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Virtualization and Green Computing: "Green computing" seems to be seems to be the up and coming thing for suppliers offering virtualization software as well as management software for virtualized environments. It's a topic that has come up over and over again in my discussions with suppliers recently.What is "green computing" you ask? It appears...; Tags: Consumer use of Virtualization, Green Computing, Managing virtualized environments, virtualization; Blog posts 2007-05-17
Novell's Orchestrator: As I mentioned in my post, Overview of Novells views on virtualization and again in my post, Conversations with Cassatt and Marathon, Thoughts on Novell and Red Hat, Novell appears to be focusing a great deal of attention on managing virtualized environments not just the tools of virtualization themselves. Along...; Tags: virtualization, Managing virtualized environments; Blog posts 2007-04-19
Conversations with Cassatt and Marathon, Thoughts on Novell and Red Hat: It appears that this Blog has caught the attention of many companies offering various products for both software and hardware virtualization. Cassatt and Marathon Technologies are among the companies that contacted me. Im going to speak with representatives of both companies over the coming days. Ill post my thoughts...; Tags: virtualization, virtual access software, Managing virtualized environments, clustering software; Blog posts 2007-04-13
Overview of Novell's views on virtualization: I enjoyed a lovely conversation with an old acquaintance, Kim Kelly of Novell. We had spoken many times when he was with Red Hat and it was nice to chat for a while. The topic of our conversation was Novells overall strategy for virtualization technology. As with Red Hat, Novell...; Tags: virtual processing software, virtual machine software, Managing virtualized environments; Blog posts 2007-04-12

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Managing growth - a followup to yesterday's guest blog: Yesterday, Dean Cycon of Dean's Beans wrote a guest blog for this column on "Starbucks' Dirty Little Secret". The blog is worthy of some followup, as well as some additional information that Dean shared with me about their corporate philosophy. Growth is good for a company,...; Tags: Trader, Blog, Dean Cycon, X2 Development Corp., Strategy, Management, Christopher Dawson; Blog posts 2008-07-23

Accenture gets deeper into the green IT services game: Need some outside perspective on the green status of your IT infrastructure? Accenture, which is one of Forrester Research's darlings when it comes to green IT services, has created a set of services called the Accenture Green Technology Suite that handle anything from basic green "maturity" assessments and modeling tools...; Tags: Game, Data Center, Accenture Ltd., Green IT, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2008-07-23
Survey: Corporations hold out on Vista: Sixty percent of IT administrators have no plans to deploy Vista despite service pack 1, which fixed the operating systems problems, according to a survey of 1,100 IT managers. The survey, conducted by KACE, which makes systems management appliances, found that there are 10 percent more holdouts...; Tags: Operating System, Microsoft Windows Vista, Kace, Survey, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Marketing Research, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Marketing, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-07-23
Virtual Iron Customer Profile: Goodell DeVries Leech & Dann, LLP: I had the chance to speak with Goodell DeVries Leech & Dann's David Roden, a few questions about their use of Virtual Iron's virtual server environment. Thanks for spending time with me, David! Here are my questions and David's answers: Who are you and what...; Tags: Virtual Iron, Server Virtualization, Disaster Recovery, Virtualization, Servers, Hardware, Data Management, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-07-23
Twitter anti-spam efforts go overboard: Twitter anti-spam efforts go overboardLarge services such as this can not...are too big to manage. Managing this type of technology with technology will time after time result in mismanagement. Just like Gmail and other that are spamming the Internet.Networks require real human intervention to manage properly. Anything less is...; Tags: Spam, Twitter, anti-spam, anti-spam effort; Discussion threads 2008-07-22
Carbon management software maker snags $5 million: Carbonetworks, which sells software for providing better visibility into managing your company's carbon impact, has closed $5 million in Series A funding from NGEN Partners. The company, which is based in Victoria, B.C., will use the money to expand its operations. I blogged about Carbonetworks'...; Tags: Software, Tools & Techniques, Management, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2008-07-22
