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- InterMapper 5.1.6 (Windows)
- With InterMapper, network managers get complete visibility of their network, no matter how small and centralized or large and distributed. Live maps give a visual, real-time view of traffic flows through and between network elements and links. Status Windows and Strip Charts provide easy access to critical network data (traffic,...
- Tags: Network, Microsoft Windows, Dartware, Networking
- Software downloads 2009-10-22
- Do our Operating Systems need Search Failover?
- Outages of search providers can create huge amounts of havoc. But can we build functionality into our OSes to mitigate the problems? As I write this, Google has failwhaled. The cause of the problem was initally presumed to be at the AT&T Tier...
- Tags: Google Inc., Search Engine Company, Operating System, Failover, Search Technology, Outage, Search, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Internet, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2009-05-14
- Google's culture 'not fit' for enterprise apps
- Google's culture 'not fit' for enterprise appsTruth, Google will never win the entrprise.Sure they make products/services that geeks or light/occasional users can use, but no way will they win the enterprise over."Open Source as Free Software" = FUBARNo Management, No Structure, No DisciplineEveryone gets to do their own thing.This the...
- Tags: Google Servers, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-06-30
- News to know: Adobe; XP era ends; Enterprise 2.0; Apple
- Notable headlines: Dancho Danchev: How to recover GPcode encrypted files? Larry Dignan: Adobe ups outlook; Creative Suite chugs along XP era ends: Will Vista step up? Techmeme eBay: New belle of Microsoft's merger ball? MySpace plays more spam Whac-a-Mole;...
- Tags: Software, Adobe Systems Inc., Larry Dignan, Microsoft Windows XP, Apple Inc., Enterprise 2.0, Mergers & Acquisitions, Internet, Tools & Techniques, Channel Management, Investment, Finance, Management, Marketing
- Blog posts 2008-06-17
- Microsoft's grand plan to eliminate phone numbers
- Microsoft's grand plan to eliminate phone numbersYeah. Sure.Right after we get the paperless office, flying car & the long-promised 3-day work week.Google has GrandCentral for contacting user's various phone numbersGoogle has GrandCentral something kind of along these lines with making multiple contacts but to the different phone numbers that one...
- Tags: Telecom & Utilities, Telephony, TELECOMMUNICATIONS, Microsoft Corp., phone, network
- Discussion threads 2008-05-29
- European Commission vs. Microsoft: Who is being unreasonable?
- European Commission vs. Microsoft: Who is being unreasonable?Fine is for the pastThis fine is for the past and has nothing to do with their current 'openness'!I'm gladI'm so glad Microsoft have suddenly changed and decided to makes these moves purely out the goodness of their own hearts.Who knows if the...
- Tags: Servers, European Commission, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-02-27
- Microsoft: Windows Live outage affected those not signed with Live ID
- Microsoft: Windows Live outage affected those not signed with Live IDI directed my mom to mail.live.com.I solved her problem very quickly.RE: Microsoft: Windows Live outage affected those not signed with Live IDI got this message all day long at the MS Office Download Center:"The Office Update Catalog cannot be displayed...
- Tags: Manufacturing, Windows Live outage, Live-ID, outage, Microsoft Windows Live, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2008-02-26
- Outage hits Windows Live Hotmail, Messenger users
- Outage hits Windows Live Hotmail, Messenger usersRE: Outage hits Windows Live Hotmail, Messenger usersI am unable to use both messenger and the web interface for hotmail, but I can access Hotmail just fine through the Outlook Connector.Yup. Some can get on, ohters can't.My users have been complaining all morning. UGH!TechNet...
- Tags: Manufacturing, Messenger, Windows Live Hotmail, outage, Microsoft Windows Live, Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2008-02-26
- Best and worst tech support/customer services experiences
- Best and worst tech support/customer services experiencesControversy KnocksWe talk about customer service experience or the experience through the 'call centers' in the far land?:)http://smugglaz.spaces.live.com/RE: Best and worst tech support/customer services experiencesWorst phone support: AT&T DSL. During a recent broadband outage here in Atlanta, I tried speaking with a live...
- Tags: Corporate communications, Product marketing, PRODUCTIVITY, Customer relationship management (CRM), Network technology, Hewlett-Packard Co., services experience
- Discussion threads 2007-12-27
- If you trade in dependency, you have to earn trust
- For a while now, I've been keeping track of what I've been calling 'bad news' stories about on-demand applications and services. Yahoo's Cyber Monday blackout is just the latest in what has become a lengthy catalog: Yesterday, Yahoo! Small Business: "Yahoo's small business merchant systems go down...
