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DyNeF: Host-Privilege-Based Dynamic Network Firewall for Grid Environment

Security in grid environment is still a major challenge considering the possible security breaches that can occur in a multi-institutional resource sharing infrastructure. Unlike the Internet, grid is a dynamic collection of resources, users and services that poses increased security challenges to the research community. This paper address the need...

Tags: Network, Environment, Grid Environment, Firewalls, Security, Networking

White papers 2008-08-01

Conversation with Platform Computing's Songnian Zhou

Platform Computing has been a player in virtual processing and management software for virtualized resources since 1992. Platform LSF has been the company's flagship product since those early days. It has found a home in electronics, financial services, government, life sciences, manufacturing and oil/gas. I've been following them since I...

Tags: Environment, Platform Computing Inc., Grid Environment, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-06-03

Additional Resources

Does virtualization equal cloud computing?

I would say yesThere is no need to buy 'stand alone' servers any longer in functionality when you can put it in a Blade 'name your flavor' chassis.Virtualization with VMware/RHEL or some vendor is the best way to get it off bare-metal...Doing baremetal rebuilds is time consuming and it takes...

Tags: Data centers, Servers, Utility computing, server, cloud computing, virtualization, cluster

Discussion threads 2009-11-25

More evidence of the coming collision between home broadband and the smart grid

Collision?Not the word I would have used.In any event, I think this is a positive and necessary direction to go. In order to manage more diversified, less dependable/consistent sources of energy, the demand side HAS TO be managed. Without it, we are just setting ourselves up for a lot of...

Tags: TELECOMMUNICATIONS, collision, home broadband, grid, smart grid

Discussion threads 2009-11-16

RbApp 2.3 (Mac)

RbApp is a platform-neutral collection of REALbasic classes that help programmers create industrial strength applications on Macintosh and Windows. Use RbGrid for a flexible, scaleable grid component with powerful programming control. Use RbChart for dynamic charts, graphs and tables with minimal programming. Use RbEdit for text editingfor large files with...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Mouse, Programming, RbApp, RbApp Developer, Mice, Microsoft Excel, Tools & Techniques, Development Tools, Hardware, Peripherals, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Management, Software Development, Software/Web Development

Software downloads 2009-10-15

Private clouds: A valuable concept or buzzword bingo?

Governance and Control are a serious isssue...The blog seemed to try to downplay the loss of control of business information and data like it was the same as losing control of an electricity grid. The two things are not the same. When the electricity grid goes down, sure business stops...

Tags: Virtualization, Recruitment & Selection, tech industry, Google Inc., cloud computing

Discussion threads 2009-10-01

The 10 biggest moments in IT history

Despite its relatively short lifespan, IT has had some huge watershed moments. TechRepublic's Jack Wallen followed the tech timeline to identify the most pivotal events. It’s unlikely that everyone will ever agree on the most important dates in the history of IT. I...

Tags: ARPAnet, Information Technology, Operating System, Dot-com, Apple Inc., Wikipedia, COBOL, Napster Inc., Wiki, Linux, Microsoft Windows 95, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, UNIX, Open Source, Online Communications, Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-09-21

'Mericans say: "Gimme a plug-in"

Pay more, yes...Pay more than the gas price we would save over the life of the car, no. That's the issue now, you do not save more in the long run. Once we get to the point where we would merely break even, then I would seriously consider a plug-in.Electric...

Tags: Plug-in car, car, plug-in, electric car, battery, commute, No.

Discussion threads 2009-09-11

Cloud Computing Initiative Using Modified Ant Colony Framework

Scheduling of diversified service requests in distributed computing is a critical design issue. Cloud is a type of parallel and distributed system consisting of a collection of interconnected and virtual computers. It is not only the clusters and grid but also it comprises of next generation data centers. The paper...

Tags: University Of New Brunswick, Optimization Method, Cloud Computing, Data Centers, Virtualization, Storage, Hardware, Data Management

White papers 2009-09-04

Nokia 1661 - black (T-Mobile) - Prepaid

As a rule, prepaid cell phones from the major carriers stick to the basics. Just consider the Nokia 1661 from T-Mobile. The candy bar handset won't win any design awards and its feature set is built solely on communication. But unless you're going to keep it only for emergencies, we...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Cellular phones, T-Mobile, phone, Nokia 1661, handset, Nokia Corp., flashlight, soft key, toggle

Product reviews 2009-08-26

Coverflow for all Mac apps ??? Oh, the Horror!

