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Scale-up and scale-out

Scale-up and scale-outAbove 4 SocketsAMD Opteron does not require a "bridge" to go above four sockets. Opteron is "glueless" up to eight sockets. However, comparing four socket to eight sockets, bisection bandwidth does not increase, and latency is doubled. So I agree, four sockets is the optimum...

Tags: Processors, Barrons, Sun Microsystems Inc., AMD Opteron, SMP, Intel Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co., socket

Discussion threads 2005-09-23

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News to know: Google; Text messaging; Spam; Microsoft

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Tom Steinert-Threlkeld: Learning From The Train Wreck Of Text Messaging Garett Rogers: Google wants your Hotmail, Yahoo and AOL contacts Jason Perlow: Microsoft: It's...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Text Messaging, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Spamming, Spam, E-mail, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Cellular Phones, Security, Spam And Phishing, Online Communications, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-09-15

I am I, GoogQuixote, the lord of free wireless

I am I, GoogQuixote, the lord of free wirelessStart your own business, thenThis analyst has the [i]cable companies[/i] on the losing end.http://blogs.barrons.com/techtraderdaily/2008/07/21/time-warner-cable-pali-downgrades-on-vz-fios-fears/Plus why do you love the Google monopoly, but dislike the phone "monopoly" ;) (even though it has been pointed out to you that there are many, many, many,...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Google Inc., GoogQuixote, wireless, phone

Discussion threads 2008-08-19

Seagate: Demand is swell, but we're playing catch-up on notebook drives

Seagate delivered some good news with its fiscal fourth quarter earnings: Storage demand is just swell. The bad news: Seagate is lagging with its product line--especially for notebook drives--and that's killing margins and hurting profits in the current quarter. For the quarter ended June 27, Seagate reported...

Tags: Notebook Market, Seagate Technology LLC, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-16

Again, why does Microsoft want Yahoo?

Again, why does Microsoft want Yahoo?Again, why does Microsoft want Yahoo?You should be asking why not? Both companies will gain a lot from this buy out. Yahoo has the services, Microsoft has the brand recognition. They can take the best of both worlds and have a dominant...

Tags: Team management, SEARCH, Branding, Microsoft want Yahoo, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft WANT, Yahoo! Inc., Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-07-14

News to know: Apple patches; D6 coverage; Yahoo; Google I/O

Notable headlines: Ryan Naraine: Mac OS X Leopard mega-patch plugs 41 security holes Jason O'Grady: Apple releases Mac OS 10.5.3 software update Apple: About the Mac OS X 10.5.3 Update Google: Mac OS X 10.5.3: sync Google Contacts Psystar offering new...

Tags: Google Inc., Apple Macintosh, Yahoo! Inc., Dana Blankenhorn, I/O, Patch Management, Apple Inc., Apple Mac OS, Apple Mac OS X, Operating Systems, Desktops, Software, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-05-29

NASA employee punished for political blogging

NASA employee punished for political bloggingThose are the rulesCivil service people aren't allowed to participate in partisan political activity. Looks like he's guilty, so no sympathy.Now if he had been blogging on the issues of the day from the privacy of his own home, without endorsing or disparaging particular...

Tags: Civil Service, blogging, NASA

Discussion threads 2008-05-28

AOL revenue continues to slide; Who are these 9.3 million AOL access subscribers?

AOL's revenue and operating income continued to slide as the parent Time Warner focuses on advertising. For the fourth quarter, AOL reported operating income of $274 million on revenue of $1.25 billion. That's down from operating income of $910 million on revenue of $1.84 billion. AOL's results...

Tags: Revenue, Time Warner Inc., Advertisement, America Online Inc., IP Democracy, Operational Accounting, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-02-06

VegaStream Group Case Study: Barrons Caravans

With offices distributed throughout the UK, Barrons was using a Nortel Meridian Optimum PBX for communication between its two central locations in Darlington and Coppell in the North of England. Calls were transferred over the PSTN leading to expensive internal communications costs, which Barrons wanted to reduce. A solution was...

Tags: U.K., PBX, VegaStream Ltd., Telephony, VOIP, Telecommunications, Networking

Case studies 2008-01-11

Can OpenSolaris become an alternative to enterprise Linux?

