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About Ian Carnaghan

I am a full-time software developer and part-time instructor, teaching undergraduate technology classes. In my spare time I do some freelance web development work.

Security Concerns with Outsourcing IT Services

March 2, 2011 By 8 Comments
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Outsourcing has become very common in recent years, especially in the field of Information Technology. So that companies can focus more on their core business, it makes sense to outsource many of their IT services and work to external organizations. In addition to this, quite often outsourcing can provide a cheaper means of labor if sent off shore, which enables the company to reduce costs and remain competitive. There are however security concerns with outsourcing IT services, some of which … [Read more...]

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Coldfusion 9 and IIS

March 1, 2011 By 5 Comments
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I have been developing in ColdFusion for a while locally using the built in web server. Recently at work several of the projects I am involved with moved to an IIS production server. In order to test fully in my local environment I needed to install IIS and setup ColdFusion to use it as the server instead of its built in version. I ran into a few problems trying to figure this out so I decided to write a blog post of the process in case it is of help to others who need to do the same thing. … [Read more...]

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What exactly is Cyberspace and Cybersecurity?

February 28, 2011 By 9 Comments
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There has been a lot of buzz around the web in recent years regarding information assurance and cybersecurity especially with an increasing trend in cyber attacks and intrusions.  UMUC just recently started several cybersecurity degree and certificate programs in the fall of 2010.  Over the next few weeks articles will be posted here related to cybersecurity, starting with answering the basic question of what the terms cyberspace and cybersecurity mean. The term cyberspace was originally … [Read more...]

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Aptana acquired by Appcelerator

January 18, 2011 By 4 Comments
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Aptana, the company behind the popular programming Integrated Development Environment (IDE) Aptana Studio, announced today that they have been acquired by Appcelerator. Aptana has been the choice for many web development professionals for quite some time. It is an advanced open source programming environment built on the very well established Eclipse platform that has advanced greatly in recent years. Their IDE provides advanced functionality for developing HTML, CSS and Javascript … [Read more...]

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New Joomla 1.6 Pushes Enterprise Level Features

January 18, 2011 By 2 Comments
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The new version of the popular Joomla Content Management System (CMS) was released early last week and has already reached over 115k in downloads. 1.6 has been in the making for some time and earlier beta versions have been tested over the last few month. The first release candidate (RC1) was made available for download on December 14th, 2010. Among the many new features that have arrived in this new version come finer access controls, improvements in content categories and removal of the … [Read more...]

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Get the Latest on ColdFusion at CFHour

January 13, 2011 By 1 Comment
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One of the challenges of having a long commute to work is finding new and interesting ways to make the morning and evening drives more interesting. Over the last year I have found the perfect answer by subscribing to podcasts that I am interested in, which have also served to advance my own personal development and education. Much of my professional work involves programming large databases backed web systems using the Adobe ColdFusion. Last summer I discovered CFHour, which is a weekly … [Read more...]

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MySpace More Layoffs and Reflecting on What Went Wrong

January 12, 2011 By 7 Comments
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Last July, Inside the Webb reported on new changes coming to MySpace in an effort to streamline the overall design of the social networking giant. As reported at the time, the changes were long overdue, however overhauling such a large organization was no easy task. The once reigning king of the social networking world has suffered in recent years and failed to keep up with the Facebook phenomenon. Techcrunch reported only a few hours ago that the MySpace has cut 47 percent of staff (nearly … [Read more...]

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