Switching to a Solid-State Drive
Prices on solid-state drives are dropping, and operating systems (particularly Windows 7) are beginning to take advantage of the potential higher speeds of SSDs, so it’s a good time to consider slapping one in your computer.
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Should Your Email Live In The Cloud? A Comparative Cost Analysis
Cloud-based email is often cheaper than on-premise email especially when you consider the fully loaded costs of maintenance, high-availability, disaster recovery, email filtering and archive. This Forrester report will help you evaluate the full cost of your email environment and it will explore the benefits of cloud-based technologies that reach further than just your bottom line.
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Sharky: More useful, sure, but not as decorative
Pilot fish is installing a new workstation when he notices something sitting on the stack of paper in a nearby printer: a piece of coral.
Data Robotics ships Drobo iSCSI SAN
Data Robotics today released its first iSCSI iteration of its self-monitoring, automated disk array for small- to mid-sized businesses.
Micron announces its fastest notebook, desktop SSD
Micron Technology announced it is preparing to release its highest-performing solid state drive for notebook and desktop PCs, with data transfer rates of up to 355MB/sec., vastly outshining any of today’s consumer-grade SSD products.
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From Chaos to OrderWinning the Information Management Game
This paper explores how businesses can capitalize on a free, easy-to-use, rapid web application tool for the Oracle Database that will help consolidate personal databases, spreadsheets, and other data to create a single point of truth for everyone in the company. Learn how Oracle Application Express delivers an easy, fast, and free way to manage your business information.
IT Blogwatch: Apple voids Applecare warranty for smokers!
Apple has been accused of voiding two customers’ Applecare warranty because their Macs were used by smokers. Apple says it’s worried about the health and safety of its technicians, but in IT Blogwatch, bloggers roll up that argument and set fire to it. (AAPL)
Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols: Linux powers the fastest computers on the planet
When it comes to sheer, unadorned speed, nothing else even comes close to Linux.
Google Chrome OS will not support hard disk drives
Google officials said their upcoming Chrome OS will not support hard disk drives in order to get better boot up times with solid state disk drives.
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IDC White Paper: The Economic Impact of File Virtualization
Get insight into which applications are driving storage capacity growth, and how companies of all sizes are coping. Interviews with senior IT executives show how storage tiering can reduce storage costs by 50% or more, cut migration times up to 90%, and reduce backup times and costs up to 90%.
Supply Chain Data on Holiday 2009 Hotties
New supply-chain import data analyzed by Panjiva, as well its new Trends product, shows who’s hot and who’s not this holiday gift-giving season. Watch out kiddos: Coal imports are on the rise!
When the Backup Drive Gets Full
Rat74136’s external hard drive is full. He asked the Answer Line forum how to keep backing up.
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Computerworld’s Salary Survey: What’s your earning power?
How does your salary compare with your peers? Computerworld’s 24th Annual Salary Survey will feature the latest IT salary trends and advice on where to find the best-paying jobs. This year’s survey participants can enter a drawing to win one of 10 new 8GB Apple iPod Nanos. The drawing is open to legal U.S. residents, age 18 or older. Take our annual Salary Survey today!
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SHARK BAIT OF THE DAY
Twitter’s dirty laundry
Despite often being a waste of time, Twitter does has value, such as providing Iranians with an outlet during this past summer’s elections. Turns out Twitter can be used to keep you apprised of more domestic developments as well …
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