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EMC buys Berkeley Data Systems, creator of Mozy

EMC buys Berkeley Data Systems, creator of MozyNot just consumersGE standardized on Mozy Pro for its desktops' backup.Gah!Great, EMC owns another backup product with a Mac version that they can let rot. They haven't done squat with Retrospect, and now the Mac version of Mozy will probably languish in its...

Tags: Storage, Backups, Mozy, EMC Corp., Berkeley Data Systems

Discussion threads 2007-10-04

EMC buys Berkeley Data Systems, creator of Mozy

EMC said it has acquired Berkeley Data Systems, best known for its Mozy, online information and backup services. Terms of the deal weren't disclosed, but the acquisition will have no impact on EMC's revenue or earnings. In other words, EMC is acquiring a small...

Tags: EMC Corp., Berkeley Data Systems, Mozy, Storage, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2007-10-04

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Computers have speed limit as unbreakable as speed of light, say physicists

Yeah, they have been saying this same thing for years....and everytime, they find a way to make computers even faster. I don't think that they will EVER reach a limit for computer power. Not ever.FacinatingI always knew there would be a wall somewhere, but what will be needed with that...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, computer

Discussion threads 2009-10-16

PostgreSQL 8.4.1 (Mac)

PostgreSQL is a powerful, open source relational database system. It has more than 15 years of active development and a proven architecture that has earned it a strong reputation for reliability, data integrity, and correctness. It runs on all major operating systems, including Linux, UNIX (AIX, BSD, HP-UX, SGI IRIX,...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, PostgreSQL, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management

Software downloads 2009-09-09

PostgreSQL Database Server 8.4 (Windows)

PostgreSQL Database Server is a powerful, open source relational database system. It has more than 15 years of active development and a proven architecture that has earned it a strong reputation for reliability, data integrity, and correctness. It runs on all major operating systems, including Linux, UNIX (AIX, BSD, HP-UX,...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, PostgreSQL, PostgreSQL Database Server, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management

Software downloads 2009-08-11

News to know: $99 iPhone; AMD; Bing; Firefox 3.5; Data Domain

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Jason Perlow: $99 iPhones Will Not Improve the Wireless Customer Experience Jason D. O'Grady: AT&T's $200 early upgrade fee...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Mozilla Firefox, Andrew Nusca, Domain, Microsoft Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Sam Diaz, Verdiem, Piracy, Web Browsers, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Internet

Blog posts 2009-06-10

EMC connects the Iomega-Mozy storage dots

EMC is connecting two of its more recent acquisitions--Iomega and Berkeley Data Systems' Mozy online backup storage--to target small businesses and consumers. On Wednesday, EMC will roll out a storage bundle that includes Iomega's external hard drives with a software bundle that combines the Mozy online backup...

Tags: Iomega Corp., EMC Corp., Storage, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-15

Some thoughts from Intel's green queen: Lorie Wigle

Here's a stat about Intel that you might not have heard: The company is currently the largest purchaser of alternative energy: an estimated 1.3 BILLION (yes, billion with a B) kilowatt-hours in annual green power usage, according to the Environmental Protection Agency's latest Top 25 list. That's roughly 46 percent...

Tags: Data Center, Green Technology, KWh, Intel Corp., Data Centers, Podcasts, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Internet, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-04-25

UNIX - Let's get together and feel all right

UNIX - Let's get together and feel all rightEric may be right, it ttmight just be too much legal work, but, Sun couldGPL important parts that could be mixed with Linux. Of course that would mean they would have to move to Linux at some point and give up the...

Tags: Linux, Operating systems, Sun Solaris, OPEN SOURCE, Servers, nothing, UN*X, Unix, AT&T Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-04-18

EMC buys Iomega

EMC said Tuesday that has acquired Iomega, best known for its Zip drives in the 1990s, for $213 million. Under the terms of the deal EMC will pay $3.85 a share for Iomega, which closed at $3.64 on Tuesday. In a statement, EMC said: The addition...

Tags: Iomega Corp., Small Business, EMC Corp., Storage, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-04-08

Microsoft, Intel to team on new parallel, multicore research efforts

In what has become a not-so-secret secret, Microsoft and Intel are set to unveil on March 18 their joint funding of more parallel-processing research work, according to various industry reports. EETimes says the Wintel couple will announce it is helping fund the new Parallel Computing Lab at...

