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- Mario Apicella:
Storage Adviser
- Tony Bishop:
The Real-Time Enterprise
- J. Peter Bruzzese:
Enterprise Windows
- Brian Chee:
Geeks in Paradise
- Robert X. Cringely:
Notes From the Field
- Ed Foster:
The Gripe Line
- Curtis Franklin:
SMB IT
- Roger A. Grimes:
Security Adviser
- Martin Heller:
Strategic Developer
- Randall C. Kennedy:
Enterprise Desktop
- Eric Knorr:
Editor's Blog
- Bob Lewis:
Advice Line
- David Linthicum:
Real World SOA
- Neil McAllister:
Fatal Exception
- Sean McCown:
Database Underground
- David Marshall:
Virtualization Report
- Rodrigues & Urlocker:
Open Sources
- Ted Samson:
Sustainable IT
- Ephraim Schwartz:
Reality Check
- Tom Sullivan:
InfoWorld Daily
- Bill Snyder:
Tech's Bottom Line
- Paul Venezia:
The Deep End
- Lena West:
Social Tech
- Jon Williams:
New York CTO
- Tom Yager:
Ahead of the Curve
- Tom Yager:
Enterprise Mac
- Mario Apicella:
BLOGROLL
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- Rodrigues & Urlocker, Open Sources
- Tough choices ahead for Red Hat?
- Posted: Jul 4, 2008 6:00 a.m.
- I missed Red Hat's fiscal 1Q09 release a few weeks ago, so I went back and read the transcript and dug into the numbers a little. As you can see in the table below, total revenue growth has averaged 31 percent/quarter since fiscal 1Q08. Surprisingly... more
- Mario Apicella, Storage Adviser
- Ironclad Windows backup on a budget
- Posted: Jul 4, 2008 3:00 a.m.
- Creating an effective backup for Windows is a challenge -- largely because the OS lacks a powerful, simple tool like Linux's dd, for example. However, there are many options for establishing a worthwhile backup system for Windows, some of which are free... more
- Latest Storage Sprawl Podcast
- 07/04/08
- Creating an effective backup for Windows is a challenge -- largely because the OS lacks a powerful, simple tool like Linux's dd, for example. However, there are many options for establishing a worthwhile...
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- Roger A. Grimes, Security Adviser
- Security software developers need SDL, too
- Posted: Jul 4, 2008 3:00 a.m.
- The headline seems a bit melodramatic, “Antivirus tools pave the way for malware”. A company called n.runs AG is claiming to have found hundreds of security holes in multiple antivirus programs, which can be exploited by the very malware ... more
- David Linthicum, Real World SOA
- "Ten ways to tell it's not SOA" -- and a few more
- Posted: Jul 3, 2008 2:29 p.m.
- Joe McKendrick knocked it out of the park this week with his latest entry, "Ten ways to tell it's not SOA." A few of my favorites: "1) If a vendor tells you that you need to buy a suite to get to SOA ... it's not SOA. SOA means complete freedom from... more
- Latest THE SOA REPORT Podcast
- 07/03/08
- Joe McKendrick knocked it out of the park this week with his latest entry, "Ten ways to tell it's not SOA." A few of my favorites: "1) If a vendor tells you that you need to buy a suite to get to SOA...
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- Martin Heller, Strategic Developer
- Loading a Direct3D mesh from a resource
- Posted: Jul 3, 2008 12:37 p.m.
- Why is it that trivial things become hard so often, especially when you're doing API-level C++ programming? Here's an example: I needed to convert a Windows Direct3D benchmark from loading its textures and meshes from files to loading them from resources... more
- Paul Venezia, The Deep End
- The 10 days of Vista
- Posted: Jul 3, 2008 12:25 p.m.
- Last week I decided to build a high-powered Vista workstation and give it a go for the first time in almost a year and a half. I was genuinely surprised that I actually enjoyed the experience. In fact, though I've largely gone back to my Mac and Linux... more
- Tom Sullivan, InfoWorld Daily
- When is the Web no longer the Web?
- Posted: Jul 3, 2008 9:19 a.m.
- When Tim Berners-Lee first envisioned the Web he saw it primarily as an information storage and retrieval system. That is gradually being replaced by a much more complex model, where rich Internet apps are supplanting static HTML pages and old notions... more
- Latest InfoWorld Daily Podcast
- 07/03/08
- When Tim Berners-Lee first envisioned the Web he saw it primarily as an information storage and retrieval system. That is gradually being replaced by a much more complex model, where rich Internet apps...
