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Managing IT in desperate times

Managing IT in desperate timesSome good ideasBut your treatise on the economy is not. I have read much on the US economy, and the "experts" seem to agree that there is a danger of DEflation - as all those newly printed dollars tend not to circulate - banks don't lend...

Tags: Currency & Foreign exchange, Free trade, information technology, Murph, problem-I

Discussion threads 2009-07-18

The case of the missing Sun refugees

The case of the missing Sun refugeesMurph's rose colored glassesEvery IT vendor out there is on the "green" energy kick - and there are many thin client providers around too. If Sun survives, it will still have stiff competition anyway you look at it. This new client virtualization stuff goes...

Tags: Servers, Murph, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Ray

Discussion threads 2009-06-27

Remembering whose money it is

Remembering whose money it isIBM in talks to buy Sun Microsystems RudyWhat if the rumour is true........ http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSTRE52H1GS20090318Comon Man!Murph! You there man?!? Stop tying the Ethernet cable as a noose and talk to us.Its not so bad! Really! I welcome you with open arms my brother! The fact that...

Tags: Blogging, UNIX, Operating systems, Sun Microsystems Inc., IBM Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-03-18

Coolthreads vs hyperthreading

Coolthreads vs hyperthreadingThanksI appreciate the effort to give a great explanationSo I guy who admittedly works for Sun ...... thinks their implimentation is better then Intel. Shocker! This from a guy that rails on any TCO study sponsored by Microsoft as not being objective. I wonder how the...

Tags: Processors, HyperThreading, Murph, Sun Microsystems Inc., Intel Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-02-17

Petaflops, Megawatts, and data files

Petaflops, Megawatts, and data filesWell..As far as I can read from the article you are quoting then Sequoia will be a 'Blue Gene' type system, which is something very different from the Blade based Roadrunner.Have a look at:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_GeneIt's basically based around the PPC440, I think they use a quad core...

Tags: Processors, Blue Gene, Petaflop

Discussion threads 2009-02-09

Rednecks, old computers, and TCO

Rednecks, old computers, and TCOThis site...http://www.dtschmitz.comruns on a 2001 Gateway Laptop model 450SX: 1.6GHz ATA 80GB drive 512MB RAM ATI Radeon LY openSUSE 11 Linux Apache MySQL Perl Movable Type CMS Asterisk PBX cron rsnapshot to an external USB WD 80GB MyBook in my home.GoDaddy $10 Domain Reg. Email: Google...

Tags: ROI/TCO, PRODUCTIVITY, OPEN SOURCE, Redneck, TCO, old computer, Linux, Murph, photograph, computer

Discussion threads 2009-02-07

From Chapter Three: The Windows Culture

From Chapter Three: The Windows CultureWhy are you still allowed to blog for ZDNet?Seriously...a case study from 2002? Have you taken a look at the calendar in the past [b]seven[/b] years? It says [b]2009[/b].Paul Murphy, the story of a victimYou're a victim. We get it. The wwwwiiiinddoze people were always...

Tags: Operating systems, Blogging, Microsoft Windows NT, Microsoft Windows, Paul, Windows Culture, blog, Murph

Discussion threads 2009-02-06

Merry Christmass!

Merry Christmass!Jup.Same to U Murph :)=// JesperOne certainly expects ...... and increase in mass this X.Have a good one!RE: Merry Christmass!Thanks Murph,Merry Christmas to you and yours!Stay safe, stay warm, have a great holiday!Merry Christmas Murph. Peace.nt"... defense on the Oboe"?The oboe solo at the end of Night on Bare...

Tags: Ubantu, Murph, Anton

Discussion threads 2008-12-24

From Chapter Three: The Windows Culture

From Chapter Three: The Windows CultureGreat post Paul.It gave me an idea. We should make a concerted effort to inform all business managers everywhere that disgruntled employees sometimes shop their employer/ex-employer for unlicensed software, and it is as important a consideration as having software that actually works. The solution can...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Strategy, Desktops, information technology, software, Murph, PC, PC environment, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2008-12-12

Sometimes stuff just works - or almost, anyway

Sometimes stuff just works - or almost, anywayLearning to play well with WindowsYou're right, that last hiccup is reminiscent of the times when the producers of other software did not feel a need to respond to Microsoft products.That usually doesn't happen now.And the future, Microsoft products connected to other Microsoft...

