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2009 Storage Visions Conference Sessions Focus on Storage for Media and Entertainment and Smart...

By BusinessWire SAN JOSE, Calif., BUSINESS WIRE -- The Eighth Annual Storage Visions Conference held at the Flamingo Hotel in Las Vegas, Nevada January 6 & 7, 2009 features insightful sessions on digital storage in the...

When is an online fad over?

The Internet thrives on fads that burn hot, then burn out. We've all moved past dancing hamsters, pirates battling ninjas, lonelygirl15, and rickrolling. This year, many assumed we'd seen the end of Second Life. But the lights...

Start-ups still have unrealistic valuation goals, tech giants say

Deep-pocketed technology giants such as Microsoft Corp. and Google Inc. plan to continue snapping up companies during the economic downturn, likely benefiting from an ability to drive a hard bargain with even red-hot startups,...

Lawrence Livermore erects HPC test bed

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One of the biggest challenges for managers of high-production computer systems is testing new code or hardware before it is rolled out across thousands of nodes. One possible solution to this challenge is a new, modestly sized...

Moving to a start-up? Fasten your seatbelt

There's a world of difference between corporate IT and the tech culture at a start-up. Four execs who made the jump tell you to expect long hours, little structure -- and, just maybe, greater job satisfaction.

Sun Will Rise Again

In this IT Link podcast hosted by Mike Vizard, the Global Head of Financial Services for Sun Microsystems, Ambreesh Khanna, says that even though times are especially tough in the financial services sector where Sun derives...

Quick Takes: Jury Awards $1.7M to Ex-Dental Student, Reforms Urged for Medical Residents,...

A federal jury on Tuesday awarded $1.72 million to a former dental student at the University of Michigan who said she was kicked out of the program because of feud between an associate dean and two professors, the Associated...

Procera Networks Launches High-End Statistics Server

PacketLogic PL1400 Offers a Scalable Data Repository at Par With Carrier-Grade PL10000 for Analyzing Network Performance and Traffic Trends LOS GATOS, CA--(Marketwire - Procera® Networks Inc. (AMEX: PKT), a developer of Evolved...

MySQL creator decries latest build

Author: Gareth Halfacree Published: 2nd December 2008 The original author of the popular open source database package MySQL has decried the latest release, claiming it contains “fatal bugs.” According to The Register, the...

From IBM to a start-up: An industry vet responds to recession

Patricia Sueltz has had her share of blunt bosses. "I'll take that over a bunch of saccharine, sugarcoated messages," said Sueltz, now chief executive of software start-up LogLogic. By most measures, the high-tech industry...