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IT Services Company Develops Risk and Trading Systems on Integrated Platform

Financial services organisations need to support the rapidly evolving structured products they offer their clients, however, the solutions available can't always keep pace with the demands of the business. Employees working in the risk and trade management market have to contend with resource-intensive, monolithic systems, and frequently resort to using...

Tags: Microsoft Office SharePoint Server, Information Technology, Financial Service, Compliance, IT Services Company, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007, Financial Planning, It Services, Financial Services, Microsoft Office, Finance, Office Suites, Software

Case studies 2007-12-01

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Google Backup is what I want for Christmas

Its not that people wouldn't trust Internet backupsits that more and more they're not trusting [i]Google[/i]years ago when they started growing, they could do no wrong, and everything they did was golden.Now read the posts, they seem to be pretty well split between not trusting Google's use of the data,...

Tags: Data centers, Backups, Google Backup, backup, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-12-03

Google Backup is what I want for Christmas

Google's Lenoir, North Carolina Data Center, seen during construction, could be one of several sites that could provide business continuity and peace of mind for netizens everywhere. I've heard this story too many times. "I got back from vacation and...

Tags: Google Inc., Carbonite, Storage, Google Backup, Backups, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-12-03

Google announces Public DNS

Designed to replace the DNS services provided by ISPs or companies, Google says that its DNS will be faster and more secure than many other DNSs, and won't filter content. Google has launched Google Public DNS as an alternative domain name service for any Internet user. Designed to replace...

Tags: Google Inc., DNS, Domain Names, Networking, Internet, Google, Rupert Goodwins ZDNet UK

News items 2009-12-03

Red Hat is the open source company of the decade

Red Hat is one of many SECURE OS'esCHOICE is nice and people can choose from several Open_Source software vendors.Plus, RHEL is SECURE & I do NOT have to rebootmy servers because I use:http://www.ksplice.com/Open_Source is the future of Software.RE: Red Hat is the open source company of the decadeLet's not forget...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, Cannonical, Loverock Davidson, Red Hat Inc., open source, Linux, open source company, BSD, KSplice, distro

Discussion threads 2009-12-03

What the "Black screen of death" story says about tech journalism

Well done and well said EdUnfortunately I have no hope that this will even slightly temper the sloppyness of the next one to come down the pike. As you said it's all about the page hits for these turds...Gutmann effectIt would appear that this is just another example of the...

Tags: Blogging, black screen, Reporting, Ed Bott, Gutmann

Discussion threads 2009-12-02

Supernova: Can Social Media be the "savior" of privacy?

Social Networking=Privacy DisasterA fool puts their life history on a public domain that does NOT belong tothem after it is posted.Privacy Stop using social networkingperiod.It can and will be used against you.Breaking it down....Many online services are not making much money or are losing money. Online ad revenue has dropped,...

Tags: Social networking, Financial accounting, willing to pay, Online-ad revenue, social media

Discussion threads 2009-12-02

Remote access and virtualization: Not one and the same

Some of you may have seen me tweeting recently about a little experiment that I have going on where I'm using a small PC (perhaps we can call it a netbook, but that's a semantics issue) â€" the Nokia Booklet 3G â€" as my primary computing device outside of the...

Tags: Remote Access, Cloud Computing, Telecommunications, Storage Management, Virtualization, Utility Computing, Storage, Hardware, Chris Silva

Blog posts 2009-12-02

Microsoft investigating 'black screen of death'

RE: Microsoft investigating 'black screen of death'Here we go...it's Vista all over again.It could...I don't know if this has happened in safe mode, it would be hard to test. But I don't believe there is anythign you can turn off or change to fix it either. From what I've seen,...

Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Win 7, black screen, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-12-01

32bit Service Monitor 09.12.01 (Windows)

Monitor Internet Services and alert user with a verity of methods if down. Always know whether or not your web site or other network services are up or down with 32bit Service Monitor. 32bit Service Monitor will check your site as often as you have configure it to. If your...

