Archive for March, 2009


iland Internet Solutions Selects AboveNet, a Top Tier1, IP Provider – PR Inside
as one of its top two Tier1 IP providers to connect the iland Virtual Data Centers : ( URL: ) , located in Los Angeles, Boston, Reston, Virginia and Dallas. The additional 4 Gbps IP network connectivity for each of iland s Virtual Data Centers

Tech Firms High On Gov’t ‘Data Cloud’ – HispanicBusiness.com
WASHINGTON (UPI) — High-tech companies such as Amazon and Microsoft want U.S. government agencies to store data on their servers as a way to cut costs, industry analysts say. If they did so, they would join consumers who are using “cloud computing

LongJump Provides Installable SaaS Application Cloud Platform – TMCnet
Sunnyvale, CA, Mar 31, 2009 (PRWeb.com via COMTEX) — LongJump, a leading provider of software that powers Platform-as-a-Service (PaaS), today unveiled that its LongJump Business Applications Platform can be licensed for use within an enterprise’s

Reflex Systems to Present at Virtualization Conference East – Consumer Electronics Net
WHAT: Taming the Butterfly Effect in Virtualized Environments Does the flap of a butterfly’s wings in Brazil set off a tornado in Texas? This is the question once posed by Edward Lorenz, the famed meteorologist and Chaos Theory proponent. This notion

Intel Expects Xeon 5500 To Transform Internet – Top Tech News
Intel expects its Xeon 5500 processors based on its Nehalem microarchitecture to be the catalyst for cloud computing connecting 15 billion devices by 2015. With groundbreaking advances in performance, the Xeon 5500 will transform the Internet, Intel

Iper Montebello Gets More for Less With Xsigo Virtual I/O – Earthtimes
SAN JOSE, CA — 03/31/09 — Xsigo Systems , Inc., a technology leader in data center I/O virtualization, today announced that Iper Montebello S.p.A., one of the largest hypermarket chains in Italy, has deployed Xsigo virtual I/O in two data centers

Xeon 5500 series promises efficiency and performance – DailyTech
Intel has unveiled its latest Xeon series of CPUs for servers and workstations. The Xeon 5500 series was formerly codenamed Nehalem-EP (Efficient Performance), and is related to the Nehalem CPUs used in Core i7 desktops. The 5500 series features quad

Data Domain Boosts Price/Performance Leadership in Midrange – dBusinessNews.com
SANTA CLARA – Data Domain, Inc. , the leading provider of deduplication storage systems, today announced a major advancement for its midrange systems that drives continued price/performance increases into its product line. The new DD660, a quad-core

IBM to enter “cloud computing” software market – Reuters
BOSTON (Reuters) – IBM will sell a suite of Web-based collaboration software for businesses, including contact management, instant messaging and file sharing programs, the computing giant’s biggest effort to date to sell software as a service. The



The Planet Expands Hosting Partner Program – WebHosting.Info
Allows partners to resell not only dedicated servers, but also managed dedicated servers, managed hosting and data center colocation services. The Planet , a privately held dedicated hosting company, today announced a broad range of new options for

New Windows 7-Based Platform: Windows Embedded Server – Softpedia
The evolution of the Windows Embedded software-plus-services platform with the addition of Windows Embedded Server reflects the realization of Microsoft s continued commitment to drive innovation and leadership in the embedded market by

Apps4Rent Introduces Hyper-V Hosting Plans for Virtual Dedicated – PR Inside
Pricing for Virtual Dedicated Server starts at $49/month with large amounts of disk space, bandwidth and memory with option to upgrade or add more virtual machines as you grow. Additional details of the plans can be found on ( URL: ) : ( URL

Tetco-Voxpilot Introduces the First Comprehensive Unified – TMCnet
LAS VEGAS –(Business Wire)– Tetco-Voxpilot announced today that it is launching its Unified Communications Solution (UCS) Suite to the U.S. and international markets. The UCS Suite offers single telephone number, fax server, SMS server, call

Daylite Touch Puts Your Business in Your Pocket – Consumer Electronics Net
TORONTO — (Marketwire) — 03/31/09 — You’re on the road with your iPhone and concerned about a large project or month-end sales objective, but checking in by email with everyone is proving too slow. It doesn’t provide the big picture, much less

