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Care and Feeding of Your HSM Environment

Storage administrators are vital to IT departments because they protect and maintain a company's most valuable asset - its data. Storage administrators nowadays manage increasingly larger amounts of data. That data is being stored and subsequently managed for longer periods due to lower priced storage devices and increasing governmental compliance...

Tags: Administrator, HSM Environment, Storage, Hardware

White papers 2006-04-19

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A plea to the Windows team: Don't make Windows 7 too Mac-like

If I wanted a Mac-like environment, I'd buy a Mac. Maybe Microsoft could introduce "Windows 7 Luddite Edition" for those of us who value function over form? by Mary Jo Foley

Tags: Team, Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2008-12-03

Java SE 6 update 11 is out, 64-bit support still lacking

Two months after Java 6 update 10 was released, Sun has just released update 11. For many users the new version will automatically be detected and installed, but you can always get it from the Sun Java site. Developers should download the JDK package Java Development Kit...

Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., 64-Bit, Programming Languages, Java, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Ed Burnette

Blog posts 2008-12-03

Dimdim offers synchronized co-browsing in web conferencing upgrade

Dimdim has released an upgrade of its open source web conferencing software that features synchronized co-browsing, enhanced performance and greater scalability. The Boston-based company said the 4.5 version of its namesake software allows users to plug-in URLs and share web-based data and videos with other browser users...

Tags: Software, Web, Web Browser, Dimdim, Web Conferencing, Channel Management, Tools & Techniques, Web Browsers, Open Source, Internet, Marketing, Management, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2008-12-03

Novell updates PlateSpin and rebrands Orchestrator

Richard Whitehead, one of the interesting people from Novell I speak with on an irregular basis, contacted me to tell me about an update to the PlateSpin portfolio and how Novell the PlateSpin product family and the former ZenWorks Orchestrator have been rebranded. Novell's products in the area of virtualization...

Tags: PlateSpin Inc., Novell Inc., Data Centers, Virtualization, Storage, Servers, Hardware, Data Management, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-12-03

Zoho's CloudSQL: a real step forward

Zoho just can't stop churning out software. Today it is launching the Zoho CloudSQL. Put simply, this is the first step to providing a cloud based integration framework that allows developers to pass data between Zoho applications and their own. This is exciting stuff.  For the...

Tags: SQL, Cloud, Zoho, Smb/Sme, Databases, Programming Languages, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-12-02

Breaking the zero-day habit

* Ryan Naraine is traveling. Guest editorial by Mike Rothman Given that this blog is called "Zero Day," I think it's fitting that I'm calling for most security professionals to ignore most of what comes out of the security research community. To be...

Tags: Security Professional, Risks, Security, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-12-02

Virtualization and Emulex

Although I wouldn't have thought of Emulex and virtualization technology at the same time, a conversation with the company changed my viewpoint.  How did Emulex achieve the improbable? Read on. Here's what Emulex says about itself Emulex makes a wide range of enterprise-class products...

Tags: Emulex Corp., Storage, Virtualization, Hardware, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-12-01

'Dumbing down' the security profession

* Ryan Naraine is traveling. Guest editorial by Shyama Rose The market for the development and implementation of source code analysis static and dynamic tools is swelling. Companies are increasingly relying on source code analysis tools to identify security-related vulnerabilities. The demand and reliance...

Tags: Analysis Tool, Vulnerability, Analysis, Tool, Productivity, Security, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-12-01

Distributed and Parallel Database Systems

The maturation of Database Management System DBMS technology has coincided with significant developments in distributed computing and parallel processing technologies. The end result is the emergence of distributed database management systems and parallel database management systems. These systems have started to become the dominant data management tools for highly data-intensive...

Tags: Database Management System, Database Management, Database System, University Of Alberta, Databases, Storage, Data Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Hardware

White papers 2008-12-01

Hapax CEO recognises importance of shared infrastructure moving forward

I had an enjoyable conversation with Mark Redgrave recently, ahead of his company's unveiling of their 'meaning platform,' Amplify. Mark is CEO of London-based Hapax, a company that has been applying patented technology to natural language processing NLP since 2000. According to the Press...

