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  • Top 5 Ways Virtualization Saves You Money

    Cisco Systems’ unveiling of its unified computing architecture for the data center will only pour more fuel on the virtualization wildfire. Its blade server framework is heavily reliant upon virtualization technology—such as that provided by VMware and Microsoft (Hyper-V). Cisco’s unified computing architecture is designed for “highly virtualized” environments, which is typically large enterprises. But…

  • Grand Canyon Monitors Skywalk Wirelessly

    Visitors to the Grand Canyon have the chance to experience the Skywalk, a horseshoe-shaped glass platform that juts into the canyon and gives visitors the opportunity to walk out past the lip of the canyon and view all the way to the bottom. But installing a camera system to keep the Skywalk and its visitors…

  • Sun Microsystems has No Shortage of Suitors

    On Wednesday rumors surfaced IBM was in talks to buy Sun Microsystems in a deal that was reportedly worth $6.5 billion. Such a marriage between two industry titans might only be possible during a recession like this one. It points to a wave of potential consolidation, even among the biggest players. But questions over whether…

  • Macs Not Bulletproof, Security Researcher Proves

    Macintosh users have the distinction of being the only group of computer users who honestly believe their computers are secure from malware and attacks. And then every once in a while, someone comes along and blows that belief right out of the water. At the CanSecWest conference in Vancouver, British Columbia, March 18, security researcher…

  • Internet Explorer 8 Does Well, but Not Well Enough

    With Microsoft’s commanding share of the Web browser market shrinking, the company had to do something, and that something turned out to be releasing Internet Explorer 8. IE 8 may prove to be a just-in-time product—just in time to reduce interest in the beta update of rival browser Google Chrome; just in time to make…

  • Distributor DandH Extends Solution Provider Credit. Again.

    D&H Distributing is increasing credit available to its solution provider customers for supply chain financing. Again. It’s a move that comes at a critical time for some of D&H’s solution provider customers as banks have pulled back their lending, says Mary Campbell, vice president of marketing at D&H. And the pull back by banks has…

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