Can OpenSolaris become an alternative to enterprise Linux?RE: Can OpenSolaris become an alternative to enterprise Linux?Surely OpenSolaris over Linux is a no-brainer in the enterprise market.Sun Could Have Some SuccessAnd quite frankly, may have already had some in stemming the Linux tide.Linux pre-installed on servers had some interesting hickups in...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Linux, OpenSolaris, server, Sun Microsystems Inc.

Discussion threads 2007-10-16

Lawmaker blasts U.K. government on Microsoft policy

Lawmaker blasts U.K. government on Microsoft policyconfidentiality agreementEvery deal has a side deal in countries like England where the population still thinks its government not corruptible and more like parental units that would never harm the citizenry. The colonists in America split off from England for that exact reason. We...

Tags: Government, Vertical industries, OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-10-10

Report: Lucrative future for mobile TV

Report: Lucrative future for mobile TVWiMax - It is Japan - It is USA - It is not EUA colleague returned from Japan with news that mobile TV, interactive TV, wireless broadband Web 2.0, digital democracy, YouTube, what every you want to call it, is already being rolled out in...

Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, Wi-Fi, WIRELESS, TV, airwave, mobile TV, WiMAX, mobile

Discussion threads 2007-09-20

Fox Interactive turns annual profit; MySpace revenue to top $800 million in fiscal 2008

News Corp. said its Fox Interactive unit, which largely consists of MySpace, turned a profit of $10 million on revenue of $550 million for the fiscal year ending June 30.Overall, News Corp. reported fourth quarter earnings from continuing operations of $890 million on revenue of $7.36 billion. News Corp....

Tags: Revenue, News Corp., MySpace, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2007-08-08

Whole Foods CEO sorry for anonymous Web posts

Whole Foods CEO sorry for anonymous Web postsBig Fish vs little autorny Minow'sMinow is just so wrong. A CEO who is also a US citizen has the right and sometimes duty to publish anonymously when that posting does not involve harassment. That is how the founders of the USA did...

Tags: Public relations, Business ethics, Web, Whole Foods, Enron Corp., Minow, Big Fish, Minnow

Discussion threads 2007-07-18

CEO panned rival in anonymous Web postings

CEO panned rival in anonymous Web postingsWhole Foods Poisoning the WebIt's a shame John Mackey posted defamatory comments about his main competitor in the organic foods marketplace. Social Media Poisoning has come of age in an organic foods store.Hmmm. Yeah? So?I suspect that a large percentage of postings...

Tags: Government, INTERNET, Vertical industries, John Mackey, Web

Discussion threads 2007-07-11

Rupe ready to close Dow Jones deal?

The Business, citing "sources acting for the Dow Jones board, is reporting that News Corp and Rupert Murdoch have sealed the purchase of Dow Jones.Here's what The Business is reporting:Negotiations have been completed and the board is confident the terms of the deal will be accepted by the Bancroft family,...

Tags: General, Web Technology

Blog posts 2007-07-06

Retailer Boosts Wireless VoIP Connectivity, Reduces Expenses With 3Com Unified Switch and Access Points

Communicating across seven sites in the UK and one in New Zealand was expensive for Barrons-one of the largest outdoor retailers in the UK. They have a branch office in New Zealand. Communication between all these locations was becoming unmanageable and costly, and the company needed to find a solution...

Tags: VoIP, 3Com Corp., Access Point, Retail, Wi-Fi, Wireless

Case studies 2007-06-01

Will Sarbox change ding IT vendors?

The Securities and Exchange Commission tweaked its Sarbanes-Oxley requirements and that could be bad news for the technology companies, consultants and accountants on the Sarbox gravy train. The SEC said Wednesday that it was making changes to the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, known in some quarters as the accountant and consultant employment...

Tags: General, IT Management, Software Infrastructure

Blog posts 2007-05-24

Media literacy in a media saturated world

The question of what becomes of journalism in the age of mass media, in which anyone with an Internet connection can be their own publisher and reach a potential audience of billions with a single click was the subject of a conversation at a cybersalon hosted by Sylvia Paull near...

Tags: Blogging, General, Web Technology

Blog posts 2007-05-22

Rupert Murdoch's excellent adventure

Is Rupert Murdoch shrewd or what? Perhaps that MySpace acquisition wasnt a fluke. Murdochs News Corp. made an unsolicited bid for Dow Jones and wants to pay a whopping $60 a share. Dow Jones closed at $36.33 on Monday. In a statement, Dow Jones said its evaluating the offer.To understand...

Tags: General, Media Juggernaut, MySpace, Web Technology

Blog posts 2007-05-01