In the spring of 2007, UPS's Ben Swanson and Joe Parrino attended a conference on the growing problem of data center power consumption. One suggested remedy was to benchmark and analyze the power read more » DiscussBury
Robin Wauters writes "Blogging platform JournalSpace (which I’d never heard of to date) has ceased to be, following a wipe-out of the main database for which there was no back-up in place. According read more » DiscussBury
Julian Sanchez writes "A contentious proposal to create a massive database of communications metadata in the United Kingdom has just become even more controversial. According to reports in the Briti read more » DiscussBury
John Leyden of The Register writes "A private sector firm may be given the job of maintaining a proposed super-database tracking the telephone and internet records of Brits." read more » DiscussBury
"A senior Vodafone network architecture specialist has been appointed by Jacqui Smith to draw up proposals for a multibillion pound central silo of..." read more » DiscussBury
Stacy Higganbotham writes "I ran across Terracotta Inc. a few months ago while looking at database companies, and was impressed by the potential of its eponymously named open source software, which read more » DiscussBury
"Among the few technology areas that can actually thrive in tough economic times are management and automation technology. Vendors promising to reduce manual labor, cuts operational costs and improv read more » DiscussBury
