The new system is designed for use in harsh environments, such as military, police, field-service and factory floors.
VDI And Netbooks: ROI Peanut Butter And Chocolate
Man, it's great talking to folks who are actually taking a chance on new ways of doing things instead of just speculating about doing it. I chatted with Mary Ann Buch today. She's the director of technology for a school district in upstate New York. They've actually been using Netbooks and VDI for a proof of concept project in the classroom. Kids and teachers like it, and she says the financial models are pretty compelling. "It's just a school district"? "That doesn't apply to my for-profit enterprise"? Think again.
What's The Definition Of Cloud Computing?
What's the definition of cloud computing? I keep asking myself that question and hearing different answers. Despite the frequent use of the term, it still means different things to different people. That was evident at the Cloud Computing Conference & Expo this week in Santa Clara, where I thought I would find consensus.
Facebook Security Crisis Could Derail Social Nets
There's a security problem on the horizon, which could derail the progress of social networking has made in breaking down the barriers between business and personal Internet usage. (Whether that's a good thing or not is a separate argument.) I'm speaking of the rising tide of fake Facebook messages, phishing threats, and malware.
Is Ignorance A Synonym For Trust?
Google CEO Eric Schmidt is out making the media rounds in support of the Android launch, and during a Fox Business interview he touched on the issue of data privacy and control. It got me thinking that the subject was the real reason he's out and about.
iPhones are helping a Sarasota hospital connect its nursing staff via text messaging, and soon, VoIP telephony.
An elastic data center, based on virtualized resource pools, can scale in response to unpredictable business conditions, HP says.
As thousands of Sun employees face layoffs, the EU ninnies focus on conjuring up an outcome that will make them seem less pathetic than they truly are.
The half-inch laptop steps up the competition with Apple's MacBook Air and other thin-and-light notebooks.
Its 1.8-inch hard disk drives for laptops and netbooks uses 42% less power than 2.5-inch drives operating at a comparable rate, company says.
The chipmaker was upbeat, however, on news of its $1.3 billion patent deal with Samsung.