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Greene said that while competitors are coming into t By David Marshall Dec 9, 2007 3 mins Software Development Survey Says: I/O Bottleneck Exists within Virtualization Last week, a vendor sponsored survey from Xsigo was published claiming that an I/O bottleneck exists within server virtualization deployments. Vendor survey skepticism aside, many people in the virtualization community will agree that this problem do By David Marshall Dec 8, 2007 3 mins Software Development Jews Singing Gospel for Chanukah Our Temple has an idiosyncratic, if not unique, tradition of hosting a Gospel choir as part of the celebration after a Friday night service during Chanukah, and having the Temple choir members join in on a few numbers. That was last night. For a vari By Martin Heller Dec 8, 2007 2 mins Software Development Learning from success without stifling innovation Dear Bob …Nice column! ("Creating a learning organization," Keep the Joint Running, 11/26/2007). I hope you follow this up with some thoughts on how you can reward learning from success without stifling innovation. Somehow I think you wil By Bob Lewis Dec 8, 2007 2 mins Technology Industry Need Help with Virtualization ROI/TCO? VMware’s Latest Online Calculator to the Rescue Back in April of this year, VMware released the first version of its ROI calculator. And while it went a long way to help customers visualize the potential benefits of infrastructure virtualization, it stopped short by concentrating on the value of s By David Marshall Dec 8, 2007 2 mins Software Development Akeena Solar CEO weighs in on energy bill Although Cinnamon, of course, has a clear bias here, I thought his letter was worth sharing. Moreover, the progress of the energy bill should of interest to both citizens and organizations that are contemplating investing in solar energy. By Ted Samson Dec 7, 2007 3 mins Technology Industry Chinavision pen camera has green-spy appeal If you have an aspiring spy with green leanings on your holiday-gift list, take note: A company called Chinavision is offering a solar-powered wireless spy camera pen. As described by the company, the device is a fully functioning pen — except it ha By Ted Samson Dec 7, 2007 1 min Technology Industry Cleaning House with Vista I had an interesting conversation today with the Sr. Desktop Platform Engineer for one of my larger enterprise customers (hint: They own a big chunk of 7th Avenue near Times Square in NYC). 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Facebook Beacon shined an unwelcome light into its subscribers' buying habits, tracking them even when they weren't logged in and slurping up data from sites like Amazon and Overstock even for non-FB member By Robert Cringely Dec 7, 2007 2 mins Small and Medium Business Software Development Keep security advice current Cliches about safe computing behavior aren't enough, because e-mail, surfing, and patching vulnerabilities change all the time By Roger Grimes Dec 7, 2007 5 mins Malware Phishing Social Engineering When you shop for storage hardware, bring a lawyer Thanks to such regulations as the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, choosing your storage hardware may have legal implications By Mario Apicella Dec 7, 2007 4 mins Software Development Technology Industry Answer key: You don’t know tech The facts behind this week’s top 10 tech questions By Dan Tynan Dec 7, 2007 4 mins Technology Industry SonicWall 24×7 Support Not There After Hours <P>Most of us would assume that 24×7 support means that someone is there to take your call anytime day or night. But one reader has discovered that when it comes to SonicWall's e-mail security appliances, 24×7 is more like 12×5.</P> By Ed Foster Dec 7, 2007 2 mins Technology Industry PlateSpin Introduces Hardware Appliance for Disaster Recovery PlateSpin, a long-time virtualization application software company, just announced a new venture – an innovative disaster recovery hardware appliance for protecting physical and virtual server workloads using VMware Infrastructure as a foundation for By David Marshall Dec 6, 2007 5 mins Software Development Xerox, AMD garner recognition for reducing GHGs Xerox and AMD garnered special recognition from the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) this week for recently achieving their long-term greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction goals and for extending their commitment to climate-change management. 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But when Goldman, JMP, and now ChangeWave, (one of By Bill Snyder Dec 6, 2007 4 mins Technology Industry Cisco seeds green innovations aimed at climate change I recently had a chat with Noni Allwood, senior director of human resources at Cisco. She outlined the company's CUD (Connected Urban Development) effort, a part of the Clinton Global Initiative. The idea behind CUD is to "apply technology By Ted Samson Dec 6, 2007 6 mins Technology Industry Morgan Stanley’s stocking full of tech trends Based on big growth in consumer and enterprise tech this year, Morgan Stanley predicts a very happy 2008 By David Margulius Dec 6, 2007 4 mins Technology Industry Parallels Announces Official Leopard Update and Premium Edition for Mac SWsoft, makers of the Parallels Desktop for Mac product, announced today that the Leopard Update that's been in beta testing for the last few weeks is now officially live. This latest build works seamlessly with both Tiger and Leopard operating By David Marshall Dec 6, 2007 2 mins Software Development VirtualLogix Teams with TI and nworks Supports VMware 3.5 and 3i Virtualization continues to grow, and interestingly enough, it's growing outside of the datacenter as well. VirtualLogix recently announced a new agreement with Texas Instruments for virtualization outside of the datacenter on front-end connecte By David