Monthly Archives: December 2008
Lawmakers Still Fretting over DTV
Years ago in an early DTV (digital television transition) hearing in the U.S. House, a senior lawmaker told his colleagues, "Gentlemen, mess with the...
Has Chrome Pushed Google over the Evil Edge?
I promised to delve intopredictions for 2009 made by Google Operating System's Alex Chitu.Some of them are a little geeky and obscure for my...
Microsoft’s Zune in Worldwide Meltdown?
Call it Microsoft's Z2K bug; reports are flooding across the Internet that Microsoft's Zune media player is inexplicably failing, en masse. The Web site...
Online Holiday Shopping Sales Decline by 3 Percent
A report this week from comScore shows sales from Web sites declined three percent overall this holiday shopping season, although some Web stores, such...
Improving Data Quality
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Data Center Consolidation Best Practices
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Report: SMBs Weathering Poor Economy
A December survey by online payroll service SurePayroll, based in Glenview, Ill., suggests small to medium-size businesses (SMBs) are managing to stay alive, despite...
Will SMBs Spend on Virtualization in 2009?
Virtualization has been widely touted as a major cost-saving technology that reduces infrastructure costs and streamlines IT management. But in this economic climate, are...
Top 10 Application Development Products for 2008
Top 10 Application Development Products for 2008
by Darryl Taft
1. Windows Azure
Microsoft Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie's cloud computing platform vision comes to life as...
Database Vendors Should Push Data Masking for Enterprise Security
Data masking is emerging as an important-if underutilized-element of ensuring data protection.With its use expected to grow, it may be time for database and...