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- Virtual Machine Benchmarks
- A press release crossed my desk on September 6, 2007 from Virtual Iron concerning some very strong benchmark results. Here's a segment of their release.Virtual Iron Software (www.virtualiron.com), a provider of enterprise-class server virtualization and virtual infrastructure management software, today announced its support for the latest Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® Processor...
- Tags: Storage management, Utility computing, Processors, virtual machine, Dan Kusnetzky, Virtual Iron, Quad-Core Intel Xeon Processor 7300, virtualization performance, virtualization, quad-core
- Blog posts 2007-09-10
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- Report: Three Intel Nehalems in November
- Intel will launch its first three Nehalem processors on November 17, according to a report on the site Expreview.com. These Bloomfield high-end chips will include the 3.2 GHz Core i7-965XE ($999), 2.93GHz Core i7-940 ($562) and 2.66GHz Core i7-920 ($284). Nehalem is manufactured using the same 45nm...
- Tags: Desktop, Mobile, Intel Corp., Chip, Nehalem, Server Processor, Chipsets, Semiconductors, Processors, Network Technology, Hardware, Components, Networking, John Morris
- Blog posts 2008-10-11
- Microsoft: How we'll take on VMware
- The software maker believes it has the tools and the right price point to beat VMware in the battle for the virtualisation market. Microsoft has a three-pronged strategy to beat VMware in the virtualization market, according to the company's senior director for virtualization product management, Zane Adam. ...
- Tags: Hypervisor, VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp., Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Colin Barker ZDNet.co.uk, virtualization, Microsoft, VMWare
- News items 2008-10-10
- Virtualization 2.0 panel recording from NGDC is available
- Back in August, I had the opportunity to moderate a panel at the Next Generation Data Center Conference, entitled "Virtualization 2.0".The panel included Albert Lee, Chief Strategy Officer and Board Director of xkoto, Greg O'Connor, CEO of Trigence, Jonah Paransky, Marketing VP of StackSafe and Lawrence Stein, Engineering VP of...
- Tags: Panel, StackSafe, Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Corporate Governance, Hardware, Storage, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-10-10
- Look who’s buying Vista Home Basic hint: it’s not home users
- Look who’s buying Vista Home Basic hint: it’s not home usersMakes senseMakes sense. Your average small biz probably doesn't want very much. They just want something that works. If it runs the databases and the tax software, it's good enough. For a small business, a single PC is usually...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows XP, Vista Basic, Microsoft Windows Vista, Vista Home Basic hint, Vista Home Basic, Vista Home
- Discussion threads 2008-10-09
- Apple's $800 notebook - Winners and losers
- Apple's $800 notebook - Winners and losersYou left out Apple as a choiceI think this will appeal more to the people who where allready going to purchase an Apple laptop then a less expensive Dell or HP.It may hurt Apple a bit in that the margins I would imagine, will...
- Tags: Notebooks, Apple Mac OS X, Operating systems, Apple Inc., notebook, OEM, Microsoft Corp., Apple Macintosh
- Discussion threads 2008-10-09
- Apple set to release $800 notebook
- Apple set to release $800 notebookNot the first time sub $1000Apple had a $999 notebook at one time. Actually, I think the iBook had that price tag at one time. My only hopes is that this $800 Notebook doesn't come with the specs of a Asus Eee 701.RE:...
- Tags: Notebooks, MacMini, Apple-set, notebook, Apple Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-10-09
- (Gallery: Touchy, feely BlackBerry Storm)
- (Gallery: Touchy, feely BlackBerry Storm)After reading the specs...Why only 1GB of onboard memory? Why only 128MB Flash ROM? This is inadequate for today's user and I bet this thing will cost twice as much as the iPhone and I still have to buy additional memory (MicroSD which pales in performance...
- Tags: Handhelds, Flash memory, Apple iPhone, BlackBerry Storm, RIM BlackBerry, Gallery
- Discussion threads 2008-10-09
- WiMax - the technology, devices and momentum - finally arrives.
- WiMax - the technology, devices and momentum - finally arrives.Great NewsI've been reading a of articles about wimax and the buzz is all the same...excitement. This is evidence enough for me that it's time to buy a new laptop :)No information?Coverage where? Fixed or Mobile? Reception distance?ANSWERS:Coverage...
- Tags: Wi-Fi, WIRELESS, WiMAX
- Discussion threads 2008-10-09
- Desktone "Desktops as a Service"
- I had the opportunity to chat with Desktone about their recent announcements. In the last little while they announced a pilot of virtual desktops as a service and partnerships with both Wyse and Microsoft. Here's what Desktone had to say in the desktop as a service announcement: Desktone,...