Marshall Dec 6, 2007 1 min Software Development Hands-On with Kindle As a follow-up to my earlier blog, I happened to get 15 minutes hands-on use of the Amazon Kindle, their new portable eBook reader. As it happens, Amazon's Lab 126 development team is located in the same building as MySQL's US headquarters, By Zack Urlocker Dec 5, 2007 3 mins Open Source Volta: Web Development by Tier-Splitting Microsoft Volta was just posted as a technology preview at Microsoft Live Labs. The short summary is that Volta is a new methodology for creating Web applications. Instead of deciding on your architecture at the beginning, building the tiers and tyin By Martin Heller Dec 5, 2007 1 min Software Development R & D tax credit debated in Senate As we went to press, the passage of HR 3996, “to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to extend certain expiring provisions and for other purposes” was still up in the air. The bill includes an AMT [Alternative Minimum Tax] patch provi By Ephraim Schwartz Dec 5, 2007 2 mins Technology Industry Data rights and wrongs Whether you lean left, veer right, or run strictly down the middle, you have to admit that our current adminstration has a conflicted approach to data retention. When it comes to our data, the Feds are all over it – asking ISPs to retain subscr By Robert Cringely Dec 5, 2007 5 mins Small and Medium Business Software Development SOA Wins in Vegas It was only a matter of time before the gaming industry discovered SOA, and that appears to be the case after reading this article. "Walk down the Las Vegas Strip, and it is SOA that drives much of what the city has to offer, according to Tim St By Dave Linthicum Dec 5, 2007 2 mins Software Development Test Center Tracker: Following evolution Not all people necessarily agree on Darwin's theory of evolution but when we focus on IT even the strongest advocates of "Intelligent Design" would throw their arms up in despair. It may be tempting to say that there is no intelligent By Mario Apicella Dec 5, 2007 2 mins Technology Industry How to engineer a tumbler Dear Bob …I think it is great to point out management challenges and recommend ways to improve.Lately, many of my co-workers are going beyond this, taking opportunities to improve as indictments against the management of the company I work for.Alth By Bob Lewis Dec 5, 2007 2 mins Technology Industry A Need for SOA Download file… By Dave Linthicum Dec 5, 2007 1 min Software Development Titan or Titanic? Microsoft is preparing the release this month of Microsoft Dynamics CRM 4.0, code-named "Titan." A substantial portion of Microsoft's efforts around this release are focused on gaining ground on Salesforce.com, the software-as-a-servic By Sean Gallagher Dec 5, 2007 2 mins Small and Medium Business Software Development The spider and the tick Intel's strategic mascot, the tick, fares no better against the spider in technology than it does in nature With the writers strike forcing sitcoms into reruns, my family has been forced to explore the entertainment value of learning. Take, for By Tom Yager Dec 5, 2007 5 mins Technology Industry Release Early & Release Often One of the virtues often touted of open source is the idea of "release early & release often." Eric Raymond documented the Linux kernel team's use of this approach in detail in his book "The Cathedral and the Bazaar." Whi By Zack Urlocker Dec 4, 2007 2 mins Open Source Apple, AT&T sued over iPhone use of patented voice mail technology Do Apple and AT&T routinely infringe on patents in the knowledge that it may take years for the case to drag through courts and in the meantime they get the benefit of a technology which is not theirs and for which they didn't pay? Is this t By Ephraim Schwartz Dec 4, 2007 2 mins Technology Industry ESTD: Converting Your OSS User Base Easier said than done…converting your OSS user base. Read on, but that's the summary of this post. Joel Jackson of Red Hat said: "Do you think the genius of OSS is how we sell it? Seriously. How did you get a job blogging on open source m By Savio Rodrigues Dec 4, 2007 3 mins Open Source Goodbye, Vista Kill Switch So, apparently there's at least one major improvement in Windows Vista SP1 most people can get behind. Microsoft is eliminating the anti-piracy feature which disables Vista's functionality if it fails the Windows Genuine Advantage test, rep By Sean Gallagher Dec 4, 2007 1 min Small and Medium Business Software Development Nokia builds a greener phone in Evolve 3110 Unveiled at Nokia World 2007, the 3110 Evolve — an upgrade to the Nokia 3110 Classic — boasts bio-covers made from more than 50 percent renewable material, according to Nokia. Morever, the phone comes in a small package made from 60 percent recycle By Ted Samson Dec 4, 2007 1 min Technology Industry Test Center Tracker: Competition Rules There's new competition, the word on subscription, and a bright new condition in Vista-land as we dive into a bunch of bloggy goodness in today's Test Center Daily. More CRM: Ahh, competition. That's what Microsoft is hoping to give Sa By Curt Franklin Dec 4, 2007 1 min Technology Industry The (WGA) Nightmare is Over…I Hope! The sun is shining! The drapes have been thrown open! And like old Ebenezer, I'm just about ready to burst forth in song! It's Christmas morning, and I'm alive! Alive! Er…OK, so it's not exactly Christmas yet. And no, my name is By Randall Kennedy Dec 4, 2007 2 mins Small and Medium Business Software Development Survey: Apple users more likely to be green-minded Apple users are proportionally more eco-friendly than users of other vendors' PCs. Moreover, they're more willing to plunk down extra cash for "green" products. By Ted Samson Dec 4, 2007 3 mins Technology Industry Wait… what? So this one had me pulling my hair out. My main Windows XP box is a VM running under VMware Workstation 6. 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