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Articles by J. Nicholas Hoover
posted in August 2008
8/29/2008
Aster and Greenplum have made Google's MapReduce compatible with SQL for use in the parallel data warehousing systems based on open source PostgreSQL.
8/28/2008
Chiquita Brands, a SaaS believer, taps remote management services provider for e-mail chores.
8/27/2008
The beta includes a number of new security features, including protection against cross-site scripting attacks and a phishing and malware filter.
8/27/2008
Remote managed services are a stepping-stone toward cloud computing for companies with economic, legal, or security concerns about software-as-a-service, a Gartner analyst says.
8/21/2008
Microsoft's PhotoSynth enables users to create navigable, three-dimensional visual "tours" by stitching together digital photos to recreate scenes that can be shared online.
8/19/2008
IBM has launched a new consulting practice called Green Sigma to help companies tackle thorny energy efficiency problems.
8/19/2008
Email Prioritizer uses various algorithms to automatically identify the importance or urgency of e-mail messages delivered into an Outlook 2007 in-box.
8/14/2008
IT departments scramble to devise backup plans following service disruptions at Amazon, Citrix, and Google.
8/11/2008
Microsoft product unit manager Shanku Niyogi said in an interview that developers will see a "significant increase" in the scalability of .Net applications written for both client and server.
8/7/2008
Vendor aims its managed computing, networking, security, and storage service at big organizations -- including the Olympics.
8/7/2008
Own a business? Have $12,500 handy? Get your own Microsoft Surface table-top computer now. On Wednesday, Microsoft posted an order form online for its multitouch computer.
8/6/2008
The upgraded database includes improved data compression, better scalability, and easier management of concurrent workloads.
8/5/2008
Synaptic Hosting will allow companies to host Windows Server or Linux client-server applications and Web apps in AT&T's data centers, rather than in their own data centers.
8/4/2008
The company now has six months to file a statement of use -- a document backing up or solidifying Dell's use of the term cloud computing -- or request for extension.
8/1/2008
The report shows that Microsoft is aware of its own important balancing act as the company strives to maintain its relevance and dominance in the services era.
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