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TechNet Webcast: Moving to the Managed Desktop Environment (Part 1 of 2) (Level 200): This webcast focuses on a scenario in which multiple hardware configurations exist. These heterogeneous systems are having an adverse effect on costs, productivity, and security at the fictional company, Contoso. To address these issues, the company's IT group has defined standard desktop images with standard applications for deployment to all...; Tags: Webcast, Hardware Configuration, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft TechNet, Desktops, Hardware; Webcasts 2007-01-08
TechNet Webcast: Agility Now (Part 04 of 10): Moving to the Managed Desktop Environment (Level 200): Having solved several identity and access issues earlier in the series, this webcast focuses on a scenario in which multiple hardware configurations exist. These heterogeneous systems are having an adverse effect on costs, productivity, and security at the fictional company, Contoso. To address these issues, the company's IT group has...; Tags: Webcast, Hardware Configuration, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft TechNet, Desktops, Hardware; Webcasts 2006-09-27
Trialware: Scalable High Availability Solution. Try ExpressCluster SAN FREE for 30 Days!: ExpressCluster SAN is designed to address the integrated application and data protection needs of multiple servers running on a shared storage area network system in a local network typically found in enterprise data centers. ExpressCluster SAN supports shared disk cluster configuration for up to 16 Windows servers in a single...; Tags: SAN, High Availability, Hardware Configuration, Resource Utilization, ExpressCluster SAN, Storage Area Networks (SAN), Storage, Storage Management, Servers, Hardware; Download resources

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Is anyone ready to process a trillion events per day?: What is event processing and how could it make a difference? Here is one example of where it could take us: Scientists are talking about the possibility of an in-body network that could detect heart attacks or diabetic collapses and alert emergency services. A typical company deals...; Tags: Event, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Sales Strategy, Financial Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Sales, Joe McKendrick; Blog posts 2008-05-11
All USB ports aren't created equal: All USB ports aren't created equalPretty much convincedGood grief. What has happened to journalism today? Never mind. I already know.Point is, you don't need to be pretty much convinced. There's this radical concept that's been floating around for about 400 years called the scientific method. It's key element is experiment....; Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), USB port, Microsoft Windows Vista, hardware; Discussion threads 2008-05-10

Photos: Top 10 reviews of the week: Here are CNET Reviews' 10 favorite items from the past week, including Apple's 24-inch iMac, a Beltronics radar detector, and the "most sophisticated NAS device" CNET has tested.Here''s our weekly roundup of the new products CNET reviewers liked best. 1. 2008 BMW 135i Coupe Editors'' rating: 8.9...; Tags: built-In, Battery, Photograph, Bottom Line, Navigation System, CNET', Price, Keyboards, Engineering, Network-Attached Storage (NAS), Hardware, Peripherals, Storage, CNET News.com; Image galleries 2008-05-10
Philips DCP851 portable DVD player w/ iPod dock: While the DCP750 and DCP850 weren't the first portable DVD players to include built-in iPod docks, the Philips brand ensured that they made a bigger splash than earlier models from the likes of iLuv. For 2008, Philips has overhauled the design, opting for a tablet configuration instead of the standard...; Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Consumer electronics, Media players, DVD player, Philips DCP851, Apple iPod, Philips Electronics N.V., DVD; Product reviews 2008-05-09
HRH Prince Penguin: Did anyone else happen to notice that Prince Charles is a closet Penguin? On our UK-based sister site, ZDNet.CO.UK our British colleague Andrew Donoghue quoted His Majesty as follows: "Many of the case studies we received highlight the...; Tags: Thin Client, Thin Clients, Hardware, Jason Perlow; Blog posts 2008-05-09
Minimizing XP SP3 woes: Minimizing XP SP3 woesWhat did you expect......it to be as easy as apt-get ? ;]:)RE: Minimizing XP SP3 woesThats a lot of work to install a service packThemes are a problem.If your theme has replaced the logon screen (the one with the animated vertical bars) you have to remove...; Tags: Firewalls, Microsoft Windows XP, XP SP3, Minimizing XP SP3 woe, Minimizing XP SP3, firewall; Discussion threads 2008-05-09
