A network attached storage (NAS) device. The term was coined by Network Appliance. See NAS and NetApp Filer.
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- D-Filer 1.0 (Windows)
- D-Filer program reads the file one line at a time to look for your search criteria and extracts any line which contains a matching string and appends to a file. Another option you can use is to break files up into many smaller files containing however many lines you choose,...
- Software downloads 2009-11-08
- Spring Design sues Barnes & Noble over Alex, Nook
- I kind of want to see barnes and noble win this one...The whole concept of a sliding image preview isn't exactly revolutionary, and it does look decidedly different from the bulky, 2003-esque block interface of the alex.On a personal note, I think the alex looks like some children's toy out...
- Discussion threads 2009-11-03
- Albatross Clouds Browser 1.1 (Windows)
- Are you ready to discover the Clouds? Links to all the popular cloud applications, Make Cloud Websites, Web based Contact List, Search Plus screens, Save tab groups, advanced favorites selection menus, Windows integration, password management, rssfeed reader, multiple user support, cross tab navigation, new navigation experience, html form filer aid....
- Software downloads 2009-10-12
- Xiant Filer 1.2.230 (Windows)
- Xiant Filer is an add-in for Microsoft Office Outlook that helps you more efficiently manage your e-mail. Filer simplifies the task of keeping your in-box organized by allowing you to file messages with a single click. Filer also keeps you focused on important topics in your e-mail without being distracted...
- Software downloads 2009-09-22
- Apple, and pretty much everyone, sued over touchpad technology
- Apple, and pretty much everyone, sued over touchpad technologyHere comes the patent trolls, sigh.The patent trolls strike again.IMHO we should have "use it or lose it" laws in the patent system: If you don't use a patent in an actual product, you risk losing it and can't renew it.Not to...
- Discussion threads 2009-07-21
- Rosaire Virtuel 1.0.0 (Mobile)
- Adapté de Virtual Rosary pour Windows et Mac, ce logiciel vous accompagne au long des prières du Rosaire, soutenues par des versets de l'Écriture et des images religieuses. Vous n'avez qu'à cliquer sur le bouton 'Amen'. Vous pouvez aussi faire défiler les prières et les versets avec les boutons de...
- Software downloads 2009-07-08
- 1099 Pro Professional Edition 2009.06.15 (Windows)
- The 1099 Pro Professional Edition is the easiest and most advanced software for all your paper filing needs. It produces all forms in the 1099, 1098, 3921, 3922, and 5498 series. It also prints to plain paper, preprinted forms, and continuous forms. Complimentary technical support. Query wizards for printing and...
- Software downloads 2009-07-03
- Cloud vs sand: Google vs Microsoft
- The numbers don't lie An independent study found on-site Microsoft apps - Office and Exchange - cost 20x in capital dollars and 5x-6x more than Google Apps on a 3 year Total Cost of Ownership TCO basis. How can Microsoft compete? The debate Cloud, as...
- Blog posts 2009-05-05
- Closing the Tax Gap: Accurately Identify and Prioritize Tax Returns That Have a High Likelihood of Underreporting and a High Magnitude of Potential Collections
- More sophisticated revenue departments are starting to augment their rules-based systems with scores generated by analytical modeling. SAS analytical models assess a multitude of data points across the entire tax-filer base -looking at thousands of variables and conditions - to more effectively determine which returns are the most likely candidates...
- White papers 2009-05-01
- Filer Express 8.0.2.2 (Windows)
- Filer Express is a software solution designed to bring your small business in to the paperless world. Our paperless office solution helps you digitize your paper files so that you can instantly access them when you need them . Enter documents into the system via scanning, importing, or by a...
- Software downloads 2009-04-23
- 1099 Etc E-3.1 (Windows)
- The W-2/1099 Forms Filer is a complete database system that generates all 1099, W-2, and related forms. The W-2/1099 Forms Filer has an easy-to-use, menu-driven, format that simplifies the selection of payers and forms. Add in support for After the Fact payroll, E Filing, and Laser Generation. Rated 5 of...
- Software downloads 2009-01-14
- IBM Scale Out File Services: Reinventing Network-Attached Storage
- This paper focuses on the challenges of creating a scalable Network-Attached Storage NAS filer with hundreds of nodes on top of the IBM General Parallel File System GPFS. The filer is created as a multiheaded data exporter over Ethernet and uses the Common Internet File System CIFS as implemented by...
- White papers 2008-07-01
- Open Storage Adoption
- Sun is leading the open storage revolution, combining open-source software with industry-standard system components to reduce storage costs by up to 90 percent. As a general term, open storage refers to storage systems built with an open architecture using industry-standard hardware and open-source software. In an open architecture, customers can...
- White papers 2008-05-01
- How to network Outlook using Google Apps
- Over the past eight years or so, I’ve grown accustomed to using Microsoft Outlook as my e-mail client, calendar, and contact manager. But I ran into a wall after leaving the refuge of a corporate network: I found that I couldn’t rely on Outlook because I regularly use four different...
- Blog posts 2008-04-11
- Microsoft's biggest lemon - Windows Home Server
- I'm really surprised that Windows Vista gets as much bad press as it does when Microsoft has an operating system that's worse. Much worse. I am of course talking about Windows Home Server. Windows Home Server is bad in a way that you just don't want your...
- Blog posts 2008-03-11
- Report: maker of Ojo VoIP/videophone likely on bankruptcy path
- Tom Keating is one of those VoIP bloggers who understands business and technology, and mixes journalistic doggedness with the backgrounding of an engineer. I say this because Tom reports this morning that Worldgate Communications is experiencing a financial rough patch. A really bad...
- Blog posts 2008-02-05
- The best Windows storage isn't on Windows
- The best Windows storage isn't on WindowsMessage has been deleted.real-world consumersThe only question I have is this: Why does the real-world, end-user or home/personal computer user care?Certainly, corporations and educational/research institutions and possibly government sector types with perpetual libraries of research papers, legal filings, patents, archived copies of old newspapers,...
- Discussion threads 2007-11-29
- Need a firewall? Download it
- Need a firewall? Download itIpCop is great.I've been using it since version 1.3.0.9 in 10 small offices. The VPN feature was the main selling point for me. The largest of the offices is only 25 users so I can't say how it would perform with hundreds of users, although...
- Discussion threads 2007-11-21
- Sun/NetApp patent dispute heats up
- While Oracle and BEA are duking it out over acquisition price, Sun and NetApp are suing and countersuing each other over patents related to the Unix file system, ZFS. First, Network Appliance sued Sun, claiming that ZFS infringes on seven of its patents, and asked that ZFS be pulled from...
- Blog posts 2007-10-25
- Sun fights back with patents of their own against NetApp
- Jonathan Schwartz is not spoiling for a fight, but he's not shying away from one either. That's the takeaway message in today's blog entry from Sun's spunky CEO. On September 5th, Network Appliances filed a lawsuit against Sun claiming that ZFS infringed on seven of its patents....
- Blog posts 2007-10-24
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