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KDE Case Study: Pozicom Technologies

Located in United States, Pozicom Technologies were approached by an existing customer who was a long time customer of Novell Netware. The company was called to upgrade there system from Netware 3.11 to Netware 5. The company introduced their customer to Linux. Linux could be used for the server and...

Tags: KDE, Novell NetWare, K Desktop Environment, Linux, Operating Systems, Servers, Open Source, Databases, Software, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Data Management

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KDE Case Study: Indiana Access Program

Linspire, Inc. and Wintergreen Systems announced that Indiana high schools are currently testing desktop Linux machines in school systems across the state as part of a plan to provide every public high school student with a computer. If successful, the plan, called the Indiana Access Program, will provide each high...

Tags: Microsoft Access, Desktop Linux, KDE, K Desktop Environment, Linux, Productivity, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software

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KDE Case Study: LinuxMagic

LinuxMagic - a company based in Surrey, BC, Canada - announced successful completion of its Linux-based, thin client 'WorkPlace' solution for all BC FitnessWorld locations. The project included replacement of Windows desktops and implementation of 60 thin client workstations using LinuxMagic's own network integration solution, 'WorkPlace'. The project is estimated...

Tags: Workstation, Thin Client, KDE, Network Integration, K Desktop Environment, Thin Clients, Network Administration, Desktops, Hardware, Networking

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KDE Case Study: ALC Computertechnik

Located at Herzogenrath, Germany ALC Computertechnik are running 30 workstation network with all servers on Linux since many years. The company started using Linux on workstations in 1996. The real breakthrough for general usage of Linux in the company's office came with KDE. The excellent development tools and easy to...

Tags: KDE, K Desktop Environment, Linux, Open Source, Workstations, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software

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KDE Case Study: Computer & Network Consulting

Located at Jena, Germany Computer & Network Consulting use KDE since 1.0 on all office and development workstations and notebooks (Celeron 400 up to Athlon 1200). The desktop is easy to use and powerfull for all users. There were no problems for former Windows users. From KDE the company used...

Tags: KDE, K Desktop Environment, Open Source, Workstations

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KDE Case Study: Eureka! Translation

At Eureka! Translation, a technical translation firm specializing in English and French translation, the company has migrated their work platform to KDE on Linux. This includes workstations and servers. The day-to-day translation activities use KDE office and internet software which includes kontact & kolab for groupware & email, kopete IM,...

Tags: KDE, K Desktop Environment, Linux, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software

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KDE Case Study: Weinbrenner Media Co

Weinbrenner Media Co switched all their machines from Win 9x and NT to Linux/BSD and KDE. There are also 8 iMacs at a client's site where the company has switched from MacOS 9 to Linux PPC/KDE. Now an exclusive OpenSource Systemhouse the company decided to convince the rest of their...

Tags: Media, KDE, K Desktop Environment, Open Source

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KDE Case Study: Banco Continental SA

Banco Continental SA is a bank with 15 branch offices in a 400km radius. All of it runs SuSE Linux with KDE1.x. The HQ runs about 100 workstations off a single dual Xeon+RAID5 server. Branch offices run in similar fashion with small "Servers" (sometimes as humble as measly Celeron 300A)...

Tags: Bank, KDE, K Desktop Environment, Banco Continental SA, Linux, Open Source, Workstations, UNIX, Operating Systems, Financial Services, Software

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KDE Case Study: AePONA Ltd.

Over 2 years ago AePONA Ltd. switched to using Linux on almost all desktop PCs the company already had many servers running Linux. KDE1 was chosen as the preferred desktop. The company has since upgraded to KDE2.2. The majority of software developers use Linux / KDE as the front-end (although...

Tags: KDE, K Desktop Environment, Linux, Open Source, UNIX, Operating Systems, Software

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KDE Case Study: Pervasive Netwerks

KDE performed a Windows to Linux migration for a small pharmacy. Not only did KDE migrate all their systems to Linux, we got a write-up on Newsforge back on Nov 23rd for it. The company had since installed Mandrake on their home system. KDE solved the company's security issues for...

