One of the things that we hear most often is that it’s hard to identify the problem being the application, server, or network. We can now officially add to this list: Application, server, network, or virtualization layer. Virtualization is to IT sorta what light is to physics. Is it a wave? A particle? Is it [...]
Archive | August, 2008
Won’t somebody think (better) of the children?
by Brian Boyko Editor, Network Performance Daily USA Today publishes “CyberSpeak” from columnist and radio talk-show host (not to be confused with “talk radio show host”), Kim Komando. For over a decade now she has been helping people become more comfortable with digital technology and the Internet. She has won the 2007 Gracie Award, and [...]
An ounce of prevention is worth £14,000 pounds of downtime.
A study commissioned by VoIP provider Inclarity and conducted by YouGov among workers in the United Kingdom found that up to 60% of those polled had, during the previous year, had experienced a full day’s disruption of their company’s phone system. And according to SC Magazine UK, telephone downtime costs UK businesses around £14,000 each [...]
Nerdlympics:
IT World has published a fascinating look at the “Nerdlympics” – nerdy alternatives to the blah in Beijing. A neat read, it looks at the world of speedcabling, obfuscated code contests, Soldering, Buzzword Bingo, and Speedrunning Super Mario Brothers. There are of course, a few things they left out. For example, there’s a documentary about [...]
Olympics Shmolypics!
The Wall Street Journal has an article out about “Why the Olympics Scare Tech Pros.” But really, should this even be scary anymore? We’ve known for quite some time that major cultural events, such as the Olympics, can increase recreational traffic on the network as people tune in to catch sporting events. These events can [...]
Network Performance Links, Aug. 4, 2008
Ego Boost In NetQoS’s never-ending effort to get you (the reader) to know everything that is going on with NetQoS, NetQoS has signed up for the “Friendfeed” service. The service allows you to keep up with everything NetQoS including NetQoS press releases, NetQoS twitter posts, NetQoS del.icio.us bookmarks, and of course, posts from Network Performance [...]
The Antikythera Network
The Antikythera mechanism was discovered on 17 May 1902, when archaeologist Valerios Stais noticed that a piece of rock recovered from the Antikythera wreck had a gear wheel embedded in it. Examination revealed that the “rock” was in fact a heavily encrusted and corroded mechanism that had survived the shipwreck in three main parts, and [...]
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Georgia on my mind.
I’ve been getting a number of e-mails and comments asking why I haven’t yet written anything about the Russian/Georgian war and the supposed “cyber-warfare” taking place. ZDNet has written extensively about the DDoS attacks being waged against Georgian government sites. At first, I thought that this was solely a security issue. As a general rule, [...]