Coverflow for all Mac apps ??? Oh, the Horror!Not a fanI like coverflow in exactly 1 place... the iPod application on my iPhone. For whatever reason I really do enjoy flicking through my albums by cover with my finger.Everywhere else? I pretty much despise it. I can't get into using...

Tags: Desktops, Coverflow, Mac app, Horror, Apple Macintosh, photograph

Discussion threads 2009-08-04

Are we being smart about the smart grid?

A recent conference sponsored by "Fortune" magazine featured a panel discussion on the smart grid. How? Why? What? The panel was led by members of the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.). Here are three of their suggestions: 1)...

Tags: Grid, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-08-04

SAP's Schwarz & Sikka: The Road to More Agile Business Performance

Last week I had the opportunity to spend time with SAP CTO Vishal Sikka and separately SAP executive board member John Schwarz, and I've been ruminating on our conversations a lot since those meetings. Fortunately I was part of a group of bloggers who have been following SAP closely, and...

Tags: Performance, SAP AG, Financial Planning, Change Management, Performance Management, Strategy, Finance, Tools & Techniques, Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-07-31

Cloud Survey results - everything old is new again

My friends at Stratus brought my attention to a recent survey done by Laura Didido of Information Technology Intelligence Corporation ITIC that reminds me a great deal of surveys executed by my former employer, International Data Corporation IDC. Early in the adoption cycle of client/server computing, IDC...

Tags: Survey, ITIC, Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Marketing Research, Hardware, Marketing, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2009-07-22

General Electric appliances strive for 'net-zero energy homes'

General Electric appliances strive for 'net-zero energy homes'average home-owners are screwedMost cannot drop $30K on solar panels. The rich people buy panels, drop consumption from the power grid. Electric company compensates buy raising rates to the remaining (non-rich) customers. So the rich get richer and the poor learn to read...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Solar Heating, Earthships, net-zero energy home, energy home, General Electric Co., winter

Discussion threads 2009-07-15

'EvoGrid' to model life's origins, and maybe answer the big questions

EvoGrid is a grid-computing concept that'll attempt to digitally simulate the primordial soup from which life arose and it may shed light on the origins of life on Earth and in the universe. It may also provide new tools for evolutionary biology, biochemistry, and complexity studies. Studying...

Tags: Earth, Soup, Computer, EvoGrid, Life Form, Productivity, Chris Jablonski

Blog posts 2009-07-04

Raising the Bar on Business Analytics: Innovation Powered by Grid

This white paper focuses on the benefits of deploying business analytics solutions on grid computing platforms. The paper discusses these technologies, the reasons for selecting business analytics software on grid computing platforms, and the benefits achieved from them by three organizations. The examples show that these technologies can enable competitive...

Tags: Innovation, Grid Computing, Grid, Business Analytics, International Data Group

White papers 2009-07-01

Robo-furniture eats household pests

Robotic furniture that eat vermin, like mice and flies, are a part of a design project at the Royal College of Art, London. Designer James Auger is exploring a new breed of domestic robots that he says can sit comfortably at an intersection of products and...

Tags: Robo-furniture, Robots, Emerging Technologies, Chris Jablonski

Blog posts 2009-06-27

What do Green IT, the economic crisis, and best selling author, Thomas Friedman, have in common? Poor accounting

Consider the following questions posed by Thomas Friedman, New York Times columnist and author of The World Is Flat: A Brief History of the Twenty-First Century, and more recently, Hot, Flat And Crowded: Why We Need a Green Revolution - And How it Can Renew America: “Was it an...

Tags: Accounting, Friedman's Inc., Financial, PC, Information Technology, Environment, Green IT, Economic Crisis, Printing, Strategy, Management, Doug Washburn

Blog posts 2009-06-25

News to know: Google Wave; Bing; Palm webOS; Verizon Wireless CEO; AOL

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. Sam Diaz: Meet Google Wave: a new way to communicate and collaborate Google Wave: It's still a work in...

Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, America Online Inc., Palm Inc., Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Verizon Wireless, Semiconductors, Social Networking, H-1B, Strategy, Hardware, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Human Resources, Labor Relations, Management, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-05-29