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A sneaky use for the Sun Grid

A sneaky use for the Sun GridGrid as a Basis for Metro Area Networks?I've never deployed Sun Grid, but wonder openly if it would be applicable for support of Metropolitan area networks, e.g., the San Francisco wi-fi deal.Perhaps it's not a compute/floating point intensive task, but additional services would likely...

Tags: NETWORKING, Sol10, Plan 9, Sun Grid, Sun Microsystems Inc.

Discussion threads 2006-05-10

A sneaky use for the Sun Grid

Sun envisages the Sun Grid as an easy to access, consumer friendly, scientific computing facility. Basically the deal is that you can run standard software, or have them load your own, and pay them $1 per CPU hour to get hundreds, or even thousands, of CPUs focused on your job....

Tags: Processors, Sun Microsystems Inc., CPU-hour, Sun Grid, job, CPU

Blog posts 2006-05-10

Software Services and Competitive Advantage

Software Services and Competitive AdvantageJust another optionBusiness will use SOA - for SOME of their needs. I agree with murph that there will not be any stampede to SOA - business will assess where SOA fits in their environment.Small business and startups will like the flexibility of SOA solutions. They...

Tags: Software as a Service (SaaS), Service-oriented architecture (SOA), Tools & Techniques, Strategy, Sun Grid, Sun Microsystems Inc., software-as-a-service, competitive advantage, software, SOA

Discussion threads 2006-05-03

Sun Grid hit by network attack

Sun Grid hit by network attackImagine that...... someone actually cared enough to take it out. Wonders never cease.Windows a proper product?When will Mr. Bill Gates learn to put out a proper product? Windows has had so many problems in all of it versions that if you were to...

Tags: TCP/IP, Operating systems, Hacking, Network technology, NETWORKING, SECURITY, network, Microsoft Windows, CP/M, Sun Grid, network attack, Sun Microsystems Inc.

Discussion threads 2006-03-23

Sun Grid to launch this week

Sun Grid to launch this weekNew day dawns.Sun microsystems desire to position itself in the compute power utility paradigm is commendable. If they are able to facilitate and provide ease of entry to the small player they will have something. I for one can see 3d, raytraced fantasy worlds as...

Tags: Sun Grid, Sun Microsystems Inc.

Discussion threads 2006-03-22

Sun Grid: $84,000 per day

Sun formally launched its Sun Grid service which I blogged about here, with 5,000 sockets, a year after first announcing it. If 70 percent of the current computing pool were used on a daily basis, Sun would rake in about $84,000 per day. In a Bloomberg story, Aisling MacRunnels, senior...

Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Grid

Blog posts 2006-03-22

Sun Grid rising at network.com

Sun Grid rising at network.comSarcasm, eh.I have always believed ZDNet to be an apologist site for Microsoft and this is yet-another-so-called-journalistic pack of lies by ZDNet. Now, what part of the grid compute utility you did not like.Its a great product. You have a complicated program which takes a while...

Tags: API, grid, Sun Grid, Sun Microsystems Inc.

Discussion threads 2006-03-20

Sun Grid rising at network.com

In his latest blog post, Jonathan Schwartz laments that the slow transformation toward multitenant grids behind corporate firewalls at the same time as he promotes Sun's forthcoming Grid service (starting with 5,000 CPU sockets, a mix of Ultrasparc and Opteron), which will live under the network.com URL (which came with...

Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., grid, Jonathan Schwartz

Blog posts 2006-03-20

Additional Resources

Chrome OS: Some Early Preview Videos

google should move away from linuxI suppose they could easily take away all those messes of the current os by doing that. Haha! Crummy-um "Chromium OS and Open Source" video-- the guy is calling it Crummy-um! Sounds about right.RE: Chrome OS: Some Early Preview VideosAnd ZDNet falls hook, line,...

Tags: Corporate communications, Linux, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, ChromeOS, Chrome, Chrome OS, early Preview Video, operating system, Preview Video, video

Discussion threads 2009-11-19

News to know: Intel; Microsoft layoffs; Motorola, Palm; Oracle-Sun; MSN

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.: Sam Diaz: New York AG files antitrust charges against Intel; alleges bribery, coercion Mary Jo Foley: Are the Microsoft...

