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- Report on Testing Application Over PIM-SSM Deployment
- This paper describes the current status of IPv6 and Source Specific Multicast SSM, based on the experiences of running trial networks and applications in the 6NET project. SSM is an alternative multicast architecture to traditional Any Source Multicast ASM; it is simpler and thus generally easier to deploy and debug,...
- Tags: 6NET Consortium, Source Specific Multicast, Networking, Telecommunications
- White papers 2005-01-04
- Source Specific Multicast (SSM) With IPv6
- Source-Specific Multicast SSM is a more recent form of IP Multicast compared to the traditional Any Source Multicast ASM model. In making a fundamental assumption that there is only a single source in a specific Multicast group, simplifications can be made that lead to a new form of multicast that...
- Tags: Project, IPv6, Form, Source Specific Multicast, Networking, Telecommunications
- White papers 2004-11-01
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- 80 ways to mix open source and business
- Open source and business do mix. In fact, according to Matthew Aslett at the 451 Group, you can mix open source into more than 80 combinations of development model, licensing model, and revenue schemes. Usually, people talk about three licensing combos: Proprietary, mixed, and "pure" open source...
- Tags: Aslett, Open Source, Joe Brockmeier
- Blog posts 2008-10-15
- Open source and the bottom line
- It has been a hard decade for software billionaires and the next decade will be just as hard. Because the open source genie is not going back into the lamp. But net-net, the world is much better for it. The bottom line is in the eye of the beholder. by...
- Tags: Bottom Line, Open Source, Dana Blankenhorn, Software, Matt Aslett, Tools & Techniques, Benefits, Management, Human Resources
- Blog posts 2008-10-15
- Surviving the recession with Free Enterprise OSes (Part 2)
- In Part 1, I discussed the four Free Linux distributions that are best position to provide extended support and ample functionality to an end user through a protracted recession, as well as having the characteristic "safeness" or "stability" factor in terms of being able to weather...
- Tags: Enterprise Linux, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Ubuntu, Sun Solaris 10, Red Hat Inc., Recession, Operating System, Novell OpenSuse, BSD, CentOS, Scientific Linux, LTS, LTS Version, Versions, Sun Solaris, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Servers, Software, Hardware, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-10-14
- New Wi-Fi chipsets promise up to 2x throughput of current 802.11n devices
- A couple of weeks ago I did a post on the Home Theater blog about Celeno Communications' wireless chip that the company claims can support four different HD streams simultaneously. Now another company has announced its own Wi-Fi technology that promises significant performance improvement over the 802.11n spec. Quantenna's QHS...
- Tags: Throughput, IEEE 802.11n, Quantenna, Chipsets, Wi-Fi, Semiconductors, Wireless, Hardware, Components, Sean Portnoy
- Blog posts 2008-10-14
- 'I'm a PC. A $999 MacBook still doesn't tempt me' (or does it?)
- 'I'm a PC. A $999 MacBook still doesn't tempt me' (or does it?)MS will have nothing exciting on the OS front for Christmas this year.If you want to do something exciting, you will have to buy a Mac. And, it only gets worse for MS on the MID/NetBook front. That...
- Tags: Desktops, Notebooks, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Laptop sale, Desktop sale, PC, Apple Inc., Apple MacBook, laptop computer, Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Windows Vista
- Discussion threads 2008-10-14
- Bureaucracy and open source: Do they mix?
- Bureaucracy and open source: Do they mix?Being left alone may not be a problem.Remember the executive whose open source company was purchased by Red Hat. He complained that Red Hat wouldn't provide the resources needed for the project, but instead expected a "community" to do the work at much...
- Tags: open source
- Discussion threads 2008-10-14
- Lessig: Five proposals for ending copyright wars
- Lessig: Five proposals for ending copyright warsThis article is right on track...Now if we can just get the lobbyists to leave Washington and get the Congress to repeal all the copyright acts passed since 1975.Never Going To HappenThe recent meltdown of Wall Street and the financial markets world wide pretty...
- Tags: patent
- Discussion threads 2008-10-14
- NVIDIA problems spread to desktop PCs
- NVIDIA problems spread to desktop PCs8600GTa couple of months ago, I bought 2 8600GT cards to build an SLI system. One of these failed within 1 month. It was Gigabyte card and they did replace it, however, I have since upgraded to the 8800GT with 1GB memory to avoid problems.RE:...
- Tags: Desktops, NVidia Corp., card, desktop computer, desktop, PC, Hewlett-Packard Co.