Siemens launches cloud experiment – IT World
Siemens is announcing at VoiceCon Orlando a unified-communications-in-the-cloud experiment with Amazon.com, which could result in services that avoid capital costs and provide an easy exit plan if customers decide to bail out of individual service

CTERA Networks Chosen to Present at Under the Radar Conference – Consumer Electronics Net
CTERA’ Networks Ltd., an innovator in next-generation storage solutions, today announced that the company has been selected to present at Dealmaker Media’s Under the Radar conference in Mountain View, Calif. on April 24, 2009. At the conference

Global Web Hoster ServInt Deploys Parallels Virtuozzo Containers for – TMCnet
Mar 30, 2009 (PRWeb.com via COMTEX) — Parallels, a leader in virtualization and automation software, today announced that ServInt is virtualizing its Dedicated Server offerings with OS-level virtualization solution, Parallels Virtuozzo Containers

The Planet Expands Partner Program – WHIR
Verio Premium Hosting Offer : Fully-Loaded Plans for Building, Launching and Marketing your Website Easier Than Ever. Verio.com – Global Premier Provider of Online Services (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Dedicated managed hosting provider The Planet



Wrestling With the Woes of WAN Application Delivery – E-Commerce Times
Many SMBs simply must make their networks available through a wide area network, writes Ecessa’s Ron Thomas, but maintaining security and avoiding costly slowdowns are no easy tasks. Advanced WAN optimization controllers bring together all of the

Albany council member wants leader of police union to testify about – Times Union Blogs
Not surprised!! What makes me angry is that the majority of Albany cops probably do not even live in the city of Albany. City RESIDENTS are always taken advantage of by the parking enforcement officers. On Thursdays, starting at 6 pm I have to move

DOJ Sides With RIAA In Tenebaum Case – Tech Dirt
Considering that the Justice Department has hired a bunch of the RIAA’s favorite lawyers, it was widely expected that the Justice Department would weigh in on the Joel Tenenbaum case — despite the fact that folks in the Obama administration aren’t

Musician Called A Copyright Violator On MySpace For Uploading Her Own – Tech Dirt
The various record labels have pushed sites like MySpace to institute aggressive filters to try to stomp out the ability of people to upload others’ music — but as with any such filters, they seem to make mistakes that aren’t easily fixed. Reader



Albany council member wants leader of police union to testify about – Times Union Blogs
Not surprised!! What makes me angry is that the majority of Albany cops probably do not even live in the city of Albany. City RESIDENTS are always taken advantage of by the parking enforcement officers. On Thursdays, starting at 6 pm I have to move

Wrestling With the Woes of WAN Application Delivery – E-Commerce Times
Many SMBs simply must make their networks available through a wide area network, writes Ecessa’s Ron Thomas, but maintaining security and avoiding costly slowdowns are no easy tasks. Advanced WAN optimization controllers bring together all of the



Q Point Technology Selects The Planet – WebHosting.Info
Company to provide new Storage Cloud solution to Q Point. The Planet , a privately held dedicated hosting company, today announced that Q Point Technology , a provider of online backup solutions, has selected its new Storage Cloud solution. The

Media promote claims of global cooling despite overwhelming consensus – Media Matters
Summary: Despite the scientific consensus that human-caused global warming is real and is negatively affecting the planet, the media have repeatedly provided a platform for critics who argue that the Earth is in a period of “cooling” or that the


Mar 30

Coop’s Corner – CNET News
Faced with a growing protectionist backlash in the United States, the co-founder of one of the world’s biggest IT outsourcing companies remains confident that the political controversy over exporting technology jobs overseas will ebb. Infosys co

Musician Called A Copyright Violator On MySpace For Uploading Her Own – Tech Dirt
The various record labels have pushed sites like MySpace to institute aggressive filters to try to stomp out the ability of people to upload others’ music — but as with any such filters, they seem to make mistakes that aren’t easily fixed. Reader

DOJ Sides With RIAA In Tenebaum Case – Tech Dirt
Considering that the Justice Department has hired a bunch of the RIAA’s favorite lawyers, it was widely expected that the Justice Department would weigh in on the Joel Tenenbaum case — despite the fact that folks in the Obama administration aren’t

