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- Microsoft advances its Win Live Wave 3, Gen4 datacenter rollouts
- Microsoft has begun rolling out the Windows Live Wave 3 services it announced last month. The company also went public today with its "Generation 4 Datacenter" strategy. by Mary Jo Foley
- Tags: Data Center, Microsoft Windows Live, Server, Microsoft Corp., Data Centers, Microsoft Windows, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Operating Systems, Software, Mary Jo Foley
- Blog posts 2008-12-02
- Sage to step into the on-demand ring
- News started leaking late last week that Sage, the UK's largest software company, will release an on-demand accounting application called SageLive aimed at the SMB market. Details are sketchy beyond a blog post by competitor KashFlow but it seems the company is finally getting serious about the on-demand space after...
- Tags: Accounting, On-demand, U.K., Details, Sage 50, Cloud Computing, Smb/Sme, Operational Accounting, Financial Services, Databases, Finance, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-12-02
- Dell applies its own data center lessons to new green IT services
- As a business society, we've been pretty much used to thinking of information technology as a disposable asset. Even data centers were built with a 10-year lifespan in mind, which means a lot of the work done and systems deployed around the year 2000 is quickly reaching that maturity point....
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Data Center, Green IT, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-12-02
- Zoho launches CloudSQL; Plays anti-lock-in card
- Zoho on Tuesday launched CloudSQL, a middleware layer that gives developers access to Zoho Applications data via a SQL database call. With the move, Zoho is playing an anti-lock-in card. One of the biggest worries about software as a service is that your data--and your business--can be...
- Tags: Card, Monitor, Data, SQL, CloudSQL, Zoho Applications, Databases, Software As A Service (SaaS), Programming Languages, Monitors & Displays, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Emerging Technologies, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Hardware, Components, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-12-02
- Zoho's CloudSQL: a real step forward
- Zoho just can't stop churning out software. Today it is launching the Zoho CloudSQL. Put simply, this is the first step to providing a cloud based integration framework that allows developers to pass data between Zoho applications and their own. This is exciting stuff. For the...
- Tags: SQL, Cloud, Zoho, Smb/Sme, Databases, Programming Languages, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-12-02
- Sun warns of bugs as it releases MySQL 5.1
- MySQL's founder has released version 5.1 of the open-source database software, but simultaneously warned of a number of bugs present in the new features that still need to be fixed. Sun has released version 5.1 of the open-source MySQL database software, but the software's founder simultaneously warned...
- Tags: MySQL, Sun Microsystems Inc., Open Source, Databases, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Sun, MySQL 5.1, bugs, Lana Kovacevic Builder AU
- News items 2008-12-01
- Distributed and Parallel Database Systems
- The maturation of Database Management System DBMS technology has coincided with significant developments in distributed computing and parallel processing technologies. The end result is the emergence of distributed database management systems and parallel database management systems. These systems have started to become the dominant data management tools for highly data-intensive...
- Tags: Database Management System, Database Management, Database System, University Of Alberta, Databases, Storage, Data Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Hardware
- White papers 2008-12-01
- Chill-Off project tests various recipes for real-world data center cooling
- It seems appropriate as I hunker down in my rather chilly office that I pen this post about the ongoing data center "Chill-Off" projects being run by the Association For Computer Operations Management AFCOM in Northern California. The intention of the Chill-Off demonstrations/tests is to monitor the effect of modular...
- Tags: Data Center, Blog, Data Centers, Blogging, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Internet, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-11-27
- Verari signs up partner for Forest data center container line
- I've poked around some during the past two months, trying to get a read on whether or not companies are actually buying the data center containers or "pods" that several of the larger high-tech systems vendors have been piloting this year. So far, the biggest evangelist on the customer side...
- Tags: Data Center, Verari Systems Inc., Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-11-26
- Cassatt helps organizations implement in-house clouds
- A crew of folks from Cassatt presented Active Profiling Service, a new service offering, and Active Response 5.2, a product update for the company's orchestration and automation product. I was very interested in learning more because Cassatt has long been helping organizations discover and then make best use of their...
- Tags: Cassatt Corp., Data Center, Cassatt Active Profiling Service, Cassatt Active Response, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-11-26
- IBM Acquires Transitive
- Last week, I received a notice from IBM's PR company that IBM was going to acquire Transitive, that clever supplier of operating system and hardware virtualization technology. It's clearly a move to strengthen IBM's claim on being the premier supplier of systems for the next generation datacenter. ...
