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- FTC to Congress: Hands off Verizon and Comcast
- FTC to Congress: Hands off Verizon and ComcastAid innovation in application and content?Prioritization may aid innovation in applications or content,is not the traditional way that most companies operate in a percieved competetive market.More frequently, the companies that thrive are the ones that are the best at defending their turf and...
- Tags: DSL, Broadband Internet, U.S. Congress, prioritization, Verizon Communications Inc., FTC, Comcast Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-06-28
- FTC to Congress: Hands off Verizon and Comcast
- The chairwoman of the Federal Trade Commission cautioned Congress against passing Net Neutrality legislation -- what she termed "new regulation" of the Internet -- in a speech last night, AP reports. Her comments reported on the five-month-long work of the agency's Internet Access Task Force. The report takes a...
- Tags: Net neutrality
- Blog posts 2007-06-28
- A rational debate on Net Neutrality
- The subject of Net Neutrality has become so politicized that it's almost impossible to have a rational debate on the subject. Even the term "Net Neutrality" has become a political slogan that is often deliberately vague to hide its true meaning. Is it even possible to have a rational debate...
- Tags: Vint Cerf, Google Inc., Legislation, Tim Berners-Lee, QoS, Network, Prioritization, Customer, Net Neutrality, Service, Carrier, Ed Whitacre, Snowe-Dorgan, Internet, George Ou
- Blog posts 2007-06-04
- George Ou, I respectfully disagree with you on net neutrality
- George Ou, I respectfully disagree with you on net neutralityYour understanding of Broadband is completely wrongThen there's the matter of what constitutes a "slow down." Say I am a cable broadband service provider running at 4 mbps. Then I upgrade my downstream to, say, 7mbps. I promote the hell out...
- Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), DSL, Broadband Internet, Network technology, Cable, cup, Internet Service Provider, prioritization, lake, Mbps, Net Neutrality
- Discussion threads 2006-06-09
- I/O Prioritization in Windows Vista
- Over the past few years, almost every critical component of the PC has gained significantly in its performance except for one component. The storage device has not seen the same performance gains as other PC components due to its mechanical nature. As a result, more and more PCs are becoming...
- Tags: Strategy, PC, Prioritization, Storage Device, I/O, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Desktops, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware
- White papers 2006-05-10
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- State of the enterprise tech economy
- Almost a month has passed since technology demand fell off dramatically; the stock markets tanked and worry about the credit crisis moved from Wall Street to Main Street to your company. Despite this perfect storm it's hard to generalize the enterprise technology economy. Simply put, it's not all gloom and...
- Tags: Information Technology, Gartner Inc., Technology Executive, Strategy, Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-10-20
- Revolution? Please, Not Again!
- I am appalled at what has been happening in the economy lately. Seems like we are moving from one crisis management to another. First it was the oil price increase crisis, now it's the credit markets crisis, while the oil crisis seems to have disappeared. There are revolutionary approaches to...
- Tags: Recession, Economic Condition, Pricing, Business Intelligence, Tools & Techniques, Databases, Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Data Management, Management, Boris Evelson
- Blog posts 2008-10-17
- Is Comcast plan suspect or 'reasonable'?
- Network neutrality advocates are taking contrasting views towards Comcast's new network management plan. The new plan de-prioritizes heavy users in 15-minute chunks. If your upload traffic is more than 70% of maximum bandwidth or your download traffic is more than 80% of max, you'll be de-prioritized. Free...
- Tags: Network, Comcast Corp., Network Neutrality Advocate, Networking, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-09-23
- Comcast details changes for managing Web traffic
- Comcast details changes for managing Web trafficJust web traffic?Im wondering when they say "web traffic" - do they mean all traffic put on the pipe from the sub? or just Port 80 http traffic? If they get caught "slowing down" VoIP I could see where regulators could come back down...
- Tags: Cable, Network technology, TVs, TV & Home Theater, ATT, Comcast Corp., digital reciever, paid-for, reciever
- Discussion threads 2008-09-22
- Providing Cost-Effective Data Availability and Protection in Distributed Enterprises
- Changes in business conditions, corporate objectives, technology infrastructures, and the quality of business applications have combined to significantly increase the requirements for data protection. Unfortunately, traditional data replication solutions have not kept up to adequately match IT organizations' current business priorities—including simplified management, centralized control, policy-driven execution, and prioritization for...
- Tags: Data Replication, Data Protection, Brocade Communications Systems Inc., Disaster Recovery, Backups, Data Management
- White papers 2008-09-10
- Datamation's 200: I'm Howard Stern and Larry is a Greek Philosopher
- Datamation's Top 200 Tech Blogs list. I was most pleased today by the release of the Datamation Top 200 Tech Blogs list, which aspires to be the veritable ZAGAT Guide to technology writing. Unlike other competing lists, like our sister network CNET's...
