Network Management Links 2008-05-07 « