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July 04, 2009

Upgrading the Computer History Museum

The Silicon Valley institution is beginning an ambitious effort to improve the way it tells the story of computing and of such tech pioneers as HP, Apple, and Google [Source: Business Week - Top News / 07-04]

Explore Hundreds of New Features

Oracle JDeveloper - Read the new features list [Source: DevelopmentScoop / 07-04]

Java Posse #263 - Interview with Cay Horstmann

[Source: DevelopmentScoop / 07-04]

Ingram hands out $200k cash to four partners

CRN Australia - The Biggest Promotion in the Channel ran from November 12th, 2008 to April 30th 2009. [Source: ChannelScoop.com / 07-04]

10 Useful Add-Ons For Firefox 3.5

ChannelWeb - There are multitudes of add-ons, or extensions, for Firefox, with an add-on for seemingly any purpose. Some are strictly for fun, some for productivity. Here is a look at 10 add-ons that we feel are of real use. [Source: ChannelScoop.com / 07-04]

7 Musts to Drive Your Disaster Recovery Strategy

Channel Insider - Developing an effective strategy to address myriad security threats takes time, personnel and a significant monetary investment. But compared to the potential loss of customers, reputation and revenue, these expenditures are paltry. Here are ... [Source: ChannelScoop.com / 07-04]

Facebook Finds New Digs in Vintage Silicon Valley Office

eWeek - In mid-May, Facebook moves its main offices from downtown Palo Alto, Calif., to a more rural setting on California Avenue just off the Stanford University campus, in a 45-year-old two-story building once used by research engineers at Hewlett-Packard ... [Source: ChannelScoop.com / 07-04]

Oracle Pushes New Data Modeling Tool

eWeek - Oracle wants to ease the data modeling process for Oracle database developers. The new tool integrates into Oracle SQL Developer and allows users to develop logical, multidimensional, user-defined data types, relational and physical data models. [Source: ChannelScoop.com / 07-04]

Smarter Enterprise and Next-Generation Web Services

eWeek - The 2009 Enterprise 2.0 conference in Boston brought together vendors, analysts and customers looking for the best ways to take cutting edge web technologies such as social networking and Twitter-style micro-blogging and apply them to the challenges of... [Source: ChannelScoop.com / 07-04]

Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g: turkeys voting for Christmas?

Irregular Enterprise - The love fest around Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g is truly extraordinary. The geek crowd certainly seem to like it and Oracle does a great job of singing to the DBA crowd. Dana Gardner is positively effusive : Oracle has sewn up its fiel... [Source: ChannelScoop.com / 07-04]

Dell accidentally sells 140,000 monitors for $15 a pop

Channel Register - And Taiwan demands they stay sold Taiwan consumer regulators have ordered Dell to honor an online pricing error that offered 19-inch LCD monitors for only NT$500 (US$15, ‚£9). [Source: ChannelScoop.com / 07-04]

Linux virtualisation hypervisor KVM hits release 87

Network World - The native Linux virtualisation hypervisor Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) has reached milestone 87 and now integrates the qemu emulator into a single package. [Source: ChannelScoop.com / 07-04]

Eight Great Geek Vacations

Baseline - Don't just do the same stuff everyone else does, go geeky. - Any self-respecting geek knows a good summer getaway isn't built around Disneyland or the Grand Canyon or Hawaii, places where the normal, non-techie throngs gather. [Source: ChannelScoop.com / 07-04]

Cloud Computing Blogosphere Takes Enterprise Software out of Context

IT Business Edge - I recently finished up some research on Business Process Management (BPM) in the Cloud, a synopsis of which appears on ebizQ at the adjacent link. As a result, my little Google alert keeps raining cloud-computing-related articles on me. Th... [Source: ChannelScoop.com / 07-04]

Canonical offers tech support for clouds

Channel Register - Ubuntu + Eucalyptus = homegrown EC2 Canonical and its partner in clouds, Eucalyptus, have been working to create a stack of software that runs atop the Ubuntu Linux distribution and allows companies to build their own internal compute clouds... [Source: ChannelScoop.com / 07-04]

