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Quick ePics 3.3.0 (Windows)

Finally an Image Editor designed to save you time. Quick ePics adds the power of high volume batch editing, to an easy to use "What You See Is What You Get" image editor. The results is a powerful, yet easy to use editor, which can save you hours preparing and...

Tags: Image Editor, Microsoft Windows, Image, Mission Peak

Software downloads 2006-12-27

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Light Peak: black hole

"Consumer acceptance - even from Apple fans - is not a given."Don't bet on it.If it says Apple on it anywhere, the Apple fanboys/girls will worship it, just like everything else from Cupertino.And WHEN it fails...they'll find some way to blame Microsoft.Bwah ha haa haaa!"bandwidth intensive users such as scientists"...

Tags: Network technology, Fiber optics, Optical networking, Apple Inc., audio industry, Light Peak, cable, black hole

Discussion threads 2009-11-23

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

IBM Case Study: Insurance.com

For Insurance.com, Inc., the leading on-line auto insurance agency in the U.S., the business mission is simple: to save people time and money on insurance. It needed to ensure mission-critical network and IT systems are running at peak performance - for a business built on an Internet delivery model. IBM...

Tags: IBM Corp., Insurance, Financial Planning, Internet, Sales Strategy, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Finance, Sales

Case studies 2009-07-07

Peak oil, peak coal and a peek at the future

Peak oil, peak coal and a peek at the futureDon't think soPeak oil? give me a break. Are you talking about liquid oil? Then maybe. But how about tar sands, or oil shale? Are you saying we can't or won't get oil from those enormous...

Tags: coal, Peak Oil

Discussion threads 2009-03-07

NCache 3.4 (Windows)

NCache is a distributed object cache for mission critical .NET applications. NCache also provides a highly scalable ASP.NET Clustered Session State solution for .NET applications running in server farms. Distributed caching and session state together enable you speed up your .NET application during peak loads. Version 3.4 adds support for...

Tags: Alachisoft, Microsoft Windows, NCache, .Net, Application Servers, Middleware, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software

Software downloads 2008-12-10

News to know: Black market zero days; Microsoft security; BlackBerry Bold; SAP

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Dancho Danchev: Black market for zero day vulnerabilities still thriving Spammers targeting Bebo, generate thousands of bogus accounts Larry Dignan: Microsoft: Third party apps...

Tags: Security, Facebook, Larry Dignan, Information Technology, Dana Blankenhorn, SAP AG, RIM BlackBerry, Microsoft Corp., BlackBerry Bold, Microsoft Windows, Smart Phones, Cloud Computing, Linux, Operating Systems, Handhelds, Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware

Blog posts 2008-11-03

Gore's latest attention-getting challenge: Eliminate fossil fuels as an electricity source by 2018

Gore's latest attention-getting challenge: Eliminate fossil fuels as an electricity source by 2018Infogreat info...to bad most want to stay on the bandwagon...politically correct view...passing the LIE around...then understanding Global Warming is a political tools to keep those we dont want in power to stay there.RE: Gore's latest attention-getting challenge: Eliminate...

Tags: global warming, foreign oil, attention-getting challenge, latest attention-getting challenge, oil, Gore, dependence, fossil fuel

Discussion threads 2008-07-18

Coyote Point Application Acceleration

Application accelerating was the topic of a recent chat I enjoyed with the folks from Coyote Point recently. We were speaking about a new acceleration appliance, the Equalizer 650si, that they were launching. It's one of a family of appliances that the company offers. Coyote Point is...

Tags: Appliance, Performance, Application Performance, Coyote Point, Performance Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-05-22

Fixing the unfairness of TCP congestion control

Bob Briscoe Chief researcher at the BT Network Research Centre is on a mission to tackle one of the biggest problems facing the Internet.  He wants the world to know that TCP Transmission Control Protocol congestion control is fundamentally broken and he has a proposal for the IETF to fix...

Tags: Algorithm, Application, Bandwidth, Network, P2P, TCP, Bob Briscoe, Van Jacobson, Jacobson, AIMD, ECN, Tcp/Ip, Networking, Peer To Peer (P2P), Internet, George Ou

Blog posts 2008-03-24

Medical-Grade, Mission-Critical Wireless Networks

Off late healthcare environment requires an enterprise mobility solution for both patients and staff. Separate isolated networks are suboptimal from cost, management, scalability, and reliability perspectives. The WMTS does not provide sufficient BW for many hospitals. Therefore, some seek to operate outside of the WMTS. Standards-based 802.11 networks with published...

