John Fontana

Senior Editor, Infrastructure

 

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Recent articles by Fontana

Idera adds backup, recovery wares to SharePoint
Jul. 01, 2009
Management vendor Idera has released version 2.0 of its SharePoint backup platform, which now includes fault tolerance features and self-service recovery.

Could Cisco take on Microsoft with office app service?
Jul. 01, 2009
There is only one obvious question in Cisco's overture Tuesday that it might take on Microsoft and Google in the online productivity application arena -- what took so long?

Five slick search engines you should know about
Jun. 30, 2009
With Microsoft's recent addition of Bing to the search landscape, the spotlight is again shining on who has the best engine for finding anything and everything on the Internet.

Google begins sending out Google Voice invites
Jun. 25, 2009
A month after reserving 1 million phone numbers with Level 3, Google today began opening up Google Voice to users who have registered on its Web site since March.

Win7 upgrade option could mean extra cost for corporate users
Jun. 25, 2009
Microsoft's new Windows 7 Option Upgrade Program isn't much of an option for corporate users and could end up adding thousands of dollars to the cost of migrating to the new operating system for those who blindly jump ...

IBM unveils 3D virtual meetings, puts social networking in cloud
Jun. 25, 2009
IBM/Lotus has released a 3D virtual environment conferencing service complete with avatars and whiteboards as part of its Sametime collaboration software.

Nortel lays off execs connected to Microsoft ICA partnership
Jun. 25, 2009
Nortel has laid off senior staff in the UK who were responsible for the company's unified communications partnership with Microsoft, according to sources.

Google's speed push more best practices than revolution
Jun. 24, 2009
Google's attempt at rallying developers, ISPs and others to increase the speed at which the Internet operates focuses less on rip-and-replace and more on a set of best practices that includes compression techniques, ...

Nortel's liquidation could cripple UC relationship with Microsoft
Jun. 24, 2009
Nortel's liquidation of its assets could possibly gut the 3-year-old unified communications partnership the company has with Microsoft.

SharePoint search bolstered with MetaVis tools
Jun. 22, 2009
MetaVis Technologies Monday released a set of tools to classify and organize data to help users improve the search capabilities in Microsoft's SharePoint Server.

Google grabs 1 million phone numbers for Google Voice
Jun. 18, 2009
Google last month reserved 1 million phone numbers with Level 3, signaling that it may finally be ready to roll out its long-anticipated Google Voice service.

University flees fire with network in a box -- literally
Jun. 17, 2009
When fire again threatened to char Santa Barbara, Calif., last month, the IT staff at Fielding Graduate University literally raced flames out of town with its network stashed in a cardboard box safely resting on the ...

Sharepoint gets Notes 8.5 integration from Mainsoft
Jun. 16, 2009
Mainsoft Tuesday added support for Notes 8.5 to its software that integrates the collaboration platform with Microsoft's increasingly popular SharePoint Server.

Moblin: 6 key things to know
Jun. 16, 2009
Moblin, short for mobile Linux, is a free, open-source operating system originally developed by Intel for its low-power Atom processor and designed to run on devices, including netbooks.

Google's Outlook interface a weak nod to corporate reality
Jun. 11, 2009
While Google is in hot pursuit of an enterprise e-mail business, the announced support this week for Outlook as a client interface for Gmail does little to distinguish the vendor from other players chasing top-dog ...

New Novell tool to link Linux management to Microsoft System Center
Jun. 11, 2009
Novell next week plans to release yet another tool that is the product of its three-year-old integration agreement with Microsoft, this time a plug-in for Microsoft's management tools that lets users manage Novell's ...

Google unveils plug-in to marry Outlook, Gmail
Jun. 09, 2009
Google Tuesday unveiled synchronization technology that supports Microsoft Outlook as the front end to Gmail, giving users an option to scrap Exchange on the back end while allowing users to keep their familiar desktop ...

Fedora 11 released with new virtualization, software management tools
Jun. 09, 2009
The Fedora Project on Tuesday released version 11 of its Linux open source operating system, adding expanded hardware support, new software management and improved virtualization.

UnboundID's free sync server aids migration from Sun directory
Jun. 05, 2009
Directory and identity start-up UnboundID has released a free tool for Sun users to help them add missing capabilities to their directories and migrate off the platform.

Microsoft to test interoperability of identity protocol
Jun. 03, 2009
Microsoft next month for the first time will participate in SAML 2.0 interoperability testing using its Geneva platform to test against other vendors' implementations of the open standard identity protocol.

OpenSolaris 2009.06 filled with major virtualization, storage upgrades
Jun. 02, 2009
Sun Monday made available the OpenSolaris 2009.06 operating system, which included for the first time Sun's Crossbow technology for creating virtual network infrastructure on a single system.

Windows 7 to ship Oct. 22
Jun. 02, 2009
Windows 7 will be generally available on Oct. 22 and the code will be finalized and sent out to manufacturing in late July, according to Microsoft.

Red Hat offers customizable app servers
Jun. 01, 2009
Red Hat Monday introduced an open source application server strategy called JBoss Open Choice and a trio of upgraded middleware platforms that adhere to an architecture that is customized using components.

Windows 7 alluring, but XP is the migration X factor
May. 28, 2009
Corporate migration to Windows 7 may be less about evaluating the new Microsoft operating system and more about how to properly gauge the correct time to get XP off client desktops.

Malware knocks out U.S. Marshals Service network
May. 21, 2009
Malware Wednesday crippled Windows-based computer systems at the U.S. Marshals Service, which hunts federal fugitives and operates the country's witness protection program, knocking the agency's network offline.