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What Is the True Cost of Storage?

Storage is the AFLAC duck of information technology. Before AFLAC rolled out its pervasive ads featuring a duck quacking "AFLAC!" in humorous situations, not many knew of the company. Now people know AFLAC is an insurance company, but they are not quite sure of the details. Storage is a lot...

Tags: CIOview, Storage, Hardware

White papers 2007-07-17

CIOview: Should You Migrate From Sybase to SQL Server?

Almost every IT organization is tasked with providing higher levels of service and lowering costs. Databases in particular are under tremendous scrutiny because they have a multiplier effect on the rest of the IT budget and represent a growing level of importance to the business. Consequently, database managers are commonly...

Tags: Microsoft SQL Server, Server, Sybase Inc., CIOview, Storage, Databases, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management

White papers 2006-08-22

Disk Storage: How Much Is That Doggie in the Window?

The traditional approach of purchasing storage is broken. Comparing the purchase cost per megabyte of one storage array to another misses over 70% of the potential costs and leads to two classic storage management pitfalls. Managers who purchase new storage often focus too much of their attention on the upfront...

Tags: Disk, Window, Disk Storage, CIOview, Storage, Hardware

White papers 2006-04-11

Should You Migrate From Oracle to SQL Server?

This paper is designed as a starting point for database evaluation and migration analysis. It begins by providing a side-by-side Total Cost of Ownership TCO comparison between Oracle and SQL Server 2005 for a variety of the most common database situations. This paper then leads through the performance, migration, and...

Tags: Oracle Corp., Microsoft SQL Server, Server, TCO, CIOview, Roi/Tco, Databases, Storage, Enterprise Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Software, Data Management, Hardware

White papers 2005-11-30

Additional Resources

TRO hearing today on RealDVD

Federal Judge Marilyn Patel will hear arguments today on whether Real should be temporarily restrained from selling its RealDVD copying software. The software has been unavailable since Friday, when the Hollywood studios won an emergency halt on sales, a move that Real claims caused them "irreparable harm." ...

Tags: DVD, RealDVD, Real, CSS, Scripting Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-10-07

Windows Vista Woes or helping my Grandson with homework

Considering my background, it's not at all hard to understand how I've become the tech support helpdesk for family, friends and the neighborhood as a whole. I've done my best to accept my lot in life with grace and courage. This time, my Grandson, Steven, was trying to complete a...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft PowerPoint, Laptop Computer, Steven, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Operating Systems, Microsoft Office, Software, Office Suites, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-10-07

MozyPro for Mac goes public beta

Online backup storage provider Mozy on Tuesday will roll out a public beta for MozyPro for the Mac, a new service for businesses using Apple's Mac platform. MozyPro for the Mac resembles Mozy's business lineup for Windows. It allows online backup for the Mac like its MozyHome...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Public Beta, Backup, MozyPro, Mozy, Desktops, Microsoft Windows, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-10-06

ZDNet blogger: working from home

More and more people work from home every day. Not only that, more and more people don't work from their offices, or "where they're meant to work". With the Internet, intranet's and extranet's, email and unified communications with VoIP and Blackberry devices, it makes life much easier...

Tags: Phone, Tea, Blogger, E-mail, Online Communications, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-10-06

Sony AW series: The best laptop display?

With expansive 16:9 displays and Blu-ray drives, the new crop of desktop replacements with 18.4-inch displays are geared toward mobile entertainment. Though its design is nothing special, the Sony VAIO AW series stands out from this group, according to reviews at PCMag.com and LaptopMag.com, thanks to its high-quality, LED-backlit 1,920-by-1,080...

Tags: Sony Corp., Sony Vaio, Desktop Replacement, Laptop Computer, Entertainment, Display, Desktops, Advertising & Promotion, Hardware, Marketing, John Morris

Blog posts 2008-10-06

Welcome to the Data Cloud ?

'The Cloud' is increasingly prevalent in tech conversation these days. Stalwarts of the space such as Amazon and Salesforce go from strength to strength, whilst titans of an earlier model such as Larry Ellison and even Steve Ballmer now seek to appropriate the meme. New blogs like CloudAve play a...

Tags: Web, Data, UKOLN, Channel Management, Internet, Semantic Web, Cloud Computing, Marketing, Paul Miller

Blog posts 2008-10-06

Why bother with desktop virtualization?

