toasterz - open minds... open source

On Demand CIO

Wed, 26 Mar 2008 21:23:09 -0700

I WANT TO BE YOUR ON-DEMAND CIO

Chief Information Officer (CIO) is a job title commonly given to the person in an enterprise responsible for the information technology and computer systems that support enterprise goals. As information technology and systems have become more important, the CIO has come to be viewed in many organizations as a key contributor in formulating strategic goals.
- Wikipedia CIO Entry

PEACE OF MIND
When you have well defined strategic goals, every person in your organization can focus more fully on execution, instead of feeling the uncertainty when such goals are missing or lack precise definition.

Kelley Graham + Global Literacy Foundation

Tue, 01 Apr 2008 23:26:45 -0700

I've been asked to perform the duties of CIO + CTO for the Global Literacy Foundation. Exciting times. Watch for more over as the year progresses.

We have a compelling message and great projects in the works.

Modern Definition of Literacy
"Literacy is the ability to identify, understand, interpret, create, communicate and compute, using printed and written materials associated with varying contexts. Literacy involves a continuum of learning to enable an individual to achieve his or her goals, to develop his or her knowledge and potential, and to participate fully in the wider society."

Literacy Now! is both a message and an approach.

Toasterz Interview On Blue-Gnu

Tue, 09 Oct 2007 00:30:56 -0700

Here's an interview of yours truly on Blue-Gnu.com.
Read the interview here.

-kelley g

The Invisible Man

Sun, 07 Oct 2007 00:44:36 -0700

So, I've been thinking a bit lately on technology's role in learning, or eLearning, if you will. My goal as CTO is to become the invisible man. Tech should serve users, not the other way around.

As is obvious from this website, I'm an opensource advocate and lately have been annoyed with how much 'stuff' old-school software vendors impose on the users of their products. If you really set down and think about the major barriers to innovation, you must consider the so-called 'investment' in 'the way it's always been done' near the top of the list. How many proprietary companies are actively trying to become invisible? Their corporate mission is precisely the opposite.

Toasterz Presents on eLearning Tech

Tue, 09 Oct 2007 00:06:01 -0700

Start: 20 Mar 2007 - 12:00pm

End: 20 Mar 2007 - 2:30pm

Timezone: -7: US Mountain

Details:

Well known broadcaster Roger Downey will be a special guest and the Moderator for this GAZeL event. See details about Roger on the event web pageThe phenomenal growth of Grand Canyon University with 11,000 online students. The new GAZeL Arizona eLearning Portal. Drupal, premier software for cost efficient 'Community Plumbing'. 3DLanguage computer simulation language development software. A status report on the current Arizona eLearning legislation. These are the featured eLearning presentations for this statewide eLearning Educational and Networking Event. "eLearning Arizona" - Companies, Technologies and Services" will feature presentations from three of Arizona’s outstanding eLearning companies:

Grand Canyon University, www.gcu.edu
Toasterz Consulting, www.toasterz.com
Coccinella Development, www.3dlanguage.net/cms

Details and Registration www.gazel.org

New Product: ExchangeKiller + Mobile

Sat, 18 Nov 2006 01:54:34 -0800

After a lengthy evaluation period Toasterz is happy to announce a new product offering... ExchangeKiller^® + Mobile.

Device independent! Hosted and on-prem enterprise mobility solutions available.

New Tools To Solve Old Problems

Sun, 07 Jan 2007 11:56:32 -0800

New Tech
Today, November 16th, is the 15th anniversary of the first web page. Since 1990 internet technology has made astounding advances. The hype is thankfully over and in the last few years the web has quietly made good on many of its' early promises.

The purpose of this discussion is to bring some of these advances to your attention and show how your business can benefit.

Old Problems
Reaching new customers and keeping existing ones are central activities to the long term health of any company. Gettings leads is quick and easy compared to the time spent building productive relationships with those customers. New communication and productivity tools are enabling businesses to more easily identify and highlight their differentiating corporate values.

New Product: Easy-PBX

Wed, 26 Mar 2008 15:23:00 -0700

Asterisk based and easy to use, our turnkey Easy-PBX^® packages satisfy all your business communication needs. Toasterz offers end to end solutions including converged networks, hardware sales and installation, legacy - VoIP integration, call reporting and courteous tech support.

We're a Fonality reseller and for custom jobs we will build one-of systems that exactly fit the most challenging requirements.

Toasterz + OGo @ LWE

Sat, 18 Nov 2006 01:25:05 -0800

Toasterz is happy to announce the we are representing OGo for the second year in a row at Linux World San Francisco. See us at booth #2044.

If you want to assist, please contact us for badge assignment asap. This is a huge event, you'll have a good time.

What's Toasterz?

Mon, 08 Oct 2007 03:04:55 -0700

A geeky definition could be:

"An ubiquitous appliance that performs well a clearly defined task...
easy and intuitive to operate, requiring little maintenance."

Delicious lightly burned bread, mmm... perfect everytime.

Technology should be about users, not the other way around. Today's knowledge tools are slightly more involved than toasters, but should aspire to be as intuitive and easy to use.