Judy Mottl

TechWorld’s Chris Mellor reports that a new start-up–so new there’s nothing on the Web except a light data sheet–is launching data centers on the high seas. Well actually in ports.. not out on open water. It’s an intriguing idea as it does seem to be more environmentally friendly. But given homeland security issues you have […]

Ever get a song in your head that you can’t stop hearing. Since Christmas, when my kids replayed Santa Claus Is Coming To Town a trillion times, the lyrics to ‘put one foot in front of another’ have been reverberating in my head (it’s a scene where Winter is embraced as a friend if you […]

Ok, I admit I could use GPS tracking and location technology pretty much on a daily basis. I do forget where I’ve parked my car after three hours in the mall with my 15-year-old daughter. Heck, I probably couldn’t even tell you what kind of car I own after one those mother-daughter experiences so yes, […]

Call me naive, go ahead, but I’m still blown away by what technology is providing people these days. Take the story of a man who lost both legs in the Iraq war. Bluetooth technology is helping him walk using prosthetic legs — yes the same technology that’s revolutionizing hands-free phone calling. Here’s the scoop but […]

In a quest to hook up new customers Open-E’s offering up a free lite version of its Data Storage Solution (providing 2 TB of data and just online forum support) for the next week and a half. The free trial opportunity ends on January 31st. You just download the software to a USB memory key […]

We’ve seen the traditional email verification box:  the one where letters are scrabbled a bit in some wacky font and you have to decipher and type it in another box if you’re trying to forward a Web page or email. Most times I get it right though there have been times I haven’t been able […]

Speculation abounds, rumors persist…even conspiracy theories about how and why Sun acquired MySQL will continue for weeks, months, probably years. If you want Jonathan Schwartz’s take, just check out his blog. He took time Saturday to post a full explanation. No it won’t stop the conspiracy theories but it’s an interesting read that’s for sure. […]

Some quick numbers that came in this morning: Virtualization On The Rise? On average 50% of storage production environments at Fortune 1000 organizations will be virtualized by 2009, according to new research from TheInfoPro. According to TIP’s Wave 10 Storage Study — which details technology adoption trends and timeframes, management techniques, and vendor performance data […]

As I reported yesterday Drobo, the robotic storage device, has a sibling providing NAS functionality, the DroboShare. Now it seems the company is “offering up”:http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS5172137196.html $2,000 to the developer who can build a port of its “Dashboard” Drobo configuration application to Linux, according to LinuxDevices.com.

Motorola’s announcement late Thursday that it’s undertaking a strategic assessment of poor performing business units, specifically the handset division, for potential sale or spin-off didn’t take any industry pundits by surprise. Declining sales and failure to keep up with competitors on the product side are issues that have been dogging the Illinois-based company since it […]

Everywhere the Giants and Patriots went on a bus during Super Bowl week, including daily practices or media events, the team’s security forces knew when players and staff arrived, when they departed and where the buses were at every second of the day and night. They even knew how fast the bus traveled at any […]

Name a player in the data storage arena and there’s no doubt that vendor has at least one, if not more, products aimed at the small-and medium-sized business. Just look at the past few months; there’s been a flurry of device launches with each touting how the particular solution meets the particular needs of the […]