Comments for The Portable Consultant http://theportableconsultant.com/blog ECM infrastructure architecture... and unrelated matters. Wed, 09 Jul 2008 11:13:44 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 Comment on The Portable Consultant gets portable with Lexar Lightning & PowerToGo by pmh http://theportableconsultant.com/blog/2006/10/24/lexar-lightning-and-powertogo/#comment-16264 pmh Thu, 19 Jun 2008 11:02:46 +0000 http://theportableconsultant.com/blog/2006/10/24/lexar-lightning-and-powertogo/#comment-16264 Thanks for the update, Ronald. In the interest of covering all the alternatives I would add that free open source alternatives to both Creedo and Argo are available: PortableApps.com is a great option. Another commercial option for those interested in a high level of security and privacy is Iron Key: IronKey.com -pmh Thanks for the update, Ronald.

In the interest of covering all the alternatives I would add that free open source alternatives to both Creedo and Argo are available: PortableApps.com is a great option.

Another commercial option for those interested in a high level of security and privacy is Iron Key: IronKey.com
-pmh

]]> Comment on The Portable Consultant gets portable with Lexar Lightning & PowerToGo by Ronald Adams http://theportableconsultant.com/blog/2006/10/24/lexar-lightning-and-powertogo/#comment-16136 Ronald Adams Tue, 17 Jun 2008 18:34:31 +0000 http://theportableconsultant.com/blog/2006/10/24/lexar-lightning-and-powertogo/#comment-16136 PowerToGo is a rebranded version of Ceedo, which is an application virtualization solution from Ceedo Technologies, LTD, an Israel-based company. In all honesty, while Ceedo does have its shortcomings - nothing being perfect - it is the best portable applications environment available today. Take U3 for example: All applications must be specially packaged in order to be able to run from a U3 smart drive. PortableApps.com is fine if all you need is a suite of open source applications. MojoPac is useless for any kind of computer consultant because it needs admin privileges to run on the host, and it will not run in Vista. If, however, you wish to run such applications as MS Office, Photoshop, etc, or wish to install any of a multitude of freeware and commercial applications available today, Ceedo is the way to go. "Install Anything" has been renamed. It is now known as Argo. Also, it no longer costs $30. A license for both Ceedo and Argo together costs a mere $39.00, which is a huge savings over purchasing both applications separately. With Ceedo and Argo, you now have .msi support, .NET support is slated for the next release, and you can run just about any application, be it for productivity, diagnostics, surfing the Internet, or whatever from within the Ceedo environment. Ceedo works in Win2K, XP and Vista, and does not require admin privileges to do so. I have worked in the computer industry for almost a decade, and can say without a doubt that Ceedo makes my life much easier. A lot has changed with Ceedo since this article was written. I'd recommend Ceedo to anybody who wants to take their computing environment on the road with them. PowerToGo is a rebranded version of Ceedo, which is an application virtualization solution from Ceedo Technologies, LTD, an Israel-based company.

In all honesty, while Ceedo does have its shortcomings - nothing being perfect - it is the best portable applications environment available today.

Take U3 for example: All applications must be specially packaged in order to be able to run from a U3 smart drive.

PortableApps.com is fine if all you need is a suite of open source applications.

MojoPac is useless for any kind of computer consultant because it needs admin privileges to run on the host, and it will not run in Vista.

If, however, you wish to run such applications as MS Office, Photoshop, etc, or wish to install any of a multitude of freeware and commercial applications available today, Ceedo is the way to go.

“Install Anything” has been renamed. It is now known as Argo. Also, it no longer costs $30. A license for both Ceedo and Argo together costs a mere $39.00, which is a huge savings over purchasing both applications separately.

With Ceedo and Argo, you now have .msi support, .NET support is slated for the next release, and you can run just about any application, be it for productivity, diagnostics, surfing the Internet, or whatever from within the Ceedo environment.

Ceedo works in Win2K, XP and Vista, and does not require admin privileges to do so.

I have worked in the computer industry for almost a decade, and can say without a doubt that Ceedo makes my life much easier.

A lot has changed with Ceedo since this article was written. I’d recommend Ceedo to anybody who wants to take their computing environment on the road with them.

]]> Comment on Oracle, Link Rot, and the Library of Alexandria by oracle hyperion connection http://theportableconsultant.com/blog/2008/02/13/oracle_link_rot_and_library_of_alexandria/#comment-12047 oracle hyperion connection Thu, 15 May 2008 16:01:17 +0000 http://theportableconsultant.com/blog/2008/02/13/oracle_link_rot_and_library_of_alexandria/#comment-12047 [...] knowledge. link rot Over time, especially Internet time, web links break. It??s a part of the naturhttp://theportableconsultant.com/blog/2008/02/13/oracle_link_rot_and_library_of_alexandria/Creating a Hyperion EssbaseAnalytic Server Cube ? Business ...On to the right is the Analytic [...] […] knowledge. link rot Over time, especially Internet time, web links break. It??s a part of the naturhttp://theportableconsultant.com/blog/2008/02/13/oracle_link_rot_and_library_of_alexandria/Creating a Hyperion EssbaseAnalytic Server Cube ? Business …On to the right is the Analytic […]

