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Cisco delivers next-generation switch--Nexus 7000

Cisco delivers next-generation switch--Nexus 7000decimal point on the loose?My interpretation of the "spec" provided by CISCO leads me to believe that their PR info is off by a factor of 1000. It is still an amazing switch, but I think the "examples" are incorrect.RE: Cisco delivers next-generation switch--Nexus 7000Do you...

Tags: Nexus 7000, next-generation switch, Cisco Systems Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-01-29

Cisco delivers next-generation switch--Nexus 7000

Cisco is rolling out its Nexus 7000 family of data center-class switches that Jayshree Ullal, senior vice president of Data Center, Switching and Services at Cisco, said was the most significant announcement by the company in the last decade. The Nexus 7000 is a modular mega-switch that...

Tags: Data Center, Cisco Systems Inc., Nexus 7000, NX-OS, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Dan Farber

Blog posts 2008-01-27

Additional Resources

What is a company blogger good for?

I often hear from companies that want to "be social" or "hire a blogger." Usually, there hasn't been any effort put into the question of what they'd like to accomplish from the effort, so I send out the following. Now, you can call me to talk when you have an...

Tags: Marketing, Industry, Blog, Site, Blogger, Industry New, Blogging, Strategy, Internet, Management, Mitch Ratcliffe

Blog posts 2008-06-30

Nexus (exe)

Playlist creation tool loaded with features that no other playlist tool can offer! Plus, connect to your FaceBook friends, share playlists and download music. Create professional playlists in seconds. Manage and compose iTunes playlists instantly. Get immediate song recommendations and download music files from Amazon MP3 and the iTunes Music...

Tags: Playlist, NexTune, Digital Music, Digital Media, Productivity, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics

Software downloads 2008-06-30

Canucks freaking over Rogers iPhone rates

Canucks freaking over Rogers iPhone ratesYou should see how much Rogers charges for cableThey do like their high prices. With the Canadian market being only 10% of the size of the US market, the level of competition between sellers is not the same as the US.For that matter, you should...

Tags: Cellular phones, Rogers, Rogers iPhone, Canucks, Apple iPhone

Discussion threads 2008-06-28

Nexus (zip)

Loaded with features that no other playlist tool can offer. Plus, connect to your FaceBook friends, share playlists and download music. MoodMaker - create a playlist based on the moods you choose. SmartMix - make a playlist in just seconds from a few song selections. Compose - automaically arrange the...

Tags: Playlist, Apple iTunes, Music, NexTune, Digital Music, Digital Media, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics

Software downloads 2008-06-23

Salesforce.com, Partners, and Value-Added SaaS

As the resident Salesforce.com basher at ZDNet, it is with some smugness that I am watching the birth of a fellow naysayer on the future of Salesforce.com's efforts to break forth from its CRM on-demand origins into its next big thing. The new critic in the Salesforce.com-watcher camp belongs to...

Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Software-as-a-service, SFDC, Force.com, Software As A Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Emerging Technologies, Joshua Greenbaum

Blog posts 2008-06-16

Transforming the Data Center with Unified Fabric

Is Fibre Channel over Ethernet FCoE really the long-awaited breakthrough that will transparently integrate your network servers and storage, or is it simply the latest industry hype? Get the answers and expert insights from some of the most distinguished networking engineers in the industry on this 60-minute TechWiseTV video broadcast...

Tags: Data Center, Fibre Channel, Cisco Systems Inc., TechWiseTV, Data Centers, Storage Area Networks (SAN), Storage, Hardware, Data Management

Webcasts 2008-05-29

Energy and food becoming global battlegrounds while high profile VC becomes lightning rod

Energy. Food. Money. The nexus is fraught with political disagreement, high intensity accuations and lots of potential for profit, or disaster. All depends on who you listen to. If the era of cheap petroleum is truly and forever dead, then these battles shall only get more nasty,...

Tags: Brazil, Food, Biofuel, Food & Beverage, Manufacturing, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-05-27

Fayetteville becomes center of "Green Valley"

Yes, that Fayetteville. In Arkansas, home of Wal-Mart.* The same Wal-Mart that recently announced it had annual sales of $375-billion. As a nation Wal-Mart would rank right below Switerland in GDP, and ahead of such oil-rich countries as Saudi Arabia and Norway. It's Wal-Mart's...

Tags: Wal-Mart Stores Inc., Arkansas, Fayetteville, Casestack, Transportation, Telecom & Utilities, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-05-26

Breaking away from ERP as bookkeeping

Most traditional business software revolves around transactions — the movements recorded in purchase orders, stock movements, bills of materials, invoices, journals and every other document that has evolved to record business operations over the past several centuries. But this is a roundabout way of representing reality that has evolved through...

