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- Shared nothing coming to open source
- Shared nothing coming to open sourceGood to see open source trying to catch up.Hope they make it...Not ExactlyThe point of the story is commercial products being built on top of open source.In time I expect those commercial products will themselves be open sourced, when additional, newer, better products are built...
- Tags: Databases, Business intelligence, Tools & Techniques, Storage, Data Warehousing System, Shared-nothing, GreenPlum, open source, Continuent, OLTP
- Discussion threads 2006-02-27
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- Managing growth - a followup to yesterday's guest blog
- Yesterday, Dean Cycon of Dean's Beans wrote a guest blog for this column on "Starbucks' Dirty Little Secret". The blog is worthy of some followup, as well as some additional information that Dean shared with me about their corporate philosophy. Growth is good for a company,...
- Tags: Trader, Blog, Dean Cycon, X2 Development Corp., Strategy, Management, Christopher Dawson
- Blog posts 2008-07-23
- Microsoft gives a new Xbox 360 experience
- Despite having what is regarded as one of the best user interfaces of all the major consoles, Microsoft is reinventing the Xbox 360's look. Despite ostensibly having what is regarded as one of the best user interfaces of all the major consoles, Microsoft is reinventing the Xbox 360's look....
- Tags: NetFlix Inc., Microsoft Xbox Live, Video, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Xbox 360, Microsoft Xbox, LiveParty, Spotlight Channel, Xbox Experience, Games, Game Players, Corporate Communications, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Marketing, Xbox 360, Microsoft, user-generated, video games, Xbox Live, Sarju Shah, Gamespot
- News items 2008-07-23
- Project portfolio mgt: "Draconian enforcement doesn't work" [podcast]
- Achieving successful technology implementations requires IT and business to establish shared expectations around project goals, objectives, and process. Too often, the business doesn't understand real technology constraints while IT remains blissfully unaware of why some projects were even started. by Michael Krigsman
- Tags: Podcast, Information Technology, Project Portfolio Management, Project Management, Tools & Techniques, Strategy, It Operations, It service Management, Management, Michael Krigsman
- Blog posts 2008-07-22
- eMachines T5274
- The eMachines T5274 is eMachines' higher-end budget desktop for the back to school season. While it seems like a good deal for $400, the fact is that the low-end PC market has become increasingly competitive this year, which makes it hard for systems such as this one that straddle two...
- Tags: DVD, Consumer electronics, eMachines Inc., eMachines T5274
- Product reviews 2008-07-21
- MailMover (zip)
- Working with a shared Exchange account has a major issue when it comes to handling sent emails. When you forward, or reply to an email from the shared account the sent mail ends up in the users personal Sent Items folder. This takes away the biggest advantage of a shared...
- Tags: Mailbox, Rutsch Office Solutions, MailMover, E-mail, Online Communications
- Software downloads 2008-07-21
- Obama calls for comprehensive cyber-security measures; looks for a national cyber ninja
- Update: It would seem that Richard Stiennon agrees with me on the concept of a group of experts to advise, also on keeping away from spending ridiculous amounts of money. Cyber-terrorism... ah, what a fancy buzz word that is. Defined on Wikipedia as: "The premeditated use...
- Tags: John McCain, Cybersecurity, Security, Nathan McFeters
- Blog posts 2008-07-18
- ZT Affinity 7221Xa
- The $600 ZT Affinity 7221Xa is the cheaper sibling of the recently reviewed ZT Affinity 7225Xi-35. Its fixed configuration includes most of what we expect to find in a system in this price range. Like the 7225Xi-35, the 7221Xa is geared toward those who need a simple desktop with basic...
- Tags: Desktops, DVD, Flash memory, Memory, Consumer electronics, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), ZT Affinity 7221Xa, ZT Affinity 7225Xi-35
- Product reviews 2008-07-17
- Linksys WRT610N Simultaneous Dual-N Band Wireless Router
- Editor's note: Although our First Look video states that the WRT610N costs only $149, the street price may prove higher.The Linksys WRT610N Simultaneous Dual-N Band Wireless Router is the first true dual-band wireless router we've reviewed, and one of only a few on the market. In our tests, it easily...
- Tags: Home networking, Routers & switches, Network technology, Network-attached storage (NAS), NETWORKING, wireless router, Storage Link, WRT610N, Linksys Inc., router, Linksys WRT310N, storage
- Product reviews 2008-07-17
- GE's Enterprise Collaboration Backbone
- General Electric, the venerable multinational that was founded in 1878 in New Jersey, have at their core a hugely sophisticated enterprise collaboration system that is arguably the largest in the world. I was able to see Dr Sukh Grewal, Manager of GE's 'SupportCentral' collaboration...