Albany council member wants leader of police union to testify about – Times Union Blogs
Not surprised!! What makes me angry is that the majority of Albany cops probably do not even live in the city of Albany. City RESIDENTS are always taken advantage of by the parking enforcement officers. On Thursdays, starting at 6 pm I have to move



SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 Released for Data Centers – Top Tech News
Novell has released SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 with two new extensions, Mono to run .NET applications and High Availability to boost uptime. Novell CTO Jeff Jaffe said more companies plan to adopt Linux this year because of the economic downturn. SUSE

Dell Dives Deep Into Data Centers – Street.Com
Dell ( DELL Quote – Cramer on DELL – Stock Picks ) is the latest tech firm to recreate itself, unveiling a slew of new servers, storage options and services in an attempt to drive data center revenue. More on DELL They Just Don’t Get Insider Buying

DuPont Fabros Technology, Inc. Provides ACC5 Data Center Lease Details – Biloxi Sun Herald
Tenant’s Platform Offers Data Center Access to Smaller Customers WASHINGTON, March 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — DuPont Fabros Technology, Inc. (NYSE: DFT) today announced details of a lease agreement at its ACC5 data center facility in Ashburn

DuPont Fabros to lease out new data center space – Washington Business Journal
Rackspace opening newest data center DuPont Fabros Technology suspends development New data centers reduce power with green tech Developer of data centers goes public Net2EZ Managed Data Centers will expand its presence at another one of DuPont

Force10 Networks Introduces ExaScale E-Series Switch/Router to Power – Earthtimes
SAN JOSE, Calif. – (Business Wire) Force10 Networks , a pioneer in building and securing reliable networks, today introduced the ExaScale TM E-Series family of switch/routers to meet the stringent performance, management and cost requirements of

AXA plans $100M data centers – Atlanta Business Chronicle
Financial behemoth AXA Equitable is investing about $100 million in two Atlanta data centers further solidifying the city s reputation as a data center destination. The New York-based financial services company is relocating work from six East

Force10 fortifies data centers with new switch – IT World
Force10 Networks this week unveiled a new line of switch/routers designed to improve the performance, management and cost effectiveness of virtualized data center and cloud computing environments. The ExaScale E-Series supports 140 line-rate 10

In Data Centers Reducing 1 Watt Yields 2.84 Saved – Design News
Energy consumed by data centers is a big deal. As computer miniaturization progresses, processor energy density increases, and cooling capacity demand goes up. In turn, the energy consumed to cool servers in data centers increases. As computer

Luxtera Launches World’s Longest Active Optical Cable to Meet Design – Businesswire.com
CARLSBAD, Calif.–( BUSINESS WIRE )–Luxtera today launched the world s longest Active Optical Cable (AOC), Blazar. Extending up to four kilometers, this 40 Gigabit InfiniBand and Ethernet-ready cable meets the growing demand from data centers for



Cybersecurity Office Fate Uncertain – PC World
It’s unclear whether a report being prepared for President Barack Obama on federal information security preparedness will support recent calls for the creation of a new cybersecurity office within the White House, two lawmakers said last week

Apps4Rent Introduces Hyper-V Hosting Plans for Virtual Dedicated – PR Inside
Pricing for Virtual Dedicated Server starts at $49/month with large amounts of disk space, bandwidth and memory with option to upgrade or add more virtual machines as you grow. Additional details of the plans can be found on ( URL: ) : ( URL

NaviSite Selected for Microsoft BizSpark Program – Businesswire.com
NaviSite leverages its extensive experience in Microsoft Hosting Program to help startups balance the challenges of cost and quality as they look to deploy SaaS based solutions ANDOVER, Mass.–( BUSINESS WIRE )–NaviSite ( NaviSite ), a leading

The Planet to Exhibit at Web 2.0 – Consumer Electronics Net
The Planet, the global leader in IT hosting , today announced its participation in the Web 2.0 Expo, scheduled for March 31 ‘ April 3 at the Moscone West Convention Center in San Francisco. The company will showcase its IT infrastructure solutions at

Apps4Rent Introduces Hyper-V Hosting Plans – WebHosting.Info
Hyper-V hosting with virtual dedicated servers offers greater flexibility than dedicated servers and VPS. Apps4Rent LLC , a Microsoft Gold Partner and a provider of hosted Exchange, SharePoint and other applications, today announced value price plans

