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External controller-based storage up 59% in q1 2006 in India: External controller-based storage up 59% in Q1 2006 in IndiaI wonder what George Allen would say to that...You know, the guy who is in full support of offshoring, while whining the US is losing its superiority... (um, duh?) And he's the same politician who's thrown a choice racial...; Tags: Outsourcing, Q1 2006, storage; Discussion threads 2006-08-29
$116.5 mln worth of external disk storage sold in China in q1 2006: $116.5 mln worth of external disk storage sold in China in Q1 2006You can store a lot of illegal MP3s, software, movies, and porn on that.Go get 'em, RIAA, MPAA, BSA, TMSAFUTS*! :ROTFL:TMSAFUTS = Too Many Stupid Acronyms For Us To Swallow; Tags: Q1 2006, disk storage, disk, storage; Discussion threads 2006-07-27
US economy up 5.6ò0in q1 2006: US economy up 5.6ò0in Q1 2006Why does the lack of real detail concern me?Just a few empty numbers and then talk of increased gasoline costs.Surely there's more to the demographics and detail than just one puny paragraph?Not that I'm being cynical, but I haven't seen any reversals in the offshoring...; Tags: Outsourcing, Q1 2006; Discussion threads 2006-07-01
Application acceleration generated $344 mln in q1 2006: Application acceleration generated $344 mln in Q1 2006boost pplications by 4000% or MOOOOOREhow about a RamSan from Texas Memory System?These Solid State Disks make the REAL difference to improve application performance in regards to I/Os.Cached RAID DASD look just like lame ducks.; Tags: Q1 2006; Discussion threads 2006-06-26
10 mln Chinese bought DSL subscriptions in Q1 2005 - q1 2006: 10 mln Chinese bought DSL subscriptions in Q1 2005 - Q1 2006No doubtAt 50 cents a month, I would buy it too!Any numbers on cable?How do they compare? Is cable adding as many too?Are the costs adjusted to the country's cost of living?Or are they getting a great deal while...; Tags: Vertical industries, Network technology, Q1 2006, government, Q1 2005, DSL; Discussion threads 2006-06-26

Data storage systems up 10.3% in q1 2006: Data storage systems up 10.3% in Q1 20064000% faster using Storage from Texas Memory SystemsThe superior performance of the TMS systems over all existing SSDs and other disk subsystems blows the competition simply away. Do no longer invest ‘good money’ in “low” performance IT DASD equipment. Go with SSDs.How...; Tags: Storage management, Performance management, Data Storage System, Q1 2006, SSD, data storage; Discussion threads 2006-06-02
Server blade market revenues up 43.4ò0in q1 2006: Server blade market revenues up 43.4ò0in Q1 2006SSDs outperform bladesold cached RAIDThe next big thing IT ought to invest are SSDs e.g. TopBrand RamSan from Texas Memory Systems. 8GB to Tera-Bytes configurations. That's music: RamSan can handle e.g. - Over 3.2 million random I/O requests per second.- Over 24 GB/second...; Tags: Blade servers, Utility computing, Servers, server, blade, SSD, Q1 2006, blade server; Discussion threads 2006-05-30
US PC market up 5.3ò0in q1 2006: US PC market up 5.3ò0in Q1 2006How many are servers and how many are workstations?And Dell's numbers are sad. Their equipment is not very high quality... support far worse...; Tags: Desktops, Q1 2006, PC Market, PC; Discussion threads 2006-04-22
q1 2006 mobile phone sales likely to exceed Q1 2005 sales by 20%: Preliminary data indicates Q1 2006 sales of mobile phones will be up 20% or more over Q1 2005 as the Chinese new year becomes more significant and Christmas campaigns in many other markets are extended, Gartner said. In Q4 2005, the mobile phone market remained strong with sales exceeding 235...; Tags: mobile phone, mobile, Gartner Inc.; Blog posts 2006-02-28
IC average selling price to grow in q1 2006: The average selling price ASP for ICs is expected to resume growth in Q1 2006, following a 15% decline since January of 2005, according to Advanced Forecasting.; Tags: Q1 2006; Blog posts 2005-12-26
LCD monitor prices to fall 2-3% in q1 2006: Average selling prices for LCD monitors are expected to drop 2-3% in Q1 2006, DigiTimes reports.; Tags: Q1 2006; Blog posts 2005-12-07
Global PBX/KTS sales down 12% in Q1 2005: Worldwide PBX/KTS revenue dropped 12% to $1.5 bln between Q4 2004 and Q1 2005, but is 2% higher than a year ago, says Infonetics Research. The number of PBX/KTS lines shipped worldwide decreased to 6.3 mln in Q1 2005, 15% lower than in Q4 2004. The market will bounce back...; Tags: Q1 2005, revenue, system revenue; Blog posts 2005-06-19

