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    InformationWeek Information Management Weblog

  • Databases A Top Target For E-Discovery

    13 Jan 2010 | 8:32 am
    A new survey shows that application databases were the number one target of discovery requests in 2009, displacing typical sources such as e-mail archives, file servers and laptops. If this trend continues, it means even bigger e-discovery headaches for IT.

  • The Best Acquisition Of The Decade

    8 Jan 2010 | 6:32 am
    Big tech companies bought hundreds of smaller players from 2000 to 2009, but to my mind only one acquisition stands out as the smartest purchase of the aughts.

  • Salesforce.com's Wizard Was Parker Harris And Team

    29 Dec 2009 | 1:47 pm
    Much has been recorded about the rise of Salesforce.com and how Marc Benioff's clever marketing brought the company to the forefront. Today, with its stock reaching new highs, I wanted to pay tribute to a giant of cloud computing, Parker Harris, the technology magician behind the marketing who made Benioff's story possible.

  • Data Assessment Service Targets E-discovery, Compliance

    4 Dec 2009 | 10:32 am
    This week StoredIQ launched a new data assessment service, which is intended to help organizations get visibility into the unstructured information floating around the corporate network.

  • IT Owns E-Discovery

    24 Nov 2009 | 1:19 pm
    Organizations are realizing technological expertise is just as essential as sharp legal analysis when it comes to e-discovery.
 
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    Infoworld News

  • AMD details Fusion's speed, power saving features

    admin
    9 Feb 2010 | 10:07 am
    Advanced Micro Devices on Tuesday offered more details about its forthcoming Fusion processor, including the speed, power consumption, and plans to begin shipping samples in the first half of this year.

  • Judge dismisses Windows anti-piracy software lawsuit

    admin
    9 Feb 2010 | 9:58 am
    A federal judge last week dismissed a three-year-old lawsuit that accused Microsoft of duping customers when it fed them company anti-piracy software as a critical security update, court documents show.

  • Oracle revises plan to shut down Project Kenai

    Paul Krill
    9 Feb 2010 | 8:55 am
    In a revision of what the company had said previously, Oracle now will enable projects hosted on the soon-to-be-shut Project Kenai site to be moved to the java.net site.

  • Juniper to integrate mobile networks and edge routers

    admin
    9 Feb 2010 | 7:56 am
    At next week's Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Juniper Networks will launch products that integrate mobile networks into its MX 3D Universal Edge routers and let third party vendors integrate their applications into mobile networks.

  • Dell looks to buy clustered storage vendor Exanet

    admin
    9 Feb 2010 | 7:18 am
    Looking to extend its reach in the storage space, Dell said it has put a bid in to purchase clustered storage vendor Exanet for an as-yet undisclosed amount. According to a Dell spokesman, the company has submitted an offer to purchase Israel-based Exanet's assets, primarily patents, and other intellectual property with court approval through a Chapter 7 liquidation in Israel.
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    Douglas Schweitzer's blog

  • Take one tablet and call me in the morning!

    Douglas Schweitzer
    26 Jan 2010 | 3:15 am
    Apple has always had a flair for the dramatic. Whenever they release a product, it's never without some fanfare. Then come the skeptics; people who love to deride Apple no matter how cool or innovative the product is - usually claiming there’s too much fluff and not enough substance. read more

  • I'm at a loss...NOT!

    Douglas Schweitzer
    3 Jan 2010 | 3:58 pm
    One of the things that bothers me about advances in technology is that sometimes those same advances help contribute to irreversible damage. Let's take the iPod hearing loss case. Common sense tells us that exposure to loud noise, especially over a prolonged period of time, can result in damage to the delicate mechanisms of the ear and lead to hearing loss. read more

  • Security is easy to say, hard to do!

    Douglas Schweitzer
    13 Dec 2009 | 3:03 pm
    I was perusing some security articles and came across "Top Five Reasons For Security FAIL" by Adi Ruppin. In the article he talks about security failure and how encryption isn't foolproof and he even goes on to say that he finds most personal firewalls useless. I see where he's coming from. read more

  • I waited for two hours for nothing!

    Douglas Schweitzer
    1 Dec 2009 | 3:19 am
    Not too long ago I was having a catch with my 10-year-old son. Making a diving catch, he popped up limping and holding his leg. Fearing he may have broken something, we took him to the doctor. As a precautionary measure, she sent us to a local radiology center for x-rays. This radiology center is fully computerized and has state of the art all digital imaging technology. The initial wait was only about 20 minutes and once the x-ray tech was done "snapping" pics, he told us to wait while a radiologist "read" the x-rays. read more

  • It's mandatory for every OS!

    Douglas Schweitzer
    23 Nov 2009 | 3:32 am
    The holidays are once again upon us. And every year I'm asked by various friends and family what kind of computer they should buy. Being an Apple fan, I always direct them to the Apple product line. Yes, they are a bit more expensive than their PC brethren but to me they are worth the extra cost. Before anybody jumps on reliability issues, I've seen hardware problems on both sides of the PC/Mac war. But hardware aside, at the core of every Apple lies OS X which was designed by Apple to work flawlessly and seamlessly with its hardware. read more
 
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    Eric Ogren's blog

  • Security perimeters return for VDI

    Eric Ogren
    28 Jan 2010 | 7:23 am
    Shifting the burden of security processing and administration from endpoints to scalable appliances makes sense in VDI architectures. read more

  • Facebook and McAfee is good, but free is better

    Eric Ogren
    22 Jan 2010 | 12:41 pm
    Consumers with a paid anti-virus subscription are advised to act quickly in getting free protection from the likes of Avast!, AVG, or Microsoft. read more

  • Customer experiences thin clients

    Eric Ogren
    13 Feb 2009 | 2:01 pm
    One of the things I enjoy doing is talking with IT about the problems they are trying to solve with certain vendors, and where they want to be within the next two years. It provides nice balance to the messages the vendor is giving throughout a briefing. One vendor customer check I did last week was on a manufacturer of advanced thin client devices. The customer had a few points on thin clients that I thought were worth sharing. read more

  • Security businesses move ahead in this economy

    Eric Ogren
    30 Jan 2009 | 2:30 pm
    While the publicly held security companies are posting surprisingly good numbers in the face of a dour economy, privately held VC-backed companies are finding a tough time closing new rounds. This is not necessarily a bad thing - if a company is not getting market traction after a couple of years there is no reason to throw good millions after bad to keep the vendor on life support. Still, there are areas that look interesting even in this economy. read more

  • Sana's behavioral approach is put in its place

    Eric Ogren
    20 Jan 2009 | 6:51 am
    The long road of Sana Security as a privately held HIPS vendor ended with last week's acquisition. AVG, a leading endpoint security vendor specializing in Web threats, will embrace Sana's behavioral logic to help protect consumer data. read more
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  • Judge dismisses Windows anti-piracy software lawsuit

    9 Feb 2010 | 9:04 am
    A federal judge has dismissed a three-year-old lawsuit that accused Microsoft of duping customers when it fed them company anti-piracy software as a critical security update, court documents show.

  • Cure an Insomniac PC and Other Tips

    9 Feb 2010 | 8:07 am
    As you probably know by now, I just love a good keyboard shortcut. This week I've got a few new ones for you--but first I'll solve The Case of the Mysterious Waking Laptop.

  • Astronaut tweets photos of Earth from space

    9 Feb 2010 | 8:03 am
    An astronaut aboard the International Space Station yesterday used its newly souped up wireless connection to Twitter Twitpics of various cities on earth.

