Business Intelligence |
Certification |
Cloud Computing |
Community Manager |
CRM/ERP/ETL |
Data Center |
Database |
Enterprise 2.0 |
Enterprise Applications |
Featured stories |
Free Trials |
Green Technology |
Guest Bloggers |
Identity |
Information Technology |
IT Compliance |
IT Decision-making |
Networking |
On-Demand |
Patch Tuesday |
Podcasts |
Programming |
Security |
Social Computing |
Social Media |
Software |
Storage |
Telecommunication |
Videos |
Virtualization |
Windows |
Wireless
Subscribe to Software 
Following on my previous post, today I focus on automated meter infrastructure (AMI) and field area network (FAN). Local area network (LAN) and wide area network (WAN) are well-known terms and do not need explanation. There are a few XANs to indicate the scope of the area covered. For example, a met...
Join the discussion
Like other people, I’ve been wondering how Oracle has integrated many of Sun’s technologies and hardware after buying that company. Oracle has just started a nationwide tour to inform us of just that. The first stop was in their neck of the woods, Palo Alto, California. The free semin...
Join the discussion
We’ve talked quite a bit about PCI DSS compliance here. Generally, we’ve looked at what is going wrong, what can go wrong and from there, what organisations should be considering to do it better. Looking at it from a slightly different perspective here but not wholly new either - we̵...
Join the discussion
After his presentation, I sat down with Bob Heile, who was chairing one of the IEEE meetings colocated at the recent ConnetivityWeek. I first saw Heile’s name in an article about several wireless protocols, including ZigBee, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and UWB. After following that space for a ...
Join the discussion
This is a Microsoft SharePoint Server case study.
“We are investing a significant amount of time and energy into SharePoint Server 2010 because we know it will be worth it. SharePoint Server–based collaboration has become a crucial part of our enterprise.”
Jonathan Wynn, Manager, ...
Join the discussion
This is a quiz. What is the relationship between C++ and smart grid? One of Fujitsu’s smart grid symposium sessions this week was a keynote speech by Bjarne Stroustrup of Texas A&M University.
Bjarne Stroustrup
He is the creator of the C++ language.
C++ was conceived from C and Simula...
Join the discussion
This is a Microsoft SharePoint Server case study.
"We know that employee collaboration saves money by reducing duplicated effort and increasing information sharing. Our SharePoint portal definitely enhances that team collaboration by leveraging "social networking" for our own in...
Join the discussion
I wrote about my first idea for a panel discussion in my previous blog, and here’s my second. When we analyze the power consumption ratio among servers, storage equipment, and networking, we find that servers consume far more power than storage and networking equipment combined. That is why th...
Join the discussion
Cloud services via MPLS networks provide high security at low cost. Learn how today’s distributed organizations are struggling with the increasing sophistication, proliferation and severity of network security threats. With security protection from MPLS-based Managed Security Services, compani...
Join the discussion
Addressing network traffic trends with new opportunities for business communications. The convergence of voice and data on a single wire is perhaps the most exciting network development since the invention of the private branch exchange (PBX). Over the past decade, Multi Protocol Label Switching (MP...
Join the discussion
I am always on the watch for interesting stories about green IT, cloud computing, and smart grid. When someone pitched me a story about the container-based data center (CDC), I did not pay much attention because, at the time, CDC was dismissed as only for large companies like Microsoft and Google. B...
Join the discussion
Although the power usage effectiveness (PUE) metric is not without its problems, it is the de facto standard for measuring energy efficiency in a data center. Japan’s Green IT Promotion Council wants to improve on PUE with its own metric, data center performance per energy (DPPE). The co...
Join the discussion
Business-Software.com’s complimentary Top 10 Marketing Automation Vendor Report reveals:
* The top 10 Marketing Automation vendors you should consider.
* Published vendor pricing.
* Highlights of each vendor’s strengths.
* Vendor background and contact information to get you started.
* ...
Join the discussion
Business-Software.com’s complimentary Top 10 Sales Force Automation Vendor report reveals:
* The top 10 Sales Force Automation vendors you should consider.
* Published vendor pricing.
* Highlights of each vendor’s strengths.
* Vendor background and contact information to get you started....
Join the discussion
After I posted a blog on software energy efficiency recently, I realized from some of the comments from readers that most people did not get it. When I talk about software energy efficiency, most people think I am talking about using software to make other things greener. Yes, software can be used t...
Join the discussion