ERP SaaS: Three Moves Worth Noting

The VAR Guy - Enterprise Resource Planning. To most customers, those three words mean complexity. But there are signs ERP deployments are finally starting to benefit from the SaaS (software as a service) craze. Just this week, we've spotted major SaaS developm... [Source: ChannelScoop.com / 07-04]

How to Use Twitter and Social Networks in Your Business

eWeek - Ziff Davis Enterprise v.p. Eric Lundquist interviews IBM's Sandy Carter at this year's Marketing Profs business to business conference in Boston. Sandy Carter is Vice President, SOA We... [Source: ChannelScoop.com / 07-04]

Demand for IT staff jumps, claims employment agency

The Register - Summer arrival for green shoots? Recruitment agency CV Screen is seeing a big improvement in job prospects for IT staff. [Source: ChannelScoop.com / 07-04]

Five free apps that make project management a breeze

IT Business - In this roundup we take a look at five free - and fabulous - alternatives to using Microsoft Office Project. None of these are from major software companies. Four of the five are open source while the fifth, jxProjects, is advertising-supported. ... [Source: ChannelScoop.com / 07-04]

Canonical Launches Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud Services

eWeek - Canonical, the founder of the Ubuntu Linux project, has launched new professional services to help and support users building private clouds. - Canonical, the founder of the Ubuntu project, has launched new professional services to help and support ... [Source: ChannelScoop.com / 07-04]

Oracle Real Application Clusters on IBM AIX - Best practices for system stability (PDF) June 2009

A new doc available on Oracle OTN . Customers who experience Oracle RAC node evictions due to excessive AIX kernel paging should carefully review and implement these recommended best practices. Many Thanks to Frederic Dubois from my OIIS team for this link [Source: Oracle Blogs / 07-04]

Oracle Enterprise Manager 10gR5 Available on All Supported O/S

Whenever we ship a new release of Oracle Enterprise Manager Grid Control, one of the first questions that always come back to us is when we will release port X, with X being the operating system environment that a particular customer is interested in. We get ... [Source: Oracle Blogs / 07-04]

Quark Works with EMC to Integrate Quark XML Author with EMC Documentum

Quark announced today its work with EMC to integrate Quark(R) XML AuthorTM with the EMC Documentum enterprise content management solution to bring easy XML authoring to anyone using [Source: Business Wire / 07-04]

Zoho Releases Zoho Projects 2.0

Zoho today announced the immediate availability of Zoho Projects 2.0, the latest version of the company's online project management and team collaboration solution. With Zoho [Source: Business Wire / 07-04]

Quest Software Announces Preliminary Results of Modified Dutch Auction Tender Offer

Quest Software, Inc. (Nasdaq: QSFT) today announced the preliminary results of its previously announced modified Dutch Auction tender offer, which expired at 5:00 [Source: Business Wire / 07-04]

Storix, Inc. Announces UNIX System Recovery for ISP/MSP Model

Storix, Inc., provider of Unix-based backup and disaster recovery solutions for Linux, AIX and Solaris Systems, today announced System Backup Administrator (SBAdmin) version 7.1 now with [Source: Business Wire / 07-04]

MAGPI Deploys Ciena to Enable High-Performance Networking Links for Federal Research Labs

Ciena(R) Corporation (NASDAQ: CIEN), the network specialist, today announced that MAGPI (Mid-Atlantic Gigapop for Internet2), an Information Systems and Computing organization at the [Source: Business Wire / 07-04]

Project Insight Project Management Software Announces Release 8.1 with Flexible Portfolio Roll Ups and Tiered Timesheet Approvals

Project Insight, the leading mid-market project management software solution, announces the release of version 8.1 with advanced portfolio roll ups, tiered timesheet approvals, [Source: Business Wire / 07-04]

223 Million Smartphones to be Shipped with Open Source Operating Systems by 2014, According to Juniper Research

The number of Smartphones shipped with open source operating systems (OS) will increase from 106 million this year to 223 million by 2014 according to a new report from telecom [Source: Business Wire / 07-04]

