Object Storage is Hot at NAB
The scale of data storage in demand by media and entertainment companies is taking new dimensions at this year’s National Association Broadcast annual event in Las Vegas. One thing is clear: RAID Storage is…
Good News on Security: Cybercrime is Grossly Exaggerated
By Klint Finley
“Damage caused by cybercrime is estimated at $100 billion annually, said Kilian Strauss, of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE),” New Scientist reported back in 2008. Where are those supposed billions…
5 Creative Ways to Use Facebook Timeline
This past March Facebook Timeline went live across all of its pages, bringing a few new ideas to the forefront. Now people are paying attention, either seeing Timeline as an opportunity to express themselves…
VSPEX Provides Enterprise-Level IT Stack Integration, Validation with Flexibility to SMBs
EMC’s VSPEX architecture provides channel partners and the SMBs they sell to with enterprise-level integration of the IT stack from the hardware level through the network to orchestration-aware applications with the same level of…
Carpathia Seeks Government Help In Retaining Sized Megaupload Files
When the file-sharing site Megaupload was taken down by US authorities back in January, a lot users were dumbfounded. The site and all their files were inaccessible. Fortunately, Megaupload used hosting sites like Carpathia…
XEON Provides Next-Gen Tech, More Storage Efficiency with Erasure Coding
Intel’s new XEON processor family provides next-generation technology with chip-level support for erasure coding, a more efficient way to provide backup, says Chinmay S. Patel, ecosystems manager in the Storage Group at Intel. It provides…
PR Newswire Launches Dedicated Site for Bloggers
NEW YORK, April 16, 2012 /PRNewswire/ – PR Newswire, the global leader of innovative marketing and communications solutions, today announced the launch of PR Newswire… for bloggers , a dedicated resource for self publishers, online…
Anonymous Hacker Havittaja Slams DDoS Into CIA, US Department of Justice Websites
By Kyt Dotson
In the wake of DDoS attacks against the UK Home Office, and the CIA, the International Business Times brings us the news that Anonymous cells have continued to disrupt government websites across the globe by washing…
Ruminations re: Relationships
By chrissaad
My last post was about personal behavior. This one is about personal and business relationships. —- There’s no such thing as normal. We all have our biases and neurosis. We obsess over ceremony, process,…
The Cloud is Not the Bubble Incarnate – It’s the New Workflow
You can say what you want about the cloud and its faults. The CIO will say it lacks security. Vendors will tell you that it’s better to have your own private cloud. The linkbait…