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- Why is Microsoft opening up its Outlook file format now?
- Customer says: nopen/tPartner: Can't hurtIf I had to list out things I'd like to see from Microsoft, this would not be on the top of the list, but it's a great move I think.People looking to move away from other mail systems could see more tools available that make the...
- Tags: E-mail, Groupware, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Outlook
- Discussion threads 2009-10-27
- EvriChart: A Linux Success Story
- Tony Maro, CIO of EvriChart, a hospital records management and archiving business, successfully migrated his company's Windows-based line of business document management extranet application and his employees' 40-odd Windows-based desktops to a 100 percent Linux-based server and desktop infrastructure. Jason Perlow interviews Tony Maro, CIO...
- Tags: Desktop, Hospital, Imaging, Health Care, Server, Computer, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Document Management, Operating Systems, UNIX, Open Source, Software, Enterprise Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2009-10-20
- CTERA launches CloudPlug; Aims for cloud-attached storage
- CTERA on Tuesday launched its first "cloud attached storage" devices for general availability. The devices, the CTERA CloudPlug and the CTERA C200, are worth a look. The CloudPlug, a little contraption I was introduced to at the Under the Radar conference in April, has a lot of...
- Tags: Online Backup, Network, Backup, CTERA, CTERA C200, Storage, Hardware, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-10-06
- IBM targets Google Apps for business, undercuts pricing and touts reliability
- Good newsWhile I'm not a big fan of IBM due to the usual cost associated with their offerings, I like their products overall and the fact that IBM is one of if not the largest proponent of open source software. I've used Lotus Notes and found it not as...
- Tags: cloud computing, E-mail servers, pricing strategy, Premier Edition, Louts Notes, Google Inc., Google Apps, IBM Corp.
- Discussion threads 2009-10-02
- So, who's planning a Windows 7 launch party?
- UK signup hereExpecting to hear by September 17th.Agreed to all conditions: inviting 9 million friends, full global media coverage, event handled via web site, photographer on hand to upload images ... M$ legal to take control of all my finances.Even checked PC was Vista Capable ;-) I amBut only if...
- Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-09-10
- Drew Olanoff's 24-hour 'blame-a-thon' raises funds for LiveStrong
- If you ask Drew Olanoff, everything happens for a reason: including his cancer. And since he's the type of digital geek to share his life online anyway, he figured he'd include the community in his plight by creating #blamedrewscancer. And, not only is Olanoff including the community, he's inspiring a...
- Tags: Cancer, Drew Olanoff, Benefits, E-mail, Instant Messaging, Human Resources, Online Communications, Internet, Jennifer Leggio
- Blog posts 2009-09-08
- How the Web OS has begun to reshape IT and business
- What a BS conclusion ...Are you serious or just plain delusional???Using a server is not using cloud computing. In fact, any decent professional company would never even think about anything "cloud" except for basic web hosting.Let me just give you the top two most logical reasons why real companies...
- Tags: Games, information technology, game, HTTP, crowdsourcing, Web, cloud computing
- Discussion threads 2009-09-06
- When is a VMware cloud a vCloud? Let the API wars begin
- Attention enterprises â€"Pop Quiz: If your favorite hosting provider launches a cloud service that supports VMware vSphere and is part of the VMware vCloud initative, are they providing you with the rich vCloud functionality VMware is touting at VMworld this week? The answer is no, because vCloud...
- Tags: API, Amazon.com Inc., VMware Inc., Virtualization, Hardware, James Staten
- Blog posts 2009-09-02
- Waking up to the full extent of virtualization options
- While doing my morning expedition through the wilds of news sites, blogs and, of course, comic strip sites, I came across something by Laura McCabe, a partner at Hurwitz and Associates, titled "What is Virtualization, and Why Should You Care?" While Laura's comments are useful, she didn't try to present...
- Tags: Software Technology, Environment, Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2009-08-18
- Trafficking in Michael Jackson
- The news of Michael Jackson's death and subsequent coverage of his memorial service brought the Internet to a crawl and saturated even the most robust of content delivery networks. When the King of Pop died last week, I swore that I was going...
- Tags: Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2009-07-08
- Virtual desktop services gain TCO boost with HP clients, Desktone cloud-based 'DaaS' advances
- HP and Desktone have made strong market moves into the fast-growing desktops as a service Daas space, also know as desktop virtualization and virtual desktop infrastructure VDI. These new products and services show an aggressive ramp-up and sophistication to deliver a fast-track to DaaS. HP and Desktone,...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Virtual Desktop, TCO, Desktone, DaaS, Virtual-D Service Center, Fisher, Desktop Virtualization, Virtualization, Desktops, Hardware, Dana Gardner
- Blog posts 2009-06-01
- Cucku 2.0: Be your own Internet backup service
- CUCKU Backup from Tech Broiler on Vimeo. Today, CUCKU updated its software to version 2.0, marking the first release of a paid-for version of its Social Backup product. As first I wrote about the product when the software was...
