Microsoft: Making Sense of the XP, Vista, Windows 7 Upgrade Dilemma

Microsoft: Making Sense of the XP, Vista, Windows 7 Upgrade Dilemma
February 11, 2009 at 5:31 pm
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Microsoft has issued detailed guidance for enterprises considering migration to Windows Vista and Windows 7. Essentially, the company is seeking to dispel confusion customers might have about when to migrate to Windows 7. Should users stick with Windows XP, move to Vista or go directly to Windows 7? Gavriella Schuster, Microsoft's senior director of product management for Windows Client, provides guidance.
- Microsoft has issued detailed guidance for enterprises considering migration to Windows Vista and Windows 7. In a new blog post on the company's quot;Windows for your business Blog, quot; Gavriella Schuster, Microsoft's senior director of product management for Windows Client, issued guidance stat...

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Blackberry Maker RIM Releases Blackberry Enterprise Server 5.0
February 11, 2009 at 4:53 pm
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Facing competition from Apples iPhone and Microsoft, Research In Motion introduces a new version of its Blackberry Enterprise Server, which includes improved functionality for both IT administrators and end-users. The RIM server features a Web-based administrative interface and new user capabilities, including the ability to manage, add, rename and delete email folders, as well as view email attachments.
- NEW YORK - Research In Motion rolled out its new Blackberry Enterprise Server 5.0, codenamed "Argon," at a Feb. 11 presentation here. The server, which is an upgrade from version 4.16, and has been running in production mode at RIM for over two years and with early adopter users for over a...

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HP, Citrix Are Bringing Virtualization to PC Blades
February 11, 2009 at 4:37 pm
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Hewlett-Packard and Citrix are looking to combine virtualization and PC blades into a new offering aimed at creating a more centralized desktop infrastructure. The two companies are looking to combine Citrixs XenDesktop 3 virtualization software with new HP BladeSystem PC blades that are based on AMD processors. HP also offers different hardware bundles with VMwares virtualization software.
- Hewlett-Packard and Citrix Systems are looking to offer their customers easier ways to build out centralized computing infrastructures using desktop virtualization technology. On Feb. 11, HP announced that it plans to integrate Citrixs recently released XenDesktop 3 product with a pair of its...

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House, Senate Split on E-Verify for Stimulus Package
February 11, 2009 at 4:03 pm
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As the stimulus package moves behind closed doors to work out differences between the Senate and House versions, the controversial E-Verify program is again in play. The House version requires that all companies benefiting from stimulus money utilize the E-Verify system to prevent the hiring of illegal aliens while the Senate rejects the notion.
- The U.S. Senate has put the kabosh on a government initiative to require federal contractors and subcontractors use an Internet-based electronic verification system to confirm that prospective employees are legally eligible to work. In the latest chapter of the ongoing saga, the Senate Feb. 9 e...

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Novell Delivers Moonlight 1.0
February 11, 2009 at 3:42 pm
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Novell's Mono project has announced the availability of Moonlight 1.0, which is an open source technology that enables Linux and PowerPC Mac users to access Microsoft Silverlight content. Moonlight provides the platform Linux users need to use Silverlight and Windows Media content.
- Novell's Mono project has announced the availability of Moonlight 1.0, which is an open source technology that enables Linux and PowerPC Mac users to access Microsoft Silverlight content. In an interview with eWEEK, Miguel de Icaza, Mono project founder and Developer Platform vice president at Nove...

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BlackBerry Maker RIM Doubles Up for Certicom
February 11, 2009 at 3:24 pm
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Research In Motion offered $106.5 million in order to acquire Certicom, which creates both hardware- and software-security solutions. This doubles RIMs original bid for the company, which it was forced to raise after VeriSign stepped in with an aggressive offer.
- Following weeks of back-and-forth negotiations, Certicom agreed to an acquisition by Research In Motion, which had engaged in a sometimes-fierce bidding war with VeriSign over the Canadian security hardware and software maker. The deal between RIM and Certicom was approved Feb. 10, but a jo...

