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- Ensure the Availability of Critical IT Solutions in Remote Government Locations for Windows and Linux Environments
- Stratus fault-tolerant ftServer solutions deliver industry-leading uptime (99.999% or better) and operational simplicity in a rack-optimized package that can be set up in a day and maintained without dedicated onsite IT support. Built-in serviceability, remote access capabilities and hot-swappable components help ensure that mission-critical government operations run uninterrupted 24/7, enabling...
- Tags: Linux, Stratus Technologies, Fault-tolerant Server, Information Technology, Microsoft Windows, Remote Access, Telecommunications
- White papers 2007-01-01
- San Diego Emergency Dispatch System Depends on Windows 2000 Advanced Server and Stratus Fault-Tolerant Servers
- When San Diego Fire and Life Safety Services SDFLSS needed a new platform for its life-critical Computer-Aided Dispatch CAD system, it turned to Windows 2000 Advanced Server and Stratus's fault-tolerant ftServer 5200. Uncompromised availability was the most important factor in selecting a new platform, as 911 emergency dispatchers rely on...
- Tags: Stratus Technologies, Fault-tolerant Server, Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server, San Diego, Server, Emergency Response, Microsoft Windows 2000, Microsoft Windows, CAD, Security, Operating Systems, Software
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- Websense reports China Netcom DNS cache poisoning
- The DNS server of one of China's largest ISPs has been poisoned to redirect typos to a malicious site rigged with drive-by exploits. According to a warning from Websense Security Labs, the DNS poisoning attacks are affecting customers of China Netcom CNC and are using a malicious...
- Tags: China Netcom, DNS, DNS Server, Internet Service Provider, Websense Inc., Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Domain Names, Servers, Internet, Hardware, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-08-21
- Exploit code published for Apache Tomcat flaw
- The United States Computer Emergency Response Team (US-CERT) has raised an alarm for a serious vulnerability in Apache Tomcat, warning that a proof-of-concept exploit is publicly available. The code, posted to Milw0rm.com, exploits a directory traversal vulnerability vulnerability in the way Apache Tomcat handles malformed requests. ...
- Tags: HTTP, XSS, Apache Software Foundation, Exploit Code, Apache Tomcat, Flaw, Open Source, Application Servers, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Ryan Naraine
- Blog posts 2008-08-21
- Live Demonstration on Aug. 21st: 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, August 21st will highlight the integration of the industry's premier virtualized...
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Dell EqualLogic, VMware Inc., Disaster Recovery, Data Management
- Webcasts 2008-08-21
- Windows: You say major; I say minor
- Starting with Windows 7, the logic and naming structure that Microsoft worked to established for Windows seems to breaking down. And yes, I'm going to reopen the can of worms about Windows Server 2008 being one and the same as Windows 7 Server. The reason I'm not letting go...
- Tags: Release, Team, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Servers, Software, Hardware, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-08-20
- Novell-Microsoft interop pact may look sweeter to IT shops these days
- Novell took a lot of heat from open source backers for executing an interoperability pact with Microsoft in late 2006 but the partnership -- strengthened with a new $100 million investment from Microsoft today -- is probably looking sweeter to mixed IT shops these days. Why? Because of recent...
- Tags: Novell Inc., Interoperability, Information Technology, Microsoft Office, ISO, Microsoft Corp., Office Open XML, Virtualization, OpenOffice, Cloud Computing, Open Source, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Office Suites, Software, Storage, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2008-08-20
- Intel's roadmap comes into focus: Can rivals respond?
- Intel's developer forum in San Francisco has more than its share of chest thumping and as the roadmap comes into focus you really wonder how competitors will respond. To be sure, Intel won't have a cakewalk, but it's making a lot of waves, creating new markets (Netbooks...
- Tags: Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., Chip, Atom, Semiconductors, Network Technology, Hardware, Networking, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-08-20
- Intel unveils Nehalem 'turbo mode'
- At IDF, the chipmaker announced a power-control feature in its new micro architecture, claiming it is 'pretty compelling' for enterprises. Intel unveiled on Tuesday a new aspect of its upcoming microprocessor architecture, which promises better power management and efficiency. Speaking in the afternoon keynote on day...
- Tags: Data Center, Intel Corp., Nehalem EX, Data Centers, Processors, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Semiconductors, Components, Vivian Yeo ZDNet Asia, Intel, Intel Developer Forum, IDF, Pat Gelsinger, Nehalem, chips, servers
- News items 2008-08-20
- Microsoft, Novell bolster Linux partnership
- Microsoft and Novell said Wednesday that the software giant will invest more into the companies' SUSE Linux partnership. As part of the agreement, Microsoft will buy up to an additional $100 million in SUSE Linux support certificates. The partnership all posts between Novell and Microsoft kicked off...