Do we need to wipe the slate with x86?: A few days ago an industry colleague and I were having a discussion about Linux and whether or not it is necessary for it to be application compatible or simply just "interoperable" with Windows from a protocol and data exchange standpoint. His view is that Linux...; Tags: Intel X86, Architecture, IBM Corp., Linux, Microsoft Windows, Processors, Operating Systems, Software, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Jason Perlow; Blog posts 2008-07-22
Mini Contract Manager (zip): Mini Contract Manager is a flexible easy to use database application designed to take the pain out of managing multiple contracts. Features, contract life cycle management, configurable email templates, visual alerts when a contract is due for review, link multiple parties to contracts, assign administrators to contracts, link files to...; Tags: Contract, Hammer Software, Mini Contract Manager, E-mail, Storage, Databases, Online Communications, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management; Software downloads 2008-07-22
Apple's Mac shipments surge; Lowballs on outlook again: Apple's Mac shipments surge; Lowballs on outlook againApple on the MoveApple continues to impress both in unit sales and marketshare gains. It has taken Steve Jobs awhile to make significant inroads into PC marketshare, but you are now witnessing the fruits of his perseverance. If Apple only had a development...; Tags: Development tools, Apple Inc.; Discussion threads 2008-07-21
600 Starbucks to close. Good Riddens!: 600 Starbucks to close. Good Riddens!Good RiddanceGood riddanceZD Can't SpellIt's "riddance" not "riddens". If "riddens" was supposed to be a play on words or a joke or a reference to something having to do with coffee, I don't get it.Otherwise, since you guys write about tech, maybe use that there...; Tags: Starbucks Corp., bean, Riddens; Discussion threads 2008-07-21
S3 outage: time to double up: S3 outage: time to double upHaving to use two services can't be ...economical compared to taking care of your own data. Have these companies done any real studies comparing the cost of managing your own cloud compared to letting someone else manage it, especially when you have to use two...; Tags: Manufacturing, S3 Inc., outage; Discussion threads 2008-07-21
SteelEye Protection Suite for Citrix XenServer: Bob Williamson, VP of Business Development for Steeleye, and I played a rousing game of telephone tag and meeting shuffle before finding a time that would work for a discussion of Steeleye's SteelEye Protection Suite. I was traveling making the task even more complex that it usually is. Since I've...; Tags: Clustering, Citrix Systems Inc., Virtual Machine, SteelEye Protection Suite, Citrix XenServer, Disaster Recovery Protection, Desktop Virtualization, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-07-21
MyDeveloper Studio (exe): MyDeveloper Studio is a comprehensive IDE for MySQL, it helps you work faster with MySQL by automating and simplifing the database development process. Presents a visual interface for developing scripts, executing queries, managing users and privileges, and more. Key features include a completely unique stored routine debugger, an advanced SQL...; Tags: MySQL, Devart, MyDeveloper Studio, Storage, Databases, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management; Software downloads 2008-07-21
Spam coming from free email providers increasing: After analyzing three weeks of spam data between June 13 to July 3, 2008, Roaring Penguin Software Inc. found evidence that spam originating from the top three free email providers (Gmail, Yahoo Mail and Hotmail) is increasing, with spammers in favor of abusing Gmail's privacy preserving feature of not including...; Tags: CAPTCHA, Google Gmail, Free Email Company, Anti-spam, Spammer, E-mail Company, IP, Service, Cyberthreats, Spam, E-mail Providers, E-mail, Phishing, Viruses And Worms, Security, Networking, Spam And Phishing, Internet, Online Communications, Dancho Danchev; Blog posts 2008-07-18
Windows "Workstation" 2008 better than Vista? OK then, show me the money!: Windows "Workstation" 2008 better than Vista? OK then, show me the money!dre` typo, i think"...nothing I would lie better than to..."It's the cost, Adrianlook at the difference in price.if i paid that much for a "desktop" OS, you can bet that I'd convince myself it was faster ;)The other thing...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Desktops, workstation, Vista x64, Server 2008, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, desktop, server, Vist-___; Discussion threads 2008-07-18
Immobile Apple: Immobile AppleApple needs to get their act togetherI'm a big Apple supporter but they really need to be held to the fire when it comes to issues like this. .Mac has always seemed a little janky and I was hoping MobileMe would be the turnaround point. Looks like they screwed...; Tags: Desktops, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Apple Inc., MobileMe, Apple Macintosh; Discussion threads 2008-07-18