  • Juniper to integrate mobile networks and edge routers

    9 Feb 2010 | 6:27 am
    At next week's Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Juniper Networks will launch products that integrate mobile networks into its MX 3D Universal Edge routers and let third party vendors integrate their applications into mobile networks.

  • Protectionism worries Indian outsourcers

    9 Feb 2010 | 5:20 am
    India's leading software trade body said on Tuesday that protectionism in key markets could affect the growth prospects of the country's outsourcing industry.
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  • From Windows to Linux: a sound decision

    9 Feb 2010 | 8:41 am
    Five years ago, when Geoff Beasley decided to move his sound studio business from a Windows-based one to a Linux-based setup, he had one simple bit of logic driving him: things could not be worse under Linux.

  • Low-back pain not usually treated by world guidelines

    9 Feb 2010 | 8:31 am
    According to Australian research, a simple treatment for lower back pain is recommended. However, according to international guidelines, most people in Australia receive unnecessary medical treatments, including images and medicines.

  • Lingering tobacco smoke can increase cancer risk

    9 Feb 2010 | 7:24 am
    According to February 2010 research, nicotine from tobacco smoke that has settled on common household items and motor vehicle surfaces can increase your risk of cancer. If you smell a smoker’s house or car, then the smoke is still there and it is bad for you! It's third-hand smoke!

  • NBN Co defends recruitment process after Kaiser row

    9 Feb 2010 | 12:58 am
    The NBN Company has defended its recruitment practices in the wake of the Mike Kaiser 'Labor Mates' row that erupted from a Senate hearing yesterday, and says its employment processess are based on "merit not mates."

  • Curtin Uni pioneers Cisco Unified Computing System

    9 Feb 2010 | 12:39 am
    Cisco will tomorrow, 10 February, hold a, global, Internet TV broadcast featuring Curtin University CIO, Peter Nikoletatos as "one of the first Asia Pacific customers to deploy the Cisco Unified Computing System."
 
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  • Student file sharers allegedly extorted

    9 Feb 2010 | 5:53 am
    An Internet security analyst, was in charge of tracking illegal file sharing at the University of Georgia until he allegedly tried to shake down the student downloaders he caught.

  • PayPal suspends service in India

    9 Feb 2010 | 5:16 am
    Online payment service provider PayPal has put some of its services in India on hold, and is reversing funds requested through PayPal India, according to reports.

  • China breaks up Black Hawk hacking ring

    8 Feb 2010 | 12:07 pm
    Chinese authorities have broken a hacking-tool dissemination ring, according to state media.

  • Oracle releases emergency patch

    8 Feb 2010 | 7:51 am
    Oracle has released a patch for a server flaw that can be exploited over a network without the use of a username or password.

  • Google seeks four patents for Web app tech

    8 Feb 2010 | 5:04 am
    Google has filed at least four patent applications for technology it is building into its Chrome browser to try to make the web a more powerful foundation for applications.
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  • Windows 7 on the iPad

    Jes Darmanin
    31 Jan 2010 | 4:21 pm
    It looks like developers really want it to push the iPad further… much further! and want Windows 7 to run on the recently revealed Apple tablet, iPad. Citrix Systems believe they could run the Windows & operating system on the iPad. There is even the possibility to see an iPad running on Mac OS X, Ubuntu – or maybe even Android! Citrix has already managed to run Windows 7 on the iPad SDK Emulator via Citrix Receiver and XenDesktop 4. Now we just have to wait for the iPad to release and see how well Windows 7 performs on it.

  • Romantic Windows 7 Theme

    Jes Darmanin
    31 Jan 2010 | 4:15 pm
    In preparation for Valentine’s day, we have a very special romantic Windows 7 Theme to spread the love! This theme consists of:  romantic wallpapers, red heart cursors, Love and birds sounds and a romantic scene screensaver. To install just download this file, and unpack the rar file. Double click on the Thempack and everything will be installed! Happy valentine’s day!

  • Hitler’s Response to the iPad

    Jes Darmanin
    29 Jan 2010 | 1:32 am
    This is just hilarious!

  • Apple iPad – Seriously Underwhelming

    Jes Darmanin
    27 Jan 2010 | 1:45 pm
    The Apple iPad (after years of speculation, mystery, “leaked” imagery and specs) is now launched, and will be available for purchase in about 60 days (or 90 days for the 3G version). The public reception for this new gizmo is probably evenly split in between love it or hate it. In my impression, the device is quite underwhelming, mostly cos I think that Apple was very unimaginative to produce such a high powered device that seriously lacks some very important features. We are all in agreement (I guess) that the device looks great, very sleek, the user interface is nice and app…

  • The Apple iPad

    Jes Darmanin
    27 Jan 2010 | 10:24 am
    Apple has finally launched the biggest mystery shrouded device ever – the Apple iPad. Technical details are still unavailable and we’ll update you as soon as we hear more about it. Visually it looks a lot like an oversizes iPhone, with a very iPhone like user interface (although significantly improved and optimised) Detailed Specifications: It’s a half-inch thick and weighs just 1.5 pounds 9.7-inch capacitive touchscreen IPS LCD display 1GHz Apple “A4″ Semi 10-hour battery life Available in 16, 32, and 64GB sizes Accelerometer and Compass There’s a 30-pin…
 
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    DIGITIMES: IT news from Asia

  • Quanta, Wistron and Inventec see on-month drops in January 2010 revenues

    9 Feb 2010 | 1:10 am
    Quanta Computer has announced consolidated revenues of NT$80.13 billion (US$2.5 billion) for January 2010, a drop of 12.24% on month, but an increase of 86.1% on year.

  • UMC sees January sales fall over 7%

    9 Feb 2010 | 1:00 am
    Foundry chipmaker United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) has reported revenues of NT$8.6 billion (US$268 million) for January 2010, up 172.77% from NT$3.15 billion a year ago. On a sequential basis, the sales slid 7.45% from NT$9.29 billion in December 2009.

  • LCD equipment supplier Kenmec sets ambitious revenue goal for 2010

    9 Feb 2010 | 12:57 am
    FPD (flat panel display) equipment maker Kenmec Mechanical Engineering has set its 2010 consolidated revenues target at NT$20 billion (US$623 million). The figure represents a significant jump from NT$5.3 billion in 2009.

  • Motherboard maker ASRock sees 2009 profits rise 65%

    9 Feb 2010 | 12:50 am
    Second-tier motherboard maker ASRock has reported net profits of NT$1.12 billion (US$34.8 million) on consolidated revenues of NT$9.62 billion for 2009, with both figures showing growth of 62.7% in sales and 65.2% in profits. The earnings translated into an EPS of NT$9.72.

  • Phison settles patent dispute with SanDisk

    9 Feb 2010 | 12:48 am
    NAND flash controller supplier Phison Electronics has issued a company filing with the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) indicating it has settled with SanDisk over a NAND flash-related patent suit filed in the US District Court for the Western District of Wisconsin. It did not disclose the terms of reconciliation.
 
