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VIC OnCall Firewall (zip)

VIC OnCall Firewall for Windows provides users with Enhanced Security against Internet-Attacks, and Trojans. VIC OnCall Firewall is Fast, and Comprehensive. VIC OnCall Firewall unlike other Firewall Applications does not slow down or bottleneck your PC when its running. The easy to use Interface makes customizing your Security Options as...

Tags: Bottleneck, Trojan Horse, Microsoft Windows, Firewalls, Spyware, Spyware, Adware & Malware, E-mail, Security, Network Security, Viruses And Worms, Operating Systems, Software, Networking, Online Communications

Software downloads 2006-07-25

J2EE Expert Series: Common Bottleneck Symptoms

Bottlenecks are inevitable during performance testing. There are several common patterns easily distinguished by observing the CPU utilization on the different servers during the test. Each of these patterns (underutilization, bursty utilization, high utilization, and uneven cluster loading) potentially results from a number of different causes. Performance testing requires recognizing...

Tags: Bottleneck, Performance, Utilization, J2EE, Performance Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management

White papers 2003-12-11

Additional Resources

What is the best method for picking up an iPhone 3G on July 11th?

What is the best method for picking up an iPhone 3G on July 11th?Going EarlyI have a pretty decent sized AT&T Wireless store a quick walk down the street from my place. I'm guessing since it isn't in the busier parts of town it won't have a ton of traffic...

Tags: Cellular phones, WIRELESS, 3G, Apple iPhone, iPhone 3G

Discussion threads 2008-07-02

How to maximize performance in virtualized environments

How to maximize performance in virtualized environmentsvm historyWhile virtualization does allow users to 'expand or reduce' capacity on demand, most real life requirements are to expand and seldom reduce. A few applications have seasonal peaks but 99% are always growing.The major bottleneck which arises with virtualization is that of I/O...

Tags: Mainframes, Virtualization, Servers, I/O, hardware, IBM Corp., performance, environment

Discussion threads 2008-06-21

Cell phone as desktop computer

Cell phone as desktop computerGood stuffThat is a really good idea and if Microsoft doesn't implement it, someone will like meS. Jobs said something similar not too long agoIn a WSJ interview he said that he thought we'd see most big advances come from "devices" rather than normal computers.The conversation...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Keyboards, Telecom & Utilities, Desktops, phone, computer, cell phone, desktop, desktop computer, docking station, keyboard

Discussion threads 2008-06-20

Western Digital VelociRaptor - Plenty of bark, not enough bite

Western Digital VelociRaptor - Plenty of bark, not enough biteI definitely want onenot sure I can justify the price. I saw the 750GB WD drives at Fry's for 109.00 on sale. What's the fastest 750Gb I wonder?I want one and i will tell you why.Gaming.When playing a game, you need...

Tags: Games, Western Digital VelociRaptor, Western Digital Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-06-20

Continental's TSA Airport Security is decidedly Un-CLEAR

As some of you may know, my job as a systems architect for one of the world's largest systems integration firms requires that I do a large amount of travel. Typically, I'm away from home about four days out of the week. Naturally, this results in going through a lot...

Tags: Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-06-12

Thinking about multicore and software

Informit.com recently ran a fascinating Andrew Binstock interview with Donald Knuth touching on some of the same topics we discuss here - programming methods, the value of open source, and the links between programming and hardware change. I want to get...

Tags: Software, Job, T2, Multi-core, Hardware, Multi-threading, Tim Bray, Open Source, Paul Murphy

Blog posts 2008-06-09

Can a 256GB SSD save the MacBook Air?

When it comes to the MacBook Air I'm a lover and a hater. I waited forever for a real Apple subnotebook, then after getting one I find myself traveling less and craving more horsepower than the diminutive MacBook Air can deliver. But I digress. ...

Tags: Reason, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Apple MacBook, Solid State Disk, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-05-27

Don't go buying high-end graphics cards to power the next-gen Photoshop

Don't go buying high-end graphics cards to power the next-gen PhotoshopOK ...... what budget would you be looking at?CS3 and high end graphics cardsI'd just like to know what use CS3 and Elements make of upgraded graphics cards. I was thinking about the new 8800GT for Mac Pro to...

