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Forget About the Coming AI Apocalypse. We have Bigger Fish to Fry. How Did Tax Day Work Out for You?

Forget About the Coming AI Apocalypse. We have Bigger Fish to Fry. How Did Tax Day Work Out for You?

by John Pientka | Apr 24, 2018 | Cloud Marketplace, Consumerization of IT, Federal IT, Security, The Future of IT

Our government computer systems are so old they crash when Americans try to file their taxes. Worried about North Korea? Worry more about the senile machines launching our missiles. Houston we have a problem. AI will take our jobs. Google and Facebook will take our...
The Tech Titans are Crushing Our Freedoms! Our Democracy! Our Very Humanity!!! Oh…Get Over It.

The Tech Titans are Crushing Our Freedoms! Our Democracy! Our Very Humanity!!! Oh…Get Over It.

by John Pientka | Apr 17, 2018 | Cloud Marketplace, Compliance, Consumerization of IT, Digital Fluency, The Future of IT

Well the Zuckmeister has done his dance in front of Congress. Guess what? Nothing is going to happen, nothing ever does. Stop sweating it. History shows you’ll be fine. Zuck confirmed that most of our representatives don’t have a clue about how the internet or social...
AWS is Intimidating—but not in the way you think it is

AWS is Intimidating—but not in the way you think it is

by John Pientka | Apr 10, 2018 | CIO’s and the Future of IT, Cloud Marketplace, Cloud Myths, The Future of IT

No, not its size and growth, but its offerings and pricing. Thankfully, there is an alternative. AWS has hundreds of services with thousands of new functions and features added in just the last year alone. Pricing that is fiendishly complex and difficult to predict....
Greetings from Atlanta – a City Held Hostage

Greetings from Atlanta – a City Held Hostage

by John Pientka | Apr 3, 2018 | Cloud Marketplace, Consumerization of IT, Security, The Future of IT

What’s it like to live in a city under cyber siege? It’s surprisingly calm. The taps run, trash is collected, 911 works and planes land and takeoff. That’s what is scary. live in Atlanta where ransomware has locked out city officials, employees and constituents from...

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