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  • Google Goes After Impersonator Scammers

    As huge corporations go, Google's a pretty cuddly one, but according to the search giant itself, everyone should be careful about offers of employment or wealth that involve its name. "Google Money" scammers represent a growing problem that the company is trying to combat.Google Goes After Impersonator Scammers A post on the Official Google Blog announced today, "[D]espite hundreds of consumer complaints and our own efforts to keep these sites from tricking people, some scams continue. To fight back, we're working to stop various fraudulent 'Google Money' schemes, and this week filed suit…

  • Senate Uncovers Online Credit Card Tricks

    A report issued by a U.S. Senate committee only uses the word "scam" when quoting different consumers; the report's title employs the phrase "aggressive sales tactics," instead. Still, it looks like a number of big online companies have been caught profiting off people's confusion.Senate Uncovers Online Credit Card Tricks An investigation ordered by Senate Commerce Committee Chairman John D. Rockefeller IV discovered that Affinion, Vertrue, and Webloyalty "gain access to online consumers by entering into financial agreements with reputable online websites and retailers," according to the…

  • McAfee: Cyberwarfare A Big Threat

    It might not be long before we return to the days of schoolchildren diving under their desks in warfare preparedness drills. Only now, instead of hiding from nukes, the kiddos may be unplugging their computers, since McAfee has indicated that a cyberarms race is taking place.McAfee: Cyberwarfare A Big Threat Dave DeWalt, the president and CEO of McAfee, said in a statement, "[S]everal nations around the world are actively engaged in cyberwar-like preparations and attacks." These include China, France, Israel, Russia, and the U.S., and it's no secret that the members of this group aren't all…

  • ICSA Labs Finds Flaws In New Security Products

    It's sometimes fun to be an early adopter, as the long lines and waitlists for things like iPhones and the new Camaro have proven. But where security products are concerned, do yourself a favor and let other folks go first, since a fresh report indicates that it can take more than a single try to get things right.ICSA Labs Finds Flaws In New Security Products ICSA Labs, which is based in Pennsylvania and has been around for 20 years, tests and sometimes certifies products. Emphasis on "sometimes." An ICSA Labs Product Assurance Report indicated that just 4 percent of security products attain…

  • Nigeria Announces Early Results Of Anti-Scammer Initiative

    No one's sure how many there are to go, but according to a Nigerian official, there are about 800 scam email addresses and 18 criminals that can be considered "down." Mrs. Farida Waziri, the chairperson of a government agency, announced that some shutdowns and arrests occurred thanks to an initiative called Project Eagle Claw.Nigeria Announces Early Results Of Anti-Scammer Initiative Nigeria's Economic and Financial Crimes Commission is the force behind Project Eagle Claw, and with Microsoft's help, has just started ramping it up. Waziri explained in a statement, "We expect that Eagle Claw as…
 
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  • Sybase buys assets from Aleri

    4 Feb 2010 | 6:44 am
    Sybase announced Thursday that it has purchased the assets of CEP (complex-event processing) vendor Aleri, in a move that highlights the increasing competitive stakes in the space and shores up Sybase's position in real-time analytics.

  • IBM to debut info management software

    3 Feb 2010 | 11:07 am
    IBM will release a beta version of a software application designed to keep track of how information flows across different systems, sending alerts when source data has been altered or isn't properly ingested into some target system or report.

  • IBM buying MDM vendor Initiate Systems

    3 Feb 2010 | 6:56 am
    IBM has agreed to buy master data management vendor Initiate Systems. Terms of the deal, which is scheduled to close in the first quarter, were not disclosed.

  • The Gap: BI better in enterprise-wide deployment

    1 Feb 2010 | 6:22 am
    When considering BI projects, organizations would be better off setting up an enterprise-wide data warehouse rather than running different data marts for individual projects, said Michael Jones, senior vice president of IT for the Gap clothing retailer.

  • BI's dirty secret: Better tools no match for bad strategy

    1 Feb 2010 | 5:56 am
    The pressure on CIOs to deliver business intelligence tools and analytic applications -- on the cheap and ASAP -- has been building steadily for years. In 2010, survey results point out that that demand has reached a fever pitch with which CIOs are very familiar.
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  • Protectionism worries Indian outsourcers

    9 Feb 2010 | 5:20 am
    India's leading software trade body said on Tuesday that protectionism in key markets could affect the growth prospects of the country's outsourcing industry.

  • 2010: Finally the year of the Mac?

    9 Feb 2010 | 3:12 am
    Apple was a bright spot in 2009 in terms of PC sales, but the signals are mixed as to whether the Mac can grow beyond its niche

  • Dell looks to buy clustered storage vendor Exanet

    8 Feb 2010 | 2:47 pm
    Looking to extend its storage sales into NAS systems, Dell today put in a bid to purchase financially-troubled Exanet Inc., which sells clustered NAS software.

  • Oracle buys SOA management vendor AmberPoint

    8 Feb 2010 | 12:45 pm
    Oracle on Monday fattened up its already burgeoning middleware stack, announcing that it has purchased SOA management vendor AmberPoint. Terms were not disclosed.

  • SAP hits reset button with CEO change

    8 Feb 2010 | 9:13 am
    With the replacement of Léo Apotheker as CEO of German ERP giant SAP, company officials are hoping to rebuild customer relations and ignite more innovation at the company, according to a conference call held with co-founder and chairman Hasso Plattner today.
 
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  • links for 2010-02-09

    Bob Rhubart
    9 Feb 2010 | 9:01 am
    Edwin Biemond: Web Service References and SOA Configuration Plan Oracle ACE and Whithorses architect Edwin Biemond explains one use of the web service adapters in Oracle SOA Suite 11g. (tags: otn oracle oracleace soa webservices)

  • Oracle's iPhone 9 Apps

    Dekiry (데끼리)
    9 Feb 2010 | 7:05 am
    오라클에서 iPhone의 어플을 7가지를 릴리이즈 하고 있다. 주로 비즈니스 관련 어플로써 영업에 필요한 어플을 소개하고 있다. Oracle Business Indicators Oracle Business Approvals for Managers Oracle iReceipts Oracle Mobile Sales Assistant Oracle Mobile Sales Forecast Oracle Enterprise Asset Maintenance Workbench Oracle Business Approvals for Sales Managers 아래는 사내 시스템에 사용하고 있는 어플이다. Oracle People Search - 사람찾기 Oracle Beehive Mobile Communicator (Buzz) - 채팅 메신저 특히 Buzz는 XMPP 프로토콜을…

  • 古いバージョンのWebLogicを入手するには（＋NetBeans）

    yosuke.arai@oracle.com
    9 Feb 2010 | 3:15 am
    こんにちはSunとの統合が発表されて10日ほどですが、もうOTNからGlassFishやNetBeansがダウンロードできるようになってますね。NetBeansも引き続きご愛顧頂ければと思います。さて、今回はちょっと子ネタを。古いバージョンのWebLogic…

  • Bienvenido al Blog del Equipo de Enterprise 2.0 de Iberia

    enrique.mazon
    9 Feb 2010 | 3:10 am
    El objetivo de este blog es mantener un diálogo más fluido con otros compañeros de Oracle, clientes y partners sobre: a) La propuesta de valor de Oracle en el área de Enterprise 2.0 b) Material disponible para profundizar en nuestras soluciones: whitepaper, demos, etc, c) Seminarios, talleres, workshops organizados directamente por Oracle o con nuestros partners d) Soluciones implementadas sobre nuestros productos por los partners Confiamos en que este blog se convierta en el punto de encuentro y conversación para todas las personas interesadas en nuestra oferta de soluciones.   El…

  • Tuxedo Application Runtime (ART) Workshop - (11-12/Mar/10)

    Claudia Costa
    9 Feb 2010 | 1:41 am
       The Tuxedo ART Advanced Workshop is an intense 2-day workshop incorporating presentations, labs and discussions. It's intended for SOA Pillar SCs (or those with similar technical positions) who have backgrounds in Tuxedo and/or expect to support mainframe rehosting opportunities based on Tuxedo and Tuxedo ART. The course will provide participants with an advanced, hands-on knowledge of the Tuxedo ART products: Tuxedo ART for CICS and Batch (the emulation runtimes) and Tuxedo ART Workbench (the automated migration framework and tools) and how to use them for rehosting mainframe…
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    An Expert's Guide to Oracle Technology

  • Computer Grayskull, aka Computer Lab in a Box

    4 Feb 2010 | 2:25 am
    As I turned it on I thought, "By the power of Grayskull! I HAVE THE POWER!!!!!" My siberian huskies turned into giant battle cats. Skeletor better watch out!

