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Netter's Atlas of Human Anatomy - Back and Spinal Cord (netterback) 12.0.12 (Mobile)

Netter''s Atlas of Human Anatomy - Back and Spinal Cordpowered by Skyscape Publisher: Saunders, an imprint of Elsevier Inc. Netter''s Atlas of Human Anatomy is the most loved and best selling anatomy atlas in the English language. Based on the phenomenal medical artwork of Dr. Frank H. Netter, full-color anatomic...

Tags: Mobile, Anatomy, Skyscape Inc., Netter', Autonomics

Software downloads 2009-07-16

Botnet hijack: Inside the Torpig malware operation

Botnet hijack: Inside the Torpig malware operationAnd this is just one we know about. Who needs to be concerned about this the most?Fight fire with fireI wish more security researchers would start using the same type of analysis and intrusion techniques against malware that the cybercriminals are using against our...

Tags: Cyberthreats, Spyware, adware & malware, Viruses and worms, SECURITY, malware operation, Torpig, malware, BotNet, virus

Discussion threads 2009-05-04

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The value of enterprise architecture in tough times: report from Open Group (2)

The value of enterprise architecture in tough times: report from Open Group (2)If the architecture is flexible enoughthen it should be able to handle extremes. Maybe if you integrated IAs and EAs into an organization - instead of hiring them as consultants, you would get better long-term designs. I can...

Tags: Strategy, Open Group, enterprise architecture

Discussion threads 2009-07-28

Wood, Arrows, and motivation

Wood, Arrows, and motivationPut a fork in itForking doesn't come from some altruistic view that change/competition is good, it comes from purposely trying to break your competitor and make something proprietary. OpenBSD was started because NetBSD threw out Theo de Raadt (hmm, don't call it an OPEN community). Has Linus...

Tags: Operating systems, Leadership, motivation, Unix, Sun Microsystems Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-03-16

Turtles vs. Hares

Turtles vs. HaresDue dilligence[Utilization data for all the LPARS, with daily profiles.]I am unaware of anyone that actually goes back to an LPAR later to adjust it. Fire-and-forget seems to be the mantra when creating LPARs. Why would anyone want to do the extra work of collecting utilization data and...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, Hares

Discussion threads 2009-03-11

Desktop virtualization according to Virtual Computer

Desktop virtualization according to Virtual ComputerOne Question - Why?Just because you CAN do it, doesn't mean you SHOULD. Virtualization barely makes sense in the datacenter only for poorly performing OSes like Windoze that cannot run more than one or two server programs at a time, so why would you bring...

Tags: Operating systems, Storage management, Virtual Computer, server, user data, Microsoft Windows, virtual machine, virtualization, desktop, desktop virtualization

Discussion threads 2008-12-30

Creating a sales infrastructure for Sun

Creating a sales infrastructure for Sun$3.82 = Sun's stock price @ time of writingI won't argue that sun has some great technologies but it truly has no idea how to integrate or market them. IBM & HP have Server and services strategies that Sun has never had,Most of Sun's answers...

Tags: Workforce management, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, sales, Sun Microsystems Inc., Tim Bray

Discussion threads 2008-12-10

Achieving magical results in IT

Achieving magical results in ITClient assignments, no thanksI agree that Trust and empowerment are powerful motivators, but I doubt that there will be many cases where empowerment will be on the menu while assigned to a client area. This will require a similar shift in thinking for the client, away...

Tags: Strategy, information technology

Discussion threads 2008-06-30

Virtualization

VirtualizationIts a whole lot simpler than thatThe overriding driver for virtualization is because its simpler. Simpler to give every app/project its own "machine" - since combining 2 or more on a single server is JUST TOO HARD for admins to manage, and TOO DIFFICULT for bean counters to handle...

Tags: Mainframes, Servers, mainframe, bean-counter, information technology, virtualization

Discussion threads 2006-05-22

It's Its, its' ... Apostrophic!

It's Its, its' ... Apostrophic!NamespacesThis is the tie-in for what you are talking about. Namespace is an essential and ignored FINAL piece of the programming/systems integration puzzle. Things like Grids and Autonomics REQUIRE consistent, global Namespaces - but it isn't happening.A Namespace is like a very simple language (it follows...

Tags: Programming languages, Murph, grammar, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2006-01-06

HP's Mark Hurd: Thinking about zeroes

HP's Mark Hurd: Thinking about zeroesNumbers are better than visionWall Street obviously would rather see a CEO who understands metrics than a charismatic saleswoman in an expensive suit spouting "blue sky" vision. Consider HP had to swallow Compaq, who swallowed Digital, Tandem and Microcom only a few years before.Imagine...

Tags: Mainframes, Business structures, Strategy, Corporate America, IBM Corp., Mark Hurd, Hewlett-Packard Co., mainframe

Discussion threads 2005-10-18

Novell's Messman: Vista's cost to push users to desktop Linux

While Microsoft's PDC is taking place here in the U.S., ZDNet UK's Andrew Donoghue has other conference coverage coming from Novell's BrainShare in Barcelona. Donoghue has reported that Novell CEO Jack Messman is viewing Windows Vista as desktop Linux's golden opportunity to win users away from Windows. ...

Tags: Novell Inc., Microsoft Windows Vista, Linux

Blog posts 2005-09-13

A word from Rob Pike

A word from Rob PikeUnstructured dataI can see that this is an end-users point of view. If you can find your data, who cares where its located? Well, system architects and administrators do! File systems are TIED to storage (unless you virtualize it - my latest project!), and therefore there...

Tags: Storage, Databases, Programming languages, XML, Microsoft Corp., file system, relational model, data management

Discussion threads 2005-07-08

Mr. Gates' new workplace

Bill Gates' latest publically available e-mail/position paper/market vision statement/Office product feature prequel/outline for a new book tackles the "new world of work":Advances in pattern recognition, smart content, visualization and simulation, as well as innovations in hardware, displays and wireless networks, all give us an opportunity to re-imagine how software can...

Tags: collaboration

Blog posts 2005-05-19

IBM: Vendors who fail to adapt to open source may not be around in 2010

Speaking at the Open Source Business Conference today, IBM vice president of technology and strategy for servers Irving Wladawsky-Berger talked about how open standards, grid enablement, SOA, autonomic computing, continuous business process optimization and information integration are keys to solving the complexity problem in IT. It's basically IBM's business strategy--leveraging open...

Tags: open source

Blog posts 2005-04-06

"Offpeopling"? Arghhh!

"Offpeopling"? Arghhh!prey for our kidsit could get roughYou Look GREAT Today!Anybody remember that scene? Or the fact that we seem to be heading towards that same dreadful world depicted in the Movie?Is GW Dr. Raymond Cockteau in disguise?Autonomics - Bah Humbug!SHOW ME THE MONEY - Really, I'm from...

Tags: Robots, movie, Machine Vision, Offpeopling, robot

Discussion threads 2005-03-14

In hopping chips, will IBM hop Solaris and Windows too? [LinuxWorld Podcast]

In hopping chips, will IBM hop Solaris and Windows too? [LinuxWorld Podcast]Another re-complier?What am I missing?From 2002: Why Linux will conquer the world2002-09-29:Why Linux will conquer the worldWhy Linux will conquer the world - Expanded AntiFUDhttp://news.zdnet.com/5208-3513-0.html?forumID=1&threadID=1481&messageID=29198Listen to the statements Scott Handy makes in the podcast in regards to Linux as...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, Podcasts, OPEN SOURCE, Processors, chip, Microsoft Windows, Linux, IBM Corp., Cell, Sun Solaris, operating system, podcast

Discussion threads 2005-02-18