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What It Means: Google, Yahoo Come Together With OpenID

— Google has announced that Yahoo users will now be able to quickly and easily sign up for Google products using their Yahoo email address. The feature, according to some in the industry, will be a boon for Google and OpenID, the Internet standard behind the feature. But what benefit does this provide for Yahoo? Will mak...

Sep 08 09:43:46 am PDT / NYT > Companies»

Benchmark And Accel Partners Reach Across The Atlantic To Fund ResearchGATE

— "So ResearchGATE is Facebook for Scientists?" I asked ex-Facebook exec, current Benchmark Capital general partner and new ResearchGATE investor Matt Cohler. "I bristle at that characterization," he responded telling me that doesn't adequately describe the company. Either way he's invested in the Berlin based startup, ...

Sep 08 07:31:43 am PDT / TechCrunchIT»

Lowering Risk at Decision Points

— I’ve actually got the chance to catch up on a little blog reading this morning, and I just got to digest Sameer Patel’s wonderful post entitled, “Innovation 1.0, served here.” The bit that really hit home was this (emphasis mine): “By organizations embracing and encouraging innovation, that really doesn’t e...

Sep 08 07:17:49 am PDT / CloudAve »

Virtually Adopting the Cloud

— Virtualization technology is mainstream for many organisations these days. Not only does it streamline management of IT resources, it also makes more efficient use of existing and new IT infrastructure, improves reliability and availability whilst reducing administration and improving deployment times. Many hosting pro...

Sep 01 04:09:49 am PDT / Cloud Computing»

VMware disses bare-metal desktop hypervisors

— VMware is claiming it doesn't need to deliver on its promise of a bare-metal desktop hypervisor, but says that if it does choose to release a so-called Type 1 client hypervisor it would be better than Citrix's. "Let's set the record straight there," says Vittorio Viarengo, vice president of desktop marketing for VMware...

Aug 31 07:32:19 am PDT / Virtualization - Infoworld»

How does a new datacenter benefit the community?

— IT people know what a datacenter is and just what it takes to keep one up and running. But what do the local communities (and their politicians) competing for these new datacenters think they are...

Aug 30 06:29:08 am PDT / data center Resources | ZDNet »

Cloud is not Rocket Science but it is Computer Science

— That doesn’t mean it isn’t hard - it means it’s a different kind of hard. For many folks in IT it is likely you might find in their home a wall on which you can find hanging a diploma. It might be a BA, it might be a BS, and you might even find one (or two) “Master of Science” as well. Now in...

Aug 29 07:26:40 pm PDT / DevCentral Weblogs»

Dell Cloud Storage Chief Explains Scramble for 3PAR

— 3PAR is "uniquely qualified" in providing the kind of storage technology right now that Dell requires, Dell executive Praveen Asthana tells eWEEK. - Dell's top cloud and storage executive, Praveen Asthana, confirmed to eWEEK Aug. 27 why Dell is pursuing 3PAR so desperately: Not only does its IP fit an impo...

Aug 27 04:19:01 pm PDT / Data Storage - RSS Feed»

Global Relo Redux

— Last fall I liked to say….a global move is technically just like a cross country move, only you fly to get there and it costs a lot more money. Here’s the skinny with 20-20 hindsight: Planning – you can plan to death, but it doesn’t change the workload Things – you can throw away things ...

Aug 26 05:11:44 pm PDT / Technology is Dead»

Does Geothermal Cooling Make Sense for your Datacenter?

— It's cold down in the basement. Why don't we keep our servers there?

Aug 26 06:53:01 am PDT / data center Resources | ZDNet »

iRules Community Spotlight: Same Segment Load Balancing

— This has been a perplexing issue for many users. How do you introduce an intermediary (LTM going forward) between client and server when in the same network segment? It’s easy when the LTM sits at gateways, but within a segment, it doesn’t work that well without some help. Why? Well, with tcp-based connecti...

Aug 18 11:57:16 pm PDT / DevCentral Weblogs»

HP Envy 14: Power in a Stylish Package

— Because I'm the editor in charge of laptop coverage here at PC World, I'm quite often asked, "Which notebook should I buy?" Only slightly less often am I asked, "Which model would you buy?" This is it. The HP Envy 14 is the laptop I would buy for myself, were I in the market for one right now. That doesn't necessarily ...

Aug 16 05:33:00 pm PDT / Computerworld HP News»

Zendesk Makes Great Customer Support Easy

— This post was written and contributed by Matthew Latkiewicz, Online Editor for Zendesk, a Rackspace Cloud Tools Partner. Zendesk is a leading provider of web-based customer support software with elegant ticket management and a self-service customer community platform. Built upon the idea that help desk software doesn�...

Aug 12 06:15:45 am PDT / Rackspace Cloud Computing & Hosting»

Does anyone plan on using Windows Embedded Standard 7 (WES7) thin clients?

— Now that the upgrade to Windows XP Embedded has been released (as Windows Embedded Standard 7 ) a few months ago, is anyone really excited about or planning to use it? I know this is the latest extension to the age-old battle between "rich"...(read more)

Aug 12 05:48:00 am PDT / Brian Madden»

Calling all cloud skeptics

— Does cloud skepticism have a champion who can rally the forces of fear, uncertainty and doubt against the onward march of cloud computing? Or is resistance futile?

