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Budget Your IT using a Virtual CIO

Budgeting IT to Match Your Strategy

Following along from our last Episode-Technology Alignment and Planning The 2 Big Telecom Guys, Jeff Brodie and Rob Metras discuss how to budget Information technology expenses in this episode .

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Is Your Technology Aligned With Your Business Strategy ?

Align Your Technology with Your Strategy

Technology Alignment and Planning are discussed by the 2 BigTelecomGuys, Jeff Brodie and Rob Metras in this episode .

They discuss how you can integrate your computer networks, and communications technology and review the way you plan for your expenditures and business processes.

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Are You A Pirate ?

Software Planning ,Assurance, Licensing and Software Piracy are the topic of this Episode.

In this Episode Jeff Brodie and Rob Metras go over what software planning and licensing is ,why is it in place and the perils of Software Piracy both legal and operationally. They outline what the concept of software assurance means and how it can protect you from change and talk about the possibility of bulk licensing from such well-known and universally used software such as Microsoft.

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Technology Planning for Charities and Non-Profits

Technology planning is an important part of running business or non-profit or charity. In this Episode Jeff and Rob discuss the importance of a long term view of the organizations use of technology in the context of best practices, which do not necessarily cost much more.

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Charities and Non-Profits Can Maximize Technology

Meeting the technology needs of Charity & Non-profits is of particular interest to the 2 Big Telecom Guys. As both of us have been on boards of charities we see the bigger picture both of the organization and their funders. In this episode we talk about the skillsets that can be assisted by outside help in the planning and implementation of their operations from a technology standpoint.

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Bandwidth Explained

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In Episode 16 Rob and Jeff discuss bandwidth and what it means for you. Various definitions are supplied and then we have a discussion about the various ways you can connect to the Web. Jeff describes the evolution from dialup at 300baud to ISDN ,to ADSL, up to cable and wireless internet and T1 services. While the description of carriers is concentrated on the Greater Toronto area you should find the technical explanations applicable across the globe.

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Mobility- Anywhere and Everywhere

Episode15 is all about Mobility and what products are out there in the marketplace to let you run your business or practice from wherever you are, given cell access and wi-fi locations. That can include right in an office with your smartphone as your desktop set. The phone can have all the bells and whistles that a clunky desktop phone has but even more on the smartphone device, and that device can leave with you and go where you go seamlessly.

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Virtualization- What's In It For You

Virtualization is the topic for Episode 14. Rob and Jeff discuss the best integration strategies and tactics to make your business or office run faster, simpler, and with less hassle. Learn how you can have a Virtual-CIO (Chief Information Officer) at hand but not on your premises. We discuss Software as a Service (SaaS), Hardware as a Service (HaaS) and the concept of data protection on-site and off-site, using both physical devices and the Cloud.

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Cloud Computing- Whats Up There ?

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Episode 13 covers the relatively new area ,to small and medium size businesses, of Cloud Computing. We provide some definitions,uses for it and considerations for implementation. SaaS (Software as a Service is one of the uses for the Cloud as well as for scalable storage. This podcast itself is stored in the Cloud on Amazon's S3 Servers to enhance availabilty ,scalability and take the load off our regular server.

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Backups and Security -Preserve and Protect

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In Episode 11 we discuss the importance of having good backup and security systems. We discover what is available now in backups besides the old tape backup systems. Jeff explains virtualization, real-time backup, and secure offsite backup and we discuss the ways you can implement this technology today before the inevitable crash and burn happens. Learn how computer and network support prevent and protect you from peering eyes,spoof attacks,and viruses.

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