Tags: Network, IEEE, Wireless LANs, Networking, Wireless And Mobility

White papers 2008-03-01

If you trade in dependency, you have to earn trust

For a while now, I've been keeping track of what I've been calling 'bad news' stories about on-demand applications and services. Yahoo's Cyber Monday blackout is just the latest in what has become a lengthy catalog: Yesterday, Yahoo! Small Business: "Yahoo's small business merchant systems go down...

Tags: Yahoo! Inc., On-demand, Client, E-mail Providers, Internet, Phil Wainewright

Blog posts 2007-11-28

1-800-Flowers CIO: Steve Bozzo - Transcript

Dan Farber: Steve thanks for joining me. Steve Bozzo: Oh, my pleasure Dan. Dan Farber: Steve, you’ve been at 1800 flowers for just a short time, and prior to that you were at the MetLife insurance company in the international division. What’s...

Tags: Web, Flower, Environment, Customer, ROI, Experience, 1-800-FLOWERS, Technology, Roi/Tco, Channel Management, Web 2.0, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Marketing, Internet, Andrew Mager

Blog posts 2007-10-03

AMD: Is closing the quad-core deficit enough?

AMD: Is closing the quad-core deficit enough?Are you talking "on-Paper" or "In Reality" ?From what I've read, the two are somewhat different.George on SPECjjb2005George says "...like SPECjbb2005 where Intel’s lead is even larger than SPECint_rate2006."but later admits:"So far, there are no published SPECjbb2005 scores for any AMD Barcelona processors yet...

Tags: Processors, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., quad-core

Discussion threads 2007-09-12

San Francisco International Airport CIO - Transcript

Dan Farber: John, Thanks for joining me. John Payne: Thank you very much for having me. Dan Farber: Now we’re at the San Francisco International Airport and you’ve been the CIO here since 2001. What’s the scope of your responsibilities at the airport?...

Tags: Security, San Francisco International Airport, Airport, Transportation, Wireless LANs, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Wi-Fi, Wireless, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Andrew Mager

Blog posts 2007-08-21

University of California at Berkeley CIO - Transcript

Dan Farber: Shelton, Thanks for joining me.Shelton Waggener: Thanks for having me today.Dan Farber: Now you’ve spent your career outside of academia. You were at Lucent, Alcatel, and Sybase and in 2003 you went to the University of California, Berkeley. What made you decide to go into...

Tags: Uncategorized

Blog posts 2007-06-19

University of California at Berkeley CIO - Transcript

Dan Farber: Shelton, Thanks for joining me. Shelton Waggener: Thanks for having me today. Dan Farber: Now you’ve spent your career outside of academia. You were at Lucent, Alcatel, and Sybase and in 2003 you went to the University of California, Berkeley....

Tags: University Of California At Berkeley, Network, Student, Computer Science, Institution, Technology, Computer, Campus, Berkeley, Productivity, Networking, Wireless, Andrew Mager

Blog posts 2007-06-19

Google does the right thing: Cancels weekday outtage of Google Calendar

Google is listening and making the right moves. Yesterday, the company sent a round of e-mails announcing that Google Apps users could experience outtages as a result of some server maintenance that Google was planning to conduct during the 8AM-9PM PDT on Thursday, April 25th. That timeframe covers a majority...

Tags: Software Infrastructure, Office 2.0, IT Management, Web technology, General

Blog posts 2007-04-25

Has AMD busted itself trying to beat Intel?

Has AMD busted itself trying to beat Intel?Thanks to AMDI hope AMD makes it again. If they do not customers are actually the losers and back to Intel monopoly, high prices and back to Intel processor technology strangulation. Intel advancement in processor technology has been mainly due to AMD technology...

Tags: Research & Development, Processors, Semiconductors, Core 2, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-04-20

Vista: MS still owns the desktop

When you are looking for an operating system to run your mission critical systems on, you look for an OS that is stable, manageable, secure, scalable, and that can perform when called upon. That being the case, there is little mystery as to why Linux has made inroads into the...

Tags: operating system, desktop

Blog posts 2006-07-11