Daryl Plummer

G-Men #s 6 and 7. Click images to see larger view.

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Ever had a mobile phone and get a bill that was way, way more than you expected? You know what I mean. The day that bill for 700 dollars comes in and your eyes bug out of your head because you could swear (and in fact you do swear – at the customer service rep) [...]

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I state up front that I am not a primary telecommunications analyst – but I have friends who are (give me or Bob Hafner a call to discuss). But, in the last 6 months, I think I have either met with, or spoken with every major telecom provider in the world. They all have the [...]

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G-men #5: click the image for a larger view.

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So Cloud is about infrastructure, you say?
I am always amazed at how fast new concepts or topics get pigeon-holed into the same old discussions we have had for decades. Now it’s Cloud Computing’s turn. Since dealing with new things can be disruptive, IT organizations, and people in general, always seem to be looking for something [...]

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I finally got ’round to publishing my cartoon strip about computing. Click on the image to see a larger version. I hope you like it and I will try to post more at least three times per week. Formatting will also get better as I adjust image sizes. Enjoy, and comments are always welcome. Anyone [...]

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A recent sys-con article on Cloud Computing purports to present Twenty-One experts defining Cloud Computing. After reading it I was impressed by the list of experts but fought long and hard to find any actual definitions in the piece. To me, one of the biggest problems we have in IT is the vagueness and lack [...]

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On the day that Martin’s birth is celebrated and the day before the swearing in of America’s first black president, I am facing the dichotomies of two complementary worlds. One world is the world of a black man working in an industry predominantly peopled by non-black professionals. The other is the world of any man [...]

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I was driving my son to school this morning, dodging traffic cops, school buses, and the occasional jogging mother with a stroller for triplets when a news story came on the radio. It wasn’t a new topic nor even an unexpected one. But it got me to thinking. The story was about Steve Jobs taking [...]

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