The Planet Takes Sponsorship Role at SaaScon 2009 – Earthtimes
HOUSTON – (Business Wire) The Planet, the global leader in IT hosting , today announced its Silver Sponsorship of SaaScon 2009, scheduled for March 31 April 1 at the Santa Clara Convention Center in Santa Clara, Calif. The company will showcase

Dell unveils new servers – AME Info
Replication or redistribution in whole or in part is expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of AME Info FZ LLC / Emap Limited. The information comprised in this section is not, nor is it held out to be, a solicitation of any person to

Dedicated Hosting Company ServerPronto Offers Reason for Consumer – PR Inside
by making secure, high quality hosting available to businesses at a price which leaves them plenty of room in their budgets. At a time when businesses need to watch every penny of their expenses, but can’t afford to sacrifice quality, ServerPronto is

Webhosting.uk.com Announces Windows Server 2008 Hosting – WebHosting.Info
Delivers improvements to the core Windows Server operating system with new web tools, virtualization technologies and security enhancements. Webhosting.uk.com , a provider of shared, reseller, VPS and dedicated server hosting solutions, today

Opera Mobile 9.7 coming with Opera Turbo server acceleration – ZDNet Blogs
I will be covering CTIA on my ZDNet blogs next week and just received a press release that Opera will be announcing Opera Mobile 9.7 at the event. Opera Mobile is the best web browser currently available for Windows Mobile devices and looks to be



Musician Called A Copyright Violator On MySpace For Uploading Her Own – Tech Dirt
The various record labels have pushed sites like MySpace to institute aggressive filters to try to stomp out the ability of people to upload others’ music — but as with any such filters, they seem to make mistakes that aren’t easily fixed. Reader

DOJ Sides With RIAA In Tenebaum Case – Tech Dirt
Considering that the Justice Department has hired a bunch of the RIAA’s favorite lawyers, it was widely expected that the Justice Department would weigh in on the Joel Tenenbaum case — despite the fact that folks in the Obama administration aren’t

City treasurer says ticket probe has devolved into a witch hunt – Times Union Blogs
Not surprised!! What makes me angry is that the majority of Albany cops probably do not even live in the city of Albany. City RESIDENTS are always taken advantage of by the parking enforcement officers. On Thursdays, starting at 6 pm I have to move



DOJ Sides With RIAA In Tenebaum Case – Tech Dirt
Considering that the Justice Department has hired a bunch of the RIAA’s favorite lawyers, it was widely expected that the Justice Department would weigh in on the Joel Tenenbaum case — despite the fact that folks in the Obama administration aren’t

Musician Called A Copyright Violator On MySpace For Uploading Her Own – Tech Dirt
The various record labels have pushed sites like MySpace to institute aggressive filters to try to stomp out the ability of people to upload others’ music — but as with any such filters, they seem to make mistakes that aren’t easily fixed. Reader

City treasurer says ticket probe has devolved into a witch hunt – Times Union Blogs
Not surprised!! What makes me angry is that the majority of Albany cops probably do not even live in the city of Albany. City RESIDENTS are always taken advantage of by the parking enforcement officers. On Thursdays, starting at 6 pm I have to move


Mar 28

From the News-Sentinel – FortWayne.com
INDIANAPOLIS Indiana s unemployment rate grew slightly in February to 9.4 percent, keeping the state s jobless rate at the highest level since the recession of the early 1980s. Unemployment is significantly worse in northern Indiana than in

Executive Branch – Chicago Tribune
Iowa Gov. Chet Culver will travel to Redmond, Wash., next week to try to shake loose money for a Microsoft data center planned near Iowa’s capital city. Microsoft announced in August that the $500 million data center was to be built in West Des



Force10 fortifies data centers with new switch – IT World
Force10 Networks this week unveiled a new line of switch/routers designed to improve the performance, management and cost effectiveness of virtualized data center and cloud computing environments. The ExaScale E-Series supports 140 line-rate 10

SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 Released for Data Centers – Top Tech News
Novell has released SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 with two new extensions, Mono to run .NET applications and High Availability to boost uptime. Novell CTO Jeff Jaffe said more companies plan to adopt Linux this year because of the economic downturn. SUSE