Tags: Natural Language Processing, Advertisement, Brand, Ontology, Amplify, Branding, Marketing, Paul Miller

Blog posts 2008-11-28

Business Service Automation: HP and Virtualization

Michel Feaster, Director of Products, Business Service Automation, of HP and I had an interesting conversation about managing, automating and orchestrating workloads and system resources. Although a cringe a bit when HP uses "BSA" as an acronym because it makes me think of things such as the BSA Motorcycles or...

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Virtualization, Business Service, Automation, Strategy, Management, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-11-28

SOCIAL NETWORKING: THE PROS, THE CONS AND THE SOLUTION

In recent years, social networking sites have permeated society and there is little doubt that they are here to stay. Today's employees expect to be allowed to visit these sites at work. This whitepaper explores how you can to keep your organization and employees safe, while also providing a flexible...

Tags: Network, Marshal Ltd, Social Networking, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion

White papers 2008-11-28

Chill-Off project tests various recipes for real-world data center cooling

It seems appropriate as I hunker down in my rather chilly office that I pen this post about the ongoing data center "Chill-Off" projects being run by the Association For Computer Operations Management AFCOM in Northern California. The intention of the Chill-Off demonstrations/tests is to monitor the effect of modular...

Tags: Data Center, Blog, Data Centers, Blogging, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Internet, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-11-27

I'm a PC and, yes, I love Vista

* Ryan Naraine is on vacation. Guest editorial by Todd Hooper  It's true - I'm a PC. Searching through my 2006 emails recently reminded me it was two years ago this month when I loaded a beta of Windows Vista on...

Tags: Security, PC, Microsoft Windows Vista, Laptop Computer, NAP Agent, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Ryan Naraine

Blog posts 2008-11-26

SAP slapped with 'sell' rating; Pushback from customer base cited

Societe Generale analyst Richard Nguyen hit SAP with a sell rating on Wednesday citing increased odds of a fourth quarter profit warning and signs that customers are pushing back on the software company's attempt to upsell them following a maintenance price increase. Nguyen's report--he downgraded SAP shares...

Tags: SAP AG, Nguyen, Roi/Tco, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-11-26

Cassatt helps organizations implement in-house clouds

A crew of folks from Cassatt presented Active Profiling Service, a new service offering, and Active Response 5.2, a product update for the company's orchestration and automation product. I was very interested in learning more because Cassatt has long been helping organizations discover and then make best use of their...

Tags: Cassatt Corp., Data Center, Cassatt Active Profiling Service, Cassatt Active Response, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-11-26

I want an iPhoneStormDroid

Wind River's Multicore Software Hypervisor solution permits multiple embedded OSes to run on a single device. Wouldn't it be great if you didn't have to actually choose between an iPhone, a BlackBerry, or a Google Android? What if all those device operating...

Tags: Device, Operating System, RIM BlackBerry, Operating Systems, Software, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-11-25

Cloud definitions and economics

Like Phil Wainewright, I attended the excellent CloudCamp in London several weeks back. Unlike Phil, I walked away with more questions than answers but with my enterprisey antenna on high alert. Two things struck me. Rhys Jones of Royal Bank of Scotland's assertion that while cloud computing...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., PeopleSoft Inc., James, Cloud Computing, Sales Force Management, Sales, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-11-25

HP's Hurd: IT downturn different than 2001; Ink matters

Hewlett-Packard's fiscal fourth quarter didn't offer up many surprises given the company preannounced the results along with its outlook. But there were more than a few notable nuggets that indicate where tech demand is heading. Here's a look at the top five takeaways from HP's earnings report...

Tags: Revenue, Hewlett-Packard Co., Information Technology, Mark Hurd, Notebook Sale, Operational Accounting, Sales Strategy, Finance, Sales, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-11-25