Tags: Layoff, MSN, Hewlett-Packard Co., Oracle Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., Palm Inc., Andrew Nusca, Microsoft Corp., Matthew Miller, Sam Diaz, Intel Corp., Motorola Inc., Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Data Centers, Storage, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Hardware, Data Management

Blog posts 2009-11-05

Microsoft recovers 'most, if not all' Sidekick users' data

I lost my contacts for a few days. Give me ONE HUNRED BILLION DOLLARS!!!Says with pinky raised to mouth.RE: Microsoft recovers 'most, if not all' Sidekick users' dataI don't feel sorry for anyone who owns a Sidekick and lost their data. It is moronic to purchase a device that...

Tags: Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-10-15

Blowin' in the wind, and power under the sun

Is there more wind power in our future? Lester Brown, head of the Earth Policy Institute, says we can cut our greenhouse emissions 80% by 2020, if we use the wind that's just out there for the world to use. Brown says "Ask what can be done, NOT...

Tags: China, Plant, Wind Energy, Fossil Fuel, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-10-04

News to know: Verizon's Pre; Tornado; IDF; iPhone MMS; RedHat; Gmail outage

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. Sam Diaz: Report: Verizon says no to Palm Pre Andrew Mager: Tornado: The real-time web server from...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Gmail, Larry Dignan, MMS, Red Hat Inc., Verizon Communications Inc., Microsoft Corp., Outage, Sam Diaz, Intel Corp., E-mail Providers, Text Messaging/SMS/MMS, Smart Phones, Cloud Computing, Open Source, Internet, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Online Communications

Blog posts 2009-09-25

News to know: Microsoft; Google; Dell; Robo-pills; Android;

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. Ed Bott: A close-up look at the new Office Web Apps Gallery: Office Web Apps Technical Preview ...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Dell Computer Corp., Microsoft Office, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Photograph, Smart Phones, Federal Government, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Government, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-09-21

DX ToolBox 3.6 (Mac)

DX Toolbox searches the web for you, gathering information on solar and geomagnetic conditions that affect radio propagation. It also contains several propagation forecasting tools.It displays in real-time the following important readings:Solar Flux A-Index K-Index X-Ray Flux levels X-Ray flares Solar Wind Earth's Magnetic Field Radio Blackout conditions Geomagnetic Storm...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Propagation, Radio, Black Cat Systems, DX Toolbox, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-09-08

DX ToolBox 3.6 (Windows)

DX Toolbox searches the web for you, gathering information on solar and geomagnetic conditions that affect radio propagation.In addition, the last month's worth of Solar Flux, A-Index, K-Index, Sun Spot Number, and background X-Ray Flux are plotted. Maps showing auroral levels, as well as the maximum F layer frequency (related...

Tags: Black Cat Systems, DX Toolbox, Microsoft Windows, Advertising & Promotion, Channel Management, Operating Systems, Software, Marketing

Software downloads 2009-09-08

News to know: Snow Leopard; YouTube; VMWorld; Google Books

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. Ryan Naraine: Snow Leopard ships with vulnerable Flash Player Sam Diaz: Report: EC considering delay of Sun-Oracle over...

Tags: Google Inc., Andrew Nusca, YouTube Inc., Microsoft Corp., Matthew Miller, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows 7, Desktop Virtualization, Desktops, Data Centers, Virtualization, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Hardware, Storage, Data Management

Blog posts 2009-09-03

News to know: Best hardware; Malware; Netbooks; Social CRM

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. Paul Greenberg: Time to Put A Stake in The Ground on Social CRM Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Hardware 2.0 'Very Best Kit...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Malware, Apple Inc., Matthew Miller, Photograph, Netbook, CRM, Microsoft Windows 7, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Smart Phones, Hardware, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-07-06

News to know: Windows 7. iPhone in China, CircuitCity.com, Java, Google books, Apple history

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. Ed Bott: Windows 7 to launch October 22; RTM next month Mary jo Foley: Windows 7: The incentives are...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Circuit City Stores Inc., Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Microsoft Windows 7, Java, Apple Inc., Microsoft Windows, Sam Diaz, Netbook, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Hardware

Blog posts 2009-06-03

Cooling future cost inflation

Cooling future cost inflationMakes senseAlthough you COULD should take those 80+ watt desktops and grid them together in a distributed fashion - thus adding little-used CPU power into a big pool. This allows for ALL computers great and small to be loaded and configured EXACTLY THE SAME. This of course...

Tags: Currency & Foreign exchange, Desktops, Virtualization, inflation, Sun Ray, Sun Microsystems Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-05-23