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Pressure tactics don't always work

The key words are ..."don't always". Has always and still works for Microsoft.^o^How about an piece on DOA hard drivesIf you truly resist manufacturer pressure then I would love to see a truly objective piece on the quality and failure rates on SATA hard drives being marketed today. ...

Tags: Manufacturing, Storage management, cloud computing, Virtualization, manufacturer, DOA, hard drive, failure rate

Discussion threads 2009-11-18

Xbox 360: Played x5 more than Wii, x5 more likely to fail that PS3

360 is sorta like owning an old sports carYou love the thing, but hate that it breaks down all the time. The reason people are so loyal to the 360 is that the software and game library are fantastic. The controllers work great and are durable without any gimmicks. When...

Tags: Game players, reason people, Sony PlayStation 3, console, Nintendo Wii, Microsoft Xbox, failure rate, Microsoft Xbox 360

Discussion threads 2009-08-18

CRM failure rates: 2001-2009

CRM failure rates: 2001-2009Interesting Collection of StatsAs one of the people who constantly said that 50% of CRM implementations fail although I believe that the number is higher in the early 2000 while at Gartner, I see that the number is holding.To me then, and still now, the main problems...

Tags: Customer relationship management (CRM), Advertising & Promotion, CRM, failure rate, CRM failure rate

Discussion threads 2009-08-03

Study: BlackBerry has twice the failure rate of iPhone

Study: BlackBerry has twice the failure rate of iPhoneIs the study a little ambiguous?[i]SquareTrade randomly selected 6,678 BlackBerry, 5,651 Treo, and 4,902 iPhone handsets[/i]With a higher sampling, you recieve more precise data. Should not the selected phones for the study have been at the same amount?Plus, "The Blackberry" could be...

Tags: Handhelds, Cellular phones, failure rate, RIM BlackBerry, Apple iPhone

Discussion threads 2008-11-10

Why computers fail

Why computers failA good UPS...will decrease failure rates tremendously. I use Belkin AVR UPS's and the only systems I've had go down in the last year were ones installed by my predecessor without UPS's. There is no doubt in my mind that bad power is a PC's worst enemy....

Tags: Semiconductors, Network technology, Tools & Techniques, PRODUCTIVITY, Spyware, adware & malware, Viruses and worms, chip, failure rate, hardware, software, United Parcel Service of America Inc., redundancy, computer

Discussion threads 2008-07-01

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ATHyperboleWell, you and I wouldn't buy one with a new release imminent, but that doesn't mean it's still not a valuable commodity. Hence, the insane demand.I posted a Craigslist ad for an 8GB iPhone and received 11 responses within 90 minutes of posting. Sold in less than 24...

Tags: refurb, AT&T Corp., Apple iPhone

Discussion threads 2008-05-14

Notebook SSDs disappoint

Notebook SSDs disappointEee PC - OS makes a differenceOne of the problems when using the Eee PC with XP is the logging, writes to the registry, page filing, etc. that XP normally does on a conventional hard drive. Of course you can reduce some of these writes like turning off...

Tags: Notebooks, performance data, failure rate, SSD, Notebook SSD, Thanks Robin, notebook, Eee PC, hard drive, operating system

Discussion threads 2008-03-19

Consultant's guide to lowering project failure rates

Wondering how to reduce high project failure rates in your organization? See Geek and Poke's cartoon: by Michael Krigsman

Tags: Michael Krigsman

Blog posts 2007-08-10

Why RAID 5 stops working in 2009

Why RAID 5 stops working in 2009Been doing this for 15 yearsand never have I seen this unless the drive is about ready to take a dump.I've been in the server arena for quite some time and our file servers (which as of late have approached 1-2TB) have never encountered...

Tags: RAID, disk, RAID 5, failure rate, URE

Discussion threads 2007-07-18

Additional Resources

Microsoft finds security hole in Google Chrome Frame

HAHA! Way to go Microsoft! They basically just told Google to suck it! The best part is they were right the whole time. Yet people blindly defended Google. It would seem Google has more software issues than anyone else.RE: Microsoft finds security hole in Google Chrome FrameI'm not...

Tags: Web browsers, security, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., attack surface, Google Chrome

Discussion threads 2009-11-19

Netbook/notebook reliability study shows that technology breaks ...

