February 5, 2012, 6:55 am GMT  

20 item(s) containing the term "major"

Micro Servers, Maximum Benefits

— What began as an oddity is poised to become a major factor in data center infrastructure. If the projections are correct, micro servers will be in great demand going forward as enterprises seek to streamline footprints and cut energy costs. According to
Feb 03 08:37:21 pm GMT / Arthur Cole»

Capacity Efficiencies: Allocation vs Utilization

— As noted in previous posts, capacity efficiency has two dimensions: allocation efficiency and utilization efficiency. Allocation Efficiency Allocation efficiency is what most people think of first: eliminating the waste of over-allocation. In open systems this has been a major problem since we may not know ahead of ti...
Feb 03 06:13:15 pm GMT / Hu Yoshida»

Hands-on with Node.js support in Komodo IDE 7

— ActiveState has released a major new version of the Komodo integrated development environment (IDE). The update, which is called Komodo 7, introduces several useful new features and support for additional programming languages. Komodo is a high-end commercial development tool for programme...
Feb 03 02:33:00 pm GMT / Uptime»

VMTurbo Operations Manager upgrade supports virtualisation platforms

— VMTurbo has upgraded Operations Manager to version 3.0 to support the three major virtual environments and to improve its capacity-planning tool.
Feb 02 11:25:00 am GMT / Techworld.com Virtualisation»

Meet our new Security Editor and help shape our coverage

— Welcome, readers, to our expanded security section. As the newly christened Security Editor here, I'll be directing coverage of hackers, botnets, encryption, electronic warfare, and similar topics. A little about me: I've been using computers since 1986 when, as a dyslexic English major, I...
Feb 01 06:25:00 pm GMT / Uptime»

Cisco Ethernet switches make big leap to 40/100G

— Cisco this week unveiled significant extensions to both of its major switching lines with the addition of 40/100G Ethernet capabilities.
Feb 01 12:22:00 pm GMT / Techworld.com Data Centre»

Governments Missing Out On Virtualization Savings

— Government agencies need to overcome funding uncertainties and other major barriers in order to realize savings from virtualizing their servers and desktops, according to a new study by MeriTalk. The report, "Virtualization Vacuum: The 2012 Government Virtualization Study," surveyed government IT decision makers. One o...
Jan 31 07:34:00 pm GMT / Network Computing»

Amazon Announces Trusted Advisor

— When considering using cloud computing services, one of the major factors is the level of support that can be provided by the cloud vendor. In particular, when using Infrastructure as a Service, it is vital to ensure that cloud resources are not only appropriately secured but are also running at their most cost effecti...
Jan 31 11:55:25 am GMT / Cloud Computing»

Lenovo, IBM Look to High Schools for Future IT Workers

— Big companies such as Lenovo and IBM are looking at high schools to tap into the next generation of IT workers to build the next killer apps and staff the jobs of the future. - As the need for more IT workers becomes more and more dire, major vendors are making efforts to seed the industry with trained technology st...
Jan 30 03:40:02 pm GMT / IT Infrastructure - RSS Feed»

Cisco aims to simplify, unify collaboration products' design, interfaces

— Cisco is in the midst of a major initiative to better integrate its various collaboration products and to give their interfaces a uniform, consistent design in order to make them easier to use and more effective at helping employees work with each other.
Jan 27 08:51:00 pm GMT / Computerworld Cisco News»

EU’s Proposed Data Laws Can Only Produce One Thing: Outsourcing User Data

— In 2011, Sony had several major security breaches: Sony Online Entertainment, Sony Pictures, and Playstation Network all were attacked and private data was successfully stolen. Their handling of the attacks, particularly the larger PSN one, was widely criticized. Many users are either unaware or acutely aware of how m...
Jan 25 11:24:07 pm GMT / TechCrunchIT»

Teleconferencing vendors defend security

— Teleconferencing vendors say they're trying to strike the right balance between security and usability after security researchers found they could dial in to the conference lines of major companies and manipulate video cameras to spy on boardrooms.
Jan 25 12:09:00 pm GMT / Computerworld Cisco News»

Unified Storage: A Must-Have for the Cloud

— Accelerating the Enterprise Adoption of Public Storage Clouds Seven key attributes public storage cloud must possess to earn the confidence of enterprises. Now that the cloud is poised to make major gains in enterprise infrastructure this year, it
Jan 16 04:28:51 pm GMT / Arthur Cole»

Lawsuit claims Epicor's two-year effort delivered 'useless' software

— Beverage distributor Major Brands is suing Epicor, alleging the ERP (enterprise resource planning) software vendor failed to deliver a satisfactory system after years of effort and significant cost overruns, and then offered a solution that would force the company to install a new version that hadn't yet been compl...
Jan 13 09:39:00 pm GMT / Computerworld SaaS News»

HP's PC business suffered big hit last quarter

— Hewlett-Packard suffered a major drop in demand for its personal computers in the last quarter of 2011, two leading research firms said Wednesday, as competitors moved aggressively to capitalize on a period of confusion over HP's plans for its flagship PC division.
Jan 12 10:32:36 pm GMT / HP»

2012 tech predictions: From IDG's editors worldwide

— Consumerization of IT is the consensus choice of the new year's major technology force, one that will manifest itself in several forms
Dec 30 04:41:00 pm GMT / Computerworld Dell News»

Ubuntu 11.10 'Oneiric Ocelot' to power new PC line

— The vast majority of Linux users may get the operating system by downloading and installing it themselves, but there's no denying that there are distinct advantages to buying hardware with Linux preloaded instead.
Dec 23 07:10:00 pm GMT / Computerworld Dell News»

China beefs up its HPC training

— China can use its power of government control to bring major changes quickly, and it is moving to expand parallel programming training to help its supercomputing efforts.
Dec 14 11:02:00 am GMT / Computerworld HP News»

IBM STUDY: Digital Era Transforming CMO’s Agenda, Revealing Gap In Readiness

— A new IBM study of more than 1,700 chief marketing officers from 64 countries and 19 industries reveals that the majority of the world’s top marketing executives recognize a critical and permanent shift occurring in the way they engage with their customers, but question whether their marketing organizations ar...
Oct 11 09:13:37 am GMT / IBM Press Releases - Services and solutions - United States»

New Zealand, Aotearoa

— There aren't many people here. Major bonus. High season on the south island feels like low season in Europe. And secondly, there's not a lot of industry outside of agriculture and a king's shit load of rugged terrain, making it possible to be off the grid for days. No cell phone access if you point in the right directi...
Jan 11 05:38:23 am GMT / Technology is Dead»

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