  • XML: A Real World Example - Update

    28 Jan 2010 | 3:46 am
    A long while back, August 2005 actually, I wrote an blog entry called Oracle and XML In Action - A Real World Example. It has been one of my most popular posts and has generated more email and comments than almost any other of my posts

  • Full day *Sunday* training sessions for ApEx, SOA/BPM, Hyperion/Essbase and Web Architecture

    25 Jan 2010 | 3:41 am
    From An Expert's Guide to Oracle Technology The ODTUG Kaleidoscope 2010 is in Washington, DC from June 27 - July 1. If you will be in, or around, Washington DC on June 27th (Sunday), you can now sign up for just the one day symposium of your choice. This is a change. Previously, you had to buy the full conference. If you can't make it for the whole week, you can still take advant

  • An EReader for you?

    22 Jan 2010 | 5:48 am
    From An Expert's Guide to Oracle Technology I have to admit that I am a gadget freak. Seriously. Anything electronic, that is not produced by apple, I want. I try to hold myself back and am generally successful, mainly because I am cheap. Anyway, I like ereaders for their gadgety-ness. Hold a bazillion books in the palm of your hand? Kewel! Read in the dark? Kewel! Play my screen is bigger than your screen? Kewel (albeit juvenile).

  • Tampa Oracle Exadata Version 2 Tech Day

    21 Jan 2010 | 4:00 am
    From An Expert's Guide to Oracle Technology I signed up for the Exadata 2 tech day so that I could get a deep dive into Exadata relatively painlessly. I doubt I will get to use it any time soon but I think staying up on technology is definitely part of an architect’s job. The seminar was just a couple of miles from my office, and didn’t start until 9, so I went in towork first and worked for a couple of hours before driving over. The
 
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  • Introducing tpce-like workload for MySQL

    Vadim
    8 Feb 2010 | 9:30 am
    We have been using tpcc-mysql benchmark for long time, and there many results published in our blog, but that's just single workload. That's why we are looking into different benchmarks, and one of them is TPCE. Yasufumi made some efforts to make TPCE working with MySQL, and we are making it available for public consideration. You can download it from our Lauchpad Percona-tools project, it's bzr branch lp:~percona-dev/perconatools/tpcemysql Important DISCLAIMER: Using this package you should agree with TPC-E License Agreement, which in human words is: You can't name results as "TPC Benchmark…

  • New OLAP Wikistat benchmark: Introduction and call for feedbacks

    Vadim
    28 Jan 2010 | 7:08 pm
    I've seen my posts on Ontime Air traffic and Star Schema Benchmark got a lot of interest (links: http://www.mysqlperformanceblog.com/2010/01/07/star-schema-bechmark-infobright-infinidb-and-luciddb/ http://www.mysqlperformanceblog.com/2009/10/02/analyzing-air-traffic-performance-with-infobright-and-monetdb/ http://www.mysqlperformanceblog.com/2009/10/26/air-traffic-queries-in-luciddb/ http://www.mysqlperformanceblog.com/2009/11/02/air-traffic-queries-in-infinidb-early-alpha/ ). However benchmarks by itself did not cover all cases I would want, so I was thinking about better scenario. The…

  • Percona is hiring a Shift Support Captain

    fernando
    26 Jan 2010 | 6:31 am
    Percona is hiring. As part of our growth process, we introduced the role of the Shift Support Captain in 2009 (see the original announcement here) to provide customers with a 24x7 technical contact person. The Shift Support Team dispatches incoming emergencies, assigns new issues, handles or escalates incoming Nagios alerts from some customers, and in general makes sure things get handled and customers get the attention they need. You must be detail oriented, service oriented, tech savvy and as all Percona staff, able to work from home with little supervision. This is a growth position, so…

  • Community Events February-March

    Morgan Tocker
    22 Jan 2010 | 1:13 pm
    February and March as busy months for Community events.  There's MySQL University, Fosdem, the Seattle MySQL Meetup & Confoo.ca. Here are the details: February 4th - I'll be presenting a talk via MySQL University on Optimizing Queries with Explain.  This talk will be about learning to read the output from MySQL's EXPLAIN command, and optimizing some example queries from the IMDB dataset.  At 5.7G in InnoDB tables imported before any secondary key indexes IMDB is one of my new favorite example databases.  It's about the right size on most desktop PCs that you can measure the difference…

  • When should you store serialized objects in the database?

    Morgan Tocker
    21 Jan 2010 | 1:39 pm
    A while back Friendfeed posted a blog post explaining how they changed from storing data in MySQL columns to serializing data and just storing it inside TEXT/BLOB columns. It seems that since then, the technique has gotten more popular with Ruby gems now around to do this for you automatically. So when is it a good idea to use this technique? If the application really is schema-less and has a lot of optional parameters that do not appear in every record, serializing the data in one column can be a better idea than having many extra columns that are NULL. The restriction on this, would be that…
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  • Where Business Process Meets 2.0

    Susan Scrupski
    2 Feb 2010 | 8:40 am
    The 2.0 Adoption Council is experimenting with a range of new market ideas that leverage the power of the social web.   The 2.0 thinking surrounding network effects, scale, voluntary collaboration, free (as a business model), and social performance/productivity improvements are just a sample of some of the drivers that have made the Council thrive.  Much of these attributes are present in a new concept described recently by John Hagel and John Seely Brown as, “The Collaboration Curve.” Specifically the authors point out, “The more participants–and interactions…

  • Don’t Lose Yards in the E20 Super Bowl

    Susan Scrupski
    1 Feb 2010 | 7:00 am
    It’s that time of year again and everyone in the USA has Super Bowl Sunday on their minds.  It occurred to me that common penalties in American football have a lot in common with penalties for rolling out an Enterprise 2.0 strategy and deployment. Here’s a quick chalk talk for e20 evangelists everywhere who are trying to move the ball downfield in their organization.  Enjoy. Enterprise 2.0 Chalktalk View more presentations from Susan Scrupski. Council members @bg1501, @greg2dot0, @rpetersen, @kevincrossman, @briantullis, and @thebryceswrite cheerfully collaborated on this…

  • Kicking off the 5Ws of e20: Who, What, When, Why, and How?

    Susan Scrupski
    26 Jan 2010 | 12:59 pm
    Enterprise 2.0 is maturing, but most practitioners (even veteran players whom we could classify as “innovators”) agree that the opportunity for Enterprise 2.0 is still in its infancy.  I saw affirmation of that today on member Laurie Buscek’s post this morning, “Enterprise 2.0 Candy Store.” The good news is there are many, many more Enterprises moving forward with pilots, plans, strategic planning than ever before.  The Council is up to 148  members with a couple dozen more in the queue for on-ramping.  All members in the Council are in some stage of…

  • If Social Media will be like Air, Enterprise 2.0 will be like Carbon

    Susan Scrupski
    11 Jan 2010 | 12:40 pm
    The year I transferred from a small, liberal State college to the ginormous State University, I started the fall semester with a bevy of difficult subjects: Chemistry, Calculus, Introduction to Philosophy, and Abnormal Psychology.  When I showed up for my first day of Chemistry, little did I know I had entered the wrong classroom.  I was seated in an Organic Chemistry class, not beginner Chemistry.  Of course, I made a good show of it– nodding with the professor at different intervals, taking notes,  looking confident.  Meanwhile, I had no idea what he was talking about and wanted…

  • Practical Advice for 2010 on 2.0 Adoption

    Susan Scrupski
    31 Dec 2009 | 3:26 pm
    As a year-end wrap-up, I asked a few of The 2.0 Adoption Council members to contribute some random words of advice on succeeding with 2.0 adoption. Happy New Year from Alex McKnight, Bert Sandie, Bob Singletary, Claire Flanagan, Dennis Pearce, Erik Britt-Webb, Greg Lowe, Greg Matthews, Jim Worth, Kevin Crossman, Kevin Jones, Mary Maida, Megan Murray, Rawn Shah, and Roy Wilsker. We all wish you tremendous success with your own 2.0 adoption in 2010! Planning There are leading edge companies who are and have done some advanced work in collaboration and social networking – talk to them! Do…
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  • News Story Can Google Really Build a Twitter Killer?

