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- Virtualization
- An umbrella term for enhancing a computer's ability to do work. Following are the ways virtualization is used.Hardware VirtualizationPartitioning the computer's memory into separate and isolated "virtual machines" simulates...
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- Do we need cloud oriented architecture?
- One of the criticisms leveled at service oriented architecture is that the 'architecture' aspect has often been overlooked. In one of his latest analyses, ZapThink's Ron Schmelzer wonders where architecture fits among all the excitement around cloud computing. "The discussion of architecture has been given short shrift in cloud...
- Tags: Conversation, SOA, Architecture, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Hardware, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2009-07-01
- 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
- OSCulator 2.8.4 (Mac)
- Virtual-hub for devices and softwares OSCulator is a software that can be used with many different hardware devices and software. For example, with OSCulator, your Nintendo Wiimote can talk to major MIDI sequencers or your favorite console emulator or even the Kyma sound design workstation. And your iPhone or Lemur...
- Tags: Software, Apple Macintosh, Virtual Keyboard, OSCulator, Virtualization, Tools & Techniques, Hardware, Management
- Software downloads 2009-07-01
- VirtualBox 3.0 (Windows)
- innotek VirtualBox is a family of powerful x86 virtualization products for enterprise as well as home use. Not only is VirtualBox an extremely feature rich, high performance product for enterprise customers, it is also the only professional solution that is freely available as Open Source Software under the terms of...
- Tags: Innotek VirtualBox, Innotek GmbH, Microsoft Windows, Desktop Virtualization, Hardware, Virtualization
- Software downloads 2009-07-01
- Sun xVM VirtualBox 3.0
- Sun Microsystems' latest Open Source desktop virtualization software. by Jason Perlow
- Tags: Desktop, Sun Microsystems Inc., Desktop Virtualization, Hardware, Sun Micrososystem, virtualbox, virtualization, sun, server, development, open source, Jason Perlow
- Image galleries 2009-06-30
- Sun xVM VirtualBox 3.0: Virtual Developer's Delight
- Windows 7 Ultimate RC 64-Bit Edition virtualized on Fedora 11, 64-Bit using Sun xVM VirtualBox 3.0 With little fanfare, Sun Microsystems released version 3.0 of xVM VirtualBox, the Open Source and multi-platform desktop virtualization tool for Unix, Linux, Windows and Mac. The new...
- Tags: Innotek VirtualBox, Developer, Operating System, Sun Microsystems Inc., OpenGL 2.0, Desktop Virtualization, Microsoft Windows, Linux, Operating Systems, Hardware, Virtualization, Software, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2009-06-30
- Sun VirtualBox 3.0
- Sun Microsystems released VirtualBox 3.0 today. One goal of this release is supporting workloads, such as database management systems, some collaborative applications and many web-based applications that rely on multiple processes running simultaneously. Another is offering support for high performance graphics for desktop applications. Here's...
- Tags: Innotek VirtualBox, Hypervisor, Sun Microsystems Inc., VirtualBox 3.0, Desktop Virtualization, Hardware, Virtualization, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2009-06-30
- VirtualBox 3.0 (Mac)
- innotek VirtualBox is a family of powerful x86 virtualization products for enterprise as well as home use. Not only is VirtualBox an extremely feature rich, high performance product for enterprise customers, it is also the only professional solution that is freely available as Open Source Software under the terms of...
- Tags: Innotek VirtualBox, Apple Macintosh, Innotek GmbH, Desktop Virtualization, Hardware, Virtualization
- Software downloads 2009-06-30
- WinMount 3.2.0624 (Windows)
- WinMount is a useful windows utility. It is an archive tool and also an image tool. It can compress, decompress and browse archieves, mount archives and DVD CD HDD images to a virtual disk. The most powerful function is that mount ZIP RAR to virtual disk or local folder directly...
- Tags: Disk, Microsoft Windows, Virtual Disk, WinMount International, Ip storage, Virtualization, Productivity, Hardware
- Software downloads 2009-06-30
- Frugal Friday: Residential Broadband Woes, Jacko, Windows 7 vs Snow Leopard pricing, Red Hat, Virtualization, Cleversafe
- Frugal Friday: Residential Broadband Woes, Jacko, Windows 7 vs Snow Leopard pricing, Red Hat, Virtualization, CleversafeBroadband DowntimeI was on Cable for Broadband for about 2 years, and suffered intermittent problems for the entire time, and I won't even discuss DSL when I used it.I went to Verizon Broadband...
- Tags: Broadband Internet, Network technology, Pricing, Microsoft Windows, Residential Broadband Woes, Snow Leopard pricing, Jacko, Red Hat virtualization, Cleversafe, Frugal Friday, broadband, Snow Leopard, Microsoft Windows 7, pricing strategy, Red Hat Inc., virtualization
- Discussion threads 2009-06-29
- Platform Computing: Herding Clouds
- After the post Platform Computing Announces Infrastructure Sharing Services appeared on ZDnet, I had the opportunity to speak with Songnian Zhou, CEO of Platform Computing. Although the plans were for me to speak with Platform prior to the post going live, scheduling problems made that impossible. So, the focus of...
