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When IT administrators consider implementing thin provisioning for storage, it’s not as easy as simply checking a box on an RFP, it’s more than that as 3PAR’s InServ storage system and the newest release of its InForm operating system have proven with its announcement this week at Storage Networking World.... 

Dell next year will close its desktop computer manufacturing plant in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, as the company tightens costs in a difficult market. Originally posted here: Dell closing U.S. desktop manufacturing plant  Read More →

Some may say that Suzanne Peck, CIO of the Washington, D.C., Metropolitan Area Transit Authority, is crazy for working 18-hour days. But that’s the way she likes it: “I’m a high-energy person who is actually less happy when I’m not busy,” she says The rest is here:  CIO Uses Her Skills in Service... 

IT professionals can do a lot to avoid layoffs, but they could be unwittingly doing even more to make themselves a target for downsizing. Read more here: How to get fired  Read More →

A year after its launch, Intel is pushing the Nehalem microarchitecture into mainstream PCs with the release of its first Core i5 chip on Tuesday. View post: Intel releases first Nehalem chip for mainstream PCs  Read More →

India’s PC market grew 5.2 percent in the second quarter over the previous quarter, showing signs of a revival, research firm IDC India said on Wednesday. Original post:  Indian PC market on the mend, says IDC  Read More →

Computer scientists in Japan say they’ve developed a way to break the WPA encryption system used in wireless routers in about one minute. Originally posted here:  New attack cracks common Wi-Fi encryption in a minute  Read More →

Cell phones can monitor the goings-on at parties and shoot video highlights using software developed by researchers at Duke University. Here is the original post:  Software can direct cell phones to shoot video coverage of events  Read More →