]]> Comment on It’s about ‘fair use’, Mr. Minister by Kenneth Lawson http://theportableconsultant.com/blog/2008/01/05/fair-use-mr-minister/#comment-6996 Kenneth Lawson Sat, 29 Mar 2008 03:55:59 +0000 http://theportableconsultant.com/blog/2008/01/05/fair-use-mr-minister/#comment-6996 it looks to me like the Canadian government is as clueless as the US about DRM and consumer rights. My interest is in consumer rights in relation to fair use and the negative effect DRM will have on the average consumer who isn't that well versed in tech and don't really care how stuff works and just wants it to works.and suddenly things the did work don't and DRM is not letting do what they used to. I think you will find my blog interesting in that I deal with issues related to DRM that aren't often thought of,, until its too late. http://kenenthlawson.blogspot.com/ it looks to me like the Canadian government is as clueless as the US about DRM and consumer rights. My interest is in consumer rights in relation to fair use and the negative effect DRM will have on the average consumer who isn’t that well versed in tech and don’t really care how stuff works and just wants it to works.and suddenly things the did work don’t and DRM is not letting do what they used to.

I think you will find my blog interesting in that I deal with issues related to DRM that aren’t often thought of,, until its too late.

http://kenenthlawson.blogspot.com/

]]> Comment on MySQL acquisition by Sun Microsystems good for Open Source? by pmh http://theportableconsultant.com/blog/2008/01/28/mysql-acquisition-by-sun/#comment-4907 pmh Wed, 13 Feb 2008 21:32:44 +0000 http://theportableconsultant.com/blog/2008/01/28/mysql-acquisition-by-sun/#comment-4907 Good point! It raises the age-old question of whether Sun is a hardware company or a software company. -pmh Good point!

It raises the age-old question of whether Sun is a hardware company or a software company.

-pmh

]]> Comment on MySQL acquisition by Sun Microsystems good for Open Source? by krishna http://theportableconsultant.com/blog/2008/01/28/mysql-acquisition-by-sun/#comment-4601 krishna Tue, 05 Feb 2008 17:41:01 +0000 http://theportableconsultant.com/blog/2008/01/28/mysql-acquisition-by-sun/#comment-4601 It is to be seen how SUN can monetize the acquisition but they would have a hard time pitching the database to larger firms, even though they are already their clients It is to be seen how SUN can monetize the acquisition but they would have a hard time pitching the database to larger firms, even though they are already their clients

]]> Comment on It’s about ‘fair use’, Mr. Minister by Randyw http://theportableconsultant.com/blog/2008/01/05/fair-use-mr-minister/#comment-3796 Randyw Sun, 06 Jan 2008 03:20:11 +0000 http://theportableconsultant.com/blog/2008/01/05/fair-use-mr-minister/#comment-3796 Most people do not get technology. They use it with out understanding how it changes the world for good or ill. Entertainment is a powerful force in culture not business. Are Canadian politicians making good decisions? Will they be influenced by money changing hands? Politicians juggling too many points of view from so many special interest groups reminds me of the quote "as for laws and sausages you do not want to know what goes into making either of them" Are these issues going to win elections? not likely. So they remain hen scratch on queue cards of early morning TV. Most people do not get technology. They use it with out understanding how it changes the world for good or ill. Entertainment is a powerful force in culture not business. Are Canadian politicians making good decisions? Will they be influenced by money changing hands? Politicians juggling too many points of view from so many special interest groups reminds me of the quote “as for laws and sausages you do not want to know what goes into making either of them” Are these issues going to win elections? not likely. So they remain hen scratch on queue cards of early morning TV.

]]> Comment on New theme: take 1 by pmh http://theportableconsultant.com/blog/2007/10/05/new-theme-take-1/#comment-2315 pmh Thu, 08 Nov 2007 01:54:01 +0000 http://theportableconsultant.com/blog/2007/10/05/new-theme-take-1/#comment-2315 Hmm... the date is in the bar overhead, but the time is at the head of the post. I guess they should be together... especially since I hardly ever post more than once per day. -pmh Hmm… the date is in the bar overhead, but the time is at the head of the post. I guess they should be together… especially since I hardly ever post more than once per day.
-pmh

]]> Comment on New theme: take 1 by Randy Wilson http://theportableconsultant.com/blog/2007/10/05/new-theme-take-1/#comment-2305 Randy Wilson Wed, 07 Nov 2007 19:50:42 +0000 http://theportableconsultant.com/blog/2007/10/05/new-theme-take-1/#comment-2305 You do not have posting date... You do not have posting date…

]]> Comment on Uniform Server and XAMPP by Fred http://theportableconsultant.com/blog/2007/09/16/uniform-server-and-xampp/#comment-1568 Fred Mon, 24 Sep 2007 09:42:42 +0000 http://theportableconsultant.com/blog/2007/09/16/uniform-server-and-xampp/#comment-1568 Have a look at Wrike. http://www.wrike.com/ I fell in love at first sight :) Saves me hours! Have a look at Wrike. http://www.wrike.com/ I fell in love at first sight :)
Saves me hours!

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