Andrew Packard is the regional director of the enterprise server and storage solutions group in Vancouver. [one or two sentences about Andrew Packard, what his interests are and what he likes to read about] Free Culture: The Nature and Future of Creativity by Lawrence Lessig. From Stanford law professor Lessig (Code; The Future of Ideas) comes this expertly argued, alarming and surprisingly entertaining look at the current copyright wars. Copyright law in the digital age … Read More …

‘Cloud’ is certainly a buzzword right now – and for good reason. It offers IT the greatest potential it’s had in a long time to be an innovative contributor to the business it supports. Historically the IT department has been a bottleneck for implementing change and has faced challenges with costs, agility and time-to-market. It simply takes too long to get a business idea into production. If 85% of the time is spent maintaining … Read More …

Is it possible that the internet is robbing us of our life experiences? I can think of several times when my own experiences of family time that were altered by my need to ‘stay connected’ to work and social activities through email and Facebook and the like. In my case, Facebook -- ironically, the tool to keep people connected -- caused me to socially detach from the people closest to me because I was … Read More …