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- Netflix post-mortem: hardware failure and poor transparency
- Netflix post-mortem: hardware failure and poor transparencyProbably was Worse than ThoughtThe lack of transparency is probably due to how much of a failure their disaster prepardness really is. It probably failed on many levels. No doubt Netflix doesn't want anyone to know just how ill prepared they really...
- Tags: NetFlix Inc., transparency, hardware
- Discussion threads 2008-09-05
- Netflix post-mortem: hardware failure and poor transparency
- Massive shipping delays last month at Netflix were caused by hardware failure. Netflix gets the dunce award for lack of transparency in the face of disaster. by Michael Krigsman
- Tags: NetFlix Inc., Hardware, Customs, Stacksafe, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2008-09-05
- Microsoft finally earns a passing grade (barely) for WGA
- Microsoft launched its Windows Genuine Advantage WGA anti-piracy program in early summer 2006. Its first year was, to put it charitably, a disaster. An epic fail. A big fat F on the year's report card. Things didn't get much better in 2007, either, as a server failure and other outages...
- Tags: Report, Activation, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage, Microsoft Windows Vista, Product Key, Microsoft Corp., Forum, Product ID Number, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software, Ed Bott
- Blog posts 2008-09-04
- Live Demonstration on Sept. 4th: Disaster Recovery with VMware Site Recovery Manager and Dell EqualLogic PS Series
- Join Dell to discover how the PS Series virtualized iSCSI SAN and VMware Infrastructure 3 enable simple, affordable disaster recovery using Dell EqualLogic Auto-Replication and VMware Site Recovery Manager. This one hour live Webcast on Thursday, September 4th at 11:00 am ET / 8 am PT will...
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Dell EqualLogic, VMware Inc., Disaster Recovery, Data Management
- Webcasts 2008-09-04
- Live Webcast: Top Ten Challenges with On-Premise Email Management
- For most organizations, the costs and management burdens of ever more sophisticated email continuity and archiving systems is now a serious problem. To manage increasing data stores, complex retention policies, fast search and recovery of messages and disaster recovery, companies have many choices for on-premise or on-demand services. While...
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Webcast, On-demand, MessageOne, E-mail, Cloud Computing, Online Communications
- Webcasts 2008-09-04
- Bid to stop Large Hadron Collider fails but EU, US suits move forward
- Bid to stop Large Hadron Collider fails but EU, US suits move forwardHere's what's going to happen:Here's what's going to happen:Someone will turn on a switch and we'll learn something new. What's going to happen in the LHC happens [i]trillions[/i] upon [i]trillions[/i] of times every day. If the...
- Tags: Large Hadron Collider, move forward
- Discussion threads 2008-09-02
- Google Chrome vulnerable to carpet-bombing flaw
- Google Chrome vulnerable to carpet-bombing flawjust proves that no software can ever be without any flawsntmore typical ZDnet FUDChrome prevents access to user folders including the desktop using permissions. R-E-A-S-E-A-R-C-HRE: Google Chrome vulnerable to carpet-bombing flaw"Raff's code shows how a malicious hacker can use a clever social engineering lure...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Web browsers, SECURITY, Google Chrome, Google Inc., carpet-bombing flaw, flaw
- Discussion threads 2008-09-02
- Is Cuil killing the Internet?
- Is Cuil killing the Internet?Brute force indexing?I have an inkling Cuil might not be everything it's touted to be. The only reason for brute force indexing is to fill in the gaps where you've come up short in your harvesting/indexing algorithms.RE: Is Cuil killing the Internet?I used Cuil to...
- Tags: Cuil, Internet
- Discussion threads 2008-09-02
- VMware's R&D chief quits after 9 months
- VMware said Tuesday that its executive vice president of research and development has resigned after nine months on the job. In a terse statement, VMware said that Richard Sarwal quit to go back to Oracle. Sarwal joined VMware in December 2007. VMware CEO Paul...
- Tags: Stock Option, Security, Amount, R&D, Stock, Employment, Agreement, VMware Inc., Company, RSU, Control, Change, Cause, Person, Stock Options, Investment, Benefits, Human Resources, Stock Options & Grants, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-09-02
- Could Google's Chome be death blow to Firefox?
- Could Google's Chome be death blow to Firefox?Purchasing Firefox could be a disaster.Purchasing Firefox could be a disaster. IE8 is getting close to release, and having a Firefox/Chrome transition (or worse, battle) could kill their market share if IE8 is released during the transition.Could Google's Chome be death blow to...
