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- Costing Sun Ray vs Wintel
- Costing Sun Ray vs WintelSo, you like Sun Ray, Yes? KiddingSeriously, interesting article--Sun Ray is looking better and better!There are so many good reasons to consider using Thin Client. Sun Ray just reinforces that.A few questionsWhy did you so much oversize the client. why use E7200 core duo ? why...
- Discussion threads 2008-07-02
- VMware: The Hyper-V assault is underway, but the war is a long one
- VMware: The Hyper-V assault is underway, but the war is a long oneA few points..."...as well as a price point that is absolutely unbeatable — free with the Windows Server 2008 OS..."I expect Neely Kroes will have something to say about this."VMware is great, but you need Microsoft to make...
- Discussion threads 2008-07-01
- Why computers fail
- Why computers failA good UPS...will decrease failure rates tremendously. I use Belkin AVR UPS's and the only systems I've had go down in the last year were ones installed by my predecessor without UPS's. There is no doubt in my mind that bad power is a PC's worst enemy....
- Discussion threads 2008-07-01
- Want cash? Buy SaaS
- Want cash? Buy SaaSSAAS = AEIOBAll Eggs In One BasketWho'll get blamed when disaster happens?DIY is worseIf you ask me, self-hosting = All Eggs In One Basket, with the extra disadvantage that you have to carry the basket yourself.The advantage of SaaS is that you're paying someone who employs teams...
- Discussion threads 2008-06-10
- Anyone ripped their entire DVD collection?
- Anyone ripped their entire DVD collection?dvd collectioni have also been thinking about doing this, i have found that depending on how you are planning to stream the media you have to format it different ways. if you are using a windows media extender (xbox360) the vob files have to be...
- Discussion threads 2008-05-19
- Synology Disk Station DS-107+
- Up to this point, our network attached storage reviews have focused on consumer-level products that act as simple backup or media-sharing solutions for home users. NAS is but one of the many features found on the Synology Disk Station DS107+, a sophisticated device that holds appeal for home users and...
- Product reviews 2008-05-08
- HP Officejet J6480
- The Officejet J6480 is Hewlett-Packard's newest all-in-one printer with a host of features designed to appeal to small-to-midsize businesses that want a low-cost, feature-rich device capable of handling projects across the board. This $200 multifunction printer certainly delivers everything you want in an AIO: Autoduplexing, photo finishing, one-touch faxing, a...
- Product reviews 2008-05-08
- Extracting the structure of networks
- Extracting the structure of networksAnother example of hierarchical organizationIs it news that a lot of things are organized hierarchically?For one more hypothesized example, see Jeff Hawkins heirarchical temporal memory.THANK YOU!!!Great article! This is exactly the kind of cutting edge emerging knowledge I need. Very valuable.
- Discussion threads 2008-05-04
- In the beginning (and the end) there was the mainframe
- In the beginning and the end there was the mainframeYes, long live the mainframe. The difference now is that we will have muchricher applications with full graphic interfaces instead of text. We will also have application and application data caching to smooth the problems of having a flaky connection of...
- Discussion threads 2008-05-01
- IP Multicast Best Practices for Enterprise Customers
- With the growing popularity of IP Multicast applications, Enterprise customers are considering deploying or have already deployed IP Multicast in their networks. This paper describes the generally accepted best common practices for IP Multicast in Enterprise customer networks. It describes ways to optimize multicast delivery according to basic design principals...
- White papers 2008-05-01
- RPG, PHP, and history
- While thinking through some of the comments recorded here as part of our discussion of development languages and environments I finally figured out what PHP reminds me of: RPG. RPG [Report generator] started out in the IBM 360 world as a report formatting aid, but never really...
- Blog posts 2008-04-28
- Google names new CIO
- Google has named Benjamin Fried chief information officer. Fried, had been a managing director at Morgan Stanley's Application Infrastructure group. News.com's Stephen Shankland reports that Fried will take over in May. Fried replaces Douglas Merrill, who left earlier this month to go to EMI. ...
- Blog posts 2008-04-24
- Twitter turmoil: when does it end?
- The news that Twitter's lead architect Blaine Cook and Lee Mighdoll, VP engineering have left should be no surprise. Let's be blunt. Despite the neutral language used in various posts, they were fired. One has to wonder whether Jack Dorsey is next, especially as he doesn't seem to understand the...
- Blog posts 2008-04-24
- IBM launches iDataPlex server; Eyes Web 2.0 customers
- IBM launches iDataPlex server; Eyes Web 2.0 customersHeavy Computer - Heavy PictureThe image of the computer in this article is huge - 1375.77 KB. Someone's uploader is not doing a very good job. Regardless doing it without AC should be the mantra. Keep it up IBM.Air ConditioningThis system is NOT...
- Discussion threads 2008-04-24
- Engineering Firm Leads the Way in Egypt With Messaging Infrastructure Upgrade
- Dar Al-Handasah, an engineering and architecture consultancy based in Egypt, wanted to improve its communication and collaboration system to match growth in the business. Its engineers and architectures depend heavily on e-mail messaging in their daily work with computer-aided design documents, project information, drafting, and calculations. The firm upgraded its...
- Case studies 2008-04-21
- Questioning IT
- Questioning IT This is the 14th excerpt from the first book in the Defen series: The Board Member's IT Brief. This section is concerned with things you should talk to your CIO about - informally, but with attention. Topic one: disaster avoidance Basically...
- Blog posts 2008-04-18
- Amazon's cloud computing will surpass its retailing business
- Amazon's cloud computing will surpass its retailing businessIs that impressive "reliability"?"Amazon is offering 99.9 percent reliability." That could be an 8+ hour outage every year, assuming zero maintenance downtime. And, what does a customer get if Amazon fails that standard? A pro-rata refund? OTOH, 99.9% means...
- Discussion threads 2008-04-14
- (Photos: Australia's 5,500-mile Internet connection)
- (Photos: Australia's 5,500-mile Internet connection)Physical CompressionWe see the diameter of the cable at the surface. What diameter is it when it reaches the depth of 3 miles?RE: (Photos: Australia's 5,500-mile Internet connection)Always amazes me what one will do to get High Speed Internet to have that High Speed Porn.RE:...
- Discussion threads 2008-04-09
- CIPT1 v6.0 - Implementing Cisco Unified Communications IP Telephony Part 1
- Instantly save $500 off the standard course price when you register on TechRepublic or ZDNet! Offer ends April 30, 2008.View Available Dates and LocationsPrepare to install and configure a Cisco Unified Communications Manager CUCM solution in a single site in this course, focusing primarily on CUCM Release ...
- Training 2008-04-01
- Redundancy in Serial-to-Ethernet Communications
- This paper provides information about redundancy in serial-to-Ethernet communications. It describes technologies from Digi International that eliminate single points of failure for networked devices while also enabling multiple host connections to a single port. It wasn't many years ago that users were ecstatic just to be able to connect a...
- White papers 2008-04-01
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