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WAAS - Wide Area Application Services v4.0.7: View Available Dates and LocationsDiscover the business value of WAN optimization and application acceleration technologies in this course. Learn to design a basic WAAS deployment and configure and troubleshoot WAE devices, including WAN optimization and application acceleration components. In the remote labs, you'll install and configure...; Tags: Global Knowledge Network Inc., Optimization, Common Internet File System, Cisco Systems Inc., WANs, Network Technology, Networking; Training 2008-01-01
The best Windows storage isn't on Windows: The best Windows storage isn't on WindowsMessage has been deleted.real-world consumersThe only question I have is this: Why does the real-world, end-user or home/personal computer user care?Certainly, corporations and educational/research institutions and possibly government sector types with perpetual libraries of research papers, legal filings, patents, archived copies of old newspapers,...; Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, Sun Microsystems Inc., storage, Common Internet File System, Windows Storage, Make IT, OpenSolaris, Microsoft Corp.; Discussion threads 2007-11-29
Sun OpenSolaris makes nice with Windows: Sun OpenSolaris makes nice with WindowsSun donates to M$!Poor M$, they don't have the brains to do anything.Was this part of the M$ - Sun deal, or M$ ran out of money and gets freebies like a charitable organization? ;)SUN CIFS vs Samba 3.0I wonder how Sun's CIFS stacks up...; Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, Reading, OpenSolaris, wine, Microsoft Windows, Samba, Sun Microsystems Inc., Common Internet File System, Sun Solaris, Microsoft Corp.; Discussion threads 2007-11-20
The Path to Lower-Cost, Scalable, Highly Available Windows File Serving: HP's PolyServe File Serving Utility for Windows provides a unique solution that addresses the scalability, availability and manageability of CIFS file serving. The PolyServe solution addresses the scalability and performance bottleneck posed by the most demanding, data-intensive applications. In addition, PolyServe File Serving Utility can be utilized to consolidate numerous...; Tags: PolyServe Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co., Common Internet File System, Microsoft Windows, Performance Management, Operating Systems, Software, Human Resources, Workforce Management; White papers 2007-04-24
Setting Up CIFS Shares and Joining the Active Directory: In order for resources on a network to be locatable, a mechanism must exist whereby the resources can easily be found. A directory service in this case, Active Directory keeps track of all known resources and responds to requests with a list of currently available devices and services. But before...; Tags: Common Internet File System, Resource, Microsoft Windows Active Directory, Directory Services, Enterprise Software, Software; White papers 2006-07-31

Multiprotocol Data Access With IBM System Storage N Series: N series Storage System provides fast, simple, and reliable network data access to Network File System NFS, Common Internet File System (CIFS, for Microsoft Windows networking), and HyperText Transfer Protocol (HTTP, primarily for Web browsers) clients. Support for all three protocols is woven into the N Series microkernel and file...; Tags: Common Internet File System, Data Access, IBM Corp., Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software; White papers 2006-05-15
Integrating Mac OS and NetApp Storage: Integration, Configuration and Performance in Mixed File Sharing Environments: The inclusion of both the NFS and CIFS network file sharing protocols in Mac OS X dramatically simplifies the integration of Apple systems into multiprotocol file sharing environments that include Windows, UNIX, and other systems. To assess the network file sharing functionality and performance of OS X, Network Appliance undertook...; Tags: Apple Macintosh, Network Appliance Inc., Network File System, Performance, Common Internet File System, Operating System, File-sharing, NetApp, Integration, Peer To Peer (P2P), Apple Mac OS X, Storage, Internet, Operating Systems, Software, Apple Mac OS, Hardware; White papers 2006-03-01
CIFS Interoperability Tests for Cisco WAFS and NetApp Storage Systems: This paper provides an overview of how Cisco Wide Area File Services WAFS and NetApp Fabric Attached Storage FAS technologies interoperate. The data management functionalities of NetApp storage systems were tested in the presence of Cisco WAFS. The users benefit from the LAN-speed environment provided by Cisco WAFS at the...; Tags: Interoperability, Common Internet File System, Cisco Systems Inc., Storage System, NetApp, Storage, Hardware; White papers 2005-10-01
Supporting Server Consolidation Takes More Than WAFS: Driven both by the need to reduce cost and gain more control over the IT infrastructure, the majority of enterprises have begun to consolidate their servers into central data centers. However, the initial implementations of server consolidation demonstrated that applications such as Microsoft Office that rely on the Common Internet...; Tags: Common Internet File System, Server Consolidation, Servers, Hardware; White papers 2005-10-01