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- Robert X. Cringely®, Notes from the Field
- Yahoo's struggle for independence
- Posted: Jul 3, 2008 9:08 a.m.
- On this 4th of July weekend, let us celebrate the independence of Yahoo -- for however long it lasts. Because just when you thought Microsoft's bid for the Yahooligans was really truly deeply ultimately finally over, it really isn't. At least, according... more
- David Marshall, Virtualization Report
- VMware Server 2.0 now at Release Candidate 1
- Posted: Jul 3, 2008 3:00 a.m.
- VMware's free server virtualization product, VMware Server (originally called VMware GSX Server), released to market back in July 2006 after a five-month Beta program. Now, after nearly 8 months in Beta, VMware's second-generation Server product is ... more
- Latest The Virtualization Report Podcast
- 07/03/08
- VMware's free server virtualization product, VMware Server (originally called VMware GSX Server), released to market back in July 2006 after a five-month Beta program. Now, after nearly 8 months in Beta...
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- Neil McAllister, Fatal Exception
- Is the Web still the Web?
- Posted: Jul 3, 2008 3:00 a.m.
- For developers of RIAs (rich Internet applications), Adobe's announcement that Google and Yahoo will soon be able to index text within Flash movies should come as welcome news. Until now, Flash files have been black boxes; as binary files, search indexers... more
- Bill Snyder, Tech's Bottom Line
- Does Microsoft have a new search strategy?
- Posted: Jul 3, 2008 3:00 a.m.
- Microsoft's PowerSet buy is a smart move that will help the stumbling software giant get back in the search game. more
- Bob Lewis, Advice Line
- Social networking software for business
- Posted: Jul 2, 2008 6:54 a.m.
- Dear Bob ...I'd like your take on "social software" and business. Is there a place for LinkedIn-like social networking, wikis, blogs, forums, Facebook/MySpace, SecondLife, Twitter, Flickr, and so on in business? Or is this just another thing that leads... more
- Tom Yager, Ahead of the Curve
- Symbian Foundation might save Symbian's future
- Posted: Jul 2, 2008 3:00 a.m.
- How many mobile device manufacturers does it take to keep the most successful handset operating system alive? If you guessed "one," you're right. If you guessed "five," you're right. If you're confused, you're in good company. Nokia recently acquired... more
- J. Peter Bruzzese, Enterprise Windows
- Virtualization wars: The empire strikes back
- Posted: Jul 2, 2008 3:00 a.m.
- Hyper-V lives! Is Microsoft ready to prove it has what it takes in the virtualization arena? As I mentioned last week, Sun is on board: Read this quote from Sun's Senior Director of xVM, Vijay Sarathy. However, the company challenged Microsoft to answer... more
- Ephraim Schwartz, Reality Check
- Is Sprint voice-mail spam part of a pernicious new trend?
- Posted: Jul 2, 2008 1:25 a.m.
- I’d like to hear from readers out there on the issue or rather, growing problem, of marketing solicitations over the cell phone. I would love to be able to nip this trend in the bud with your help. Companies are increasingly sensitive to critical... more
- Randall C. Kennedy, Enterprise Desktop
- A classic NT/Windows 7 gem from the blogosphere
- Posted: Jul 1, 2008 11:59 p.m.
- One of the best parts of blogging is the opportunity to interact with readers. Through the comments mechanism attached to virtually every blogging platform, both fans of a blog and its detractors have an opportunity to voice their opinions. And sometimes... more
- Anonymous, Off The Record
- Back-end trouble
- Posted: Jul 1, 2008 3:00 a.m.
- In the late 90s I worked for a midsize ISP in the midwestern United States. Like any ISP at that time, we had dialup service, which meant we had a consumer-oriented tech support number. A friend of one of my co-workers was hired for dialup tech support... more
- Ed Foster, The Gripe Line
- Bill Gates and PC history
- Posted: Jul 1, 2008 12:19 a.m.
- With Bill Gates stepping down from his day-to-day role of running Microsoft, he's been receiving a great number of accolades about the role he played in history of the PC. Much of it is deserved. But some of it definitely ignores the reality of how ... more
- Latest Ed Foster's Gripeline Podcast
- 07/01/08
- With Bill Gates stepping down from his day-to-day role of running Microsoft, he's been receiving a great number of accolades about the role he played in history of the PC. Much of it is deserved. But...
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- InfoWorld Staff, Test Center Daily
- Battle of the bare-bones balancers: Barracuda Load Balancer vs. Kemp Load Master
- Posted: Jun 30, 2008 9:00 a.m.
