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'Best effort' insufficient for cloud
News Cloud ecosystem needs operator participation to provide single point of blame, to win businesses' confidence in moving over, says consultant.
Tags: Service level management, Software-as-a-service (SaaS), Cloud computing, NTT Corp., SingTel, network, Uptime, Asia-Pacific, SLA, Service Management
Free Web services a more reliable choice
News Small and midsize businesses should rely on Web services--even free options--because uptime is still higher than on-premise alternatives, say industry voices.
Tags: Cloud computing, Web services, Internet, Online Service, Backup, Google Inc., Uptime, Web Service, Small And Medium Business, SLA
Juniper eyes midmarket, aims for Cisco
News update With new partner and product launches, Juniper Networks sets eyes on new markets, particularly those dominated by market leader Cisco Systems.
Tags: Routing/switching, Ethernet, Junos Space, software, network, partnership, Cisco Systems Inc., Juniper Networks Inc., OEM, Server
Microsoft beats Apple, Ubuntu on OS updates
News During the second quarter of 2008, Windows Update was always available, Apple's was not far behind, and Canonical's Ubuntu lagged by comparison, test shows.
Tags: Business applications, Software, Microsoft Windows, Mac OS, Linux, Open source, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Uptime, Ubuntu
Eric Schmidt wants Google in your office
Insight newsmaker Google services for business customers will become "very profitable" once they reach sufficient scale, CEO says in an interview.
Tags: Web services, Web 2.0, Web sites, Microsoft Office, Google Inc., Google Voice, Microsoft Corp., Information Technology, Web sites, Web 2.0
Energy-aware Internet routing coming soon
News Researchers say they have developed routing algorithm that can help big Internet companies reduce their energy bills by millions of dollars.
Tags: Green IT, Energy, Cisco Systems Inc., Akamai Technologies Inc., Energy Usage, Massachusetts Institute Of Technology, Carnegie-Mellon University, networking company, researcher, Internet
Azure evangelist tackles cloud doubts
Insight newsmaker Microsoft's Mark Taylor talks about issues ranging from risk and resilience to private clouds and interoperability.
Tags: Business applications, Cloud computing, Service level management, Cloud, Akamai Technologies Inc., Database, Azure, SLA, Community Technology Preview, Cloud computing
SAP user benchmark tests get underway
News The business software provider and its European users have launched a benchmarking scheme to measure the performance of its services, a precursor to proposed increases in prices for support.
Tags: Investor relations, Best strategies, Server platforms, SAP AG, CPU, Europe, KPI, business software company, performance, benchmarking
UK financial traders move to the sewers
News Optical fiber network provider, Geo, has opened a new high-capacity network for financial trading organizations to carry out automated trades more efficiently.
Tags: Network infrastructure, optical fiber, trader, Silicon.com, financial, network, financial service, network provider, spokesman, data network
Wi-Fi's success relies on ubiquity
News Current adoption of the wireless technology will help ensure its continued existence in light of emergence of cellular broadband, experts say.
Tags: 802.11/Wi-Fi, 3G (Third Generation), ABI Research, Wireless, Singapore, Broadband, 3G Network, 3G, Wi-Fi, 4G
News sites stay up during Jackson memorial
News News sites manage to stay up during Michael Jackson's memorial service, which brought in record numbers of traffic to both written content and streaming video.
Tags: Web sites, Web browsers, Twitter, CBS Corp., Site, Asia, News Site, Akamai Technologies Inc., Streaming Video, Video
Docomo interTouch trusts the cloud
News An executive from the hospitality technology provider relates how a large merger prompted the company to move its 1,100 employees to the cloud.
Tags: Web services, Google Inc., NTT DoCoMo Inc., Document Management, SLA, Docomo interTouch, compliance, e-mail, software-as-a-service, information technology
10 ways to manage your risk with Web applications
Techguide Web apps are becoming popular, but there are legitimate concerns about security and reliability. Learn how to address potential risks and choose the right vendor.
Tags: Web services, Software engineering/development, Risk Management, Vendor, Disaster Recovery, Security, Tool, Polly Schneider Traylor, Web Application, performance
HP EliteBook 8730w
Reviews The workstation-class HP EliteBook 8730w's performance, superb DreamColor screen and excellent build quality make it a pleasure to use. It would suit any power user requiring a top-notch graphics subsystem.
Tags: Battery, Hewlett-Packard Co., Intel Corp., Graphics, Notebook, Keyboard Area, Fascia, FU471ET, FeaturesAs, RAM
Green your IT using power management techniques
Techguide By following a disciplined path and measuring results using metrics, IT heads can make the greening of IT using power management techniques an exercise in financial success and corporate responsibility.
Tags: Data centers, Green IT, PG&E Corp., Electronic Data Systems Corp., Green Grid, Server, energy efficiency, power management, data center, technique
