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Will Internet Explorer 8 Rock?

Ash — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 16:27:41 +0000

Internet Explorer is present almost everywhere and is probably hated just as much. Of course, some users just use it; while some don’t.

There have been plenty of issues with the Internet Explorer earlier, especially with regards to security and better browsing experience. However, this post at tutzone.org claims that Internet Explorer 8 could prove to be safe and secure.

I am not confident about it and I can’t comment on it until I get to sample it. But then, when it happens, I will be sure to post on it.

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Savvis tests Cisco’s new UCS and virtualization server

Ash — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 19:26:14 +0000

IT infrastructure service provider Savvis has been testing Cisco’s Unified Computing System and expects to take the technology to another level of evaluation later this year in a bake-off against conventional virtualization server providers.

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Lovesick for newsprint

Ash — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 19:26:13 +0000

On Sunday morning, as I plopped down the Miami Herald on our kitchen table and sat down to read it, I felt engaged in an outmoded practice, like listening to an LP, saving data to a floppy disk or using a VCR to tape a TV program.

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Windows Azure goes down for early adopters

Ash — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 19:26:11 +0000

Users of Microsoft’s Windows Azure cloud-computing network suffered an overnight outage last weekend during which applications being hosted on the network weren’t available, Microsoft confirmed.

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Five Things You Can’t See on Your Network

Ash — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 19:26:10 +0000

Networks today are blind. As analyst firms such as Gartner have pointed out, IT doesn’t really know which users are on the network. Similarly, IT knows very little about the application traffic on the LAN.

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Browser add-on locks out targeted advertising

Ash — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 19:26:09 +0000

A Harvard University fellow has developed a browser extension that stops advertising networks from tracking a person’s surfing habits, such as search queries and content they view on the Web.

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Relationship with VMware will not change, EMC chief says

Ash — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 19:26:07 +0000

EMC and VMware plan to continue working together closely in the years ahead, said EMC’s top executive, dispelling speculation the storage vendor might sell down its stake in the virtualization software company.

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HP expands virtual storage offerings

Ash — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 19:26:06 +0000

Hewlett-Packard aims to cut the total cost of storage while allowing enterprises to keep adding capacity and forging ahead with virtualization projects in tough economic times.

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Juniper sees data center opportunity despite poor economy

Ash — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 19:26:05 +0000

A sluggish economy is a perfect time for slugging it out in the data center.

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Iron Mountain aims cloud-based storage service at inactive data

Ash — Tue, 17 Mar 2009 19:26:01 +0000

Iron Mountain announced a cloud-based storage service, called the Virtual File Store, that it claimed will lower the cost of archiving inactive data files for users.

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