- Tags: Novell Inc., Partnership, Microsoft Corp., SuSE Linux, SuSE, Linux, Business Structures, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-08-20
- Windows 7 wishes
- Windows 7 wishesOn layers.Per Ed's post, IE 8 continues to be integrated and integral to the OS. It is likely that many other user space apps that MS creates, will at least be partially embedded, if not completely.End user applications have no business being part of the OS itself,...
- Tags: Operating systems, 64-bit, Luna, Microsoft Windows, Windows 7 Wishes, operating system, Aero, Microsoft Windows 7
- Discussion threads 2008-08-19
- HP delivers strong third quarter fueled by blades, international, notebooks
- HP on Tuesday reported fiscal third quarter earnings of $2 billion, or 80 cents a share, on revenue of $28 billion, up 10 percent from a year ago. Excluding items, HP reported earnings of 86 cents a share, 3 cents ahead of Wall Street estimates. Revenue also...
- Tags: Revenue, Notebook, Hewlett-Packard Co., Blade, Operating Profit, Earnings, Operational Accounting, Sales Strategy, Finance, Sales, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-08-19
- Piecing together Microsoft's cloud-computing vision
- Piecing together Microsoft's cloud-computing visionBest Known ExampleThe Best Known Example of Cloud Computing is connecting to a Windows 2003 Server in a data center via terminal services client under a floating profile and running a c# application.RE: Piecing together Microsoft's cloud-computing visionSOA/PaaS/SaaS is the biggest shift in our sector since...
- Tags: Strategy, Microsoft Corp., vision
- Discussion threads 2008-08-19
- IDF Opening Keynote: Are you listening, Washington?
- IDF Opening Keynote: Are you listening, Washington?PURE BS!Look, I KNOW several people with advanced degrees in the sciences and math. Guess what? They have been laid off and replaced with offshoring and H1-B workers.Tech companies like Intel want to point the finger? Fine, hand them a mirror...We...
- Tags: Recruitment & Selection, job, Barrett, education, IT IS
- Discussion threads 2008-08-19
- My Windows 7 wish list
- My Windows 7 wish listPut more muscle in thereWhen you pay 100+ bucks, you'd expect it's loaded with more than just Notepad or Paint. Those two haven't had much major upgrade since Windows 3.0. If you want some themes, you shouldn't have to pay another 40 or so to get...
- Tags: Keyboards, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2008-08-19
- Piecing together Microsoft's cloud-computing vision
- A new white paper, sponsored by Microsoft and written by the always entertaining consultant David Chappell, provides more clues about what the Softies are planning to unveil at this October's Professional Developers Conference. For anyone looking to understand how and where Red Dog, Zurich, BizTalk Services and SQL Server Data...
- Tags: Zurich, Operating System, Vision, Microsoft Corp., Service, David Chappell, Red Dog, SQL Server Data Services, Application Service, EC2, EC2 Customer, Windows Live ID, Cloud Computing, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Desktop Virtualization, Software As A Service (SaaS), Software, Emerging Technologies, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-08-19
- Apple's MobileMe: Why don't we just call it a beta
- Apple's MobileMe: Why don't we just call it a betaIt's the google modelHype it and treat it like a final release, but call it a beta, so that when your customers complain about your crappy service, you have an "out."It's all part of the "don't be evil" vision.People generally don't...
- Tags: Apple MobileMe, Apple Inc., beta
- Discussion threads 2008-08-19
- News to know: IDF; Office 14; Google; Flash flaw; MobileMe; Zoho
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Jason O'Grady: MobileMe subscribers get a 60 day extension Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Is the "killer app" argument dead? More info on USB 3.0 emerges ...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Photograph, Attack, Flaw, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Microsoft Windows, Cloud Computing, Productivity, Microsoft Office, Security, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Operating Systems, Office Suites, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-08-19
- Remailer (exe)
- Remailer is a rule-based mailing system designed to serve as a central hub for business alerts and notifications. Remailer polls POP3 mail accounts and collects the e-mail messages contained within them. Using rules that you define, Remailer then resends those e-mails via an SMTP server, altering content and destination as...
- Tags: POP3, E-mail Message, Rule, NOCturnalWare, Remailer, E-mail, Online Communications
- Software downloads 2008-08-19
- Microsoft unveils Application Server License Mobility change to ease some virtualization headaches
- Microsoft unveils Application Server License Mobility change to ease some virtualization headachesInteresting timing: MSFT waited till they had a virtualization product....Interesting timing: MSFT waited till they had a virtualization product to announce this.We've been hindered by this for two years already. We heaviliy use virtualization and server farms to...
- Tags: cloud computing, Storage management, Utility computing, virtualization, virtualization headach, Application Server License Mobility, Microsoft Corp., application server
- Discussion threads 2008-08-18
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