- Tags: Backbone, General Electric Co., SupportCentral, Collaboration, Groupware, Channel Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Marketing, Oliver Marks
- Blog posts 2008-07-17
- Torvalds attacks IT industry 'security circus'
- The Linux creator has some harsh words for creators of the OpenBSD operating system, as part of a wider critique of what he sees as self-centered behavior in the IT security industry Linux creator Linus Thorvalds has labeled makers of the OpenBSD operating system a "bunch of masturbating monkeys",...
- Tags: Information Technology, Industry, OpenBSD, Bug, Attack, Linux Creator, Torvalds, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Linux, Security, Software, Linus Torvalds, Linux kernel, Liam Tung, ZDNet Australia
- News items 2008-07-17
- Live Webcast: Effective Customer Experience Management
- Companies of all sizes are increasingly more concerned about the overall effectiveness of their online business. Much can be learned from the traditional Web analytics, which are certainly very important, but is it enough to simply measure traffic? What people click, where they linger and how they ultimately...
- Tags: Webcast, Experience, Effective Customer Experience Management
- Webcasts 2008-07-17
- ecoPrint2 Ink and Toner Saver (exe)
- Want hassle-free ink reduction? ecoPrint2 Ink and Toner Saver can reduce up to 75% of your ink usage and it can be used with any printer, as well as printers shared over any Local Area Network LAN. When activated, ecoPrint2 Ink and Toner Saver resides in the system tray and...
- Tags: Canada, Printers, Hardware, Peripherals
- Software downloads 2008-07-17
- ecoPrint2 Pro Ink and Paper Saver (exe)
- Want to cut your ink and paper usage down to size? Tired of printing filler and white space? ecoPrint2 Pro Ink and Paper Saver is a print manager with ecology in mind. ecoPrint2 Pro's ink-saving functionality can reduce up to 75% of your ink usage and its document editing capacity...
- Tags: Canada, Printing, ecoPrint2 Pro, Document Management, Printers, Enterprise Software, Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Hardware, Peripherals
- Software downloads 2008-07-17
- Twitter And Summize Sitting In A Tree. M-E-R-G-I-N-G
- I can almost picture the scene - two young CEOs meet on a Spring day at New York's Shake Shack to talk about their planned nuptials. After they polish off their fries and the chocolate shake with one straw (I'm assuming), they head over for a stroll through Union Square...
- Tags: Twitter, Blogging, Performance Management, Mergers & Acquisitions, E-mail Providers, Internet, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Investment, Finance, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-07-15
- What your boss hates about telecommuting
- What your boss hates about telecommutingsince 1994....since 1994 I've been a full time telecommuter. It works very well for me and my family. I can see it NOT working for many people and many careers. Lower auto insurance rates, no commuting costs.. but your home electric bill may creep up....
- Tags: telecommuting
- Discussion threads 2008-07-15
- Viacom, Google cut deal on user data
- Viacom, Google cut deal on user dataIf I see one I'll let you know NT&Viacom, Google cut deal on user dataOh this is funny. Google never cared about user privacy before and now that they are going to be sued into oblivion they suddenly care? I hope Viacom hits...
- Tags: INTERNET, Digital media, Google Inc., Viacom Inc., user data
- Discussion threads 2008-07-15
- Vox BlackBox (1TB)
- The Vox BlackBox offers 1TB of storage and can be found online from roughly $310 to $340. Aside from its low cost per gigabyte, there's unfortunately little to recommend about this dual-drive Network Attached Storage NAS device. From the desktop application to the Web-based interface, the device is consistently confusing....
- Tags: Network-attached storage (NAS), Storage, NETWORKING, BlackBox, VoX
- Product reviews 2008-07-11
- When proprietary companies go open source
- I've been burning the midnight oil yet again, working like a beaver on speed as I build my software castle on a server in Los Angeles not that beavers build castles. It's going well, and we are on the verge of starting trials in the UK. If any of you...
- Tags: Software, Netscape Communications Corp., Stallman, Open Source, John Carroll
- Blog posts 2008-07-11
- Apple founder Steve Wozniak interview, answers your Tweeted questions
- At the San Francisco Social Networking Conference today, Steve Wozniak, Apple co founder and personal computer legend, shared some fascinating insights into the modern world of social networking and mobile phones. I was able to organize a one on one interview with Steve (thanks Marc Lesnick &...
- Tags: Phone, Steve Wozniak, Mobile, Network, Cell Phone, Apple Inc., Steve, Social Networking, Advertising & Promotion, Cellular Phones, Online Communications, Marketing, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Oliver Marks
- Blog posts 2008-07-10
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