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HP StorageWorks 9100 Extreme Data Storage System: Solution Brief

Digital content growth is starting to create real challenges for IT managers these days. Between increasingly complex software applications and increasingly powerful capture devices, the size of the average file at most companies is growing, and the need for more storage is becoming increasingly urgent. The Extreme Data Storage System...

Tags: Data Storage, Hewlett-Packard Co., HP StorageWorks, Digital Content, Digital Content Growth, Extreme Data Storage System, HP Extreme Data Storage, Storage, Hardware

White papers 2008-05-01

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Malibal Veda series

It seems that boutique notebook builder Malibal (pronounced mal-la-bull) is ready to see desktops die. The company specializes in custom-built desktop replacements. No thin-and-lights. No ultraportables. No "mainstream" models. The Veda series is its largest, with an 18.4-inch LCD that can be loaded with Core 2 Quad Extreme QX9300 (ours...

Tags: Keyboards, Notebooks, Desktops, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), NVidia Corp., DDR3, desktop

Product reviews 2009-10-02

Intel: SSDs are coming

A MisnomerThe term "solid-state" is actually slightly off, if the intent is to distinguish a unit with no moving parts from one with moving parts. The term "solid-state", although it can be used informally to mean "no-moving-parts", actually refers to lack of vacuum or gas-based tubes, thereby implying the...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Visual Studio, Storage, Intel Corp., SSD

Discussion threads 2009-09-24

HP StorageWorks Systems Manage the Growing Flood of Data for Netherlands Telecom Leader KPN

KPN is the largest telephone company in the Netherlands - and a leading supplier of Internet services to businesses and consumers - supporting more than 2 million Internet subscribers and more than 3 million e-mail accounts. It needed to provide highly available, economical virtualized storage to support critical applications while...

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., HP StorageWorks, Manage Inc., KPN, Utility Computing, Internet

Case studies 2009-08-01

AVADirect Clevo D900F Core i7

AVADirect isn't hiding the fact that the Clevo D900F Core i7 desktop replacement laptop isn't its design. Actually, the system builder goes out of its way to let you know it's a white-box PC by leaving Clevo--the name of the OEM/ODM company responsible for making the laptop--in the model's name....

Tags: Performance management, AVADirect Clevo D900F Core i7

Product reviews 2009-06-23

GPL's cloudy future

GPL's cloudy futureIn the Cloud: ANYBODY can do ITANYBODY. I believe that is the essence of the Cloud revolution.Users old enough remember the IBM PC. It was a revolution. A maneuver around traditional IT which gave rise to a new generation of software and hardware development without...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Configuration Files, GPL, AGPL, Google Inc., information technology

Discussion threads 2009-04-07

News to know: IBM-Sun; RIM, Web 2.0; CTIA; Facebook; iPhone

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. Larry Dignan: IBM-Sun deal nears finish line; Antitrust worries just starting Sam Diaz: RIM delivers solid Q4 on BlackBerry...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Web, Facebook, Research In Motion Ltd., Larry Dignan, Sun Microsystems Inc., Microsoft Corp., Sam Diaz, CTIA, IBM Corp., Web 2.0, Open Source, Internet

Blog posts 2009-04-03

Linksys Dual-Band Wireless-N Gigabit Router WRT320N

The Linksys Dual-Band Wireless-N Gigabit Router WRT320N is a good deal for those looking to create a network that only supports the 5GHz band. You can get it online for about $110. While the router supports 2.4GHz as well, unfortunately it does not support them both simultaneously. However, it...

Tags: Routers & switches, Network technology, NETWORKING, Home networking, Novice User, router, Linksys Inc., WRT320N, network

Product reviews 2009-03-31

Linux Foundation: Let's kill Microsoft's FAT

Linux Foundation: Let's kill Microsoft's FATFrom the word on the street, it sounds like MS settled for close to zero tomake this go away and avoid having any patents invalidated. Microsoft quickly realized how thin the ice was that they were on.Great Spin!Microsoft set out to cross license IP with...

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Corp., Linux, TomTom

Discussion threads 2009-03-31

So what is the cloud, exactly? Experts want to know

So what is the cloud, exactly? Industry experts would like to know, according to a panel discussion today at Wharton Business School's 13th annual business technology conference, "Future Unleashed," in Philadelphia. The panel, which consisted of six industry leaders whose respective companies are...

