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- Are economic conditions changing how you manage server turnover?
- Guest post: TechRepublic's Scott Lowe, Chief Information Officer for Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri, examines some of the reasons server sales have dropped and handicaps the recession's impact. For more posts like this see TechRepublic's data center blog. Between cloud computing, virtualization and economic...
- Tags: Software-as-a-service, Data Center, Virtualization, Sales, Server Sale, Data Centers, Servers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-06-29
- With drop.io, real-time collaboration in the cloud
- Is cloud computing a load of bull or the real deal? For drop.io founder and CEO Sam Lessin, it's everything...literally. Without it, his company and its eponymous service -- which allows two-click sharing of anything with anyone, privately -- might not exist. I spoke...
- Tags: Cloud, XMPP, ZD, SL, Drop.io, Groupware, Collaboration, Cloud Computing, Enterprise Software, Software, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-06-25
- Could you switch over to being 100% open source?
- Could you switch over to being 100% open source?Average user isn't going to boot two operating systems.[i]I only use Windows for updating my TomTom navigation device, with TomTom Home. I have to, since TomTom doesn't provide a Linux application for that....[/i]Unless they have a specific need to use more than...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, TomTom, Linux, open source
- Discussion threads 2009-06-17
- News to know: Nokia; Salesforce; Mozilla; Google; Facebook
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Sam Diaz: Salesforce opens Sites; offers free version to help push cloud adoption Dion Hinchcliffe: Cloud computing and open source face-off...
- Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Google Inc., Facebook, Larry Dignan, Nokia Corp., Flaw, Palm Inc., Mozilla Corp., Keyboards, Cloud Computing, Hardware, Peripherals
- Blog posts 2009-06-15
- New Microsoft eXtreme Computing group takes aim at exascale calculations
- Microsoft has harnessed a number of its scalable/multicore/cloud initiatives to create a new eXtreme Computing Group XCG. The new unit, created this month, is being headed by Corporate Vice President and supercomputing expert Dan Reed. by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Computing, Supercomputing, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2009-06-12
- Rackspace lays out its cloud computing roadmap: Think hybrid
- Rackspace's Lew Moorman on Wednesday will outline the cloud computing roadmap to customers in San Francisco. The gist: Rackspace will push a hybrid approach that tightly couples dedicated and cloud computing resources. The theory: Customers will begin toggling between hosted data centers and cloud computing resources as standard operating procedure....
- Tags: Rackspace, Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Hardware, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-06-10
- Barriers to Entry
- Barriers to EntryAlso Risk AssessmentI am not sure if any businesses actually engage in risk assessment for technology or not but there are several fairly large risks in adopting cloud technology.Data Ownership isn't clearly defined.Transmission and storage security has been talked about but I haven't actually seen any solutions.Also when...
- Tags: Data centers, Outsourcing, Tools & Techniques, Strategy, Storage, barrier, cloud computing, outsource
- Discussion threads 2009-06-09
- Apple: Next Mac OS X unlocks chip power
- At WWDC, Apple shed light on technology called Grand Central Dispatch that's designed to make Mac OS X 10.6, called Snow Leopard, take better advantage of multicore processors and graphics processors. SAN FRANCISCO--Apple wants Mac OS X to do a better job dealing with the new directions that Moore's...
- Tags: Multi-core Processor, Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc., Graphics, Chip, Grand Central Dispatch, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Mac OS, Semiconductors, Network Technology, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Components, Networking, Apple, Mac OS X, processors, Stephen Shankland CNET News
- News items 2009-06-09
- WWDC 2009 live
- WWDC 2009 liveCommon baby!And here comes the 240GB iPod classics, *keeps fingers crossed*Or alternatively, a 80GB or so flash iPod classic - you can keep that touch feature and large screen - I need all my music with me at all times, with lots of battery life and that On...
- Tags: Network technology, Digital music, 64-bit, Apple Inc., WWDC 2009, official opinion, Apple iPod
- Discussion threads 2009-06-08
- Acer to launch 3D notebook at end of October
- Do not attempt to adjust your screens. Acer is planning to launch a 15.6-inch 3D notebook at the end of October 2009. It will have software for you to covert your boring old 2D movies into exciting new 3D adventures. It will also directly support...
