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- Realistically deploying Edubuntu
- Realistically deploying EdubuntuVideo on thin-clients is never a good thingI used Windows Terminal Services in a library and the biggest complaint was always poor video performance on the workstations (i.e. web-based video streaming). Unless the video can be rendered on the client, performance is always going to suffer. I'm a...
- Tags: Corporate communications, Digital video, video, Edubuntu, LTSP, fibre, performance
- Discussion threads 2008-01-11
- Data trips between light and sound
- As you probably are aware, future communications networks will certainly be based on optics. A research team led by Duke University physicists has done an important discovery which might lead to these future super-fast optical communications networks. The team has found a way to store information coming from a beam...
- Tags: Team, Fibre, Data, Duke University, Network Technology, Fiber Optics, Storage, Networking, Telecommunications, Hardware, Roland Piquepaille
- Blog posts 2007-12-15
- Skin Care In Your 30s (exe)
- Incorporate a few other age-busting ingredients such as antioxidants into your routine. Environmental assaults create free radicals, molecules that break down collagen and elastin, the supportive fibres that make your skin firm and elastic. When the fibres start to disconnect, skin wrinkles and sags. Antioxidants destroy free radicals, protecting existing...
- Tags: Fibre
- Software downloads 2007-05-29
- Self-healing spacecrafts
- As you probably guess, a spacecraft life is a tough one. It has to survive in space where it is exposed to extreme temperatures and cosmic radiation without any help. This is why engineers working for the European Space Agency ESA have developed new processes that mimic human reactions. When...
- Tags: crack, European Space Agency, fibre, spacecraft
- Blog posts 2006-01-21
- High definition video conferencing is here
- High definition video conferencing is herePolycom is good - with fibreWe're running older PolyCom sets on our new fibre optic backbone... Previously, with 1.5 mbps connections, video and audio was the pits. Now, we're smooth as butter. As fibre becomes more and more mainstream, I can see vidconf technology really...
- Tags: Corporate communications, DSL, Network technology, fibre, Polycom Inc., High-Definition Video
- Discussion threads 2005-05-12
- Does the 'Halo 2 effect' threaten broadband?
- Does the 'Halo 2 effect' threaten broadband?I tend to agree...When the grandson plays Halo for the PC, his one and constant complaint is about "lag" and how it ruins the game. I can see where a person paying for on-line gaming is going to get pretty upset if they...
- Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), Games, Broadband Internet, Network technology, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Houston Texas, Internet Service Provider, broadband, fibre, bandwidth, game, Halo 2
- Discussion threads 2004-12-07
- Intel brings wireless broadband to Chinese cities
- Intel brings wireless broadband to Chinese citiesIt is a shamethat countries like China will get "last mile" technology before the United States. Seeing that I am locked in via my TELCO for DSL I would welcome an alternate such as described in the story. Satellite broadband is cost...
- Tags: Network technology, Broadband Internet, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, satellite broadband, Intel Corp., broadband, fiber, fibre, wireless broadband, wireless
- Discussion threads 2004-06-10
- Meridian 1 PBX and Remote Office 9150 Deliver Terrestrial and Wireless VoIP and Data Connectivity to Infomedia
- In recent years, Infomedia deployed a Telstra-managed fibre optic LAN with a 1 Gigabit feed between two pivotal buildings at Narrabeen - its software development and data centres - and a 100 Megabit fibre optic connection to Telstra's BigPond Internet service, but the company's overall communications system was no longer...
- Tags: Telstra Corp., Fibre, Nortel Networks Corp., Microsoft Office, PBX, Wireless, Telephony, Roi/Tco, Software Development, VOIP, Business Structures, LANs, Networking, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Software/Web Development, Telecommunications
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- Sun Exec: Your 'Eco Data Center' doesn't have to cost millions. Some tips for getting there.
- OK, so here's the $100 million question: Do you really want to spend that much to make your data center more green or at least more efficient? I thought not, which is why I agreed to speak with Sun Chief Technologist for EcoDC and Virtualization Services, Phillip Morris, about more...
- Tags: Data Center, Virtualization, Sun Microsystems Inc., Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-07-16
- Dell strives to make it easier to be green with FlexAddress
- In the scheme of green things, Dell's PowerEdge M-Series blades could be described as emerald. Now, the company is trying to make it easier for data center managers to opt for them, with a new patent-pending tool called Dell FlexAddress. Glenn Keels, director, global relationship marketing...
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Data Center, Blade, Data Centers, Blade Servers, Utility Computing, Servers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-07-02
- HP rolls out laptop armada; Voodoo Envy targets MacBook Air
- Hewlett-Packard unveiled a new laptop lineup that includes an ultra mobile Voodoo model to compete with the MacBook Air. The Voodoo Envy is 0.70 inches thin and weighs less than 3.4 pounds and starts at $2,099. Judging from the technical specs, however, the Envy isn't much of...