- Tags: Yahoo! Inc., On-demand, Client, E-mail Providers, Internet, Phil Wainewright
- Blog posts 2007-11-28
- Microsoft releases two Vista hotfix packs via Windows Update
- Microsoft releases two Vista hotfix packs via Windows UpdateEspecially Linux and OS XGo away silly trollHardly, since Apple is the leader of the pack... "this" year on patching. Seems to be more of an issue for the Apple core than the MS faithful, eh? (can't wait to see...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Vista, troll, Microsoft Windows Update
- Discussion threads 2007-08-29
- Still no word on cause of WGA outage or Microsoft's future prevention plans
- Still no word on cause of WGA outage or Microsoft's future prevention plansThe answer to your questionsCan be summed up in a simple phrase "We are the only caterer in town" A phrase from a Flintstones episode in which the town caterer made a mistake, but didn't care, simple...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage, Microsoft Corp., caterer
- Discussion threads 2007-08-28
- Microsoft WGA servers are fixed, but no word on what went wrong
- Microsoft WGA servers are fixed, but no word on what went wrongPerhaps the servers failed their own WGA tests and ran...... with reduced functionality. A chicken and egg thing. That would be funny.MSFT WGA Servers are fixedI would think that like a lot of other technology, a...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, Servers, OPEN SOURCE, Microsoft Corp., server, Microsoft Windows Genuine Advantage, operating system, Microsoft WGA Server, Linux
- Discussion threads 2007-08-25
- Vendors turn WiFi into a total disaster
- Vendors turn WiFi into a total disasterHaving problems?If you have difficulty getting WiFi signals at your computer, I'd suggest adding an external antenna to your router or network card or both. Many times the antenna that comes with the network card is stuck behind the computer, and it is...
- Tags: Wireless LANs, Routers & switches, Construction, Network technology, Wi-Fi, router, wall, wireless
- Discussion threads 2007-08-09
- News to know: Microsoft's strategy; Yahoo's search; Torture tests; Twitter funding
- Notable headlines:Life without Google: Can Yahoo regain search share? Gallery right.Mary Jo Foley: Multiple Microsoft search refreshes due over the 12 months. Ozzie spells out the Live platform layers. Microsoft now wants its Shared Source licenses to qualify as open source.Microsoft to launch Office Communications Server 2007 this fall. Windows...
- Tags: News to know, General
- Blog posts 2007-07-27
- A consequence of convergence?
- A consequence of convergence?Maybe it's that off-line capabilitywhich is - NOTHING. The network goes down, the thin-client stares stupidly into space. I guess "The network is the computer" is true in this case.With a good distributed computer topology, that 3.2 Ghz desktop computer and all its kin - can be...
- Tags: computer, network, server, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Ray, SunRay, WTF
- Discussion threads 2007-06-22
- Report: Microsoft eyeing Yahoo deal
- Report: Microsoft eyeing Yahoo dealGood move!or Desperate? What will they do with all those BSD Servers?I suppose if they want to try to buy the competition, but the culture clashwill be enormous. And, people will be laughing for years as they try to replace the BSD servers with Windows servers....
- Tags: Google Inc., Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., BSD, BSD Servers
- Discussion threads 2007-05-04
- Google gets an F for planned weekday disruption to Google Calendar
- Google gets an F for planned weekday disruption to Google Calendarthere's probably more than meets the eyeDavid, your analysis is spot on, especially as Google tries to do for business apps what salesforce.com did to CRM. I am sure people at Google thought about Thursday issue, but I think it...
- Tags: Manufacturing, Google Apps, Google Inc., Google Calendar, SAAS, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-04-25
- TalkBack: 'A feeding frenzy for SaaS detractors'?
- TalkBack: 'A feeding frenzy for SaaS detractors'?Bias & Competitive AdvantageI don't think the critisisms of SaaS represented bias against SaaS. Most of my issues were with off-the-shelf software in general, not SaaS in general. Even knowing the requirements of a single competitive enterprise is incredibly challenging, much less...
- Tags: Software as a Service (SaaS), software-as-a-service, software
- Discussion threads 2006-08-12
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