Oil's superspike may make telecommuting the norm: Oil's superspike may make telecommuting the normUnlike the Music Industry - Never heard of "oil payola"Superspike? Really. It's interesting that we have so much of the stuff that why don't the companies start paying us to use their fuel? I guess that would probably be "illegal" at...; Tags: Gas Prices, telecommuting; Discussion threads 2008-05-09
Wall Street: Too much sway over the tech sector?: Every technology company has three main constituencies: Employees, customers and shareholders. Does that last category overwhelm the first two? Should it? These questions are worth asking--at least when it comes to putting technology companies in context. Vinnie Mirchandani and I had this back and forth about Wall...; Tags: Shareholder, Technology Company, Wall, Vinnie, Construction, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-05-09
A brief summary: A brief summaryCompare with CFOIn many parts of the world, the CFO must be a chartered/certified accountant. In the US, this is now also (essentially) the case, due to SOx, and SOx is there as a result of accounting scandals.IT continues to disregard formal qualifications and licencing. Maybe the CIO...; Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, Databases, IBM AIX, SOx, shareholder, AIX 5.3, Schwartz, information technology; Discussion threads 2008-05-09
Troubleshoot and resolve Windows Vista problems: Tracking down the cause of problems with Windows Vista requires systematic troubleshooting, but at least you can take advantage of some new diagnostic tools. This sample chapter from Microsoft Windows Vista Unleashed, 2nd Edition describes these tools (the Windows Diagnostic Infrastructure) and then looks at how to get your system...; Tags: Sams Publishing, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software; Book chapters 2008-05-09
WatchTVPro Ex (exe): WatchTVPro is an alternative software to watch tv channels and radio via satellite, cable or terrestrial reception. It's developed since 2001. A digital DVB reception hardware is needed to use the software. WatchTVPro has regularly updates. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.; Tags: Digital Video Broadcasting, Michael Hepp, WatchTVPro, DVB Reception Hardware; Software downloads 2008-05-09
Microsoft shares more IE8 security details: Microsoft shares more IE8 security detailsDEP is a great ideaDEP is a great idea, as it prevents a large number of buffer overflow attacks - which happen to be the most common type of non-email attack, and a reason why we keep having to update all of the time.DEP isn't...; Tags: security, Microsoft Corp., data execution prevention; Discussion threads 2008-05-08
HP Officejet J6480: The Officejet J6480 is Hewlett-Packard's newest all-in-one printer with a host of features designed to appeal to small-to-midsize businesses that want a low-cost, feature-rich device capable of handling projects across the board. This $200 multifunction printer certainly delivers everything you want in an AIO: Autoduplexing, photo finishing, one-touch faxing, a...; Tags: Printers, Fax, Officejet J6480, printer, Hewlett-Packard Co.; Product reviews 2008-05-08
Micron claims low-power server memory lead with two new modules: I think I've reported this number before, but I keep forgetting it. Anyway, there is a statistic suggesting that memory components eat up something like 15 percent of the power consumed in data centers. Not an insignificant amount, which is one reason Micron continues to focus on lower voltage as...; Tags: Micron Technology Inc., Module, Memory, Data Centers, Servers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2008-05-08
NASA's lunar breathing system: When six astronauts share a 15 cubic meters spacecraft for weeks, how is it possible to avoid to be bothered by your fellows sweating and breathing? I've already written about staying clean in space, but NASA is going further this time. Its scientists are testing a lunar breathing system. The...; Tags: NASA, Carbon Dioxide, CAMRAS, Sorbent, Flows, Roland Piquepaille; Blog posts 2008-05-08
Unixfication II: Unixfication IIUnixification II: The AwakeningSure, I think that some unixification is good for the sake of interoperability but I like having different OSs to rely on--call them niche or whatever but there is even a place for Windows...the only non-Unix OS left.I don't want just one open source OS, no...; Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Servers, Unixfication II, Linux, OpenSolaris, kernel, Sun Solaris, Sun Microsystems Inc.; Discussion threads 2008-05-08
Unixfication II: Can the Linux community get over its "not invented here" ideology which has often hindered its ability to adopt technological improvements from outside sources? I keep saying to myself, I hope so. But recent events have shown me that we have a long way to go until we become a...; Tags: GPL, Virtualization, Kernel, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Sun Solaris, Software, Jason Perlow; Blog posts 2008-05-08