DuPont Fabros Technology, Inc. Provides ACC5 Data Center Lease Details – Consumer Electronics Net
WASHINGTON , March 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — DuPont Fabros Technology, Inc. (NYSE: DFT) today announced details of a lease agreement at its ACC5 data center facility in Ashburn, Virginia , earlier announced with the fourth quarter 2008 results. A

DuPont to House Net2EZ at VA Data Center – WHIR
WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Real estate investment firm and data center operator DuPont Fabros Technology ( www.dft.com ) announced on Monday that Net2EZ Managed Data Centers ( www.net2ez.net ) has pre-leased space at the company’s ACC5 data center



Thrombus Aspiration with Medtronic’s Export Catheter May Improve – StreetInsider.com
ORLANDO, Fla.–(BUSINESS WIRE)– Removing thrombus from coronary arteries with the Export Aspiration Catheter from Medtronic, Inc. (NYSE: MDT ), before implanting a stent in patients suffering a specific kind of heart attack, “results in excellent

Iowa Governor to Meet with Microsoft – KCRG.com
Story Updated: Mar 28, 2009 at 2:26 PM CDT DES MOINES (AP) – Iowa Gov. Chet Culver will travel to Redmond, Wash., next week to try to shake loose money for a Microsoft data center planned near Iowa’s capital city. Microsoft announced in August that

Senator tackles out-of-network insurance issue – WJLA
Washington – Ever wonder how that bill was calculated if you had to pay to see a doctor outside your insurance network? Might be a scam, says a senator investigating the issue. Sen. Jay Rockefeller, chairman of the Senate Commerce, Science and

From the News-Sentinel – FortWayne.com
INDIANAPOLIS Indiana s unemployment rate grew slightly in February to 9.4 percent, keeping the state s jobless rate at the highest level since the recession of the early 1980s. Unemployment is significantly worse in northern Indiana than in



Apps4Rent Introduces Hyper-V Hosting Plans – WebHosting.Info
Hyper-V hosting with virtual dedicated servers offers greater flexibility than dedicated servers and VPS. Apps4Rent LLC , a Microsoft Gold Partner and a provider of hosted Exchange, SharePoint and other applications, today announced value price plans

Apps4Rent Introduces Hyper-V Hosting Plans for Virtual Dedicated – PR Inside
Pricing for Virtual Dedicated Server starts at $49/month with large amounts of disk space, bandwidth and memory with option to upgrade or add more virtual machines as you grow. Additional details of the plans can be found on ( URL: ) : ( URL

NaviSite Selected for Microsoft BizSpark Program – Businesswire.com
NaviSite leverages its extensive experience in Microsoft Hosting Program to help startups balance the challenges of cost and quality as they look to deploy SaaS based solutions ANDOVER, Mass.–( BUSINESS WIRE )–NaviSite ( NaviSite ), a leading

Big Boost for E-Books Forecast – PC World
Electronic book sales are expected to see a “huge surge” in 2010, partly due to the recent addition of e-book readers for iPhone and BlackBerry devices and new form factors in production, according to Fictionwise LLC’s Steven Pendergrast. Despite



DOJ Sides With RIAA In Tenebaum Case – Tech Dirt
Considering that the Justice Department has hired a bunch of the RIAA’s favorite lawyers, it was widely expected that the Justice Department would weigh in on the Joel Tenenbaum case — despite the fact that folks in the Obama administration aren’t

City treasurer says ticket probe has devolved into a witch hunt – Times Union Blogs
Not surprised!! What makes me angry is that the majority of Albany cops probably do not even live in the city of Albany. City RESIDENTS are always taken advantage of by the parking enforcement officers. On Thursdays, starting at 6 pm I have to move



Mincom To Re-launch Community Radios – TMCnet
Mar 27, 2009 (Cameroon Tribune/All Africa Global Media via COMTEX) — Ways of realising the 2009 plan of action of the Ministry of Communication are currently being examined by external and internal staff of the ministry. Minister of Communication

BetterInvesting Magazine Releases June’s Stock to Study and – MSN MoneyCentral
MADISON HEIGHTS, Mich. , March 27 /PRNewswire/ — The Editorial Advisory and Securities Review Committee of BetterInvesting Magazine today announced Apple Inc. AAPL as its June 2009 “Stock to Study” and Abbott Laboratories ABT as its June

