FC Me

Yo happy reader, Been up to my ears post–IDF but, a veritable plethora of storage–related announcements simply will not go away. So, let’s start whacking those storage moles by looking at FCoE, a new kid on the storage block.

IDF09, A New Day

Hallo hoppy readers, Yesterday, I attended a HP session on changes to data center design and management. There have been some interesting changes since I last looked at the problem at the Uptime Institute. This morning, IDF started the first keynote with Deborah Conrad. She debuted a new 15 sec. TV spot, part of the [...]

IDF2009 Pt. II

Hello again happy reader, This is your afternoon installment from IDF09. Specifically, the keynote from Sean Maloney and friends. The topic: Intel Architecture Innovates And Integrates

IDF2009

Hallo hoppy reader, It’s Tuesday and that means I’ve taken a bat turn to the left and landed at Moscone for another Intel Developer Forum. This first installment concern’s the show’s opening keynote, from Paul Otellini and associates. Paul’ theme: A Continuum of Computing

Blue Light CES Special

Hallo hoppy reader, Quick thang: For those of us heading to Sin City for all gadgets, all the time, Jet Blue’s having a promo in conjunction with the Consumer Electronic Show. For travel to Las Vegas on Jan. 4th to the 7th and return flights Jan. 10th to the 13th, use the promo code “2010CES” [...]

Snowed by das Leopard?

Hello happy readers, Tomorrow is zero day for Apple’s 10.6 Snow Leopard and there are still many mainstream apps out there that may malfunction with the new OS…

Dirty Little Secret

Hallo hoppy reader, I was at the latest Dr. Lance show yesterday, specifically the Flash Memory Summit, and this installment of The Bitstream is about security, or lack thereof, and SSDs.

Grab the Tweezers

Hallo hoppy reader, This installment of the Bitstream is all about tiny…I’ve got two, two, woops, three tiny gadgets in one tiny blog. Specifically, pico projectors and gigabigga disk drives. Read on…

Lock ’Em Down

Hallo hoppy reader, I was slogging through yet another white paper, someone else’s about HDDs to be precise, and something mentioned got me thinking about security. So this month’s Bitstream is about a secure OS, specifically Mac OS. Despite the Mac’s reputation for safety and security, the truth is somewhat off that center, though Snow [...]

ZigMe

Hey there, happy reader… This Bitstream installment is a result of the ZigBee® Alliance’s announced development of the ZigBee Green Power feature set to establish global, standards for self–powered devices operating through energy harvesting techniques. Think symbioses: a close association, usually a mutually beneficial relationship, between two dissimilar organisms. That about sez it all for me when [...]