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- Dell | Microsoft Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing Reference Configuration - Performance Results Phase III
- The focus of this white paper is to document the results of performance testing for the Dell/Microsoft Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing reference configurations. Using a simulated database of 10 terabytes and 20 Terabytes (using SQL Server 2008 page compression), tests were performed, including I/O stress, index creation of a...
- Tags: Data Warehouse, Dell Computer Corp., Performance Results Corp., Microsoft Corp., Business Intelligence, Pricing, Microsoft SQL Server 2008, Tools & Techniques, Databases, Storage, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Marketing, Management, Hardware
- White papers 2008-11-01
- Dell | Microsoft Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing Reference Configuration - Performance Results - Phase III: Performance of Microsoft SQL Server 2008 BI and D/W Solutions on Dell PowerEdge Servers and Dell PowerVault Storage
- This white paper documents the performance of Microsoft SQL Server 2008 Business Intelligence and Data Warehouse solutions deployed on Dell PowerEdge servers with Dell PowerVault storage. Using the knowledge gained through joint development, testing and support with Microsoft, this white paper illustrates the cost-effective performance of Dell Solutions for SQL...
- Tags: Dell PowerEdge Server, Data Warehouse, Dell Computer Corp., Dell PowerVault, Performance, Microsoft SQL Server, Storage, Performance Results Corp., Microsoft Corp., Dell PowerEdge, Microsoft SQL Server 2008, Business Intelligence, Pricing, Tools & Techniques, Databases, Servers, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Marketing, Management, Hardware
- White papers 2008-11-01
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- Open source can save your life
- Quick, if your life depended on it, which health care information system would you rather your hospital used: A proprietary system developed by software engineers based on marketing input, bug reports and customer requests? An open source system developed by thousands of health care practitioners including...
- Tags: Hospital, Open Source, Health Care, VA, Healthcare, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Human Resources, Robin Harris
- Blog posts 2009-08-23
- A CIO's take on the home PC support dilemma
- A CIO's take on the home PC support dilemmaGood ArticleYou're right. It's a slippery slope with personal computer repair. Even if you tell people that you don't have liability, it is assumed that you do. Many people also treat the job of repairing strangers' computers as if...
- Tags: Desktops, PC, home PC, laptop computer
- Discussion threads 2009-07-16
- Dell Inspiron I530-120B
- We recently matched this $650 off-the-shelf Dell Inspiron I530-120B against a $560 HP Pavilion a6700y. The results weren't good for HP. But as that HP looked subpar compared with the slightly more expensive Dell, we can make a similar charge against this Dell system when we hold it next to...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Dell Computer Corp., Dell Inspiron, Dell Inspiron I530-120B
- Product reviews 2009-02-23
- The Cablevision decision, part 1: Buffering is not copying
- This Cablevision decision looks like it may make its way to the Supreme Court on questions of the interpretation of the Copyright Act, so I'd like to take an in-depth look at the decision PDF. It's long so I'm dividing it into several posts. Technology First...
- Tags: Cablevision Systems Corp., Buffer, DVR, Memory, Digital Video, Development Tools, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-08-05
- Did Google get hosed on its MySpace search deal?
- Fox Interactive gets 27 percent of its revenue from an ad deal between Google and MySpace forged in August 2006. Meanwhile, Google executives complain about how hard it is to monetize social networking traffic. Funny how deals that looked like pure genius a few months ago can backfire. ...
- Tags: Revenue, Google Inc., MySpace, Fox Interactive Media, Social Networking, Operational Accounting, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-02-05
- Toshiba Satellite A215-S7437
- Priced at $899, the Toshiba Satellite A215-S7437 is one of the two cheapest systems in our roundup of sub-$1,000 laptops. Given that low price, it's no surprise that the Satellite (along with its compatriot, the $899 Gateway M-1618) incorporates a low-cost AMD Turion 64 X2 processor. It's also no surprise...
- Tags: laptop computer, satellite, Toshiba Corp., Toshiba Satellite, Toshiba Satellite A215-S7437
- Product reviews 2007-11-16
- Realtek network driver silently corrupts data
- Realtek network driver silently corrupts datathanksThat clears up a couple of blue screen mysteries that went away after changing a NIC.Not just the driverGeorge, TCP/IP is [b]supposed[/b] to be robust in cases like this -- bitflips lower in the stack [b]should[/b] be caught at the datagram level.If a driver error...
- Tags: Cyberthreats, Operating systems, SECURITY, NIC Driver, network, WHQL, virus, operating system
- Discussion threads 2007-07-29
- SAP's enterprise software sales disappoint
- SAPs fourth quarter and annual sales growth is falling short of expectations, lopping 10 percent off the companys shares. The company said its product revenue growth would be about 13%, at the low end of SAPs previous outlook. Software revenue growth will be...
