components in comment and analysis
Is SOA testing tough enough?
Comment It also allows functional components of different applications to be combined in innovative ways to develop new services. But there is a catch, says Fran Howarth. The little question of security. Service-oriented architecture (SOA) represents a... [20 May 2008]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Searching for the truth
Comment Bandwidth, connectivity and sensors everywhere are the vital components - without which there will be no collective intelligence. Over the past few years I must have seen a dozen new search engines claiming to be the answer to a maiden's prayer. [31 Mar 2008]
Systems management hits impasse
Comment Most organisations can track the health and performance of components at granular levels. Nomenclature aside, IT components all the way up to the functions used by business users have to offer visibility, precision, timeliness, speed, repeatability... [13 Feb 2008]
How to give tech to those on less than $1 a day
Comment Under its Unlimited Potential programme, aimed at providing access to technology to as many people as possible, the Partners in Learning initiative has components that aim to provide a thought-through approach to providing more than just... [07 Feb 2008]
The truth about software as a service
Comment In other words, the ability to provide the best customer experience requires delivering components on-premise as well as on-demand. The reality now is all software vendors are providing a mixture of on-premise and on-demand components. [23 Jan 2008]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Wireless jammers galore
Comment It is easy for anyone with modest skills in electronics to get the components and build one with a minimal collection of tools and equipment. Written on the Ipswich to London train and dispatched from a coffee shop in London over a commercial wi-fi... [12 Dec 2007]
The Brampton Factor: Software costs under pressure
Comment SOA looks very much like the old established notion of software components linked with the even older adage that there are no products, only services. Much open source software is excellent but fragmentary - just like the best components. [22 Nov 2007]
Hot issue for green IT
Comment With the onward march of utility computing, hot components such as CPUs, disks and power supplies have become more densely packed and standard cooling approaches are beginning to hit their limits. Additional fans can spot-cool high-temperature... [14 Nov 2007]
Television 2.0 cometh
Comment Integrating components like these and the DSLAM (digital subscriber line access multiplexer - which generates the DSL signals and places them onto the pair of copper wires, or local loop, leading to each home) with brand new middleware is a... [04 Jul 2007]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: How we'll beat road pricing
Comment Of course the technically capable can easily create a jammer from low cost components. Written at Chicago O'Hare during an unscheduled stopover with a storm on the horizon. Dispatched via free wi-fi in case I'm really in Hotel California - I seem... [12 Jun 2007]
How tech can make us greener
Comment Not only do the products consume precious metals and other resources but the manufacturing processes are energy-intensive and systems or components are rarely sourced locally as cheaper alternatives are often found on the other side of the planet. [24 May 2007]
Virtualisation gets trendy
Comment Aggregation (or concatenation) is the combining of individual components into larger resources or resource pools. Virtualisation is not just about servers anymore. Quocirca's Dennis Szubert explains the many uses of this paradigm-shifting technology. [15 May 2007]
The dos and don'ts of VoIP security
Comment Another best practice that needs to be extended to voice is changing the default passwords of all of the components of the system. Though there is precious little evidence of VoIP security attacks, organisations cannot afford to be complacent. [04 Apr 2007]
The techs SMEs need for converged telecoms
Comment But what are the components and technologies necessary for a small business to take advantage of FMC? Developments in broadband, wireless networks and devices are making converged telecoms services such as fixed-mobile a reality for small businesses. [04 Jan 2007]
Oracle - how to make friends and influence people
Comment During the company's most recent profits call, Ellison said: "We're trying to be best in class - open and hot-pluggable with competing components. But we hope over time, if Oracle does a good job in delivering its components, [customers will] use... [25 Oct 2006]
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