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Top Technologies for 2008

Gartner has just published its list of top 10 strategic technologies for 2008. I guess I'm a sucker for stuff like this having just spoken with a bunch of CIOs and reported on the results here. The biggest finding that I found in my research was...

Tags: Web, Software-as-a-service, Analyst, Gartner Inc., Technology, Mashup, Metadata Management, Computing Fabric, Channel Management, Virtualization, Roi/Tco, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Utility Computing, Marketing, Hardware, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Dave Greenfield

Blog posts 2007-10-10

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Does virtualization equal cloud computing?

I would say yesThere is no need to buy 'stand alone' servers any longer in functionality when you can put it in a Blade 'name your flavor' chassis.Virtualization with VMware/RHEL or some vendor is the best way to get it off bare-metal...Doing baremetal rebuilds is time consuming and it takes...

Tags: Data centers, Servers, Utility computing, server, cloud computing, virtualization, cluster

Discussion threads 2009-11-25

Salesforce Chatter: Social operating systems emerge on the IT stage

The next big shift: Intranets, portals, and software suites that are the integrating force of the social fabric for our organizations. This morning's announcement here at Dreamforce today from Salesforce of Chatter, an enterprise-class realization of Facebook and Twitter, is further evidence of the industry's push for social Web capabilities...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Information Technology, Operating System, Environment, Social Computing, Chatter, Status Update, Groups, Sales Force Management, Social Networking, Sales, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Dion Hinchcliffe

Blog posts 2009-11-18

Savvis on Cisco's Unified Computing System

Bryan Doerr, Chief Technology Officer, Savvis and I communicated about Cisco's Unifed Computing System UCS. Here are his answers to some questions that were posed to him.  Since Savvis currently operates 29 data centers (a total of 1.4 million square feet of space), his views could be seen as...

Tags: Data Center, Virtualization, Environment, Cisco Systems Inc., Savvis Communications, Data Centers, Servers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2009-07-20

Dell's analyst meeting: Looking for the big vision

Dell's analyst powwow on Tuesday is expected to focus heavily on storage and cost cutting, but lack any big transformation plans---although many observers are itching to hear more about the company's acquisition strategy and vision. Caris analyst Robert Cihra sums it up well. Dell has been focusing...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., PC, Analyst, Vision, Cihra, Data Centers, Microsoft Windows 7, Storage, Desktops, Hardware, Data Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-07-13

RNA Networks launches RNAcache

RNA Networks is launching RNAcache, a product that lives along the border of processing virtualization, network virtualization and storage virtualization by offering the capability to use server memory on many systems as a shared network resource. RNA Networks is one a number of suppliers that are melding high performance computing,...

Tags: RNA, Data Center, Virtualization, RNA Networks, RNACACHE RNA Network, Biotechnology, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2009-06-23

Intel MPI Library 3.2 update 1 (Windows)

IntelR MPI Library3.2 update 1 focuses on making applications perform better on IntelR Architecture-based clusters--implementing the high performance MPI-2 specification on multiple fabrics. It enables you to quickly deliver maximum end user performance even if you change or upgrade to new interconnects, without requiring major changes to the software or...

Tags: Performance, High-performance, Microsoft Windows, Intel Corp., Leadership, Performance Management, Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management

Software downloads 2009-06-23

Opera 'reinvents the Web'; Will anyone notice?

Opera on Tuesday unveiled technology it calls Opera Unite, which turns your plain old PC into a Web content server. Overall, the effort is quite innovative but with Opera's browser market share it's possible that no one will notice. Depending on what market share tabulation survey you...

Tags: Hardware, Internet, Larry Dignan, NetApplications, Opera Software ASA, Servers, Web, Web Browser, Web Browsers

Blog posts 2009-06-16

Guest Post: Steve Wylie on The Enterprise 2.0 Conference

I'm heading over to the Enterprise 2.0 conference in Boston on June 22. If you're interested in the social customer and how businesses should respond to them - and how workplace performance can be improved - this is the one conference you shouldn't miss all year.  I mean that.  Go. ...

Tags: Information Technology, Enterprise 2.0, Conference, Paul Greenberg

Blog posts 2009-06-11

Pervasive, Secure Access to a Hierarchical Sensor-Based Healthcare Monitoring Architecture in Wireless Heterogeneous Networks

This study presents a healthcare monitoring architecture coupled with wearable sensor systems and an environmental sensor network for monitoring elderly or chronic patients in their residence. The wearable sensor system, built into a fabric belt, consists of various medical sensors that collect a timely set of physiological health indicators transmitted...