- Tags: Howard Stern, Blog, List, Datamation, Blogging, Internet, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-09-09
- FireDaemon Pro (msi)
- FireDaemon is a system utility that allows you to install and run any 32-bit or 64-bit application or script (BAT CMD, .NET, Perl, Java, Python, TCL TK) as a Windows 2000, XP, 2003, Vista, or 2008 service. FireDaemon features easy service configuration via the GUI or command line, a low...
- Tags: CPU, Sublime Solutions, FireDaemon, Microsoft Windows, Programming Languages, Scripting Languages, Development Tools, Processors, Operating Systems, Software, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components
- Software downloads 2008-09-09
- Cerf's call for simple pricing: Net Neutrality all over again
- Vint Cerf, one of the co-inventors of the underlying technology that makes the Web work, now Google's Internet evangelist, has issued a call for throughput-based pricing by ISPs. This in response to the Comcast ruling by the FCC, which ordered the cable carrier to stop interfering with certain kinds of...
- Tags: Vint Cerf, Network, IP Television, Net Neutrality, Pricing Strategy, Carrier, Cerf, 6MBps, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Federal Government, Internet, TVs, Pricing, Broadband Internet, Tv & Home Theater, Networking, Government, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Marketing, Telecommunications, Mitch Ratcliffe
- Blog posts 2008-08-05
- FCC's Comcast ruling: Not unreasonable
- FCC's Comcast ruling: Not unreasonableSome bandwidth management neededAlthough totally blocking content is wrong, even though some of it is probably illegal content. The IP is not trying to police content but rather provide a equal experience for all of its customers with a limited amount of bandwidth. Maybe, broadband providers...
- Tags: Federal government, Comcast Corp., FCC
- Discussion threads 2008-08-04
- Who keeps failing their FISMA compliance?
- The recently released U.S Federal Computer Security Report Card for 2008, indicates that several critical to national security departments continue failing to implement the Federal Information Security Management Act FISMA. From a cyber espionage perspective, the lack of prioritization of departments that must...
- Tags: Compliance, FISMA, Dancho Danchev
- Blog posts 2008-05-27
- Certeon's aCelera Application Acceleration Appliance
- The good folks from Certeon brought their new aCelera application acceleration software appliance to my attention a short while ago. After my recent conversation with Coyote Point, it's beginning to appear that protocol and data caching and optimization tools are going to be the trend du mois. Certeon believes it...
- Tags: Software, Performance, Network, VMware Inc., Hardware, Virtual Machine, Certeon, aCelera Software, Application Response, Data Management, Performance Management, Tools & Techniques, Networking, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Management, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-05-27
- Run by Wall Street? A Cause or a Company?
- Guest post: Anshu Sharma is author of Anshu's blog, which focuses on Software as a Service and the emerging SaaS Ecosystem. He is an Enterprise Irregular. In light of the Yahoo! - Microsoft fiasco, fellow bloggers Larry Dignan and Vinnie Mirchandani have been asking the question whether...
- Tags: Shareholder, Yahoo! Inc., Vision, Wall, Management Team, Software As A Service (SaaS), Financial Accounting, Construction, Strategy, Emerging Technologies, Finance, Management, Anshu Sharma
- Blog posts 2008-05-16
- HP's to-do list following EDS acquisition
- We now know that HP is acquiring EDS in what appears to be an agreed bid that values EDS at $13.9 billion. Larry Dignan has the main analysis but it leaves open a series of testing questions for HP CEO Mark Hurd. As Larry points out: Overall, Wall Street...
- Tags: Acquisition, Hewlett-Packard Co., Mark Hurd, Electronic Data Systems Corp., Business Process Outsourcing (BPO), Mergers & Acquisitions, Outsourcing, Corporate Law, Asset Management, Construction, It Services, It Operations, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting, Operational Planning, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-05-13
- Live Webcast: Filling the bandwidth gap: New opportunities to upgrade your network
- Small and midsize enterprises are contending with ever-increasing bandwidth demands while the cost of higher-performance MPLS T1 service deters these businesses from upgrading their DSL-based networks. To step up to the challenge of managing more users and applications on their networks, SMEs have an acute need for solutions that fill...
- Tags: Webcast, MPLS, Network, New Edge Networks, DSL, Network Technology, Broadband Internet, Smb/Sme, Networking, Telecommunications, Personal Technology
- Webcasts 2008-04-30
- AMD Phenom X4 9850
- From a do-it-yourself perspective, we're mostly unimpressed with AMD's new 2.5GHz Phenom X4 9850 quad-core desktop processor. This $235 CPU comes in only $10 less than Intel's comparable quad-core chip, but with noticeably slower performance on almost every one of our tests. Even the new Phenom's unlocked multiplier, which enables...
- Tags: Performance management, Processors, AMD Phenom, X4 9850, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Phenom X4 9850, performance, Intel Corp., chip
- Product reviews 2008-03-27
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