    Techwriter10
    8 Feb 2010 | 6:26 pm
    Google is reportedly coming out with a Twitter-like tool this week. Google's tried social a few times, but it hasn't done very well. Why are people so excited about it this time? It's important to remember that everything Google touches doesn't turn to gold. Sometimes they screw up. Sometimes they overestimate their own abilities, and sometimes they are just late to the game. Do We Need a Twitter Killer? Everywhere I look tonight, I see people calling this unknown quantity a "Twitter Killer." Bing is a "Google Killer" and Nexus One is an "iPhone Killer" and now…

  • News Story Chinese Takeaway Hacker Website

    happygeek
    8 Feb 2010 | 2:46 pm
    Three men have been arrested, and what is thought to be a training site for hackers closed down, as Chinese officials get tough in the wake of the Google Gmail human rights hacking scandal. While China has something of a history of being tough on political activists, online multi-player gaming and not forgetting the big pornography crackdown it has, until now, shown little appetite for a Chinese hacker takeaway. Yet the Black Hawk Safety Net website, the largest hacking site in China according to officials from the Hubei province, has been shut down according to Chinese state sources as the…

  • News Story Games and online get new legitimacy

    GuyClapperton
    8 Feb 2010 | 4:17 am
    I was fascinated to see that Cambridge University is going to start taking the online world a little more seriously. Games and comic books are going to form part of its curriculum on how young people are portrayed. Until now it's been a book-based course. Well...duh. Yes, books are important and the pulling power of the Harry Potter series makes a nonsense of the claim that people don't read any more (as does the launch of the iPad, which is a bit ironic since it's a claim made by Steve Jobs himself). But come on, they hadn't been studying comic books way before now? You can track an awful…

  • News Story 10 Ways that Enterprises use Linux

    khess
    7 Feb 2010 | 6:35 pm
    The world's largest technical support, software and hardware companies use Linux on a daily basis for a variety of tasks and solutions. This post gives you an overview of all the ways in which large companies use Linux. Most don't use Linux on the desktop but do use it in ways you might expect (and a few you might not expect) a company of that magnitude to use it. They've leveraged Linux for some of the most critical workloads and 100% uptime service levels. Welcome to the world of enterprise Linux. 10. Intrusion Detection Systems - Linux provides the perfect network intrusion detection…

  • News Story Who Exactly is the iPad's Target Market?

    Techwriter10
    7 Feb 2010 | 8:27 am
    I was debating with my friend David A. Knopf on Twitter recently about the iPad's target market. He was sure that iPhone and Mac owners like himself were the key targets, while I argued that it was precisely the opposite, people who didn't own these devices already. We went back and forth as we often do, but what was really interesting, is that both of us made valid points with links for backup about whom we believed Apple was targeting with this device. Marketing 101 When a company like Apple creates a device like the iPad, they must have a target market in mind. Nobody creates a device like…
 
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  • OS X iPhone, Evolution at a Cost of Choice

    Michael Biven
    31 Jan 2010 | 3:05 pm
    After years of arguments that Microsoft's bundling of IE reduced choice we now find that Apple is doing the same thing with OS X iPhone but only with more far reaching consequences. When the Department of Justice brought civil action against Microsoft it was on the charge that Microsoft had abused its position in the PC market to bundle Internet Explorer with Windows. This was the result of Microsoft unfairly restricting the market for competing web browsers. A point argued by some that are now vocal in defending Apple's position of not making Flash available on OS X iPhone. By not allowing a…

  • What We Have Been Waiting For

    Michael Biven
    27 Jan 2010 | 5:23 am
    After Apple revealed the iPad, their new tablet device it places their purchase of Quattro Wireless in slightly different light. Quattro Wireless is a mobile advertising company that Apple acquired after losing it's bid on AdMob to Google. Apple now has a large share of the digital media (music, movies, televisions) distribution and the devices and programs used to access it. Add books, magazines and newspapers to that distribution mix and new opportunities are created for Apple and content creators with iPod touches, iPhones and iPads. Opportunities to create living magazines and newspapers…

  • Attention Falls

    Michael Biven
    27 Jan 2010 | 2:10 am
    "Attention Falls" - trips, spills and spins caused by looking at small portable devices like the iPhone and iPad instead of paying attention to where you are walking.

  • Haiti Onè Respe

    Michael Biven
    15 Jan 2010 | 2:10 am
    (Photographer/Peter Pereira) A Photographic Benefit for the Survivors of the Haiti Earthquake Update : While working on this magazine I completely forgot to mention that San Francisco photojournalist Lane Hartwell and myself put this together with the help of Derek Powazek in under 40 hours. By now you have heard of the devastation caused by the massive earthquake in Haiti. Reports are still coming in, and the full measure of the damage is still not known. Hospitals, residences and government buildings have collapsed or have been heavily damaged. In interviews, Haitian officials have asked…

  • Homebrew package management for Mac OS

    Michael Biven
    30 Dec 2009 | 3:25 am
    Update : After I stopped using Homebrew I pulled post this until I had a chance to edit it and then my time was focused on another project. So now here is the post with my edits and you can view the original here. There have been several different package management tools that have appeared for Mac OS - Fink, MacPorts and now Homebrew. Created by Max Howell former developer at Last.fm (led the work on all of their desktop and mobile software) it has become one of the most popular projects forked on GitHub. Like the others it's a simple method of installing open source software, but it is…
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  • SaaS Business Profile: Magic Software

    Kevin Dobbs
    8 Feb 2010 | 5:58 pm
    Company:                Magic Software Enterprises Americas Started:                   1990 Located:                  Or Yehuda, Israel Geography:             Global Market:                   Multiple-mode application platform and business process integration solutions Products:                uniPaaS and iBOLT Key Customers:     Adecco, Adidas Canada, Allstate, BNP Paribas, CBIA, Clinical Financial Services, Club Med, DHL, Manpower, Praxair and Vodafone Website:                 Magic Software Website Blog:              …

  • SaaS Business Profile: OpenAir

    Kevin Dobbs
    2 Feb 2010 | 1:53 pm
    Company:                OpenAir, a NetSuite Company Started:                    1999 Located:                   Boston, Massachusetts Geography:              Global Market:                    Cloud Computing PSA Solutions Products:                OpenAir Business Development, Resource Management, Project Management, Knowledge Management and Project Accounting Key Customers:       American Federation of Teachers, Clickability, MetricStream, Model N, PreVisor, Selectica, State of Oregon, and SupportSoft Website:                  …

  • How Much Investment Does It Take To Start a SaaS Co?