Tags: KDE, K Desktop Environment, Open Source, Linux, Operating Systems, Software

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KDE Case Study: Math. Binghamton

The chairman of Binghamton University decided to move to Linux/KDE even though he was aware that it was not quite ready. The university used to use Word Perfect, and bought Word Perfect 8.0 which still works very well, even though they have to install some libraries from redhat 6.2 to...

Tags: Corel WordPerfect, University, KDE, K Desktop Environment, Word Processors, Microsoft Word, Microsoft Office, Software, Office Suites

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GNOME delays 3.0 release

normal people use kde anywaygnome should never have existed at all, it's just a waste of developers time.they should have join XFCE and KDE projects.KDE 4.3 ....Just plain stinks ... not ready for prime time.Me, I prefer 3.5.10 ...kde 4.3. doesn't stinkyou are just spoiled by the extremly high standards...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, GNOME, KDE, Red Hat Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-10

With AppSense, making sense of managing the virtual desktop user experience

As more enterprises turn to virtual desktop infrastructure to save money and leverage the infrastructure they already have, managing the user experience has become critical. But how do you maintain standardization across large organizations while keeping the user happy at each log on? AppSense...

Tags: AppSense, Virtual Desktop, Desktop Virtualization, Virtualization, Desktops, Hardware, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-10-12

Will advances in the Mac OS tip the scales for BYOPC?

Yes indeedy... It's a good time to know how to support Macs.It's not too late guys... If you like your IT careers, it's a good time to pick up a Mac and start tinkering / learning... You UNIX guys should take to it like a fish to water (considering 10.5...

Tags: Apple Mac OS X, Operating systems, Desktops, Apple Mac OS, operating system, Apple Inc., rev, Apple Macintosh

Discussion threads 2009-08-24

What's Cloud Computing and What's Not?

What's Cloud Computing and What's Not?Cloud Computing Definition in 4 wordsOther people's virtual serversWhat is the Cloud? What....is computing? These two terms are definitive. We don't need someone trying to define something that is defined already by its terms.Cloud computing is accessing your IT resources through the cloud. The term...

Tags: Virtualization, cloud computing

Discussion threads 2009-05-29

Does inexpensive have to equal cheap?

Does inexpensive have to equal cheap?Forget the hardware!Keep your eye on the ball--your own personal time and productivity! If your hardware or software is giving you problems and consuming your time, you've got to start adding that time up and putting a cost to that. It all comes back to...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Keyboards, PRODUCTIVITY, netbook, ASUS, min, computer

Discussion threads 2009-05-06

10 skills developers will need in the next five years

10 skills developers will need in the next five yearsYou forgot one thing!You need to be able to work for the same or less hourly wage than someone in India, Russia, or China. Qualifications are one thing, but CEOs always go for cheaper. Being able to work for...

Tags: .NET, Scripting languages, Application servers, Programming languages, Middleware, Development tools, Microsoft .NET, skills developer, Ruby, Java, Adobe Systems Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-04-09

Microsoft

MicrosoftDamned if you do...Damned if you don't ntWow. Vista is too secure and in-your-face. So Microsoft changes UAC in response to the mountain of user feedback so you can tweak it in Windows 7 and now it's not secure enough.Mind boggling stupidity when it comes to 'default' settingsevery version of...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Construction, UAC, Microsoft Windows 7, advertisement, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-02-04

Could Shrek use a netbook?

Could Shrek use a netbook?Um.. You DO realize that's gotta be the some of the worst advice ever...?Installing multiple antivirus products is counterproductive. There's NOTHING like watching your otherwise snappy computer run like a 98 pound weakling trying to pull a freight train. Not to mention multiple AV products tend...

Tags: NOW IT, netbook

Discussion threads 2009-01-04

Desktop virtualization according to Virtual Computer

Desktop virtualization according to Virtual ComputerOne Question - Why?Just because you CAN do it, doesn't mean you SHOULD. Virtualization barely makes sense in the datacenter only for poorly performing OSes like Windoze that cannot run more than one or two server programs at a time, so why would you bring...

Tags: Operating systems, Storage management, Virtual Computer, server, user data, Microsoft Windows, virtual machine, virtualization, desktop, desktop virtualization

Discussion threads 2008-12-30