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- 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
- Chrome OS: Some Early Preview Videos
- google should move away from linuxI suppose they could easily take away all those messes of the current os by doing that. Haha! Crummy-um "Chromium OS and Open Source" video-- the guy is calling it Crummy-um! Sounds about right.RE: Chrome OS: Some Early Preview VideosAnd ZDNet falls hook, line,...
- Tags: Corporate communications, Linux, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, ChromeOS, Chrome, Chrome OS, early Preview Video, operating system, Preview Video, video
- Discussion threads 2009-11-19
- Revisiting the Motorola Droid on Verizon [Q&A]
- Why the hate for drag and drop?Almost every review I have read faults the Droid because you can't auto-sync music:"(You can dump your music on a microSD card and pop it in, but it?s a copy-paste files affair, not a ?load my music? integrated experience.)"The Droid ships with a 16...
- Tags: Smart phones, Motorola Droid, Droid, Apple iPhone, Revisiting, music, Verizon Communications Inc., Motorola Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-11-05
- News to know: Intel; Microsoft layoffs; Motorola, Palm; Oracle-Sun; MSN
- 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: New York AG files antitrust charges against Intel; alleges bribery, coercion Mary Jo Foley: Are the Microsoft...
- Tags: Layoff, MSN, Hewlett-Packard Co., Oracle Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., Palm Inc., Andrew Nusca, Microsoft Corp., Matthew Miller, Sam Diaz, Intel Corp., Motorola Inc., Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Data Centers, Storage, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Hardware, Data Management
- Blog posts 2009-11-05
- Developer Boosts Agility, Reduces Costs With Web-Based Supply Chain Management Tools
- GXS was eager to find a cost-effective way to add more detailed, on-demand analytics services to its industry-leading business-to-business e-commerce platform, GXS Trading Grid. The company turned to Microsoft Gold Certified Partner MindTree to help develop a solution based on Windows Azure - a "Cloud" services operating system that provides...
- Tags: B2B E-commerce, Developer, Supply Chain, Web, Analytics, On-demand, Microsoft Corp., SCM, Tool, B2B, Managed Hosting, Cloud Computing, E-business/E-Commerce, Internet
- Case studies 2009-11-01
- Warid Telecom Eases Database Administration Load, Supports Two-Fold Increase in Subscribers
- A two-fold surge in subscriber numbers in fewer than two years prompted Warid Telecom to review its technology infrastructure. The company had been running business-critical applications on a two-node server cluster but found that this configuration was insufficient to support the increase in processing loads. It also wanted to ease...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Administration, Storage, Databases, Servers, Enterprise Software, Hardware, Software, Data Management
- Case studies 2009-11-01
- Microsoft recovers 'most, if not all' Sidekick users' data
- I lost my contacts for a few days. Give me ONE HUNRED BILLION DOLLARS!!!Says with pinky raised to mouth.RE: Microsoft recovers 'most, if not all' Sidekick users' dataI don't feel sorry for anyone who owns a Sidekick and lost their data. It is moronic to purchase a device that...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-10-15
- LG Bliss - white (US Cellular)
- LG is one of the top makers of touch-screen feature phones, and though many of them go to big national carriers like Verizon Wireless and AT&T Wireless like the LG enV Touch and the LG Xenon for example, quite a number of them make it to regional carrier U.S. Cellular...
- Tags: Keyboards, Telecom & Utilities, U.S. Cellular, LG Electronics Inc., home screen, LG Bliss, phone, Bliss
- Product reviews 2009-10-14
- Fact Sheet : IBMXIV Storage System
- The IBM XIV® Storage System is a ground-breaking, high-end disk system, designed to support business requirements for a highly available information infrastructure. Built from a grid of standard Intel®/Linux® components, it is connected in an any-to-any topology by means of massively paralleled, non-blocking Gigabit Ethernet. ...
- Tags: Disk, IBM Corp., Ethernet, Network Technology, Storage, Networking, Hardware
- White papers 2009-10-12
- IBM XIV® Storage System: Snapshots Reinvented
- The ability to create and manage snapshots of existing volumes is among the most fundamental features commonly offered by enterprise-class storage systems today. In this white paper, we describe the XIV snapshot architecture and explain its underlying advantages in terms of performance, ease of use, flexibility...
- Tags: Storage System, IBM Corp., Storage, Storage Management, Hardware
- White papers 2009-10-12
- Product Overview: IBMXIV Storage System
- The IBMXIV® Storage System is a revolutionary high-end open disk system designed to support key current and future business require-ments for a highly available information infrastructure. Its design is a grid of standard Intel®/Linux® components, connected in any-to-anytopology using Gigabit Ethernet. This groundbreaking architecture provides outstanding performance, scalability, and reliability....
