utility software
RSS utility softwareHas Barclays stamped out fraud with PINsentry?
News Any user wishing to set up an online transfer to a new third-party account, other than a standard supplier such as a utility company, is required to use the system. Earlier this month Barclays offered all its online customers free Kaspersky... [18 Jul 2008]
Snap-in, Grid-Based Data Integration: IBM Information Server Blade
White Paper It looks at the utility of a grid computing approach in providing scalability and manageability for "data integration" and considers how an appliance approach, with its pre-configured hardware and software, can further reduce cost and risk for... [14 Jul 2008]
Tru64 UNIX: Porting Cluster Management Utility (CMU) HP-UX
White Paper This paper describes the successful experience in porting a specific type of software, the Cluster Management Utility (CMU), from Tru64 UNIX to HP-UX, and provides a reference or model for software developers porting similar applications from... [03 Jul 2008]
Unisys Delivers Utility Computing to the Market With the New ClearPath Plus Systems
White Paper As information technologies mature, IDC expects to see more blueprints for industry solutions backed up by modular hardware systems with software management capabilities that enable resources to be reallocated quickly and accurately as enterprise... [03 Jul 2008]
Designing Software Architectures, Part 3: How to Write a Requirements Specification
White Paper And, because the requirements specification will be one's main source of information about the application, one is likely to have a vested interest in its overall utility. Even if one never write a requirements specification, it's important, as a... [02 Jul 2008]
SAS becomes sun worshipper
News Under North Carolina's Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Portfolio Standard, by 2021, utility companies in North Carolina must obtain up to 12.5 per cent of their energy through renewable sources or energy efficiency measures. [26 Jun 2008]
Microsoft's future in the post-Bill Gates era
News Foley said: "Yes, they need to be investing in cloud/utility computing. This shift may well mean a battle between "software traditionalists" and "cloud believers" will come to the fore at Redmond. However, according to Foley, the backers of chief... [24 Jun 2008]
Installing and Operating HP PolyServe for Microsoft SQL Server for SAP Databases
White Paper HP PolyServe for Microsoft SQL Server (also known as HP PolyServe Database Utility for SQL Server) is a server consolidation solution that offers an alternative to the traditional Microsoft shared nothing, standby and failover cluster concept. [05 Jun 2008]
Credit crunch not hitting IT spend
News SaaS, business process utility, infrastructure utility, remote-management services and cloud computing are the key "alternative delivery and acquisition models" respondents to the survey said they are most interested in. [21 May 2008]
Configuration Best Practices for Microsoft SQL Server 2005 With HP StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Array 4000 and HP Blade Servers White Paper
White Paper Offline database backup and restore methods and performance results using SYMANTEC NetBackup and HP StorageWorks Library and Tape Tools Utility Read this best practices paper that leverages HP servers, storage, and management software by providing... [12 May 2008]
Exciting, High-Growth NZ Company, DELTA, Surges Forward With SAP
White Paper Delta Utility Services wanted to have a comprehensive job management system and asset register system and find a software package that could be used in its standard form. Based in the south island of New Zealand, DELTA is an infrastructure... [26 Apr 2008]
Quocirca's Straight Talking: Print issues in black and white
Comment Utility-based pricing models These groups typically operate independently, resulting in organisations owning a range of printing devices from multiple vendors with incompatible software, consumables and supplies. [22 Apr 2008]
Improving Performance and Reducing Costs to Supply Growing Demand
White Paper Sabah Electricity Sendirian Berhad (SESB) is the only power utility company in Sabah (formerly North Borneo) supplying electricity to over 350,000 customers distributed over a wide area of 74,000 sq.km. [16 Apr 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 11.04.08
Round-Up Put simply, it's where applications are hosted and computing power is virtualised and available as a utility. The software giant issued the Yahoo! Reward: £1,000. An elaborate stunt dreamed up by anti-ID cards campaigners No2ID and Privacy... [11 Apr 2008]
Utility-Theoretic Information Retrieval, Cognitive Hacking, and Intelligence and Security Informatics
White Paper Libicki first characterized attacks on computer systems in the context of information warfare as being physical, syntactic, and semantic, where software agents were mislead by misinformation deliberately fed by an adversary. [10 Apr 2008]
