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VMWare 1, server vendors 0

VMWare 1, server vendors 0How about server vendors .01 ??VMs may live on storage but they RUN on servers .... Granted servers will never sell in the quantity they used to. VMWare simply changes the equation from lots of little cheap commodity servers to big, robust, Highly-Available servers....

Tags: Servers, Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, home market, VMware Inc., server, server vendor, Linux, Sun Microsystems Inc.

Discussion threads 2007-01-23

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HP vs. Dell: Showdown at the Windows 7 upgrade corral

Well, the great thing is all the competition. I like to see Acer squeezing them both from below, and of course competing with each other. Of course also great to see all the pressure on MS to innovate and lower prices.Google Chrome_OS will be hard to beatWell, with Google_Chrome_OS it...

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Hewlett-Packard Co., Dell Computer Corp., Microsoft Corp., Windows 8, Microsoft Windows, XPS, Microsoft Windows 7

Discussion threads 2009-11-24

Apple's latest TV ads defend AT&T

Defending the bottom lineThe iPhone is AT&T's highest-profile 3G device. Period. And Verizon's attack ads on AT&T's 3G service coverage may be about as devastating as it gets. After all, haven't we seen quite a number of iPhone users on ZDNet complaining about the poor 3G service...

Tags: Smart phones, advertisement, TV, Apple iPhone, AT&T Corp., Apple Inc., iPhone User, Verizon Communications Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-23

APS Accounting & Stock Control 4.0.0.6 (Windows)

APS combines multi currency client/server multilingual accounting software and stock control with Point of Sale features and deferent types of transactions such as Cost Centers, Journal Entries, Receipt & Payment Vouchers, Printing customized cheques and wide range of reports and a complete Stock Control features such as item production, Item...

Tags: Accounting, Point-of-sale, Advanced Programs Inc., Microsoft Windows, Printing, Document Management, Operational Accounting, Financial Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting

Software downloads 2009-11-19

Disks: why size means performance

OK, Smarty pants...How do I use only the outer-most sectors of my 500GB disk?Performance != reliabilitySeagate has progressively gotten worse with reliability - that's why they cut the 5-year warranty back down to 3 years. Western Digital has made great strides with reliability though. WD isn't focussing on...

Tags: Serial ATA, SSD, SAS Institute, SAS Drives, performance, disk

Discussion threads 2009-11-18

Blue Paws Internet Share Remote Control and Server 1.3 (Windows)

This software allows you to share your 3G Rocket Stick with other computers. For home or mobile office or places without high-speed Internet. Simply set up a hot spot anywhere, camping, Rving, picnics, or at home. Simply install it on one computer, and it turns any PC into a fully...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Computer, Picawho, Server Program, 3G, Productivity, Internet, Servers, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-11-16

Microsoft whittles away at Oslo; now plans to fold it into SQL Server

Let's wait for PDC09 firstOk, it's a fact that the Oslo umbrella has little left of the glory it once had. On the other hand, the original plan would never have yielded a stable, full-featured product or a set of products in v1. If the new direction results in shipping...

Tags: Databases, Enterprise software, Servers, OK IT, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft SQL Server, server

Discussion threads 2009-11-10

TR Dojo: Five reasons why Windows 7 XP Mode will encourage upgrades

In all honesty though . . .In all honesty though - I'm not seeing anything that runs in XP but won't run in Vista/7. The only things that had issues where antiviruses and firewalls - but all of those offered upgrades eventually.It's the UI now more than anything elseI've been...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Windows7, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Vista, Win7, XP Mode, Win 7

Discussion threads 2009-11-10

Mac OS X mega patch covers 58 security vulnerabilities

Yikes, that sounds bad[i]The majority of the flaws could allow a remote attacker to gain complete control of an unpatched system, meaning that this update carries an "extremely critical rating."[/i]Makes me glad I run an alternate OS.473MB?!?!?!How do dial up users get this update?There is a potential positive spin on...

Tags: Patches, Desktops, Apple Mac OS, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Macintosh, patch management, Apple Inc., exploit, security

Discussion threads 2009-11-09

Microsoft 'builds a branch to Java developers" with Teamprise buy

what I don't get it is...why would anybody using Eclipse would want Visual studio too.Eclipse is not...... the only IDE in existence. And Java is not the only language in existence. Some compagnies uses several technologies. I saw Linux and windows servers running side by side and operating in a...