Tags: Team, Microsoft Corp., Multi-core, Intel Corp., EETimes, Microsoft Research Folk, Dryad, Team Management, Management, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2008-03-17

Cellphones to monitor highway traffic

On February 8, 2008, about 100 UC Berkeley students will participate in the Mobile Century experiment, using GPS mobile phones as traffic sensors. During the whole day, these students carrying the GPS-equipped Nokia N95 will drive along a 10-mile stretch of I-880 between Hayward and Fremont, California. 'The phones will...

Tags: Monitor, Phone, University Of California At Berkeley, Nokia Corp., Cell Phone, GPS, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware, Roland Piquepaille

Blog posts 2008-02-01

EMC rolls out enterprise SaaS backup service

EMC said Tuesday that it has rolled out its software as a service strategy, which revolves around Mozy, the product line it acquired in October when the data storage giant bought Berkeley Data Systems. Specifically, EMC launched MozyEnterprise powered by EMC Fortress (how's that for a branding...

Tags: Software-as-a-service, Backup, EMC Corp., Mozy Enterprise, Software As A Service (SaaS), Storage, Emerging Technologies, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-01-22

'Green IT': are we missing the bigger picture?

ZDNet colleague Larry Dignan, reporting from Gartner IT Symposium, says too much is being made of "Green IT," and IT managers he has spoken with even say it may be a bogus issue generated by vendors and consultants. Before we attack IT for depleting our energy supplies,...

Tags: Data Center, Information Technology, Green IT, E-business, Data Centers, Web Technology, Storage, Strategy, Hardware, Data Management, Management, Joe McKendrick

Blog posts 2007-10-11

News to know: XP SP3; IE7; RIM shines; RIAA's victory

Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft releases beta of XP SP3 to Vista, Windows Server testers. Internet Explorer 7 update: Now WGA-free. Ryan Naraine: MS Patch Tuesday: 7 bulletins coming, 4 critical. Sun issues patch for 'highly critical' Java...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Apple iPhone, Adobe Systems Inc., Research In Motion Ltd., Larry Dignan, Microsoft Windows XP, RIAA, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, Microsoft Corp., Photograph, Sales Strategy, E-mail, Social Networking, Sales Force Management, Security, Sales, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion

Blog posts 2007-10-05

Engineering a new curriculum

Engineering a new curriculumSome smaller schools are way ahead hereI teach engineering at two schools in CT. One University of New Haven has a core required course for non-technology students to give them an appreciation and understanding as well as the necessary vocabulary of the role that engineering and...

Tags: Sastry, Cornell University, Cornell, curriculum, new curriculum, social science, democracy, Siemens AG

Discussion threads 2007-09-10

Build a $2,500 supercomputer

Build a $2,500 supercomputerYou do need a day off!Monday is Labor Day! lol!Add a Terabyte or four Raid Array to the system.Add a Terabyte or four Raid Array to the system. Available now for $600 in refurb units at buy.com. Don't forget the advent of quad cpu's...

Tags: RAID, Performance management, Processors, Semiconductors, Blade servers, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Deep Blue, Cray Inc., supercomputer

Discussion threads 2007-09-01

County's loss of voting data leads to new election

In another case that puts into question the usability of electronic voting machines, a California judge is likely to order a new election for a Berkeley, CA, ballot initiative that lost due to dubious electronic voting machine data, reports IDG News Service.Judge Winifred Smith of the Alameda County Superior Court...

Tags: State &, Local Govt, Elections

Blog posts 2007-07-16

The Desktop Virtualization Diaries (prologue): The Good, the Bad, and the horribly Ugly

The Desktop Virtualization Diaries prologue: The Good, the Bad, and the horribly UglyWorkstation 6 can show battery statusGo to VM > Settings > Options > Power and select Report battery information to guest. Then, in the VM, make sure your OS is set to display the battery status.You need to...

Tags: Operating systems, VPNs, Engineering, Workstations, VMware Workstation, innotek VirtualBox, O/S, VPN, operating system, Unix, battery, workstation, desktop

Discussion threads 2007-06-28

Security issues

Security issuesMurph - you're stuck in the 80sThe simplest programming statement of the lot is the GOTO. It is also the most dangerous because you can do *anything* with it. You can cross loops, functions, procedures, etc and corrupt return stacks and so forth. That is why it is so...

Tags: C/C++, Programming languages, Processors, pointer, C, Java, Intel x86, Murph, Goto, attack, security

Discussion threads 2007-06-25