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Microsoft confirms IE 8 will ship this year: Microsoft Senior Vice President of Online Services and Windows, Bill Veghte, just told attendees that Microsoft will release the final version of Internet Explorer IE 8 to the Web "later this year." by Mary Jo Foley; Tags: Microsoft Internet Explorer, Microsoft Corp., Web Browsers, Internet, Mary Jo Foley; Blog posts 2008-07-24
Speculation over possible Skype backdoor: There's growing speculation coming out of Europe that there's a backdoor in Skype that allows remote eavesdropping of telephone conversations. A report in the reputable Heise Online says the issue was discussed at a meeting with ISPs last month where high-ranking officials at the Austrian interior...; Tags: Skype Technologies S.A., Telecom & Utilities, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Internet, Ryan Naraine; Blog posts 2008-07-24
Google + Digg = ?: There's a persistent rumor that crops up every few months about social news site Digg being acquired by ____ insert company here. The latest, citing "multiple sources inside and outside Google", says that Google will buy Digg for $200M. This is similar to a rumor in March that Digg was...; Tags: Google Inc., Digg, Ed Burnette; Blog posts 2008-07-24
Intel launches new chip for consumer electronics: In its latest bid to expand beyond PCs and servers into industrial and consumer electronics applications, Intel has announced a new family of embedded processors. These chips are not based on the Atom processor already used in netbooks and Mobile Internet Devices MIDs--those versions won't arrive until...; Tags: Consumer Electronics, Electronics, Intel Corp., Chip, Atom, SoCs, Semiconductors, Network Technology, Processors, Hardware, Networking, Components, John Morris; Blog posts 2008-07-24
Apple's coming notebook transition: Apple is readying a major product transition. We know because they told us so. In the quarterly financial crime call chief financial Officer Peter Oppenheimer referred several times to a "...future product transition which I can't discuss today". That was interesting for two reasons. First, the...; Tags: Notebook, Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc., Product Transition, Portable Growth, Desktops, Hardware, Robin Harris; Blog posts 2008-07-24
Mossberg: MobileMe Is Far Too Flawed To Be Reliable: In a scathing indictment of Apple's MobileMe service, the Wall Street Journal's Walt Mossberg calls the service "far too flawed to be reliable." The US$99 per year service â€“ which is supposed to push contacts, calendars and email from iPhone to computer â€“ has been hobbling along...; Tags: Apple Inc., MobileMe, E-mail, Online Communications, Jason D. O\'Grady; Blog posts 2008-07-24
Childs rigged crazyquilt private network: The prosecution unveiled more details on the lunacy in San Francisco in court filings that urged the judge to keep rogue network administrator Terry Childs' bail at $5 million. The Chronicle reports that prosecutors say that Childs had over 1,000 modems secreted around the city, forming his own private network...; Tags: Network, Prosecutor, Networking, Productivity, Richard Koman; Blog posts 2008-07-24
Students: the broadband troubleshooter: Student? Moved out of halls? Ready to move into your new student digs? Heads up. Following on from my series of harrowing entries regarding my broadband trouble, it's about time I sat you down and explained a few things about ISP's, phone lines, telecoms...; Tags: Tenant, Phone, Broadband, Phone Line, Internet Service Provider, Tag, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Telecom & Utilities, Telecommunications, Internet, Zack Whittaker; Blog posts 2008-07-24
Parallels releases Parallels Server for Mac: I almost missed Parallels' announcement of Parallels Server for Mac. I didn't speak with company representatives. All I saw was a press release. It was nearly lost in a huge pile of other mail in my inbox. Although there are several virtual machine software products that support...; Tags: Apple Macintosh, Operating System, Virtual Machine, Parallels Server, Parallels Management Console, Toolset, Desktops, Apple Mac OS, Desktop Virtualization, Operating Systems, Servers, Hardware, Software, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-07-24
COPA suffers another blow: InformationWeek is reporting on the latest blow to the Child Online Protection Act, or COPA. COPA imposes heavy fines on libraries and schools among other institutions that fail to prevent children from "content harmful to minors." If you're asking just what constitutes "harmful to minors", so...; Tags: Child Online Protection Act, Minor, Regulations, Government, Christopher Dawson; Blog posts 2008-07-23
Hands-on: App Store Ad Hoc distribution: Hands-on: App Store Ad Hoc distributionSimple? Compared to what?[i]The procedure works like this: a developer will request your iPhone’s unique identifier. The Identifier is 40-character string that can be found in iTunes by clicking on the word "Serial Number" under the Summary tab when your iPhone is connected. You can...; Tags: Digital media, Apple iPhone, App Store Ad Hoc distribution, App Store Ad Hoc, App Store, Hands-On, Identifier; Discussion threads 2008-07-23