Tags: Monitor, Microsoft Windows, Site, ElectraSoft, Monitors & Displays, Internet, Hardware, Components

Software downloads 2009-12-01

Live Webcast; Ready, Set, Refresh: Why Windows 7 Changes the Game

Chances are good that your company has not updated its PCs in a while but the release of Windows 7 presents a unique opportunity to both refresh and upgrade your company's computers. In fact, by replacing that aging fleet of desktops, notebooks, workstations, and even servers with brand new...

Tags: Game, TechRepublic Inc., Webcast, Hardware, Chances, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Webcasts 2009-12-01

Could the latest LaCie LaCinema Classic HD streaming media device be The One?

Unless Apple decides to make Apple TV as irresistible as it's made the iPod and iPhone, it's still anybody's game when it comes to the streaming media device that could capture the living rooms and the HDTVs installed within of the masses. There are cheap streamers, slightly less cheap streamers...

Tags: LaCie, Streaming Media, Web Site Development, Web Technology, Digital Media, DVR, Internet, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Sean Portnoy

Blog posts 2009-11-29

Privacy: How do you rate Google?

Big Brother Google...In a nutshell, Big Brother Google gives me the creeps. I avoid their products and services.somewhat a big brother figure, butpersonally, i never give them anymore than my login and password for gmail and sometimes docs for schoolwork, nothing more. if i need to use the internet for...

Tags: Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-29

Does Chrome OS mean anything for schools?

Benefits of the ChromeOS approachOne of the features of HTML5, that commentors on other posts seem to forget, is that HTML5 web apps can be "installed" in app cache, for offline use (Google "HTML5 manifest").If web apps can be used offline AND made to perform like desktop apps, with web...

Tags: Operating systems, cloud computing, Desktops, NOW IT, HTML5, operating system, Chrome OS, Does Chrome OS, Chrome, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-28

Five Helpful Green Printing Tips

Taking the Green Route to Printing EfficiencyIt is, of course, important that organisations choose the most environmentally efficient route for their commercial printing. Dependent on the size of the job, there are always occasions when it makes sense to outsource printing. If a company needs 1,000 sets of a 30-page...

Tags: Document management, printing

Discussion threads 2009-11-25

Death of the black box EULA

Nonsense. Just look at Psystar.They died by the EULA. The judge even brought that up.And open source software has an EULA of its own, telling you exactlly what you can and must do to be able to use the software.Any failure to follow the EULA/GPL allows the owner of the...

Tags: EULA, black box, software

Discussion threads 2009-11-25

Windows Mobile is better than you think

My main gripeis with the antique user interface which is little more than an uninspired, miniaturized desktop GUI.The foundations seems solid enough now - it is quite decent in multi-tasking and is generally responsive.I too believe that if MS can reinvigorate the UI they still has a strong competitor. Oh...

Tags: Mobile operating systems, Advertising & Promotion, Operating systems, mobile, Microsoft Windows Mobile, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-11-23

The medical home is reform without objections, so far

Medical HomeThis path is already being broken. At my company, the $56/paycheck credit for not taking a company medical insurance plan has been replaced with a $20 credit IF you participate in a company-sponsored "wellness" program. You have to have a screening on company time - weight, BP,...

Tags: HEALTHCARE, Vertical industries, Financial Planning, United HealthCare, DUI, public entity, insurance

Discussion threads 2009-11-23

AOL ditches the triangle; previews new brand identity, logos

Those are some ugly logos, I do hope they go with something better and more appealing to the eye.RE: AOL ditches the triangle; previews new brand identity, logosWhy? What's wrong with their initial logo? It wouldbe something akin to Chevy putting a Ford logo on its' cars. ...

Tags: Branding, LSD, America Online Inc., new brand identity, brand identity, brand

Discussion threads 2009-11-23

Google goes all-in with an open source cloud

RE: Google goes all-in with an open source cloudGoogle is redifing the marketplace each day with calculated innovation to set the table for their advancement and domination in the future. I can't for the fight that is coming with MS Office next year and Google docs.another nail in M$...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Linux, Chrome, Windows 7 market share, Google Inc., open source, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office

Discussion threads 2009-11-23