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Admiral Insurance Selects Marimba for Its Software Distribution and Inventory Management

Admiral was looking for a change and configuration management system that could provide detailed inventory information, speed-up software rollouts, and was easy to use and understand. Marimba was chosen following a trial period during which the software was proven to hit all of these criteria and performed particularly well within...

Tags: Software, Marimba, Inventory Management, Configuration Management, Insurance, Admiral, Tools & Techniques, It Management, Management, It service Management

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What if Apple had conducted the 'Mojave Experiment'?

What if Apple had conducted the 'Mojave Experiment'?AmenI agree. No matter what they do, people will still piss and moan.a lot of windows users are p*ssed.Windows users were told it would run fine on older machines. The RC was going to be faster than the beta, the gold would be...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Marketing research, Digital media, Digital music, Apple Inc., Mojave Experiment, Microsoft Windows Vista, MSFT

Discussion threads 2008-07-29

Total Battleship (exe)

The classic naval strategy turn-based game of Battleship combined with modern warfare. Take part in epic battles with aircraft carriers, cruisers, destroyers, frigates, submarines and even seaborn aviation, using the state of art missile technology while deciphering morse code communications. Apply your best strategy in order to be the first...

Tags: Radar, Luis De Sousa Reis, Aerospace & Defense, Strategy, Manufacturing, Management

Software downloads 2008-07-09

diversITy: the lack of women in the IT industry

This series of entries, called diversITy, will cover a number of topics all concerning the diversity of people within the IT industry. Whether we discuss women in industry, sexual orientation in the workplace, religion or ethnic background; these are all topics which will have an effect on students, if not...

Tags: Women, Information Technology, Industry, Gender And Diversity, Human Resources, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-06-21

Admiral (php)

Regain control of your XP desktop! Press a hot-key and see all open windows without overlap to switch. Open any of your programs, folders or windows by entering a small bit of their title. Opening programs with ease! Control processes and windows.

Tags: Window, PHP, Mexircus, Construction

Software downloads 2008-05-09

Friday Rant - Sony and Apple/iTunes, you're on the wedgie list!

Friday Rant - Sony and Apple/iTunes, you're on the wedgie list!I hear you thereThe fact that they sell you a system that they know is underperforming due to the crapware is ironic as they advertise these system and "Optimal Performers", "Fast!", ect.(I also charge the same "rates", but they allways...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Desktops, Sony Corp., Apple Safari, Friday Rant

Discussion threads 2008-03-21

Tech idiocy in the White House

Not only has the White House lost 5 million emails - or not, they aren't sure - vital White House emails have for years been run through an insecure 12-man ISP in Chattanooga Tennessee. Why? Because our laws around Presidential records preservation are at odds with other laws against partisan...

Tags: Internet, White House, IT Team, E-mail, Online Communications, Robin Harris

Blog posts 2008-02-05

Verizon Wireless to be as open as the iPhone

Verizon Wireless to be as open as the iPhoneWell, what do you know.......Let's wait and see what comes of the open-spectrum bid in January and see how amenable the vendors are then.Maybe being open has potential after all Dana! ;)Here is another story that is all about the iPhone[i]That's what...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Telecom & Utilities, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, government, Verizon Wireless, Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., Verizon Communications Inc.

Discussion threads 2007-11-27

Battlship: Fleet Command (exe)

Station your fleet and avoid detection by your opponent in this all new version of the timeless family favorite. Just like when you were a kid, fire strategically to locate and sink enemy ships, but this time, use 4 different firing options: Single Shot, Triple Shot, Salvo (one shot for...

Tags: Firing, Fleet

Software downloads 2007-09-07

Appliance computing

Last week's comment on the increasing futility of fighting the PC security wars on current terms drew a comment from a discussion contributor I don't remember hearing much from before. Here's part of what "Gary" had to say: The problem is that we're fighting...

