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How Motorola Deployed an RDP-Only Thin Client Solution

SPS is Motorola's semiconductor design and manufacturing division; according to Motorola, the 15,000 SPS employees represent about one-tenth of the company's employees worldwide. The division's Bipolar Manufacturing Complex BMC is a set of factories on three sites in and around Mesa, Arizona. PC's aren't the best clients for the SPS...

Tags: PC, Thin Client Computing, Thin Client, Division, Motorola Inc., SPS, Thin Clients, Manufacturing, Hardware

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Avaya Case Study: Strategic Products and Services (SPS)

SPS has implemented more than 30,000 systems throughout the United States since its inception in 1988. SPS wanted a solution that would enable its workers to seamlessly transition from cellular to WiFi as needed. As a solution the company deployed Avaya one-X Mobile Dual Mode, as employees can switch from...

Tags: Avaya Inc., SPS, Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless

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News to know: Apple; Windows updates; Google mobile ads; Denial of service attack 101

Notable headlines: Larry Dignan: Apple blows through estimates; Ships 2.29 million Macs; Outlook light by design? Techmeme Jason O'Grady: Liveblogging: Apple's Q2 2008 financial results Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Why I won't be buying a "Hackint0sh" system Forbes: Apple Buys Chip Designer...

Tags: Denial Of Service, Google Inc., Advertisement, Microsoft Windows Update, Mobile, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Linux, Security, Operating Systems, Open Source, Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-04-24

Windows updates galore: The latest on SPs, FPs and UEs

Windows updates galore: The latest on SPs, FPs and UEsSo let me get this straightMicrosoft will release new features for Vista, but the only ways to get them are to either buy a new system from an OEM partner with those features included, or wait until a CD is for...

Tags: Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, Windows updates galore, galore, Microsoft Windows Update, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-04-24

Windows updates galore: The latest on SPs, FPs and UEs

The Windows client team has been pushing out service packs SPs, a new feature pack FP and Ultimate Extra add-ons for Vista over the past few days -- to varying degrees of customer satisfaction. On April 23, Microsoft began rolling out via its Automatic Update mechanism SP1...

Tags: Microsoft Developer Network, Microsoft Windows Update, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista SP1, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2008-04-23

Microsoft readies Vista, Windows Server 2008 critical patches

Microsoft on Thursday issued five critical security bulletins and three important ones for all flavors of Windows, Internet Explorer and Office. Vista and Windows Server 2008 are affected by four of the five critical bulletins. In its patch day advance notification for its Tuesday update, Microsoft issued...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Server, Vulnerability, Patch Management, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Bulletin, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-04-03

Vista SP1 collateral damage not as bad as I had expected

Vista SP1 collateral damage not as bad as I had expectedRE: Vista SP1 collateral damage not as bad as I had expectedThat was by far the most painless SP install I've been through. It took about 25 minutes, 1 reboot, and no issues.2 installs - 2 tweakson my laptop...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows Vista SP1, Microsoft Windows Vista, SP1, SP1 RC

Discussion threads 2008-03-20

Vista 32-bit vs. Vista 64-bit - Benchmarked

Vista 32-bit vs. Vista 64-bit - BenchmarkedHad the choice.Had the choice recently, between 64 and 32 bit. I went with 32 bit because I'm not confident enough yet in the maturity of 64 bit drivers and applications for what I specifically want in my pc. It wasn't an easy choice,...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Network technology, defender, Microsoft Corp., operating system, Microsoft Windows Vista, 64-bit, 32-bit, Vista 64-Bit, PassMark

Discussion threads 2008-02-21

A Vista SP1 FAQ

A Vista SP1 FAQVista SP1 changesGood article. My questions: Does Vista SP1 reduce or increase the number of times the user is asked to confirm an action? Does it still do so by blanking the screen?Standalone?Am I wrong to think that the standalone installer is standalone? That is, self-contained?...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Corp., Nothing, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows Vista SP1, Vista SP1 FAQ, SP1

Discussion threads 2008-02-09

Will Vista and Windows Server 2008 really be better together?

