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- Select Business Solutions Case Study: Boise Cascade Office Products
- Boise Cascade Office Products has pioneered data warehousing concepts for more than ten years, using Select Business Solutions' NOMAD Report Writer for mainframe environments. More recently, they began looking for a Web-based reporting solution to extend their reporting capability to a wider audience. Boise's objective was to improve end user...
- Tags: Data Warehouse, Office Product, Cascade Corp., Boise, Mainframes, Business Intelligence, Storage, Servers, Databases, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
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- VMware Infrastructure 3: Install and Configure v3.5
- Instantly save $300 off the standard course price when you register on TechRepublic or ZDNet! Offer ends October 31, 2008.View Available Dates and LocationsIn this hands-on training course, you will explore installation, configuration, and management of VMware Infrastructure 3, which consists of VMware ESX Server and...
- Tags: St. Louis, Raleigh, Kansas City, Minneapolis, Cleveland, Phoenix Technologies, Detroit, San Diego, VMware Inc., Miami, Pittsburgh, Seattle, Desktop Virtualization, Ip storage
- Training 2008-10-01
- News to know: Firefox 3.0 flaw; Windows 7; IT failures; HP
- Notable headlines: Ryan Naraine: Code execution vulnerability found in Firefox 3.0 Dancho Danchev: A security company wants you to DDoS its servers Tom Steinert-Threlkeld: Alabama's Broadband Tide Mary Jo Foley: Will Google deliver its own dynamic language runtime?...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Mozilla Firefox 3.0, Mozilla Firefox, Hewlett-Packard Co., Microsoft Windows 7, Information Technology, Microsoft Windows, Flaw, Web Browsers, Data Centers, Internet, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-06-19
- Micron claims low-power server memory lead with two new modules
- I think I've reported this number before, but I keep forgetting it. Anyway, there is a statistic suggesting that memory components eat up something like 15 percent of the power consumed in data centers. Not an insignificant amount, which is one reason Micron continues to focus on lower voltage as...
- Tags: Micron Technology Inc., Module, Memory, Data Centers, Servers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-05-08
- American Fiber Systems Case Study: J.R. Simplot Company
- Based in Boise, Idaho, the J.R. Simplot Company is one of the largest privately held companies in the world. Like many companies in their industry, Simplot managed a decentralized telecom network made up of various T1s, DS3s and OC3s. Information was backed-up and stored using the time-consuming and costly magnetic...
- Tags: Network, T1, American Fiber Systems, Networking, Team Management, Network Technology, Management
- Case studies 2008-05-01
- Foams with good memory for space applications
- The U.S. National Science Foundation NSF has recently reported that two research teams have developed a new porous foam of an alloy that changes shape when exposed to a magnetic field. The NSF states that this new material is able to remember its original shape after it's been deformed by...
- Tags: National Science Foundation, Foam, Memory, Material, Team Management, Nanotechnology, Management, Emerging Technologies, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2008-01-01
- Photos: The birthplace of Pleo
- At Ugobe's research and development lab in Boise, Idaho, the animatronic dinosaur gets ready to roar. by CNET News.com
- Tags: R&D, Photograph, Research & Development, Business Operations, CNET News.com
- Image galleries 2007-12-17
- LogInventory (zip)
- Hardware and software inventory and compliance. Automatically detects your network devices. Freedom from client agents. No going from PC to PC to install anything. Wan compatible. No more reasons to go to the Boise office. Runs too fast to get coffee during a scan. You may be inclined to create...
- Tags: PC, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, WANs, Networking, Databases, Operating Systems, Software, Enterprise Software, Data Management
- Software downloads 2007-12-12
- Note to self: Memory counts, too
- It's pretty common knowledge that data center servers are among the biggest culprits in greedy power consumption. Most of the talk about addressing excess heat and energy use centers on new CPU approaches. But Micron Technology is focusing on the memory part of the equation. The memory...
- Tags: Aspen Technology Inc., Micron Technology Inc., Data Center, Memory, Server, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2007-09-05
- How far would you go to get the gadget of your dreams?
- I'm always wary of stories labels as "true story" but if this is true, this guy really wanted an iPhone:A Gizmodo reader underwent a vasectomy to get an Apple iPhone, following his wife's orders after a road trip with his kids to Boise, Idaho. But fear not, dear readers-with-your-manly-parts-still-intact, because...
