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Applications will perform exactly as before in a virtual environment: I've been reviewing some of the points of discussion in recent conversations with Kusnetzky Group clients in recent posts. This post focuses on how virtualization impacts application performance. Some suppliers are downplaying the impact their technology has on application performance and yet adding another layer of software...; Tags: Software, Application, Monitor, Performance, Environment, Clustering, Application Performance, Clustering Monitor, Performance Degradation, Performance Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2007-10-04
TCP-Planet: A Reliable Transport Protocol for InterPlaNetary Internet: The space exploration missions are crucial for acquisition of information about the space and the universe. The entire success of a mission is directly related to the satisfaction of its communications needs. For this goal, the challenges posed by the InterPlaNetary Internet need to be addressed. Current TCP protocols have...; Tags: Georgia Institute Of Technology, Internet, Performance, Performance Degradation, TCP, Tcp/Ip, Performance Management, Networking, Human Resources, Workforce Management; White papers 2007-01-01
A Symbol Estimation Scheme for Alamouti Coded OFDM Systems: In Alamouti coded OFDM systems, the simple decoding at the receiver relies on the assumption that the subchannels are flat fading, decoupled, and quasi-static so that each subchannel does not change over an Alamouti codeword period two consecutive OFDM symbol periods. When the channel is fast fading, however, these assumptions...; Tags: Performance, Performance Degradation, University Of Texas, OFDM, Performance Management, Wireless, Human Resources, Workforce Management; White papers 2006-06-20

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Geekbench: Psystar v. Mac mini (and all three MacBooks): Yesterday I posted Xbench benchmarks of the Psystar Open Computer against the latest shipping Mac mini and all three Apple notebook computers and the Open Computer beat the Mac mini 147 to 99. Some suggested Geekbench 2 benchmarks should also be run. If you're not familiar with...; Tags: Apple Macintosh, Apple Intel Mac Mini, Apple MacBook, RAM, Notebooks, Desktops, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Jason D. O\'Grady; Blog posts 2008-05-15
Flash Player 10 codename "Astro" goes beta: We made available a prerelease version of the Flash Player last night which has a lot of new features. There isn't yet a tooling release we just posted a new Flex SDK that works to support the Flash Player beta so for the time being this is primarily so that...; Tags: 3D, Macromedia Flash Player, Flash Player 10, Complex Effect, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Ryan Stewart; Blog posts 2008-05-15

OK, Dell. Maybe your tech's greener, but what about green services?: Great timing on Dell's part. Wait until arch-rival or at least one of them Hewlett-Packard is busy chatting up the press about a minor (ha!) services acquisition, and then WAY up the ante when it comes to an energy-efficiency proclamation. Here's the thing: While other vendors, including...; Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co., Electronic Data Systems Corp., Data Centers, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2008-05-14
Cloud computing: I recently read the post, When Is the Right Time to Launch Your Own Cloud? and thought Alistair Croll was on to something. We're all hearing quite a bit of media chatter about "cloud computing." Sometimes suppliers may use other terms such as "Mesh computing" or "Elastic Cloud Computing." All...; Tags: Cloud Computing, Supplier, Organization, Data Centers, Channel Management, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Marketing, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-05-14
Assuring Voice Quality on IP Telephony Rollouts: IP Telephony deployment changes dramatically when the job grows from "a few sites" to a full company-wide rollout across many locations. Achieving a high level of QoS for VoIP across the WAN and Internet often runs counter to the interests and needs of other network traffic on a converged infrastructure....; Tags: Deployment, QoS, Telephony, Performance, IP Telephony, IP, VOIP, Performance Management, Telecommunications, Network Technology, Networking, Human Resources, Workforce Management; Webcasts 2008-05-14
MKN TaskExplorer 2008 (exe): MKN TaskExplorer is an advanced process management tool that enables you to easily manage the tasks and applications running on your system. TaskExplorer shows detailed information about each process, including performance and memory graphs, DLLs loaded, threads, and access token. It also shows the information about the handles opened by...; Tags: Process, Process Management, Performance, MKN Software, MKN TaskExplorer, Performance Management, Enterprise Software, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Software; Software downloads 2008-05-14
The MS Office 2008 for Mac scandal continues: Can Microsoft's Macintosh Business Unit expect anything but frustration from its installed base of users? The excuses from the development team are wearing very, very thin. The news today was that the group was able to get its first batch of 1,000 bug...; Tags: Apple Macintosh, Microsoft VBA, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Office 2004, MacTech, Ticktin, Scripting Languages, Microsoft Office, Desktops, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Office Suites, Software, Hardware, David Morgenstern; Blog posts 2008-05-13