- Tags: Voodoo, Hewlett-Packard Co., Apple MacBook, Laptop Computer, Voodoo Envy, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-06-10
- Red Hat's PV drivers boosts performance of Windows, older Linux guests on Xen-based RHEL 5
- Red Hat has significantly sped up the performance of Windows and Linux guests running on its Xen-based Red Hat Enterprise 5 platform. The Raleigh, NC software company released on May 20 paravirtualized drivers that significantly improve the performance of older Red Hat Enterprise 3 and 4 workloads...
- Tags: Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Linux, Performance, Red Hat Inc., Photovoltaics, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, Xen, Microsoft Windows, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Servers, Software, Hardware, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2008-05-29
- Transforming the Data Center with Unified Fabric
- Is Fibre Channel over Ethernet FCoE really the long-awaited breakthrough that will transparently integrate your network servers and storage, or is it simply the latest industry hype? Get the answers and expert insights from some of the most distinguished networking engineers in the industry on this 60-minute TechWiseTV video broadcast...
- Tags: Data Center, Fibre Channel, Cisco Systems Inc., TechWiseTV, Data Centers, Storage Area Networks (SAN), Storage, Hardware, Data Management
- Webcasts 2008-05-29
- High-end disks dead in 2 years
- Dave Donatelli, a senior exec at EMC - the largest data storage vendor - predicted that high-end flash drives will replace high-end hard drives in 2 years. Is this the beginning of the end for disk drives? What is a high-end hard drive? Unlike the...
- Tags: Notebook, Disk, USB Flash Drive, Chip, PC Board, Notebook Disk, Serial ATA, Storage, Hardware, Robin Harris
- Blog posts 2008-05-20
- Rumor Mill: What's next from Apple (updated)
- Rumor Mill: What's next from Apple updatedNot backing up while working?That's insane. That's when I WANT my hourly backups. Too much dinosaur IT thinking (back up when the system isn't under load).POC?You might want lump all low-end PCs in this category as this is all the Psystar is. It benefits...
- Tags: Notebooks, Rumor Mill, Apple Inc., Psystar
- Discussion threads 2008-05-16
- 6 Gbit drives coming
- Chip vendor PMC-Sierra and Seagate announced that they've . . . achieved interoperability between PMC-Sierra's end-to-end 6Gb/s SAS chipset and Seagate's early development 6Gb/s SAS Hard Disk Drives HDDs. This successful demonstration of 6Gb/s Serial Attached SCSI SAS interoperability provides server and storage system equipment...
- Tags: Disk, PMC-Sierra Inc., Serial Attached SCSI, Seagate Technology LLC, Serial ATA, Chipsets, Storage, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components, Robin Harris
- Blog posts 2008-05-13
- Cisco MDS 9000 Family: Total Investment Protection
- Evolving business requirements underscore the need for high-density, high-speed, and low-latency networks that improve data center scalability and manageability while controlling IT costs. As discussed in this paper the Cisco MDS 9000 Family provides the leading high-density, high-bandwidth storage networking solution along with Integrated Fabric Applications to support dynamic data...
- Tags: Storage Networking, Data Center, Cisco Systems Inc., Storage Area Networks (SAN), Data Centers, Storage, Ip storage, Hardware, Data Management
- White papers 2008-05-01
- Cisco Nexus 5000 and Emulex LP21000
- Data Center managers are challenged to keep pace with continuous growth while managing capital, operational and facilities costs. Organizations have turned to server virtualization as a means of reigning in the costs by consolidating applications on virtual servers. Increases in SAN attachment have gone hand in hand. Fibre Channel over...
- Tags: Emulex Corp., Cisco Systems Inc., Data Center Manager, Fibre Channel Over Ethernet, Data Centers, Server Virtualization, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Servers
- White papers 2008-05-01
- Fibre Channel Over Ethernet Storage Networking Evolution
- Evolving business requirements underscore the need for high-density, high-speed, and low-latency consolidated networks that enable data center scalability and improve manageability while controlling IT costs. Data centers typically run multiple separate networks, including an Ethernet network for client-to-server and server-to-server communications and a Fibre Channel Storage Area Network SAN. To...
- Tags: Storage Networking, Data Center, Fibre Channel, Network, Data Centers, Ethernet, Storage, Storage Area Networks (SAN), Networking, Hardware, Data Management
- White papers 2008-05-01
- Apple's 5 worst hardware flaws - and how to fix them
- Apple's 5 worst hardware flaws - and how to fix themWorseYou can't replace the hard drive on the new imacs without going through a ridiculous dance involving removing the screen. The old ones allowed you to undo a few screws in the bottom and lift off the back. ...
- Tags: Keyboards, Mice, Notebooks, MacBook Air, iPhone flaw, hardware, Apple Inc., mouse, keyboard, Apple MacBook
- Discussion threads 2008-04-29
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