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Keys To Hardware Upgrade Success

By Elizabeth Millard, Processor.com on 5/18/2010

Assess Your Current Situation, Do Your Due Diligence & Prepare For Setbacks
Key Points

Determine whether the data center is ready for an upgrade by looking at power, cooling, and existing equipment.
Have the right people at the ready, including vendors and outside experts if needed.
Back out of the upgrade if it’s not going as planned or too many problems are cropping up. You can always go back to the planning stage and find a better way to proceed later.

WhipTail Tech, Adaptec release SSD SAN appliances and adapters

By Deni Connor and James E. Bagley, NeworkWorld on 5/18/2010

Solid state drives are pervading new areas these days. While traditionally used to accelerate IO between servers and storage, they are now being used in virtual desktop implementations, which promises tremendous advantages for organizations that require a large number of workstations.

Google's plot to change how we print

By Caron Carlson, FierceCIO on 5/18/2010

Google is plotting to change the way we print by making it unnecessary to install print drivers on devices for use with particular printers. The company unveiled preliminary designs for a web-based service, Google Cloud Print, that would allow you to print from any device running the Google Chrome operating system (such as a netbook, tablet computer or smartphone) to any printer.

IE6 past its expiration date, says Microsoft

By Gregg Keizer, ComputerWorld on 5/18/2010

Like nine-year-old milk, aged browser is spoiled, company argues

Microsoft is urging users to dump the aged Internet Explorer 6 (IE6) with a campaign that claims the browser is past its expiration date.

Citrix unveils new XenClient bare-metal desktop hypervisor

By Paul Mah, FierceCIO TechWatch on 5/18/2010

Citrix has moved to unveil a test version of XenClient, the company's bare-metal desktop hypervisor before rival VMware. Both Citrix and VMware planned initially to ship separate bare-metal desktop hypervisor products last year, but suffered delays attributable to the complexity of the project.

HTML5 to be highlighted at Google event

By Paul Krill, InfoWorld.com on 5/18/2010

Google technologies such as Android and Chrome also will be topics at the Google I/O conference

HTML5 will figure prominently at this week's Google I/O technical conference for developers.

Apple: Eat Dirt.

By Tom Henderson, ITworld.com on 5/18/2010

I'm tired of the closed system. I'm tired of the capitulation to the Hollywood moguls. I'm tired of Apple's nyet-policy. Apple: eat dirt.

The 1984 images worked for a long time. I tend to identify with iconoclasts. I'm also a tool user. For better and worse, I use computers for a living. In my garage is a huge cabinet with automotive/motorcycle and homeowner tools, but I don't make my living with them.

WEBINAR: 5 Success Factors for Upgrading Your Wireless Network to 802.11n

By Presented by: Kiren Sekar, product marketing manager, Meraki on 5/18/2010

Deploying and maintaining a wireless network can be a challenge. Ensuring the network is reliable, maintains high performance, provides adequate coverage, and is secure can be complex and time-consuming. During this webinar, we will explore how advancements in radio technologies, wireless management, and network automation have enabled small, leveraged IT staffs to deploy wireless, and meet employee's needs for bandwidth and mobility.

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Wind Power and Cooling

By Elizabeth Millard, Processor.com on 5/18/2010

Can Harnessing The Wind Bring Down Cooling Costs?

Key Points

Because renewable energy can increase overall data center efficiency, it can also boost cooling efficiency.
Challenges abound when it comes to implementing wind power for a specific data center, and it’s likely that managers will want to check with wind power producers rather than put their own equipment into place.
Potential renewable energy regulations should cause data center managers to start thinking about alternative power and cooling strategies sooner rather than later.

The Different Universe of Offline

By Tom Henderson, ITworld.com on 5/18/2010

Before you start using social networking and personal online services, you have little idea of the convenience, just a hazy idea that things might be better. The affirmation of social networking can be exhilarating. You get addicted to it all. The computer is your window on the world. Time to get outside that window. Social networking isn't what it's cracked up to be.

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