Geek up the Street Blog December Archive

Window OS and Office Suite Threat?

By Website Introductions at 12/04/08 18:01

IBM will plans to clash with Microsoft Windows and Office as they aim for its own piece and spot on corporate customers with Linux based terminal without hard drives which will be Microsoft - free and equipped by free Office suite alternatives like OpenOffice or Google Apps.

Wall Street Journals says that IBM estimated that a corporate licensing the software would basically save $500 to $800 a year per user against Microsoft's Vista operating system along with the office suite and other collaboration tools needed.

Link: IBM To Enterprise: Ditch Windows For Our

Opening Fire Training to the Masses....

The Open Fire Academy (www.openfireacademy.org) is an opportunity for the fire service to learn from industry. For a long time we have considered Microsoft to be the standard for computer software. But there is a well known competitor called Open Source development. Now there are a number of factors that define Open Source software but here is an example of how it plays out. Person A sees a need for an operating system. This person develop the core of what he is looking for and posts it out to the internet for others to use. Another person develops another piece to the operating system and does the same. Others join in on the project, adding components each feels is important, and all is loaded to the internet for all to use.

Eventually what develops is a robust operating system that is comprehensive and available for all to download and use. In the computer world, one key element is that the programming code is made available for people to continue to build upon and to expand the comprehensiveness of the operating system. Now a company sees this project going on and commits to supporting it. The company will provide the hosting and support for the project and will even clean it up and create a final product for those who like the idea but do not like to download software in process.

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SSDs by Intel and Hitachi

Hitachi Global Storage Technologies and Intel announced their upcoming collaboration aimed to develop solid state discs (SSDs) for enterprise market.

Intel's NAND flash in its drives will be used the Hitachi and scheduled for release as early as 2010. Serial Attached SCSI and Fibre Channel drives are also being designed for the moment.

The line of product that will be created will be branded and marketed by Hitachi while Intel will continue to to market, develop, and their SATA SSDs.

Link: Hitachi, Intel to Co-Design High-End SSDs - News and Analysis by PC Magazine