Data Center

Mon, April 13, 2009 - Fifty cents. That's how much U.S. businesses could save by shutting down all their PCs at night and on weekends, according to a study released last month (download file) by the Alliance to Save Energy. Of course, that's not how the report headlined it. The alliance's number was US$2.8 billion per year.

Thu, April 09, 2009 - Smart business now requires a mixture of local and online data storage to add offsite backup in case of a disaster, and easy data sharing with remote coworkers and business partners. The best local and online combination I've seen is FileEngine, a small company in Indianapolis.

Sun, April 05, 2009 - NAS prices have come down to almost standard external hard-drive levels, so if you've thought about sharing one hard drive among multiple Macs or buying an external drive for each, a NAS drive may be more convenient and cost-effective.

Mon, March 30, 2009 - Looking down the LAN road, the Terabit Ethernet milestone is very much in sight. While 3.2Tbps and 6.4Tbps speeds were demonstrated in test environments by Siemens/WorldCom and NEC/Nortel respectively starting in 2001, the first set of viable solutions are just now taking shape.

Thu, March 26, 2009 - Corporate reorganizations are becoming almost commonplace in this difficult economic climate. Even the largest, most storied institutions are finding themselves parties to mergers, acquisitions, divestitures and downsizings they probably didn't envision as recently as three months ago, much less when they negotiated their last round of wireless service and equipment deals.

Fri, March 20, 2009 - Online backup makes a lot of sense: It gives you off-site peace of mind and the security that comes from knowing that someone else is keeping your data safe and sound. The trouble is that, while there are dozens of individual service providers, there are just a few designed for enterprises and small businesses.

Mon, March 16, 2009 - Product: SoyPrint

Mon, March 16, 2009 - Product: SoyPrint

Thu, March 12, 2009 - "I should get the vacuum cleaner out more often," I said to myself as I chased the fluffy dust bunnies from their nest of cables beneath the desk.

Fri, February 20, 2009 - A new version of Conficker has turned up and could portend even more malevolent uses of that already-nasty malware. Hewlett-Packard, Apple and Sprint Nextel, through either rough earnings reports or market surveys, joined the ranks of big-name tech companies that have been slammed by the recession. And if you use facial recognition to securely log on to your laptop, you may want to reconsider.