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Green tech resources galore

Because I am completely aware that I am nowhere near the be-all-end-all authority on matters green, today's blog is simply a reference to three other compelling Web sites that will provide you with material for your personal or professional greening. The first is one of those corporate-sponsored...

Tags: proponent, facebook, green technology, site, heather clancy

Blog posts 2007-12-19

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Parallels Operating System Virtualization for HP Integrity Line

An announcement when out last week that Parallels and HP have chosen to collaborate and offer Parallels Virtuozzo Containers to HP Integrity server customers. The goal of this partnership is to help HP's customers make the most efficient use of the power of HP's Integrity line all the way up...

Tags: hp integrity, parallels virtuozzo, parallels virtuozzo containers, hewlett-packard co., operating system, hardware, os virtualization, virtual machine, virtual machine software, desktop virtualization, linux, microsoft windows, operating systems, software, dan kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-07-09

Giant rubber snakes to capture wave power?

Giant rubber snakes to capture wave power?I for oneI for one welcome our new giant rubber snake overlords.RE: Giant rubber snakes to capture wave power?I woke up one morning and my friend was hitting my forehead with a giant rubber snake...at least I think that's what it was.1 MW powers...

Tags: rubber snake, snake, giant rubber snake

Discussion threads 2008-07-06

Are vendors emphasizing the wrong approach to SOA reuse?

Reuse has been considered in many circles to be the tangible core value driver that propels SOA through the business suite. Large vendors swear by it. (Example -- IBM is a big proponent of the reuse paradigm for SOA.) Write once, use many times, right? However, not...

Tags: soa, business rule, service-oriented architecture (soa), web services, middleware, enterprise software, software, joe mckendrick

Blog posts 2008-06-03

Unixfication II

Unixfication IIUnixification II: The AwakeningSure, I think that some unixification is good for the sake of interoperability but I like having different OSs to rely on--call them niche or whatever but there is even a place for Windows...the only non-Unix OS left.I don't want just one open source OS, no...

Tags: unix, operating systems, open source, servers, unixfication ii, linux, opensolaris, kernel, sun solaris, sun microsystems inc.

Discussion threads 2008-05-08

Sugar on Windows looking inevitable

Now that Walter Bender has resigned from OLPC, Technology Review featured an article on the group's new president, Charles Kane. The article makes it very clear that OLPC, under the direction of Kane and Nicholas Negroponte, will definitely be seeking to deploy Windows on XOs and future products from...

Tags: one laptop per child project, nicholas negroponte, bender, microsoft windows, operating systems, software, christopher dawson

Blog posts 2008-05-04

Comcast's true speeds and the BitTorrent deal

So, I talked to former ZD technical director and editor at large George Ou last week. He's been looking at Comcast's claims for its DOCSIS 3.0 rollout in Minneapolis. I passed along Comcast's projections that the service would 50 Mbps downstream and 5 Mbps up. ...

Tags: bittorrent, network, comcast corp., mbps, internet service providers (isps), networking, internet, richard koman

Blog posts 2008-04-09

2009 Dodge Journey

Photo gallery:2009 Dodge Journey R/T AWDCrossover vehicles are all the rage. There is nary a midsize sedan on the market that isn't in line to be redesigned as a small wagon or SUV loaded with family-friendly options and sold as a minivan substitute. Into this fray comes the 2009...

Tags: mygig

Product reviews 2008-04-03

Globalization's roots in the boom 90s

Globalization's roots in the boom 90sJohn,If you think the first 70 pages are good, wait until you read the next 400 or so.I would differ on one thing though. I would say that rather than the ability of the American System to self correct, it is the fact that...

Tags: globalization, boom-90s, regulation, outsourcing

Discussion threads 2008-03-21

Globalization's roots in the boom 90s

I've always wanted to read Thomas L. Friedman's "The World is Flat," a book that describes the globalization forces that have shaped the first decade of the 21st century, and in Friedman's mind, constitutes version 3.0 of a globalization wave that will be more intense - and move faster - than...

Tags: outsource, telecommunications, worker, computer, fiber, thomas l. friedman, globalization, outsourcing, productivity, strategy, management, it operations, business operations, outsourcing & subcontracting, john carroll

Blog posts 2008-03-21

JuicyCampus, free speech, and personal responsibility

JuicyCampus, free speech, and personal responsibilityOn ending anonymity.When people write about ending anonymity, I always wonder how something like that could be accomplished. For example, how does any social site, forum, what-have-you actually _verify_ the information I give to them? Sure, they can log an IP address, but...