Will Vista and Windows Server 2008 really be better together?Examples of the Turd, pleaseExactly what is it about the core of Vista you find to be such a turd? What experiences have you had where the core of Vista has failed you? Please elaborate on the problems you've...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows Server, Windows 2008

Discussion threads 2008-01-29

Windows 7 = Vista Release 2

Windows 7 = Vista Release 2you'd willingly free your customers to easily choose your competitors produAre you saying that Microsoft's users (they don't have "customers" anymore, remember?) are NOT free to choose whatever their choice is? That's what I thought!Thank you for printing the truth instead of the usual diatribe...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows XP Service Pack 2, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Service Pack 2, Microsoft Windows XP

Discussion threads 2008-01-29

Select group of testers get new builds of XP SP3, Vista SP1

Microsoft released yet more test builds of both Windows XP Service Pack SP 3 and Windows Vista SP1 this week. Microsoft made the newest test build of XP SP3, which it is calling XP SP3 Release Candidate RC Refresh 2, available to 15,000 testers on January 23,...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista SP1, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley

Blog posts 2008-01-24

UK Rural Payments Agency (RPA): IT failure and gross incompetence screws farmers

A combination of IT failures and management incompetence have prevented the Rural Payments Agency RPA, which administers UK farm subsidy payments, from successfully executing its core mission despite years of effort. This extremely negative assessment is based on a new report issued by National Audit Office NAO. Accenture is implementing...

Tags: Payment, Agency, Information Technology, Accenture Ltd., U.K., Operational Accounting, Finance, Michael Krigsman

Blog posts 2007-12-16

Visual Studio 2008 to go gold as soon as Monday

Visual Studio 2008 to go gold as soon as MondayLet seeThere are great features coming with VS2008. Let's just hope it will be stable enough. Hard to make a decision. How many of us can actually continue their work aacording to their current plans for the next 6 month (or...

Tags: Microsoft development tools, development tool, server, RTM bit, Beta 2, Microsoft Visual Studio 2008, Microsoft Visual Studio, Microsoft Visual Studio 2005, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-11-18

NY's 'Halo 3' launch was no riot, but it was close

NY's 'Halo 3' launch was no riot, but it was closeToo much hype over just a gameit may be a good game, but it's just a game, the Xbox 360 just a console (same for PS3 and Wii), and none of that will pay the rent, put food on the...

Tags: Games, game, Halo 3, riot

Discussion threads 2007-09-25

Frankston: Who's pirating bandwidth these days? You or AT&T (and peers)

Bob Frankston (co-inventor of the electronic spreadsheet) has been tirelessly spending the last few years trying to shed light on the fact that there's plenty of network capacity out there and that anybody particularly the carriers and ISPs that tell you something different are full of it. They're just reserving...

Tags: Bandwidth, AT&T Corp., Piracy, Bob Frankston, David Berlind

Blog posts 2007-09-07

Microsoft confirms Windows XP SP3 pre-beta is in testers' hands

Microsoft confirms Windows XP SP3 pre-beta is in testers' handsXP forever!Or at least as long as I can conceivably hold out. As far as I'm concerned, it's [b]"Hasta la vista, Vista!"[/b]No Effect On My OS Usage Decision At AllSince I have no plans to use the Vista OS, it...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP, SP3, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2007-08-08

Will Apple's boost to iPhone's battery life be enough?

Will Apple's boost to iPhone's battery life be enough?FearA superb article in New York Magazine, with a quote that perfectly explains much of the attitude toward the iPhone exhibited by ZDNet bloggers:http://nymag.com/news/features/33524/Apple’s competitors, by contrast, find the prospect of the iPhone terrifying. “The entire f*cking Western world hopes that it’s...

Tags: Engineering, job, battery, Apple iPhone, Apple Inc., phone

Discussion threads 2007-06-18

SPS Commerce Automates Multi-Party Supply Chains With Software as a Service EDI

SPS Commerce offers outsourced supply chain services including EDI, catalog, barcode labels, and online ordering that enable retailers and suppliers to eliminate manual order, shipping and invoicing processes, replacing them with automated and integrated operations. In order to keep pace with an exponential growth in customers and transaction volume while...

Tags: SPS Commerce, Supply Chain, Software-as-a-service, Oracle Corp., EDI, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Software As A Service (SaaS), Outsourcing, Enterprise Software, Software, Emerging Technologies, It Operations, Business Operations, Outsourcing & Subcontracting

Case studies 2007-06-01

Next target of cell phone industry: Navigation

Next target of cell phone industry: NavigationCute - but doesnt GPS SPS suffer from Sun Spots, Jamming, and being hacked?So you may not know this but there are many who think that GPS will stop working towards 2010 based on a greatly heightened Sun Spot activity, also doesnt opeing the...

Tags: Handhelds, industry, GPS, cell phone, Sun SPOT

Discussion threads 2007-05-02