Are YOU Staying Current?

--Google Inc. is enhancing its Google Maps service with a new Street View feature that allows you to view crisp, navigable photos of roads in nine major cities across the U.S., including San Francisco, New York, San Diego and Denver. (To see the full list, go to maps.google.com and click the Street View link on the upper-right corner.)

--Virtualization technology, which allows multiple operating systems to run different applications on a single computer, has caught the attention of IT managers for its promise to let them better manage and utilize corporate IT resources. However, warns some IT managers and security researchers, the emerging technology also makes corporate systems far more vulnerable to hackers. (http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9031738&source=NLT_AM&nlid=1)

--Microsoft and Cisco: Product Promises
The tech giants' new spirit of cooperation is promising, but CEOs Ballmer and Chambers say making the alliance work will be difficult. (http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/aug2007/tc20070820_282297.htm)

--When a Laptop Is Too Much to Lug... (http://www.businessweek.com/technology/content/aug2007/tc2007087_626340.htm?chan=search)

The above are just some examples of things changing around us...that CAN and DO impact the work we do for Conservation. I've suggested in the past that all of us have a responsibility to stay in tune with Technology changes AND how those changes can and do impact what we do.

I'm planning/expecting to see many goals come trickling in for FY `08 that relate to this task. I'm anxious to see how each of you will bridge this gap between just supporting the technology to actually becoming more proactive on this front. Let's give this some serious thought and put that thought effort into some of your goals for the work year.

TAFN