Stories by: Mary Brandel

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    Earth Rangers: Focus on virtualization, geothermal power 26/10/2010 05:35:00

    "Bring Back the Wild" -- that's the mission of Earth Rangers, an innovative nonprofit organization that works to educate kids about environmental threats. Its goal is to inspire kids -- the "chief inheritors of environmental destruction," as its Web site says -- to become a powerful part of the solution by working to protect endangered species and their habitats.
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    Open-source software's hidden snags 11/05/2010 03:54:00

    When CIO Daniel Chan was first prompted to use open-source software, cost savings weren't top of mind.
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    How to manage outsourcers after the contract's ink is dry 09/03/2010 07:29:00

    When the global trade association SEMI experienced a big revenue decline last year and had to cut staff, CIO Gil McInnes turned to outsourcing.
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    Smartphones need smart security practices 20/01/2010 06:44:00

    As vice president of IT at Windsor Foods in Houston, Stephan Henze has to stay one step ahead of the latest IT trends. That's why he's spending a lot of time thinking about securing and deploying smartphones enterprisewide.
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    Forecast 2010: 6 hottest skills for 2010 30/12/2009 04:13:00

    Pent-up demand for new projects. Veteran employees leaving the company. Who could complain about such pressures in the waning months of 2009, when the year was spent under a cloud of economic misery?
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    How hackers find your weak spots 20/10/2009 03:29:00

    While there are an infinite number of social engineering exploits, typical ones include the following:
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    Bush's exit to put new e-records system to the test 24/11/2008 09:06:00

    For members of the Bush administration, January 20, 2009, marks the end of a job. However, for the staff of the US National Archives and Records Administration (NARA), it's just the beginning of a project unprecedented in size and scope: sorting, indexing, preserving and ensuring access to all the records, both paper and electronic, created by the administration over the past eight years.
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    Letting Apple into the enterprise isn't easy 07/11/2008 08:28:00

    Eighteen months ago, Serena Software began exploring the feasibility of supporting Apple MacBooks as an option for its users, most of whom are developers. It was interested in lowering support costs and increasing satisfaction among employees who used Macs at home, including the CEO.
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    Social networking behind the firewall 12/08/2008 09:01:00

    Microsoft calls it TownSquare. Deloitte hosts D Street. IBM has its Beehive, and Best Buy its BlueShirt Nation.
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    Solid-state disk will go mainstream in 3, 2, 1... 14/07/2008 09:40:36

    Solid-state disk, once considered a niche technology for ruggedized, industrial and military applications, is on its way to the mainstream. This is partly because of SSD benefits, which include performance, power efficiency, ruggedness and a lightweight, compact size. But other developments have also come into play, including technology and market developments that have begun to help this technology overcome its pitfalls -- namely capacity, reliability and price.
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    Vendors form 10Gbit/sec Ethernet Storage Alliance 17/04/2008 11:15:44

    Aaron Martin likes to plan ahead. One year ago, the IT manager at Loro Piano, an Italian luxury goods manufacturer with US operations in New York, plunked down US$30,000 for a 10Gbit/sec Ethernet storage array from Nimbus Data Systems. At the time, it was one of the only iSCSI-based storage systems available that took advantage of 10G bit/sec Ethernet speeds, with most systems supporting 1Gbit/sec Ethernet.
 
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