I was approached a couple of days ago by one of our large customers, a major food manufacturer, to help them design a testing cycle for an hand-held device, to scan barcodes on their product’s pallets, as they are being unloaded from supply trucks into their regional depots. The devices utilize a LAN based wireless [...]
Continue reading...27. January 2010
In a blog dedicated to Cloud Computing, published by InfoWorld, David Lithicum, the Cloud Computing guru, inform us that according to various published reports, the OMB (Office of Management and Budget) will mandate in the fiscal year 2011 (which starts in October 2010) that federal agencies not using cloud computing or making cloud computing part [...]
Continue reading...22. January 2010
With the exponential growth of the Internet since the mid 90s, IP address space depletion has increasingly become a pressing concern. The reason that this issue has become more of a concern now than before is that the number of devices that can access the Internet has significantly expanded as compared to 10 years ago; [...]
Continue reading...30. December 2009
One of the topics we are frequently asked is to explain or clarify the difference between WAN Emulation and WAN Simulation. WAN Simulation methodology is a set of theoretical algorithms which are usually applied on a trace file. These algorithms aim to predict applications response times with different conditions and then [...]
Continue reading...28. December 2009
I recently had the pleasure of attending the ITSEC Modeling and Simulation show in Orlando, Florida. This event featured the latest solutions in Gaming and Remote Learning for Dept of Defense clients deployed around the world. Based upon conversations with both the vendors and potential users of these products it quickly became evident that a [...]
Continue reading...21. December 2009
One student at a time… Recently, I visited a company that develops and distributes software for Independent School District’s across USA. Their main product, originally developed for challenged kids, centers around dynamic computerized teaching and testing programs. This product proved to be so successful among this population that the company adapted it for other kids as [...]
Continue reading...21. December 2009
I have been asked by a colleague “Why would someone use Application Virtualization?” You may already know that adopting the likes of Application Virtualization is not an easy task. Many applications are simply not built to be deployed in such an environment. Not to mention all the other challenges faced within the IT organization. One reason [...]
Continue reading...16. December 2009
Traveling to this week’s HP Software Universe in Hamburg with Mark Tomlinson was a real treat. Not only do Mark and I share many non-professional interests, but our lives as product managers give us plenty to chat about. On our train ride from Berlin to Hamburg, Mark’s insatiable blogging appetite bared itself while we were [...]
Continue reading...9. December 2009
VMware is releasing a new technology, developed by Teradici that may greatly improve the performance of remote desktops, quintessence filling a gap in the Cloud Computing paradigm. It will allow the use of PCoverIP protocol instead of using slower methods like RDP. PCoIP is a type of display protocol used by remote desktops when doing desktop [...]
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8. February 2010