FREE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY BLOG FOR PROFESSIONALS

It pays well to work in the computer and information technology (IT) field. According to the  U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics , that field will experience a bigger growth rate (11 percent) than the average growth rate for all occupations (4 percent) between 2019 and 2029. To make that percentage a bit more understandable, it means 531,200 new jobs will be created in the computer and IT field, most of which will end up in cloud computing, big data, and information security. Therefore, if you want to turn your love for technology into a money-making career, it’s wise to learn the concepts, skills, and technologies that will set you up for success in this field of work. Lucky for you, that’s precisely what this bundle of online courses will help you do. The 2021 All-In-One AWS, Cisco, & CompTIA Super Certification Bundle trains you to become an in-demand, top-notch tech professional with 22 classes on leading IT skills and technologies, including AWS, Cisco, and CompTIA. Norma...

Storage! Easily the undersung hero of the entire computer revolution (not to mention modernity itself), we rarely spare a thought for radical improvements in information technology that made the modern world possible. Here are our top contenders for the best storage mediums of all time: Amate / Parchment / Paper / Papyrus I’m going to cover amate, parchment, paper, and papyrus in the same entry. The distinctions are as follows: Amate is made from bark, typically from a ficus. Parchment is made from the prepared hides of untanned animals, papyrus is made by hammering strips of the Cyperus papyrus plant laid at right angles to each other into a single sheet, and paper is manufactured by breaking plant fibers before pressing, thereby avoiding papyrus’ tendency to separate and fall apart with repeated use. Each has advantages and disadvantages, but the big takeaway is this: Writing pretty much sucked before we invented the concept of portability. Anybody crazy about the idea of readi...

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has announced the United States will triple its operational weather and climate supercomputing capacity, and double its storage and interconnect speed, thanks to the installation of a pair of new Cray systems in Manassas, Virginia and Phoenix, Arizona in the next two years. The goal is to boost weather and climate forecast with more detailed, higher-resolution Earth models that will employ larger ensembles, advanced physics, and improved data assimilation, the NOAA said in a statement . Each new Cray machine will have a 12-petaflop capacity, meaning it can do 12 quadrillion floating-point operations per second (FLOPS). Neither Cray nor the NOAA has released any other specs, though, making it tough to evaluate just what kind of computing leap is involved. The NOAA did say the agency will have a 40-petaflop capacity when the new systems are combined with existing supercomputers in West Virginia, Tennessee, Mississippi, and Colo...

The Russian government is already working on its own version of the internet. Now, it may be preparing to deploy its own customized spyware applications as a mandatory component of the service. The Russian Parliament is debating a bill that would require all electronic equipment sold in Russia to carry specific Russian apps and services. The bill would apply to all electronic equipment in specific device categories, like smart TVs, computers, and smartphones. The goal of the bill is to “protect the interests of Russian Internet companies and will reduce the abuse by large foreign companies, working in the field of information technology,” ZDNet reports . If the bill passes, the Russian government will publish a list of electronic devices expected to be covered, along with a list of software that must be preloaded on them. Vendors that refuse to comply will be subject to repeated fines and eventually banned. The official explanation for this is that Russia wants to protect its local ...