugh

I’d intended to post this a while back when it came out, but other things got in the way. Regardless, Here is Cory Doctorow on the war on general purpose computing. It is a very well done talk, on a … Continue reading →

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Tribal knowledge, what is it?

Posted on December 9, 2011 by bfitzhugh

It’s things in your head now that you haven’t written down because you are reading this. It is the issue you resolved quickly yesterday that you told yourself, “That’s taken care of, no one will need to do that again”. … Continue reading →

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What do Those Exchange Recipient Icons Mean

Posted on October 11, 2011 by bfitzhugh

This is probably a “captain obvious” post, but I’ve never paid attention to the icons in the Exchange 2010 EMC.  Wondering what about their meaning, I searched around and figured it out: This icon simply means that the mailbox move … Continue reading →

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IT as a Service and Realistic Expectations

Posted on August 3, 2011 by bfitzhugh

The other month Read Write Web posed the question, “What is IT-as-a-Service and how do you determine its value for the enterprise?”  My response was: IT-as-a-service is yet another broadening phrase used to describe the commoditization of information technology resources. Over … Continue reading →

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