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Sun servers Designer Andy Bechtolsheim demonstrates how each of the Sun Fire x4500s 48 storage drives can easily be hot-swapped by simply pulling it out of the rack. No wires involved; the drives plug in to a passive backplane in the chassis. Sun servers – Sun Fire x4500 Overview Bechtolsheim shows an overall view under […]

Prophet 3.0 Enterprise Prophet 3.0 Enterprise allows companies to automate certain tasks, such as follow-up email, via templates. Prophet 3.0 Enterprise – Email organization Prophet users can track e-mail communications, as well as calendar events and tasks, for any contact by searching in Outlook. Prophet 3.0 Enterprise – New opportunity Opportunity information in Prophet is […]

eWEEK Labs Walk-Through: Virtual Iron 3.5 During tests, eWEEK Labs was particularly impressed with Virtual Iron 3.5s provisioning story. We simply plugged our virtualization host servers into a management network, and PXE booted them from Virtual Irons management server. Once the servers were u eWEEK Labs Walk-Through: Virtual Iron 3.5 – Windows on Xen The […]

Top 100 Most Influential People in IT, Part 4 See #50-26 on our list. Top 100 Most Influential People in IT, Part 4 – Auctioneer #25 Margaret (Meg) Whitman – eBay Heads the growing family of companies that lets people buy and sell online with unsurpassed efficiency. Top 100 Most Influential People in IT, Part […]

Star Wars’ IT Legacy 30 Years Later Star Wars, which celebrates its 30th anniversary May 25, gave the IT industry more than a collective hobby and heroes. Many of the technologies introduced in the original 1977 film and its two sequels are now everyday technologies. Star Wars’ IT Legacy 30 Years Later – Aerial Spy […]

Ten Ways to Help Users Go Green Teach customers to create a corporate energy policy and start to act on it. Ten Ways to Help Users Go Green – 2. Help Organizations Help organizations to monitor and measure true energy usage. Ten Ways to Help Users Go Green – 3. Get Familiar Get familiar with […]

Fleury Steps Down Marc Fleury contemplates a question during a press conference at JBoss World in Berlin. Fleury Steps Down – Slide 2 Two U.S.-based JBossians enjoy the German beer at JBoss World Berlin. Fleury Steps Down – Slide 3 The James Bond Girls dance at JBoss World Berlin/Marc Fleurys birthday party. Fleury Steps Down […]

Novell Brainshare 2007 Software for the Open Enterprise. The Novell technology lab provides attendees with demonstrations of products and services old and new. SUSE Linux Enterprise Server-virtualization with Xen was among the 60 stations in setup on Monday. Novell Brainshare 2007 – Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner Microsoft’s empty booth dominated the entrance to the […]

Printer Priorities Written by Deb Donston; illustrated by Brian Moore Printer Priorities – Security Security was on the minds of many IT pros who eWEEK Labs asked about printers. Said one CIO, Remember, printers are inside the firewall and thus are trusted–big mistake.’ Printer Priorities – Robo-Printer At one site, on-board cache was replaced and […]