- Tags: General, Software Infrastructure, SAP, SAP AG
- Blog posts 2007-01-11
- Toshiba Portege R400-S4931
- Toshiba's first Windows Vista laptop, the Portege R400, is a beautifully crafted convertible tablet that unfortunately is every bit as expensive as it looks. It won't be available for purchase until January 30, 2007, with a base price of $2,599. Our review unit came packed with high-end features such as...
- Tags: Portege R400, tablet, Toshiba Corp., Toshiba Portege
- Product reviews 2007-01-08
- Is Google search vulnerable in 2007?
- Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales wants to beat Google at its winning game, search, as I present in “Google search challenge from Wikipedia founder in 2007?”; He cites “obvious flaws” in Google search as motivation. The New York Times profiles Powerset today, a natural language search start-up in “semi-stealth mode,” also...
- Tags: Business Models, Google Software Applications, Self-Promotion, VC, Venture Capital, Google, Search, Advertising, Powerset, Ask.com
- Blog posts 2007-01-01
- Dell E207WFP
- With all the buzz about extra screen real estate boosting productivity, you can now make a legitimate case to your boss to spring for some big wide-screen displays. You might face an uphill battle, but Dell is making the argument easier with the Dell E207WFP, a 20-inch wide-screen LCD that...
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Dell E207WFP, performance
- Product reviews 2006-11-10
- Web 2.0 hype: Popularity without profits
- Before YouTube joined the Google family, “Chad and Steve” claimed “people watch more than 100 million videos on the site daily.”MySpace, as a member of the News Corp. family, claims Tom has more than 100 million friends at the site. “Old” stalwart Yahoo still clings to its homepage claim of...
- Tags: YouTube Inc., MySpace, Yahoo! Inc., YouTube, social media
- Blog posts 2006-11-02
- Study: Promising future for power-line broadband
- Study: Promising future for power-line broadbandHere's hoping it actually works someday...I expect that by the time BPL becomes widespread if it ever does, I'll be too old to give a crap. Having a third player will help though in breaking the stranglehold that the cable and telco monopolies have...
- Tags: Federal government, broadband over power line, Ambient, BPL Equipment Authorization Ambient Corp., FCC, powerline
- Discussion threads 2006-09-11
- Dell warns quarterly results below forecasts
- Dell warns quarterly results below forecastsDell needs to deliver on formfactor and stylingThe conventional tower PC may not be dead, but it's certainly commodity. Dell needs to add styling and cater to the new consumer electronics growth opportunity before Apple, Sony and even HP take over this space.A major...
- Tags: Product marketing, Customer relationship management (CRM), Dell Computer Corp., customer service
- Discussion threads 2006-07-21
- Using Vista to get Linux in
- Using Vista to get Linux inMoney talksI would think that the best time to make a move to Linux is when Riska comes out and the management are faced with thousands of PC replacements. Show them that Linux will run on the old equipment, and make the case that you...
- Tags: Workstations, Operating systems, AutoFS, Unix, Unix workstation, Murph, Using Vista, Microsoft Windows, workstation, Linux
- Discussion threads 2006-04-06
- Failed fixes haunt credibility of Microsoft's Trustworthy Computing Initiative
- TruSecure Corp. senior scientist Russ Cooper, who is also the founder and editor of the NTBugtraq mailing list, has published a report that details how a nearly eight-year-old denial-of-service DoS vulnerability has resurfaced in Windows XP (including SP2) and Windows Server 2003 long after Microsoft originally fixed the problem. At...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, vulnerability
- Blog posts 2005-03-31
- Scott McNealy's Carly Fiorina moment?
- Charlie Cooper asks why Sun CEO Scott McNealy is still in the driver's seat despite what he termed a "dismal" performance for shareholders post-bubble. Coop comments: To be sure, McNealy is a co-founder and still owns more than 56 million shares. But my guess is the top institutional holders--Capital Research and Management Company, Barclays'...
- Tags: Scott McNealy
- Blog posts 2005-02-23
- Intel plans demo of Opteron rival: 'CT'
- Intel plans demo of Opteron rival: 'CT'in other words...AMD is ahead of Intel on low cost 64 bit proc.If I were Intel I wold come up with Itanium3, low cost and compatible with x86.AmazingTwo articles on the same day. One saying we will start designing a 64bit P4 when...
- Tags: Network technology, Processors, Semiconductors, Intel Corp., 64-bit, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Itanium, AMD Opteron, chip
- Discussion threads 2004-01-29
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