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Holy Grail: A very desired object or outcome that borders on a sacred quest. There are several Holy Grails in the computer business. Standards tend to be high on the...; Full Holy Grail Definition >>

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Dell wants to sell you systems, but the holy grail may be managing them: Dell is more than happy to sell you well-designed notebooks with neat colors and work its corporate connections to boost sales. But it's becoming increasingly obvious that Dell's future is lightweight software and managing the gear it sells you as a service. The acquisition of MessageOne on...; Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Holy Grail, EqualLogic, ASAP Software, Software As A Service (SaaS), Tools & Techniques, Mergers & Acquisitions, Emerging Technologies, Management, Investment, Finance, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-02-12
Verdiem gives you more power over your power consumption. And, inquiring minds wonder whether power management might not be Vista's holy grail?: Did you know that PCs and computer monitors account for roughly 13 percent of the total electricity used each year by commercial enterprises? That statistic from the Department of Energy, which actually is pretty outdated at this point, is just one of the arguments used by power management software company...; Tags: Power Management, Data Center, Holy Grail, Power Consumption, Microsoft Windows Vista, Verdiem, Electricity Consumption, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2008-01-27
Search for holy grail may be nearing success: Search for Holy Grail may be nearing successJust the tip of the melting iceburg...as nano technology improves along with current battery technology we will start to see lighter, deeper cycle and more powerful batteries. Keep at it!Green America is a reality we can see in our lifetime. ]:); Tags: Engineering, Holy Grail; Discussion threads 2007-09-19
Search for holy grail may be nearing success: The Holy Grail may be within reach. That would be a sturdy, cheap, rechargable and recyclable battery for American-made hybrid cars if you are a believer in the religion of American enterprise. Today Michael Kanellos blogged about EnerDel, in the auto heartland of Indiana, which is aiming to...; Tags: Holy Grail, Battery, EnerDel, Thay, U.S. National Renewable Energy, USNREL, Engineering, Fuel Cells, Emerging Technologies, Harry Fuller; Blog posts 2007-09-18
Is Vista stupid (or is it me)?: Is Vista stupid (or is it me)?Why? Is stupidity reserved only for big things?;^)It's stupid IMO - and it's not restricted to a single drive - it affects all of the drives I regularly use.Just because it's a small issue doesn't make it unqualified for the label.Interesting that you have...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, Digital music, Digital media, Microsoft Windows Vista, USB flash drive, operating system, Microsoft Corp., Apple iPod, Holy Grail, Apple Inc.; Discussion threads 2007-07-12

Java may be free under GPL -- but end-to-end development remains the holy grail: Java may be free under GPL -- but end-to-end development remains the holy grailSweeeetI can see some very interesting opportunities here for (just for example) $EMPLOYER. Our suite of embedded-application dev tools has mostly avoided Java until now because it was too "heavy" for most of our applications --...; Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Programming languages, OPEN SOURCE, tool, Java, IDE, SDK, GPL, Holy Grail; Discussion threads 2006-11-13
Java may be free under GPL -- but end-to-end development remains the holy grail: While an open-sourcing of Java ME under a GPL license has exciting implications for hardware vendors to ease the porting of JVMs, other announcements today offers developers ease in crossing the gap between enterprise-class development and the exploding market for device-level development. It turns out Eclipse as an end-to-end development...; Tags: Open Source, Testing Tools, Software Infrastructure, DSO, Application Lifecycle Management, Mobile, Embedded, IDEs, Developer Tools, Sun Microsystems, Software Development, Eclipse, Linux, Enterprise Java, Agile Development, Java, GPL; Blog posts 2006-11-13
The Quest for the holy grail: Do Users Seek a Colorful Website or a Useful Website?: The thrill of experiencing something new, a journey into unchartered territory. Is this what attracts users to a site? What induces 'Stickiness' to a site? Does the latest in multimedia graphics help or is it better to enhance usability? This paper undertakes to give the reader a sweeping view of...; Tags: Usability, Multimedia, Holy Grail, Web Site, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Internet; White papers 2006-10-10
Windows Vista to 'freeze dry' PCs before patching: Windows Vista to 'freeze dry' PCs before patchingBeen doing this with *nix for years~Obviously Microsoft is behind the curb on this one~Windows 2003 SP1 Already Has Hot-PatchingThe fact that they're moving this already-used technology to their new product isn't news.Holy grail[i]"The Holy Grail is total hands-off patching,"[/i]No, the Holy Grail...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, UNIX, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista, Holy Grail, Microsoft Corp., operating system, Linux, PC; Discussion threads 2005-09-02
Profitability Analysis: Not the Elusive Quest for the holy grail: The "Holy Grail" of corporate performance management is profitability. Just as there are many pitfalls in any quest, the search for understanding profitability can be fraught with peril, most significantly by that alluring concept of revenue. Sophisticated businesses understand that revenue needs to be analyzed, assessed and allocated in order...; Tags: Holy Grail, Applix Inc., Analysis, Financial Services; White papers 2005-08-01
Resilient: Making processes into objects: Resilient: Making processes into objectsTypo?Funny it says Commentary on the top where I believe someone should have written Advertisement.Holy Grail ... Holy Merde?????"Pursuing the Holy Grail of enterprise software is much easier if you use Microsoft infrastructure and tools instead of building your own." A lazy, frightening, foolish...; Tags: Funny IT, Holy Grail; Discussion threads 2004-07-13
Gates: Some 'holy grails' to be found within decade: Gates: Some 'holy grails' to be found within decadeAt the Gartner Symposium/ITExpo in San Diego, Microsoft's Bill Gates discusses how innovations such as reliable speech recognition software will succeed in the next 10 years.; Tags: Holy Grail; Videos 2004-03-30
Tyneside College Achieves 'holy grail' in Teaching by Personalising Education for Every Student: Monkseaton Language College wanted new technology to link student records with other IT systems in the school and secure access to its servers from thousands of external users to achieve the following: Integration of all systems and information about students into a dynamic database; To use that integrated data for...; Tags: Education, Holy Grail, Student, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Servers, Directory Services, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Enterprise Software; Case studies

