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The Way by Estimating the Variation of TCP Packet Round Trip Time to Detect Stepping-Stone Intrusion: This paper proposes Std-ratio approach to detect stepping-stone intrusion, as well as Std-clustering method to find TCP packet round trip time of a connection chain. Std-ratio is a method to use the ratio between the standard deviation of the round trip time gaps to the downstream neighbor host and to...; Tags: Deviation, TCP, Intrusion, Std-ratio, Std-clustering, Tcp/Ip, Network Security, Viruses And Worms, Networking, Security; White papers 2005-09-15

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Red Hat acquires Qumranet: I just received a press release telling me that one of my clients, Qumranet, has been acquired by Red Hat.This was not entirely unexpected. Here's what the release said Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT), the world's leading provider of open source solutions, today announced...; Tags: Red Hat Inc., Qumranet Inc., Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Open Source, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-09-04
SpreadsheetConverter HTML/JavaScript Std (exe): Calculate on the Web. Convert MS Excel spreadsheet into good-looking calculating Web page. No plugins. Solve your problem using Excel and convert it to HTML with JavaScript. No programming. Makes interactive calculating Web pages feasible. Easy updating. Supports 190 Excel-functions. Use it for expense report, survey, order forms, reservation forms,...; Tags: Web, HTML, JavaScript, Web Page, Framtidsforum, Microsoft Excel, Channel Management, Scripting Languages, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Marketing, Software/Web Development, Web Development; Software downloads 2008-08-12
Can global competition bring health care quality?: Can global competition bring health care quality?Medicine is best done up close and personal...and it's bad enough that patients in rural areas often have to go to distant cities without our sending people to foreign countries.We need a much more competitive system, but that's best done locally.Globalization has nothing to...; Tags: Vertical industries, HEALTHCARE, Benefits, health care, hospital, patient; Discussion threads 2008-08-07
My Sunday Afternoon: Fun with VMWare ESX 3i: As soon as I heard the announcement from bright and bushy-tailed VMWare CEO Paul Maritz that the company was shortly going to be releasing their ESX 3i enterprise-class embedded hypervisor for free, I was absolutely thrilled. Given the pace of technology reporting, I knew that I had to get it...; Tags: VMware Inc., VMWare ESX, Ip storage, Jason Perlow; Blog posts 2008-07-27

SteelEye Protection Suite for Citrix XenServer: Bob Williamson, VP of Business Development for Steeleye, and I played a rousing game of telephone tag and meeting shuffle before finding a time that would work for a discussion of Steeleye's SteelEye Protection Suite. I was traveling making the task even more complex that it usually is. Since I've...; Tags: Clustering, Citrix Systems Inc., Virtual Machine, SteelEye Protection Suite, Citrix XenServer, Disaster Recovery Protection, Desktop Virtualization, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-07-21
If you want SOA, fine... it's a 'SOA': If you want SOA, fine... it's a 'SOA'Why I wouldn't want a SOA ?As a Dutch person, stating that I would want or have a SOA sounds really weird.. Especially if you know that in the translation for SOA in Dutch means STD in English :)So if anyone would ask...; Tags: Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Web services, Middleware, Enterprise software, SOA; Discussion threads 2008-07-13
Diane Greene out, Paul Maritz to lead VMware: While working in San Francisco, I received quite a number of telephone calls from journalists around the world. Since I was "off the grid" for the project, I had no idea what was going on. I finally returned to my hotel room and could read my messages, I learned that...; Tags: Board, VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp., Paul Maritz, Corporate Governance, Desktop Virtualization, Open Source, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-07-10
Parallels Operating System Virtualization for HP Integrity Line: An announcement when out last week that Parallels and HP have chosen to collaborate and offer Parallels Virtuozzo Containers to HP Integrity server customers. The goal of this partnership is to help HP's customers make the most efficient use of the power of HP's Integrity line all the way up...; Tags: HP Integrity, Parallels Virtuozzo, Parallels Virtuozzo Containers, Hewlett-Packard Co., Operating System, Hardware, OS Virtualization, Virtual Machine, Virtual Machine Software, Desktop Virtualization, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-07-09
PlateSpin Launches PowerConvert 7.0: PlateSpin, a recent acquisition of Novell recently announced PowerConvert 7.0, The company was quick to point out that this is the first product launch since the acquistion. Why would they go to such great lengths to mention that? They want to convince the market that PlatSpin will continue to be...; Tags: PlateSpin Inc., Novell Inc., Data Center, Migration, PowerConvert, Aragorn, Data Centers, Microsoft Windows, Storage, Document Management, Servers, Hardware, Data Management, Operating Systems, Software, Enterprise Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-07-08
