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Broadcasters get leeway on digital TV switch

Broadcasters get leeway on digital TV switchHi Voska, Sorry! I was joking...... that was my take on our local conspiracy theorist's typical rant that everything is a government plot out to empty his wallet. I guess I might have done it a bit too well...Personally we have a nice...

Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, switchover, TV, digital television, broadcaster, leeway, cable

Discussion threads 2008-01-02

FCC sets cable requirement for digital switchover

FCC sets cable requirement for digital switchoverGov TV mandateThis seems sureal. Doesn't the government have better things to worry about besides the quality of Inside Edition broadcasts?RE: FCC sets cable requirement for digital switchoverMaybe they should also think about all of the people on disablity that don't have funds...

Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, HDTV, TV, switchover, cable, digital switchover, cable requirement, converter box, FCC

Discussion threads 2007-09-12

Cisco BTS 10200 Softswitch Pre-Manual Switchover Switch Integrity Diagnostic Utility Feature Module

This paper describes the Pre-Manual Switchover Switch Integrity Diagnostic Utility feature that provides the switchover target system health information. For costly traffic outages to be avoided, the switchover decision must be made based on the system health information. The diagnostic script utility automates the manual procedures that are used to...

Tags: Cisco Systems Inc., Switchover, System Health Information, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources

White papers 2007-03-04

Fully Redundant Clock Generation and Distribution With Dynamic Oscillator Switchover

This paper describes a fully redundant clock generation and distribution approach with a fully dynamic switchover capability and concurrent repair. It highlights the challenges as the design evolved from a single source, to a "Cold" standby backup, and finally to a fully redundant transparent switchover with no interruption of the...

Tags: Switchover, IBM Corp., Sales Tools, Backups, Sales

White papers 2007-01-19

Additional Resources

Geek Sheet: Configuring Synergy2 to Share Keyboard, Video and Mouse

It's time again for another Geek Sheet. This time, we're going to show you how to share keyboard, mouse, and video click for short demonstration between multiple desktop computers, using different Operating Systems with a free Open Source program called Synergy2. Are you geeky enough that you...

Tags: Mouse, Video, Synergy2, Client, Screen, Mice, Keyboards, Microsoft Windows, Servers, Hardware, Peripherals, Operating Systems, Software, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-07-08

IBM lays claim to 'greenest' data center title, at least here in North America

OK, by the time this next week is out, you will be as weary as I am of all the "greenest" "more energy-efficient" data centers ever built news that I will report. The good news is that no matter WHICH claim to be the greenest is true, there is some...

Tags: Data Center, IBM Corp., Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-06-19

KVM and Xen cofounders engage in war of words

Xen cofounder and project lead Ian Pratt said predictions about his virtualization hypervisor's demise to the newer kernel-based virtual machine KVM technology are unfounded, a by-product of his competitors' imaginations. "There's no evidence for it. The Xen community is alive and well. Xen is a true...

Tags: Linux, Hypervisor, Linux Kernel, Xen, KVM, Xen Community, Virtualization, Hardware, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2008-05-08

Qumranet's SolidICE ships as Citrix XenDesktop debut nears

KVM sponsor Qumranet launched its long awaited desktop virtualization solution today, just weeks before rival Citrix launches its own XenDesktop solution. The Sunnyvale, calif. company announced on April 30 the release of Solid ICE Independent Computing Environment, a hosted desktop virtualization product that promises desktop-like performance with...

Tags: Desktop Virtualization, Virtualization, Citrix Systems Inc., Qumranet, Citrix XenDesktop, Solid ICE, Desktops, Hardware, prooney

Blog posts 2008-04-30

Reminder: US Daylight Saving Time starts this Sunday morning

In case you didn't know, this is the weekend when US Daylight Saving Time starts - this is the switch where you get an hour less in bed.  At 02:00 local time Sunday morning the clocks go forward an hour. Chances are that most of your critical...

Tags: Daylight Saving Time, Chances, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes

Blog posts 2008-03-07

John Stewart's iPhone: Product placement or pop culture?

John Stewart's iPhone: Product placement or pop culture?I asked myself the sameHis finger did conspicuously move away from the Apple logo when the camera went into close-up, but since the joke was saying how great it was with a heavy dose of sarcasm, ("oh, those are camels... even better.") it...

Tags: TV & Home Theater, TVs, Digital media, advertiser, Apple iPhone, Product Placement, John Stewart, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-02-25

Notebook: IBM's Linux desktop installs; Notes evolution; Data center stats

Notebook: IBM's Linux desktop installs; Notes evolution; Data center statsWell Done Larry!ntRE: Notebook: IBM's Linux desktop installs; Notes evolution; Data center stThe question - Whats the holdup. And then in the answer, a mention of RedHat desktop. I dare say many people in Europe who are used to SuSE would...

