Sponsored White Papers, Webcasts, and Downloads
- Media Revolution 2.9 (Windows)
- By it's enormous function range and the support of numerous media formats Media Revolution is the only player you really need on your PC. Apart from playing video and audio files as well as DVD's, you get a complete media administration and a digital video recorder. The product rounds useful...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, MEDIAKG, Digital Video, DVR, Processors, Personal Technology, Home Entertainment, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components
- Software downloads 2009-11-24
- Adobe releases Flash, AIR betas; Gauging the potential of multi-touch on the desktop
- Not surprising ....Not surprising, considering, Silverlight already supports multi-touch, as does WPF.Silverlight has potential......but platform availability is a factor. MS need to improve that greatly if they want to take a bite out of Flash's share.Rather, catch up[i]Adobe?s platform is appealing, but it?s in a race to stay ahead...
- Tags: Network technology, Web browsers, desktop, 64-bit, Adobe Systems Inc., multi-touch
- Discussion threads 2009-11-17
- Ding Dong, The Vista's DEAD!
- This Halloween, let's all celebrate what we're really feeling: The Wicked Vista is DEAD! In the United States, we've got a bunch of frivolous holidays. I've always regarded Halloween as a particularly frivolous holiday, one in which we encourage our...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista, Halloween, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2009-10-24
- IBM XIV® Storage System: Ease of Management Reinvented
- Managing a storage system has become a costly and complicated task. The direct labour cost associated with its management is increasing. In addition, organizations incur hidden indirect costs due to slow responsiveness, ineffective utilization, and inflexibility. This paper discusses how the IBM XIV Storage System's revolutionary built-in virtualization...
- Tags: Storage System, IBM Corp., Storage Management, Storage, Hardware
- White papers 2009-10-12
- openSUSE 11.2 M8: What a Fine Lookin' Lizard
- Ubuntu's Karmic Koala isn't the only hot Linux beta floating around. On October 1, the openSUSE project released Milestone 8 of openSUSE 11.2, which is slated for general release in November, just in time for the holiday season. Milestone 8 will precede two release candidates to be also released...
- Tags: Ubuntu, GNOME, KDE, Object-oriented, KDE 4.3, openSUSE 11.2 Milestone 8, Open Source, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2009-10-04
- A Pegasus Over WiFi and WiMax Demo: Connectivity at High Speeds
- This paper presents Pegasus, a system providing wireless connection roaming at high velocities over multiple interfaces. The system operates over WiMax, as well as over "In situ" WiFi networks, while at the same time offering transparency to user level applications by allowing a single IP address per user, operating in...
- Tags: University Of Maryland, Network, WiMAX, Wireless LANs, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility, Networking
- White papers 2009-09-29
- Profiler for VMware 4.8.0 (Windows)
- Profiler for VMware provides agentless, cross-domain visibility, management, and intelligence from applications through servers, network, and storage. Profiler enables users to visualize and manage both physical and virtual systems from a single console, with a unified view of the entire environment, to track and respond to utilization of physical resources...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, VMware Inc., Tek-Tools Software, Profiler, Virtualization, Hardware
- Software downloads 2009-09-20
- Strategic Asset Management
- An effective asset management system is designed to increase asset and resource effectiveness by providing a platform to support all types of asset classes and all types of work in a dynamic organization. In fact, proper use of an asset management system can significantly help maximize the utilization of...
- Tags: Asset, Asset Management System, Asset Management, Operational Planning, Business Operations
- White papers 2009-09-18
- SysOrb 3.4.2 (Windows)
- SysOrb is a cross-platform software system for monitoring servers (Win/Lin/Unix/Novell), applications, switches, routers, firewalls, printers, and copiers. SysOrb has many advanced features and yet it has a simple and easy-to-use web interface which means short implementation time and significantly less training needed than with other competing systems. SysOrb saves metrics...
- Tags: Monitor, Monitoring, Evalesco Systems, Microsoft Windows, SysOrb, Monitors & Displays, Hardware, Components
- Software downloads 2009-09-16
- Conversation with Marathon Technologies
- Quite often organizations that adopt virtual machine technology are thinking more about consolidation of workloads to reduce overall costs and to better utilize physical system resources. than availabiltiy. Furthermore, the adoption of this technology is often a "bandage" to cover a more serious issue that is harder to address -...
