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HP partners with Desktone to advance virtualized desktops as a service

Desktone, the desktop as a service DaaS provider, has lined up a powerful ally in Hewlett-Packard HP, which has signed on as the first member of Desktone's partner program for desktop virtualization technology. Desktone announced HP's involvement at the same time it unveiled its service provider...

Tags: Desktop Virtualization, Hewlett-Packard Co., Environment, Service Provider, Desktone, Virtual-D Platform, Desktops, Hardware, Dana Gardner

Blog posts 2008-05-14

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VPN-X 2.4.1.39 (Windows)

Cross-platform P2P/SSL/TLS VPN solution. Client has an individual Virtual IP Address. It can help employees on errands use company LAN resource, help your friends access your computer, play LAN games, all the network data is encrypted and you can control the special peers to access your computer or LAN with...

Tags: Network, Microsoft Windows, BirdsSoft, LANs, Network Technology, Networking

Software downloads 2009-11-23

What's next for Microsoft's Azure cloud platform?

So MS is going cloud...Well, well, isn't this interesting. Does MS concede that the era of packaged client software is over? Again, MS is the follower and not the leader, and again, MS is following Google to the clouds. My prediction is that this will be a field day...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Cyberthreats, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Corp., Azure, server

Discussion threads 2009-11-18

'The Purpose of a Business is to Create a Customer' - Peter Drucker Centenary

This month marks the centenary of Management guru Peter Drucker's birth, and the Harvard Business Review - the Vogue magazine of management fashions - has a terrific section devoted to his legacy and ideas this month. The paper version is a keeper. Drucker's...

Tags: Performance, Knowledge, Drucker, John Hagel, Knowledge Stock, Lloyd, Strategy, Collaboration, Groupware, Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-11-16

SquidNet 2.54 (Windows)

SquidNet Software's Cross-Platform Network Distribution Processor SquidNet allows just about any distributed processing application (Maya, Blender, Lightwave, research, educational) with a command-line based interface to evenly distribute job "slices", segments or frames amongst one or more network processors. These network processors, called Tipnodes, pull and process outstanding job requests from...

Tags: Job, Processor, Network, Microsoft Windows, SquidNet Software, Recruitment & Selection, Networking, Human Resources, Workforce Management

Software downloads 2009-11-13

Apple Safari exposes Windows to drive-by download attacks

"May lead"?Whenever I see these kinds of statements, regardless of platform, I always wonder if the "may" in "may lead to?arbitrary code execution" is equivalent to the odd, statistically improbable and realistically negligible but observed drug side-effect possibilities, like dry-mouth from eye drops or headaches from suppositories or whether it's...

Tags: Linux, Operating systems, SECURITY, Apple Safari, Apple Inc., Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-11-11

Nofeel FTP Server 64-bit 3.6.3812 (Windows)

Nofeel FTP Server 64-bit is a secure and easy-to-use FTP server specially written for Windows platform. Enable users to have real-time interaction with server, including current and past connections full details, server current and permanent stat, ability to stop file transferring, or disconnect any connection. Rich server settings are provided,...

Tags: Nofeel Software Team, Microsoft Windows, Nofeel FTP Server 64-bit, Server Setting, 64-Bit, Servers, Security, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components

Software downloads 2009-11-10

Macnification 1.6.1 (Mac)

Macnification is a workflow solution for digital electron microscopy. It enables scientists to organize, find, annotate, analyze, adjust, compare and publish microscopic images. All major image file formats can be imported into Macnification, as well as their metadata, which are presented in a fully customizable view. A full-screen image view...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Spreadsheet, Orbicule, Macnification, Productivity

Software downloads 2009-11-04

SnapMail 5.2.2 (Mac)

SnapMail is the cross-platform private messaging and file transfer utility for your office. Instantly send messages, files, reminders, and alerts on your network. Unlike instant messaging, SnapMail uses peer-to-peer technology and does not rely on Internet servers to send mail within your local network. This makes SnapMail a very fast...

Tags: Message, Apple Macintosh, Messaging, Mail, Glass Bead Software, SnapMail, Instant Messaging, Internet, Groupware, Online Communications, Enterprise Software, Software

Software downloads 2009-11-02

Video Over IP 1.0 (Windows)

You don't want to compromise an excellent end-user experience when moving to virtual desktops and that's precisely what VDIworks VideoOverIP ensures. VideoOverIP is a remoting protocol designed for virtual desktops. It delivers excellent multimedia performance and multi-monitor capabilities while still allowing you to capitalize on the management improvements, security enhancements...