Tags: Data centers, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, UNIX, E-mail servers, Utility computing, Notes evolution, IBM Linux, IBM Lotus Notes, Linux, IBM Corp., desktop, data center, notebook

Discussion threads 2007-12-18

Integrated IS-IS Nonstop Forwarding (NSF) Awareness

The Integrated IS-IS Nonstop Forwarding Awareness feature allows CPE routers that are NSF-aware to help NSF-capable routers perform nonstop forwarding of packets. The awareness feature is part of the software code; it need not be configured. The local router is not necessarily performing NSF; its awareness of NSF allows the...

Tags: National Science Foundation, Router, Integrated IS-IS Nonstop Forwarding Awareness Feature, Awareness Feature, Routers & Switches, Network Technology, Networking

White papers 2007-11-18

BGP Nonstop Forwarding (NSF) Awareness

Nonstop Forwarding NSF awareness allows a router to assist NSF-capable neighbors to continue forwarding packets during a Stateful Switchover SSO operation. The BGP Nonstop Forwarding Awareness feature allows an NSF-aware router that is running BGP to forward packets along routes that are already known for a router that is performing...

Tags: National Science Foundation, Router, BGP Nonstop Forwarding Awareness Feature, BGP, Routers & Switches, Network Technology, Networking

White papers 2007-11-18

Microsoft's $240 million says Facebook no fad after all

Microsoft's $240 million says Facebook no fad after all$15 Billion for FaceBook??? Can you say Dot bomb IICome on, $15 Billion???? Not today, not tomorrow, not ever.Hey, I like facebook for what it is but there is no way its worth $15 billion and at some point people...

Tags: IPO, Investment, revenue, Facebook, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2007-10-24

Cisco Catalyst 4500 E-Series High Availability

The Cisco Catalyst 4500 E-Series provides several features that contribute to high availability. In-Service Software Upgrade ISSU allows Cisco Catalyst 4500 E-Series Switches to upgrade or downgrade software with less than 200 milliseconds loss of traffic. ISSU depends on Stateful Switchover SSO, which maintains Layer 2 adjacencies during the switchover...

Tags: Cisco Catalyst, High Availability, Cisco Systems Inc., Cisco Catalyst 4500 E-Series, ISSU

White papers 2007-10-01

New Net taxes could arrive in November

New Net taxes could arrive in NovemberPaying More For Crappy SpeedsLook at Europe, where 10MB connection speeds are a joke....But as usual, we'll shell out the taxes and not protest at all...after all, our taxes are going towards winning the war in Iraq, not towards securing our borders and advancing...

Tags: Taxes, Free trade, Strategy, New Net tax, tax, government

Discussion threads 2007-09-14

Green tech ideals slowly penetrating consumer consciousness

Once upon a time, in the pre-bubble days before the time of the great Y2K switchover and the dot-com implosion, giant high-tech companies scrambled to portray themselves as the biggest, best-est e-something-or-others. In these modern times, they can't paint themselves green fast enough with oodles of paper green being...

Tags: Marketing research, Branding, Heather Clancy, survey, Ipsos, green technology

Blog posts 2007-09-07

SunRocket orphans, send me your switching stories

SunRocket orphans, send me your switching storiesVonage: morons on the phone...A less than auspicious start to my relationship with Vonage. I signed up on Monday (16 July). They won't give me the 2-month free deal because "that's Tuesday's deal", so unless I cancel my account and reapply from...

Tags: VOIP, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Vonage Holdings Corp., SunRocket, ViaTalk, HERE IS, phone

Discussion threads 2007-07-18

SunRocket orphans, send me your switching stories

Are you one of the 200,000 or so ex-customers of SunRocket?You are wanted.You may be aware that just about every viable competitor of SunRocket is seeking your business.Have you gone online to their sites and called them? What did they tell you? Did the phone or online rep seem knowledgeable...

Tags: General

Blog posts 2007-07-18

CIO switches his company from Windows to Macs

CIO switches his company from Windows to MacsSwitch to OracleRun it on mac OXhttp://www.oracle.com/technology/tech/macos/index.htmlOooo, rewriting to Java eh?Hey this is great.[i]But function by function, AWC will rewrite all VIPS client software in Java 6.0 or higher so it can run at the front end on Apple Macs.[/i]I wonder if this...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Operating systems, REAL fact, dependence, Apple Inc., OSX, Dale Frantz, Microsoft Corp., Apple Macintosh, hardware

Discussion threads 2007-07-16