Monday | 8 September, 2008
Stories by: Patrick Thibodeau
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Electronics recycling may be a hazard for prisoners, workers 29/07/2008 09:57:09
Breaking rocks is one thing, but breaking monitors is a potential health hazard for US federal prisoners and prison employees, according to a US government review that faulted safety practices at one correctional facility where electronics equipment is recycled. - +
First VMware, now Citrix, announce hiring slowdowns 25/07/2008 09:28:18
Citrix Systems said on Wednesday that it is slowing its hiring pace in response to economic conditions. It is the second IT vendor this week to cut the tempo of hiring, followingVMware, which said it was taking a "pause" on gaining new employees. - +
Vendors to IT: No economic stimulus package for you 23/07/2008 09:53:01
On the same day last week that Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke gave a gloomy assessment of the US economy to members of a House committee, SAP announced plans to shift all of its users to a new support plan that will increase their software maintenance fees. - +
First there was Moore's Law; now, 'Gore's Law'? 23/07/2008 08:12:08
In pushing the US to produce all of its electricity from environmentally friendly sources in 10 years, former Vice President Al Gore points to the accomplishments of the tech industry, especially the dramatic gains in computing capability, as an example of what tech innovators can do. - +
Pentagon's IT unit seeks to adopt cloud computing 18/07/2008 09:38:40
The US Defense Information Systems Agency, which provides most of the systems used within the Department of Defense, has been reaching out to a wide range of companies in the belief that their IT approaches -- including the use of cloud computing technologies -- could help DISA better support the military's warfighting men and women. - +
Virtualisation vendors start supporting common spec 16/07/2008 08:48:55
Standards wars, such as the Blu-ray vs. HD-DVD battle, can keep many potential users on the sidelines until a winner is declared. Virtualization software vendors are trying to avoid just such a battle over the adoption of virtual appliances. - +
Do 12,000 laptops go missing each week at US airports? 09/07/2008 08:01:16
A study recently released by Dell and the Ponemon Institute that claims 12,000 laptops are lost, missing or stolen each week at US airports isn't easily supported by data reported by three of the airports in the study, as well as data from the US Transportation Security Administration. - +
IT sees the light on green computing 01/07/2008 09:48:20
When Enterprise Rent-A-Car completes a move from PCs to thin clients this season, as part of the rollout of a new rental transaction system, it expects to cut internal energy consumption by 5 million kilowatt-hours. - +
For Bill Gates, antitrust fight a personal crucible 27/06/2008 09:34:15
Ten years ago, Bill Gates was the new John D. Rockefeller. And from the US government's perspective at the start of its antitrust trial against Microsoft in 1998, Gates was every bit as powerful as the legendary oil baron was -- if not more so. The desktop operating system was seen as important to the new, tech-focused economy as oil had been to the industrial economy of the early 20th century. - +
HP to users: No need to worry about future of systems 24/06/2008 08:48:45
The ears of attendees at Hewlett-Packard's annual technical conference seemed to perk up last week when HP CIO Randy Mott said that many companies are spending too much to keep aging systems running. - +
Windows dual boots its way onto a Linux stage 17/06/2008 08:18:21
Windows may never boot Linux from its dominant role in high performance computing, but Microsoft's dual-boot strategy is making some inroads. IBM says it has built what may be the largest Windows/Linux HPC dual-boot system yet for a university research group in Sweden.
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Computerworld Live Podcast #97: The Future of Enterprise Networking 25/07/2008 09:45:36
This week CW Live chats with Mark Thompson, global sales and marketing manager for HP ProCurve, on the future of the enterprise networking. Mark discusses the trends we can expect to see in the near future and how the right infrastructure can ensure your enterprise network is secure. - +
Computerworld Live Podcast #96: Security at the Edge 11/06/2008 09:22:22
CW Live speaks with Amol Mitra, HP ProCurve Director of Marketing for Asia Pacific and Japan. Today's topic: how enterprises are starting to shift away from simply controlling security via server logins, firewalls and moving to more adaptive security frameworks. - +
Data Management Edition #10: Multi-Petascale Systems 02/05/2008 09:12:33
This week we look at sustainability and the development of multicore technologies to build multi-petascale systems. - +
IT Security Edition #11: How to poison the Storm botnet 01/05/2008 08:51:55
This week CW Live presents a case study on how to poison the notorious Storm botnet . Plus we take a look at Cisco's plans for Ironport. - +
IT Security Edition #10: Cyber-battles fought and won 24/04/2008 11:09:47
Vendors bow to end user pressure to improve product security, and we take a look at the latest concepts shaping the cyber-battlefield of the future.
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