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Who are the real swine here?

Who are the real swine here?Glad to see this getting some pressIt's about time that the meat industry gets called on their part in the evolution of viruses and other diseases. Their industrial production techniques lead to a homogeneous gene pool. This condition is ripe for the propagation...

Tags: Containment, swine, real swine, meat

Discussion threads 2009-05-01

Energy Advantages of Containment Systems

Improved cooling techniques are essential to extend the life of existing data center facilities. The use of containment - a method of separating supply cold and return hot air to more effectively cool the IT equipment in a data center - ensures that room and equipment temperatures can be better...

Tags: Data Center, Information Technology, Containment, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management

White papers 2009-05-01

Towards Understanding and Providing Assurance About Separation

One of the key aspects of securing a system is to ensure separation and containment between different concerns. This could be between processes and communications within a single machine; through to different applications and network segments in an enterprise to customers in a shared data centre. Containment is generally achieved...

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Containment, Networking

White papers 2007-01-26

Additional Resources

Is this Barnes & Noble's secret e-book reader?

The other big question:How big? If it's paperback size, as most of the ones now out are, then it's too small to do serious readers (science, business reports, financial tables, CAD/CAM drawings, etc.) any good. Way too much scrolling around.Not ANOTHER DEVICE?!?!? ARGGGGGG!!!This is getting stupid.Why so serious?Are you...

Tags: E-books, Tablets, Digital music, Digital media, Media players, Barnes & Noble Inc., e-book Reader, Hewlett-Packard Co., iTablet, Apple Inc., vaporware

Discussion threads 2009-10-14

HP's new ProBook Windows 7 business laptops have drain in keyboard that saves PC, not pants, from spills

what about crumbs??Does it poop out crumbs too??;PNext big thing, liquid containment mats for laptopsJust like you get for the floor of your car. Just rinse?It can't be good spilling coffee either. I would imagine the solution for both cases would be to run clean water through.I don't know! ...

Tags: Notebooks, Monitors & displays, keyboard, PC, laptop computer, Business Laptop, Widescreen, Hewlett-Packard Co.

Discussion threads 2009-10-13

Facebook: the twenty-to-one rule

I just read yet another media article, this time in the WSJ, on the downsides of using social media tools such as Facebook.  While the theme of this article is spot-on, it's merely journalistic negativity to bash a new way of doing things.  Facebook is a...

Tags: Facebook, Productivity, Phil Fersht

Blog posts 2009-08-29

England rolls out online flu pandemic service; Crashes after 8 minutes

The UK Government has rolled out the National Pandemic Flu Service in England today. Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales have decided to opt out of the service as demands in numbers are significantly less than that of England. According to the BBC, the UK may have over...

Tags: Health Care, Site, England, H1N1 Flu, Service, UK Government, Flu Service, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Human Resources, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2009-07-23

Citrix launches Citrix Essentials for Hyper-V

The folks at Citrix are at it again. They are trying to execute a preemptive strike so that their technology will come to be pervasive. It is clear that Citrix is taking a page out of the open source strategy book. This "give something of value away...

Tags: Citrix Systems Inc., Microsoft Windows Server Hyper-V, Express Edition, Storage, Hardware, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2009-07-16

Containing an Outbreak: How to Clean Your Network After an Incident

It's not the sort of statement want to hear in regards to network. Whether a network admin plans a containment strategy or an executive assessing the damage done, one knows that such situations cost time and money to resolve. Determining where to start can be equally as frustrating, especially when...

Tags: Symantec Corp., Network, Threat, Networking, Network Administration, Security

White papers 2009-07-02

HP unveils financial planning and analysis solutions designed to both optimize and modernize IT operations

LAS VEGAS -- Hewlett-Packard HP today unveiled its new HP Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) solutions, aimed at recession-beleaguered IT executives who need to cut costs, prepare for a service-based future, and run their departments like a business -- all at the same time. FP&A is part...

Tags: Financial Planning, Hewlett-Packard Co., Financial, Information Technology, Analysis, FP&A, Business Leader, Strategy, Management, Dana Gardner

Blog posts 2009-06-16

Reacting to the Economic Slowdown: Cutting Hidden IT Costs

IT cost containment is a fine line to walk — even in down times, business demands 24x7 responsiveness from IT, and anything that compromises that can negatively impact business performance. Technology leaders must look for ways to deliver greater value for less money. This begins with aligning with the...