- Tags: 3D, Notebook, Acer Inc., Jennifer Bergen
- Blog posts 2009-06-08
- Sorry Linux but the chicken came first
- Sorry Linux but the chicken came firstNot unassailableMS has defeated multiple monopolies in the past. Word Perfect, Lotus 123, Dbase II-IV, and yes, Netscape. Also Linux on netbooks. :)I might also mention the mighty Sony, the PS2 which roundly trounced both XBox and Nintendo the first round has a pitiful...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Linux, Microsoft Corp., IBM Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-06-03
- Apple Faithful: Arrogance Is Not a Virtue, and Why I Will Never Buy a Mac
- I've often been asked why I don't own a Mac. The answer is simple, and yet complex, and requires a trip down memory lane artwork by Spidermonkey David Morgenstern’s column last week about Psystar’s imminent demise and his accompanying “Good Riddanceâ€...
- Tags: Software, Steve Jobs, Apple Macintosh, PC, Apple Inc., Next Computer, Canon Inc., Fanboy Template Let, Andrew, NeXTStep, Desktops, Hardware, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2009-06-02
- One more reason to use Windows 7?
- One more reason to use Windows 7?They seem to be clutching to the stupidgreyed out desktop picure, that is not user switchable. I'm sure that will turn off a few.If technology were to stop tomorrow.Then I could see people using Windows 7 with no concern. But technology is constantly...
- Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows 7, starter edition, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-05-26
- 10 things you still have to worry about until cloud computing becomes reality
- 10 things you still have to worry about until cloud computing becomes realitySomeone is going to have to worry about those thingsMaybe I don't get cloud computing, but ultimately you applications are running in a process somewhere, and communicating with a process somewhere else. If that's the case, all...
- Tags: Data centers, Storage, Virtualization, data center, cloud computing, bank
- Discussion threads 2009-05-26
- Is 'Universal Cloud Computing' the answer to H1N1?
- My youngest son has been out of school for 5 days now with a weekend thrown in there for good measure. He's finally feeling better, but still needs Motrin to keep his fever down, Benadryl to fight the cough, and he has 5 more days to go on a course...
- Tags: School, Cloud Computing, H1N1 Flu, SIMtone Online, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2009-05-21
- Can Microsoft claw back lost market share from Apple?
- Can Microsoft claw back lost market share from Apple?Yes, unless M$ shoots itself in the foot ...... by making W7 more expensive than Vista ... in which case Apple will have a field day :-(I can write the ad now.MAC Hello PC ... you're looking sad today.PC Yeh there's a...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Operating systems, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., PC, advertisement
- Discussion threads 2009-05-20
- Is this my solution for thin client angst?
- Is this my solution for thin client angst?Interesting.As much or more screen as a big PDA, (is it the same size as an iPhone/iPod?) full size keyboard, very little power requirements, heat, etc...This could be good for certain things. Wouldn't want to build a Powerpoint/Keynote on it, but it...
- Tags: Thin clients, thin client, thin client angst
- Discussion threads 2009-05-15
- Intel Larrabee to have 32 cores, ship in 2010
- Intel has hinted to its plans for its multiple-core Larrabee graphics processor, showing a design that uses 32 processor cores and mates each to its "own vector math unit, allowing each core to process very specialized tasks very efficiently," according to Electronista. The news was revealed at...
- Tags: Intel Corp., Intel Larrabee, Chipsets, Leadership, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Management, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-05-15
- IBM takes its streaming computing software commercial
- IBM on Wednesday will unveil the commercial version of its stream computing software, which is used for real-time analysis of data. The commercial version of this IBM Research software will be dubbed System S. IBM will also establish the IBM European Stream Computing Center in Dublin, Ireland. In...
- Tags: Software, Analytics, IBM Corp., System S, TD Securities, Financial Planning, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-05-13
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