reductive

ZDNet Resources

• sort by:
• Relevance
• Date
• Popularity

Reductive to service Puppet open source configman tools

Key founders of Puppet have incorporated and received $2 million in venture capital funding to advance the open source configuration management software project. Reductive Labs,  which has evolved from the same named consulting firm founded in 2003, will provide training, service and support for Puppet, the next...

Tags: Open Source, Configuration Management, Tool, Reductive, Puppet 0.25, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2009-06-24

Additional Resources

News to know: Vizio; Apple-Psystar; Buffett; Facebook status; Palm Pre; AT&T

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Sean Portnoy: Vizio spills the beans on its Internet TV plans Sam Diaz: Court allows Apple-Psystar case to resume...

Tags: Steve Jobs, Facebook, Hewlett-Packard Co., Palm Inc., AT&T Corp., Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Sam Diaz, Data Centers, Software As A Service (SaaS), Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Microsoft Windows, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Emerging Technologies, Security, Operating Systems, Software

Blog posts 2009-06-25

iPhone OS 3.0 - What's new ...

iPhone OS 3.0 - What's new ...Every silver lining has a cloudeh, Adrian?Nothing new or inspirational in your blog. That's surprising (NOT!) NTNTAn honest assesment! Being a non "Apple worshiping" consumer, it is nice to read about these items from someone other then an ABMer, or Apple enthusiast, where I...

Tags: Blogging, Apple iPhone

Discussion threads 2009-03-17

If at first you don't succeed...

If at first you don't succeed...The killer feature.I don't know whether the iPhone or iTouch has this, but I think a killer feature is this. It has to be easy and automatic.1) The player has an Amazon MP3 purchase app optimized for the player. After signing up, you...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Digital rights management (DRM), Wi-Fi, MP3, Dell Computer Corp., Apple iPod, music

Discussion threads 2008-07-30

Mac Clones and Psystar

Mac Clones and PsystarOpen ArchitectureMany of the issues with Windows are actually extend from open architecture. The solution isn't to replace one monoculture with another. Nor is the solution the continued service of the feudal tech economy that Microsoft has given us. The computer is now more code than silicon...

Tags: Operating systems, Semiconductors, UNIX, Psystar, Apple Inc., tech economy

Discussion threads 2008-04-20

Vista Capable vs. XP Ready: Microsoft's semantic choices make a big difference

Vista Capable vs. XP Ready: Microsoft's semantic choices make a big differenceAu contraire!Microsoft are at fault not Acer. It may be stupid of Acer to install FAT32 on the drives but doing so meets the specifications laid down by Microsoft. Thus Acer were entitled to put that sticker on the...

Tags: Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Vista, Acer Inc., sticker, FAT32, Microsoft Corp., NTFS

Discussion threads 2007-02-15

The Vista question is about want, not need

The Vista question is about want, not needBut it all depends.....I agree with you in principle but if you want to make an informed purchase and get to really know what is under the hood of Vista and if it has the compelling something that makes the upgrade worthwhile how...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Tablets, Vista Question, Microsoft Windows Vista, tablet, Foldera

Discussion threads 2007-01-26

One voice or many?

One voice or many?He does have a point, about politics.Putting a blogger on the bus to record his experiences verbatim probably would not have much impact politically.Leaving aside all questions of objectivity, the factors which influence votes probably do not include entries on a blog read by comparatively few people,...

Tags: Blogging, persuasion

Discussion threads 2006-07-03