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Vkernel's catchphrase "performance lifecycle management"

I recently was introduced to a new catchphrase during a discussion with Vkernel. The phrase was "performance lifecycle management." Although at first, it seemed the result of running one of those buzzword generators. I'm sure you know what I mean - software that selects three random words from  a list...

Tags: Catchphrase, Performance, Lifecycle Management, Virtual Server, Vkernel, Performance Lifecycle Management, Server Virtualization, Virtualization, Business Structures, Performance Management, Ip storage, Desktop Virtualization, Servers, Hardware, Finance, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-08-26

Photos: You call that hi-def?

"High definition" has become a catchphrase for everything from mascara to fireplace logs. Here are some of the wacky things you can get in HD.

Tags: catchphrase, photograph

Image galleries 2007-03-03

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Categorizing the SaaS Vendors

Can't tell the players without a program! I get a couple of vendor briefings a week from SaaS vendors or their wanna-be cousins. As I listen to the various spins and pitches, it occurs to me that we need a new lexicon for these firms. Here’s my...

Tags: Software-as-a-service, Software As A Service (SaaS), Managed Hosting, Cloud Computing, Emerging Technologies, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2009-06-24

Vkernel Capacity Analyzer 3.0 - shining light into hidden corners

Alex Bakeman, CEO of Vkernel, and Christian Simko, Senior Director of Marketing Communications, and I spent an interesting hour talking about Vkernel Capacity Analyzer 3.0 and the philosophy behind it. After a few minutes, it was clear to me that Vkernel was trying to provide a light so that organizations...

Tags: Storage, Virtual Machine, Vkernel, VKernel Corp., Capacity Analyzer 3.0, Capacity Analyzer, Desktop Virtualization, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-12-15

Learning From The Train Wreck Of Text Messaging

Learning From The Train Wreck Of Text MessagingNot usually.[i]Do you allow phone calls to interrupt:- a current live conversation?- your dinner?- sitting on the toilet?[/i]Only if the call is from my wife. She gets furious if I don't answer. At the least I will answer, tell her I'm...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, text messaging, phone

Discussion threads 2008-09-14

News to know: Psystar vs. Apple; WGA; Linux under attack; FAA failure

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: News.com: Psystar responds to Apple suit, will countersue Sam Diaz: Does Psystar have a legit argument in Apple countersuit? Psystar countersues Apple, alleges anticompetitive business practices...

Tags: FAA, Google Inc., Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Attack, Psystar, Linux, Bluetooth, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Operating Systems, Open Source, UNIX, Software, Wireless, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-08-27

Use and abuse your Tablet PC for notetaking

There are two kinds of people out there who get Tablet PC's: 1. The kind of person who likes walking through a busy St. James Park with a Tablet PC on a sunny day, probably with a Bluetooth headset attached, talking to someone about "being very busy...

Tags: PC, Tablet PC, Microsoft Office OneNote, Tablets, Notebooks, Microsoft Office, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Office Suites, Software, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-06-22

Views from VMware's Analyst Day

Yesterday I attended a VMware analyst briefing in good ol' Beantown, a.k.a. Boston, Massachusetts. Having had the opportunity to speak with the executives of well over 120 companies offering something in the realm of virtualization technology, I came to the event with a fairly neutral viewpoint. Although I was ready...

Tags: VMware Inc., Data Centers, Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Storage, Strategy, Hardware, Data Management, Management, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-06-19

Pigs is pigs and data is data

My former mentor, Curtis Meinert, was fond of telling his fellow clinical trialists that "pigs is pigs and data is data" as we wrangled over drug testing results. When I first heard the phrase at the ripe old age of 19 from this midwestern guy turned white-haired biostatistician and...

Tags: Data, RTI, Policies And Procedures, Human Resources, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-06-17

How an Apple store was transformed into a Best Buy in 10 minutes

How an Apple store was transformed into a Best Buy in 10 minutesThat is true[i]We pay a lot for our hardware / software so we have a right to be annoyed more than people buying $400 laptops, right?[/i]I agree. When you are not dealing with the higher volumes of people...