IBM Power Systems Again Trump Latest Intel Offering, Highlights Total Systems Value

[Source: PRNewswire - Technology / 07-04]

Alcatel-Lucent Launches World's First 'Green DSL'

[Source: PRNewswire - Technology / 07-04]

Number 1 in Middleware: Oracle Unveils Oracle(R) Fusion Middleware 11g

[Source: PRNewswire - Technology / 07-04]

Koenig Solutions Honored as 2009 Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference Awards Winner in Citizenship

[Source: PRNewswire - Technology / 07-04]

Sears Adopts OpenID Technology

[Source: PRNewswire - Technology / 07-04]

Business owners cut to the bone

To stay open. That's the goal of business owners across the country as they continue to lay off employees, cut benefits and pull back on retirement contributions. These cost-cutting strategies are likely to stay in place for months to come, according to severa... [Source: CNN - Top Stories / 07-04]

Manufacturing index improves for 6th straight month

Manufacturing sector activity rose in June for the sixth straight month, but the index reading still indicates a contraction, a purchasing managers' group said Wednesday. [Source: CNN - Top Stories / 07-04]

When it Comes to Spam, Everything Old is New Again

Google released some interesting data about the volume and types of attacks its spam detection software identified over the last quarter. According to Google, overall spam levels in the second quarter of 2009 were 53% higher than during the first quarter, and ... [Source: ReadWriteWeb / 07-04]

Pingdom Now Offers Free Website Monitoring

Over the last few years, Pingdom has established itself as a well-regarded uptime monitoring service, but until now, its services were only available to paying customers. Today, however, Pingdom launched a free version of its service. The free service offers a... [Source: ReadWriteWeb / 07-04]

Learn to Negotiate and Close

It ain't over till the fat lady sings means that nothing happens until you get the signature on the contract. That is when the ... [Source: ReadWriteWeb / 07-04]

Job losses overshadow manufacturing recovery

U.S. manufacturing mustered its highest level of activity in nearly a year in June but unexpected weakness in private sector employment signaled how slow an economic recovery might be, reports released on Wednesday showed. [Source: NewsBlotter.com / 07-04]

July 03, 2009

A glimpse at Intel's futuristic gadgets

Wouldn't it be useful to have a gadget that immediately warned you when the information you just saw on the Internet or heard from a buddy might be baloney? [Source: physorg.com / 07-03]

IT biggies take 40% hit in billing rates

The race to woo recession-hit clients across the world is forcing IT biggies to reduce their client billing rates, sometimes as high as 35-40 %, though most are still managing to control any sharp declines in their topline. [Source: India Times / 07-03]

Adobe Shuts Down Operations for a Week

Adobe shuts down for the week [Source: DailyTech / 07-03]

HDS Adds Enterprise Capabilities To Midrange AMS 2000 Arrays

ChannelWeb - Increased density, flexibility and security are on tap for enhancing HDS' midrange storage line. The company is also shipping an ETSI/NEBS-compliant version for telecom customers. [Source: ChannelScoop.com / 07-03]

Firefox 3.5's Benchmark Scores Brutalize IE 8, Almost Tie Chrome

ChannelWeb - Firefox 3.5's enhancements gives it far superior performance over previous releases and shames IE 8's benchmark test results. [Source: ChannelScoop.com / 07-03]

Mozilla Firefox 3.5: Life In The Fast Lane

ChannelWeb - Mozilla says that the browser has radically improved its JavaScript performance and now includes the new Trace Monkey JavaScript engine. [Source: ChannelScoop.com / 07-03]

HP Ireland asks staff to vote for pay cut

Channel Register - Dear turkey, early Christmas? HP has begun asking EDS staff to take a pay cut as part of its wide-ranging cost cutting strategy. [Source: ChannelScoop.com / 07-03]

Micron move heralds Intel 320GB SSD

Channel Register - Waves around own 34nm process NAND With Intel rumoured to be set to raise its SSD capacity up to 320GB through a shrink to a 34nm process, its Flash partner Micron has introduced - guess what - NAND chips using a 34nm process. [Source: ChannelScoop.com / 07-03]

