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- Backplane
- An interconnecting device that has sockets for printed circuit boards to plug into.Passive and ActiveAlthough resistors may be used, a "passive" backplane adds no processing in the circuit. An...
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- Thought leadership grows around advancing 'WOA plus SOA' as enterprise-cloud duo
- Respected developer, adviser and thought leader Dion Hinchcliffe has posted a watershed blog that develops a compelling rationale for Web Oriented Architecture's (WOA's) advancing role in enterprises. The logic is not to supplant or dismiss Service Oriented Architecture SOA, but rather to examine how WOA -- also...
- Tags: Leadership, SOA, WOA, Dion, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Dana Gardner
- Blog posts 2008-04-17
- Build a Mac Pro equivalent workstation for 1/3 the cost
- Conventional wisdom tells us that a digital content creation and CAD professional had to fork out $6000 to $10,000 dollars for a high-end 8-core dual-processor workstation, but this is Real World IT where I say screw conventional wisdom. I've put on my mad scientist hat again and brewed something up...
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Apple Macintosh, Memory, Wisdom, Dual Processor, Intel Corp., Mac Pro, FBDIMM, Series Motherboard, Chipsets, Serial ATA, Workstations, Mice, Semiconductors, Processors, Hardware, Components, Storage, Peripherals, George Ou
- Blog posts 2008-01-03
- Performance profiles for Vista
- Performance profiles for VistaHard to make any substantive changesEven if you did find a stable tweak, there's a good chance MS would come along and dork it for you, particularly on Vista. 36 updates and counting:[b]Another surprise: There were 36 other necessary updates, mainly security, bug fixes and enhancements....
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Games, Microsoft Windows Vista, game, performance
- Discussion threads 2007-11-29
- How Rackable saves power with impeller fans
- How Rackable saves power with impeller fansHow can Google hold a patent on somethingthat was being used during WWII when containers containing radio and tracking equipment were being distributed in this way, as well as the current military having mobile datacenters of thier own for some time now?Everyone has some...
- Tags: Data centers, Servers, Advertising & Promotion, Branding, Rackable, Sun Microsystems Inc., proprietary hardware, hardware, server
- Discussion threads 2007-11-16
- SiCortex wins Dev Connection "Sexiest in show" award
- Here's one computer that looks like it belongs on the bridge of a starship: the SiCortex SC5832. It's this year's winner of the soon-to-be-coveted Dev Connection "Sexiest in show" award for SC07. And yes those lights do sweep across the front like a Cylon, or the...
- Tags: Processor, Node, C/C++, Programming Languages, Processors, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Ed Burnette
- Blog posts 2007-11-14
- Build the $340 NAS for half the price but double the speed
- The thing that has always bothered me with the NAS Network Attached Storage market for consumers is that it's very high margin yet the products deliver very poorly on performance. While that might be great for the product manufacturers bottom line, it isn't so great when you're the consumer. Typical...
- Tags: Hard Drive, NAS, Media Center PC, Performance, Power Consumption, Watt, Network-Attached Storage (NAS), Media Center PCs, Performance Management, Storage, Microsoft Windows, Serial ATA, Linux, Hardware, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Operating Systems, Software, George Ou
- Blog posts 2007-10-22
- (Gallery: The all-in-one dual-core VESA Stand PC mod)
- (Gallery: The all-in-one dual-core VESA Stand PC mod)Well see I've built a lot of PC's in my day.....One of the many reasons I go with Mac's at my home is that well you simply can't build a PC as sweet as say the iMac. I guess I could build...
- Tags: Desktops, Porshe, VESA Stand PC, Gallery, dual-core
- Discussion threads 2007-10-10
- Y-Junction Based Addressing in Optical Symmetric Multiprocessor Networks
- In a Symmetric MultiProcessor SMP, every processor has its own cache, and all the processors and memory modules are connected to the central interconnect, which is usually a shared bus. As the processors become faster, the central interconnect architecture of traditional SMP's impedes performance because it cannot keep up with...
- Tags: Performance, Network, Multiprocessor, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components
- White papers 2007-10-01
- Friday Rant - A tale of two PC cases
- Friday Rant - A tale of two PC casesComputer cases rarely are heard aboutSo I am happy to hear your rant on the subject. The thing that frustrates me is the sudden popularity of one case design or another. Like the Antec Dragons that were also sold...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Consumer electronics, DVD, Newegg.com, bay
- Discussion threads 2007-08-10
- IBM BladeCenter Deployment Guide Part 1a - Advanced Management Module
- The paper is intended to present the general steps necessary to successfully deploy IBM blades in the IBM BladeCenter. Its primary focus is to detail the steps required for setting up remote boot on IBM Blades. Remote boot, root boot, or boot from SAN, is the name referred to the...