Tags: Asset, Payroll, ERP, Procurement, Workday, Operational Accounting, Purchasing & Procurement, Asset Management, Finance, Business Operations, Operational Planning, Phil Wainewright

Blog posts 2008-05-20

Apple and AT&T providing free Wi-Fi access to iPhone users and oops... to everyone else as well!

You have to love security through obscurity... A friend of mine on a private mailing list passed me a link to a story on macrumors.com, which was quite interesting.  Apparently, Apple and AT&T has decided to provide free wireless access to iPhone users at places like Starbucks. ...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Wi-Fi Access, AT&T Corp., Apple Inc., Starbucks Corp., User Agent, MacRumors, Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless, Nathan McFeters

Blog posts 2008-05-01

Cisco Nexus 5000 and Emulex LP21000

Data Center managers are challenged to keep pace with continuous growth while managing capital, operational and facilities costs. Organizations have turned to server virtualization as a means of reigning in the costs by consolidating applications on virtual servers. Increases in SAN attachment have gone hand in hand. Fibre Channel over...

Tags: Emulex Corp., Cisco Systems Inc., Data Center Manager, Fibre Channel Over Ethernet, Data Centers, Server Virtualization, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Servers

White papers 2008-05-01

Can assistive technology save computing?

Computing is becoming an old man's game. (Picture from the University of Buffalo. Go Bulls.) Last year just 8,000 people graduated with computing majors, nationwide, the lowest figure in years. Can assistive technology turn that around? Michael Buckley at the University of Buffalo thinks...

Tags: Computing, Dana Blankenhorn

Blog posts 2008-04-30

Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Desktop 7000 - keyboard , mouse

The Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Desktop 7000 is a mainstream solution: it's likely not going to solve the unique problems of clinically injured computer users, but it does seem like a decent entry point for the average user who wants a slightly more body-friendly desktop setup than a standard keyboard and...

Tags: Keyboards, Mice, Microsoft Natural, keyboard, Microsoft Natural Ergonomic Desktop 7000, wrist, mouse, Microsoft Corp.

Product reviews 2008-04-24

Converging SAN and LAN Infrastructure With Fibre Channel Over Ethernet for Efficient, Cost-Effective Data Centers

Fibre Channel over Ethernet FCoE is an emerging data transport technology that simplifies the network fabric by converging both Storage Area Network SAN and LAN connectivity onto a single 10 Gigabit Ethernet link. As the use of SANs in the data center continues to grow, FCoE can decrease the cost...

Tags: LAN, Data Center, Fibre Channel, SAN, Fibre Channel Over Ethernet, Storage Area Networks (SAN), Storage, Ethernet, Storage Management, Networking, Hardware

White papers 2008-04-22

ISO calls for end to Open XML 'personal attacks'

ISO calls for end to Open XML 'personal attacks'Or else ... ?[i]All members of the SC 34 committee will have to be given access to the final text of the OOXML standard by May 1 at the latest, the meeting also resolved.[/i]Considering that ISO directives require that that final text...

Tags: ISO standards, Process improvement, ISO, OOXML, attack, personal attack

Discussion threads 2008-04-15

News to know: Microhoo; Adobe patch; Windows bloat; AMD

Notable headlines: Larry Dignan: Yahoo goes nuclear vs. Microsoft: Inks limited Google ad deal; Microsoft fires back Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft-Yahoo-Google: The vicious antitrust circle Yahoo's strategy: Torpedo the Microsoft deal or up the offer? Garett Rogers: Google gets business from Yahoo...

Tags: Adobe Systems Inc., Google Inc., Microsoft Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Microsoft Windows, Robots, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Emerging Technologies, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-04-10

Cisco refreshes green data center act with new Nexus switch

Cisco is latching onto the green data center consolidation movement with a new line of switches called the Nexus 5000 series. The company also is making it more attractive for its VARs and resellers to create a data center practice through new incentives that will kick in come August. ...

Tags: Data Center, Cisco Systems Inc., Data Centers, Ethernet, Storage, Network Technology, Hardware, Data Management, Networking, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-04-09

Biofuel's got an outspoken enemy

The Finance Minister of India has attacked biofuel as an outrageous use of food crops. He specifically cited the United States which he claims uses 20% of its corn for fuel, not food. Once American farm surpluses helped feed millions of people outside the country. Now the...

Tags: Food, India, Green Technology, Biofuel, Food & Beverage, Manufacturing, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2008-03-26