Intel Warns Against Delaying PC Refresh

Channel Insider - Executive says the average cost per year to maintain a three-year-old system is $500, while the maintenance costs for a newer PC is only $125. - Stretching out the refresh of PCs and notebooks can end up costing organizations more money ov... [Source: ChannelScoop.com / 07-03]

How to improve your application security

Channel Register - What products and services are available? Regcast With major security breaches in the news almost daily, IT security practitioners are starting to pay more attention to the how rather than the why when it comes to application security. This ... [Source: ChannelScoop.com / 07-03]

Seamless Tactical to Enterprise Integration

SOA World - System architects and engineering teams are designing increasingly complex embedded systems in order to satisfy their customers' stringent functionality and performance requirements. In addition, within tactical systems, it's not uncommon to requir... [Source: DevelopmentScoop / 07-03]

Better Management and Control Is Key to Improving Server Virtualization Efficiency, Finds New Commissioned Research From Tripwire

Tripwire today announced the results of a commissioned survey conducted by Forrester Consulting to determine the top priorities and challenges of today's virtualization professionals, Removing Barriers To Better Server Virtualization Efficiency. [Source: Market Wire - Computer / 07-03]

Cleanwise Chooses EnterpriseDB for Cost Savings, Scalability, and High Availability

EnterpriseDB, the leading enterprise-class open source database company, announced today that Cleanwise, the industry leader in procurement management of not-for-resale janitorial and sanitation supplies, has chosen EnterpriseDB Postgres Plus Advanced Server t... [Source: Market Wire - Computer / 07-03]

Paglo Delivers First Cloud-Based Log Search Engine

Paglo (www.Paglo.com), the IT management SaaS leader, announced today a breakthrough new service for indexing, searching, and visualizing log data. The new Log Management application enables IT professionals to automatically capture and store their logs and in... [Source: Market Wire - Computer / 07-03]

Cisco Live: CEO Chambers Plays Up the Power of the Network

[Source: Seeking Alpha / 07-03]

Cisco Weaves Its SaaS Web

Networking specialist Cisco rolls out more of its Software-as-a-Service strategy [Source: TheStreet.com / 07-03]

New HP Netbook Sports Space-Age Shell

TSC contributor Gary Krakow looks at the new netbook computer from Hewlett-Packard with some interesting added features - including one suggested by TheStreet.com's intrepid reviewer. [Source: TheStreet.com / 07-03]

DigitalGlobe Sets Satellite Launch Date

Longmont, Colorado-based DigitalGlobe is planning to launch the firm's newest satellite, WorldView-2, in October from a launch site in California, the firm said Tuesday afternoon.... [Source: techrockies.com / 07-03]

How to create a custom IE8 Accelerator

Microsoft has introduced a new feature in Internet Explorer 8 called Accelerators. These accelerators help you quickly perform your everyday browsing tasks without navigating to other websites to get things done. Simply highlight text from any webpage, and the... [Source: Oracle Blogs / 07-03]

SMC Networks Ships Next-Generation VDSL2 Infrastructure Solution for Hospitality and MDUs, Enabling Advanced Management, Video on Demand and IPTV Support

[Source: PRNewswire - Technology / 07-03]

The Apache Software Foundation Opens Registration for ApacheCon US 2009

[Source: PRNewswire - Technology / 07-03]

BizCom Launches Hosted Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007 R2 Upgrade

[Source: PRNewswire - Technology / 07-03]

Coleman Technologies Builds Borderless Unified Cisco Network to Handle Any Environment

Modern business communication involves a variety of unique workspaces that are rarely physically connected and are increasingly unlike traditional office environments. Beyond the U.S. [Source: Business Wire / 07-03]

ID Vault Software from White Sky to Be Pre-Loaded on Lenovo IdeaPad Notebook Computers

White Sky Inc., formerly Guard ID Systems, Inc., today announced it has signed a multi-year agreement with Lenovo Group, Ltd., to include its ID Vault identity theft prevention [Source: Business Wire / 07-03]