    Kevin Dobbs
    26 Jan 2010 | 8:00 am
    When speaking with entrepreneurs and investors about the investment required to start up a new Software-as-a-Service company, I often refer back to this list.   At Montclair Advisors thought this would be a handy reference for those looking to start a SaaS company during 2010. Looks like you might need a money tree to start a SaaS company, but for those that reach critical mass and go public, there is a tremendous payback.  This is information has been gathered from various sources including Wachovia, CrunchBase and Google Finance. Company Investment Current Market Cap Ticker Symbol (in…

  • Montclair Advisors - 2010 SaaS Hall of Fame

    Kevin Dobbs
    19 Jan 2010 | 5:00 am
    Given we are starting a new decade and many could argue that SaaS started in during the last ten years, I thought it would be appropriate to recognize leaders of the SaaS movement. Here are the winners of the Montclair Advisors 2010 SaaS Hall of Fame Most Influential SaaS Company:     Salesforce.com Salesforce has have been the most vocal proponents of the SaaS business model for the last 10 years.They are also the largest SaaS Company based on revenues ($990M) and market value ($8.5B). Most Influential SaaS Individual:     Marc Benioff As the CEO of Salesforce, Marc has been the major…

  • SaaS Business Profile: Clarizen

    Kevin Dobbs
    12 Jan 2010 | 7:00 pm
    Company:        Clarizen Started:            2005 Located:           San Mateo, California Geography:      Global Market:             Online work and project management software Products:          Online work and project management software Key Customers:     AutoDesk, Clara, Enlaso, Fortinet, Lenovo, NBC Universal, NEC, O2 and UPS Website:            Clarizen Website Blog:                 Clarizen Blog Twitter:             @Clarizen Recent News: Clarizen Secures $8M in Financing From Leading VCs More than 100 Service Providers Enrolled…
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  • Build 424: Functions and Array Operators

    8 Feb 2010 | 8:52 am
    The latest build of the Kynetx Rule Language (KRL) provides a significant upgrade in capability with the addition of functions. We've also added some new array operators that take advantage of functions to make using arrays easier. KRL supports functions as first-class objects in the expression language. KRL supports only anonymous functions, but they can be given names by binding them to a variable in a declaration. Here's an example: pre { add5 = function(x) { x + 5 }; } Functions are evaluated statically (e.g. the environment they are defined in, not the environment they are executed in…

  • Redirectionless OAuth Credentials Exchange

    6 Feb 2010 | 10:10 am
    Image via CrunchBase Am I missing something here? Twitter is working with select partners to test what is variously being called OAuth delegation or browserless OAuth credentials exchange method (not sure why browserless since it's not about the browser, it's about the redirection). The bottom line is that in an effort to be more user friendly, this removes the redirection to the Twitter site where you authoirize access by letting the third-party site (the site being delegated to) collect and then pass along the user's username and password to get the OAuth credentials. Abraham Williams…

  • Subscription Models are Chic

    5 Feb 2010 | 7:09 am
    Image via CrunchBase A recent blog post by Dave McClure, the investor in charge of the Founders Fund seed investment program makes the assertion that "subscription models are the new black" and we've lost a decade of innovation by people living off the table scraps of Google's $10B pay-per-click ad system. (Warning: the blog post is pretty raw.) In a seeming non-sequiter, he moves on to talking about passwords. But pay attention, because what he's really doing is talking about friction in subscription models and the friction that they inpose. I think it's interesting that the iPhone app…

  • CTO Breakfast Tomorrow - Free Pizza Tonight

    28 Jan 2010 | 5:59 am
    Tomorrow is the CTO Breakfast. I know, kind of late notice, but this one snuck up on me. I've been heads down with a major ope-heart surgery of the Kynetx rules engine. I'll tell you all about it tomorrow at the breakfast--refactoring code provides lots of opportunity for reflection on software development. The breakfast will be held in the usual place (Novell Cafeteria in Provo - map) at 8am. Anyone interested in how information technology is used to build products or run companies. Despite it's name, you don't have to be a CTO to attend--just interested in technology, where it's headed, and…

  • Starting a High Tech Business: Do What's Important by Embracing the Urgent

    21 Jan 2010 | 7:42 am
 
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  • Compliance and Traceability in Manufacturing

    9 Feb 2010 | 12:00 am
    This report will benchmark the ways manufacturers are using compliance and traceability programs as a competitive advantage in the market place.Request Free!

  • The Impact of Technology on Cost in Business Process Outsourcing

    9 Feb 2010 | 12:00 am
    Learn how technology, if chosen and implemented carefully, will have a major impact on driving down these costs, in both the short and long term.Request Free!

  • Helping Utilities Fulfill FERC and NERC Requirements

    8 Feb 2010 | 4:50 pm
    SAP BusinessObjects solutions for GRC can help, with integrated software that enables you to take a unified business-focused approach and automatically monitor risks and controls in heterogeneous IT environments.Request Free!

  • SAP for Utilities Solution Portfolio Asset & Work Mgmt White Paper

    8 Feb 2010 | 4:50 pm
    At the same time, those assets still must be managed to keep U.S. electrical and natural gas systems operational while everything from terrorists to massive hurricanes to economic and political forces seem bent on making that difficult. Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) has become a central concern for utilities. This Energy Central white paper explores EAM and SAP's solution to address these challenges.Request Free!

  • The Unique Benefits of Archiving Email in the Cloud

    8 Feb 2010 | 3:50 pm
    The growing volume of user email messages is escalating storage requirements and increasing the pressure on traditional email archiving solutions. Maintaining email archives to meet security, compliance or business policies is a struggle, with traditional in-house solutions facing a never-ending cycle of decreasing performance and increasing investments in costly technology. This white paper discusses the business & regulatory requirements for email archiving, the difficulties of utilizing an in-house system and the benefits of archiving in the cloud.Request Free!
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    TradePub: IT Data Management

  • Today's Integrated Approach to Global Logistics and Fulfillment

    9 Feb 2010 | 12:00 am
    The complexities of being able to manage transportation across multiple levels of outsourced manufacturing and country borders, through a warehouse network that is pressured for asset and labor efficiency, and to a customer delivery process that is being asked to respond more quickly to demand changes in an environment of ever stricter service requirements simply cannot be handled efficiently without a proper level of process integration and network visibility.Request Free!

  • SMART Steps Toward Consolidated Workload Automation

    8 Feb 2010 | 3:20 pm
    But without tight integration and orchestration capabilities, you cannot truly achieve the benefits of WLA. Enterprise Management Associates share 5 critical steps to smarter WLA in this valuable white paper.Request Free!

  • Faster, Cheaper and Easier to Maintain: Can You Afford Not to Upgrade Your Servers to Today's Advanced, Energy-Efficient Technologies?

    8 Feb 2010 | 11:50 am
    The current economic downturn has increased the magnitude and difficulty of the challenges facing data center managers. Many data center managers have abandoned their traditional refresh cycles, keeping servers that would normally be decommissioned in operation for an extra year — or more. Although it may seem counterintuitive, the best economic strategy for many data centers is to accelerate refresh cycles, not extend them.Request Free!

  • F5 Virtualization Guide: Seven Key Challenges You Can't Ignore

    5 Feb 2010 | 4:50 pm
    This overview guide outlines the seven areas of concern that accompany any major virtual platform implementation or migration. These critical pain points directly impact two cornerstones of the data center: network and storage.Request Free!