Tags: internet, workforce management, juicycampus, personal responsibility

Discussion threads 2008-03-20

No Government rules on packet throttling, blocking, colleague says on Capitol Hill

Colleague George Ou, who is not a proponent of most net neutrality regulations, stated his opinions before a Congressional staffer-panel on Network Management sponsored by iGrowthGlobal. That outfit, whose board is full of board members who have served in a similar capacity on...

Tags: network, wireless network, network management, networking, government, network administration, russell shaw

Blog posts 2008-03-03

'Give businesspeople a reason to care about SOA; give them BPM'

'Give businesspeople a reason to care about SOA; give them BPM'That's what I have been saying all alongI wrote a post in response to this article. I agree that BPM is key to SOA initiatives.http://blogs.ittoolbox.com/eai/madgreek/archives/without-bpm-soa-is-sol-22704Business people will never care about SOAIt shouldn't be any surprise that business folks get...

Tags: service-oriented architecture (soa), operational planning, business process automation, web services, enterprise software, middleware, strategy, soa, bpm, business process

Discussion threads 2008-02-25

Tempering the EC's antitrust enthusiasm

In response to Microsoft's interoperability announcements last week, the EC, a force that has been pushing Microsoft down the "open" road for quite some time, had the following to say in response: The European Commission takes note of today's announcement by Microsoft of its intention to commit to a...

Tags: microsoft windows media player, mozilla firefox, commission, antitrust, regulation, apple inc., microsoft internet explorer, microsoft corp., ec, corporate law, microsoft windows, security, business operations, operating systems, software, john carroll

Blog posts 2008-02-25

Endlessly extending copyright

The European Commissioner for Internal Market and Services, Charlie McCreevy, recently declared that copyright for performers be extended from 50 to 95 years. This was proposed, according McCreevy, to remedy a fundamental unfairness, wherein the composer the author of a song has rights that extend 70 years after his death, whereas...

Tags: incentive, financial, property, pension, financial incentive, intellectual property, benefits, sales force management, research & development, business operations, human resources, sales, john carroll

Blog posts 2008-02-15

New+majority+loses+nerve+on+net+neutrality

New+majority+loses+nerve+on+net+neutralityI think this should be handled through ICANNThey say.. if you try to impose restriction on websites that you do not host, we terminate your name associations and IP blocks.Problem solved.In its current form.. net neutraility does more harm than good. Any restrictions other than the ones blocking monopolies...

Tags: web site development, internet, net neutrality, web site, e-mail

Discussion threads 2008-02-13

Microsoft drops 11 patches, 6 critical

Microsoft drops 11 patches, 6 criticalConflicting TitleThe headline had me worried that Microsoft wasn't going to release the patches.Did these make it to SP1? Prolly not?Do we install these before or after SP1? And...are there 11 or 17 vulnerabilities...6 + 5 = 11....RE: Microsoft drops 11 patches, 6...

Tags: patches, patch management, microsoft corp., vulnerability

Discussion threads 2008-02-12

Microsoft Kool-Aid and the cloud

Microsoft Kool-Aid and the cloudNot Kool-Aid...Just common sense. My rep and I were talking about Cloud Computing. We both came to the assumption that clouds portend storms and rain. Hence, cloud computing would cause disruptions to the agile enterprise when answering the question where they want to go today. I...

Tags: tools & techniques, microsoft kool-aid, microsoft corp.

Discussion threads 2008-02-08

Standards, antitrust and Microsoft

Standards, antitrust and MicrosoftMS Documentation has been poor or incomplete"Microsoft provides all the information necessary for outside developers(! developers!! developers!!!) to make their products."Simply not true. Significant portions have not been documented, including APIs used by MS for some of their software products. Actually spawned a "Undocumented Win32" industry.Even when...

Tags: quality, corporate law, html, adobe pdf, microsoft corp., api, antitrust, ms documentation

Discussion threads 2008-02-06

Southern California Edison: Why not keep your options open?

I will be the first to admit that I am not a rocket scientist. But I like to think that makes me more like most of the people who read this blog than the people that I interview for this blog. Controversy, of course, makes for good...

Tags: utility, hydrogen, southern california edison, heather clancy

Blog posts 2008-01-30