673_ Fabulous teachers, a keen interest in math and science lead to an IT career
Terry Morreale introduces us to yet another Woman in IT. We're talking to Professor Elizabeth Jessup, Computer Sciences Department at CU. For some, their career path is pretty straightforward. Terry asked, "How did you get to Professor in the Computer Sciences Dept at CU?" "It was a long and convoluted route. In high school I became interested in math and science, I had fabulous teachers. I went on to college where I was a math major, but I also took a lot of physics." Today she teaches numerical computing. When asked what type of research she did, Liz explained that computers in general can't represent numbers exactly. Larry was very surprised. "The first main issue is how to get the right answer on a computer. There are standards in place so you don't have to worry... but scientists do. The second issue is how to get the right answer in a reasonable amount of time. We're always interested in speeding up the process." Terry asked if Liz noticed a difference in student enrollments for computer sciences. As suspected they're down but much worse for women. "It's cyclical, but at the high point women represented 35% down to single digits today." Liz thinks working on the curriculum can help - she's had success in the past. Listen now for more insights...
Related Links: Barking Seal Blog || Applied Trust || Women in IT || Liz Jessup || w3w3.com Blog || Keywords: Elizabeth Jessup, Terry Morreale, Applied Trust Engineering, ATE, Barking Seal, CU, Computer Sciences > Channels: WiIT Bytes: 13526834 LISTEN 6/8/09 LISTEN

669_ Come See Applied Trust's Engineers and the Barking Seal Off-leash
Trent Hein and Ned McClain, co-founders of Applied Trust Engineering who also co-authored the, " LINUX Administration Handbook" (Second Edition) have launched a new series called, "Dear Ned...I'm in over my head". In this first issue they discuss the Conflicker Worm. They said, "There are new things about this worm that make it interesting and others that make it the same old game. We've had malware like viruses and worms around over the past 20 years now. In fact this past fall we celebrated the anniversary of the Morris Internet worm, one of the first major malware to spread over the Internet. Unlike viruses and worms of the past, this one is controlled by a human or group. It might have appeared that nothing happened April 1st, but if your computer is infected, your computer is controlled. What are the implications of this? Your computer data could be wiped off - erased or your computer can be controlled and used in a malicious manner. What can you do? Best practices for keeping your machine healthy, 1. Virus protection, but that's not enough. 2. Do your monthly updates and patches...listen for more. Come See Applied Trust's Engineers Off-leash! IT infrastructure engineers are a unique breed and Applied Trust's herd is no exception. Whether it's esoteric technical details about an application security vulnerability, or hints on how to squeeze a little extra performance out of your server, you'll read honest, from-the-trenches commentary on the Barking Seal blog.
Related Links: Barking Seal Blog || Applied Trust || Women in IT || Find It Page || Keywords: Dear Ned, Applied Trust Engineering, ATE, Ned McClain, Trent Hein, Conflicker Worm, Virus Protection, Malware, Barking Seal, > Channels: ATE Dear Ned Bytes: 6467503 - 6/1/09 LISTEN

672_ Colorado Companies to Watch – Growing and Creating Jobs
"However many billions the federal government is pumping into the economy, one truth rings clear: It will be business that will lift the country out of the doldrums and thrust it forward into the 21st century," says Colorado Biz Magazine. Larry talked with Stephanie Steffens, who gives us an overview of an exciting new program 'Colorado Companies to Watch' recognizing second stage companies all over the state of Colorado. She said, "In addition to the gala event on the 25th of June, we're also going to recognize these companies through a year-long program called 'This Week's Company to Watch' where we spend a week highlighting that company, press releases, interviews, attention and recognition, and we will do that every week for 50 weeks. An example of one of the resources is the partnership with ACG Denver. This is about all the companies in Colorado that are growing, creating jobs, developing valuable products and services, and a lot of times creating brand new industries. These are incredible companies that make a huge impact in our state, day after day; fly under the radar, nobody knows they're there - but they're plugging away and creating a huge number of jobs. On June 25th all 50 companies will be receiving awards.
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671_ There is a positive light at the end of the tunnel for the IT sector
Larry sat down and talked with Carl Fitch, CEO of Statera and Laura Gordon. Carl and Laura are co-chairs of the 9th Annual CSIA Apex Awards. They started out discussing an overview of the IT industry in terms of its position today. Carl pointed out that there was a great deal of pulling back in the first quarter of 2009. Now he is seeing the light at the end of the tunnel as there is more activity. He suspects that it will recover, but it will be 2010 before we see a full recovery. Laura pointed out that she has seen many that have lost their job, and others in the corporate environment are beginning to start their own companies. There are many motivations for the spurt in entrepreneurism including the opportunity to implement ideas that couldn't be done in the corporate environment. Their discussion about the Apex Awards and how the corporate and individual nominees along with the judging process was very insightful. The date of the 9th annual Apex Awards is June 9, 2009.
Related Links: Apex Awards || Statera || Software Channel || Find It || Keywords: Carl Fitch, Statera, Laura Gordon, CSIA, Apex Awards, Software, IT Industry, Entrepreneurs - 6/8/09 > Bytes: 13421821 LISTEN