Tags: IP, Microsoft Windows, Virtual Desktop, Video, VDIworks, VideoOverIP, Desktop Virtualization, Virtualization, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-11-01

Amazon launches relational database service: Think MySQL in the cloud

Three reasons this is a bad paradigm...Security, security and...let's see, what was that other thing...oh yeah, security. The comment "enterprise customers are likely to take their time moving sensitive data into Amazon?s RDS effort" should be nominated for the understatement of the year award. What's more likely is...

Tags: Databases, Web servers, Storage, Web site development, RDBMS, Amazon.com Inc., sensitive data, database, MySQL

Discussion threads 2009-10-27

VMware Fusion 3.0 (Mac)

VMware Fusion is the most seamless way to run Windows applications on your Mac. VMware Fusion combines a clean and intuitive Cocoa-native interface that Mac users expect with a virtual platform trusted by millions of users today. VMware Fusion allows you to launch your Windows applications from the Dock and...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, VMware Fusion, VMware Inc., Virtualization, Desktop Virtualization, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-10-27

Enterprise IT's trust level of Google will increase

That pie will increasingly favor Google. Though Google DOES need to support something more like what Amazon does, so you can just rent a Linux box in the cloud that grows and shrinks.Great potential here for Google; p.s. - dont make Yahoo's mistakesThere is great potential for Google from...

Tags: Tools & Techniques, Servers, OPEN SOURCE, Enterprise IT, Google AppEngine, Microsoft Corp., Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-10-26

Gowalla CEO Josh Williams on game mechanics, user experience, and competition

I'm always looking for a new social site to play with, and right now, all I can think about is Gowalla. I was lucky enough to interview Josh Williams, CEO of Alamofire, the creators of Gowalla. What sparked you to build a location-based...

Tags: Facebook, Mobile, Location, Gowalla, Games, GPS, Sales Force Management, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Sales, Andrew Mager

Blog posts 2009-10-21

Windows 7 in action: a closer look at Windows XP Mode

Now that's coolSo XP apps can be run directly on the desktop? Now that's cool :).How is this different than Virtual PC?Ed, I have XP running under MS Virtual PC 2007 on my Vista Business x64 machine. How is this different? I know that I had to supply...

Tags: Microsoft Windows XP, Windows XP Mode, virtualization, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-10-19

Verizon Droid ad attacks iPhone on features

I'm really interested in this phone. I hear it won't drop 30% of its callsThe ad is pure genius and truly highlights how terrible the iPhone is. The iPhone also has the dubious distinction of being the only modern cell phone to drop 30% of its calls, as admitted by...

Tags: Smart phones, advertisement, Verizon Communications Inc., Apple iPhone, Apple Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-10-19

Bookends 10.6.1 (Mac)

Bookends is a full featured and cost-effective bibliography/reference and information management system for students and professionals. With Bookends you can easily import references (information about journal articles, books, etc.) from EndNote, and directly search and import from PubMed, the Web of Science, Google Scholar, JSTOR, Amazon, the Library of Congress,...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Bookend, Reference, Sonny Software, Word Processors, Microsoft Word, Content Management, Strategy, Microsoft Office, Software, Office Suites, Enterprise Software, Management

Software downloads 2009-10-16

GroundWork Monitor 6.0 offers new view into virtual data center

GroundWork is a leading open source systems and network provider and recently enhanced its platform with JBoss and Microsoft System Center support. That's not all.  GroundWork Monitor 6.0, which shipped on September 2, offers a new "Seurat" view designed to allow administrators to access the status and...

Tags: Virtual Data Center, Performance, Dashboard, Microsoft Corp., JBoss, GroundWork, Data Center Virtualization, Virtualization, Performance Management, Open Source, Storage, Hardware, Data Centers, Data Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2009-10-01

Real-Time Visualization Enables Stronger All-Star Game Security for City of St. Louis

When St. Louis, Missouri, was chosen to host the 2009 Major League All-Star baseball game - where President Obama would throw out the first pitch - the City Emergency Management Agency CEMA needed an efficient way to coordinate public safety among 40 organizations for the five-day celebration. The Microsoft Citizen...

Tags: St. Louis, Microsoft Corp., Content Management, Collaboration, Enterprise Software, Software

Case studies 2009-09-30

If open source were a monopoly

As always thoughtful, Dana. But there's a related problem..Open Source projects are notoriously bad a promoting the unpopular decisions. As such you can see open source as a form of populism.If someone wants to do a clean break - the sort of break which move technology forward - you will...

Tags: Open Source Project, open source, fork, Linux

Discussion threads 2009-09-29