  • The Economic Impact of File Virtualization: Reducing Costs and Improving Efficiency for File-Based Storage

    5 Feb 2010 | 4:50 pm
    The continued expansion of file-based, business-critical information within extended enterprises is changing the storage dynamic in a wide range of industries and organizations. In a series of interviews with U.S. and European enterprises, IDC found that companies are increasing their file-based storage by 40% to 120% a year and place a high priority on boosting the efficiency and reliability of their management processes for file-based information. IDC research indicates that unstructured, file-based data drove a majority of new storage capacity in all organizations' datacenters in 2008 and…
 
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  • Compliance and Traceability in Manufacturing

    9 Feb 2010 | 12:00 am
    This report will benchmark the ways manufacturers are using compliance and traceability programs as a competitive advantage in the market place.Request Free!

  • SAP for Utilities Solution Portfolio Asset & Work Mgmt White Paper

    8 Feb 2010 | 4:50 pm
    At the same time, those assets still must be managed to keep U.S. electrical and natural gas systems operational while everything from terrorists to massive hurricanes to economic and political forces seem bent on making that difficult. Enterprise Asset Management (EAM) has become a central concern for utilities. This Energy Central white paper explores EAM and SAP's solution to address these challenges.Request Free!

  • Helping Utilities Fulfill FERC and NERC Requirements

    8 Feb 2010 | 4:50 pm
    SAP BusinessObjects solutions for GRC can help, with integrated software that enables you to take a unified business-focused approach and automatically monitor risks and controls in heterogeneous IT environments.Request Free!

  • The Security Implications of Web 2.0

    8 Feb 2010 | 3:50 pm
    The collaborative benefits of Web 2.0 technologies have fueled rapid growth in online consumer markets and now are being adopted by businesses worldwide. With these technologies come new types of attack vectors. Pull replaces push, polymorphism complicates defenses and 90% of attacks take place at the application layer, exploiting software-based or social vulnerabilities. This white paper discusses the changes in vulnerabilities with the advent of Web 2.0 and the countermeasures that can be taken to protect against the threats they bring.Request Free!

  • SMART Steps Toward Consolidated Workload Automation

    8 Feb 2010 | 3:20 pm
    But without tight integration and orchestration capabilities, you cannot truly achieve the benefits of WLA. Enterprise Management Associates share 5 critical steps to smarter WLA in this valuable white paper.Request Free!
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  • The Unique Benefits of Archiving Email in the Cloud

    8 Feb 2010 | 3:50 pm
    The growing volume of user email messages is escalating storage requirements and increasing the pressure on traditional email archiving solutions. Maintaining email archives to meet security, compliance or business policies is a struggle, with traditional in-house solutions facing a never-ending cycle of decreasing performance and increasing investments in costly technology. This white paper discusses the business & regulatory requirements for email archiving, the difficulties of utilizing an in-house system and the benefits of archiving in the cloud.Request Free!

  • Business Value of Virtualization: Realizing the Benefits of Integrated Solutions

    8 Feb 2010 | 11:50 am
    The research finds that the use of more advanced virtualization technology, along with increasingly sophisticated systems management tools that manage both the guest environments and the virtualization engines themselves, can further extend the benefits of virtualization significantly. An optimally managed or "advanced virtualization" infrastructure, described as an infrastructure that includes penetration of virtualized servers of more than 25%, storage virtualization, and the use of systems.Request Free!

  • F5 Virtualization Guide: Seven Key Challenges You Can't Ignore

    5 Feb 2010 | 4:50 pm
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  • The Economic Impact of File Virtualization: Reducing Costs and Improving Efficiency for File-Based Storage

    5 Feb 2010 | 4:50 pm
    The continued expansion of file-based, business-critical information within extended enterprises is changing the storage dynamic in a wide range of industries and organizations. In a series of interviews with U.S. and European enterprises, IDC found that companies are increasing their file-based storage by 40% to 120% a year and place a high priority on boosting the efficiency and reliability of their management processes for file-based information. IDC research indicates that unstructured, file-based data drove a majority of new storage capacity in all organizations' datacenters in 2008 and…

  • The ROI of Application Delivery Controllers in Traditional and Virtualized Environments

    5 Feb 2010 | 4:20 pm
    The concept of spending money to make money, often referred to as “investing” outside of the technology industry, is something just about every marketing campaign promises, but few deliver. The ROI calculations to prove how quickly an investment will reap return often come with a lot of conditions. For instance, it's only valid on Tuesdays, under a full moon, and when applied to a specific version of software deployed on a (now) obsolete piece of hardware.But solutions that provide a quick ROI along with significant technological benefits do exist. The trick is finding these solutions and…
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  • Noisy Data Center? Try Remote Management

    Minicom Thoughts
    3 Feb 2010 | 4:43 am
    Can’t hear yourself think in the data center? Those whirring fans can be more than just an annoyance – they are potentially damaging, with the ability to cause permanent hearing loss.This article on Processor.com makes concrete suggestions for how to tune out the problem:“If noise is still an issue for enterprise employees, even more radical action may be needed, Deaderick [Tom Deaderick, director of OnePartner Advanced Technology and Applications Center] says. Consider letting employees work remotely or at home some days of the week. This is also an option for employees who work inside…

  • Data Centers Go Mainstream

    Minicom Thoughts
    1 Feb 2010 | 6:37 am
    Gone are the days when data centers conjured up images of big scary machines in some isolated area. Data centers are enjoying a renaissance in popular culture, with an updated, hip image, and they are cropping up in some surprising places.Taking the kids to Disney World? Make sure to hit IBM’s SmarterPlanet exhibit, which shows the practical application of the way computers affect and enhance daily life. According to the article on Data Center Knowledge:“The exhibit is the latest sign data center technology is gaining a higher profile, slowly shedding the anonymity of the back-office…

  • Four IT Pitfalls to Avoid This Year

    Minicom Thoughts
    28 Jan 2010 | 3:36 am
    According to Netcordia (full article here), here are the potential problem areas that await IT managers this coming year:Unstable network infrastructure will be the undoing of ambitious virtualization projects.Outages and more outages – at least five big ones in the next 6 monthsNon compliance will lead to firings and fees as it is enforced more strictlyAn increase in merger and acquisition (M&A) activity will result is a heavier burden on IT departments“With the potential for network errors to wreak havoc in 2010, network managers will play a crucial role to navigate these potential…

  • Browser Mayhem: Exploring Your Options?

    Minicom Thoughts
    25 Jan 2010 | 7:38 am
    Ouch! Microsoft’s Internet Explorer is suffering from severe damage to its image, as both the French and German governments have recommended that people abandon the browser due to security breaches, according to the Wall Street Journal blog.Does jumping ship at this point make sense? There is no clear consensus, as some express reservations about whether IE is actually any more vulnerable than other browsers.The article states:“Generally speaking, a browser switch is going to be a lot easier for an individual than it will be for corporate users, where IT policies often dictate which…

  • Minicom and SharkRack Partnership Announced

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    19 Jan 2010 | 12:56 am
    With SharkRack as a reseller, Minicom expands its presence in the US IT marketWe are pround to announce a partnership with SharkRack, a premier provider of infrastructure solutions for data centers and network rooms. SharkRack chose Minicom as their KVM vendor because of their advanced IP KVM and KVM over CAT5 product lines, which include remote access management solutions, KVM switches, LCD drawers with integrated KVM switches, and KVM IP gateways.“SharkRack’s proven track record of recognizing and responding to the changing needs of data centers makes them an exciting company to have as…
 
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  • TelePresence Gains Momentum at Retailer Show