Aug 04 04:53:54 am PDT / Software as Services Blog RSS | ZDNet»

Does OpenStack Change the Cloud Game?

— This week Rackspace Cloud, in conjunction with the NASA Nebula project, open sourced some of their Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) cloud software. This initiative, dubbed ‘OpenStack’, should have a dramatic impact on the current dynamics for building cloud computing infrastructure. Previously there hav...

Jul 20 12:01:46 pm PDT / Cloudscaling»

HP ProBook 4520s: Sturdy, Multitalented

— Weighing in at just under 6 pounds sans power brick, the new HP ProBook 4520s feels solid and sturdy enough to bear the brunt of your daily commute. Improving on the plastic chassis from last year's 4510s series, HP doesn't aim this business laptop at the netbook crowd; with a 15.6-inch high-definition matte screen and...

Jul 09 07:12:00 am PDT / Computerworld HP News»

To BIN or not to BIN, that is the question

— Hamlet was depressed when he posed the question, “to be to not to be”. There was no questions in Barry Burk’s mind when StorageNerve asked Michael Hay “ Where is the Hitachi BINfile” and Michael answered “Hitachi doesn’t have the concept of a ‘BINfile’.” Barry’s immediate response was that “EV...

Jul 07 04:15:01 pm PDT / Hu Yoshida»

Appistry announces partnerships with leading Hadoop ecosystem vendors

— Hopefully you saw our big announcement this morning! We are excited to announce strategic alliances with several of the leading Hadoop ecosystem vendors including Concurrent, Datameer and Kitenga. So what does this mean and why is it important you ask? We are really excited to announce these partnerships because e...

Jun 29 07:39:49 am PDT / Appistry Blog»

Facebook Software Use

— This morning I came across Exploring the software behind Facebook, the World’s Largest Site. The article doesn’t introduce new data not previously reported but it’s a good summary of the software used by Facebook and the current scale of the social networking site: · ...

Jun 20 07:56:35 am PDT / Perspectives»

Netflix on AWS

— I did a talk at the Usenix Tech conference last year, Where does the Power Go in High Scale Data Centers. After the talk I got into a more detailed discussion with many folks from Netflix and Canada’s Research in Motion, the maker of the Blackberry. The discussion ended up in a long lunch over a big table with folks...

May 31 06:59:29 am PDT / Perspectives»

How Much Integration Is Too Much in the Cloud?

— If you’ve been following the data center hardware space for the past year, you might be under the impression that integrated stacks are the future of IT. But it doesn’t look like customers are buying into the promise of having just one throat to choke.

May 30 08:00:10 am PDT / GigaOM � Cisco»

Does cloud computing need LAMP?

— An article asking who will first offer a LAMP platform as a service offering raises an even more fundamental question: does cloud computing even need the LAMP stack? ...

May 23 12:36:00 pm PDT / The Wisdom of Clouds »

Dell: Netbooks won't replace laptops

— Netbooks may have won over many users with their relatively low cost and small size, but Dell doesn't see the lightweight machines ever replacing laptops with more powerful processors inside.

May 20 10:16:00 pm PDT / Computerworld Dell News»

Dell Invests In iSCSI Servers; Will Anyone Else?

— Michael Dell, CEO of Dell, told the Citrix Systems Synergy user group last week that virtualization "will sweep through all IT -- servers, storage and networking." As it does so, he touched on how iSCSI will helping establish efficient virtualized servers. That's a Dell specialty and perhaps Dell's contribution to the ...

May 16 10:49:17 pm PDT / InformationWeek Virtualization Weblog»

Using a Market Economy

— Every so often, I come across a paper that just nails it and this one is pretty good.. Using a market Economy to Provision Resources across a Planet-wide Clusters doesn’t fully investigate the space but it’s great to progress on this important area and the paper is a strong step in the right direction. ...

Mar 23 07:13:22 am PDT / Perspectives»

Startup Sheds Light On Virtual Machine Network Traffic

— Virtualization does more than just consolidate servers in the data center, although that's been its primary role. Virtualization opens up the opportunity to manage servers in new ways. By watching traffic between virtual machines and from virtual machines over the network, Xangati has produced a new management tool. ...

Mar 11 02:50:42 pm PST / InformationWeek Virtualization Weblog»

Cybersecurity Czar: Privacy Won't Be a Casualty

— NSA Director Gen. Keith Alexander reaffirmed his view that protecting U.S. government, military and civilian data networks doesn't mean sacrificing citizens' right to privacy.

Dec 31 04:00:00 pm PST / InternetNews Realtime News for IT Managers»

2010 – It’s Time for Security Resolutions Not Predictions…

— November and December usually signal the onslaught of security predictions for the coming year. They’re usually focused on the negative. I’ve done these a couple of times and while I find the mental exercise interesting, it really doesn’t result in anything, well, actionable. So, this year I’m g...

Dec 31 04:00:00 pm PST / Rational Survivability»

Cisco and Citrix Deliver a Fresh Take On Desktop Virtualization

— In talking to our customers, one of the things that I hear consistently is that customers appreciate our open solution stack. What does that mean? Well, a couple of things—first of all, it means that our innovations are individually available—you can connect a UCS to any upstream Ethernet and Fi...

Dec 31 04:00:00 pm PST / Data Center Networks»

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