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Starbucks Reduces Costs and Prepares for Growth With Server Upgrade: Starbucks Coffee Company is the leading roaster and retailer of specialty coffees in the world. In order to simplify its complex server environment, while still supporting its growth plans, Starbucks decided to implement a new domain structure and upgrade to Active Directory Domain Services in the 64-bit edition of Windows...; Tags: Auditing, Starbucks Corp., Server Upgrade, Server Upgrades, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Servers, Hardware, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software; Case studies 2008-03-17
Web Host Optimizes Security, Improves Performance With Server Upgrade: Hostbasket is a leader in the shared hosting industry in Belgium, serving more than 30,000 customers. To simplify its offerings while still meeting customers' technology needs, the company is upgrading to Windows Server 2008 Enterprise with Internet Information Services 7.0 - with plans to eliminate its Linux hosting solution. As...; Tags: Security, Web, Performance, Microsoft Corp., Server Upgrade, Hostbasket, Server Upgrades, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Performance Management, Linux, Internet, Microsoft Windows, Servers, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, Human Resources, Workforce Management; Case studies 2008-03-17
A Taste of a Server Upgrade Helps a Wine Distributor Tighten Its Growing Operation: Winebow wanted to maintain a consistent and security-enhanced infrastructure of desktop computers across multiple sites. Although it already used Microsoft Windows Server Update Services for patch management, Winebow wanted to add another layer of security to prevent its staff from facing potential computer compatibility issues, printer support needs, virus outbreaks,...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Server, Wine, Server Upgrade, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware; Case studies 2008-03-12
Marketing Services Firm Introduces Sleek SOA With Server Upgrade: National Marketing Resources, a 450-employee firm based in Kearney, Missouri, provides sales and consulting services for entrepreneurs and small businesses in real estate investment and e-commerce. NMR needed a reliable, security-enhanced, and easily managed Web and application platform for LINKS. This platform would simultaneously provide TCP-bound connections for internal rich...; Tags: Marketing, Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft SQL Server, SOA, Microsoft Corp., Server Upgrade, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows, Real Estate, Server Upgrades, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Business Operations, Hardware; Case studies 2008-03-06
Recruiting Firm Boosts Productivity and Cuts Support Costs With Quick Server Upgrade: Principal Asset is a national recruiting firm that places professionals in accounting, financial services, payroll, human resources, and IT. Local recruiters and researchers typically work in the office one to two days a week, and remotely from home for the rest of the week. Regional staff members work via remote...; Tags: Recruiting, Server Upgrade, Principal Asset, Server Upgrades, Recruitment & Selection, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Servers, Hardware, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software; Case studies 2008-03-06

School District Simplifies Remote Application Access With Server Upgrade: The Manteca Unified School District strives to provide excellent educational opportunities to a diverse student constituency. An enthusiastic adopter of technology to help meet its educational objectives, the district is upgrading its server computer operating system to Windows Server 2008 to take advantage of better remote application access for students,...; Tags: District, Microsoft Access, Server Upgrade, School District, Manteca Unified School District, Server Upgrades, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows, Servers, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software; Case studies 2008-01-01
New York's Chautauqua County Saves 60 Percent by Avoiding Proprietary Server Upgrade and Accelerates New Application Deployment by 99.7 Percent: Chautauqua County is well-known for its natural beauty and rich farmland. Chautauqua County needed to migrate its law enforcement Records Management System RMS to cost-effective servers that could deliver the performance and reliability required for those vital functions. The county also needed a way to address a rising number of...; Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Server Upgrade, Chautauqua County, Records Management, Servers, Managerial Accounting, Hardware, Finance; Case studies 2007-12-01
Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition 10.1.3.2 on AIX Server Upgrade Guide: The goal of this paper is to explain all different steps mandatory to success Oracle Business Application Upgrade from Siebel Analytics 7.8.5.1 to Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition OBI EE 10.1.3.2 on IBM AIX 5.3 server (IBM p520 machine). The paper provides step by step guide through upgrade process to...; Tags: Oracle Corp., Oracle Business Intelligence Enterprise Edition, IBM AIX, Oracle Business Intelligence, Server Upgrade, IBM Corp., Server Upgrades, UNIX, Operating Systems, Servers, Hardware, Software; White papers 2007-07-16
City of Stratford Brings Down the Curtain on Its Legacy System With Server Upgrade: Every summer, the City of Stratford in southern Ontario plays host to hundreds of thousands of visitors eager to take in live productions at the world-renowned Stratford Shakespearean Festival. Success as a cultural destination notwithstanding, the municipality itself has a mandate to save taxpayers money by operating as efficiently as...; Tags: Legacy System, Microsoft Corp., Server Upgrade, Microsoft Windows, Server Upgrades, Microsoft Windows NT, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, E-mail Servers, Hardware Upgrade, Directory Services, Servers, Strategy, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Management; Case studies

