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Attack of the BLOBs: Data behaving badly

Attack of the BLOBs: Data behaving badly

...called RBS or Remote Blob Storage. Each blob gets stored as a standard file on the file system and its entry in the database is... Read more

13 May, 2012 by Robert Schifreen
SharePoint log: When databases rebel

SharePoint log: When databases rebel

...files) perfectly well.There's a handful of things missing from the standard search, such as having the number of hits displayed in brackets within... Read more

16 May, 2012 by Robert Schifreen
Countdown to launch: Importing data

Countdown to launch: Importing data

...based authentication, 2010 does not.Microsoft recommends that, in addition to a standard antivirus product on the SharePoint and SQL servers, to protect at the... Read more

18 May, 2012 by Robert Schifreen

Oracle vs Google: One claim that should not stand

Oracle claims that Google appropriated the Java API fror Android and that money is due. That's not the way the law has worked in the past, nor how it should in the future Read more

19 April, 2012 by Rupert Goodwins
Alan Turing: 10 ideas beyond Enigma

Alan Turing: 10 ideas beyond Enigma

Famous for wartime cryptography and personal tragedy, Alan Turing's legacy is much wider than that. One of the true fathers of computing, he also made many other advances that are only now becoming fully appreciated Read more

3 March, 2012 by S Barry Cooper
Why data roaming costs too much

Why data roaming costs too much

...not disable data roaming on their smartphones will find themselves paying the standard per-megabyte rate. Even for those buying bundles, people do not naturally... Read more

29 March, 2011 by David Meyer
Building the perfect enterprise storage cloud

Building the perfect enterprise storage cloud

...storage are surprising: here, the specialist solution is giving way to the standard, and the benefits of highly tuned, thoroughbred architectures pall in comparison with... Read more

15 December, 2010 by Rupert Goodwins

Four-strong team builds digital TV revolution

Proving that small independent teams can produce top-quality consumer design, Ascot-based Promise TV has come up with a clever way to record Freeview. But it faces a familiar barrier: how to sell it? Read more

25 March, 2012 by Rupert Goodwins

Government seeks savings through licence shuffle

...restrictive rules and higher fees, this only works for so long. Open standards, and open software, make it easier for organisations to contemplate changing suppliers... Read more

1 March, 2012 by Tom Espiner
Dell prepares to walk the tightrope

Dell prepares to walk the tightrope

Dell is preparing to change as a company, becoming more like IBM and less hardware-driven as it seeks to gain a greater share of the enterprise market, but the ambitious strategy is a risky one Read more

14 October, 2011 by Jack Clark
The secret life of white-space radio

The secret life of white-space radio

Microsoft, BT and start-up Neul are working on broadband using white-space radio, which promises new wireless data without needing new frequencies. That's a tougher job to pull off than it may seem Read more

30 June, 2011 by Rupert Goodwins
Counting clouds: Which metrics matter?

Counting clouds: Which metrics matter?

...if you're building a private cloud, you've got all the standard headaches of self-provisioned storage plus the need for flexibility and scalability... Read more

14 June, 2011 by Rupert Goodwins
Windows 7 migration: Calculating the costs (part 2)

Windows 7 migration: Calculating the costs (part 2)

Moving to Windows 7 doesn't just involve desktop hardware and software. Here we examine the additional costs you will need to plan for Read more

23 November, 2010 by Alan Stevens
Windows 7 migration: Calculating the costs

Windows 7 migration: Calculating the costs

Planning, the most important part of a Windows 7 migration, involves an inventory of what you have, a clear vision of what you need, and accurate information on the costs involved Read more

22 November, 2010 by Alan Stevens
Windows 7 migration: The technical case

Windows 7 migration: The technical case

...for smartcards and biometric authentication technologies such as fingerprint readers is now standard; the built-in firewall gets support for multiple active policies. There are... Read more

8 November, 2010 by Alan Stevens

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