- Tags: IBM eServer BladeCenter, Blade, IBM Corp., Blade Servers, Utility Computing, Servers, Hardware
- White papers 2007-05-17
- Comprehensive RAID performance report
- Comprehensive RAID performance reportHere is one way to look at it..Good Article!This shows the fundamental problem with raid 10. Everything acts as one volume. All the IO is shared between all the drives of the redundant mirror. Thus giving you one big expensive and slow volume. ...
- Tags: Processors, Storage, Testing, CPU, parity calculation, database, database application, server
- Discussion threads 2007-05-04
- 2.5 TERABYTE hot-swap storage for $730!
- 2.5 TERABYTE hot-swap storage for $730!FreeNASIf you want to build a simple NAS system and you have a spare PC hanging about... check out FreeNAS.Decimal vs. binary"Tera" is an SI unit, defined in decimal. So is "Giga", "Mega", "Kilo", etc.Only an old pedantic fart would still go on and on...
- Tags: Network-attached storage (NAS), Taxes, Free trade, way thing, storage, NAS
- Discussion threads 2007-04-30
- SOA analysts examine TIBCO's SOA tools, ESBs as platform, webMethods Fabric 7, HP's foray into BI
- Read a full transcript of the podcast.Welcome to the latest BriefingsDirect SOA Insights Edition Vol. 9, a weekly discussion and dissection of Services Oriented Architecture SOA-related news and events, with a panel of IT analysts.In this episode, our experts examine TIBCOs latest SOA tools news, the role of ESBs as...
- Tags: .NET, database, datacenters, HP, IBM, Interarbor Solutions, Microsoft, Oracle, Podcasts, SOA, SOA Governance, Software Infrastructure, Sun Microsystems, Virtualization, Web Services
- Blog posts 2007-02-18
- Migration to ATCA: An Open Modular Architecture
- This white paper traces the evolution and presents a technical summary of the Advanced Telecommunication Communication Architecture ATCA technology. In addition, it lists the current market trends in ATCA products. The white paper begins with a detailed look at how Compact PCI cPCI evolved over the years until it lead...
- Tags: White Paper, Migration, Strategy, Management
- White papers 2007-02-01
- Build an affordable 32 gigabit network for the datacenter
- Build an affordable 32 gigabit network for the datacenterCool stuff.Something I don't normally have to think about at the manufacturing level, but still something I might want to look at for future reference. Quite the pricey hardware being used though.You have a cheaper alternative?I'd love to find an alternative...
- Tags: Data centers, network, rack, data center
- Discussion threads 2007-01-17
- HybriCore Technology: Delivering End-to-End System-Level QoS Functionality
- Enigma's HybriCore backplane interconnect chipset offers some compelling advantages to system OEMs in terms of density, system power and scalability. However, one of the clear questions that system architects, who are designing the next generation of multi-service access and aggregation platforms, must resolve is how this technology can be augmented...
- Tags: QoS, Functionality, Enigma Semiconductor, Chipsets, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components
- White papers 2007-01-01
- Describing the Force10 E-Series Architecture: Technology for Reliability and Scalability for High-Performance Ethernet
- The Force10 Networks E-Series Architecture delivers breakthrough scalability and capacity - the result of technological advances and innovations in the design of switch fabrics, ASICs, a unique passive backplane, and revolutionary system control plane. Working together, the E-Series architecture and Force10 Operating System FTOS in combination delivers the full potential...
- Tags: Force10 Networks Inc., Scalability, High-performance, Force10 Networks E-Series Architecture, Ethernet, Network Technology, Networking
- White papers 2006-09-01
- SAS: The New Paradigm
- Savvy IT managers can quickly deploy storage solutions tailored to their specific needs: Serial Attached SCSI SAS drives are clearly the best choice for mission-critical use, where transactional/online performance and reliability are crucial, while Serial ATA SATA drives are cost effective for capacity-oriented applications, such as archive, and disk-to-disk backup....
- Tags: SAS Institute, Serial Attached SCSI, Serial ATA, Storage, Hardware
- White papers 2006-03-21
- Cisco routers become less proprietary
- Cisco routers become less proprietaryOMGWTFBBQ?What brought this on? Has Cisco Flipped? I admit, I love the idea. Was this brought on by the acquisition of Linksys?Or did has competition been creeping up on them and they decided to counter it.Who knows, perhaps this was brought on by...
- Tags: Memory, Branding, Quality, Cisco Router, software world, Cisco Systems Inc., RAM, router
- Discussion threads 2006-03-20
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