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- Case Study: Improve Network Security, Cut Carbon Emissions
- The John Lewis Partnership was founded in London 143 years ago. The company, which operates John Lewis department stores and Waitrose supermarkets, had consolidated its diverse IT infrastructure over several years, which included installing Windows Server® 2003. It wanted to take the next step to improve its network operations. In...
- Tags: Network, Microsoft Windows Server, Network Security, Remote Site, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Servers, Security, Networking, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware
- White papers 2008-06-04
- Accelerating the Next Phase of Virtualization
- How do you make virtualization a reality for your enterprise without your users taking a performance hit? Start by downloading this white paper from Riverbed. Wide-area data services WDS is a class of technology that has rapidly been adopted across enterprises in order to deal with the challenges of bandwidth...
- Tags: Riverbed Technology Inc., Remote Site, Wide-area Data Services, Virtualization, Server Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Servers, Storage
- White papers 2008-04-21
- Expand Networks Implements a WAFS Solution With SAP and Oracle Acceleration Across 50 of CAT Group's Remote Sites
- Of late, CAT Group recognized the need to completely renew its 5-year-old servers in its remote offices. CAT Group looked at two different technical solutions in order to achieve this. One option was to buy new local file servers for the remote European subsidiaries, and the second, was to consolidate...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., SAP AG, Expand Networks Inc., Remote Site, File Servers, Data Centers, WANs, Servers, Enterprise Software, Software, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Networking
- Case studies 2008-04-01
- Shipcom Uses IBM WebSphere Application Server to Bring the Benefits of a Full Enterprise Solution to Oil and Gas Rigs and Other Remote Sites
- At the "Edge of the enterprise" such as on oil and gas rig platforms, access and visibility are needed to an entire ERP system to ensure, for example, on demand delivery of critical supplies to keep production flowing without interruption. But the screens need to be viewed and acted upon...
- Tags: IBM WebSphere, Application Server, Benefit, ERP System, Server, Remote Site, IBM WebSphere Application Server, IBM Corp., Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Application Servers, Enterprise Software, Middleware, Software
- Case studies 2008-03-01
- Expand Recruited to Put the Spring Back Into Application Performance
- In a bid to improve productivity and in order to support the future growth of the company, Spring Group made the transition to web-based applications. However, this introduced a new set of challenges to its network. As its business critical applications moved further away from its users, WAN connectivity to...
- Tags: Performance, Expand Networks Inc., Remote Site
- Case studies 2007-09-21
- Riverbed Steelhead Appliances Solve Remote Site IT Problems for Large Construction Firm Across Its Global Enterprise
- Lagan Construction, part of the Lagan group of companies, is a leading international construction and building business specialising in the delivery of infrastructure, capital and maintenance solutions throughout Ireland, mainland UK, Isle of Man, Europe, the Caribbean and Asia Pacific. At Lagan Construction, the nature of the business requires setting...
- Tags: Riverbed Technology Inc., Remote Site
- Case studies 2006-05-13
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- Facebook Connect goes live; Tell your favorite Web site
- The curtain has been officially raised on Facebook Connect, a feature that links partner Web sites with the profiles of Facebook members.Techmeme Everyday, Facebook looks more and more like a platform instead of just another social networking site. Now, using Facebook Connect, members can share information about...
- Tags: Web, Facebook, Web Site, Curtain, Web Site Development, Social Networking, Web Technology, Internet, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-12-04
- CRM 2009 Forecast - Part 2 - Sticking My Hands Out To Be Slapped
- Last week at this time I was throwing my neck out there forecasting some of CRM's moves in 2009 - and no one chopped it off, thank goodness. So, now, in the same spirit, I'm going to do part 2 of three and stick my hands out to be slapped...
- Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Software-as-a-service, PaaS, CRM, Advertising & Promotion, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Software As A Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Emerging Technologies, Paul Greenberg
- Blog posts 2008-12-04
- Study: Google uses 21X more bandwidth than it pays for
- Google is by far the largest user of Internet bandwidth, its share of bandwidth usage is rising rapidly, and its bandwidth use is orders of magnitude greater than its payment for its cost, according to a new study by NETCompetition.org, a site committed to Net Neutrality "pro-competition Internet forum funded...
- Tags: Consumer, U.S., Google Inc., Bandwidth, Study, Broadband, Precursor LLC, Internet, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2008-12-04
- Information Agenda: A strategy shift from applications to information
- Stuck between business challenges on the one hand, and information management systems on the other hand which simply limit your ability to respond. IBM's Tom Inman wants an easy way to spread your information across the board. Commentary--As the CIO of a flourishing business, you are happy to report...
