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- Panel: do cloud computing economic advantages break down in enterprises?
- Cost of computingCompanies will utilize this to get rid of expensive license models of Microsoft flavors.Hardware costs are...not the biggest problem. Bandwidth is what is ridiculously high. To get into anything with high enough upload speeds will set you back plenty. Some cable companies are offering decent speeds in the...
- Tags: Intellectual property, cloud provider, Hardware Costs, Desktop computing
- Discussion threads 2009-11-20
- GIMP dropped from default Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx installation
- I use the GIMPThe user interface stinks, but the GIMP is a powerful application. I use it regularly for editing pictures. F-spot on the other hand, I don't like much. I use gThumb for organizing my photos (gThumb was F-spot's predecessor in early Ubuntu versions). gThumb also allows some simple...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, GIMP, Ubuntu
- Discussion threads 2009-11-19
- ChromeOS says tear down this network regulation wall
- Costs"What is holding back network capacity is politics."What's holding back network capacity is huge costs.Yep, very important to push the ISPs to free up the bits. They would love to continue selling bandwidth through an eyedropper at very high prices. They need a push.Oh, and Microsoft will not like this...
- Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Network technology, ChromeOS, netbook, fiber
- Discussion threads 2009-11-19
- More evidence of the coming collision between home broadband and the smart grid
- Collision?Not the word I would have used.In any event, I think this is a positive and necessary direction to go. In order to manage more diversified, less dependable/consistent sources of energy, the demand side HAS TO be managed. Without it, we are just setting ourselves up for a lot of...
- Tags: TELECOMMUNICATIONS, collision, home broadband, grid, smart grid
- Discussion threads 2009-11-16
- The stupid network will get a hearing
- Leave my bits aloneIf I pay for unlimited service up to a certain speed that's what I expect to get. The fee I pay is supposed to cover the level of service I order. If a company is investing in a service I didn't buy, they neeed to get their...
- Tags: ROI/TCO, carrier, network
- Discussion threads 2009-11-13
- Clearwire: 'Google believes in us'
- Google investmentsI wonder if Google will now start investing in Verizon's LTE buildout. The two companies have become quite chummy lately.Has google made any further investments in Clearwire? New marketsA friend of mine is setting up sales territory in the Raleigh and Philly markets for Clearwire. He's totally...
- Tags: Wi-Fi, Wireless and Mobility, Google Inc., Clearwire Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-11-11
- No more servers? Rackspace says IT workers are tired of them
- And, as servers move to the cloud, fewer and fewer will be Windows servers.When you deploy thousands, you can pay millions in licensing for Windows, and, then Windows is less stable and less secure.RE: No more servers? Rackspace says IT workers are tired of themI wonder how well those outsourced...
- Tags: Servers, server, information technology, Rackspace
- Discussion threads 2009-11-10
- In recession, VoIP makes strong case for cutting your home landline
- Tempting, but I will passI've considered VoIP several times over the years, but it usually just takes a few phone calls with a friend or relative who is using VoIP before I change my mind! Not infrequently, the conversation becomes a warbling mess. Then there are times we...
- Tags: Telephony, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, VoIP, phone, recession
- Discussion threads 2009-10-30
- Amazon launches relational database service: Think MySQL in the cloud
- Three reasons this is a bad paradigm...Security, security and...let's see, what was that other thing...oh yeah, security. The comment "enterprise customers are likely to take their time moving sensitive data into Amazon?s RDS effort" should be nominated for the understatement of the year award. What's more likely is...
- Tags: Databases, Web servers, Storage, Web site development, RDBMS, Amazon.com Inc., sensitive data, database, MySQL
- Discussion threads 2009-10-27
- Net neutrality: a faster Internet for all
- If I pay my ISP for fast speeds, I should get it.If I pay my ISP for fast speeds, I should get it.I do [b]not[/b] want my internet to slow down just because some person on the [b]other[/b] end didn't pay for priority traffic.Net Neutrality had to happen in the...
- Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Internet Service Provider, Net Neutrality, faster Internet, Toll-Free, population density, Internet
- Discussion threads 2009-10-23
- EvriChart: A Linux Success Story
- Tony Maro, CIO of EvriChart, a hospital records management and archiving business, successfully migrated his company's Windows-based line of business document management extranet application and his employees' 40-odd Windows-based desktops to a 100 percent Linux-based server and desktop infrastructure. Jason Perlow interviews Tony Maro, CIO...
- Tags: Desktop, Hospital, Imaging, Health Care, Server, Computer, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Document Management, Operating Systems, UNIX, Open Source, Software, Enterprise Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2009-10-20
- Clients: fat vs. thin, net vs. note
- Can I suggestNetbooks with Win 7. Just installed it on a useless Linux netbook and it works fine and only cost me A$399 (which now is almost the same as US ;-))For once try and rein in your hobby horse and let the students join the new millenium.On and...
- Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Thin clients, PRODUCTIVITY, Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, NeatX, oh-so, netbook, thin client, Linux, desktop, operating system, tool
- Discussion threads 2009-10-19
- Verizon Droid ad attacks iPhone on features
- I'm really interested in this phone. I hear it won't drop 30% of its callsThe ad is pure genius and truly highlights how terrible the iPhone is. The iPhone also has the dubious distinction of being the only modern cell phone to drop 30% of its calls, as admitted by...
- Tags: Smart phones, advertisement, Verizon Communications Inc., Apple iPhone, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-10-19
- A billion streamed videos per day, $0 in bandwidth costs
- Google recently told us that they have reached the one billion videos per day mark, but are still quite tight lipped over the actual cost of the service. It's hard to imagine that streaming a billion videos per day would be cheap -- but in Google's case, some say...
- Tags: Google Inc., Video, Corporate Communications, Network Technology, Marketing, Networking, Garett Rogers
- Blog posts 2009-10-16
- TechGuard keeps spam and botnets at bay with one-click, enterprise-level security for SMBs, SOHOs
- One of the most difficult things for a small or medium business to do is set up a security scheme that's effective, affordable and intelligible to the average employee. Chesterfield, Mo. and Baltimore, Md.-based TechGuard is attempting to address that problem by bringing its enterprise and government-level...
- Tags: Security, Firewall, Network, SOHO, Small And Medium Business, TechGuard, SM, Smb/Sme, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-10-13
- Are you a mobile broadband hog? Should that be your problem?
- Well, if I am a light user, I DO NOT want to pay for the hogs that drive upcosts for the carriers. I want a dirt cheap plan, that will immediately throttle me if I start hogging, or, possibly give me the option to pay more if I want to...
- Tags: Smart phones, Wireless and Mobility, Network technology, Apple iPhone, mobile broadband, AT&T Corp., broadband, mobile, UNLIMITED
- Discussion threads 2009-10-07
- Republicans protest net neutrality rules, fearing a chilling effect on broadband investment (or was it profits?)
- Let the whining by the Neo-Cons begin. nt:-(RE: Republicans protest net neutrality rules, fearing a chilling effect on broadband investment (or was it profits?)bingoKeep your damn politics out of itCan't we just discuss technology issues without injecting our political views? There are valid arguments on both sides; let's focus...
- Tags: Network technology, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, net neutrality rule, broadband investment, broadband, Net Neutrality
- Discussion threads 2009-10-06
- Intel's Light Peak to cut the cables
- ExceptThe hardware to interface to this would be the same for all devices. The cost to connect a lower end communication device would be as high as the higher end devices. This will be cost prohibitive.I don't think my mouse needs 10 Gb/s communication... well, okay maybe during some of...
- Tags: Network technology, Light Peak, cable, Intel Corp., cell phone
- Discussion threads 2009-09-24
- AT&T prepares for iPhone MMS day tomorrow
- Wow...Cool New Feature there Apple. Way to be inventive. Now Picture Mail, along with cut and paste are 2 innovations that keep iPhone hip and cool...even if every other smartphone has had those features since 1999 or so.Prediction: EPIC FAILWatch the network crash.RE: AT&T prepares for iPhone MMS day...
- Tags: Text messaging/SMS/MMS, Smart phones, Cellular phones, Apple iPhone, AT&T Corp., MMS, iPhone MMS day, iPhone MMS
- Discussion threads 2009-09-24
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