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Economic Challenge and Capacity Management: Increasing Value and ROI From Capacity Management - A Maturity Model

During times of economic stress, pressures on IT can become seemingly insurmountable. Requirements to "Ensure business services" and "Optimize availability" - challenging enough when budgets were more open, become extremely challenging. Spending freezes or significant reductions in capital infrastructure are common. However, just because the hardware or software acquisition budgets...

Tags: Business Service, ROI, Solution Labs

White papers 2009-01-29

Additional Resources

NComputing announces new Microsoft partnership

I've featured NComputing a few times in this blog, largely focusing on their solutions that turn a single workstation into as many as 10 workstations using thin client technologies. In particular, I wrote about NComputing's successful bid beating out Intel and OLPC to provide thin-client computers to as many...

Tags: Virtualization, Partnership, Thin Client, Server, Microsoft Corp., Computing, NComputing, Microsoft Windows, Thin Clients, Terminal Services, Business Structures, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Finance, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-11-18

AVG Anti-Virus Network Edition 9.0.700 (Windows)

Centrally controlled security protection against viruses, worms, trojans and potentially unwanted programs combined with desktop firewall protection against intrusions and hacking.Includes: Anti-Virus protects from viruses, worms and trojans; Firewall provides individual security against hackers; Central administration of all features, including desktop firewall, updates, and scheduling. Features: Reduces administrator workload and...

Tags: Desktop, Network, Antivirus, AVG Anti-Virus, Microsoft Windows, Virus, AVG Technologies USA, Firewalls, Security, Cyberthreats, Network Security, Viruses And Worms, Networking

Software downloads 2009-10-27

EMCO Malware Destroyer 5.0.25 (Windows)

Malware Cleaner is a free antivirus solution aimed to protect you from viruses, worms, trojans, adware and other type of malware. This tool can effectively find and destroy viruses on your computer and can be used separately or as addition to your antivirus shield. Malware Cleaner has unique ultra-fast scan...

Tags: Antivirus, Malware, Microsoft Windows, Virus, EMCO, Malware Cleaner, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Security

Software downloads 2009-10-08

Google Chrome Frame boosts IE speed up to Chrome levels

If only it was for Firefox......but still astonishing results!Could this be the start of hybrid browsers? Will there be a FF version?irrelevantNobody uses IE 7 or 8 because of security.Making a bad product worse is not what windoze users need.This shows again the virtues of FOSS vs proprietary software.Corporate IT...

Tags: Web browsers, Chrome, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Google Chrome Frame, Google Chrome, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-09-24

Will online education kill the university?

More to Harvard than the ClassesWhile I'm a big proponent of online and hybrid courses, I don't think that the residential college will go away entirely. People go to places like Harvard and Yale not just because they might learn more (and they might, depending on a lot of...

Tags: Harvard, education

Discussion threads 2009-09-16

News to know: E-readers; Web OS and IT; VMware; Cisco

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. Dion Hinchcliffe: How the Web OS has begun to reshape IT and business Oliver Marks: Course Credits as a...

Tags: E-reader, Sony Corp., Google Inc., Web, Virtualization, Information Technology, Amazon.com Inc., VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp., Cisco Systems Inc., Camera, E-books, Open Source, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-09-08

Oh sure...4 days in and Gmail goes down

RE: Oh sure...4 days in and Gmail goes downMy office lost it primary and secondary links to our data farm. We spent the morning without access to our email exchange.The servers are off site for security and redundancy reasons. We are in a location that has all sort...

Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), E-mail providers, cloud computing, Google Inc., Internet Service Provider, Google Gmail, outage, e-mail

Discussion threads 2009-09-01

Dell Helps University Create Computer Labs That Instantly Respond to Student and Faculty Needs and Save Up to 36 Days of Work Per Year

The University of Wisconsin-Parkside recognized that students were deriving inconsistent experiences from its computer labs because desktop images were difficult to control and time-consuming to change. Students were unable to find the applications they needed and faculty were limited to particular labs that were designed for them. The university deployed...

Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Student, Computer, Productivity, Desktops, Hardware

Case studies 2009-09-01

Edubuntu followup

A number of readers posed both thoughts and questions related to my Wednesday post, "The state of Edubuntu...Thoughts?" While the expected "Why the hell would you use *nix anyway?" sorts of questions were thrown in for good measure, many readers had solid recommendations based on experience while others had...

