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UPS Support 1.01 for Server Appliance Kit 2.01 (exe)

The uninterruptible power supply UPS support for server appliances provides access to the Microsoft Windows 2000 UPS service using the Server Appliance Kit Web user interface UI. Through this support, server appliance administrators can access UPS status information, UPS configuration parameters, and UPS alerts. These features are located on the...

Tags: United Parcel Service Of America Inc., Server Appliance, Power Supply, Uninterruptible Power Supply, Servers, Hardware

Software downloads 2007-09-14

The Real Cost of Protecting Investment in IT

In making a decision to purchase or to invest, it is important to measure the Total Cost of Ownership TCO in order to predict how the investment will be paid back. In the case of a data centre, the individual cost factors involved in protecting the investment include the necessary...

Tags: Information Technology, TCO, Uninterruptible Power Supply, Roi/Tco, Investment, Finance, Managerial Accounting

White papers 2006-12-18

Monitoring Redundant Uninterruptible Power Supplies Using IBM Director

Most UPS monitoring software assumes the server is communicating directly with, and getting power from, only one UPS. Larger UPSes have multiple communication ports or network ports to allow multiple servers to monitor the state of the UPS. This paper will discuss and demonstrate using IBM Director to monitor UPSes...

Tags: United Parcel Service Of America Inc., Monitoring, IBM Director, Power Supply, Uninterruptible Power Supply, IBM Corp., Monitors & Displays, Hardware, Components

White papers 2004-01-22

Uninterruptible Power Supplies

Power interruptions can cause severe repercussions for business computer systems. The problem is especially difficult in places where power outages and fluctuations frequently occur. A UPS provides a backup battery and power inverter circuitry to insulate systems and data from power outages. In situations where momentary power fluctuations occur, a...

Tags: United Parcel Service Of America Inc., Fluctuation, Problem, Penton Media Inc., Power Supply, Outage, Uninterruptible Power Supply, Manufacturing, Backups, Productivity

White papers 2000-04-01

Additional Resources

Enterprise IT and the hypercompetition boom

Corporate information technology has led to more winner take all markets and a super competitive business environment where players often flame out as quickly as they showed up. That's the big conclusion from Andrew McAfee and Erik Brynjolfsson in this month's Harvard Business Review. ...

Tags: Laggard, Information Technology, Leader, Strategy, Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-08

Ticking bombs in enterprise land

I believe the enterprise software industry is heading for major problems. It started when I read Francine McKenna  where she talks about what she sees as a doomsday scenario for at least one of the Big Four audit businesses. Francine's focus is on questioning the effectiveness of current methods for...

Tags: Software, Audit, Francine, Tools & Techniques, Financial Accounting, Management, Finance, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-07-07

Your Gmail is now a lot more secure

A feature that I found out was in the making last September has finally come to fruition. You can now see information about recent and concurrent Gmail sessions for your Gmail account. What does that mean? It means now you have the power to see if anybody...

Tags: Google Gmail, E-mail Providers, Cloud Computing, Internet, Garett Rogers

Blog posts 2008-07-07

UPDATED: Learning how to use "green" and Microsoft in the same sentence

NOTE: I've updated this post to include another link with tips on other Microsoft technologies that can contribute to your company's green credentials as well as the link for the Imagine Cup winners. It being the week of Microsoft's annual big-deal partner conference and all, I thought...

Tags: Data Center, Green Technology, Microsoft Corp., Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-07-07

What are the alternatives to the iPhone 3G?

What are the alternatives to the iPhone 3G?That is an easy onethe only alternative to owning an iPhone is death.[i]"Give me an iPhone, or give me death!"[/i]Funny, I'm wondering if there are any alternatives to the HTC Touch DiamondAs if the big, bulky, heavy nature of the iPhone wasn't bad...

Tags: Cellular phones, 3G, Apple iPhone

Discussion threads 2008-07-07

What's next for the MacBook Air?

Brook Crothers at CNet's nanotech blog has posted an interesting piece about what upgrade options might be coming for the MacBook Air. Drives Apple dropped the price of the 64GB Solid State Disk SSD option by US$400 on Thursday but Crothers points to higher capacity, 128GB...

