Wednesday, December 14, 2011

What is webOS !!

HP WebOS is a mobile operating system based on a Linux kernel, initially developed by Palm, which was later acquired by Hewlett-Packard. The official name is the uncapitalised webOS, however "WebOS" is also used.

WebOS was introduced by Palm in January 2009. Various versions of WebOS have been featured on several devices, including Pre, Pixi, and Veer phones and the HP TouchPad tablet.


Recent news says : HP made webOS an open source

Sunday, December 11, 2011

Quantum’s Latest Backup Solution 15.6 PB with LTO-5 tape!

"Quantum Corp has recently announced their latest upgrades of data backup solution on Scalar i6000 tape library and DXi8500 disk device platforms.

To insure higher availability, Quantum has equipped the Scalar i6000 tape library with dual robotics. This provides a great storage space that amounts up to 15.6 PB of media content with LTO-5 tape. Individually, both the robotic arms of the device have an access to the tape drives. Even if one arm fails, the other one takes charge to ensure a smooth functioning of the system."



Note: 1PB=1000TB

5 Hidden Costs of Networked Storage

When it comes to deciding which storage to go with, most IT considers disk space, connection type, and most of all, Purchase cost.

There are five hidden costs, by most of the customers I’ve met in the local market, they pay attention and consider the first two, which are:
  • System scalability
  • Maintenance and service fees
But most of them do not give much credit for the other three:
  • Software licensing
  • Complexity
  • Application and data availability


Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Top 10 mistakes made by SharePoint 2010 administrators -- by Benjamin Athawe

1. Not having "SharePoint" in your job title.
2. Creating too many Web applications.
3. Making changes in IIS manually.
4. Failing to use the SharePoint solutions framework.
5. Inadvertently installing a standalone server.
6. Using the default SQL DB growth settings.
7. Failing to document the farm configuration.
8. Manually changing SharePoint databases to "fix" things.
9. Believing that PowerShell is only for developers.
10. Disregarding SharePoint capacity planning recommendations.


Chrome enhancements

Google is offering a new incremental garbage collector for its Chrome browser to "dramatically" improve the interactive performance of Web applications

Tuesday, November 22, 2011

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Sunday, November 20, 2011

HP, Dell and IBM adopt the AMD Interlagos Chip

Top server makers Hewlett-Packard, Dell and IBM are refreshing server lines with the new AMD Opteron chips, which include between four and 16 cores. Code-named "Interlagos", the new chips are 25 percent to 30 percent faster than their predecessors, the 12-core Opteron 6100 chips.