stack in comment and analysis
Quocirca's Straight Talking: A game of two halves
Comment As you patch this one master copy, all the models that require an operating system will pick up the new patched version automatically as the stack is created dynamically. Here, the general approach is to create a complete stack made up of the... [30 Jun 2008]
Dear silicon.com...Illegal file-sharing, biometrics flying high, ID fines…
Comment The assertion that biometric technology is "expensive and overly sophisticated" and that "a fraction of the cost" could be spent on other means simply does not stack up. Reader Comments of the Week showcases how our users are responding to the... [28 Feb 2008]
How to give tech to those on less than $1 a day
Comment But this tends to affect those on more formal licence agreements or in more affluent areas, whereas for qualifying governments purchasing Windows-based PCs, Partners in Learning provides a full stack of Windows XP Starter Edition, Office Home and... [07 Feb 2008]
How closely are you monitoring?
Comment Systems management tools will often include the necessary monitoring functions to let IT managers view many different facets of a computing infrastructure, from the lower levels of the computing stack, where IP traffic is routed around, all the... [10 Dec 2007]
Jonathan Ive
AS Profile His influence continues to be felt through new products, such as the hotly anticipated iPhone, which is already racking up a stack of accolades from reviewers and has already outshone other Apple launches in terms of sales. [12 Oct 2007]
Quocirca's Straight Talking: The big picture on 'the next five billion'
Comment As an example, governments in qualifying environments will be able to license a Microsoft stack (operating system and software) at a cost of $3 per student. Several big tech vendors from the developed world have a commitment to developing economies... [27 Apr 2007]
Freecycle Diaries: Am I falling out of love?
Comment They might, to the untrained eye, look rather like a stack of used printer paper. Does goodwill have a shelf life? Should helpfulness have limits? It's been a week or so and my relationship with Freecycle has gone through the rose-tinted, doe-eyed... [23 Apr 2007]
Why the Linux desktop dream is over
Comment Will Linux ever be a major player on the desktop? Andy McCue hears from IT chiefs - who, for the most part, answered with a resounding 'no'. When Microsoft released Windows XP in 2001, the controversy around Redmond's abolition of its traditional... [08 Nov 2006]
Oracle - how to make friends and influence people
Comment He said Oracle was willing to support BEA Systems, rather than saying something like he usually does like, 'why would anyone go somewhere else when Oracle can provide the software stack? He added: "Oracle always made the business case that you can... [25 Oct 2006]
Editor's Blog: The big picture
Comment It's not for the faint-hearted, at hundreds of thousands of dollars or pounds per room, per location, but the ROI figures can stack up, if you happen to be an organisation where there are large amounts of business travel. [24 Oct 2006]
Data theft scandal - what we can learn from India
Comment The second thought that crept into my head as I watched the drama unfold was that the allegations didn't seem to stack up - there was something not quite right. Recent undercover 'sting' operations reveal how easy it is to purchase customer... [06 Oct 2006]
SMEs and open source - a perfect marriage?
Comment You probably need a little more skill to set up a stack from scratch in open source. Small businesses can benefit from switching to open source, says Danny Bradbury - just be careful which applications you choose to move. [11 Jul 2006]
Paperless office - ages-old myth or valuable way forward?
Comment The Scottish Executive, the devolved government of Scotland, installed a system from Objective 18 months ago - and now estimates it has binned a stack of paper that would be half a kilometre high and has made annual savings of at least £500,000 in... [26 Jun 2006]
Quocirca's Straight Talking: Look out for the little guy
Comment Due to price erosion, the financial rewards at the bottom end of the market are becoming less and less interesting to branded vendors, who are therefore looking to move up the stack. Vendors who make software and hardware easy enough to use and... [05 Jan 2006]
Opinion: Microsoft vs Linux - the Empire strikes back?
Comment After all, in a rabidly costs-conscious enterprise IT environment, a clear cost of ownership advantage one way or the other is compelling - which is why Microsoft is finding it hard to stack the argument against Linux, particularly at the mid... [23 Nov 2005]
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