Tags: Processor, Disk, MBA, Apple MacBook, Battery, Apple Inc., Solid State Disk, Intel Corp., MLC, Engineering, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-07-07

Apple drops Solid State Drive price by US$400

Apple drops Solid State Drive price by US$400Once again for you "early adopters"...BOHICA (B-end O-ver H-ere I-t C-omes A-gain)Always been that wayPull out a computer mag from the 90's and see the power and costs of the computers and other bits & pieces advertised. Things just seem to be...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, US$400, computer, solid state disk, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-07-07

Linux - Still chasing that elusive 1ò0market share

Linux - Still chasing that elusive 1ò0market share.....Not buying less than 1%. 3% yes, 1% no. The problem is there is really no reliable way to count ALL the Linux machines out there, then determine which are server, super computer or desktop or embedded.Linux's strength in diversity creates a near...

Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, OPEN SOURCE, Linux

Discussion threads 2008-07-07

Icahn: Ballmer would do a deal if Yahoo's board goes; Microsoft confirms

Icahn: Ballmer would do a deal if Yahoo's board goes; Microsoft confirmsThe only way Icahn could "save" GM would be to buy up shares cheap, andthen sell them to Toyota for double the money.... matchnow which one is the Match and who is the striker They are both very incendiary...

Tags: Corporate governance, Micro$oft, board, Yahoo! Inc., Icahn, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Confirms, Steve Ballmer

Discussion threads 2008-07-07

Energy Independence Day...not yet, but it's a popular idea

Energy Independence Day...not yet, but it's a popular ideaAnd, yet againWe see the asinine argument that the path to energy independence isn't to produce energy, but to restrict use.But this is no surprise. Like all environmental issues, it really isn't about what it says it's about. Energy independence isn't about...

Tags: energy independence, Energy Independence Day, popular idea

Discussion threads 2008-07-07

Why you'll have a long wait for Microsoft's next OS

Why you'll have a long wait for Microsoft's next OSPerhapsbecause I said best bitsThe next OS from Microsoftshould employ the best bits of what is available, whether they are Microsoft ideas or not - most of the best ones have not been. For example, it should at the very least...

Tags: Operating systems, operating system, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2008-07-07

News to know: Open Office; Google; Security metrics; IT jobs

Notable headlines: Dana Blankenhorn: What could Open Office do with a business model? Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: First look at Ubuntu 8.10 - Intrepid Ibex. Gallery right Paul Murphy: Internet abuse and Cloud Computing An IT productivity horror story ...

Tags: Job, Security, Google Inc., Power Management, Information Technology, Photograph, OpenOffice, Office Suites, Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-07-07

Far out! Another power management option for my Mac

Far out! Another power management option for my MacFaronics is also based in Vancouver, BC... with affiliated office in San Francisco. The company's founder is also my next door neighbor.

Tags: Far-Out, power management option, power management, Apple Macintosh, Faronics

Discussion threads 2008-07-06

Far out! Another power management option for my Mac

The marketing and communications types over at developer Faronics of San Ramon, Calif., very gently informed me a few weeks ago that they have a very well established power management utility for the Macintosh platform. I had despaired of the few choices for the Mac a few months back when...

Tags: Software, Apple Macintosh, Power Management, Power Save Mac 2.0 Software, Report Generator, Tools & Techniques, Desktops, Management, Hardware, Heather Clancy

Blog posts 2008-07-06

Students and the browser war

Note: I just want to quickly apologise for the lack of posts recently; moved into a new house and broadband won't be set up for a while, so had to resort to dial-up which is proving troublesome. I'll do my best, considering this is essentially my income,...

Tags: Web, Mozilla Firefox 3.0, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Web Browser, Firefox Library, Web Browsers, Internet, Zack Whittaker

Blog posts 2008-07-06

Giant rubber snakes to capture wave power?

Giant rubber snakes to capture wave power?I for oneI for one welcome our new giant rubber snake overlords.RE: Giant rubber snakes to capture wave power?I woke up one morning and my friend was hitting my forehead with a giant rubber snake...at least I think that's what it was.1 MW powers...

Tags: rubber snake, snake, Giant rubber snake

Discussion threads 2008-07-06