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- Red Hat unveils JBoss Developer Studio -- is it destined for an Amazon or IBM cloud?
- Red Hat unveils JBoss Developer Studio -- is it destined for an Amazon or IBM cloud?Uh...no thanks!I don't want my tools "in the cloud"! Plenty of times I am disconnected from the "cloud" and just want to work locally. Geez...kill the "aaS" already...it's becoming a PIT "aaS".another nail...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Java development tools, JBoss Developer Studio, aaS, Red Hat Inc., JBoss, Amazon.com Inc., IBM Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-12-10
- A pain in the -aaS
- A pain in the -aaSStarting to see pushback on SaaSI'm starting to see pushback on SaaS. People know what it means, but many prefer On-demand. A growing number even want to be called simply "web software". It's quite interesting.While those of us in the business all know...
- Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Software as a Service (SaaS), Web services, aaS, SOA, Saas
- Discussion threads 2007-10-29
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- When thinking PaaS, think about it in terms of audience
- Software as a service has turned into platform as a service (as if we needed another "aaS") and as this application battle royale gets underway developers need to think about these efforts in terms of audience. For instance, Bill Appleton, CTO of DreamFactory, which makes cloudware--rich Internet...
- Tags: Intuit QuickBase, Platform, PaaS, Salesforce.com AppExchange, DreamFactory, Cloud Computing, Tools & Techniques, Project Management, Sales Force Management, Management, It Operations, It service Management, Sales, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-06-23
- QuantWindow Calculator (zip)
- QuantWindow doubles the speed of urgent quantification by using ready calibration methods from user library. It stores the data both for external and internal standard methods with single point or multipoint calibration. It is useful for fast quantification by using different chromatography - spectrometry analytical techniques like LC/MS, GC/MS, ICP/MS,...
- Tags: Calibration, Slavko Cusic, Productivity, Network Security, Networking
- Software downloads 2008-04-28
- Wayback Machine: Microsoft's shot to kill Quicktime video
- Ten years ago, give a week or so, Apple CEO Steve Jobs introduced QuickTime 3.0 to the National Association of Broadcasters' convention. Behind the scenes in the months before the introduction, Microsoft was playing hardball with hardware and software vendors over its new A/V APIs along with demands to kill...
- Tags: Software, Apple QuickTime, Apple Inc., Mr., Video, Microsoft Corp., Compaq Computer Corp., Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, David Morgenstern
- Blog posts 2008-04-03
- P4P: faster, smarter P2P
- P4P: faster, smarter P2PNice write-up!This is a great explanation of P4P!Comcast recently joined the P4P Working Group, and we look forward to working with them to explore ways to optimize p2p traffic over their infrastructure.ComcastP4P would not help Comcast, Wireless providers or any other Cable provider. Unlike DSL, the...
- Tags: Peer to peer (P2P), Broadband Internet, Network technology, P4P, P2P, network, Comcast Corp., cable broadband, cable
- Discussion threads 2008-03-16
- A plethora of PaaS options
- A plethora of PaaS optionsApple and Oranges Compliment One AnotherGreat piece that gets beneath the oversimplification that often 'clouds' the discussion. ISV needs are definitely different than the enterprise. We are big fans of several platforms including Force.com (http://www.appirio.com/blog/2008/02/may-force.php) and Amazon Web Services. In fact Appirio has...
- Tags: IT System, PaaS, PaaS option, plethora, Phil
- Discussion threads 2008-03-06
- Turbo Charge TC2 Portable Game Charger
- When it comes to portable gaming, nothing is as important as battery life. The Nintendo DS Lite has done a great job of maximizing the length of time you get on a single charge, and the Sony PSP's lifespan on a charge leaves room for improvement (although the device's battery...
- Tags: Engineering, Game players, Nintendo DS Lite, Turbo-Charge, Sony PlayStation Portable, adapter, AA-battery, Portable Game Charger, game
- Product reviews 2008-02-11
- Details surface on the MacBook Air
- Details surface on the MacBook Air.. also remember..... that the MBA is not replacing Macbook or Macbook Pro. It's meant to be feather weight if Macbook is the light weight.I can't really agree on the "slower" processor but otherwise yeah sure there's some "compromises". Everyone should think which one is...
- Tags: Notebooks, Engineering, Mossberg, Apple MacBook, MBA, MacBook Air, battery
- Discussion threads 2008-01-25
- Enterprise SaaS and the cloud
- Enterprise SaaS and the cloudBut at What Cost?Help me out Phil. I attended the Force.com launch event yesterday, and while impressed with the offer found myself wondering about about the price of entry. The new $5 per login notwithstanding, if I intend to build a new enterprise business...