Tags: Linux, Thin Client, Edubuntu, Thin Client Setup, Thin Clients, Hardware, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-08-06

Cricket TXTM8

When the Verizon Wireless Blitz came out late last year, we were quite taken by the handset's cute and compact shape, even though some thought it looked a little fat and squat. So when we saw at CTIA that PCD, the maker of the Blitz, was coming out with similar...

Tags: Instant messaging, Cellular phones, slider mechanism, NOW IT, number key, Cricket TXTM8, Cricket, Cricket Communications

Product reviews 2009-07-30

Laptop or desktop netbook for back to school?

Laptop or desktop netbook for back to school?ExactlyPrecisely my opinion. This way, everyone benefits. The student, because he has more powerful hardware at his disposal, has some computing redundancy if one machine breaks down, and has to carry less weight around. The teachers, because they can make normal eye contact...

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Notebooks, Desktops, netbook, laptop computer, desktop, back-to-school

Discussion threads 2009-07-28

Enterprises seek better ways to discover, manage and master their information explosion headaches

Listen to the podcast. Download the podcast. Find it on iTunes/iPod and Podcast.com. Read a full transcript. Download the transcript. Learn more. Sponsor: Hewlett-Packard. Join a free HP Solutions Virtual Event on July 28 on four main IT themes. Learn more. Register. ...

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Information Technology, Podcasts, Strategy, Data Centers, Internet, Management, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Dana Gardner

Blog posts 2009-07-21

OB-On Call (Mobile)

Have you ever been on call, covering Obstetrics for the evening, when you are caught completely off guard with a patient file? The OB triage nurse callsyou, expecting you to know everything about all the patients, but you cannot recall the patient preparing to be admitted to the hospital. Even...

Tags: Patient, Mobile

Software downloads 2009-07-08

DVD-Ranger 2.7.5 (Windows)

Taking advantage of revolutionary DVD copying software will surely allow you more time to enjoy high quality videos, burned right of the original DVDs. With DVD-Ranger 2.7.5, you can copy your favorite videos effortlessly and at the same time you have unlimited access to unique features. We are sure that...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Pixbyte Development, DVD, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment

Software downloads 2009-07-07

Oracle spinning its numbers a tad too much?

Oracle spinning its numbers a tad too much?Bull...Talk about stretching the truth... I have never seen so poor a representation of numbers than this...A very poor shot, if can't do an accurate comparisson, just spin things out and lie.I'm an ex SAP and ex Oracle customer and there is a...

Tags: Enterprise resource planning (ERP), Leadership, Strategy, Enterprise software, SAP AG, Oracle Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-06-25

Would Jobs' illness make you think twice about a Mac rollout?

It's that time of year when we're all thinking about summer purchases and configurations. At least I hope you are and your budgets haven't been so severely slashed that summer will be a slow time of year for you. Most of us already know how our FY10 budgets are...

Tags: Job, Steve Jobs, Multimedia, Apple Macintosh, Desktops, Hardware, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-06-24

How about a Microsoft Security Essentials for servers?

Desktop PCs can always be reimaged. It's a pain, but downtime only affects one person. Servers, on the other hand, need to be up the vast majority of the time. Rebuilding servers affects lots of people, often in mission-critical ways. While most servers don't spend much time browsing...

Tags: Security, Microsoft Corp., Servers, Hardware, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-06-23

Will Microsoft Security Essentials (Morro) dent commercial antivirus sales?

Will Microsoft Security Essentials Morro dent commercial antivirus sales?Microsoft doesn't conjure up "security" in my mind ...... but Ed Bott has an interesting article describing a study that shows OneCare and apparently Morro uses the same engine and definitions scored among the top of the tested products.That opened up the...

Tags: AVG Free, MSE, Avira, antivirus, Security Software, OneCare, AVG, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-06-18

VIPRE Enterprise 3.1 (Windows)

Sunbelt realizes that as a system / security administrator, you have better things to do than to put out fires and listen to end users complain about slow computers. VIPRE Enterprise was built for the administrator that is sick and tired of old-style enterprise antivirus programs and endpoint security suites...

Tags: Antivirus, Malware, Microsoft Windows, Sunbelt Software, VIPRE Enterprise, VIPRE, MX-V, MX-V Technology, Spyware, Adware & Malware, Cyberthreats, Viruses And Worms, Security

Software downloads 2009-06-11