- Tags: Virtual Desktop, Desktone Inc., Desktop Virtualization, Desktops, Hardware, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-10-09
- plagiarism, Gibberish, IEEE, and the textbook business
- plagiarism, Gibberish, IEEE, and the textbook businessi tend to agree with your wifeThis is very poor english, but does express a meaning that make sense. You may disagree with what it says, but it is coherent. I wouldn't call the extracts you chose as plagiarism. Author used one transformed sentence...
- Tags: Linux, Microsoft Windows, OOA/OOD/OOP, C/C++, Operating systems, plagiarism, textbook business, IEEE
- Discussion threads 2008-10-09
- Building a Data Quality Scorecard for Operational Data Governance
- " Operational data governance is the manifestation of the processes and protocols necessary to ensure that an acceptable level of confidence in the data effectively satisfies the organization's business needs. In this white paper, David Loshin from Knowledge Integrity examines how a data governance program defines the roles, responsibilities, and...
- Tags: Data Quality, DataFlux Corp., Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- White papers 2008-10-09
- Mass Mailer for Mac (Leopard) (zip)
- High-performance bulk email program specially designed for Apple Macintosh computer used to send personalized e-mail messages to a large customer base from a single Mac. It uses Apple Mail as a delivering agent to increase delivery rate. The Import and Export features allow you to share your customer database with...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc., Mailing List, E-mail, Desktops, Online Communications, Hardware
- Software downloads 2008-10-09
- Mass Mailer for Mac (Panther) (zip)
- High-performance bulk email program specially designed for Apple Macintosh computer used to send personalized e-mail messages to a large customer base from a single Mac. It uses Apple Mail as a delivering agent to increase delivery rate. The Import and Export features allow you to share your customer database with...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Panther, Apple Inc., Mailing List, E-mail, Desktops, Online Communications, Hardware
- Software downloads 2008-10-09
- Mass Mailer for Mac (Tiger) (zip)
- High-performance bulk email program specially designed for Apple Macintosh computer used to send personalized e-mail messages to a large customer base from a single Mac. It uses Apple Mail as a delivering agent to increase delivery rate. The Import and Export features allow you to share your customer database with...
- Tags: Apple Macintosh, Apple Inc., Mailing List, E-mail, Desktops, Online Communications, Hardware
- Software downloads 2008-10-09
- Intel X-25M solid-state drive (80GB)
- Intel's X-25M solid-state hard drive represents a major leap forward for the solid-state drive category. While we've heard about the benefits of solid-state hard drives for years--faster access and boot times, improved battery life--Intel's drive raises expectations for the category as a whole. You will most definitely have to...
- Tags: Intel Corp., Intel X-25M, SSD, hard drive
- Product reviews 2008-10-08
- F-Secure Internet Security 2009
- F-Secure Internet Security 2009 is a complete suite of antivirus, antispyware, antispam, antiphishing, and personal firewall tools for personal desktops. We've been hearing good things and looking forward to reviewing F-Secure for years, however, several little things bothered us about this release. F-Secure Internet Security 2009 costs more than the...
- Tags: Firewalls, Spyware, adware & malware, SECURITY, Viruses and worms, Cyberthreats, Network security, F-Secure Corp., F-Secure Internet Security 2009, F-Secure Internet Security
- Product reviews 2008-10-08
- Have we all become a bunch of anxious, depressed, sleep-deprived irritable stress-heads?
- Let's face it, the last month or so has been a challenge for just about anyone's tolerance of stress and has made even the most "stable" of us question our own emotional and mental health. But I've discovered that IT workers in particular, or anyone who...
- Tags: Sleep, Job, Beverage, Health Care, Computer, Recruitment & Selection, Benefits, Vertical Industries, Healthcare, Food & Beverage, Productivity, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Manufacturing, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-10-08
- Sony Bravia KDL-52XBR6
- Sony has always reserved its best features and highest performance for its "XBR"-branded HDTVs, and this year there's an unprecedented three series of Sony sets bearing the moniker. The most-expensive is the XBR8 series, with LED backlighting, followed by the XBR7 series, with different styling and supposedly improved video processing....
- Tags: TVs, TV & Home Theater, most-expensive, Sony Corp., XBR6, Sony KDL-52XBR6, TV
- Product reviews 2008-10-08
- HP Compaq CQ50-215NR
- Note: This review is part of our Holiday 2008 Retail Laptop Roundup, covering specific new configurations of popular laptops that can be found in retail stores.With a glossy lid and relatively trim profile, the Compaq Presario CQ50-215nr looks more expensive than its $549 price tag. Unfortunately, looks aren't everything: the...
- Tags: Desktops, Compaq Presario, Compaq Presario CQ50-215nr, Compaq Computer Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co.
- Product reviews 2008-10-08
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