Brookhaven National Labs Selects Force10 Networks to Power Research Activities and Campus LAN

Force10 Networks, the technology leader for building and securing intelligent services networks, today announced that the U.S. Department of Energy's Brookhaven National Labs [Source: Business Wire / 07-03]

Noetix Voted a Best Company to Work For in 2009 by Seattle Business

Noetix Corp., a software provider that automatically generates business intelligence (BI) content from enterprise applications, announced today that it has been listed for the third [Source: Business Wire / 07-03]

Zen Internet Delivers High-Performance Hosting Enabled by Juniper Networks

Juniper Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ:JNPR), the leader in high-performance networking, today announced that Zen Internet, one of the UK's premier independent Internet Service [Source: Business Wire / 07-03]

July 02, 2009

Al Maag Talks About The New Avnet on Demand Video Portal

Avnet has another first in the industry and a first for a Fortune 200 corporation by successfully create their own B2B Video Portal – Avnet on Demand. I recently got a chance to talk with Al Maag the Chief Communications Officer for Avnet where I took the opportunity to learn more about Avnet on Demand and the story behind it. [Source: Fun with Fred / 07-02]

IBM, Ingram Micro Bring Simplified Technology to Small Business

Channel Insider - IBM will distribute its IBM Smart Cube through Ingram Micro. Designed for small business and midsized business, the IBM Smart Cube combines server hardware together with standard software applications that every business needs, such as email,... [Source: ChannelScoop.com / 07-02]

Arrow points resellers towards market trends

CIOs rate 'reducing costs' as number-one concern Reducing costs has replaced improving security as CIOs' top business priority, research from distributor Arrow has suggested. Echo Research quizzed 200 US I... [Source: VNU / 07-02]

Clustering SOA Suite

Building a SOA Suite Cluster Having spent a couple of weeks working on a SOA Suite cluster thought I would share some thoughts around clustering and SOA Suite.  Clustering of both BPEL Process Manager and Oracle Service Bus is relatively straightforward but t... [Source: Oracle Blogs / 07-02]

Oracle: Middleware's Next Generation Arrives, Now What About the Cloud?

After nearly a 20-month gestation period, Oracle (ORCL) today announced the arrival this month of the next generation of its sprawling middleware family, the long-anticipated Oracle Fusion Middleware 11 g. Billed as a "complete, integrat... [Source: Seeking Alpha / 07-02]

EMC Honored by Microsoft as 2009 Notes Transition Partner of the Year

[Source: PRNewswire - Technology / 07-02]

Oracle(R) Fusion Middleware 11g Provides Foundation for Innovation to World's Leading Companies and Partners

[Source: PRNewswire - Technology / 07-02]

Oracle Unveils First Phase of Oracle(R) Identity Management 11g

[Source: PRNewswire - Technology / 07-02]

Oracle Unveils Oracle(R) WebLogic Suite 11g

[Source: PRNewswire - Technology / 07-02]

Oracle Unveils Oracle(R) WebCenter Suite 11g

[Source: PRNewswire - Technology / 07-02]

Oracle Unveils Oracle(R) SOA Suite 11g

[Source: PRNewswire - Technology / 07-02]

Oracle(R) Fusion Middleware - #1 in Middleware

[Source: PRNewswire - Technology / 07-02]

Ingram Micro to Distribute New IBM Smart Cube

[Source: PRNewswire - Technology / 07-02]

MicroStrategy Announces Availability of Business Intelligence Reports and Dashboards on the Amazon Kindle DX

[Source: PRNewswire - Technology / 07-02]

Oracle Prices $4.5 Billion of Investment Grade Notes

[Source: PRNewswire - Technology / 07-02]

Mindbreeze Presents the Mindbreeze Enterprise Search 2009 Spring Release at the Gartner Portals, Content & Collaboration Summit 2009

[Source: PRNewswire - Technology / 07-02]

Mozilla Advances the Web With Firefox 3.5

[Source: PRNewswire - Technology / 07-02]

