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Novell Case Study: Atlantic Canada Opportunity Agency

At the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency ACOA based in Moncton, New Brunswick, keeping up with technology is part of doing business. Charged with the responsibility of co-ordinating all federal government activities in the Maritimes and supporting regional economic development, ACOA is often requested by business and government agencies to assist...

Tags: Novell Inc., Agency, Novell IntranetWare, Novell NetWare, Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency, Operating Systems, Servers, Groupware, Software, Hardware, Enterprise Software

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Novell Case Study: Commercial Bank of Nevada

The Commercial Bank of Nevada prides itself on the high level of service it offers to its small- and medium-size business clients. For Commercial Bank of Nevada, speed and service are everything. They were constantly looking for new ways to simplify and speed up the loan-application closing process and the...

Tags: Bank, Novell Inc., Novell IntranetWare, Directory Services, Financial Services, Internet, Networking, Enterprise Software, Software

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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

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

How good is open source support?

How good is open source support?This why I do not want open source.I can never get help when I need it, and those that try to help have a very snobbish attitude, and like to say you are not learning because you do not want to learn.Well I can only...

Tags: Operating systems, open source, Linux

Discussion threads 2008-07-16

Transitive's magic - Solaris/SPARC Apps and Hyper-V

In the past, I posted about one of the important requirements of the next generation datacenter NGDC, the ability to consolidate diverse applications on a unified hardware platform. Both IBM (see What would a next generation datacenter look like?) and HP see HP and the next generation data center and...

Tags: Application, Sun Sparc, Transitive QuickTransit, Sun Solaris, Data Centers, UNIX, Operating Systems, Processors, Servers, Software, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Semiconductors, Components, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-07-16

Citrix versus the Xen community

As the virtual machine software competition heats up, one would expect representatives of each of the suppliers to take shots at one another in the media. I've seen a recent example of this.Two of the proponents of Xen, Citrix and Virtual Iron, appear to be having at it in the...

Tags: Community, Citrix Systems Inc., Xen, VMware Inc., Technology, Virtual Machine, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-07-15

FTP: untrustworthy file transfer

FTP: untrustworthy file transferWow Robin, good blog!It is, of course, very old news that FTP is not secure by design but it is still good to get the word out.However, I'm a little disappointed that you didn't use the same logic you used when you blamed MS for file system...

Tags: Anonymous FTP site, FTP

Discussion threads 2008-07-14

I'll have the #3 Value Meal, Super Size, with an order of Linux

With the news that Best Buy will now be selling boxed, commercially supported versions of Ubuntu, the Desktop Linux onslaught begins. Our ultimate goal of Total World Domination will soon be within our grasp, now that yet another mondo-huge retailer has jumped on the Linux bandwagon. Or...

Tags: Ubuntu, Linux, UNIX, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-07-10

Diane Greene out, Paul Maritz to lead VMware

While working in San Francisco, I received quite a number of telephone calls from journalists around the world. Since I was "off the grid" for the project, I had no idea what was going on. I finally returned to my hotel room and could read my messages, I learned that...

Tags: Board, VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp., Paul Maritz, Corporate Governance, Desktop Virtualization, Open Source, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-07-10

VMWare: Time to Pay the Open Source Piper

VMWare: Time to Pay the Open Source PiperOn the other hand ...... if all the hypervisors and their attendant management suites become free ... then will I choose to serve:1. Basic software via increasingly powerful cloud computing or open source freebies (e.g. Firefox, Open Office)2. MyCompanysSoftware via *IX (I have...

Tags: Operating systems, value-add, VMware Inc., open source, Hyper-V

Discussion threads 2008-07-09

VMWare: Time to Pay the Open Source Piper

It would not be an exaggeration to say that yesterday was a very bad day for VMWare. My friend and fellow tech blogger colleague at ComputerWorld, Steven J Vaughn-Nichols, thinks the company will be down for the count when they take their next hit, that essentially, the...

