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Giving up the ghost: Is privacy just an illusion?

Posted by Michele Marius | 8 Feb 2011 | Caribbean, Content, ICT/Tech, Telecoms

Unless you have been living under a rock for the past few months, the public release of classified military and diplomatic information by Wikileaks has spurred widespread controversy and raised questions on transparency and confidentiality. Further, last month, the media reported that courts in the United States were increasingly granting access to private posts on Facebook in civil proceedings. These unrelated incidences, among others, are suggesting that the protection that had been accorded to matters deemed “private” is eroding…

10 things to consider before you migrate to cloud services

Posted by Michele Marius | 4 Feb 2011 | Caribbean, Computing, ICT/Tech, Internet

In an earlier post, “Is it really in the Clouds? How 5 stated trends in Cloud Computing really stack up”, we examined some of the hype and predictions surrounding cloud computing. While cloud services might appear to benefit to you or your organisation, there are important issues that should be considered before a final decision is made.

We have achieved lower rates and improved access to telecoms services… now what?

Posted by Michele Marius | 1 Feb 2011 | Caribbean, Telecoms

The state of telecoms in the Caribbean has changed drastically over the last 10 to 12 years. In most countries we now enjoy significantly lower rates, increased access to and better quality of services, but is that the all we should expect? Where next should we set our horizons?

The Changing Face of the IT Tech

Posted by Michele Marius | 28 Jan 2011 | Computing, ICT/Tech, Lists, Networking

For those of us who have worked in organisations with IT Techs on staff, we tend to have a grudging respect for them. We are thrilled they are around to solve our IT problem, and to perform system maintenance activities at times convenient to us. On the other hand, we are somewhat suspicious about all the time they sometime seem to have on their hands – to play solitaire, download music and movies, etc. However, times have been changing, even in the Caribbean, and the role of the IT Tech is not what is used to be.

Evolving Over the Long Term: Considerations towards implementing LTE

Posted by Michele Marius | 25 Jan 2011 | broadband, ICT/Tech, Internet, Mobile, Spectrum, wireless

“LTE” is one of those terms that has been generating giddy excitement in the telecoms/mobile space: both its potential to change the mobile landscape as we know it and the reasons why mobile carriers must adopt it. Talk, however, is already moving away from LTE, to “LTE Advanced”, but many of us don’t even know what LTE is in the first place and what it might take to realise it…

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We have achieved lower rates and improved access to telecoms services… now what?

The Changing Face of the IT Tech

Evolving Over the Long Term: Considerations towards implementing LTE

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