- Discussion threads 2008-10-14
- Would you pay $1,499 for the Microsoft 'Oahu' Surface table?
- Would you pay $1,499 for the Microsoft 'Oahu' Surface table?Off course >: )Yes i would especially if it comes with Windows 7 and has quite a bigger than 22" and Full HD screen.Seriously it is not everyday that Microsoft release an innovative and exciting consumer product.Yes. Heck, I have...
- Tags: Keyboards, Games, Food & Beverage, Surface Table, Oahu, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-10-14
- Are software megavendors too big to stumble?
- Are software megavendors too big to stumble?Upstarts are unlikely to arise...... so long as open source limits the profitability of alternatives. And, as Oracle has shown, when there's real value and credibility, an open source project can be purchased becoming part of the stack.So the real question is, which...
- Tags: Software as a Service (SaaS), cloud computing, software-as-a-service, software
- Discussion threads 2008-10-14
- Top 10 brands who paid for product placement in the first half of 2008
- Brand Product Category Total # Occurrences Orange County Choppers Apparel 3,706 Orange County Choppers Motorcycles 3,223 Under Armour Apparel 3,068 Elle Magazine 2,553 Big Black Apparel 1,843 Metzeler Motorcycle Parts-Access 1,794 Airgas Industrial Supplier 1,772 ...
- Tags: Apparel, Orange PCS, Brand, Branding, Marketing, NB
- Blog posts 2008-10-14
- Are software megavendors too big to stumble?
- There's a good chance you get most--if not all of your software--from four massive companies: IBM, Microsoft, SAP and Oracle. And their game is simple: Grab more of your so-called wallet share. The big question is whether these vendors are so massive that they can do no...
- Tags: Software, Gartner Inc., Tools & Techniques, Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-10-14
- Lead, Melamine, and Backdoored Routers
- Lead, Melamine, and Backdoored RoutersBackdoored Routers - A Good IdeaWhat's the problem with backdoored routers? It's a good handy way to make sure that you are not stealing Intellectual Property. If the Chinese government, RIAA, etc. watches every move you make, then probably your moves will all be...
- Tags: Routers & switches, Manufacturing, Backdoored Routers, Melamine, router
- Discussion threads 2008-10-14
- Avanade software helps you get a grip on more than 100 green IT variables
- For those of you seeking a green IT / power management calculator that isn't necessarily tied to one vendor's view of the world, you might want to consider a tool being used by services company Avanade to evaluate more than 100 different variables related to the data center. ...
- Tags: Software, Data Center, Green IT, Avanade, Data Centers, Productivity, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-10-14
- Audience breakdown of for podcast downloaders
- as groups of internet users February-April 2006 August 2006 May 2008 Total internet users 7% 12% 19% Men 9% 15% 22% Women 5% 8% 16% Age 18-29 10% 14% 27% Age 30-49 8% 12% 20% Age 50-64 5%...
- Tags: Internet User, Experience, Podcasts, Internet, Gender And Diversity, Human Resources, NB
- Blog posts 2008-10-14
- Judge orders Palin to preserve Yahoo emails
- Judge orders Palin to preserve Yahoo emailsAnother Fishing Expedition ....... funded by the taxpayer and brought about by partisan politics. I suspect the rumors and the interest will subside shortly after the election.RE: Judge orders Palin to preserve Yahoo emailsIf there was anything criminal in those messages, the Dems...
- Tags: Palin, Yahoo! Inc., e-mail, Yahoo Email
- Discussion threads 2008-10-14
- Judge orders Palin to preserve Yahoo emails
- It's been a source of contention on this blog and others whether Sarah Palin used her Yahoo accounts for any state business, or whether it was all family pictures and political stuff. It's a question that will eventually be sorted out by the courts because an Alaska judge just ordered...
- Tags: Yahoo! Inc., E-mail, Online Communications, Richard Koman
- Blog posts 2008-10-14
- News to know: IT turbulence, Windows 7, Facebook, Apple HDTV
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Larry Dignan: IT warning: Turbulence ahead CEOs freak out; IT preps a do-over Gartner's worst case for 2009 IT budgets isn't so bad Sean...
- Tags: Facebook, Larry Dignan, Microsoft Windows 7, Information Technology, HDTV, Apple Inc., Microsoft Windows, OpenOffice, Open Source, Strategy, Operating Systems, Software, Office Suites, Management, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-10-14
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