Salesforce.com Receives 2009 Corporate Engagement Award of Excellence From Points of Light Institute

[Source: PRNewswire - Technology / 07-02]

Ingram Micro Named Top Distribution Partner by Samsung Information Technology Division for Third Consecutive Year

[Source: PRNewswire - Technology / 07-02]

Oracle Launches Oracle 'SaaS for ISVs' Monthly Licensing Model

[Source: PRNewswire - Technology / 07-02]

Latest SAP(R) BusinessObjects(TM) GRC Solutions Increase Clarity Across the Enterprise, Helping Organizations to Better Predict and Manage Risk

[Source: PRNewswire - Technology / 07-02]

GoToMeeting Wins Gold 2009 Product Leadership Award From SearchUnifiedCommunications.com

Citrix Online, a division of Citrix Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CTXS), today announced that its Citrix(R) GoToMeeting(R) Online Meeting solution has won the [Source: Business Wire / 07-02]

Bottomline's Solutions Enable Healthcare Industry to Achieve New Business and Clinical Efficiencies

Bottomline Technologies (NASDAQ: EPAY), a leading provider of collaborative payment, invoice and document automation solutions, today announced that with a growing emphasis on [Source: Business Wire / 07-02]

ILS Proton Successfully Launches SIRIUS FM-5 Satellite

ILS International Launch Services (ILS), a world leader in providing mission and launch services to the commercial satellite industry, successfully carried the SIRIUS [Source: Business Wire / 07-02]

Unisys Corporation Announces Private Debt Exchange Offers and Consent Solicitations

Unisys Corporation (Unisys or the Company) (NYSE: UIS) announced today that it has commenced private exchange offers and consent solicitations in respect of [Source: Business Wire / 07-02]

3Com Elects J. Donald Sherman to Board of Directors

3Com Corporation (Nasdaq: COMS) today announced that the company's Board of Directors has elected J. Donald Sherman, the chief financial officer of Akamai Technologies, Inc., to [Source: Business Wire / 07-02]

Dell Vostro 1220 Packs Full-Size Features into an Ultraportable Package

Dell today announced the latest addition to its expanding line of Vostro laptops, the 12.1-inch Vostro 1220. This stylish, ultraportable laptop was designed exclusively for business [Source: Business Wire / 07-02]

New Lenovo Servers Rack Up on Performance, Virtualization and Usability

Lenovo today announced its latest line of servers, the ThinkServer TD200 and TD200x tower servers as well as the RD210 and RD220 rack servers. The new servers offer small [Source: Business Wire / 07-02]

Sun Microsystems Unveils VirtualBox 3.0 With Powerful New Server Virtualization Features

Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ:JAVA) today announced a significant new version of Sun(TM) VirtualBox(TM), its high performance, cross-platform virtualization software. VirtualBox [Source: Business Wire / 07-02]

MultiFactor Corporation Releases SecureAuth(R) 5.0.6, Strong Authentication for Cisco VPN and Cloud Applications

MultiFactor Corporation, an innovator in 2-factor authentication, web application security and VPN Authentication solutions today announced the release of SecureAuth 5.0.6, enabling true [Source: Business Wire / 07-02]

Web browser enters a golden age

It's been a long time coming, but the humble Web browser is finally entering a golden age. Some 20 years after creation of the World Wide Web and more than 10 years after Microsoft crushed Netscape, the browser market has become increasingly dynamic. Not only ... [Source: physorg.com / 07-02]

Red Hat Announces Premier Cloud Provider Certification and Partner Program to Enable Wider Enterprise Cloud Adoption

Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT), the world's leading provider of open source solutions, today announced the Premier Cloud Provider Certification and Partner Program, designed to simplify [Source: Business Wire / 07-02]

McAfee, Inc. Sponsored Survey Finds Organizations Receive Limited ROI on Legacy Firewalls

Most organizations are receiving a poor return on their firewall investments, according to an IDC multimedia white paper sponsored by McAfee Inc. (NYSE:MFE). The findings are [Source: Business Wire / 07-02]