Stories by Stacy Collett

Article | 5/04/2011 Five signs your IT career is stuck in a rut
In December 2007, a 49-year-old senior database administrator at a Chicago investment firm decided he couldn't take it anymore. Excessive hours and op...
Article | 23/03/2010 Are storage admins getting automated out of their jobs?
When it comes to job stability and pay, storage administrators had it made in 2009.
Article | 20/01/2010 How to tame printer chaos
Are you turning over every stone to find hidden savings? The Procter & Gamble Co. is, and it found millions of dollars -- all hidden under thousan...
Article | 30/12/2009 Forecast 2010: Cloud computing: Love it or hate it?
It seems that IT leaders are warming up to cloud computing, with its promise of elasticity, utility-based billing, multiple storage locations, and the...
Article | 6/01/2000 $US10m domain name bid a hoax
The $US10 million bid for the year2000.com domain name turned out to be a hoax - as well as at least four other bids above $2 million.
Article | 30/12/1999 Y2K evangelist seeks to cash in his URL for $US1M
After six years of creating awareness of possible Year 2000 glitches as the result of the date rollover from 1999 to 2000, Canadian computer consultan...
Article | 21/10/1999 Britannica.com site shuts out first-day surfers
Hours after Encyclopaedia Britannica announced its new, free Web content yesterday, the site went down.
Article | 20/10/1999 Encyclopaedia Britannica launches free Web site
For the first time, Encyclopaedia Britannica is offering its Web site content for free and has spun off its online and digital products into a separat...
Article | 5/07/1999 Dell lays plans for life beyond the desktop
Michael Dell is adamant that the PC market has a bright future. But unobtrusively, Dell Computer is laying the groundwork for new ventures that will t...

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