Faces In The News – Forbes
While a handful of banks in the United States and across Europe have collapsed, it’s nothing next to a recent warning about what could happen in Russia, from the president of Alfa Bank. Pytor Aven warned in an interview on Friday that hundreds of

3Leaf Addresses Cloud Computing and On Demand IT at Leading – Businesswire.com
SAN JOSE, Calif.–( BUSINESS WIRE )– 3Leaf Systems , a provider of next-generation server solutions to enable cloud computing, today announced that Bob Quinn, chairman, founder and chief technology officer, has been selected to present on the topic

Jobs Classifieds Real Estate Rentals Autos iGuide – Cedar Rapids Gazette
GazetteOnline Log In Read The e-Edition Newsletters Text Alerts RSS Feeds Data Central Gazette Store FAQ Page Place a Classifed Ad News Home Log In Read The e-Edition Business Text Alerts Newsletters RSS Feeds Data Central FAQ Page Edge Magazine

Latest cloud storage hiccups prompts data security questions – Industry Standard
part: “It is possible that readers will walk away from this with the impression that 7,500 customers were unable to restore their files from Carbonite. This is not the case.” Friend said Carbonite’s systems restarted all the backups immediately and

Center solar project announced – Center Post-Dispatch
SAGUACHE Commissioners announced last Tuesday that Renewable Energy Systems (RES) Americas presented a preliminary sketch application recently to the Saguache County Planning Commission for the construction of two 100-megawatt solar

NTT Com Asia Opens HK Data Center – WHIR
NTT Com Asia’s Tai Po, Hong Kong data center. Verio Premium Hosting Offer : Fully-Loaded Plans for Building, Launching and Marketing your Website Easier Than Ever. Verio.com – Global Premier Provider of Online Services (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW

Intel To Introduce New Lower-Power, Cooler Chip For Servers – CNN Money
Intel Corp. (INTC) is expected to roll out a new chip that takes on two problems many big companies are wrestling with in data centers: power consumption and overheating. Intel’s Nehalem microprocessor, which is widely believed to be the subject of a

Ignoring ATF data, Fox’s Bream advanced “gun advocates” claim that – Media Matters
Summary: Fox News’ Trace Gallagher and Shannon Bream advanced the claim, touted by “gun advocates,” that the “vast majority” of weapons used in Mexican drug cartels “are not coming from the United States.” In fact, according to ATF’s National Tracing



Opera Mobile 9.7 coming with Opera Turbo server acceleration – ZDNet Blogs
I will be covering CTIA on my ZDNet blogs next week and just received a press release that Opera will be announcing Opera Mobile 9.7 at the event. Opera Mobile is the best web browser currently available for Windows Mobile devices and looks to be

Google tries to break IPv6 logjam by own example – CNET News
SAN FRANCISCO–Although it’s been hard for companies to financially justify the expense of embracing the next-generation standard for wiring together the Internet, the incentives are now arriving–and Google itself stands to benefit from the

Venezuela fails to sell Stanford bank; rejects Italcambio $56 million – Vheadline
Published: Saturday, March 21, 2009 Bylined to: Reuters Venezuela fails to sell Stanford bank; rejects Italcambio $56 million offer * Only one offer presented at auction for tiny bank * Government mum on whether it will try another auction

Dedicated Hosting Company ServerPronto Offers Reason for Consumer – Market Wire
FT. LAUDERDALE, FL–(Marketwire – March 24, 2009) – Consumer optimism was on the upswing in March, thanks to the economic stimulus plan aimed at generating more jobs, according to a study released March 13 by the University of Michigan and Reuters

InMotion Hosting Now Offers Max Speed Zones With the Opening of a New – Earthtimes
LOS ANGELES, CA — 03/25/09 — InMotion Hosting, Inc. ( www.inmotionhosting.com ), one of the fastest growing business web hosting providers in the U.S., announced today the opening of a new data center near Washington, D.C. Along with their data



Solid-state flash products hit market en masse – Computerworld Australia
Solid-state drives based on flash memory are turning up in products from seemingly every hardware vendor these days, signaling that the technology may be inching closer to mass adoption. “SSDs are at an inflection point right now,” says analyst Arun

Economic Recession: Good or Bad for Cloud Computing? – Industry Standard
I heard someone assert a week or so ago that Gartner Group had stated that the recession is going to be bad for cloud computing. Since this seems counter-intuitive (because offerings that are, at least, putatively less expensive should be more

