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- Moving house: diary of a dial-up user (part 1)
- Here at ZDNet, we all get on most of the time and I'm lucky to be working with some absolutely lovely people. Behind the scenes, we have a discussion group, and I've been bitching about my lack of Internet the last week or so. My editor-in-chief, Larry, asked me a...
- Tags: House, Phone, Broadband, Phone Line, British Telecommunications, Cable, Tiscali, Telecom & Utilities, Zack Whittaker
- Blog posts 2008-07-10
- Hyper-V: It's here
- As reported by ZDNet's Mary Jo Foley yesterday, Microsoft released its Hyper-V bare metal hypervisor platform (Updated: 4:20PM EST)for Windows Server 2008 today, in a virtual shot across competitor and market leader VMWare's bow, which currently holds over an 80 percent market share in x86 virtualization. We...
- Tags: Performance, Microsoft Windows Server, Intel X86, SuSE Linux Enterprise Server, Service Pack, VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp., Hyper-V, SMP, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Virtualization, Servers, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Hardware, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-06-26
- The purloined benchmark
- Last Wednesday I challenged Windows proponents to demonstrate a metric not based on market share which when fairly applied showed an advantage for Windows over Unix. Nobody took me up on it, but frequent contributor "ShadeTree" suggested that Windows would win with metrics based...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Performance, Memory, Server, Larry Pedigo, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Operating Systems, UNIX, Open Source, Software, Paul Murphy
- Blog posts 2008-04-08
- Everything you've read about Vista DRM is wrong (Part 2)
- Windows Vista includes a new set of features that allow playback software to work with protected media. This DRM infrastructure is bitterly controversial, and it's given rise to an enormous amount of misinformation. No one has been more active or successful in spreading FUD and misinformation about this technology than...
- Tags: Protection, Dell Computer Corp., Media Center PC, PC, Digital-rights Management, Driver, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Requirement, Reality, Aero, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Media Center PCs, Operating Systems, Software, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Ed Bott
- Blog posts 2007-09-18
- AMD answers to controversial use of retired benchmarks in China
- AMD answers to controversial use of retired benchmarks in ChinaI listened - Berlind was wrongBerlind said, "Forget about the quiet period. The quiet period doesn't matter."Yes it does. If Intel used old benchmarks when there was no reason they could have used more current ones, they were lying. If AMD...
- Tags: Processors, SEC, quad-core, Clovertown, IBM Corp., clock speed, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., HPC, Intel Corp., John Fruehe
- Discussion threads 2007-04-05
- Intel's Nehalem processor: Biggest leap since the Pentium Pro
- Intel's Nehalem processor: Biggest leap since the Pentium ProMan, Intel just keeps dumping on AMDGlad I don't have any AMD stock...Yet another vaporware 'release'...Intel is yet again trying to freeze the market in anticipation of losing more market share in the 4 socket market. Octal core? They keep...
- Tags: Processors, Intel Pentium, Intel Core Duo, Intel Corp., memory controller, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., integrated memory controller, IMC, Intel Nehalem, processor, Intel Pentium Pro
- Discussion threads 2007-03-28
- Is SOA just the latest way for vendors to gouge customers?
- Ross Mason, CTO of Mulesource and founder of the Mule Enterprise Service Bus, says vendors have been gouging enterprises too long on integration work, and the gouging continues unabated with service-oriented architecture. Writing in Dr. Dobbs Journal, Mason identified the "Five Ways Vendors Gouge Customers on Integration," noting that "despite...
- Tags: Mason, SOA
- Blog posts 2006-11-02
- It's 2006: what's an 'ESB'?
- Just about every vendor sells one. Some enterprises have several. But ESB continues to be a term in search of a meaning. Earlier in July, I posted details about Forrester's latest rankings of ESB vendors, in which both BEA and Cape Clear claimed the number one spot. However, there is...
- Tags: Enterprise Service Bus
- Blog posts 2006-07-31
- A 1,000-processor computer for $100K?
- A 1,000-processor computer for $100K?I believe the power consumed should be 120 KilowattsI believe the power consumed should be 120 KilowattsI believe the power consumed should be 120 KilowattsI believe the power consumed should be 120 Kilowatts for 12 racks if computers.I could use a few of theseWell at least...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Processors, FPGA, computer, CPU, processor, game, software
- Discussion threads 2006-02-24
- Apache Synapse: 'intermediary' or 'bus'?
- In recent times, there has been an abundance of contention and confusion within the industry over the exact purpose and benefits of enterprise service buses, or ESBs. Some say its a quick on ramp to SOA, others say its a distraction. A big problem is the proliferation of ESBs from...
- Tags: Synapse, Enterprise Service Bus
- Blog posts 2005-09-02
- The great ESB squabble of 2005
- Both my blogmates Dan Farber and Britton Manasco have provided pointers to excellent information on what enterprise service buses ESBs are all about. However, there is some confusion -- if not outright sniping -- over who invented ESBs to begin with. Datamonitor ComputerWire's Jason Stamper picked up on...
- Tags: Sonic Software, Enterprise Service Bus
- Blog posts 2005-08-08
- AMD to unveil dual-core desktop chips
- AMD to unveil dual-core desktop chipsThis is the *big* test for AMDFrom the story: "These dual-core chips also sell at a premium price. The 4800+ will sell for $1,001 in quantities of 1,000 while the 4600+ will go for $803... The competing Pentium D chips from Intel, released last week,...
- Tags: Semiconductors, Network technology, Processors, chip, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., AMD Athlon, Seckler, computer
- Discussion threads 2005-05-30
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