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Mapping Out the Options: How Technology Helps with Decision-Making
February 11, 2009 at 3:22 pm
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Business decision mapping helps IT managers and executives make better business decisions when confronted with multiple options, arguments and decisions. Business decision mapping assists in the weighing up of diverse, usually qualitative considerations, improving decision-making and collaboration. Knowledge Center contributor Tim van Gelder explains how business decision mapping keeps the complexity of decision-making under control by laying all the options out in a special kind of diagram called a decision map.
- Benjamin Franklin offered famous advice on decision-making to his scientific colleague, Joseph Priestley. His counsel was take a sheet of paper, divide it into two columns, and write down all the advantages of a certain path of action in one column and the disadvantages in the other. Then, by quot;...

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Dell Latitude XT2 Tablet PC Offers New Multitouch Features
February 11, 2009 at 2:46 pm
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Dell this week revamped its tablet lineup with the new Latitude XT2 tablet PC that offers a range of new features, including new multitouch capabilities. In addition, the Dell Latitude XT2 tablet offers more battery life, the choice of two different ultra low-volt Intel Core 2 Duo processors, DDR3 memory, a solid state drive option and a starting price of $2,399. The Latitude XT2 tablet builds on Dell's previous tablet offering - the Latitude XT - which help bring Dell into the tablet market for the first time in 2007.
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Xiotech Emprise 7000 Storage Package a Well-Designed SAN
February 11, 2009 at 2:18 pm
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Xiotechs Emprise 7000 SAN solution combines high availability and fault tolerance with intuitive and powerful management capabilities. Enterprises can add storage capacity in a modular fashion, and as an added benefit, Virtual View management software vastly simplifies management of virtual machine storage.
- It's no secret that the enterprise storage market is growing, fueled by insatiable storage demands, and this big problem just cant be ignored in order to pinch pennies this year. Most companies need to address storage issues even if they arent spending on anything else. So once you make your storag...

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Local TV Stations Moving Ahead with DTV Switch
February 11, 2009 at 2:17 pm
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While federal regulators have delayed the switch to digital television broadcasts until later this year, nearly 700 local television stations are preparing to switch to digital signals as early as next week. Local television stations have spent millions updating their equipment in order to broadcast in digital.
- WASHINGTON (Reuters) - About 40 percent of the nation's hundreds of TV stations will be broadcasting completely in digital signals next week, even after regulators delayed a mandatory nationwide switch to quot;DTV quot; by months. The Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday said 681 of the...

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HP Cautious About How It Approaches Cloud Services, Infrastructure
February 11, 2009 at 1:11 pm
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Soon after IBM establishes its own cloud computing development and marketing strategy, Hewlett-Packard indicates that there's still a lot of work to do to make cloud computing systems work dependably and securely -- much more than is apparent in media coverage.
- SAN FRANCISCO -- One day after IBM established its cloud computing development and marketing strategy by instituting a new division, installing leadership in it, and spotlighting a key networking partnership, longtime nemesis Hewlett-Packard made darn sure on Feb. 10 that it got some face time to ex...

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How Technology Sped Minnesota Bridge's Rebirth
February 11, 2009 at 12:52 pm
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After collapsing in August 2007, the St. Anthony Falls Bridge in Minneapolis was rebuilt three months ahead of schedule using Bentley's 3-D infrastructure technology.
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Nothing Special About Unison UC Software Except the Price, eWEEK Labs Finds
February 11, 2009 at 12:29 pm
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Unison Server and Desktop unified communications offerings provide an adequate UC experience for businesses with basic needs, but it falls short for those enterprises with more advanced UC plans. The products offer integrated VOIP, IM, presence, e-mail and calendaring, and all for free, though there's a catch: Users need to be willing to look at some ads.
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Yahoo Search BOSS APIs Now Open for Developers
February 11, 2009 at 12:00 pm
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Yahoo has introduced several new developer innovations to its Yahoo Search BOSS API, allowing increased access to structured data and longer abstracts. In addition, Yahoo plans to implement usage fees for BOSS, likely late in the second quarter of 2009, which the company believes will optimize capacity for developers.
- Yahoo has announced a few updates to the Yahoo Search BOSS API that could prove useful to developers looking to boost how the search giant ranks their Web sites. BOSS, which stands for Build Your Own Search Service, is an open-search Web services platform, produced by Yahoo, that allows de...