Tags: Information Technology, IT Cost, SkillSoft, IT Cost Containment, Strategy, Management

White papers 2009-06-05

Maxnet Improves Power and Cooling Capacity Tenfold and Saves a Projected $1 Million NZD a Year With Dell Blades and APC Hot Aisle Containment

Global trends toward blade server and virtualization platforms have dramatically increased data centres' power and cooling demands. Maxnet wanted a power and cooling solution that would enable it to meet future demands and help differentiate the company from its competitors. Maxnet also wanted to keep the environmental impact to a...

Tags: TenFold, Dell Computer Corp., American Power Conversion Corp., Blade, Maxnet, Blade Servers, Utility Computing, Servers, Hardware

Case studies 2009-06-01

Liquid Computing: Drive Down the Time and Cost of Managing Your IT Infrastructure With Unified Computing

Cost containment is the most critical issue facing today's data center managers. Increasingly, IT departments are being forced to do more with less while at the same time being asked to support a complex set of business demands. The way to address these demands efficiently is to transform the data...

Tags: IT Infrastructure, Data Center, Information Technology, Liquid Computing, Data Centers, Storage, Strategy, Hardware, Data Management, Management

White papers 2009-06-01

Industry commits to comparative effectiveness

Industry commits to comparative effectivenessUniversal Health Insurance CoverageI love your unstated assumptions. The first obvious one is that universal coverage will be deemed successful by the using public.It could be perceived as successful but I doubt it for the following reasons:1) Insufficient health care providers to handle the increased...

Tags: health care, patient

Discussion threads 2009-05-11

Mr. Bezos, Tear Down This Wall

Amazon is not-so-quietly building a wall between itself, its competitors, and open e-book formats. It's time to show them that those of us who seek e-book readers without boundaries will not stand for their market monopolization and Soviet-style platform containment. So while I...

Tags: Device, Apple Inc., Amazon.com Inc., Wall, Stanza, E-books, Personal Technology, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-05-04

Gain Competitive Advantage Through IT Operational Excellence: Reducing Costs to Drive Investment in Innovation

Today's economic downturn is putting unprecedented stress on enterprises' IT organizations. Budgets are routinely cut. Workforces are constantly reduced. And cost-containment strategies are rigidly enforced. Yet businesses are more dependent on IT than ever before. And demands for more services delivered more quickly under more stringent Service Level Agreements SLAs...

Tags: Innovation, Hewlett-Packard Co., Information Technology, Competitive Advantage, Investment, Budgets, Strategy, Management

White papers 2009-05-01

SAP software revenues plummet, announces new deal on maintenance

SAP has announced its Q1 results. total revenue was €2,397 million compared to €2,460 in Q1 2008, a fall of three percent. While operating income was only down eight percent, software revenues were off 33%, falling from €622million in Q1 2008 to €422 million. Support revenue climbed...

Tags: Software, Revenue, SAP AG, No. Ray Wang, Operational Accounting, Finance, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2009-04-28

The cause of swine flu

The cause of swine fluas I said beforeThe origin of this virus and many others is in the promiscuos way of life of the homosexuals.Church leaders and conservative bloggers saw it comming.Unfortunately Obama does nothing to eradicate the root cause of this disease that is homosexuality, and panders to these...

Tags: antibiotics, H1N1 flu, virus

Discussion threads 2009-04-28

Google earnings deliver; Sales growth slows; Economy still in 'uncharted territory'

Updated: Google reported first quarter net income of $1.42 billion, or $4.49 a share, on revenue of $4.07 billion, excluding traffic acquisition costs. Excluding various charges, Google reported earnings of $5.16 a share, well ahead of Wall Street estimates of $4.93 a share. In a statement, Google...

Tags: Revenue, Google Inc., Eric Schmidt, Earnings, Sales Strategy, Operational Accounting, Sales, Finance, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-04-16

7 (nasty) truths about IT spending

An article in Harvard Business Review suggests Draconian inflexibility is the way to achieve IT cost containment. That view makes no sense. by Michael Krigsman

Tags: Information Technology, IT-spending, Susan Cramm, Projects, Project Failure Rate, Help Desk, Strategy, It Operations, Management, Michael Krigsman

Blog posts 2009-04-14