    David Deans - BTR moderator
    29 Jan 2010 | 10:43 am
    The National Retail Federation (NRF) released its 2010 economic forecast, projecting retail industry sales to increase 2.5 percent from last year. In contrast, total industry retail sales for 2009 had actually declined by 2.5 percent."As we continue to see signs of improvement throughout the U.S. economy in 2010, overall sentiment will begin to lift, making way for slight increases in consumer spending," said NRF Chief Economist Rosalind Wells.While this past year certainly has been a challenging one for most retailers, they continue to seek out ways to apply business technology that helps to…

  • Business Social Networking Upside-Downside

    David Deans - BTR moderator
    13 Jan 2010 | 12:50 pm
    Social media tools are entering the workplace, either by thoughtful intent or purely by accident. To date, for those organizations that actually have a plan of action, most tend to focus more on "damage containment" policies for their employees.Is a protection-centric strategy the prudent approach for concerned -- but otherwise uninformed -- business leaders, or is it shortsighted thinking that undervalues the upside opportunity?Cisco released the results of a third-party global market study designed to assess how organizations use consumer social networking tools to collaborate…

  • Cloud Services Adoption in Asia-Pacific

    David Deans - BTR moderator
    14 Dec 2009 | 1:14 pm
    It's the time of year when most business technology market research and consulting companies release their predictions for the new year. In its annual outlook for 2010, IDC predicts the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) spending and growth in the Asia-Pacific excluding Japan (APEJ) region will reach $184 billion -- with a 7.7% growth over this year.IDC predicts most growth will come from India and China, although all countries are expected to experience varying degrees of growth."While budgets are still tight, and the buying patterns may have changed irrevocably from what the…

  • Better Way for SMBs to Collaborate Online

    David Deans - BTR moderator
    10 Dec 2009 | 1:50 pm
    Do you know, is there a better way for businesses to meet online, present projects, and share calendars and ideas anytime, from anywhere? Are you ready to share your experience?Small- and medium-sized business owners can compete for a chance to win up to $2,000 in a reward card and a free consultation with marketing expert Guy Kawasaki -- by entering The Better Way Challenge.The challenge, a video contest presented by Verizon and Cisco, is designed to encourage businesses to use new collaborative tools to maintain their competitive edge in a fast-changing environment."Innovation and…

  • Business Technology Leader Maturity Framework

    David Deans - BTR moderator
    4 Dec 2009 | 1:23 pm
    As 2009 comes to a close, a recent editorial in CIO magazine sums-up a nagging issue -- "Despite the emergence of improved IT management tools over the past decade, CIOs continue to grapple with the same IT challenges they dealt with five and even 10 years ago. Which can make a CEO wonder: when are we going to get there?"Forrester Research believes that CIOs have typically run "the tech factory" for their firms -- responding to business needs with solutions and operations from both internal and external sources. These IT leaders have pursued operational maturity to optimize solution…
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  • The Hiring Gold Rush is Coming…

    George Black
    3 Feb 2010 | 8:36 am
    Organizations are beginning to hire to accomplish the value-add projects necessary to get ready for recovery. With major cost-cutting in the past, now is the time to rebuild. Focus on projects that promise to bring real value, restore cuts that need to be restored and eliminate projects that failed to add value. The hiring outlook for 2010 is cautiously optimistic. Budget cuts and layoffs have been the norm for the past two years. The IT industry and businesses of all sizes have been reeling from the impact. In 2009, unemployment rose substantially across all sectors of the economy, with the…

  • IT for Small Business (Podcast)

    Stephen Sweeney
    2 Feb 2010 | 9:26 am
    Episode #2 – Stephen Sweeney, COO at RSA Corp, discusses how small businesses leverage technology and how managed services can help them to reduce costs and restore peace of mind in IT.

  • Our Story (Podcast)

    Holly Gunn
    1 Feb 2010 | 9:14 am
    Episode #1 – Holly Gunn, marketing manager at RSA Corp, introduces the history of the company and talks about what makes it different from other staffing firms and IT service providers. She also discuss future trends for the technology, small business and staffing industries.

  • Three Misconceptions About Business Continuity

    Jeremy Ross
    20 Jan 2010 | 5:00 am
    Business continuity is the investment made by a business to be proactive in avoiding the risks associated with a disaster. Typically, this investment is an operating expense that serves as an insurance policy on an ongoing basis. Disaster recovery is the plan associated with the reaction that follows a catastrophic event that disrupts the productivity of a business. This type of investment is more difficult to manage because it’s a “in the event of” plan that can easily fall through the cracks if not kept up with. The two most important aspects of a DR plan involve sound, comprehensive…

  • I.T. Phone Home. Small Business Technology.

    Jason Kuhn
    13 Jan 2010 | 8:04 am
    Sometimes purchasing new technology for your business can be like embarking into alien territory. A copy machine doesn’t just make copies anymore. What happens when the bells and whistles you bought don’t work right? Here are some things to think about to make buying small business technology a little easier. What makes technology purchases different from other business purchases? Typically the types of items purchased aren’t a component of a company’s revenue generation model – printers, copiers, phones. Consequently, there’s little internal knowledge about…
 
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  • Saying Goodbye to Your Coworkers

    Anya Jennings
    4 Feb 2010 | 10:30 am
    When it’s time to make your exit, the best thing you can do to further your career is exit gracefully without burning any bridges behind you. Whether you’re coming to the end of a contract, losing your job, or leaving for greener pastures, the people you’ve met along the way can be valuable resources in the future. Handling them with care and consideration is the key to building and maintaining professional relationships. A week or two before the time comes to leave, start making preparations. Let your coworkers know that your last day is at hand, and offer to exchange…

  • IT Companies Making the Most of the Economic Recovery

    Sam Perry
    26 Jan 2010 | 7:48 am
    A December 2009 survey by McKinsey Quarterly noted that, although the recession has not spared IT, companies are increasingly looking to IT for strategic success in a time when they are being asked to do more with less. While IT-based companies are faring better-than-average, some companies are making the most of the road back from rock-bottom. The most successful IT companies are realizing that they can grow as the recession eases-up by selling IT solutions to traditional companies trying to recover, ramping-up green initiatives, and gaining greater efficiency. So which companies are…

  • Working the Interview Follow-up

    Anya Jennings
    26 Jan 2010 | 5:00 am
    I know I’ve mentioned interview follow-ups in the past, but I can’t stress enough how important it is to send that thank you note. Beyond common courtesy, an effective thank you note gives you an opportunity to cement who you are in the mind of an interviewer who may have seen a dozen other people with comparable qualifications on the same day. The most important interview to follow up is the one you think you aced. There’s nothing worse than walking out with supreme confidence, sure that the job’s in the bag…and then waiting by the phone for a call that…

  • Funniest Tech Toons

    Sam Perry
    19 Jan 2010 | 7:23 am
    For tech related toons, XKCD (which bills itself as a webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language) continues to rule the web. Its dry comedic delivery of geek-related themes amuses, provokes and entertains like no other. Be sure to hover over the comics for the alt-text commentary. From theoatmeal.com comes a perfect description of a typical web design process. It’s not only funny, it is, unfortunately true. I have dealt with each of these people personally. More than once. Monty isn’t technically a techie, but the comic is littered with decidedly geeky (and funny) themes,…

  • Business Intelligence: A Promising IT Frontier for 2010

    Sam Perry
    12 Jan 2010 | 5:00 am
    While the economy continues to struggle, there are a few bright spots on the horizon, and one of the brightest is BI – Business Intelligence. Data security, coupled with an increasing need for data integration into newer, more modern systems, is the rising star in the IT field for 2010. Much of today’s data is in unstructured format, and corporations are searching for solutions to integrate and secure that data. The time is ripe for enterprising data management specialists to step in and command the big bucks by devising comprehensive solutions to the data dilemma. The search for…
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