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Wow, I found the article I attached at the bottom of this blog interesting. This is a snapshot into the future you are heading towards being a strong part of with having stepped foot as a student into the program here at PC ProSchools.

The reason this article is a great read, is that Microsoft is adding huge datacenter establishments around the U.S. and some places around the world where they can handle the amount of future growth Microsoft is going to see dealing with internet searches as well as cloud computing, while still focusing on access to water for cooling, ample electricity to power the facility, and also being environmentally conscious. Microsoft is adding these datacenters by the “truckload”. I put that word in quotes because they are actually getting fully functional server builds within racking systems and compartment cooling in a truck container so instead of the tedious work it can take just to install one server at a time and to also maintain them from a hardware aspect, it will take to much time and money to control. Now before your mind wanders to say, “How will this reduction in hands on with the hardware work for me?” Well to answer that, within the IT industry, all companies try to find more productive ways as well as lowering the bottom line when it comes to costs, there are so many opportunities that come of the changes in others form of light we may not know of as of yet. Now you may not be one of the lucky ones to be able to administer the physical devices because of the reduction in personnel needed to operate the equipment by working at this datacenter location, imagine you being able to administer services that are on these servers and from an entirely different location all together. One of the key things to point out in the article is at the very end stating that the protocols being used are over 30 years old. This is straight from the article.

“When you think about large-scale data centers there are a number of limitations in the technology,” he said. “Some of the network protocols were designed years ago…Some are 30 years old.”

You should view this as ground floor opportunity if you would like to be someone that can come up with the solutions the industry will be asking for. Who knows, you may be one of the individuals that will change the way the internet sends data across it because you came up with that exact new solution, and you will make a big name for yourself, and possibly the money we would all dream of making in an overnight idea.

So go ahead and read this article and keep in mind, this can be viewed as career sustainability. Just to finalize my thoughts here, Remember that technology changes a lot, and more importantly that is changes quickly. So when we adapt to it, we will all benefit. And also, you are going through 6 months of classes to understand Microsoft’s operating system and server systems, which will put you right in line for any possible opportunities with a leading company, or even Microsoft.

Here is the link:  http://news.cnet.com/8301-13860_3-10020902-56.htm l

Google Chrome is a web browser released by Google which uses the WebKit layout engine and application framework. It was first released as a beta version for Microsoft Windows on September 2, 2008, and the public stable release was on December 11, 2008. The name is derived from the graphical user interface frame, or “chrome”, of web browsers.

It’s been a little over a year since its release and Google reports that over 30 million people use it regularly. Google designed Google Chrome for people who live on the web – searching for information, checking e-mail, catching up on the news, shopping or just staying in touch with friends. The operating systems that browsers run on were designed in an era where there was no web. On July 7, 2009 Google announced a new project that’s a natural extension of Google Chrome – the Google Chrome operating system.

Google Chrome OS is an open source, lightweight operating system that will initially be targeted at net books. Google Chrome OS will be available for consumers in the second half of 2010.

Speed, simplicity and security are the key aspects of Google Chrome OS. Google is designing the OS to be fast and lightweight, to start up and get you onto the web in a few seconds. The user interface is minimal to stay out of your way, and most of the user experience takes place on the web. Just like Google Chrome browser, Google is going back to the basics and completely redesigning the underlying security architecture of the OS so that users don’t have to deal with viruses, malware and security updates.

Google Chrome OS will run on both X86 as well as ARM chips and they are working with multiple OEMs to bring a number of netbooks to market next year. All web based applications will automatically work and new applications can be written using your favorite web technologies. The apps will run not only on Google Chrome OS, but on any standard based browser on Windows, Mac and Linux thereby giving developers the largest user base of any platform.

Google Chrome OS is being created for people who spend most of their time on the web, and is being designed to power computers ranging from small netbooks too full size desktop systems.

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What do you consider makes a person computer literate?  I worked with a person at one time who thought there was no reason for him to learn anything about computers.  Although some of the services we were working with required loading software on to server computers or adding computers that contained the software to a clients network.  We also had other hardware that required to be programmed through the use of a laptop. Unbelievably, he still works for that company.

Now knowing how every instruction is executed by the processor is probably not required to be considered a master of the keyboard, some basic skills are a must.  I found the following article on-line.

Computing: Here’s what you need to learn to be computer literate | Computing | Chron.com – Houston Chronicle

Now that you have read the article, what do you think?  What computer skills do you think a person needs to know?  If you have any comments or ideas you would like to add, post them in the Student Forum in the General Discussion area.