Tags: Construction, Financial Planning, Quality, Insurance adjuster, Microsoft Corp., wall, Murph, insurance, standards

Discussion threads 2008-12-11

Opting out of IT

Opting out of ITThis is where the next generation apps come into play..They'll be web based. They'll do pretty much what the business wants out of the box and can be tailored for anonmolies, they will have been jointly developed by other companies doing roughly the same business things.It's happening...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, PRODUCTIVITY, Web Based App, IT IS, Murph, Opting-Out, business thing, Microsoft Corp., information technology

Discussion threads 2008-12-03

Gulf of execution

Gulf of executionAnd FUD would bethe Gulf of Tonkin? ;)Gulf of duh Nile ?;)Did Mr. Krigsman fill in for you, Murph?This statement summarizes failure analyses:The biggest, deepest, and deadliest, gulf is, of course, the development delusion where "Yes, I can" is usually punished by months of misery as all the...

Tags: gulf, Murph

Discussion threads 2008-12-02

Some seriously good advice from "Narg"

Some seriously good advice from "Narg"A compromise?How about a terminal near the employee entrance that is hooked up to a computerized time-clock? We use timeclock application in Sharepoint that would work fine, and get over the whole issue without having something that can't be tracked electronically as easily.RE: Some seriously...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Java, Murph, Microsoft Windows Vista, good advice, Narg, card

Discussion threads 2008-11-30

Domino, cryptology, and response

Domino, cryptology, and responseCrypto futureIt's getting to the point where you might as well just encrypt the entire network. That way you can connect with any old technology, and your communication will always be encrypted. I thought it would be a great idea to do this with WiMAX - so...

Tags: Wi-Fi, Groupware, WIRELESS, Lol, Murph, WiMAX, Sun Microsystems Inc., IBM Lotus Domino

Discussion threads 2008-11-05

So what can Sun do?

So what can Sun do?I have a couple of suggestions.Now doubt you wont like them, Murph, but here they are anyway:- Work with Microsoft to get Windows Server running on SPARC. Why? There are a lot of small businesses on Windows servers for whom the migration to Sun hardware is...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, OPEN SOURCE, Servers, Sun Microsystems Inc., Murph

Discussion threads 2008-10-16

Anatomy of an attack: <EM>The New York Times</EM> on Solaris

Anatomy of an attack: The New York Times on Solarishmm>> Sun’s Boyle acknowledges that Sun employees participate in OpenSolaris development, but says they do so along with individual and corporate contributors such as Intel. Community registrations in the OpenSolaris community exceed 160,000, far in excess of Sun’s total employee account...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, Servers, Murphy, Sun Microsystems Inc., Murph, Sun Solaris, New York Times Co., Microsoft Windows NT, Sun Products

Discussion threads 2008-10-11

Data Processing scores big success! Linux loses, again!

Data Processing scores big success! Linux loses, again!Wrong title, MurphIt should be "IT N00bs at large in Canada" or something along those lines :)Also funny they switched to a windows server. "Oh, we understand windows, cause we use it at home! let's try that! Oh no use! Oh no, what...

Tags: Operating systems, data-processing, Murph, Linux, big success, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-10-06

Why "better" often doesn't sell

Why "better" often doesn't sellGeneralizationsWhen it comes to marketing there are lots of strange things:1. Better may sell but it may not make profits.2. "Better" is in the eye of the beholder3. Better but sacrifices business plan.At the core I think sometimes companies get so involved with...

Tags: Murph, Microsoft Corp., PC Products, End Users

Discussion threads 2008-09-17

Using open source smarts to pick change agents

Using open source smarts to pick change agentsNetworksPeople are usually promoted one level at a time. If one of your potential allies has a reprimand in his file for rebellion, would you expect to find him in a more senior position? Would you want to endure the difficulties...

Tags: open source, network, Murph, agent

Discussion threads 2008-09-16

About that London Stock Exchange IT failure

About that London Stock Exchange IT failureYou do know, right?You do know that the outage was caused by a [b]network[/b] problem, and had nothing to do with MS technology, right?http://www.computerworlduk.com/management/infrastructure/networks/news/index.cfm?newsid=10912And about those performance rantings of yours:http://www.londonstockexchange.com/NR/exeres/5CA1EB52-2B47-4922-A6F1-E9EC32D0152B.htmhttp://www.londonstockexchange.com/NR/exeres/A1B303DD-86EE-4D84-9B4F-BADFA1C770C7.htmSeriously, is there [b]any[/b] truth in any of your rantings? Don't you get tired...

Tags: .NET, London Stock Exchange IT failure, Murph, LSE, Microsoft Corp., London Stock Exchange Plc., ranting, network story

Discussion threads 2008-09-13