Cheaply made partsWell, look at the parts they all are stampedwith 'Made in CHINA'...Quantity over Quality.People are now geared towards a Wal_Mart mentality they do not want to pay for quality and they do NOT care where it is made.Therefore, you will see a lower standard of living because the...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Notebooks, Policies and procedures, notebook, netbook, accident, laptop computer

Discussion threads 2009-11-18

Netbook/notebook reliability study shows that technology breaks ...

Interesting research by SquareTrade which looked at the failure rate of 30,000 notebooks and netbooks covered by SquareTrade Laptop Warranty plans. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Tags: Netbook, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2009-11-18

Disks: why size means performance

OK, Smarty pants...How do I use only the outer-most sectors of my 500GB disk?Performance != reliabilitySeagate has progressively gotten worse with reliability - that's why they cut the 5-year warranty back down to 3 years. Western Digital has made great strides with reliability though. WD isn't focussing on...

Tags: Serial ATA, SSD, SAS Institute, SAS Drives, performance, disk

Discussion threads 2009-11-18

Droid Preview: iPhone's first real competition has arrived

The MicroSD card is not only expandableIt is hot-swappable. So basically your storage is only limited to how many cards you can afford.Competition is GREAT!I am glad Android is taking off, the future is Linux driven devices/appliances.To the naysayers that Linux distro devices/appliances are a 'niche' I guess Google is...

Tags: Smart phones, Apple iPhone, Droid Preview, phone, card

Discussion threads 2009-11-05

Will a flu pandemic really bring down the Internet?

Is the last bulleted list a joke??That last bulleted list is a joke. It worships a model, and is not the best tool for the job.Keep in mind through all this:-The problem is going to be network congestion. Therefore steps should be taken to [b]REDUCE[/b] network usage."Monitor your VPNs. Make...

Tags: NETWORKING, H1N1 flu, network, marketing, network congestion, flu, Internet

Discussion threads 2009-10-27

HP Pavilion Elite m9515y

Buyer beware: Product Failed, Support Failed.This product was sold as a multimedia center and a type of DVR replacement. It has completely failed to function in that role. From day one core functions like, recording tv programs, playback of previously viewed programs, and burning Video DVD's from the...

Tags: Consumer electronics, TV & Home Theater, Video Error, Hewlett-Packard Co., HP Pavilion, DVD

Discussion threads 2009-10-23

Owners set up online memorial to dead Apple Time Capsules

wowBut those "older" ones aren't really that old.Hilarious!! ntntYeaBecause to Apple, function follows form... so your drive isn't as pretty, but it functions better and its cheaper. Trust me, you win.Well, he wins only ifno one has to look at the device. :)RE: Owners set up online memorial to dead...

Tags: Backups, Time Capsule, disk, Apple Inc., Apple Time Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-10-15

Does software piracy lead to higher malware infection rates?

Yes it does, at least according to a recently released report by the Business Software Alliance BSA which basically correlates data on the known piracy rates for particular countries and their malware infection rates, using public sources. The rationale behind their claims is fairly simple - users...

Tags: Software Piracy, Patch Management, Malware, Malware Infection Rate, Infection Rate, Patches, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Microsoft Windows, Viruses And Worms, Security, Operating Systems, Software, Dancho Danchev

Blog posts 2009-10-14

Aeo3 HD Smart Lite 1.0 beta (Windows)

Aeo3 HD Smart Lite is a portable software utility that retrieves hard disk drives' health, performance and operation status. This set of information is known as the hard disk drive's Self-Monitoring, Analysis, and Reporting Technology or SMART data. Hard disks failure is a certainty and it can be a traumatic...

Tags: Software, Hard Drive, Disk Drive, Microsoft Windows, Beta, Aeo3 Labs, Aeo3 HD Smart Lite, Hard-disks Failure, Tools & Techniques, Management

Software downloads 2009-10-12

Optical storage: RIP

Vintage Zip DriveI've actually got a Zip 100 SCSI drive sitting around with a ton of disks. Cost a ton when it was new, but now it's just an antique paperweight...Optical storage is not a dead endSSD drives are never going to catch on for some big things, like PC...

Tags: Games, SSD Drives, SSD, optical media, hard drive, CD, game, Cd/DVd, storage, Optical Storage

Discussion threads 2009-10-11