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How the Internet Works: 12 Myths Debunked

admin — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:55:00 +0000

November 21, 2008 — Network World — Thirty years have passed since the Internet Protocol was first described in a series of technical documents written by early experimenters. Since then, countless engineers have created systems and applications that rely on IP as the communications link between people and their computers. Click here for the rest of the story.

The 14 Most Common Mistakes IT Departments Make

admin — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 19:53:33 +0000

Nearly 70 percent of IT projects are dogged by cost-overruns or aren’t completed on schedule due to poor planning, poor communication or poor resource allocation. This story assess the impact of the 14 most common project management mistakes and offers ways IT groups can avoid them. Click here for the rest of the story.

Demand For Technology Executives Rising

admin — Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:51:48 +0000

Job site JobFox.com is out with a new list of recession-proof jobs. The site says this is their first list since the financial bailout and “general consensus among companies and consumers that the economy is at or near a recessionary period.”

It also lists the median salary range for technology executives at $105K to $115K, with the desired salary range at $115K to $125K. Click here for the rest of the story.

Great 19 Inch Cable Relay Rack Package

admin — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:21:07 +0000

For those who are filling up racks of patch panels, this package is for you. This Cable Relay Rack is designed to handle your patch panels and provide excellent cable management at a very economical price.

Some of the features include a 24 inch deep base for use on raised floors, swiveling front mounted cable rings, oversized cable ducts with channels in the front and rear, Velcro cable straps, front cable feed-through hole plugs and more!

If this cable relay will work for your application, take note that it is on sale through 11-25-08. Click here to see a picture and get more details. Hey, providing you with quality products at a great price is my lifes work! Rackmount Ranger

Seven Steps to Agile Data Governance

admin — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:07:09 +0000

Companies that need to improve enterprise data quality are looking to data governance programs to help achieve their goals. In the past, data governance emphasized a time- and labor-intensive, top-down approach that did not yield immediate results. Today, new agile practices have evolved that incorporate streamlined processes and technologies that make data governance an effective way to solve many pressing data quality problems. Click here for the rest of the story.

IT Pros Tackle Economic Crisis Head-On

admin — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 23:11:55 +0000

ORLANDO — The financial crisis facing many companies today was front and center at SIMposium 2008, where IT leaders gathered to share insight on how high-tech executives can use their experience to help businesses weather the current economic storm.

The Society for Information Management (SIM) annual conference held this week in Orlando welcomed more than 600 attendees to learn about technology trends and business strategies facing IT professionals for 2009. The industry organization shared results of a June survey of 300 member organizations, which to date has revealed IT professionals saw the economic downturn coming and have been preparing to cut the fat and operate more efficiently. Click here for the rest of the story.

Cisco ASR 9000 Arrives On zettabyte Wave

admin — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 17:12:53 +0000

Cisco Systems has been promising a big Nov. 11 announcement for weeks now, and while it might be hard for any piece of network equipment to live up to that kind of hype, Cisco is attacking doubts with more hype. The company was among those which recently jumped on the idea of the possibility of needing to serve zettabytes (a sextillion bytes, by the way) of Internet traffic within the next few years and is now unveiling gear for helping carriers manage the coming zettaflood. Click here for the rest of the story.

IBM Ups Internal Storage In Blade Server

admin — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 05:18:59 +0000

One of the common shortcomings of blade systems is the use of 2.5-inch drives. While they are smaller and easier to fit in the chassis, they also suffer from capacity limitations.

The 3.5-inch drive used in standard desktops and servers has reached the 1TB barrier while 2.5-inch drives are lucky to get half that capacity. Many blade systems use rows of 72GB drives.

Click here for the rest of the story

Apple, Late to the Party — Again

admin — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 05:16:30 +0000

Poor old Apple. Every time it arrives at a party it seems like the caterers are packing away the empty champagne crates, and the cool young things are moving on to the next hot place to strut their funky stuff.

Apple has yet to make an entrance at the enterprise server operating system party. For years, it’s been trying to use its alluring smile to get past the doorman, but success has been negligible: Unix, Windows and the upstart Linux have been happily networking and stuffing their faces inside while Apple’s OS X Server has managed to grab only a few crumbs off the floor by the entrance.

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Sun Rolls Out Its Own Storage Appliances

admin — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 19:20:17 +0000

What Sun Microsystems lacks in size as a storage vendor it is trying to make up for with innovation, as it rolls out a series of appliances that include advanced management software and SSDs (solid-state drives). For the rest of the story, click here.