- Tags: Disk, IBM Corp., IBMXIV Storage System, Ethernet, Network Technology, Networking
- White papers 2009-10-12
- Motorola Entice W766 (Verizon Wireless)
- The Motorola Entice W766 is the latest Motorola flip phone to join the Verizon Wireless family, and it is almost the same as the Motorola Rapture VU30, which was released late last year. It's not as sleek and shiny as the Rapture, but the Entice does have external touch-sensitive keys...
- Tags: Media players, Verizon Wireless, Motorola Inc., phone, speakerphone, display, music player
- Product reviews 2009-10-07
- News to know: AT&T; Apple; Google; Verizon; Microsoft
- 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. Dancho Danchev: Weak passwords dominate statistics for Hotmail's phishing scheme leak Larry Dignan: The Android army: Verizon Wireless, Google...
- Tags: Google Inc., Microsoft Windows Mobile, Verizon Communications Inc., AT&T Corp., Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Wireless, Wireless Coverage Data, Microsoft Windows, Mobile Operating Systems, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows 7, Wireless And Mobility, Handhelds, Wi-Fi, Mobile Applications, Software, Hardware, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-10-07
- Infobright Community Edition (ICE) (64-bit) 3.2 (Windows)
- Infobright technology combines a column-oriented database with our Knowledge Grid architecture to deliver the ideal solution for your growing analytic needs. While other data warehouse products require extensive IT effort to create indexes, partition data and build physical data structures, our self-managing solution delivers rapid response to complex queries created...
- Tags: Data Warehouse, 64-bit, MySQL, Microsoft Windows, Infobright, Infobright Community Edition, Business Intelligence, Storage, Databases, Open Source, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Hardware
- Software downloads 2009-09-22
- Infobright Community Edition (ICE) 3.2 GA (Windows)
- Infobright technology combines a column-oriented database with our Knowledge Grid architecture to deliver the ideal solution for your growing analytic needs. While other data warehouse products require extensive IT effort to create indexes, partition data and build physical data structures, our self-managing solution delivers rapid response to complex queries created...
- Tags: Data Warehouse, MySQL, Microsoft Windows, Infobright, Infobright Community Edition, Business Intelligence, Storage, Databases, Open Source, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Hardware
- Software downloads 2009-09-16
- Samsung SGH-T659 (T-Mobile)
- Photo gallery:Samsung SGH-T659 (T-Mobile)Samsung, we have a message for you: 2006 called and it wants its phone back. All right, maybe that's mean, but the fact remains that the Samsung SGH-T659 exhibits a design trend that was popular three years ago. And as features go, the SGH-T659 offers nothing that...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Instant messaging, slider mechanism, display, T659, Samsung SGH-T659, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., phone, T-Mobile
- Product reviews 2009-09-14
- News to know: Snow Leopard; YouTube; VMWorld; Google Books
- 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. Ryan Naraine: Snow Leopard ships with vulnerable Flash Player Sam Diaz: Report: EC considering delay of Sun-Oracle over...
- Tags: Google Inc., Andrew Nusca, YouTube Inc., Microsoft Corp., Matthew Miller, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows 7, Desktop Virtualization, Desktops, Data Centers, Virtualization, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Hardware, Storage, Data Management
- Blog posts 2009-09-03
- Hasso Plattner Demos Agile Columnar Database Concepts
- The enterprise world of SAP isn't just structured data: it's the fundamental infrastructure of countless international businesses. In business you follow the money to understand deal flow, and automating the planning and tracking of financial transactions from end to end...
- Tags: SAP AG, Corporate Communications, Corporate Governance, Storage, Mainframes, Internet, Databases, Servers, Marketing, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Oliver Marks
- Blog posts 2009-08-23
- Samsung i8910 Omnia HD
- First debuting at GSMA 2009, the Samsung i890 Omnia HD turned heads with its gorgeous touch screen and high-end multimedia features. Though it has yet to be released in the United States, Samsung kindly provided us with an unlocked version of the device to try out, and it's certainly impressive....
- Tags: Keyboards, Cellular phones, Monitors & displays, Omnia HD, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., AMOLED
- Product reviews 2009-08-18
- HP Data Retention Guardian Online (HP DRAGON) Overview
- HP DRAGON partners with some of the leading organizations in the intelligence support systems marketplace to enable HP customers to receive an excellent solution that meets their needs. HP DRAGON technology partners provide such technology and solution capabilities as relational database, deep packet inspection, and grid storage. HP DRAGON solution...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- White papers 2009-08-01
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