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As an HR Technologist it is de rigueur to attend the best HR Technology conference of the year. So, this week I will be at the HR Technology Conference in Chicago. If you see me passing by on the show floor or in one of the many sessions, stop and say hi. I will also try to do some live tweeting of the sessions when possible. Have a good week everyone and hope to meet some of you in Chicago.
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I posted this tweet recently trying to get some help from my expert tweeps:
Here are some of the responses I received:
“Ignore it. 
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“Just say no!”
“I have ignored requests from persons I was less than happy to recommend. Nothing nice to say, say nothing!”
“I shan’t do the requested recommendation.”
“ignore it & pretend like you never saw it OR be honest & tell them know u don’t feel comfortable endorsing anyone (not personal).”
“Request for rec if exp not ++? Declne the opportunity. How blunt you can be depends on your relationship w/the person then & now.”
“I’d say ‘I don’t think the nature of our business dealings allowed me to see you in your best light’ and politely decline”
I’m direct, so on Linkedin I’d say “Due to our experience together, I may not be the best person to endorse your work product”
And finally this suggestion from the ever helpful @SteveBoese:
“C’mon man, just write the recommendation, I’ll buy you a beer in Chicago if you do ”
So, help a guy out and add a comment with how you would handle the recommendation request. Inquiring minds want to know and I know you want to tell me…
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I have been dismayed recently at all the articles and blog posts I read these days that seem to indicate that we won’t need data centers anymore with Cloud Computing. That somehow Cloud Computing runs, well, in the cloud! Now I know you all are smarter than that. Right? You know that somewhere, someplace way back behind all those wonderful fluffy clouds are big huge datacenters with hundreds and thousands of servers.
Here in our little state of Oregon, Google has built a computing center “as big as two football fields”.
and Amazon is building a 116,770 square-foot data center near Boardman.
When you use Google, Amazon, Yahoo or any number of SaaS applications such as Salesforce.com or Workday there are servers in a data center somewhere serving up the data and application logic. Now to be fair, some of the more sophisticated cloud computing companies have stitched together servers in data centers spread all over to provide you with true 27×7 access. The “cloud” provides virtual access to your data or application so that it can be spread across multiple data centers. In certain cases (such as Google) you probably don’t have any need to know how this works. For SaaS applications (such as Workday), it is a good idea to understand exactly where the data centers are located and how the application is load balanced, backed up and configured for disaster recovery.
But at the end of the day, there are still physical data centers behind all those fluffy clouds. But you knew that anyway.
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