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- Can virtualization help when times get tough?
- When times get tough, many organizations look for new ways to reduce costs while still being able to provide their customers with the products and services they need. This appears to be just such a time. Virtualization technology can most certainly be part of the solution. Let's review how each...
- Tags: Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-10-13
- Sun's latest server packs a punch in performance while using less power
- Sun Microsystems, along with Fujitsu, is introducing a compelling new energy-efficient server platform that is intended to address heavy-duty tasks such as server virtualization, consolidation or even something like Web 2.0 database transactions. The SPARC Enterprise T5440 server line runs on the UltraSPARC T2 Plus architecture with...
- Tags: Performance, Sun Microsystems Inc., Servers, Hardware, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-10-13
- Response to financial crisis may mean more IT work ahead
- Governments all across the world are responding to the current financial crisis with a range of nationalization initiatives, and increased support of various parts of the financial services industry through guarantees and pumping in increased liquidity. You know what it means when there's more government involvement with...
- Tags: Financial, Information Technology, Industry, Enterprise Architecture, Strategy, Regulations, Financial Accounting, Management, Government, Finance, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2008-10-12
- Surviving the recession with Free Linux distributions (Part 1)
- Times are tough. You're a computer geek and you need to feed your PC with the latest and greatest applications. What's a frugal nerd to do? A group of industry peers was recently asked by a colleague the following question: "If an SMB...
- Tags: Ubuntu, Linux Distribution, Recession, Fedora Project, Novell OpenSuse, Debian, Times, LTS, LTS Version, Versions, Debian Support Cycle, Linux, Open Source, Operating Systems, UNIX, Software, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-10-12
- My three cents: Verizon's text fee could cripple SMS services
- Verizon Wireless dropped a bomb today on companies that send content over SMS text messaging systems. Techmeme Effective Nov. 1, companies that send messages and other notifications to Verizon Wireless customers via SMS text message - that's everyone from Google to Twitter to startups like alerts.com - could be forced...
- Tags: Fee, Verizon Communications Inc., Text Messaging, Messaging, SMS, Verizon Wireless, Twitter, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Telephony, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications, Networking, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-10-10
- Are there really too many Windows editions?
- Are there really too many Windows editions?Are there really too many Windows editions?Nope!Still, from a consumer point of view, he wants one version, 20 bucks,enable any features you want. The multiple versions are ONLY for Microsoft's benefit in order to extract more money from YOU the eager customer.There is something...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Windows XP, SKU, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista
- Discussion threads 2008-10-10
- US proposes DNS fix: digital signatures
- US proposes DNS fix: digital signaturesGold mineExpect that if VeriSign has the key authority, they'll require VeriSign certificates. In effect, this will amount to VeriSign being paid for every domain, and considering the number of domains at stake and VeriSign's rates, that's a [b]very[/b] large sum of money that...
- Tags: Domain names, NETWORKING, SECURITY, DNS, VeriSign Inc., e-mail, DNS machine, centralized authority, DNSSEC, digital signature
- Discussion threads 2008-10-10
- US proposes DNS fix: digital signatures
- The Commerce Department is considering deploying digital signatures to make DNS less susceptible to hacking, ComputerWorld reports. Under the proposal, DNS records would be signed by DNSSEC Domain Name and Addressing System Security Extensions. There have been some commitments to the system for the following top-level domains:...
- Tags: Digital Signature, DNS, ICANN, Domain Names, Digital Signatures, Authentication/Encryption, Networking, Security, Internet, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-10-10
- America's airways ready for NextGen
- It's time – long past time – to upgrade the U.S. air traffic control system. The current system, designed during World War II, contributes mightily to flight delays, customer dissatisfaction and a massive energy wastefulness. But a GPS satellite-based system, on the drawing board for more than a decade, has...
- Tags: FAA, Air Traffic Control, Greenhouse Gas, Aerospace & Defense, Manufacturing, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-10-10
- Is Google working on the synchronization problem?
- Is Google working on the synchronization problem?Very good insights. The synchronization problem is VERY important. It iskey for offline access and also just to speed up the applications when online.But, we still need an efficient high level language with special sandboxing. Or can JavaScript get good enough? Though, we do...
- Tags: Java, synchronization problem, Google Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-10-10
- On the Linux laptop the bundle is all
- On the Linux laptop the bundle is allI don´t like teenagersI don´t like teenagers or stories about teenagers. But I will say yours seems dumber than most.The bundle is all only if the package is badA properly packaged Linux system should make installing programs child's play. Though I own an...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, OPEN SOURCE, Ubuntu, distro, Linux laptop, Linux, Xandros, laptop computer
- Discussion threads 2008-10-10
- Symantec shows Microsoft how to do UAC
- Symantec shows Microsoft how to do UACSo I don't have to wait for Windows 7?The need to wait or upgrade to Windows 7 is looking more dim for Windows Vista users. Microsoft just yesterday announced their intention to improve the user experience for UAC in Windows 7. But with third...
- Tags: SECURITY, Web browsers, EXPLORER, UAC, Symantec Corp., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2008-10-10
- Symantec shows Microsoft how to do UAC
- Security company Symantec has released a tool that helps to make Vista's UAC User Account Control feature clearer and less of a pain to use. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Tags: Symantec Corp., Norton Co., Microsoft Corp., Tool, UAC, Productivity, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2008-10-10
- Is Google working on the synchronization problem?
- ReadWriteWeb has a post up about the fact that Zoho has added offline access to Zoho Mail using Gears. Zoho continues to do a really good job of innovating when it comes to Ajax-based RIAs. They were very early to the game in creating offline support for Zoho Docs before...
- Tags: Google Inc., Rich Internet Application, Microsoft Corp., ReadWriteWeb, Zoho Mail, Ryan Stewart
- Blog posts 2008-10-10
- Symantec shows Microsoft how to do UAC
- Security company Symantec has released a tool that helps to make Vista's UAC User Account Control feature clearer and less of a pain to use. by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Tags: Symantec Corp., Microsoft Corp., Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, uac, vista, norton, microsoft, security
- Image galleries 2008-10-10
- Microsoft: How we'll take on VMware
- Microsoft: How we'll take on VMwareFunny how they talk about the importance of interoperability when they donot have a dominant position. But, with Windows and Office, they are strangely not very interested in interoperability, and have to be dragged kicking and screaming to open up things like file formats and...
- Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Microsoft Corp., Lotus 123, VMware Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-10-10
- Microsoft: How we'll take on VMware
- The software maker believes it has the tools and the right price point to beat VMware in the battle for the virtualisation market. Microsoft has a three-pronged strategy to beat VMware in the virtualization market, according to the company's senior director for virtualization product management, Zane Adam. ...
- Tags: Hypervisor, VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp., Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Colin Barker ZDNet.co.uk, virtualization, Microsoft, VMWare
- News items 2008-10-10
- Consumers score a partial win against Walmart
- Walmart has done a 180 on its earlier decision to pull the plug on its DRM servers (thereby locking customers' music collection to whatever PC it happened to be on at the time) and decided to keep the DRM servers running - for now. Important Information About Your Digital Music Purchases ...
- Tags: Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Digital-rights Management, Server, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Digital Media, Security, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2008-10-10
- Is OpenOffice good enough?
- Is OpenOffice good enough?For the vast majority of users, it works fine.For the vast majority of users, it works fine. There are occasional features that it doesn't do so well at, but it has all of the standard word processing features that most people need.If you need to use some...
- Tags: OOA/OOD/OOP, OPEN SOURCE, object-oriented, OpenOffice, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-10-10
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