- Tags: Software, PC, CUCKU Backup, Backups, Internet, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2009-05-12
- Citrix C3 â€" Where are the partners?
- Citrix put some significant new meat on the bones of its Citrix Cloud Center (C3) offering last week but left behind one crucial element. Who are the partners delivering this offering? At its annual customer get together, Citrix Synergy 2009, the company fulfilled our prediction of the true...
- Tags: Citrix Systems Inc., Internet Service Provider, Service Provider, Internet Service, Citrix C3 Strategy, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Business Services, Internet, James Staten
- Blog posts 2009-05-11
- Doing the Jitterbit
- Ilan Sehayek, CTO of Jitterbit introduced his company, the company's products and himself a while ago. Jitterbit is a provider of an open source data and application integration platform designed to make it easier for organizations to integrate a number of different types of applications hosted on different platforms (see...
- Tags: Jitterbit, Jitterbit Community, Data Management, Application Integration, Storage, Open Source, Databases, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2009-04-16
- Microsoft touts new CRM freebies
- Microsoft touts new CRM freebiesNot sure Accelerators work with CRM OnlineHi MJ, Microsoft first announced the 8 CRM solution accelerators at the Microsoft Partner Conference in Houston in July 2008.Many of the accelerators won't work with Dynamics CRM Online service because of the Live ID-based authentication and lack of support...
- Tags: Advertising & Promotion, Customer relationship management (CRM), Enterprise software, CRM, new CRM freeby, CRM freeby, Microsoft Corp., freeby, accelerator
- Discussion threads 2009-03-10
- Delivering On-Demand Scalability and High Availability at an Affordable Price
- A Louisville, Kentucky based hosting partner, MaximumASP provides exclusively Microsoft Windows based Web hosting and managed IT services to over 2,500 customers in more than 60 countries, with over 50,000 domains with 2,700 servers. The company provides comprehensive network protection, automated server patching, and advanced server monitoring to customers. MaximumASP's...
- Tags: On-demand, High Availability, Customer, Microsoft Corp., MaximumASP, Web Hosting, Managed Hosting, Smb/Sme, It Services, Servers, Internet, Hardware
- Case studies 2009-03-01
- HP BladeSystems Cut Operational Costs, Save Energy and Aid Managed Services Delivery for Telstra International
- Telstra International, a leading global telecommunications provider, delivers global network connectivity and a broad portfolio of scalable data hosting and managed services to enhance the competitive advantage of multi-national businesses around the world. Telstra International wanted to introduce blade technology into its London hosting centre to resolve Power and Cooling...
- Tags: Telstra Corp., Managed Services, Hewlett-Packard Co., Blade, Roi/Tco, Blade Servers, Managed Hosting, Utility Computing, It Services, Servers, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Hardware
- Case studies 2009-03-01
- Parallels' Serguei Beloussov speaks out on free XenServer
- Parallels' CEO, Serguei Beloussov, has published his opinion regarding Citrix's recent announcement that they were making a free edition of XenServer available see Citrix launches a free version of XenServer and Citrix Essentials for more information. Let's hear what he has to say and review his comments. Here's what...
- Tags: Citrix Systems Inc., Xen, XenServer, Parallels, Virtualization, Hardware, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2009-02-24
- Red Hat and Citrix ratchet up open source virtualization relevancy
- The open source hypervisor landscape got a lot more interesting today after the latest announcements from Red Hat and Citrix. Both were shots across the bow of VMware’s juggernaut, but Red Hat’s volley may have overshot and struck Xen.org in the stern. Citrix, the flag bearer for...
- Tags: Hypervisor, Red Hat Inc., Open Source, Citrix Systems Inc., Xen, KVM, Virtualization, Hardware, James Staten
- Blog posts 2009-02-23
- Parallels' Summit 2009 Serguei Beloussov Keynote
- Parallels is presenting its Parallels Summit 2009 here in Las Vegas. I'll be posting from the show through out the day as I learn what they're doing. 7 AM Update I'm looking over the agenda and see an interesting array of speakers and sessions. Serguei Beloussov, Chairman and...
- Tags: Google Inc., Amazon.com Inc., Computing, Parallels, Cloud Computing, Software As A Service (SaaS), Emerging Technologies, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2009-02-03
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