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10 data center paradoxes -- widening area networks; iPhone inspiration (2)

Last week, I published the first five megatrends reshaping today's data centers, pulled from my latest article in Database Trends & Applications. Here the remaining five of the top 10 shifts, or paradoxes that are turning data centers upside down, rightside up, and many other directions: ...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Data Center, Network, Information Technology, Data Center Planner, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Joe McKendrick

Blog posts 2009-06-24

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Quicken Deluxe 2010

With Quicken 2010, Intuit strives to make its flagship money management application easier to navigate and simpler to set up, thanks to spruced-up visuals and a refreshed start-up wizard. Although already a solid balance-keeper and financial assistant in previous versions, Quicken 2010 adds a few new features to visualize your...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Financial accounting, Financial services, home screen, Deluxe, Quicken

Product reviews 2009-10-15

Automated Planners for Storage Provisioning and Disaster Recovery

Introducing an application into a data center involves complex interrelated decision-making for the placement of data where to store it and resiliency in the event of a disaster how to protect it. Automated planners can assist administrators in making intelligent placement and resiliency decisions when provisioning for both new and...

Tags: Storage Provisioning, Disaster Recovery, IBM Corp., Storage, Hardware

White papers 2008-09-01

Microsoft's Oslo connections begin to bud

Microsoft took another step in unveiling its "Oslo" SOA strategy, with a sample application intended to not only demonstrate the vendor's interoperability as a SOA platform, and also show how it can automatically scale to meet the increased and unpredictable workloads SOA will bring to data centers. ...

Tags: Oslo, Microsoft BizTalk Server, SOA, Microsoft Corp., Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Application Servers, Software, Joe McKendrick

Blog posts 2008-04-29

Windows Home Server 'Vail' to get more entertainment hooks

While Microsoft has shared some details and code for its upcoming minor update to Windows Home Server, it has said next to nothing about the next major version. (Like the rest of the Windows client and server teams, the Home Server team is alternating between "major" and...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Home Server, Server, Vail, Entertainment, Microsoft Windows, Media Center PCs, Operating Systems, Software, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2008-02-25

Vanguard CIO: Paul Heller - Transcript

Dan Farber: Paul thanks for joining me.Paul Heller: You bet Dan, I’m looking forward to talking with you.Dan Farber: Now you’ve been at Vanguard for about 20 years, in a variety of positions, and how did you end up in the CIO chair? Paul Heller: Well Dan, I’ve always had...

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Blog posts 2007-02-13

Vanguard CIO: Paul Heller - Transcript

Dan Farber: Paul thanks for joining me. Paul Heller: You bet Dan, I’m looking forward to talking with you. Dan Farber: Now you’ve been at Vanguard for about 20 years, in a variety of positions, and how did you end up in the CIO...

Tags: CIO, Business, Client, Technology, Term, Vanguard, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Business Structures, Strategy, Financial Accounting, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Management, ZDNet Editor

Blog posts 2007-02-13

Cars back on Main Street?

Imagine you're a city planner and that you're in charge of reintroducing cars in your downtown area after an absence of 20 years. How would you measure the impact on pedestrians or downtown stores? How would you evaluate the coexistence between a light rail rapid transit system and private cars?...

Tags: Main Street, downtown

Blog posts 2006-08-10

Dell servers most deliberated

Dell servers most deliberatedDell Servers!I wouldn't wish a Dell Server on Microsoft.Dells servers are great in overall valueThe make some great servers and decent prices.Most of the people who say they avoid Dell, is doing it only on the standpoint that it is Dell. Ive talked to numrous people...

Tags: Servers, Dell Computer Corp., server, Dell Server

Discussion threads 2005-08-26

DataCom2000 7.3a (Windows)

DataCom2000 fax, contact, and customer relationship management CRM is a software suite that brings your daily tasks together in a single integrated command center. DataCom2000 is a one-time data entry system, integrating the contact's data with related virtual file folders, schedules, file transfers, telephone activity, and Internet e-mail and browser...

Tags: Phone, Microsoft Windows, Multisource, DataCom2000, Fax, Telecom & Utilities

Software downloads 2002-10-09

VMware Product Highlight: Capacity Planner

VMware Capacity Planner is an IT capacity planning tool that provides an integrated set of analysis, planning and decision support functionality that enables accelerated, accurate infrastructure assessment services. It provides insightful capacity analysis and planning capabilities that enable accelerated, more accurate and benchmarked infrastructure assessments. This webcast will provide an...

Tags: Decision Support, VMware Inc., EMC Corp., VMware Capacity Planner, Data Mining, Tools & Techniques, Data Centers, Storage, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Management, Hardware

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