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Happy Tenth Birthday, Windows XP. Now Please Die

Why current generation networks just aren't cutting it | Linux Foundation wades into Windows 8 secure boot controversy

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Happy Tenth Birthday, Windows XP. Now Please Die
October 25, 2001. Microsoft could not ask for a worse time to launch a new operating system. The industry was in a free-fall as Dot Coms were dying like bugs in the fall and dragging down big companies like Microsoft, HP, Intel and (especially) Sun along with them. Read More


WHITE PAPER: Intel

Optimize virtualization with HP & Intel
Virtualization has become a powerful enabler for consolidating servers, running applications in multiple operating system environments, simplifying administration and lowering operating costs. This paper describes how to optimize server virtualization using enterprise-class HP Multi-Port Server Adapters and Intel® Ethernet technology. Click to continue

WHITE PAPER: CA Technologies

Performance Metrics and the Cloud
Unlike static configuration management databases, which often contain information too outdated for real-time understanding, a dynamic operational service model provides relevant, timely information. Read More

Why current generation networks just aren't cutting it
Google, Yahoo, Facebook, Verizon, and others gave numerous, concrete examples where limitations of current gen networking technologies are causing serious business and technology challenges. The common thread: They all see Software Defined Networking as the answer. Read More

Linux Foundation wades into Windows 8 secure boot controversy
The Linux Foundation today released technical guidance to PC makers on how to implement secure UEFI without locking Linux or other free software off of new Windows 8 machines. The guidance included a subtle tisk-tisk at Microsoft's Steven Sinofsky for suggesting that PC owners won't want to mess with control of their hardware and would happily concede that to operating system makers and hardware manufacturers. Read More


WEBCAST: Citrix

Get Your Network Cloud Ready
Exclusive 2-day webinar shows how to get your network cloud-ready while delivering services with greater security, scalability and flexibility. Featuring Citrix Systems, Andre Kindness from Forrester, and customer success stories, this webinar also features practical demos you don't want to miss! Learn more

Week 1: Ubuntu Unity instead of Windows 7 and ready to scream
It finally happened. At the end of my first week of using Ubuntu 11.10 with Unity, full-time, 8-10 hours a day for work, the system crashed. I fumbled a few keystrokes, hit some combination of keys and froze LibreOffice Writer. And the whole system locked up. Read More

Carriers Must Carry – Even Stuff They Don't Like
I hate to side with the Occupy Wall Street crowd, but I must agree with at least one of their points: corporations are not people. They have no Constitutional rights. Read More


WHITE PAPER: Citrix

Investment Protection and Elasticity for your Network
NetScaler Pay-as-You-Grow. 5x capacity on-demand. No new hardware. Investment protection and elasticity for your network. Read more

Security Market Boom?
It's a gloomy macro economic outlook but the sun happens to be shining in my little domain of information security. Read More

My Latest Thoughts on OpenFlow
I've been thinking about OpenFlow for a while as it relates to data center networking. What's the use case? What's the enterprise play? What will OpenFlow and SDN do to the networking market? Read More



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