Tags: Java development tools, OPEN SOURCE, Programming languages, UNIX, Operating systems, Eclipse, compagny, Java, Microsoft Corp., Linux, Java developer

Discussion threads 2009-11-09

Adobe Shockwave haunted by critical security holes

> Adobe Shockwave haunted by critical security holesShould Adobe rename parts of their software suite not only this one as Shockware? ;-) The simple justification is that it was shocking to the vendor.On one of my machines with all security software up to date and running in the background, visiting...

Tags: Viruses and worms, Adobe Systems Inc., Adobe Shockwave, security

Discussion threads 2009-11-03

Yes, based on Mac history, Windows 7.5 will suck less

Ummmm..."Windows 1: Shipped in 1985 and nobody cared.Windows 2: Shipped in 1987 and few cared.Windows 3: Came out in 1990 and PC users cared, especially with Windows 3.1 in 1992 (And I include here the introduction of Windows NT, which I believe was given a 3.x number.)Windows 4: Windows 95....

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows 7, Desktops, Microsoft Windows, Windows 7.5, Mac history, Apple Macintosh

Discussion threads 2009-11-01

Friday Challenge: What can your OS do that mine can't?

My OS can break 5% global desktop market share!Sorry Mac and Linux! :PBetter/Larger Hardware/Software SelectionMy operating system Windows has a better and larger library of available applications, and a larger ecosystem of supported hardware.Why do you insist in behaving as an idiot?Hope what they're paying you is enough to compensate...

Tags: Operating systems, MSF, OS Installed, operating system, Ubuntu, Linux, software

Discussion threads 2009-10-30

Android 2.0 (Eclair) FAQ

Android 2.0 GPSWill the GPS be functional if I don't buy the expensive Verizon data plan or pay by the Mb.You would need access to the internetto download the maps as needed there would not be enough room on the phone to store the whole country locally. So unless you...

Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Android 2.0, phone, ECLAIR

Discussion threads 2009-10-30

GreatNMS 1.03 (Windows)

Hierarchical maps: complete end-to-end network view and inventory. Autodisc.24 x 7 performance and availability monitoring at multiple levels: network/map/submap/device/interface. Scalable to virtually unlimited number of network nodes still GreatNMS server can be simple WinXP or Vista PC. Auto-discovery (via SNMP, TCP/IP and Microsoft Domains). Graphical links representation and link status...

Tags: Monitoring, Server, Microsoft Windows, GUI, Microsoft Corp., SNMP, GreatNMS, Alarms, Network Administration, Telnet, Networking

Software downloads 2009-10-30

SolarWinds TFTP Server 10.4 (Windows)

SolarWinds free TFTP Server is a multi-threaded TFTP server commonly used to upload and download executable images and back up configurations for routers and switches. TFTP Server is the most robust, widely-trusted, and easy-to-use free TFTP solution available. Upgrade IOS images and firmware on your network devices. Back up configuration...

Tags: TFTP Server, Server, Microsoft Windows, Network Device, SolarWinds, Networking

Software downloads 2009-10-28

ZFS on Snow Leopard? Forget about it!

Isn't it funny how the Apple crowd ........ attacked Microsoft when WinFS was pulled from Vista but appear to be totally absent on this story? I can't wait to see how they alibi Apple for this move.They'll defend it based upon licensingbut all that will prove is Apple was...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, ZFS, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., WinFS

Discussion threads 2009-10-27

Amazon launches relational database service: Think MySQL in the cloud

Three reasons this is a bad paradigm...Security, security and...let's see, what was that other thing...oh yeah, security. The comment "enterprise customers are likely to take their time moving sensitive data into Amazon?s RDS effort" should be nominated for the understatement of the year award. What's more likely is...

Tags: Databases, Web servers, Storage, Web site development, RDBMS, Amazon.com Inc., sensitive data, database, MySQL

Discussion threads 2009-10-27

So about this SIF thing

The Systems Interoperability Framework SIF is something that people in ed tech talk a lot about and yet few understand its potential, its implications, and its hurdles. It just happens to be on my mind since we're about to undertake some pretty big SIF integration projects and I'm working...

Tags: System Interoperability, Systems Interoperability Framework, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-10-23

Data center design 101

I don't have to design data centers, but I do have to play a knowledgeable wonk on the Web from time to time. With that in mind, I attended two data center presentations at the Gartner IT Symposium to see what I could learn. My knowledge about...

Tags: Data Center, Tiers, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-10-23