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Microsoft delivers Home Server data-corruption fix in Power Pack 1: Microsoft delivers Home Server data-corruption fix in Power Pack 1Trouble getting to Windows Update.Are they down?; Tags: Power Pack 1, Power Pack, Microsoft Delivers, Microsoft Corp., server; Discussion threads 2008-07-21
Microsoft delivers Home Server data-corruption fix in Power Pack 1: On July 21, Microsoft announced that the final version of the Power Pack 1 update for Windows Home Server is available for immediate download. by Mary Jo Foley; Tags: Data Corruption, Microsoft Windows Home Server, Microsoft Corp., Power Pack 1, Microsoft Windows, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Mary Jo Foley; Blog posts 2008-07-21
Capital One customers experience data corruption: Capital One customers experience data corruptionThe first two items...are indicative of poor IT staff. This is one of the biggest problems in business today. I would like to hear more facts surrounding the corruption. What, when, where, how and why.RE: Capital One customers experience data corruption[B]"It allowed data to...; Tags: Backups, Regulations, Capital One Financial Corp., customers experience data corruption, experience data corruption, customers experience, data corruption; Discussion threads 2007-12-18
Capital One customers experience data corruption: My colleague Justin James has issued a warning to all Capital One customers about data corruption in his blog titled "Capitol One: What's in your database?". If you're a Capital One customer, I would highly recommend reading this so that you can save yourself some headaches. But, at the...; Tags: Data Corruption, Credit History, Capital One Financial Corp., George Ou; Blog posts 2007-12-18
Apple's new kick-butt file system pushes on: Fixing data corruption before it starts Apple is moving quickly ahead with their plan to give Mac users the most reliable data storage on any desktop with the new file system ZFS. According to MacRumors the latest developers build of OS X Leopard includes V1.1 of ZFS. ...; Tags: Apple Macintosh, Disk, Sun Microsystems Inc., File System, Data Corruption, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., ZFS, Desktops, Hardware, Robin Harris; Blog posts 2007-10-05

Data corruption is worse than you know: Many people reacted with disbelief to my recent series on data corruption (see How data gets lost, 50 ways to lose your data and How Microsoft puts your data at risk), claiming it had never happened to them. Really? Never had to reinstall an application, an OS, or had a...; Tags: Disk, CERN, Data Corruption, Data, News, Error, Robin Harris; Blog posts 2007-09-17
Realtek silent data corruption caused by firmware: A little more than a week ago, I took Realtek and Microsoft to task over some Realtek WHQL certified drivers causing silent data corruption. As it turns out, the problem was actually caused by a Firmware flaw in Realtek's hardware. This means the problem would have affected any operating system...; Tags: Data Corruption, Firmware, George Ou; Blog posts 2007-08-08
Realtek network driver silently corrupts data: [Update 8/8/2007 - Realtek silent data corruption caused by firmware]One of the three most dreaded phrases in the computer world is "SILENT DATA CORRUPTION". Your data gets corrupted just enough that it isn't readily detectable by most applications and operating systems and you think your data's good until you actually need to...; Tags: Network, Adapter, Data Corruption, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, µTorrent, Computer, Transmission Error, George Ou; Blog posts 2007-07-28
Ensuring Oracle Data Integrity With NetApp SnapValidator: Organizations of any size that rely heavily on Oracle data integrity need a guaranteed safeguard against data corruption. Because database servers and storage devices reside at opposite ends of the I/O path, each data block transfer passes through a series of logical layers involving hardware and software from multiple vendors....; Tags: Data Integrity, Network Appliance Inc., Oracle Corp., Data Corruption, NetApp, Storage, Hardware; White papers 2006-12-01

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VMworld is bringing out the vendors: Planning for an announcement is a challenging task. Large suppliers know that just about whatever they do will be picked up by the media and presented to the world. Smaller vendors have a much more difficult time getting heard. So, picking the right place and time for an announcement is...; Tags: Supplier, Announcement, VMworld, Channel Management, Marketing, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-09-05
From Chapter Two: The appliance computing culture: The appliance computing culture earned its successes by focusing on the revenue generation side - and that, in turn, drove its own evolution to database technology, the "application as interfaces to data" view, and tight evolutionary links between University research groups and companies like DEC and DG. by Paul Murphy; Tags: Job, Processor, Database, Mainframes, Recruitment & Selection, Servers, Hardware, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Paul Murphy; Blog posts 2008-09-05
