ComputerWorld reminds us that UNIX turns 40 this summer. Happy Birthday, UNIX! It was August 1969 that AT&T Bell Labs programmer Ken Thompson sat down and drafted the first version of UNIX, changing the face of information technology forever. At the time, I was just a wee lad sitting on my pop's knee, still marveling at the fact that we had landed a man on the moon. Little did I know how integral that operating system would become to the world, and how it would ultimately shape my own destiny. I started my career with IBM working on a... [More]

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CNET covers the new IBM Virtual Linux Desktop, which can help organizations save up to $800 per user per year and unleash them from the shackles of certain Microsoft tools (Vista, Office suite, Sharepoint, etc.). This new solution brings open standards-based email, word processing, spreadsheets, unified communication, social networking and other software to laptops, browsers, and mobile devices from a virtual desktop login sitting on a Linux-based server configuration. Compared to Microsoft-based desktops, this virtual desktop solution includes... [More]

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It's a hardware kinda day. Apple introduced some long-rumored new Macbooks and MacBook Pros, probably overdue, but a bit of a yawn by comparison to all the fuss around the Air the last few weeks. IBM also made a new hardware introduction with the System z10 Mainframe, designed from the ground up to help increase data center efficiency through performance and power reduction improvements.  The z10 also helps drive down cooling costs and, with its new footprint, has smaller floor space requirements. The z10 Mainframe uses Quad-Core... [More]

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Travel much for business? If so, a New York Times story published yesterday highlights how you're increasingly turning to blogs for up-to-date travel information, news, etc. The story cites a Forrester Research study which indicated that 21 percent of business travelers who use the Internet read blogs: those about business travel as well as other topics (business, finance, sports, etc.) It also highlights a recently launched travel blog portal entitled " BoardingArea.Com ," which arrives to us via Randy Petersen, frequent flying guru and... [More]

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...And once you've gotten off that airplane, know that we've come up with a new way of making those servers more personally productive as well, and it has nothing to do with to-do lists. Late last week, we announced new virtualization capabilities for service-oriented architectures. The new capabilities for IBM's System p servers help maximize utilization of your existing hardware and software resources by helping centralize tasks, streamline your business processes, and improve your overall system performance.  Learn more about these new... [More]

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