- Tags: Information Management, Business, Information, Information Agenda, IL&P, Competency Center, Strategy, Management, customer relations, IBM, application agenda, IT, Tom Inman IBM, Special to ZDNet, Tom Inman IBM Information Management division, Special to ZDNet
- News items 2008-12-04
- Can the Internet drive a health care consensus?
- The Internet, specifically a Web site called change.gov, is the tool with which the Obama Administration hopes to drive the health care debate, from the bottom up. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Health Care, Administration, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Internet, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Dana Blankenhorn
- Blog posts 2008-12-04
- First cell towers, now solar panels? Expect squawking over "appropriate" sites
- Last year, there was a major fight in my modest-sized north New Jersey town over whether or not there should be a cellular tower built up at the high school. Are we destined to start hearing the same sort of flack about solar panels? Over the past...
- Tags: Solar Panel, Southern California Edison, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-12-04
- 588 Kleiner Perkins iFund developers accidentally leaked to Web
- A MySQL file containing contact information, founder bios, business plans, demos and financial information for 588 applicants to Kleiner Perkins's iFund – a $100 million fund to invest in startups building applications for the iPhone – was accidentally posted to the Web and indexed by Google. Kleiner...
- Tags: Developer, Web, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Fruux, BIOS, Open Source, Databases, Financial Accounting, Hardware, Components, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Finance, Jason D. O\'Grady
- Blog posts 2008-12-04
- IBM launches first Linux-OpenOffice desktop with virtualization features
- IBM has added a Linux desktop with new virtualization capabilities to its portfolio. The Virtual Desktop, which bundles Canonical's Ubuntu Linux, Virtual Bridges' KVM-based desktop virtualization software and IBM's Open Collaboration Client Solution, is available now, Big Blue announced on Thursday. None of the...
- Tags: IBM Corp., Virtual Bridges, IBM Lotus Symphony, Linux, Virtualization, Desktops, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2008-12-04
- JavaFX Q&A
- To learn more about the technical aspects of today's launch of JavaFX including its support in NetBeans and Eclipse I spoke in depth with Eric Klein, VP of Java Marketing at Sun, and Octavian Tanase, Senior Director of the Java Platform Group. For a more business oriented perspective see the...
- Tags: Developer, Application, Mobile, Ed, Eric, FX, JavaFX Script, Q., FX Common, Flex, Programming Languages, Java, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Ed Burnette
- Blog posts 2008-12-04
- Asking a paranoid question
- Recent advances in the computing side of remote sensing mean that it's now possible to bounce a beam off someone's nose from 400 feet away and reliably determine whether his face has been unprotected near gunfire in the last month or so - and the implications these developments have for...
- Tags: Induction, Aerospace & Defense, Hacking, Scanners, Handhelds, Security, Manufacturing, Hardware, Peripherals, Paul Murphy
- Blog posts 2008-12-04
- Holiday Gift Guide 2008: High-end home theater setups
- Economy be damned, you want to upgrade your home theater—and do it right—for the holidays (and/or in anticipation of the Super Bowl). If you have the means to spend more than two grand on a set and the hundreds and hundreds more to round out your setup with primo components,...
- Tags: Plasma, Home Theater, Home Entertainment, Consumer Electronics, Tv & Home Theater, Personal Technology, Sean Portnoy
- Blog posts 2008-12-03
- White paper: Green IT is not just about power consumption
- Did you know that moving from a three-year PC lifecycle to a four-year one could save about $325 per PC? Or that the number could hit $500 per PC, if you extend that lifespan by just another year? Now, multiple that by 1,000 computers. Or 10,000. That's...
- Tags: Asset, Information Technology, Green IT, Power Consumption, Asset Management, Strategy, Operational Planning, Business Operations, Management, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-12-03
- Save water, save energy, save money, save manpower
- Click to see full image. Remotely directed irrigation controller. Courtesy HydroPoint. Moving water around uses a lot of energy in the United States and many other agricultural nations. A Petaluma, California, firm is selling digital control systems that can save both water and...
- Tags: Courtesy HydroPoint, Weathertrak, Paul Ciandrini, Caindrini, Roi/Tco, Cellular Phones, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2008-12-03
- Almost every Windows PC contains at least one insecure program
- Almost every Windows PC contains at least one insecure programI Think Obviously Not Windows-OnlyWell, I hope it was a case of the surveyors or researchers appropriately delimiting their sample. As to the ZDNet headline writers, perhaps, here, we meet our Dr. Pavlov.I was facilitating a skype roll-out at the office...
- Tags: Operating systems, PC, insecure program, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Windows PC
- Discussion threads 2008-12-03
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