Tags: Productivity, Linux, Infrastructure, Enterprise Policy

Blog posts 2007-07-26

Blogs and the flu: eGovernment in action

Blogs and the flu: eGovernment in actionContact good but not deepUntil the Hurricane director Bill Proenza was fired for commenting on a problem(http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2007/07/national-hurric.html) did I realize what a chance Dr. Leavitt and Admiral Agwunobi took. I was naive in thinking I could talk to those working for me...

Tags: Blogging, e-government, H5N1, blog, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services

Discussion threads 2007-07-10

Pirates of the Atlantic (exe)

Defend your fortress from piratical invaders with the help of some lead, a cannon, and a lot of gunpowder. Blast pirate scum and keep them off your booty while upgrading the defenses to your keep. Pirates of the Atlantic features an easy to learn action oriented system of defending your...

Tags: Piracy, Business Operations, Corporate Law

Software downloads 2007-07-03

Privacy International pokes a stick in Google's eye

Privacy International pokes a stick in Google's eyeUntrustworthy?Personally, I don't trust it. They appear to have *preemptively* singled out how Google is worse than Microsoft - why? They take offense to things that don't matter to me (what is wrong with seeing whether someone has read an e-mail...

Tags: SECURITY, Google Inc., Privacy International

Discussion threads 2007-06-10

Come on down, Google Apps, the price is right

Come on down, Google Apps, the price is rightThere is no price for privacyFirst Google stores all your searches on their servers. Then they store all your emails. Perhaps your calendar. And now you want to give them all your documents and spreadsheets. Oh, I forgot...

Tags: First Google, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Google Apps, denial

Discussion threads 2007-02-22

100 years of Grace Hopper

100 years of Grace HopperAdvanced languages?Until I used Cobol I was a Pascal bigot. It took me about 2 weeks to learn COBOL that the company was using on an ancient Burroughs 6707. One adjective changed my mind forever..corresponding. No other "advanced" language I've ever heard of...

Tags: Programming languages, Ther, COBOL

Discussion threads 2006-12-08

Atomic Betty: Intergalactic Conspiracy (exe)

Time for karate-chopping action. The evil Maximus has kidnapped all of Atomic Betty's friends. It's up to you to help Atomic Betty save Sparky, X-5, Admiral DeGill, and Atomic Roger from their cells on four dangerous and exciting planets. Along the way you'll discover Maximus' true plans to take over...

Tags: Brighter Minds Media

Software downloads 2006-11-27

Reaching the world

At breakfast yesterday, Mike Arrington made it clear that if I didn't show up at his party, he would take it personally. I made it clear I would but first I wanted him to kick somebody important down or off the list or everyone down the list and insert me...

Tags: Tony

Blog posts 2006-07-23

Navy awards extension to EDS for huge intranet project

The Navy has awarded systems integrators EDS a $3 billion extension of a contract to integrate some 1,000 individual networks scattered throughout the department, eWeek reports. The Navy Marine Corps Intranet has been a nasty kettle of fish for both the Navy and EDS, with huge cost...

Tags: Electronic Data Systems Corp.

Blog posts 2006-04-03

Automating future aircraft carriers

Automating future aircraft carriersWhen things break....The intended use of these weapons platforms is rather 'high intensity.' The cost of failure is high. It's important to think about how fast they can be put back into action after getting their automation shredded by an opponent. I can't say as I have...

Tags: Aerospace & Defense, Brit, aircraft, aircraft carrier, nuclear engine, British Invasion, carrier

Discussion threads 2006-03-26

Document Storage and Retrieval

Document Storage and RetrievalHow about paper?Print your docs out on good quality paper, with good quality ink and save them in oxygen-purge areas pure nitrogen. They should EASILY last 60 years. Spend all of that "hardware" money on OCR and fast scanners. Of course, FIRE and FLOOD could destroy your...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, XML, doc, ViewMaster, Document Storage, Cicero, storage, software

Discussion threads 2005-11-23