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- News to know: Google, IBM; AMD; Apple
- 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. Earnings wrap: Sam Diaz: Schmidt: Worst of recession is over; Google is hiring Larry Dignan: IBM...
- Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Mary Jo Foley, Apple Inc., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Sam Diaz, IBM Corp., E-books, Desktops, Networking, Personal Technology, Hardware
- Blog posts 2009-10-16
- News to know: XP Mode; Cisco; Comcast; 'Ardi'
- 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. Mary Jo Foley: Microsoft releases XP Mode virtualization to manufacturing [video=346621] Larry Dignan: Cisco doubles down...
- Tags: Google Inc., Web, Larry Dignan, Advertisement, Microsoft Windows XP, Comcast Corp., Microsoft Corp., Cisco Systems Inc., Channel Management, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility, Marketing
- Blog posts 2009-10-02
- Private clouds: A valuable concept or buzzword bingo?
- Governance and Control are a serious isssue...The blog seemed to try to downplay the loss of control of business information and data like it was the same as losing control of an electricity grid. The two things are not the same. When the electricity grid goes down, sure business stops...
- Tags: Virtualization, Recruitment & Selection, tech industry, Google Inc., cloud computing
- Discussion threads 2009-10-01
- Oh sure...4 days in and Gmail goes down
- RE: Oh sure...4 days in and Gmail goes downMy office lost it primary and secondary links to our data farm. We spent the morning without access to our email exchange.The servers are off site for security and redundancy reasons. We are in a location that has all sort...
- Tags: Internet service providers (ISPs), E-mail providers, cloud computing, Google Inc., Internet Service Provider, Google Gmail, outage, e-mail
- Discussion threads 2009-09-01
- TechRepublic: Most CIOs refuse to buy the hype on desktop virtualization
- Simply put, there is no value in itand a massive number of headaches.RE: TechRepublic: Most CIOs refuse to buy the hype on desktop virtualizationWell I see lots of advantages.1) IF the workstation do not have hard drives, this will reduce the cost per seat. Most Desktop hard drives...
- Tags: Desktops, Virtualization, desktop, desktop virtualization, VDI, Emory Healthcare
- Discussion threads 2009-08-20
- BriefingsDirect analysts debate the 'imminent death' of enterprise IT as cloud models ascend
- who's going to maintain the workstationsyeah it's a cloud system, but the hardware at the desk still needs to be maintained. Waiting for your 3rd party IT people could waste valuable time in the office.RE: BriefingsDirect analysts debate the 'imminent death' of enterprise IT as cloud models ascendI think...
- Tags: Thin clients, cloud computing, thin client, imminent death, enterprise-IT, Briefingsdirect
- Discussion threads 2009-08-10
- What's Microsoft's next billion-dollar business? (Hint: it's not search)
- What's Microsoft's next billion-dollar business? (Hint: it's not search)Typo"Business Productivity Online Services, Windows Azure, desktop virtualization, storage Data Protection Manager and identity ser[b]v[/b]ices."Me: I would really work much harder on mobileI think Microsoft is doing the right thing in the Enterprise space. I even think it is a...
- Tags: Research & Development, Collaboration, Groupware, Content management, Enterprise software, NOW IT, Microsoft Corp., billion-dollar business, R&D, Microsoft SharePoint
- Discussion threads 2009-08-03
- Reformulating Murphy's law
- Reformulating Murphy's lawInteresting thoughtsIt's saddening that thought is such a rare thing among us humans.Imagine how different the world might have been.[i]"The applications to IT are less obvious but equally compelling. If you believe, for example, in the achievability of wintel security, you?ll spend lots of money setting your employer...
- Tags: Operating systems, Wintel, Unix
- Discussion threads 2009-08-01
- Wyse releases virtual desktop accelerator
- Wyse has launched a virtual desktop accelerator and hopes that will open the door to greater acceptance of the concept of a hosted virtual desktop environment. One of the key inhibitors in the past have been overall performance due to transmission latency and loss of data that required retransmission. Wyse,...
- Tags: Desktop, Data Center, Virtual Desktop, Wyse Technology Inc., Data Centers, Storage, Desktop Virtualization, Virtualization, Hardware, Data Management, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2009-07-13
- News to know: Google Books, Yahoo's Search Pad; CrunchPad; 99-cent netbook; Psystar; SAP war chest
- 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. Richard Koman: DOJ confirms Google Books investigation Sam Diaz: Can Yahoo steal the search throne from Google with Search...
