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Q: How does data deduplication work?A: Data deduplication is based on the fact that in any enterprise where you are storing and backing up data there is a tremendous amount of content the occurs more than once. Its more efficient to eliminate or deduplicate those occurrences rather than store them in multiple places. Deduplication vendors […]

Mike Vizard: Today were are going to talk about storage and application performance. Gear 6 has a special device that focuses on caching and storage for certain types of applications. And Im going to let Gary describe how it works. Gary Orenstein: Basically, Gear6 is focused on what we call storage acceleration, particularly application acceleration. […]

Deep Freeze system consistency software, popular in Windows and Mac settings, is now available for Linux desktops. “Deep Freeze Linux” is said to reset a Linux workstations boot process to a pristine state, enabling successive users to avoid misconfiguration by previous users of the computer. The software is currently aimed at Novells SLED (SUSE Linux […]

Wachovias roots are in the southeastern United States, but it is branching out across the globe. Wachovia, based in Charlotte, N.C., has $706.4 billion in assets and $408.1 billion in total deposits, with a presence extending to the West Coast of the United States, Europe and, most recently, Asia. Susan Certoma, the CIO of Wachovias […]

Introduction The biggest public software companies are increasingly relying on acquisitions for growth, as they pick off weaker competitors or startup companies that have decided not to go it alone. In addition to their desire to get bigger, those doing the acquiring say they are responding to a move on the part of enterprise customers […]

ORLANDO, Fla.-IBM is slated to officially announce the particulars around its Jazz.net community effort for building out its Jazz collaborative software development framework and related tools on June 12 at the Rational Software Development Conference here. Lee Nackman, vice president of Rational product development and customer support, sat down with eWEEK Senior Editor Darryl K. […]

Its time for an audit of the application controls for every business system throughout your organization, from enterprise resource planning to e-mail programs, document imaging systems and product design software. As a CIO, are you prepared? If youve upgraded or modified applications since the last application controls audit, youd be smart to check out a […]

Bill Gates, founder of Microsoft and one of the worlds wealthiest individuals, introduced Harvard graduates June 7 to a new “Creative Capitalism,” and encouraged them to build a concept of reward and profit that encourages governments and businesses to do the right thing. Gates, in a prepared address at Harvards 356th Commencement, focused on the […]