- A load balancer for less than $2K? Barracuda Networks offers two models by that description, and Logan Harbaugh tested the posher one, the $1,999 Load Balancer 340. At the same time, he tested the $2,499 Kemp Load Master 1500, likewise a bare-bones load... more
- Randall C. Kennedy, Windows Sentinel
- Windows 7 compatibility test now available
- Posted: Jun 30, 2008 3:00 a.m.
- Windows 7 is coming. Will your PC be ready? It seems like a straightforward question. However, in the aftermath of the Vista debacle, where many systems that were certified as “Vista Ready” proved to be anything but, the process of vetting... more
- Eric Knorr, Editor's Blog
- The final plea to save Windows XP
- Posted: Jun 30, 2008 3:00 a.m.
- Last Friday, we FedEx'd the Save Windows XP petition to Steve Ballmer. I have to say that sliding the memory stick into the envelope was an emotional experience: More than 210,000 users have made their voices heard to the world's largest software corporation... more
- Curtis Franklin, SMB IT
- SMB Mobile: Notes from a cafe
- Posted: Jun 27, 2008 2:30 a.m.
- When I was at TechEd Pro, I noted that SMB mobile computing was a major subject of sessions, and a major focus on the vendor floor. A couple of days ago I was sitting at a table in my local Panera when I took a good look at my fellow patrons. Nearly ... more
- Latest Emerging Enterprise Podcast
- 06/27/08
- When I was at TechEd Pro, I noted that SMB mobile computing was a major subject of sessions, and a major focus on the vendor floor. A couple of days ago I was sitting at a table in my local Panera when...
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- Ted Samson, Sustainable IT
- The three principles of datacenter energy efficiency
- Posted: Jun 26, 2008 9:30 a.m.
- There are three key principles to datacenter energy efficiency according to Subodh Bapat, VP and distinguished engineer at Sun. He shared them with the audience during his keynote address here at the Silicon Valley Leadership Group's Data Center Energy... more
- Sean McCown, Database Underground
- Are books history?
- Posted: Jun 26, 2008 8:30 a.m.
- I've been noticing something recently and I'm seeing it more and more. IT learning resources are moving more and more towards video screencasting and less and less towards the continuation of written material. Now, I'm not predicting the demise of ... more
- Brian Chee, Geeks in Paradise
- My New Mac
- Posted: Jun 24, 2008 5:22 p.m.
- My New Mac 52 Simple Projects to Get You Started by Wallace Wang April 2008, 480 pp. $29.95 ISBN-13 978-1-59327-164-0 No Starch Press Oh I soooo wish this book had arrived just a few weeks earlier! There are somethings that just require unlearning... more
- Tony Bishop, The Real-Time Enterprise
- The new CIO playbook
- Posted: Jun 19, 2008 2:41 p.m.
- According to a Smart Enterprise Magazine CIO report, three-quarters of today's CIOs help their companies develop new products or services. In my previous blog I noted that in Gartner Group's 2008 Worldwide Survey of CIOs, 85 percent of CIOs are now looking... more
- Jon Williams, New York CTO
- East coast vs. West Coast
- Posted: Jun 16, 2008 5:39 a.m.
- There is no getting away from it in the US, there is the East coast and the West coast, and they are quite different when it comes to CTOs (in my opinion). This gross generalization can be easily shot down, but let me move ahead anyway. West coast CTO... more
- Tom Yager, Enterprise Mac
- WWDC 2008 and iPhone: A deep dive into Apple's mobile empire
- Posted: Jun 10, 2008 3:29 p.m.
- On the keynote stage at Apple's 2008 Worldwide Developer Conference, Steve Jobs looked like a man who could use a Gatesian escape from the glass house to a quieter life spent in pursuit of passions that a CEO hasn't time to explore. The difference between... more
- InfoWorld Staff, Tech Watch
- Perceptive Pixel
- Posted: May 19, 2008 3:00 a.m.
- Perceptive Pixel is one of our 2008 top 10 technology startups. The video below shows this remarkable company's technology in action, but you can also read about it here. " base="http://admin.brightcove.com" name="flashObj" width="486" height="322"... more
- Lena West, Social Tech
- Without the tech, Web 2.0 sucks
- Posted: Apr 19, 2008 1:52 p.m.
- It's really easy to fall in love with a Web app. The slick design. The fancy logos. But ultimately, it's all about the technology and being able to deliver what you say you can. Just ask HP. more