Tags: Video cards, Games, Adobe PhotoShop, high-end graphics card, video card, PS CS3, graphics, game, RAM

Discussion threads 2008-05-27

Hammering a dual quad-core Xeon system

The other day I wanted to test out the viability of simultaneously transcoding six DVDs to six separate .MP4 files suitable for my iPod touch. So I loaded a few software utilities onto a dual quad-core Xeon system and put it through its paces. How did this system cope with...

Tags: Quad-core, ISO, Intel Xeon, DVD, Consumer Electronics, Iso standards, Processors, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Quality, Business Operations, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2008-05-26

Ruby on Rails expert: Rails scales; Twitter shouldn't taint Ruby

Ruby on Rails, a rapid-fire Web development stack, has been under fire of late. Twitter outages have led a fairly loud chorus of folks singing the "Ruby doesn't scale" song. But is it really fair to make the Ruby-Twitter connection, which by the...

Tags: Database, Ruby, Twitter, Rails Applications, Ruby On Rails, Scripting Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-05-21

The key to Windows success? It's all about the drivers

The key to Windows success? It's all about the driversTrialware payolaSo I read Item#5 as something of curiosity in terms of who pays and who gets. So if Widget Mfg. installs Widgette software as trialware, Widgette pays Widget Mfg. a fee to get into the installation rotation? Then...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista, Widgette, Widget Mfg, Microsoft Corp., OEM

Discussion threads 2008-05-13

FEUP Breaks Security-Performance Bottleneck With Check Point Technology

The Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto, FEUP is a Portuguese engineering teaching institution, integrated into the University of Porto, where undergraduate and postgraduate courses are taught in various engineering disciplines. FEUP needed to increase its Internet access bandwidth, currently rated at 1Gbps, while maintaining or even increasing...

Tags: Check Point Software Technologies Ltd., Security, Processors, Networking, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components

Case studies 2008-05-01

Is Psystar Mac clone using the Kalyway boot hack?

Is Psystar Mac clone using the Kalyway boot hack?I totally agree[i]But anyone who is doing actual work on a Mac should buy a Mac. And that means a kosher, Apple machine.[/i]If you are serious about your work, then you spend the money on a serious machine, (be it a Windows...

Tags: Apple Mac OS X, Operating systems, Kalyway installer, Apple Inc., Kalyway, Psystar, open source, Apple Software

Discussion threads 2008-04-28

Kickfire: MySQL data box for the rest of us

Given all the various technology news in the last two weeks, it would have been relatively easy to overlook a press release from a small startup called Kickfire, which produces an appliance to run MySQL applications. Snore. Yet another dime a dozen appliance vendor, which will probably...

Tags: Performance, MySQL, I/O, Kickfire, Storage, Databases, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-04-28

Adventures with Ubuntu 8.04

Adventures with Ubuntu 8.04RE: Adventures with Ubuntu 8.04Change to an old ATi RagePro or nVidia card. Check your RAM as well as other hardware components. Linux should install on this system, but if there is any failing hardware, forget it. One thing Linux is less tolerant of faulty hardware than...

Tags: Linux, Corporate communications, Microsoft Windows, Video cards, Ubuntu, Ubuntu 8.04, hardware

Discussion threads 2008-04-25

Time and talent are the open source speed limits

The launch of an open source movie studio dovetailed with a recent conversation I had with a West Texas entrepreneur. (Image courtesy Star Wreck Studios.) Stephen Lee is convinced there is a ton of time and talent which isn't getting a shot, which is why he's backing...

Tags: Talent, Movie, Workforce Management, Open Source, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-04-23

Drobo DroboShare network adapter

If you have already plunked down $500 for a Drobo and have other PCs on your network that you'd also like to backup to your Drobo, the $200 DroboShare companion piece is a no-brainer. It's near perfect for small offices in need of a dead simple backup solution, but home...

Tags: Ethernet, Network-attached storage (NAS), NETWORKING, Network technology, Storage, adapter, network adapter, network, Drobo DroboShare

Product reviews 2008-04-15

Moodle your way out of the education muddle

What's the biggest bottleneck in both open source and education? Time. Time to write code, time to learn the tools and get value from them. It is a muddle. So why not Moodle? Moodle is an open source course management system....

Tags: Education, Use, Online Learning, Moodle, E-learning, Open Source, Enterprise Software, Software, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-04-14