Monthly Archives: May 2006
Report Anticipates Increased IT Brain Drain
The Government Accountability Office released a study May 3 which found that the proportion of postsecondary students obtaining degrees in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering,...
Developers Demand Disciplined Diversity
The proverbial "Zero-One-Infinity Rule," one of the tenets of hacker lore, says that any element of an IT architecture should "Allow none of foo,...
World Cup Virus Season Kicks Off
The FIFA World Cup 2006 tournament wont get underway in Germany until early June, but computer virus writers are already attempting to cash in...
Itanium Needs Linux, but Does Linux Need Itanium?
For years now, Ive been hearing about how Intels Itanium platform was going to be the server chip to end all other server chips....
A View From the Interop Show Floor
While the clear focus of Interop 2006 was security, technologies including wireless, voice over IP and storage were the subject of chatter at the...
LSI Logic Joins Other Storage Powerhouses in the Midmarket
LSI Logic has refreshed its storage system line for the midrange, upgrading from 2G bps Fibre Channel to 4G bps Fibre Channel.
The Milpitas, Calif.-based...
Startup Pitches Tech to Power Down Chips
Chip startup Multigig said that its got an answer to rising data center power bills.
The 12-employee, Scotts Valley, Calif., company, which emerged from secrecy...
Paging Dr. Google
A Google feature for finding health-specific information is making sporadic appearances on the Internet, suggesting that the facets full-scale launch is imminent.
Several Google watchers...
New System Has Argus Talking
For close to two decades, Argus Research Group, an independent investment research company in New York, struggled with its antiquated premises-based voice system. Simple...
Yahoo’s Ad Overhaul Finally on Track
Just a few days after Microsoft unveiled a new and improved advertising feature, Yahoo has done the same.For Google watchers, this raises a question...