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Moving to Solid State Disk
PROS: Dramatically better all-around performance; somewhat better battery life on the
same hardware when compared to a traditional
hard drive
CONS: Expensive; small capacities
RATING:
available—the mobile operator version
also allows for remote control. To learn
more, visit secure.logmein.com.
Origin Storage Launches
Encryption for Laptops
Origin Storage has announced Enigma
FIPS, a series of notebook hard drives
designed for Dell notebooks that incorporate the Seagate Momentus SelfEncrypting Drive that has recently secured
FIPS 140-2 certification from the National
Institute of Standards and Technology. The
Momentus drive provides hardware-based
encryption without performance degradation. The FIPS 140-2 solution is the latest in
the Enigma range to provide organizations
of all sizes with a quick and cost-effective
way to secure laptops using high levels of
hardware encryption. To learn more, visit
www.originestore.com.
Manager will automatically add, start, or
stop virtual machines in a VMware ESX/
ESXi server farm when the number of active
sessions in a server exceed a specified
threshold. According to the vendor, Applications Managers lets IT pros utilize their
virtual resources more effectively and cut
operational costs. To learn more, visit
www.manageengine.com.
CONTACT: Intel • www.intel.com • OCZ •
www.ocztechnology.com
DISCUSSION: www.winsupersite.com/article/
windows-7/The-Great-SSD-Migration-Part1Migrating-a-Windows-7-Desktop-to-SSD.aspx
Mac OS X “Lion” Developer Preview
PROS: Only one OS X product version; simpler,
touch-friendly controls; simpler app discovery
CONS: iOS-like app launcher is perhaps too
basic; window management tools are complex
RATING:
RECOMMENDATION: Apple has borrowed
some interesting ideas from iOS (the basis of
its iPhone, iPod Touch, and iPad) for its next
OS X version, Lion. It’s reducing the number
of product versions to one: OS X Server will be
bundled with the desktop version and installed
like a feature. OS X’s multi-touch features have
additional gesture support and more window
management functionality, and an alternative
app-launching scheme based on the grid of
icons from iOS. The current developer preview
strongly hints at where Apple’s heading. I can’t
wait to see which of these features Microsoft,
um, is inspired by for Windows 8.
Applications Manager Adjusts
Virtual Infrastructure Resources
ManageEngine has announced automated
provisioning of virtual resources with
ManageEngine Applications Manager,
the company’s server and application performance monitoring software. Applications
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RECOMMENDATION: Solid state disks (SSDs)
are more expensive and currently ship in much
smaller storage capacities than their more
traditional spinning-disk hard-drive brethren.
So although 2TB desktop hard drives can be
had for well under $100 at traditional retailers
like Amazon.com, smaller-capacity SSDs cost
much more, usually more than $200 for a
120GB drive. Why would you want to replace a
cheap high-capacity hard disk drive (HDD) with
an expensive low-capacity SSD? Speed. SSDs
aren’t just faster, they’re dramatically faster.
Windows 7 installs in under 10 minutes, and
on a mainstream Core 2 Quad-based desktop,
boots in about 15 seconds.
CONTACT: Apple • www.apple.com
DISCUSSION: www.winsupersite.com/article/
windows-7/What-Microsoft-Can-Learn-FromMac-OS-X-Lion.aspx
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