- Tags: Software as a Service (SaaS), Sales force management, Force.com, Salesforce.com Inc., software-as-a-service, Enterprise SaaS, OEM
- Discussion threads 2008-01-18
- Judge slams FBI fishing expedition at Amazon
- Judge slams FBI fishing expedition at AmazonWhat about Amazon keeping the info?The article would be more balanced if it said something about what information Amazon keeps about its customers, for how long, and what limits it places on what can be done with that information.Kudos to Judge CrockerThere are times...
- Tags: Federal government, Retro, Amazon.com Inc., expedition, FBI
- Discussion threads 2007-11-29
- News to know: Meebo; IBM; Gmail 2.0; PS3 supercomputer
- Notable headlines: Robin Harris: Build an 8 PS3 supercomputer. IBM aims to salvage silicon for solar industry. Gallery right. Michael Krigsman: What's the value in enterprise software? Dan Farber: Meebo joins the season of platforms. Tom Foremski: Battle...
- Tags: Google Gmail, Larry Dignan, Oracle Corp., Supercomputer, Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Corp., IBM Corp., E-mail Providers, OpenDocument Format (ODF), Spam, Viruses And Worms, Internet, Emerging Technologies, Security, Spam And Phishing
- Blog posts 2007-10-30
- A pain in the -aaS
- The tendency to slap '-as-a-service' on the end of anything that's offered as a shared service is now starting to rival the over-used '2.0' meme, notes SaaS Week's Krissi Danielsson. She's assembled a quick glossary of more than eighteen different variations, ranging from the faintly bizarre ('Ethernet-as-a-Service'!?) to the utterly...
- Tags: Service, News, Software As A Service (SaaS), Web 2.0, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Digital Media, Emerging Technologies, Internet, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Phil Wainewright
- Blog posts 2007-10-29
- Server Load Balancing With SAP and ACE
- This paper provides configuration best practices for application optimization with SAP Business Suite and the Cisco data center solutions, including the Cisco Application Control Engine ACE, Wide Area Application Services WAAS, and the Cisco Application Analysis Solution AAS. This paper describes how to deploy ACE into an existing server farm...
- Tags: Server Load Balancing, SAP AG, Server, Cisco Systems Inc.
- White papers 2007-06-06
- Nikon Coolpix L6
- Despite all the fancy, feature-rich cameras we've seen this year, 2006 may make its mark as the year that features went by the wayside in digital cameras. Just as Olympus's FE series brings new meaning to the idea of point and shoot, Nikon's L series eschews features in favor of...
- Tags: Process improvement, camera, ISO, Nikon Corp., battery, image
- Product reviews 2006-10-30
- Olympus FE-190
- With a small frame and a smaller price tag, Olympus's FE-190 hopes to attract the fashionably frugal. This 6-megapixel shooter doesn't offer the manual controls more advanced photographers desire, but its other aspects make up for its automation. The FE-190's metal body is thin and pretty. It doesn't have the...
- Tags: Olympus Corp., Olympus FE-190, camera, ISO
- Product reviews 2006-10-19
- Altec Lansing inMotion iM510 speakers for SanDisk Sansa
- Editors' note: 10/9/2006 The SanDisk e200R Rhapsody was not supported by the iM510 when this review was written. The latest firmware update makes the e200R compatible with the iM510s.Stand back, iPod! There's a third-party portable speaker system that's not made for the iPod. Altec Lansing's Made for Sansa inMotion...
- Tags: SanDisk Sansa, speaker, iM510s, SanDisk Corp.
- Product reviews 2006-10-06
- Intec PSP Sound System
- We're not sure why, but the PlayStation Portable's audio output while watching UMD movies is meager in comparison to music and movies playing off of the portable's Memory Stick Duo slot. As a result, many companies have created external speaker systems to provide a more desirable movie-listening experience. Intec's $30...
- Tags: Sony PlayStation Portable, PSP Sound System
- Product reviews 2006-09-19
- Education IT: "bring on Mobile WiMAX;" Profs: "not in my classroom you don't"
- On our ZDNet Education IT main page (we call them "front doors" here in our shop), you can see a list of the top 25 most-read white papers by IT professionals in the education sector.Right there at #1 is Mobile WiMAX - Part 1: A Technical Overview and Performance...
- Tags: Mobile WiMAX, mobile marketing, WiMAX
- Blog posts 2006-05-04
- Norwegian customers back Notes/Domino at LCTY
- At last week's Lotusphere Comes to Youin Norway, my colleagues started the day with a compelling set of customerquotes. Some very satisfied Notes customers--and they're not afraidto say so. The local team translated the quotes into English for me...here they are:Orkla17,000 Notes users "The...
- Tags: IBM Lotus Notes, IBM Corp.
- Blog posts 2006-03-22
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