With Sun, IBM Aims for Cloud Computing Heights – BusinessWeek
By Steve Hamm IBM ( IBM ) is in the midst of negotiating to acquire Sun Microsystems ( JAVA ) at a critical time for the tech industry. A major shift is at hand in the way businesses handle computing tasks, and giants such as IBM and Sun are under


Mar 26

Stay on top of breaking news! – WJLA
SAN FRANCISCO – “LittleBigPlanet” sacked the competition to win four trophies at the Game Developers Choice Awards. Developed by Media Molecule, the cutsey PlayStation 3 adventure game which allows players to create and share their own levels was

Stockwire.com: Heathrow Natural Food & Beverage, Inc. (PINKSHEETS – TMCnet
Stockwire.com: Heathrow Natural Food & Beverage, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: HRNF) just released some important news. (M2 PressWIRE Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) RDATE:26032009 Heathrow Natural Food & Beverage, Inc. (PINKSHEETS: HRNF), just announced

Telos Wins NETCENTS Contract Delivery Order Increase of Nearly $6.7 – Genetic Engineering News
Breaking News Email Print Share More News Mar 26 2009, 2:06 PM EST Telos Wins NETCENTS Contract Delivery Order Increase of Nearly $6.7 Million to Support Air Force Application Software Assurance Center of Excellence News source: Business Wire Telos

Demography and Economy: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly – Mens Newsdaily
Gordon E. Finley, Ph.D. The release on March 18, 2009, of preliminary childbirth data from the National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) for 2007 has yielded mixed news some good but most providing troubling insight into potentially crippling

DATAMONITOR: Teleperformance: contact center acquisition suggests – TMCnet
(M2 PressWIRE Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) RDATE:26032009 Teleperformance’s recent purchase of a Dell in-house contact center in the Philippines highlights the fact that many companies are looking to contact center outsourcers as a means of reducing

New Dell Products Bring Efficiency To Data Center – NewsFactor Network
Dell has introduced 14 new products to help data centers become more efficient with lower costs and simplified management. Dell’s 11th Generation PowerEdge servers and Precision workstations are based on Intel’s next-generation Xeon processors. Dell

Latest News – dBusinessNews.com
Texcel Medical Appoints John Mulvihill as Vice President, Sales and Marketing East Longmeadow, Mass. Texcel Medical, a full service medical American Industrial Adhesives & Sealants Directory Debuts On Industrial Trade Forum The Industrial

Shuttle crew wraps up inspections – 10 News
Kennedy Space Center, Florida – Discovery’s astronauts have wrapped up a daylong inspection of spaceship heat shield components and no obvious or critical damage were spotted during scans of the shuttle’s nose cap and the thermal armor that protects

NTT Com Asia inaugurates data center in Hong Kong – Industry Standard
NTT Communications subsidiary NTT Com Asia opened its new seven-story data center building in Tai Po, Hong Kong Tuesday. Since its establishment in Hong Kong in 1999, NTT Com Asia has been offering telecommunications services to enterprises in Hong



City treasurer says ticket probe has devolved into a witch hunt – Times Union Blogs
Not surprised!! What makes me angry is that the majority of Albany cops probably do not even live in the city of Albany. City RESIDENTS are always taken advantage of by the parking enforcement officers. On Thursdays, starting at 6 pm I have to move

Choruss’ Music Tax Plan: Bait-And-Switch – Tech Dirt
Back in December, when we revealed how Warner Music, through consultant Jim Griffin and his new organization “Choruss,” were quietly pushing a music tax on universities, Warner and Griffin snapped back angrily, telling us it wasn’t fair to criticize

DOJ Sides With RIAA In Tenebaum Case – Tech Dirt
Considering that the Justice Department has hired a bunch of the RIAA’s favorite lawyers, it was widely expected that the Justice Department would weigh in on the Joel Tenenbaum case — despite the fact that folks in the Obama administration aren’t

BlackBerry Storm 9500 Review – Softpedia
After reviewing the first clamshell manufactured by RIM, BlackBerry 8220 Pearl Flip , Pure Mobile has offered us the opportunity to test the first BlackBerry smartphone to feature a touch screen, BlackBerry Storm 9500. The device itself has been