- Tags: Industry Standard, Marathon Technologies, Virtual Machine, Desktop Virtualization, Virtualization, Hardware, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2009-09-14
- ManageEngine Desktop Central 7.0 (Windows)
- Desktop Central is a Web-based, Network-neutral Windows Desktop Management Software for enterprises. It includes, Software Deployment, Patch Management, Asset Management, Remote Control, configurations, Windows System Tools, Active Directory and User Logon Reports. It supports managing desktops in Active Directory, Windows Workgroup, and Novell eDirectory. Desktops that are managed can be...
- Tags: Zoho, Auditing, Desktop Central, Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Microsoft Windows Active Directory, Directory Services, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Enterprise Software
- Software downloads 2009-09-08
- Virtualization: a good idea but still some growing pains to consider
- It's a solution in search of a problemHow on earth is virtualization going to reduce complexity? The only way to reduce complexity is to use *one* platform of course.[Repeat]How on earth is virtualization going to increase security? The holes in windows will still be there, won't they?This shouldn't sell.Show me...
- Tags: cloud computing, Storage management, Utility computing, Servers, virtualization, server, security, VMware Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-09-02
- Juniper offers up white paper on energy efficiency for networks
- The efforts of Cisco and IBM to extend the energy efficiency debate out of the data center and out into the network have been highly publicized, but I've made a pledge to myself to actively explore what other networking equipemnt providers are doing in this area. (Note to any networking...
- Tags: Energy Efficiency, Network, Juniper Networks Inc., Networking, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2009-08-10
- Process Controller 2.0 (Windows)
- Process Controller is a very unique application. The way it operates is simple but incredibly effective. It's tiny core sits in the background monitoring the current processor utilization. When this crosses a threshold (80% by default) it enters 'Active Mode' and starts analyzing the running processes on the host machine,...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, MLtek, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components
- Software downloads 2009-08-10
- A killer Windows 7 bug? Sorry, no
- A killer Windows 7 bug? Sorry, noWhy are people so obsessed with unused RAM?What, pray tell, is the purpose of RAM if it isn't for it to be used by something? Bragging about unused RAM is like bragging about how your grocery getter has 500HP even though you never use...
- Tags: Operating systems, RAM, memory, Windows 7 bug, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7, killer
- Discussion threads 2009-08-05
- Are we being smart about the smart grid?
- A recent conference sponsored by "Fortune" magazine featured a panel discussion on the smart grid. How? Why? What? The panel was led by members of the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.). Here are three of their suggestions: 1)...
- Tags: Grid, Harry Fuller
- Blog posts 2009-08-04
- Utility Analysis for Internet-Oriented Server Consolidation in VM-Based Data Centers
- Server consolidation based on virtualization technology will simplify system administration, reduce the cost of power and physical infrastructure, and improve utilization in today's Internet-service-oriented enterprise data centers. How much power and how many servers for the underlying physical infrastructure are saved via server consolidation in VM-based data centers is of...
- Tags: Data Center, Wayne State University, Analysis, Server Consolidation, Data Centers, Servers, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Virtualization, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Data Management
- White papers 2009-07-24
- Novell PlateSpin Migrate really moves Solaris workloads
- Novell introduced me to the features of the newest release of PlateSpin Migrate the other day. If you'll recall, I've offered a number of posts on Novell's PlateSpin unit. The most recent of these is Novell PlateSpin Recon 3.6. Novell appears to be one of the few suppliers that offer...
- Tags: PlateSpin Inc., Novell Inc., Workload, Data Centers, Sun Solaris, Servers, Virtualization, Operating Systems, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Software, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2009-07-17
- Virtual Computer Releases NxTop 1.1 with System Workbenchâ„¢
- Virtual Computer just launched a new release of its flagship product, NxTop. This new version, dubbed version 1.1, includes something the company is calling System Workbenchâ„¢. What does this really mean and will it open the doors to desktop virtualization to organizations watching from the sidelines? ...
- Tags: Operating System, Environment, Backup, Virtual Environment, User Data, Image, Computer, Virtual Computer, Virtualization, Server Virtualization, Desktops, Hardware, Servers, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2009-07-07
- IBM System x Enterprise Servers in the New Enterprise Data centre
- Virtualization changes everything! Once you start to virtualize your servers and storage, you will find that you can enjoy a higher degree of server utilization and simpler, more comprehensive server management. But you must have the right partner and the right tools in order to get the most value...
- Tags: Enterprise Server, IBM Corp., Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Virtualization, Utility Computing, Servers, Storage, Hardware
- White papers 2009-07-01
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