So what is Technology Plumbing?

As I entered the second calendar year of publishing this blog, I thought it would make sense to explain the meaning of the blogs "Technology Plumbing" name.

The name actually came out of my corporate job world where we used to joke that we needed to get all of the plumbers on the phone at the same to help deal with technology operational issues and problems.

We call technology operations staffers "plumbers" because they deal with the various pieces of infrastructure and how they connect to each other. For example PCs are connected via wires (or wirelessly) to a local area network via switches. Applications run on a servers which are connected to local area networks which provide access to database servers and deliver data to end user PCs and so on. So a technology infrastructure is similar to a plumbing system that delivers water to a faucet.

So "Technology Plumbing" evolved into a term meaning connected infrastructure that can deliver technology solutions and the "plumbing" keep it all flowing. When the data stopped flowing the "plumbers" got together and cleared the drain.

So with that as background we started the Technology Plumbing blog to talk about how individuals and small / medium business could leverage technology and its corresponding business value, like the big corporations do.

Speaking of technology knowledge, in addition to blog posts, I also post updates (including links to these posts) to the Technology Plumbing Twitter page. Earlier today I tweated some security tips that you might want to review.

Using one of my favorite tools, TweetDeck, my tweats are also posted to the Technology Plumbing Facebook page. So feel free to become a Fan of the page, if that is the way you like to consume your news updates.

Finally, for the Kindle fans out there, you can subscribe to the Technology Plumbing blog for your Kindle and take this blog with you where ever your Kindle goes.

Whatever way you consume your news, Technology Plumbing will be there to pass on technology tips, new product information as well as ideas and trends in the industry to help with your personal or business life. Good luck to all in 2010!