Monthly Archives: January 2008
3Com Advances Open Networking Initiative
A year after launching its Open Services Networking strategy, 3Com on Jan. 21 will introduce a new Multi-Service Routing platform to support the initiative...
IBM Adds Mac Support to IDS for Higher Education
IBM will add Mac OS X Leopard to the list of operating systems supported by its Informix Dynamic Server 11, giving colleges and universities...
California Releases Broadband Mapping Results
While Congress debates the merits of a national broadband mapping plan, California has moved ahead and issued its own mapping results, finding that 96...
PostgreSQL Community Ponders Effect of MySQL Acquisition
When Sun Microsystems announced it was putting $1 billion up for MySQL AB, members of the other open source database community - PostgreSQL -...
ICANN Kill Two Birds with One Stone
I had a moment of clarity today (believe me, I need them). In the wake of the Network Solutions scandal over the company's employment...
Microsoft Taps Disney Exec as Next CIO
Microsoft has hired former Disney executive Tony Scott as its chief information officer and corporate vice president, to replace ousted CIO Stuart Scott.Scott, who...
Laser vs. Inkjet Printers: The Blurring Lines
Laser vs. Inkjet Printers: The Blurring Lines
Print SpeedAdvantage: LaserRated speeds suggest otherwise, but lasers generally have a tremendous speed advantage over inkjets. The simple...
How to Avoid a Redundant Path to Power Failure – 1
I am not referring to a major utility power failure, just to a common pitfall of power distribution system practice and management. There are...
ClearCube Updates Blades and Sentral Virtual Desktop
ClearCube, a company that specializes in PC blades and management software, is rolling out new hardware Jan. 22 and updating its virtual desktop management...
Salesforce.com Unveils Force.com Cloud Computing Architecture
San Francisco-Salesforce.com, at its Jan. 17 Tour de Force event at its hometown headquarters, announced new features to its Force.com developers toolkit and a...