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John Fontana
John Fontana

John Fontana

Senior Editor, Infrastructure

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Recent articles by John Fontana

Cloud computing inevitable? Not so fast, educator says

November 05, 2009

The debate about cloud computing isn¿t so much centered on when it might happen , but what are the proper questions to ask so users can determine when and where they might launch into the fray, according to a debate at the annual Educause conference

Microsoft¿s Live@edu to add SharePoint

November 04, 2009

Microsoft is filling out its free Live@edu service for schools with the addition of SharePoint Online. The service is expected to be added in the second half of 2010.

Apache Software Foundation: 10 years and still open to innovation

November 04, 2009

It has been 10 years since the Apache Software Foundation was founded, and this week at ApacheCon the group is showing why it is still going strong and working toward a brighter future.

Red Hat delivers stand-alone hypervisor, management tools

November 03, 2009

Red Hat Tuesday made good on its promise to deliver a stand-alone hypervisor and a set of management tools as its gears up to go toe-to-toe with VMware and Microsoft to become a top-tier provider of virtualization and cloud computing infrastructure.

Microsoft sets SQL Server 2008 R2 preview

November 03, 2009

Microsoft this month will release another CTP of SQL Server 2008 R2, this one feature complete and including new business intelligence integration tools and master data management features. In addition, two highly scalable editions will be introduced.

Novell plans to petition Supreme Court in SCO case

October 29, 2009

Novell wants to takes it case against SCO to the Supreme Court and is asking a federal appeals court hearing the case to give Novell a 90-day stay.

DoD: open source as good as proprietary software

October 27, 2009

The Department of Defense issues a memo outlining guidance for using open source software and for contributing code back to the community.

Microsoft opens Outlook format, gives programs access to mail, calendar, contacts

October 26, 2009

Microsoft plans to make publicly available details of its .pst format so developers can get programmatic access to e-mail, calendar, contact and other data stored in on desktops.

Windows 7 hiding slick corporate features behind Software Assurance tollgate

October 23, 2009

Windows 7 has some highly touted features for corporate users, but they can only be had by purchasing Microsoft¿s Software Assurance maintenance program.

Microsoft cautiously optimistic on Windows 7 business uptake

October 23, 2009

Microsoft thinks 2010 will bring a big PC refresh cycle from corporations and give Windows 7 a boost as those newly purchased machines likely will run the new operating system.