- Tags: Platform Computing Inc., Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Hardware, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2009-06-29
- Are economic conditions changing how you manage server turnover?
- Guest post: TechRepublic's Scott Lowe, Chief Information Officer for Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri, examines some of the reasons server sales have dropped and handicaps the recession's impact. For more posts like this see TechRepublic's data center blog. Between cloud computing, virtualization and economic...
- Tags: Software-as-a-service, Data Center, Virtualization, Sales, Server Sale, Data Centers, Servers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-06-29
- Arabic Editor 7.6 (Windows)
- From the developer: ""Arabic Editor is a full-featured text editor allowing users to Type Arabic and English simultaneously . Provides virtual keyboard on the screen for the Arabic letters and full bilingual user interface including the Menus, toolbars, Dialogs, Help. etc which can be read in Arabic and English language...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Keyboards, Microsoft Excel, Virtualization, Hardware, Peripherals, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software
- Software downloads 2009-06-27
- Urdu Editor 7.6 (Windows)
- Urdu Editor is a full-featured text editor allowing users to type Urdu and English simultaneously. It provides a virtual keyboard on the screen for the Urdu letters and a full bilingual user interface including the Menus, toolbars, Dialogs, and Help. It is easy to compose and print Urdu-English documents, and...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Urdu Editor, Keyboards, Microsoft Excel, Virtualization, Hardware, Peripherals, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software
- Software downloads 2009-06-27
- Frugal Friday: Residential Broadband Woes, Jacko, Windows 7 vs Snow Leopard pricing, Red Hat, Virtualization, Cleversafe
- Frugal Networker Ken Hess and I discuss my 22-hour cable modem downtime ordeal, Micheal Jackson, Windows 7 and Snow Leopard upgrades, Red Hat's stellar business performance and RHEL clones, Virtualization, and talk with Chris Gladwin, CEO of Cleversafe about their Dispersed Storage technology. ...
- Tags: Cable Modem, Red Hat Inc., Broadband, Microsoft Windows 7, Cable, Microsoft Windows, Broadband Internet, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Virtualization, Utility Computing, Open Source, Telecommunications, Personal Technology, Operating Systems, Software, Storage, Hardware, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2009-06-26
- Virtual Spam Prevention 2.1.2 (Windows)
- Stop spam, not mail. Experience a new breed of spam-fighting mail gateways, that consider outbreak behaviour rather than content. They also protects against phising, viruses, zombie attacks and outgoing distributions. VSP, the virtual machine spam prevention gateway runs on any machine since its virtual. Version 2.1.2 may include unspecified updates,...
- Tags: Gateway, Microsoft Windows, Halon Security, Spam, Cyberthreats, Desktop Virtualization, Security, Spam And Phishing, Hardware, Virtualization
- Software downloads 2009-06-26
- Survey: Wall Street looks to cloud technology for its next bailout
- Can new technology initiatives help pull Wall Street out of the danger zone? A new survey released by IBM and Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association SIFMA finds that IT budgets are tight on Wall Street, but things are loosening up, and there's going to be plenty of demand for...
- Tags: Wall Street, Survey, Bailout, Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Hardware, Joe McKendrick
- Blog posts 2009-06-25
- MokaFive launches version 2 of its MokaFive Suite
- Desktop virtualization (the combination of access virtualization, application virtualization and/or processing virtualization for client-side deployment) has not gotten the intense industry attention that its cousin, server virtualization, has and yet, a number of suppliers have pegged their hopes and dreams to that nascent market. MokaFive is one of those suppliers....
- Tags: Desktop Management, MokaFive, MokaFive Suite, Desktop Management Cost, Desktops, Desktop Virtualization, Virtualization, Hardware, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2009-06-25
- Platform Computing Announces Infrastructure Sharing Services
- The folks at Platform Computing are at it again. This time, they've announced a product to support cloud computing in the form of infrastructure as a service IaaS. They're calling it Platform Infrastructure Sharing Service ISF. As often is the case with a new product from a...
- Tags: Platform Computing Inc., Platform Infrastructure Sharing Facility, Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Hardware, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2009-06-24
- JumpBox for the MoinMoin Wiki 1.1.10 (Windows)
- MoinMoin is an advanced, easy to use and extensible Wiki Engine with a large community of users. It's written in Python and has a clean easy to understand user interface. Since it's a Python program it's not one of the most popular wikis, but that's a shame as it has...
- Tags: Server Software, Microsoft Windows, JumpBox, MoinMoin, Wiki, Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Backups, Servers, Online Communications, Hardware, Storage
- Software downloads 2009-06-24

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