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Hypervisor battle glowing red hot
Microsoft, Oracle, Sun, join Citrix/XenSource in taking aim at VMware while trying to change rules of virtualization game.
How the iPhone stole Christmas
Steve Jobs has made my job harder. If he hadn't stood on the stage at MacWorld in January and unleashed the iPhone on the
world, I'd probably be more excited about this year's crop of Cool Yule Tools, Network World's annual roundup of the hottest
technology toys and gift ideas.
Virtualization and availability
Virtualization is one of the hottest topics in the IT industry, and for good reason. Server virtualization brings many benefits:
hardware consolidation, better resource utilization, lower capital and operating expenses, and greater flexibility to meet
changing business needs.
IBM unveils 'cloud computing' initiative
IBM is bundling several of its technologies to help corporate data centers run large-scale Web applications in a “cloud computing”
model that's similar to the way major Internet players like Google operate.
Challenges await Avaya’s grand plans
Customers can expect newly private Avaya to push harder to integrate its communications software into business applications,
industry analysts were told at the company’s two-day briefing last week.
RFID gets new life from small-scale apps
With large-scale, multi-company RFID deployments still in their infancy, a growing number of enterprises are discovering that
automatic wireless identification systems can pay off in small-scale tactical applications within the four walls, or with
just one or two partners.
Nortel, with IBM’s help, unveils SOA strategy
Nortel this week announced a relationship with IBM to plot a service-oriented architecture and Web services framework for
the development of communications-enabled applications and business processes.
Web guru Berners-Lee warns against 'walled gardens' for the mobile Internet
Web guru Tim Berners-Lee says for the mobile Internet to be successful, it has to be the Internet, nothing more and nothing
less.
New switch upgrades Cisco high-end server-to-storage computing
Cisco is introducing a gateway switch that boosts the performance of applications that rely on interactions between InfiniBand-clustered
servers and network-attached storage- and Fibre Channel-based storage devices.
How Cox Communications joined the teleworking revolution
The advantages of having some employees working from home keep adding up. Cable company Cox Communications uses Citrix desktop
virtualization to deliver to teleworkers the same software applications used by office workers. The teleworker option also
helps Cox recruit and retain employees who might be discouraged by a long and expensive commute. The rising cost of gasoline
and the potential impact of disasters on business continuity also contribute to an increase in the number of teleworkers.
Google Android gets positive early reviews
After downloading and examining Google’s Android software development kit yesterday, some open source software developers
gave the platform favorable reviews, and praised it as a breath of fresh air for an industry that has long been characterized
by closed devices and software.
Cisco helps speed up Oracle 11g
Cisco did its part for Oracle users as the OpenWorld conference opened Monday, announcing a protocol it developed with the
software company for running Oracle databases over larger server clusters.
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