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676_ Dear Ned, I saw your blog recommending setting data center thermostats to 75°
We couldn't help but ask, "Do you really do that? And if so, how's that working out?" Ned and Trent got into a very eye-opening discussion. Ned McClain and Trent Hein, co-founders of Applied Trust Engineering have launched a new series called, "Dear Ned...I'm in over my head". Ned went onto say, "We really care about the environment - we're concerned about conservation and using the least amount of energy needed to do business in our normal ways, but overall in this economic environment we should all be concerned about saving money. Turning up the thermostat in your data center can save a lot of cost on cooling and air conditioning. This heating, ventilation, air-conditioning cost is a tremendous part of data centers. Sometimes 50% of all the energies you spend on your data centers isn't running the computers but is keeping those computers cool. We visit a lot of data centers that were built in the 70's,80's or 90's and computers built in the 70's really needed to be kept cold. But computers built in the late 90's or 2000's have a lot more tolerance for heat. So when you walk into a data center that's really cold and you see only modern hardware, there's a gap there. Those folks are probably operating with 1980's practices for keeping their data centers at 70°F or lower when in fact they could probably turn it up 5 or 10 or more degrees and save 100s or thousands of dollars each year. Then they talk about Google...
Related Links: Barking Seal Blog || Applied Trust || Women in IT || Dear Ned || Keywords: Data Center, Ned McClain, Trent Hein, Applied Trust Engineering, ATE, Barking Seal, Dear Ned > Channels: Dear Ned Bytes: 13526834 LISTEN 6/15/09 LISTEN

675_ Event Photos around the Business & Technology Community
CSIA: Apex Awards - RVC: The Entrepreneurial Frontier - Bard Center: Business Plan Competition - SFC: Feld-Weiser One-on-One - ACG Denver Speaker: Roy Dimoff Viawest - Ernst & Young: Entrepreneur Finalists - CORE: Distinguished Speakers Series - BCBR: Mercury 100 - RVC: Colorado Capital Conference - NCWIT: Conference at Google - NCWIT: Symonds Innovator Award - ACG: Speaker, Thomas Richards, Qwest - And many more. Click on album cover to view the entire album...click to enlarge...or view as a slide show. Click here to view: - 6/15/09

Silicon Flatirons Passing of the Baton Ceremony
@ Wittemeyer Courtroom, Wolf Law Building
June 16, 2009, 6:30pm
Sponsored by Communication Technology Professionals (CTP)

Please join Silicon Flatirons as we recognize Phil Weiser's service and welcome Dale Hatfield's leadership at the Passing of the Baton Ceremony. A reception will follow. Registration

674_ Feld-Weiser: One-on-One Feld on Work-Life Balance


For entrepreneurs, lawyers and other professionals, work-life balance is often a topic that individuals plan on thinking about when they have time. Phil Weiser, Professor of Law and Telecommunications engages in a discussion with Brad Feld, Managing Partner, Foundry Group, about a topic that is very elusive for many entrepreneurs. Brad said, "This topic took me 15 years, a failed first marriage, and my current wife (Amy Batchelor) almost calling it quits for me to realize that I had to figure out what 'work-life balance' meant to me." This recognition lead to Brad's commitment to a series of rules, which evolved into a set of habits that include: 1. Spend time away; 2. Life dinner; 3. Segment space; 4. Be present; 5. Meditate. Notably, Brad's view on life-work balance is not that working hard is not important; it's that "balance improves the quality/quantity of work that you can get done and you become more effective at accomplishing stuff." Listen to the entire Feld & Weiser, One-on-One on Work-Life Balance. LISTEN
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