by Curt Franklin

Test Center Tracker: Maybe you can take it with you

analysis
Nov 27, 20071 min

There are libraries to carry around, green power sources for I.T. centers, and good business in open source for today's Test Center Tracker. Take it all:If you can take everything you need with you, why wouldn't you? That's the question Brian Chee is asking in Geeks in Paradise after looking at the new Amazon Kindle. It's not so much the idea of grabbing the local newspaper on the electronic reader--what if you

There are libraries to carry around, green power sources for I.T. centers, and good business in open source for today’s Test Center Tracker.

Take it all:If you can take everything you need with you, why wouldn’t you? That’s the question Brian Chee is asking in Geeks in Paradise after looking at the new Amazon Kindle. It’s not so much the idea of grabbing the local newspaper on the electronic reader–what if you could have your entire reference library on a portable, easily searchable tablet that accompanied you to your desk and to jobs in the field? Now you’re talking…

A mighty wind: HP is taking big green steps with their newest data centers, powering one with solar power and another with wind. Ted Samson is all over this in Sustainable IT, and it looks like a decent model for other tech firms to follow.

Happy days…: The high-tech sector has been up and down for months, but one segment seems to be on a consistent upward path — open source businesses are starting to flourish. Zack Urlocker takes a look at the businesses and their business plans and likes what he sees for the long run.