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March 2006 - Posts

An Application Server House Divided
The battle over who will assume the mantle of application server development going forward appears to be about ready to heat up as the folks at IBM get ready to put a lot more weight behind the Geronimo open-source project. Since buying GlueCode, an Read More

posted Monday, March 27, 2006 11:17 PM by Michael Vizard (Comments Off)

Prepare to Cool in the Data Center
When it comes to data centers, the top of mind issue of the moment is how to keep cool. As processors' speeds have increased, the amount of wattage being thrown off has escalated to the point where we have a full-blown power crisis on our hands. And Read More

posted Thursday, March 23, 2006 2:14 PM by Michael Vizard (Comments Off)

We'll See Vista When We See It
When it comes making good on its commitments, Microsoft is kind of like a well meaning, slightly inebriated relative who shows up at family functions to promise everyone the moon and the stars. But as most of the relatives know, he doesn’t really mean Read More

posted Tuesday, March 21, 2006 9:36 PM by Michael Vizard with 3 Comments

Proactive Security May Finally Be Upon Us
After beating up on the overall state of security for a few weeks, it might be time to take a more half full look at security because there are some positive developments on the horizon. In general, security does appear to be moving from a reactive to Read More

posted Tuesday, March 14, 2006 5:24 PM by Michael Vizard (Comments Off)

The Return of GrandMa Bell
You can’t help but wonder if the entire Telecommunications Act was little more than some surreal exercise akin to the plot of Dallas or St. Elsewhere where at the end of the story we come to find it was all a dream. With the move to buy BellSouth and Read More

posted Sunday, March 05, 2006 9:15 PM by Michael Vizard (Comments Off)

Layers Upon Layers
After making several posts on the sorry state of encryption and security in general, it’s always nice to trip over somebody with a different approach. One of the other reasons that encryption has not been widely adopted as it should be is that very fragmented Read More

posted Wednesday, March 01, 2006 2:49 PM by Michael Vizard with 3 Comments