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Tweaking the geekspeak and translating tech talk

By Vicki Viotti
Advertiser Staff Writer

Uh-huh. Bet you don't know what that stands for. Admit it. You don't know a cache from a hole in a hub.

That's a tough admission for any of us to make, but especially for business folk who call the shots on technology services. When the info-geek is rattling off the alphabet soup, it's hard to prod him or her back to Square One.

Heads up: It's Alan Lam to the rescue. The president of Q-Communications Ltd., Lam will lead three free sessions for executives on networks and the Internet, explaining current technology in plain talk. The sessions, set for 9 a.m., 1 and 3 p.m. today in Neal Blaisdell Center, Hawai'i Room 1, are also sponsored by Oceanic Cable, Pacific/Hawaii Computer Expo and Tekworks.

"A manager or director has to talk to their information technology person; these people are the decision makers, they have to write the check," Lam said.

A question-and-answer session will follow his talk, and those who attend will receive a cheat sheet of terminology.

"It may sound basic," Lam added. "But everybody flips out these words, and nobody really knows what they mean."