Tags: Service, Cloud, JA, BL, PK, KH, AA, VC, MC, Hosting Industry, Cloud Computing, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-02-27

TechRepublic: 10 important categories of employment transition security

Employment transition is an often overlooked danger to company security. Make sure you pay proper attention to protecting your business from security compromises when someone leaves your company. This guest post by TechRepublic's Chad Perrin walks you through the employee termination security steps. It's quite timely...

Tags: Account, TechRepublic Inc., Employee, Policy, Employment Transition, Security, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-02-06

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

Extreme Programming With Intel vPro Technology: Pushing the Limits With Innovative Software

Intel Active Management Technology Intel AMT provides a fixed set of out-of-band manageability features that work independently of the operating system OS and work even when the computer is sleeping. This paper takes a look at how to make use of Intel AMT well beyond its intended design, and it...

Tags: Software, Intel vPro, Extreme Programming, Intel Corp., Real Estate, Development Tools, Business Operations, Software Development, Software/Web Development

White papers 2008-12-23

Alienware launches 'world's first mobile quad-core' laptop

Alienware, Dell's extreme-high performance computing arm, has announced the arrival of its M17 laptop, one of the first such machines powered by the Intel Core 2 Extreme QX9300 (2.53 GHz, 12MB cache, 1066MHz FSB), the world's first mobile quad-core processor. Ladies and gentlemen, start your engines....

Tags: Alienware, Mobile, Quad-core, Storage, ATI Technologies Inc., Intel Core 2 Duo, Laptop Computer, M17, Corporate Communications, Processors, Marketing, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2008-11-03

The $2,000 build-it-yourself gaming/video editing/photo editing PC

The $2,000 build-it-yourself gaming/video editing/photo editing PCWhy such an expensive processor?Surely you can cut a couple of hundred dollars off the price and not lose too much performance by getting a lower spec processor.That way you could keep both hard drives (great for keeping the data separate from the...

Tags: Corporate communications, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), video, PC, game

Discussion threads 2008-09-12

Massively Scalable NAS - Pre-Empting Tomorrow's Data Overload with Today's Technology

HP is launching the HP StorageWorks 9100 Extreme Data Storage System that solves challenges such as extreme scability, manageability and affordability and creates new business opportunities. HP is going to be the first to market with such a system.

Tags: NAS, Hewlett-Packard Co., Network-Attached Storage (NAS), Storage, Utility Computing, Storage Management, Hardware

White papers 2008-09-10

HP packs two independent servers on a blade

HP can now pack two servers one blade and cut energy consumption by 60 percent based on its calculations. HP was set to announce its new blade set-up on Wednesday. The server twofer--dubbed the HP ProLiant BL2x220c G5 right--is the first of its kind and is part...

Tags: Data Center, Hewlett-Packard Co., Blade, BL2x220c G5, Data Centers, Blade Servers, Utility Computing, Servers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-05-28

Apple Time Capsule (1TB)

Apple's new Time Capsule is one of only two devices we know of that incorporates both a wireless router and a hard drive into the same product. The other, a year-and-a-half-old router from Asus, offers neither the same high-speed wireless bandwidth nor as much storage capacity as the Time Capsule,...

Tags: Routers & switches, Network technology, NETWORKING, Wi-Fi, backside, Apple Inc., Time Capsule, router, hard drive

Product reviews 2008-03-04

What a good idea - Apple Time Capsule

What a good idea - Apple Time CapsuleI agree ...... it's a niche product.hmmmso no body has a AP and External HDD or NAS now?? you need to buy a new hardware from Apple to do the functionality that already exists??? If timemachine supported wireless backup, this device wouldnt exist,...

Tags: Backups, Storage, Apple Inc., Apple Time Capsule, wireless, backup

Discussion threads 2008-01-15

A programming proposition

A programming propositionThe problems with prototyping(1) Validation and verification, especially of non-trivial functionality (beyond CRUD + basic aggregation), can be as or more costly than implementation activities. All changes to a production system require regression testing first.(2) Validation and verification are short-changed, leading to applications that yield incorrect and...

Tags: approval process, specification, programming proposition, programming

Discussion threads 2007-11-05