Tags: Microsoft Access, Network, Monitoring, Sensor, Health Care, Wireless, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Wireless And Mobility, Human Resources

White papers 2009-05-01

Bull market for SOA emerges -- or should that be Red Bull market?

Dave Linthicum really has a way with expressions, and I can relate to his latest admonition -- forget the endless hype and discussion around SOA and cloud computing, and just sling down a few Red Bulls and start rocking and rolling. I, too, am getting tired, just...

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

Blog posts 2009-04-08

One Cisco Unified Computing System beats 15 coal-fired energy plants

So what's the power of one Unified Computing System being rolled out by Cisco Systems and partners such as EMC, VMware and Intel? Hard to be precise, but the memory capacity and power savings should capture the attention at least of the Internal...

Tags: Cisco Systems Inc., Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2009-03-16

Cisco launches bid to capture the data center

Cisco Systems has just launched what it considers a "critical step" in its Data Center 3.0 strategy, promising an ecosystem of partners which include chipmaker Intel, tech consultancy Accenture, virtualization software provider VMWare, Microsoft, the labs unit of enterprise software firm SAP, storage maker EMC and...

Tags: Data Center, Cisco Systems Inc., Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2009-03-16

Cisco's expected Unified Computing System splash raises a data center ruckus

Cisco Systems on Monday is widely expected to launch network servers in a move that will put it in the virtualization business and potentially at odds with players like Hewlett-Packard and IBM. Cisco says it's merely doing what it has always done---investing in "market adjacencies during times that may cause...

Tags: Data Center, Virtualization, Blade, Cisco Systems Inc., Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-03-13

Dell debuts Studio 19 all-in-one desktop for $699

Dell today announced its Studio One 19, an all-in-one desktop computer that the company says looks just as good in the family room as it does in the the kitchen. Intended for the "shared computing experience," the Studio One 19 comes with optional touch capability for a more interactive...

Tags: Desktop, Dell Computer Corp., Multi-touch, Studio, Blu-Ray, Processors, Personal Technology, DVD, Home Entertainment, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-03-12

Red Dog: Can you teach old Windows hounds new tricks?

Red Dog: Can you teach old Windows hounds new tricks?Obviously, Microsoft has a lot of money to invest, and they have nowdecided it is time. Will be interesting to see what they actually create.New tricks for an old dog?No. Just recycling an old one. I see they've retrieved...

Tags: Data centers, Microsoft Windows, Storage, Obviously Microsoft, Red Dog, old-Windows, new trick, Azure

Discussion threads 2009-02-23

Here come the data center wars: Cisco vs. HP vs. IBM vs. Dell

Here come the data center wars: Cisco vs. HP vs. IBM vs. DellCellular mainframe/network fabricConsidering that Cisco boxes are computers in their own right, it makes sense for them to make to simple compute server modules as add-ons. In fact it would make sense if they could build modules that...

Tags: Data centers, Cisco Systems Inc., Here Come, data center, network, Dell Computer Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co., IBM Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-02-19

Engineering the Cloud From Software Modules

Cloud computing faces many of the challenges and difficulties of distributed and parallel software. While the service interface hides the actual application from the remote user, the application developer still needs to come to terms with distributed software that needs to run on dynamic clusters and operate under a wide...

Tags: Software, Tools & Techniques, Management

White papers 2009-02-19

Gemstone Gemfire Enterprise

I had the opportunity to speak with Gemstone Systems' Richard Lamb, President, and Raj Kulkarni, COO, about Gemfire Enterprise. This product appears to take lessons from the grid computing world to expand levels of performance and scalability dramatically. They appeared to deal pretty well with my bad puns and I...

Tags: Gemfire, Data, GemStone, Data Fabric, Data Management, Storage, Databases, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2009-01-21

Making clouds a move forward

Making clouds a move forwardWindows Azure Is NOT VaporI was able to get a simple data-backed ASP.NET Web forms app installed and running in a Windows Azure instance in less than 15 minutes after testing it with the local (on-premises) Development Storage and Fabric facilities. See http://oakleafblog.blogspot.com/2008/11/azure-storage-services-test-harness.html for more details.As...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, cloud computing, Manufacturing, Data Ownership, Pie-In-The-Sky, Windows Azure

Discussion threads 2008-11-13