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OpenSolaris: What Ubuntu wants to be when it grows up: OpenSolaris: What Ubuntu wants to be when it grows upOpenSolaris at ZDNet open sourceI just posted a piece abou tthis at Open Source http://blogs.zdnet.com/open-source/?p=2387 but I was not under the impression that this is aimed at the desktop market at all -- only the server side.RE: OpenSolaris: What Ubuntu wants...; Tags: UNIX, OpenSolaris, Ubuntu, Ubuntu Wants; Discussion threads 2008-05-05
iPhone coming to Canada; 7.4 million subscribers available: Updated: Rogers Communications said Tuesday that it has a deal with Apple to bring the iPhone to Canada. In a terse announcement, Rogers, the largest wireless provider in Canada, made the announcement and said little else. Here's the full-text: Ted Rogers, President and Chief Executive Officer...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Canada, Rogers Communications Inc., Wi-Fi, Wireless, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-04-29
Gorakion RPG (exe): Gorakion RPG is an action real-time single duel role-playing game that gives you the freedom of creating a powerful mage. SpellTiger has summoned you to help him finding the broken parts of the Gorakion. Learn magic spells and fight monsters. Increase your attributes by finding the pieces of the artefact,...; Tags: 2D, Gorakion RPG, SpellTiger; Software downloads 2008-04-20
Panasonic TH-46PZ85U: Panasonic rules the plasma roost, outselling other brands and rolling out a massive suite of models to compete against LCD in 2008. The TH-PZ85U series may be the most exciting of the bunch, thanks to its improved black-level performance, the holy grail of home theater image quality. The 46-inch...; Tags: Home entertainment, TV & Home Theater, Monitors & displays, TVs, Panasonic, Panasonic TH-46PZ85U, plasma; Product reviews 2008-04-17
Google and Salesforce.com: still not a done deal: Google and Salesforce.com: still not a done dealGoogle Apps on salesforce.comIt seems to me like this is a good partnership.For salesforce, it improves the likelihood of users 'living' in their application - great for adoption and great for stickiness. It also greatly improves the value proposition and credibility of...; Tags: Sales force management, Business structures, Salesforce.com Inc., good partnership, Google Inc., partnership; Discussion threads 2008-04-15
He wrote 200,000 books (but computers did some of the work): Professor's computer algorithms collect publicly available information and turn it into books, printed on demand or delivered digitally.(From The New York Times) It's not easy to write a book. First, you have to pick a title. And then there is the table of contents. If you want the...; Tags: Digital media; News items 2008-04-14
5 reasons IT is soooo slowwww: 5 reasons IT is soooo slowwwwIT departments are anti-nimbleIT departments by their very structure and responsibilities are unable to be nimble. They have been required to develop, manage and maintain large & complex systems with high levels of reliability and resilience. This mindset and process orientation works against...; Tags: IT IS, IT Attitude, information technology; Discussion threads 2008-04-09