The key to Windows success? It's all about the drivers: The greatest advantage of the Windows ecosystem is that there are so many choices. The biggest problem with the Windows ecosystem is that there are so many choices. Ironic, isn't it? The sheer number of choices means you can almost certainly...; Tags: Problem, Driver, OEM, Graphics Subsystem, Vista/Server 2008/Win7 Ecosystem, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Notebooks, Software, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Ed Bott; Blog posts 2008-05-13
Could "not so high end" gaming systems tarnish Alienware's reputation?: Just as it seems that Dell is exiting the high-end gaming PC market by ditching the XPS line, Alienware announced its entry into the "not so high end" gaming market. Is this a good move for Alienware or could it dilute a brand considered to represent extreme gaming? ...; Tags: Alienware, Games, Personal Technology, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes; Blog posts 2008-05-13
Microsoft to raise Windows Small Business Server price 80 percent: When Microsoft starts shipping its Windows Small Business Server 2008 product later this year, its price will be substantially higher -- as much as 80 percent -- than the current version of Small Business Server. Surprisingly, some testers and at least one market researcher don't seem fazed...; Tags: U.S., Microsoft Windows Small Business Server, Product, Microsoft Corp., Pricing Strategy, CAL, Microsoft Windows, Pricing, Marketing Research, Operating Systems, Servers, Software, Marketing, Hardware, Mary Jo Foley; Blog posts 2008-05-13
New AMD Opterons are good news for schools: AMD, a company that has been struggling to compete meaningfully with Intel in the last year, announced new "highly efficient" quad-core processors for blade and rack servers. With energy costs increasing drastically and no relief in sight, schools looking to shave costs, as well as green their IT departments,...; Tags: Desktop, Data Center, Performance, AMD Opteron, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Data Centers, Virtualization, Utility Computing, Thin Clients, Performance Management, Storage Management, Storage, Processors, Servers, Hardware, Data Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Semiconductors, Components, Christopher Dawson; Blog posts 2008-05-13
Microsoft's plan to block Linux on laptops: Details of Microsoft's recently announced plan to extend the life of Windows XP for ultra low-cost PCs are trickling out. IDG News got its hands on what it says are Microsoft documents outlining the program for PC manufacturers. Until now, the big question was: What exactly defines...; Tags: Linux, PC, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Laptop Computer, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows XP, Operating Systems, Software, John Morris; Blog posts 2008-05-13
Quad-Core Processors Bring Higher Performance and Lower Cost to Mainstream Computing: This in-depth study shows how Intel has created a market-leading processor family built on quad-core technology with a first-to-market advantage. Leading hardware and software vendors have expressed and exhibited full support. Early tests by a significant cross section of end users have proven the value and efficacy of the architecture....; Tags: Performance, Quad-core, Quad-core Processor, Computing, Processors, Server Virtualization, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Servers; White papers 2008-05-13
THE SUN FIRE X4600 M2 SERVER AND PROVEN VIRTUALISATION SCALABILITY: Nearly every Information Technology organisation is using consolidation, or is considering using consolidation, as a way to reduce both capital and operating costs. IT organisations with a number of applications running on older, inefficient, and under-utilised servers can consolidate them onto a smaller number of high-performance, energy-efficient servers that can...; Tags: Virtualization, Information Technology, Consolidation, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Fire, Servers, Hardware; White papers 2008-05-13
Creating an Energy-Efficient Datacenter : Consolidate with Sun technology: Consolidation and hardware technology refreshes enable datacenters to provide more applications and services in less space and at less cost.This in-depth report shows how by moving to high-performance, energy-efficient Sun servers and storage systems, IT organisation can take advantage of the latest advancements while saving on power and cooling.; Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., Data Centers, Storage, Servers, Hardware, Data Management; White papers 2008-05-13
Proven Virtualisation Scalability With The Sun Fire X4600 Server: This white paper looks at how organisation can consolidate a number of applications from a number of under-utilised servers and ease the space, power, and cooling crunch. Consolidate from many to few servers to help reduce maintenance costs. As a side benefit, upgrade legacy applications to run on modern hardware...; Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Fire, Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Servers, Hardware, Storage; White papers 2008-05-13
Consolidation Through Virtualisation With Sun x64 Servers: IT organisations must complete an almost impossible juggling act. Delivering more services at less cost. Increasing performance, yet managing fewer systems. Buying the right server for the job, yet adapting to change at a moments notice.As this Sun whitepaper explores, the Sun Fire x64 servers and Sun Blade modular systems...; Tags: Consolidation, Sun Microsystems Inc., Virtualization, Sun Solaris, Servers, Utility Computing, Storage Management, Operating Systems, Processors, Hardware, Software, Storage, Semiconductors, Components; White papers 2008-05-13