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Eric worked in almost all segments of the networking industry over the past 20 years. He managed a regional network for a multinational corporation, served as lab director for Network Computing magazine, consulted to Fortune 100 and Wall Street clients, worked for a Silicon Valley startup, and founded his own startup. He wrote hundreds of articles, two technical books, and a handful of RFCs and drafts. He currently provides technical research services for his clients.
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Booming SATA Market Looks To Overtake Storage Arena
InformationWeek, January 24, 2007 The high-performance storage interface, which now accounts for a majority of hard drives sold, is opening up new opportunites, as well as challenges. Review: openSUSE 10.2 Earns A Seat At The Head Of The Table InformationWeek, January 03, 2007 Columnist Eric A. Hall was looking for a Linux distro that combines stability with the capabilities needed to test bleeding-edge technology. After a long search, he found that openSUSE 10.2 was up to the job. Sun's Open Source Java Moves Are Bold, Smart, and Limited InformationWeek, December 12, 2006 Sun's recent decision to open-source some elements of Java is pretty exciting -- but a few years overdue, says InformationWeek columnist Eric A. Hall What Ray Knew InformationWeek, November 10, 2006 Sure, Novell benefited from the PC boom, columnist Eric Hall says. But the inverse is also true--without Novell and specifically Ray Noorda, the PC industry as a whole would have almost certainly evolved down a different path. New Samba Features Improve Interoperability InformationWeek, October 17, 2006 Columnist Eric Hall takes you through the newest release of Samba, the popular open source program that allows end users to access and use files, printers, and other commonly shared resources on an intranet or via the Web. Proxy Auto-Configuration Gives Relief From Internet Traffic Chaos InformationWeek, October 03, 2006 Properly implemented, proxy servers can provide administrators with a way to actively manage Internet traffic. Columnist Eric Hall shows you what you need to know to set one up. Miniature Storage Arrays Deliver Space-Saving Punch InformationWeek, September 20, 2006 You might think storage using miniature drive cages isn't fast enough and doesn't have sufficient capacity to be practical. But you'd be wrong, says columnist Eric Hall. Use Windows For Unix Services InformationWeek, September 06, 2006 Want to run best-of-breed apps under both Windows and Unix? Eric Hall tells you about an option for doing this: Microsoft's Posix subsystem. It lets Unix apps think they're using regular Unix when they're actually using Windows instead. Creating A Windows XP Recovery Console CD Image InformationWeek, August 16, 2006 The only way to get a "skinny" version of the Windows XP Recovery Console onto a custom CD is to copy the necessary files from an installation disc to your rescue media. Here's how. For System Recovery, DOS Is Still Boss InformationWeek, August 03, 2006 Even with all its faults--and there are many, starting with a general industry lack of support--DOS is still the preferred operating environment for building a rescue CD to help bring up a crippled system. Hands On: New VMware Releases Present Upgrade Dilemma InformationWeek, July 21, 2006 VMware's virtual machine technology lets users run multiple operating environments without running multiple hardware systems. Our columnist describes the configuration that worked for him, the options he tried getting there, and what's coming up from VMware. How To Remotely Monitor Memory Usage InformationWeek, June 16, 2006 Adding extra RAM when your machine doesn't really need it is pointless. Here's how to tell when it's time. |
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