- Tags: Google Inc., Yahoo Search, Larry Dignan, Richard Koman, Yahoo! Inc., Dana Blankenhorn, SAP AG, Apple Inc., Video, Psystar, Sam Diaz, Netbook, Corporate Communications, Projectors, Netbooks, Nettops & MIDs, Open Source, Marketing, Hardware, Components
- Blog posts 2009-07-07
- Why Windows 7 should be free
- Why Windows 7 should be freeAm I the only one who had zero problems with Vista?This issue has been debated thoroughly across zdnet, so I have no desire to rehash it. But I am still not convinced that Vista's problems are systemic...and I think they are more a PR issue....
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-07-01
- Stratus bundles VMware vSphere Essentials
- It is clear that the folks at Stratus Technologies understand that virtualized environments are likely to become the norm at organizations of all sizes. Helping smaller organizations realize that vision is going to take some help, however. Stratus appears to be willing to put its "money where its mouth is"...
- Tags: Software, Stratus Technologies, Fault-tolerance, VMware Inc., vSphere Essentials, Virtualization, Tools & Techniques, Hardware, Management, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2009-06-11
- Living with a netbook: Toy or tiny notebook?
- Living with a netbook: Toy or tiny notebook?I guess they are OKWith most Windows Based Netbooks being in the $350 area I do not see any advantage of a netbook other than size. Sure you can get a nice light 10" screen netbook, but expect to only do light...
- Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Notebooks, netbook, notebook
- Discussion threads 2009-05-13
- Sapphire 09 Live: Smart business plans, moral benchmarks
- SAP is always a bit of a conundrum to me. They have extraordinarily talented people, an incredibly deep product portfolio that they are always extending, more often than not make good acquisitions that take some time but work out all in all, and seem to be actually dedicated to transforming...
- Tags: Sustainability, SAP AG, Paul Greenberg
- Blog posts 2009-05-13
- Marathon Technologies everRun 2G and everRun VM Lockstep
- I've been meeting to post something on the announcement of Marathon Technologies' everRun 2G and everRun VM Lockstep. I've spoken the the good folks of Marathon on many ocassions in the past (see Marathon Technologies launches everRun VM, Conversation with Marathon Technology and Marathon Technologies launches everRun CDP to catch...
- Tags: Availability, Fault-tolerance, Marathon Technologies, 2G, Server Virtualization, Servers, Hardware, Virtualization, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2009-04-30
- Swine flu? What it means for IT professionals
- The US Center for Disease Control CDC has confirmed 64 cases of swine flu in the United States and as other countries including Canada (6), New Zealand (3), the United Kingdom (2), Israel (2), Spain (2), and now Germany have confirmed cases, the World Health Organization has raised the worldwide pandemic threat level...
- Tags: Storage, Flu, Business Continuity, Workforce, CDC, Recruitment & Selection, Workforce Management, Remote Access, Payroll Solutions, Human Resources, Stephanie Balaouras
- Blog posts 2009-04-29
- Stratus Avance 1.5 - A Simple, but Powerful, Way to HA/DR for SMB
- There, I got three acronyms into the title of a post! That was just about as much fun as getting the Wall Street Journal to unknowingly publish a pun as part of a quote! Now that I've said that, let's get down to business. Lee Kaminski, a...
- Tags: Stratus Technologies, Small And Medium Business, Avance, Avance Software, Virtualization, Storage Management, Cloud Computing, Utility Computing, Marketing Research, Hardware, Storage, Marketing, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2009-04-29
- Windows 7's XP Virtualization: I TOLD YOU SO!
- Windows 7's XP Virtualization: I TOLD YOU SO!I disagreeThis is completely designed for the business user. The average home users does not have legacy applications that are mission critical to their daily life. This is really designed for the Business user who has in house Line of Business...
- Tags: NOW IT, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows XP, XP Virtualization, virtualization, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2009-04-25
- Is Oracle serious about hardware?
- Oracle's acquisition of Sun Microsystems brings a sizeable hardware business to Larry Ellison's gang. The larger question is how serious is Oracle about Sun's hardware? On a conference call with analysts Techmeme, Oracle executives just happened to mention that Sun's manufacturing was outsourced. That mention was notable because...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., Hardware, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-04-20
- Is adopting the cloud a money-losing mistake?
- Is adopting the cloud a money-losing mistake?The cloud is many steps backward...The loss of control over your applications, data, security, accessibility, accountability, and much more is seriously many many steps backward from where we are now. The cloud has very limited usefulness for very specific applications and the hype over...
- Tags: Service level management, Intellectual property, SECURITY, cloud system, money-losing mistake
- Discussion threads 2009-04-15
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