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Web 2.0 and the end of advertising: The idea that software on the Web is going to be largely funded by advertising is just so wrong-headed, I hardly know where to start. It had me spluttering in the latest BriefingsDirect Insights analyst podcast hosted by Dana Gardner â€” more on that in a moment. Let's move on...; Tags: Software, Web, Web 2.0, Advertisement, Phil Wainewright; Blog posts 2008-05-16
News to know: XP meets XO; Yahoo; Facebook; Verdiem; DIY phishing: Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: It's finally official: XP is coming to the XO. Christopher Dawson: Sugar-free Windows, as predicted Microsoft cuts backup from Windows Home Server PowerPack Larry Dignan: Icahn launches Yahoo proxy fight; Mark Cuban's return?...; Tags: Facebook, Larry Dignan, Microsoft Windows XP, Yahoo! Inc., Privacy, TechMeme, Icahn, Phishing, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Cyberthreats, Spam, Security, Viruses And Worms, Spam And Phishing, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software; Blog posts 2008-05-16
OS security scorecard for Q1 08 - Do patch numbers mean anything to anyone?: Jeff Jones, director of security strategy for Microsoft, has published two papers this week which look at OS vulnerabilities. According to Jones, Windows sees fewer patches than any of the other operating systems looked at. If you're in the mood for a read, here are the papers:...; Tags: Security, Operating System, Patch Management, Patches, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes; Blog posts 2008-05-15
Icahn launches Yahoo proxy fight; Mark Cuban's return?: As expected, billionaire Carl Icahn launched his proxy war to turn over Yahoo's board of directors and one of his nominees is Mark Cuban, who sold Broadcast.com to Yahoo and then took those funds to buy the Dallas Mavericks. Just for entertainment value I may buy a...; Tags: Shareholder, Board, Yahoo! Inc., Chairman, Mr., Mark Cuban, Microsoft Corp., Carl Icahn, Director, Yahoo Shareholder, Bebchuk, Corporate Governance, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-05-15
With the Quickness: HD Moore sets new land speed record with exploitation of Debian/Ubuntu OpenSSL flaw: So, for those who haven't heard, a Debian packager modified the source used for OpenSSL on Debian based systems Debian and the whole of the Ubuntu family to remove the seed used for PRNG Pseudo Random Number Generator used when creating SSL keys.Â Well, HD Moore set a new record...; Tags: OpenSSL, SSH, Debian, Key, Flaw, HD, ID, Ssl/Tls, Operating Systems, Open Source, Security, Software, Nathan McFeters; Blog posts 2008-05-14
Dell: We're greener than HP: Dell said Wednesday that it is designing its laptops and desktops to consume up to 25 percent less energy by 2010 compared to today. Welcome to the latest in the "we're greener than you" game where green technology intersects with marketing-speak. Green IT is fashionable, but increasingly...; Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Power Management, Hewlett-Packard Co., Green Technology, Desktops, Hardware, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-05-14
MySpace's big spam win: Will it really be a deterrent?: MySpace won statutory damages of more than $230 million against spammers Stanford Wallace and Walter Rines, but the big question is whether this ruling--delivered in the Federal District Court in Los Angeles--will act as a deterrent. To be sure, MySpace's win see court order PDF has some...; Tags: MySpace, Stanford Wallace, User Engagement, Cyberthreats, Spam, Phishing, Viruses And Worms, Security, Spam And Phishing, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-05-14
Microsoft: Office '08 sales skyrocket, SP1 released, VBA coming back to Mac: Microsoft: Office '08 sales skyrocket, SP1 released, VBA coming back to MacBut those are just sales. We all know everyone is......downgrading to Office 2004.Sorry, couldn't resist.Are you sure you linked to the correct article?The one I was taken to was dated January 11, 2006 9:58 AM PSTAdds to the growing...; Tags: Sales strategy, Scripting languages, Microsoft Office, Microsoft VBA, SP1, Microsoft Corp., sales, Apple Macintosh; Discussion threads 2008-05-13