Saturday, September 25, 2010

IT News HeadLines (IT World Canada) 25/09/2010



Voltaire ships storage accelerator software
Voltaire Storage Accelerator can be loaded on to an x86 server running Linux and can access Fiber Channel storage through either 10 Gigabit Ethernet or Infiniband interfaces. Voltaire Ltd. claims a storage-server pair can process up to a million IOPS
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Oracle database design slowed Chase online banking fix
An analyst says the problem was an excessive push to maintain data integrity that forced the bank to restore exorbitant amount of data
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Facebook outage caused by database glitch
An error in database logic is the cause of an outage lasting more than two hours on Facebook. Like the recent Twitter cross-site scripting worm incident, there’s a similar lesson here for IT database admins
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Twitter’s new Canadian staff to build analytics tool
According to a Twitter employee at this week’s Sports Marketing 2.0 Summit, the social networking firm plans to launch a free, real-time analytics platform by the end of the year. The project is expected to be headed by the team behind Dabble DB
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How to get noticed by an analyst
Industry analysts are an invaluable source for Canadian start-ups seeking credibility and exposure. Five tips on how to ‘effectively engage’ with analysts from IDC Canada’s Krista Napier, who presented on the topic at Mobile Innovation Week
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China may overtake India in outsourcing
India may well be the current leader of the outsourcing market but China is slowly closing the gap with this nation, according to a new report by Ovum
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Visual Basic developers get access to Windows Phone 7
Microsoft Visual Basic CTP for Windows Phone Developer Tools include templates and emulator support
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Voltaire ships storage accelerator software
Voltaire Storage Accelerator can be loaded on to an x86 server running Linux and can access Fiber Channel storage through either 10 Gigabit Ethernet or Infiniband interfaces. Voltaire Ltd. claims a storage-server pair can process up to a million IOPS
Read More ...

Oracle database design slowed Chase online banking fix
An analyst says the problem was an excessive push to maintain data integrity that forced the bank to restore exorbitant amount of data
Read More ...

Facebook outage caused by database glitch
An error in database logic is the cause of an outage lasting more than two hours on Facebook. Like the recent Twitter cross-site scripting worm incident, there’s a similar lesson here for IT database admins
Read More ...

Twitter’s new Canadian staff to build analytics tool
According to a Twitter employee at this week’s Sports Marketing 2.0 Summit, the social networking firm plans to launch a free, real-time analytics platform by the end of the year. The project is expected to be headed by the team behind Dabble DB
Read More ...

How to get noticed by an analyst
Industry analysts are an invaluable source for Canadian start-ups seeking credibility and exposure. Five tips on how to ‘effectively engage’ with analysts from IDC Canada’s Krista Napier, who presented on the topic at Mobile Innovation Week
Read More ...

China may overtake India in outsourcing
India may well be the current leader of the outsourcing market but China is slowly closing the gap with this nation, according to a new report by Ovum
Read More ...

Visual Basic developers get access to Windows Phone 7
Microsoft Visual Basic CTP for Windows Phone Developer Tools include templates and emulator support
Read More ...

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