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by cones688 13y ago
Who doesn't pay for food, transport costs, schooling, accommodation, nannys and other staff.... His/Her salary is a token gesture.
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by cones688 13y ago
Did you read the article? This is for the CIO... the C.I.O of the MoD she isn't some project management office admin clerk, she has previously been the CIO of the Post Office too, so is well qualified in the matter.
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by cones688 13y ago
> proprietary Unix behemoths http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_on_System_z > just hidden away in very specific areas Like every single Financial Institutions on the globe... Horses for Courses... asking a steepl
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by cones688 13y ago
I agree that its a bit of an annoyance for those of us who do use N40L or N54Ls as they are brilliant home servers. However this: > That’s a hefty price to pay to fix what is arguably a defect in the original product What a blatant lie.
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by cones688 13y ago
Except any "real" customers of HP have enterprise service agreements (or longer warranties) which include all this, by chance and bad fortune they have thrown the N40L into that bucket which happens to used by a lot of people for
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by cones688 13y ago
Systems and Technology Group is the hardware wing and within contains X-Series Division. IBM is keeping the other power, storage and Z (mainframe) IIRC.
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by cones688 13y ago
This article massively overstates what is occurring here, these people are members of staff involved with the part of the business which has been sold to Lenovo and surprise surprise Lenovo already has their own departments handling most of
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by cones688 13y ago
Maybe you should read the article > "Announced today including managers" This is the failing X86 based server business (STG) which IBM has sold off to Lenovo, most likely duplicate test/support staff which Lenovo already
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by cones688 13y ago
> Anyone who wants to present can simply join the hangout from their laptop and then share their screen This is in line with every other solution like IBM Smartcloud or Citrix GoTo meeting, there isn't anything new or innovative abo
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by cones688 13y ago
I would totally agree, I have no real "enforced" dress code but I choose to wear a suit when I go to clients (even though they never do), I am usually with sysadmins, developers or Security teams. I feel like wearing a suit sets m
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by cones688 13y ago
Or even more profitable MainFrame (Z Series) which is still growing
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by cones688 13y ago
Amazon doesn't do SSD VMs for $5 a month... If you are beginner you are using the Web GUI which clearly states you need to click the box to securely wipe all the data (which has a cost associated with it) if you are using the API then
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by cones688 13y ago
"Although company passwords are stored in encrypted form, hackers in some cases have shown the ability to decode such information" Then they arn't really encrypted are they... this really annoys me as it shifts the blame aw
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by cones688 13y ago
> That's why it has six external storage ports each capable of pushing 20GBps. Is it just me or something gives me the creeps about running an OS off an external drive... > Large, noisy, ugly Since when did the requirements of a
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by cones688 13y ago
I still find it incredulous people accept these are enterpise/workstation/pro machines: - No ability to have more than one hard drive (No RAID possibilities) - 64GB limit on RAM (as mentioned) - Single power supply - "Your Ma
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by cones688 13y ago
> As for servers, I wouldn't use Fedora. That's what RedHat (or CentOS) is for...
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by cones688 13y ago
Looks really nice! How jarring are non flat designed windows such as chrome/evolution etc? Do they look a bit "too" ill fitting?
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by cones688 13y ago
In getting started it does give the table names... which are all prefixed cd.tablename, it is an educational tool so one would expect one to read the getting started pages first.
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by cones688 13y ago
By customers, this is targeted at CISOs (Cheif Information Security Officers) and other senior IT decision makers and Sysadmins. Without being too patronising, this is really really basic jargon for anyone working in the Enterprise IT mobil
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by cones688 13y ago
> or cares Go tell CISO/CIO (or Auditor) of a fortune 500 that they don't need to care what company data/emails are on peoples phones/tablets or whether its under the companies control. Your lack of interest shows tha
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by cones688 13y ago
The key point in this letter which HN people should be noting is: > To our valued enterprise customers and partners, MDM (Mobile Device Management), EMM (Enterprise Mobility Management) BYOD (Bring Your Own Device), BES (BlackBerry Enter
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by cones688 13y ago
I totally agree, you should try an Android TV stick with Plex app on (see my comment above) The N40L is pretty dam silent, it just sits behind my couch. Uses a touch more power but it doesn't struggle like those NAS's sometimes d
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by cones688 13y ago
Other option is a Android "TV Stick" off Ali Express or Ebay, they run 4.1.1 and you can just install the plex app on it and use a remote... also stick a 32GB SD card in it and when you go away to a hotel just take the stick with
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by cones688 13y ago
I have a HP N40L little 4 disk SMB server which runs ubuntu perfectly with all the tools you list along with RAID and a bit more power. Instead of having XBMC I use plex a free (though the plexpass is so worth it) fork, which keeps a centra
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by cones688 13y ago
Did you raise this with the IPCC[0]? [0] http://www.ipcc.gov.uk/
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by cones688 13y ago
Windows only?
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by cones688 13y ago
Great tool - just wish there was an offline version I could run!
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by cones688 13y ago
> transferring to GendBuntu from a proprietary system means the staff member receives a new computer with a widescreen monitor. (0) This is a great idea to get staff to accept the change, not "forced" upon them but how about a
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by cones688 13y ago
I think what everyone is missing here is virtualization, why do you need your phone to have the power for it run them locally. Keep all the heavy lift action in the data center and with the new mobile data speeds "stream" your des
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by cones688 13y ago
> Having the exact same computer following us around without transmitting everything to Big Brother would have a certain amount of appeal if not for the greater danger of losing everything with our phone! So, what's next? Ever heard

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