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Parallels Ships New \'Bare Metal\' Server for Apple Xserve
'); document.write('published on Wed, 24 Feb 2010 19:28:42 -0500
'); document.write('Parallels Server for Mac/Bare Metal Edition runs virtual machines on an Xserve machine so businesses can standardize on the Apple platform and still run Windows and Linux-based applications if they desire.
- Virtualization software maker Parallels said Feb. 24 that it is expanding its product line by adding a new hypervisor specifically designed for Apple\'s Mac OS X and Xserve server. Parallels Server for Mac/Bare Metal Edition runs virtual machines on an Xserve machine so businesses can standardize ...

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Oracle Explains Unclear Message About OpenSolaris
'); document.write('published on Wed, 24 Feb 2010 18:23:35 -0500
'); document.write('A posting on the company Web site implied that OpenSolaris may soon be end-of-lifed. However, there\'s no need for app developers and IT managers to worry: Oracle says it is not killing off the freely down-loadable community version of Sun\'s Unix-based Solaris enterprise operating system anytime soon.
- Was a posting on the Oracle Web site published Feb. 24 entitled quot;End of Service Life Status for OpenSolaris Operating System quot; simply unclear on the concept, or was it a hint that Oracle is planning to drop the Sun Microsystems-developed open source operating system entirely? Industry fo...

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BoxTone User Self-Service Module Underwhelms
'); document.write('published on Wed, 24 Feb 2010 18:13:46 -0500
'); document.write('The BoxTone User Self-Service module aims to let users troubleshoot their own BlackBerry mobile support problems without involving the support desk, but falls short.
- BoxTone User Self-Service aims to let users troubleshoot some of their BlackBerry support problems without involving the support desk, although the system\'s occasionally unhelpful guidance may thwart that lofty goal. The BoxTone USS module is an add-on to BoxTone\'s mobile ecosystem troublesho...

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P2P Privacy Target of New Legislation
'); document.write('published on Wed, 24 Feb 2010 17:25:02 -0500
'); document.write('P2P Cyber Protection and Informed User Act would prohibit peer-to-peer file sharing programs from being installed without the informed consent of the authorized computer user. The legislation would also prohibit P2P software that would prevent the authorized user from blocking the installation of a P2P file sharing program and/or disabling or removing any P2P file sharing program.
- Software developers would be required to clearly inform users when their files are made available to other P2P (peer-to-peer) users under legislation introduced Feb. 24 by Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and John Thune (R-SD). The legislation comes just one day after the FTC (Federal Trade Commissio...

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Pano Logic Opens Up Its Desktop Virtualization Architecture
'); document.write('published on Wed, 24 Feb 2010 17:13:09 -0500
'); document.write('Pano Logic is rolling out its Zero Client Reference Architecture to show businesses that its desktop virtualization system is the only one with a true zero client model. Zero client means that the endpoint does not hold anything, that everything from the processor to the data to the memory is housed on a centralized server.
- In a crowded desktop virtualization space that seems to have as many definitions as competitors, Pano Logic officials are looking to highlight their products differentiators. Pano Logic on Feb. 24 rolled out the reference architecture for its desktop virtualization offering, which Parmeet Chaddha, ...

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