Tags: Software, VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp., Virtualization, Tools & Techniques, Open Source, Hardware, Management, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-07-09

GNOME knows why there's no Sun up in the sky

GNOME knows why there's no Sun up in the skyNo questionKDE is my preferred UI, but picture a new user--they'll benefit immediately from GNOME's simpler interface and pure ease of use.GNOME is a well put together GUI.ThanksAnd, that is one of the messages that we need to get out. With...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Sun Microsystems Inc., GNOME

Discussion threads 2008-07-08

PlateSpin Launches PowerConvert 7.0

PlateSpin, a recent acquisition of Novell recently announced PowerConvert 7.0, The company was quick to point out that this is the first product launch since the acquistion. Why would they go to such great lengths to mention that? They want to convince the market that PlatSpin will continue to be...

Tags: PlateSpin Inc., Novell Inc., Data Center, Migration, PowerConvert, Aragorn, Data Centers, Microsoft Windows, Storage, Document Management, Servers, Hardware, Data Management, Operating Systems, Software, Enterprise Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-07-08

Migrate Groupwise to Exchange (exe)

Accurate, reliable Kernel for Novell GroupWise to Exchange software to migrate from Novell GroupWise environment to MS Exchange Server environment. Successfully converts every email, contact, sent items, drafts, cabinet, trash items, archives, work in progress, email properties from groupwise user mailboxes to exchange server user mailboxes. Software supports every version...

Tags: Novell Inc., Microsoft Exchange Server, Novell GroupWise, E-mail Servers, Groupware, E-mail Clients, E-mail, Enterprise Software, Software, Online Communications

Software downloads 2008-06-30

Mystery explained: Why you have to reboot Windows so often

Mystery explained: Why you have to reboot Windows so oftenYou failed to explain...WHY rebooting in necessary.It's because of the Windows architecture. It is so monolithic that it can't recover from simple application errors. When one thing goes wrong, it is a snow ball effect. Other OS's do not suffer nearly...

Tags: Linux, Operating systems, Other OS, reBoot Windows, operating system, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-06-28

Bill Gates bids farewell

Bill Gates bids farewellHe brought a lot to the computer world!Yeah, vicious predation, greed, and arrogance.iMiss BilliWill miss Bill. He brought a lot to the computer world!Bill Gates bids farewellA fine speech from a magnificent man! He had visions, he had missions, he had it all! The IT...

Tags: Strategy, Microsoft Windows NT, Bill Gates, Abramoff, Preston Gates, vision, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-06-27

Embotics V-Commander 2.0

Management of virtualized resources appears to loom large in the thoughts of suppliers. The most recent supplier to present their view of how to regain control of the environment is Embotics. The company's V-Commander V2.0 was the topic of the day. Embotics insists that this product will help organizations with...

Tags: Data Center, Virtual Machine, Tool, Embotics V-Commander 2.0, Desktop Virtualization, Data Centers, Productivity, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-06-27

Fun with openSUSE 11.0

Fun with openSUSE 11.0Virtualized OpenSUSE 11.0I too am a devoted Ubuntu user, and decided to check out OpenSUSE 11.0. I downloaded the 32bit GNOME LiveCD and loaded in with Virtualbox in Windows XP. I got through the whole setup fairly quickly but when the "system" rebooted it crashed and said...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, desktop virtualization, openSUSE 11.0, KDE, KDE 4, Novell OpenSuse, Novell Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-06-26

Will Bill Gates' departure usher in open source friendly era at Microsoft?

Will Bill Gates' departure usher in open source friendly era at Microsoft?MS will embrace OSS only if...they perceive that it will increase their stock value. Gates' departure has nothing to do with it. As far as Linux Zealots predicting the end of proprietary software, this only indicates their lack...

Tags: Operating systems, Desktops, Microsoft Corp., open source, Bill Gates, OSS, operating system, OSX, desktop, Linux

Discussion threads 2008-06-26