Recent Articles
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Symantec Updates Discovery Package
Symantec introduced an updated version of its legal discovery suite on Aug. 21, promising new features that further streamline companies’ abilities to meet information reporting demands spurred by lawsuits and other mandates. Dubbed Enterprise Vault Discovery Accelerator 6.0, the product is meant to integrate with the data storage and lifecycle management applications sold under the…
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The Greening of the Data Center
Data center managers are on the hot seat lately. They not only have to cram in more servers per square inch than they ever wanted or thought they’d need, they also have to figure out how to do it without sending the electricity bill through the roof. And they’re not entirely sure how to do…
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Sun, Power Company to Offer Rebates
Sun Microsystems and a major California power supplier, Pacific Gas & Electric, announced Aug. 15 an unusual joint incentive program that will give $700 to $1,000 per-unit rebates to Sun server customers for deploying newer machines that consume less electrical power. The Sun Fire T1000 and T2000 CoolThreads servers—which Sun claims are three to five…
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Mini Finds Its Search Bearings
In the modern technology world, Google is the 600-pound gorilla. Companies from Microsoft to Oracle to Verizon are terrified that the reigning Internet search giant will move into their markets, wielding its massive user base and general willingness to give away applications for free as very potent competitive weapons. But there is one area in…
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Dispelling Managed Services Myths
Despite all the attention the managed services model gets these days, it has a long way to go to deliver on its promise of profoundly transforming the IT channel. Aside from the inherent difficulties the average VAR faces in making the transition from the traditional product-centric way of doing business, a great many customers still…
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Linux Professional Institute Adds Open-Source Job Placement Service
For years, the Linux Professional Institute has offered the most important basic Linux worker certification, the LPIC. On Aug. 16 at LinuxWorld in San Francisco, the organization launched a new employment and contract matching service for open-source workers who are registered on LPI’s internal exam candidate database. The new program will match qualified open-source workers…