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Dell opts for performance with R5400 data center-hosted desktop: Dell unveiled its data center-hosted desktop product line on Tuesday. Unlike rivals Hewlett-Packard and IBM, Dell didn't build its solution on blade servers but instead opted for a high performance system using a 2U box called the Dell Precision R5400 Rack Workstation. "By not putting the solution...; Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Performance, R5400, Workstations, Desktops, Servers, Hardware, Jason Hiner; Blog posts 2008-07-24
Microsoft buys DATAllegro: Microsoft on Thursday said that it will acquire DATAllegro, which makes data warehouse appliances. The purchase is expected to "extend the capabilities of Microsoft's mission critical platform," according to a statement. DATAllegro will ride shotgun with other software to manage data and give the software giant one...; Tags: Data Warehouse, Server, Microsoft Corp., DATAllegro, Business Intelligence, Storage, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Hardware, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-07-24
Sony Reader PRS-505 gets a major firmware upgrade: My Sony Reader is an excellent piece of hardware that I thoroughly enjoy using during my daily commute. I skipped the Amazon Kindle and bought the Sony Reader and have not been one bit sorry about this purchase I made last fall. I just saw on my favorite eBook site,...; Tags: Sony Corp., Firmware, Sony Reader, Firmware Upgrade, Sony Reader PRS-505, E-books, Personal Technology, Matthew Miller; Blog posts 2008-07-24
2016: "You're watching the Linux Channel.": July 24th, 2016. Josef Konsumer, a home-based employee and portfolio manager for ICBC/CiticorpChase, a Chinese-owned multinational investment bank, wakes up to hear his alarm clock go off at 8am, and gets out of bed, his 47-year old body aching from an aggressive personal trainer session from the...; Tags: PC, Linux, Desktops, Microsoft Windows, Data Centers, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Hardware, Storage, Data Management, Jason Perlow; Blog posts 2008-07-24
News to know: DNS flaw; Amazon; Microsoft shakeup; Facebook: Notable headlines: Ryan Naraine: Researchers borrow from Google PageRank for network defense service Attack code published for DNS flaw Nate McFeters: |)ruid and HD Moore release part 2 of DNS exploit 'Spam King' escapes from federal prison iPhone vulnerable to phishing,...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Facebook, DNS, Amazon.com Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Xbox, Flaw, Game Players, Domain Names, Networking, Security, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Internet, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-07-24
Parallels releases Parallels Server for Mac: I almost missed Parallels' announcement of Parallels Server for Mac. I didn't speak with company representatives. All I saw was a press release. It was nearly lost in a huge pile of other mail in my inbox. Although there are several virtual machine software products that support...; Tags: Apple Macintosh, Operating System, Virtual Machine, Parallels Server, Parallels Management Console, Toolset, Desktops, Apple Mac OS, Desktop Virtualization, Operating Systems, Servers, Hardware, Software, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-07-24
|)ruid and HD Moore release part 2 of DNS exploit: [Updated 07/24/2008: Gallery images of diffs of code revisions has been included and will be updated as things change, see here.] Earlier today, noted researchers |)ruid and HD Moore released exploit code for the Metasploit tool for attacking the DNS flaw that was originally reported by Dan...; Tags: DNS, Domain, Server, Entry, Exploit, NS, NS Record, Domain Names, Networking, Internet, Nathan McFeters; Blog posts 2008-07-23
Entellium puts a video game spin on CRM with a desktop RIA: Entellium puts a video game spin on CRM with a desktop RIAGreat news!Back in the day, practical folks used to talk well about Volvos. They said that Volvos were safe, reliable, family cars. There were however not many takers. People instead swooned over sexier, more stylish cars. This is precisely...; Tags: Web browsers, Microsoft Windows, Java development tools, Desktops, video game, video, game, CRM, Web browser, iTunes client, Entellium, Apple iTunes, Sun Java Studio Creator, desktop, rich Internet application; Discussion threads 2008-07-23
Attack code published for DNS flaw: The urgency to patch Dan Kaminsky's DNS cache poisoning vulnerability just went up a few notches. Exploit code for the flaw, which allows the insertion of malicious DNS records into the cache of the target nameserver, has been added to Metasploit, a freely distributed attack/pen-testing tool....; Tags: Ryan Naraine; Blog posts 2008-07-23
Intuit cut 575 jobs - is this "user generated unemployment?": Intuit cut 575 jobs - is this "user generated unemployment?"Works for open source.Why shouldn't replacement of paid employees by volunteers work for other computer-related occupations as well?The key here is NOT volunteers...it's "doing a better job."Plus, Quickbooks' basic accounting has gone about as far as it can go. There is...; Tags: Linux, Recruitment & Selection, Intuit Inc., job; Discussion threads 2008-07-23
MindTouch Deki: Kilen Woods release: Today, MindTouch Deki announces Kilen Woods, its latest and biggest release. In conversation with co-founder Aaron Fulkerson I learned that Deki is rapidly transforming itself from being a smart wiki into what Fulkerson calls the 'connecting tissue' between applications. Others might call it mashup environment, still others a means of...; Tags: Microsoft Corp., Mashup, Aaron Fulkerson, Management Option, Wiki, Collaboration, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Databases, Online Communications, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Dennis Howlett; Blog posts 2008-07-23