Tags: Apple Inc., Apple Store, Best Buy Co. Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-05-22

Cloud computing: A look at the myths

Cloud computing: A look at the mythsThe clould will more expand, than disrupt computingI expect many companies will move their customer facing operations to the cloud. However, most companies will keep their internal IT, internal â€" for privacy, reliability, accountability, and other reasons. E.g. I don’t expect you will see...

Tags: cloud computing

Discussion threads 2008-04-07

Wired: Apple is Evil/Genius

Wired Magazine's Leander Kahney has a cover story on Apple ("How Apple Got Everything Right By Doing Everything Wrong" Issue 16.04 ) that's worth a read. Overall it's pretty well balanced and fair and has just enough edgy snarkiness to keep you reading. Kahney takes Apple to...

Tags: jason D. O'Grady, Apple Inc., Wired Inc., Recruitment & Selection, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Mac OS, Human Resources, Kahney, Operating Systems, Software, Wired Magazine, Workforce Management

Blog posts 2008-03-25

Google playing politics with open source

For open source, a choice between Google and Microsoft is a false choice. Yet that's what Google CEO Eric Schmidt is offering, as when he claims a Microsoft-Yahoo combination might "break the Internet" or that the two might act against the openness of the Internet. ...

Tags: Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Business Competition, Internet, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-03-18

WSO2 expands ESB market with Apache Synapse-based, open source SOA offering

Read a full transcript of the discussion. Sponsor: WSO2WSO2, Inc. has entered the open source SOA field with a slate of veterans from Web services specifications, application server design and lightweight framework development. The company's latest offering to the market came June 11 with the arrival of WSO2 ESB 1.0,...

Tags: Enterprise Java, management, Open Source, Podcasts, SOA, SOA architect, SOA Governance, Software Development, Software Infrastructure, Web Services

Blog posts 2007-06-15

A new charge on your phone bill

A new charge on your phone billWho wants to bet it'll flop...Either A) people won't buy the phones or B) turn it off when they get in their cars.Butt ...What if you are a passenger in a speeding taxi or train? Amtrak gets the ticket? Or...?That wouldn't work for catching...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Amtrak, government, phone, camera

Discussion threads 2006-12-20

Can Accenture learn to love SaaS?

Accenture and its competitors — both those based in US/Europe and the up-and-coming Indian IT services and outsourcing firms — are starting to take an interest in on-demand services. Even though they must be worried about the potential impact on their established business models, they can see on-demand revenues growing...

Tags: Accenture Ltd., Saas, on-demand

Blog posts 2006-10-20

HP memo: We will take the necessary action

HP memo: We will take the necessary actionFair enough, but let's take a closer look at some talking points:* We are passionate about customers Yes. They will passionately screw us out of every possible penny they can get their hands on. Just ask anyone who owns one...

Tags: Printers, Hewlett-Packard Co., printer

Discussion threads 2006-09-09

Microsoft warns game developers of security risk

Microsoft warns game developers of security riskWorld of WarcraftThis has been happening for a long time now.Accounts been hacked into and all their gold and equipment being transferred to another character to be sold off.There are viruses/trojans that look for WoW on your computer to steal your account details.You even...

Tags: Games, Microsoft Corp., game, software, security

Discussion threads 2006-08-15

Salesforce.com releases Summer '06 - 20th generation of their CRM service

Salesforce.com is releasing the latest version Salesforce is trumpeting the SAP Connector as a key part of Summer '06 of their market-leading CRM suite tomorrow morning Monday. Nicknamed "Summer '06", the updated service adds new tools to their CRM arsenal and builds on their increasingly important AppExchange platform (essentially a...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc.

Blog posts 2006-07-16

SOA Made Simple With EGL

Service-Oriented Architecture SOA has become the catchphrase of many vendors and consultants throughout the IT industry. What is SOA? In a nutshell, SOA is the creation of small reusable components of application systems that isolate logical functionality. In addition to improving the maintainability of internally developed systems via modularization, SOA...

Tags: SOA, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software

White papers 2006-07-01