Microsoft finally earns a passing grade (barely) for WGA: Microsoft launched its Windows Genuine Advantage WGA anti-piracy program in early summer 2006. Its first year was, to put it charitably, a disaster. An epic fail. A big fat F on the year's report card. Things didn't get much better in 2007, either, as a server failure and other outages...; Tags: Report, Activation, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage, Microsoft Windows Vista, Product Key, Microsoft Corp., Forum, Product ID Number, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software, Ed Bott; Blog posts 2008-09-04
SocialCast: enterprise Twitter/FriendFeed mashup: SocialCast has revamped its group comms service, given it a facelift, aligned itself more closely to consumery apps like Twitter and FriendFeed and then given it an enterprise twist. As far as I am aware, this is the first enterprise facing application that has gotten close...; Tags: Enterprise, Mashup, SocialCast, Pricing, Sales Force Management, Branding, Wiki, Marketing Research, Marketing, Sales, Online Communications, Dennis Howlett; Blog posts 2008-09-04
Google's Top 10 Cloud Computing List: Dontcha just love Top 10 lists? At the Office 2.0 conference in San Francisco today, Matthew Glotzbach, who leads the Enterprise Products team at Google, offered a "Top 10 Things I Can Do in the Cloud That I Couldn't Do A Year Ago." No surprises that many of the tasks...; Tags: Google Inc., Cloud Computing, Mobile, E-mail, Productivity, Web Browsers, Advertising & Promotion, Groupware, Enterprise Software, Online Communications, Internet, Marketing, Software, Sam Diaz; Blog posts 2008-09-04
What can we do better?: I'm collecting data from teachers across my district (using a Google Form, of course), trying to get a handle on issues we still haven't addressed, ways we can use technology more effectively, and what their wishlists might be for the coming year. Here's the questionnaire that went...; Tags: Classroom, Teacher, Notebooks, Productivity, Telephony, Projectors, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Networking, Components, Christopher Dawson; Blog posts 2008-09-04
Family entertainment act: There was an assertionin the comments on the story Guns 'n' Roses that the prosecution would have to prove some economic damages. How do they plan on proving financial impact in court? Piracy rates are calculated by comparing ESTIMATED demand for a product...; Tags: Entertainment, Title, Piracy Rate, Sales Strategy, Performance Management, Advertising & Promotion, Sales, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Marketing, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2008-09-04
Dell repair adventure, day 5, with updates: Since our last episode, our hero has been communicating with Bob Pearson, Dell's VP of Communities & Conversations, and Bill Bivin, Dell's Community Liaison, about getting my Dell Lattitude D620 back up and running. Both Bob and Bill give every impression of trying very hard to deal not only with...; Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Channel Management, Marketing, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-09-04
Dell and Salesforce.com: So cozy they could merge (someday): Dell and Salesforce.com have quite a partnership going on. Dell is developing its internal and some of its external application on Salesforce.com's force.com platform. Salesforce.com is moving its data centers to Dell hardware. And the two are teaming up on marketing pitches. Meanwhile, the relationship appears to be much more...; Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Dell Computer Corp., Sales Force Management, Sales, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-09-04
News to know: Oracle's Fusion guru quits; Dell; Windows 7 boot times: Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Dennis Howlett: Breaking: Oracle's Andersen gone, where now for Fusion and vertical plays? Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: New dual/quad core CPUs enter Intel price list, AMD drops prices ...; Tags: Google Inc., Dell Computer Corp., Oracle Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Portals, Operating Systems, Cellular Phones, Software, Internet, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-09-04
Live Demonstration on Sept. 4th: Disaster Recovery with VMware Site Recovery Manager and Dell EqualLogic PS Series: Join Dell to discover how the PS Series virtualized iSCSI SAN and VMware Infrastructure 3 enable simple, affordable disaster recovery using Dell EqualLogic Auto-Replication and VMware Site Recovery Manager. This one hour live Webcast on Thursday, September 4th at 11:00 am ET / 8 am PT will...; Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Dell EqualLogic, VMware Inc., Disaster Recovery, Data Management; Webcasts 2008-09-04