Costing Sun Ray vs Wintel: Costing Sun Ray vs WintelSo, you like Sun Ray, Yes? KiddingSeriously, interesting article--Sun Ray is looking better and better!There are so many good reasons to consider using Thin Client. Sun Ray just reinforces that.A few questionsWhy did you so much oversize the client. why use E7200 core duo ? why...; Tags: Servers, server, VMware Inc., Sun Ray, Costing Sun Ray, Sun Microsystems Inc., Wintel; Discussion threads 2008-07-02
Microsoft Releases Hyper-V: I just received a message from Microsoft about the release of Hyper-V. It has some interesting details about platform support and availability. Here's what Microsoft had to say Tomorrow, June 26, Microsoft will reach a significant milestone for customers and partners with the release of...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Server, Intel X86, Service Pack, Microsoft Corp., Virtual Machine, Hyper-V, VM, SMP, Microsoft Windows, Desktop Virtualization, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Operating Systems, Servers, Software, Hardware, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-06-26
ProxMox: The high-performance virtualization server for the rest of us: ProxMox: The high-performance virtualization server for the rest of usGood stuffI've been extremely impressed with Proxmox VE and the developers are readily accessible and responsive via their forum and mailing list.I was going to install plain base Debian just for Plesk on this crazy new dual-socket quad-core (8-way SMP) box...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Leadership, cloud computing, Performance management, Storage management, high-performance, virtualization, KVM virtualization, ProxMox VE; Discussion threads 2008-06-24
ProxMox: The high-performance virtualization server for the rest of us: What sounds like a cross between a Ferengi mating practice and an OREO cookie clone, but is actually the latest and greatest in Open Source turnkey virtualization servers? It's the ProxMox Virtual Environment, a new open source project that has been flying under the hypervisor radar, but may pose a...; Tags: High-performance, OpenVZ, Server, VMware Inc., Virtual Machine, VM, ProxMox VE, Virtual Machine Setup, Virtualization, Linux, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Open Source, Operating Systems, Hardware, Software, Storage, Jason Perlow; Blog posts 2008-06-24
Virtualization slapdown: clusters versus virtual machine technology: Virtualization slapdown: clusters versus virtual machine technologyWhat about application clustering?The initial points in this article are very true. Another important category for Virtualization/Clustering is application clustering, which can very ideally be replaced and supplemented using virtualization technologies.As an example of an "off the shelf" solution, we can examine Red...; Tags: cloud computing, Utility computing, Storage management, virtualization, virtual machine technology, virtual machine; Discussion threads 2008-06-18
Virtualization slapdown: clusters versus virtual machine technology: A friend in the industry recently asked for my opinion on an interesting question "is virtualization becoming a replacement for clustering?" I knew he really meant the combination of virtual machine software and management software for virtualized environments that provided orchestration and automation capabilities. Here is my answer to that...; Tags: Software, Virtualization, Clustering, Virtual Machine, Virtual Machine Software, Desktop Virtualization, Tools & Techniques, Management, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-06-18
News to know: Firefox 3.0; iPhone apps; Yahoo; LinkedIn; Millennials: Notable headlines: Jason O'Grady: My most anticipated announced iPhone applications Nate McFeters: Fresh off the press: iPhoneDbg toolkit hotness Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Firefox 3.0 final - First thoughts. Gallery right Ed Burnette: Fake Firefox 3 download links may be hazardous to your...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Mozilla Firefox 3.0, Mozilla Firefox, Hewlett-Packard Co., Yahoo! Inc., LinkedIn, Web Browsers, Data Centers, Internet, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-06-18
Stratus Avance a new take on clustering: Stratus Avance a new take on clusteringMore similar to everRun?My impression of Stratus Avance is that it is more similar to Marathon Technologies' everRun VM solution, i.e. not a cluster but two servers kept in sync. Note also that Avance does not require a SAN.; Tags: Stratus Avance, Stratus Technologies, clustering; Discussion threads 2008-06-17
Stratus Avance a new take on clustering: After many attempts at scheduling a meeting, I was finally able to speak with Stratus about their new virtual machine/clustering/HA software offering called Avance. It's Stratus' entry into the pure software market. Here's how Stratus describes Avance Stratus Technologies can provide some relief. With the introduction...; Tags: Software, Stratus Technologies, Clustering, Virtual Machine, Stratus Avance, Virtualization, Desktop Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-06-17
Some Virtualization Announcements at TechEd: A number of suppliers are launching either new virtualization products or updates to current products at Microsoft's TechEd in Orlando, FL. Here's a quick review of a few of those products. SteelEye launched SteelEye DataKeeper for Windows. DataKeeper is a WAN-optimized data replication...; Tags: Failover, Product, Microsoft Corp., SteelEye DataKeeper, DataKeeper, Hyper-V, Microsoft Windows, Disaster Recovery, Virtualization, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Operating Systems, Software, Data Management, Hardware, Storage, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-06-12