- Tags: Web browsers, WebKit, IE8, Chome, Mozilla Firefox, Google Inc., Chrome, Web browser
- Discussion threads 2008-09-02
- Samsung OMNIA first impressions show that Windows Mobile can beat the iPhone
- Samsung OMNIA first impressions show that Windows Mobile can beat the iPhoneNot fair to compare??Sorry, but I have to disagree. Looking at the price of an iPhone 3G it IS in the same bracket as the more powerful smart phones. All this shows is it is poor value...
- Tags: Operating systems, Handhelds, Advertising & Promotion, Matthew, Samsung OMNIA, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Apple iPhone, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., mobile, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2008-09-02
- Microsoft to bolster Live Search in Europe with Greenfield acquisition
- Microsoft to bolster Live Search in Europe with Greenfield acquisitionReagrding MS Live SearchHas it occurred to Microsoft that a great many people, far more than they imagine absolutely can't stand Live search. Microsoft's foray into the new and improved is a disaster and should be withdrawn, or at the very...
- Tags: SEARCH, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Live Search, Europe-with Greenfield acquisition
- Discussion threads 2008-08-30
- Actions speak louder than words and the message is disheartening
- Actions speak louder than words and the message is dishearteningAre we?I think they said that over ten years ago. My relatives in Georgia should be drowning in water by now. Yeah, we're having problems, but I think the extent of the harmful effects is overstated.Extremism is not taking care of...
- Tags: Actions Speak, status symbol, Extremism
- Discussion threads 2008-08-30
- SaaS market will 'collapse' in two years
- Lawson's CEO, Harry Debes says SaaS is the third attempt at "on demand" in his lifetime and predicts it will take the same path as the first two--to oblivion. Lawson's CEO, Harry Debes, doesn't believe in software-as-a-service SaaS. ...
- Tags: Software-as-a-service, Software As A Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Emerging Technologies, Software as a service, SaaS, software, Lawson, Asia, Victoria Ho, ZDNet Asia
- News items 2008-08-28
- Cisco buys PostPath: WebEx to compete with Exchange, Outlook, Office?
- Cisco buys PostPath: WebEx to compete with Exchange, Outlook, Office?And, those costs are just the start. How about the staff to keep it running24x7?? Better to just pay somebody to host it all, and you will save a ton of money and have better uptime. Also, a lot more storage....
- Tags: Groupware, E-mail, Microsoft Outlook, WebEx Communications Inc., PostPath, CAL, collaboration, Cisco Systems Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-08-27
- Are we seeing a serious greening of Colorado? Sure seems that way.
- Are we seeing a serious greening of Colorado? Sure seems that way.Yep, going green allrightIt's called moss growing over all the abandoned homes and industry as Colorado slips into economic depression.The question now becomes how much misery will Americans allow greens to foist upon us until we've finally had...
- Tags: serious greening, Microsoft Excel
- Discussion threads 2008-08-26
- Canada, U.S. two ships passing in the ideological night
- Canada, U.S. two ships passing in the ideological night.....Our arrogance is our own demise. It's that simple. ]:)We already have a crippled two-level systemIt's called Medicare/Medicaid.And once again the author shows his ignorance of economics. In a truly private, competitive health care system, if universal electronic records provided increased profits,...
- Tags: Vertical industries, Benefits, HEALTHCARE, Insurance, Strategy, health care, ideology, ideological night, enormous innovation, surcharge, innovation
- Discussion threads 2008-08-25
- Will the EMR movement become a political divide
- Will the EMR movement become a political divideFYI: Its now EHR, not EMR...the change is to include dental, pyschological and other healthcare services.Electronic Health Records.We are in the middle of deployment strategy planning. The cost of deploying equipment and personell to get this up and running is staggering. ...
- Tags: Vertical industries, E-health, HEALTHCARE, Practical Reality, EMR, EMR movement, political divide, divide, government
- Discussion threads 2008-08-22
- Virus Protection Policy
- Developing an effective virus protection policy is a crucial component of every network security plan. Without one, you're inviting disaster. But taking the time to develop one from scratch is an onerous task for any manager. Our professionally written policy can be easily customized with your organization's logo and specific...
- Tags: Virus Protection, Policy, Virus, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security
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