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Former Salesforce.com Exec Resurfaces at Xactly
February 11, 2009 at 11:59 am
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Steve Cakebread, whose recent departure from Salesforce.com sparked headlines, has re-emerged as a high-level executive at Xactly, a provider of on-demand sales performance management solutions. In his role at Xactly, Cakebread will be responsible for financial operations, legal, IT, facilities and human resources.
- Steve Cakebread, whose recent departure from Salesforce.com sparked headlines, has re-emerged as a high-level executive at Xactly, a provider of on-demand sales performance management solutions. Xactly on Feb. 11 announced the appointment of Cakebread as its chief financial and administrative offi...

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Report: SMBs Moving Toward Enterprise-Level Data Protection
February 11, 2009 at 10:13 am
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An IDC survey of small businesses suggests midmarket companies view security as a top business priority and are moving up to enterprise-level methods to secure data.
- Even though the economy is forcing many midmarket companies to cut costs and trim budgets, security--particularly data production--is still a top priority. A survey by information technology research firm IDC reveals small to medium-size businesses (SMBs) are increasingly adopting technologies like ...

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Worldwide Mobile Connections Surpass 4 Billion Mark
February 11, 2009 at 9:49 am
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Worldwide mobile phone network connections have passed the four billion mark, according to a new report by an industry association. By 2013, network connections are expected to top six billion. The news comes as the wireless industry prepares for the Mobile World Congress conference in Spain later this month.
- AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - The number of connections on mobile phone networks has crossed the 4 billion mark worldwide, industry association GSMA said on Wednesday, forecasting further growth to 6 billion by 2013. The number of connections does not translate directly into the number of users, howev...

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Nvidia Report Points to Weak PC Demand
February 11, 2009 at 9:34 am
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Graphics maker Nvidia reported a bigger-than-expected quarterly loss this week as the company dealt with less demand for PCs. In January, Nvidia warned that it sales were weak after PC makers cut back on orders for the company's graphics processors.
- SAN FRANCISCO, Feb 10 (Reuters) - Graphics chipmaker Nvidia Corp posted a wider-than-expected quarterly loss on Tuesday, as revenue plunged 60 percent on weak demand from PC makers, sending its shares down 7 percent. Nvidia posted a net loss of $147.6 million, or 27 cents a share, for its f...

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Law Firm Lets Slip $65 Million Facebook Settlement
February 11, 2009 at 9:03 am
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When social networking site Facebook settled a lawsuit with ConnectU, a social networking site Facebook creator Mark Zuckerburg worked on, the terms of the deal were supposed to stay secret. But thanks to one law firm's overzealous PR department, the $65 million cat is out of the bag.
- If the law firm of Quinn Emanuel, which bills itself as "the premier business litigation firm in the U.S.", had a Facebook page, Wednesdays status update might read something along the lines of "Quinn Emanuel is wishing it kept its mouth shut." Thats because the firms public relations department acc...

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Intel, AMD Hurt by Declining Global PC Sales: IDC
February 11, 2009 at 7:29 am
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Intel, AMD and Via, the world's three main suppliers of x86 processors for PCs and servers, experienced fourth-quarter falloffs in microprocessor shipments that could continue well into 2009. Despite efforts by Intel's Atom processor and the emerging netbook and mininotebook markets to keep the overall chip market buoyed, the sequential PC processor unit shipment decline in the fourth quarter was the worst-ever recorded, according to a new research report issued by IDC.
- The pain in the worldwide PC microprocessor market will continue through the first half of 2009, which will continue to have a serious impact on Intel and Advanced Micro Devices, according to a report issued Feb. 11 by IDC. Overall, PC processor unit shipments declined worldwide by 17 percent ...