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AS OF 5/14/2008 5:19AM EST
Red Hat Doffs Fedora 9
The new version of the popular Linux distribution includes KDE 4, OpenJDK 6 and a revamped NetworkManager. Also included is the convert USB thumb drives to startup disks without having to reformat them.
5/13/2008 4:00PM EST
HP Offers US$13.9 Billion for EDS
HP believes that purchasing EDS will double its services revenue. The two companies would combine their resources, technology and personnel.
5/13/2008 1:00PM EST
ITGRC: A Security Approach That's Not for Sale
Internet Technology Governance, Risk and Compliance is becoming a meaningless message, according to industry analysts, as security companies try to sell products around it. Analysts contend that practices must be perfected before products can be useful.
5/13/2008 10:39AM EST
VMware Keys In on Disaster Recovery
VMware has announced two new products: Site Recovery Manager and Stage Manager. Site Recovery Manager focuses on improving disaster recovery management, while Stage Manager speeds up application delivery.
5/12/2008 3:27PM EST
AMD Unveils Low-Power Opterons
AMD today launched five low-power quad-core server processors. The x86 Opteron HE processors run on 55 watts of AC power and are available in 2300 and 8300 product lines for two-, four- and eight-way rack server blades.
5/12/2008 12:22PM EST
TFTP Vulnerable to Non-Trivial Attack
Windows versions of TFTP 1.4 and 1.5 vulnerable to overly long error message overflow. The vulnerability causes a buffer overflow, which could be used to perform DOS attacks on systems using TFTP.
5/9/2008 2:30PM EST
Data Center Standards Still Green
While most data center facilities agree that there should be defined standards for effective power usage, some say their creation is hindered by a lack of agreement on green IT's true definition.
5/9/2008 11:07AM EST
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DATA CENTER NEWS
Telect Flips Switch on New Fuse Panels
The new fuse panels from Telect offer 20 fuse positions per input bus in one rack unit of vertical rack space, approximately 1.75 inches tall. The panels have +/-24 or +/-48 VDC operating voltages.
Aperture Captures Infrastructure Monitoring
Aperture VISTA Infrastructure Monitoring utilizes EPA-defined Energy Efficiency Ratio metrics for improved measurement accuracy, and real-time monitoring of power consumption and energy use.
AVTECH Releases Signal Towers to Help Monitor Data Centers
The Room Alert Signal Towers can give visual and audible alerts to workers in data centers, and have a digital temperature sensor and sensor ports for different types of detection.
EMC Connects With Data Center Fabric
EMC's Connectrix ED-DCX-B is an 8Gbit/sec Fibre Channel director that enables consolidation of virtual and physical servers and storage pools, and reduces operational costs.
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Open Source: Oratopigiphobia: Fear of Visible Source
Open-source software is free, and from reputable producers, is efficient and well-supported. So why are many still reluctant to use it?
The Operations Manager Is in
Systems Management News is all about informing the IT sysadmin and providing him or her the latest and most useful news and opinions about the business.
The Savvy Manager: Our Company, Our Team and Ourselves
The role of IT managers is changing, and managers should think about ways to change their personalities and thinking to meet these changes.
Guest View: Why is Software Installation Still Such a Mess?
Complex setup routines can cause problems across an organization's systems.
Networking: Making LAN Design More Intelligent
Jim Metzler begins his column for SMN with an overview of how the types of networks we have today came to be what they are.
The Microsoft Stack: In the Microsoft Trenches
Patrick Hynds describes how he plans to tackle Microsoft developments, and he starts off with Internet Information Server 7, which aims to fix problems present in previous versions.
The Data Center: Where Should You Locate Your Facility?
Temperature and access to energy are the most important factors for deciding where to place data centers.
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5/19/2008 to 5/21/2008
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5/20/2008 to 5/23/2008
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6/10/2008 to 6/12/2008
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6/10/2008 to 6/13/2008
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HP Takes Storage to the Extreme
HP announced the upcoming availability of the HP StorageWorks 9100 Extreme Data Storage System, a high-performance, high-capacity system designed to store and serve file-level data for companies with extreme data demands.
5/8/2008 3:06PM EST
Pocket-sized Offerings at JavaOne
Development is the focus of this year's show, but a handful of cool new technologies may tantalize senior IT managers, such as a pen that memorizes what transfers writing onto a computer and a matchbox-sized platform for users on the go.
5/8/2008 2:00PM EST
StorageCraft Releases ShadowProtect 3.2
StorageCraft's latest disk-based backup and disaster recovery solution now supports 64-bit operating systems. ShadowProtect is available for free for customers who have version 3.x or later, and to those with an existing maintenance contract.
5/7/2008 5:00PM EST
Dell Thinking Hypervisors With New Servers
The new PowerEdge R805 and R905 server from Dell are optimized for virtualization, with reduced internal storage capacity and lighter-weight hypervisors from VMware and Citrix.
5/7/2008 4:13PM EST
VMware Releases New Mac Desktop Virtualization Beta
VMware Fusion 2.0 Beta 1 was released yesterday. It includes several industry firsts for Macintosh virtualization, such as true multi-display support for virtual machines and experimental DirectX 9.0 Shader Model 2 acceleration for 3D graphics.
5/7/2008 2:22PM EST
OpenSolaris Rises Over Indiana
The Democrats aren't the only ones fawning over Indiana. Sun's effort to re-imagine OpenSolaris arrives just in time for the primary, with an improved Image Packaging System included in the OS.
5/6/2008 2:54PM EST
Red Hat Turns ON 2.0
JBoss Operations Network version 2.0 flips the switches and reads the dials for Red Hat's middleware stack. Monitoring capabilities and trend analysis are some more features included in this release.
5/6/2008 10:51AM EST
CUPS Vulnerabilities Patched
While the patches were first released a month ago, some Linux distributions and other operating systems are just now catching up. The new package fixes an overflow issue and an unencrypted Samba password and login file being saved.
5/5/2008 4:00PM EST
Microsoft Walks Away From Yahoo Buyout
Weekend talks ended in a stalemate when the companies failed to reach agreement on a sale price for Yahoo. In a possible reaction by investors, Yahoo's stock plummeted when trading began this morning.
5/5/2008 1:27PM EST
Pano Logic Tightens Virtualization Product
The desktop virtualization company has released Virtual Desktop Solution 2.0, creating stronger ties to VMware Virtual Desktop Manager and adding the ability to handle dual-monitor groups.
5/5/2008 1:00PM EST
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