- Tags: IBM Corp., Generation Datacenter, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-11-24
- Nielsen Mobile, an Altor Networks Customer
- I recently had the opportunity to speak with Nick Portolese, Senior Manager of Data Center Operations for Nielsen Mobile, an Altor Networks customer. He spent a few moments sharing his experiences with their software. Nick's comments follow. Please tell me who you are and what...
- Tags: Network, Environment, Network Security, Server, Virtual Machine, Tool, VMWare ESX, Nielsen Mobile, Altor Networks, Nielsen, Productivity, Data Centers, Ip storage, Networking, Security, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-11-21
- From Chapter Three: The Windows Culture
- The history of Windows, from 3.11 to Vista, is one of ad hoc adaptation to market conditions and expectational change among customers. To a large extent it's been about playing catch up to Unix and the Mac - with fascinating devolutions along the way. by Paul Murphy
- Tags: TCP/IP, Application, Client-server, Stored Procedure, Network, PC, Microsoft MS-DOS, Microsoft Corp., IBM Corp., Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Desktops, Databases, Networking, Software, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Data Management, Paul Murphy
- Blog posts 2008-11-21
- Getting started with ADO.NET's Entity Framework
- The ADO.NET Entity Framework is a new way to build the data access layer of your Windows or web applications. It's an Object Relational Mapping ORM technology that makes it easy to tie together the data in your database with the objects in your applications, by abstracting the object model...
- Tags: Microsoft ADO.NET, Model, Packt Publishing, ADO.NET Entity Framework, .Net, Databases, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- Download resources 2008-11-21
- Wells Fargo team shares green tech tips for the data center
- In my quest to uncover practical information about what real data center managers are doing to decrease their energy consumption, for real, I recently spoke with two executives from Wells Fargo's Technology Information Group TIG. Scott Dillon, executive vice president and CTO for Enterprise Hosting...
- Tags: Team, Data Center, Green Technology, Wells Fargo & Co., Data Centers, Server Virtualization, Virtualization, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Servers, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-11-20
- Amazon CTO: Cloud infrastructure keeps companies focused on innovation
- On the night of the historic U.S. presidential election, news outlets across the country streamed live video of the news coverage on their Web sites. Obviously, the Web traffic that night, compared to others, was exponentially greater. But it's not as if news organizations went out and spent boatloads of...
- Tags: Innovation, Amazon.com Inc., Infrastructure, Cloud Computing, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Sam Diaz
- Blog posts 2008-11-20
- Sex, Rock and Roll, and Open Source Reporting Frameworks
- Actuate 10 and the Eclipse-based Open Source BIRT framework allows you to build rich reporting applications for your enterprise. Click on the photo to watch a video of the software in action. The title got your attention, didn't it? ...
- Tags: Reporting Tool, Actuate Corp., Open Source BIRT, Business Intelligence, Open Source, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-11-20
- Which check to write? when open source means Jack
- One of the side effects of recession is an increased focus on cost. Where previously non IT management tolerated high IT costs, they're now going to be motivated to look - and when they do, they'll often face a choice: go open source and keep an extra IT guy or...
- Tags: Information Technology, Strategy, Open Source, Management, Paul Murphy, MySQL, Microsoft Corp., IBM Corp., Storage, Databases, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- Blog posts 2008-11-20
- Can database lock-in be broken
- It seems to be an Iron Law. As a database structure grows more complex the cost of shifting vendors becomes prohibitive. Free becomes expensive and expensive nearly free. by Dana Blankenhorn
- Tags: Storage, Databases, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management, Dana Blankenhorn, Oracle Corp., Ingres
- Blog posts 2008-11-19
- Greening the data center
- Rising costs of energy - along with limited availability of energy in some areas – are forcing the IT industry to take a new approach in designing and managing data centers, says IBM's Christopher O'Connor. Commentary--Energy efficiency is a significant global issue today, and is expected to be even...
- Tags: Data Center, Information Technology, Organization, Energy Consumption, IT Equipment, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Christopher O\'Connor. IBM, Special to ZDNet, Christopher O\'Connor. IBM, Special to ZDNet, data center, green, IBM, costs, Christopher O'Connor
- News items 2008-11-17

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