The proponents of making proper use of desktop virtualization technology including access virtualization, application virtualization and VDI the combination of access virtualization and processing virtualization do their best to make it sound like the best things since pockets. Aren't today's laptops, desktops and handheld devices good enough to get the...

Tags: Desktop, Worker, Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Desktop Virtualization, Utility Computing, Storage Management, Hardware, Storage, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-10-06

Techies choose Obama - by a landslide

If techies could choose the next President, Obama would win in a landslide. Checking donors from 10 large tech companies, including Apple, Dell, Google and Microsoft, over 90% of the donations support the senator from Illinois. Why does high-tech love Obama? First the numbers The...

Tags: Landslide, Broadband, Obama, McCain, Telecommunications, Broadband Internet, Network Technology, Telecom & Utilities, Networking, Robin Harris

Blog posts 2008-10-05

Our second Linux laptop has a real keyboard

Our second Linux laptop has a real keyboardXandros lite is OK ...For the average user the Xandros Lite OS is fine, but it does have some shortcomings:1) Asus for some reason has a ram limit compiled into the kernel of 1GB. The machine has a max limit of 2GB, but...

Tags: Keyboards, Notebooks, Desktops, Processors, laptop computer, ASUS, real keyboard, kernel, Linux laptop, Xandros, Intel Celeron, distro, keyboard, Linux

Discussion threads 2008-10-03

Slimming down the bloated iTunes 8 installer

Slimming down the bloated iTunes 8 installerPerformance?Let alone the installer size, does anyone else out there have kind of mediocre performance with iTunes in Windows Vista? I've had a number of times where it just seems to come up black, or respond slowly, or syncing just slows my PC to...

Tags: Digital music, Digital media, Apple iTunes, installer

Discussion threads 2008-10-03

Microsoft Hyper-V Server

Microsoft was kind enough to let me know that the Hyper-V Server, that is a dedicated, minimal Windows 2008 Server platform dedicated to being a bare metal, type-1 hypervisor, is now available. It joins products of this type available from VMware, Citrix and several Linux distributions. ...

Tags: Industry Standard, Supplier, Microsoft Corp., Virtual Machine, Virtualization, Microsoft Windows, Server Virtualization, Tools & Techniques, Channel Management, Desktop Virtualization, Servers, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, Management, Marketing, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-10-03

Apple wins royalty rate showdown

Apple wins royalty rate showdownhigher Rate?the Real price for a song should about 25 cents (this will make it more competive agains "free") but guess the RIAA's members just want more money no matter what. that is why the RIAA must be shutdown as it is the most anti-consumer criminal...

Tags: Apple wins royalty rate showdown, RIAA, royalty rate showdown, piracy, Apple Wins, music, showdown, MPAA, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-10-03

DVD Info (rar)

Organize your file/cd/dvd collections from any storage device. DVD Info helps you with entire collections of FILE/CD/DVD. DVD Info listen drive insertions and create a database of your collection. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.

Tags: Collection, KSoft, DVD, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment

Software downloads 2008-10-03

KeyDesktop (exe)

KeyDesktop includes Schedule electronic organizer, Address Book contacts and address book, Back Up (PC, notebook data back-up to USB storage device), Restore USB storage device restore to PC , Password (saving Web site & bank account & password information ), and Expense saving shopping list. This version is the first...

Tags: Notebook, Password, Storage Device, USB, KeyRunner, KeyDesktop, Storage, Storage Management, Hardware

Software downloads 2008-10-03

Amazon, open the Kindle before Apple eats your lunch!

Amazon, open the Kindle before Apple eats your lunch!The lack of features is a featureThe Kindle is actually eating Apple's lunch. By offering no features other than the ability to read books, the Kindle is doing what Apple typically does best: offer fewer features at a greater price. The Kindle...

Tags: E-books, Corporate communications, Games, Monitors & displays, Amazon.com Inc., E-Ink, lunch, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-10-02

Skype says Tom violated agreement for Chinese service

Skype has a further response on the Chinese monitoring situation. And they don't sound that pleased about it. Here's Skype president Josh Silverman: In April 2006, Skype publicly disclosed that TOM operated a text filter that blocked certain words in chat messages, and it also...

Tags: Skype Technologies S.A., Agreement, Tom, Security, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-10-02