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Technology Short Take #44

Scott Lowe

Some argue that tight integration is required; others point to streaming video services and VoIP running across the Internet and insist that no integration or interaction is needed. Cloud Computing/Cloud Management. Preston Bannister took a look at cloud application backup in OpenStack. Operating Systems/Applications.

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- Downtrends in City Tech

Chief Seattle Greek Blog

These include budgets, staffing of IT units, disaster recovery, “big” projects, travel and training. Steve Reneker, CIO of Riverside reports his City cut its technology staffing from 72 to 55 people and scrapped a VoIP project. Particularly troubling are reductions in disaster planning.