- Tags: Apple Inc., Gadget, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2007-08-03
- FiOS - Verizon's long-term vision to the 10 gigabit home
- FiOS - Verizon's long-term vision to the 10 gigabit homeNo real differenceBoth of them lock you into using their "preferred" ISP (Microsoft, last time I looked) and filter IP traffic. Neither offers any better bandwidth than is currently available on a pure ADSL connection once you subtract the...
- Tags: Network technology, Telecom & Utilities, irony, vision, Verizon Communications Inc., cable, Fios, fiber
- Discussion threads 2007-07-09
- The next frontier: Infrastructure as a service?
- Jeff Lucchesi, CIO of Building Materials Holding Corp., is looking to build his technology infrastructure on a services model. In other words, he wants someone else to provide most technology services. The weak link in Lucchesis master plan: Infrastructure. Lucchesi,...
- Tags: Software Infrastructure, IT Management, Hardware Infrastructure, General, Gartner Symposium
- Blog posts 2007-04-23
- Microsoft sends mixed messages with its new design tools
- Microsoft is sending out mixed messages, in terms of its Web-design-tool strategy. First, theres the positioning. Redmonds "we plan to complement, not compete with Adobe" rhetoric -- which Im doubtful anyone who knows Microsoft will buy for a second. And then theres the partitioning. Microsofts decision...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., WPF/e, Expression Studio, Development tools
- Blog posts 2006-12-04
- SWMX Radio vs. Google? SWMX COO talks 'The Real Deal' in exclusive interview
- Google was mum on its dMarc Broadcasting acquisition at its Q3 conference call last month (see "Is Google hiding the radio star? Google silent on dMarc Broadcasting").Google spokesperson Michael Mayzel told me that Google is:Planning on releasing a beta version of Google Audio Ads by the end of the year.Industry insiders...
- Tags: Business Models, Local, Media, Advertising, Google, TV, Television, The Real Deal
- Blog posts 2006-11-05
- Sterling Commerce case study: Boise Cascade
- Learn how Boise Cascade consolidated its electronic business integration system and customer network for a seamless solution enabling uninterrupted data flow.
- Tags: Cascade Corp., Sterling Commerce, Networking
- Case studies 2006-10-01
- Real-time fire imaging program delayed
- Terrorism fears have delayed the launch of a joint NASA-Forest Service system to digitally map forest fires, News.com reports. The system, which would deploy real-time maps and imagery of forest fires is being held back to accommodate stricter FAA regulations. The program uses the Altair unmanned aircraft, an adaptation...
- Tags: ALTAIR, NASA
- Blog posts 2006-08-29
- Debunking Consolidation
- Another false claim to lay to rest today. This Australian article is so wrong. It starts with:The booming security market is heading for a bloodbath with both vendors and analysts expecting the number of companies selling security applications to fall from more than 700 today to just a handful...
- Tags: security
- Blog posts 2006-02-23
- Google Pagetastic?
- Google Pagetastic?I see you've been digging in the trenches again,Nice work, it's all I can do to get thru these reads lol! They maybe be shaping up to be all encompassing but with crap like today's Google Pages release, they have a long way to go. Got GOOG?Data DocketIf you...
- Tags: Monitors & displays, Data Docket, Mark Monitor, MarkMonitor, Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2006-02-23
- Self defeating desktop Linux strategies
- Self defeating desktop Linux strategiesBroken linkThe link to the original article referenced above is a) https and b) not working. Please delete this post after its fixed.180 degrees wrongThe key to adoption is to absolutely make it painless to use the new method. In business this is called barrier...
- Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Desktops, strategy, piracy, Dual Boot, Microsoft Corp., Linux, desktop, Microsoft Windows, wine, desktop Linux
- Discussion threads 2005-08-30
- SCO to cap legal expenses
- SCO to cap legal expensesIs it really worth it?Do they really think it's worth it to keep fighting this battle? They're only slowing down the inevitable. They're not going to win.Something wrong with their math...Let's see, $43 million minus $31 million for the lawyers equals $12 million, but they lost...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, BayStar, lawsuit strategy, SCO Group Inc., Darl
- Discussion threads 2004-08-31
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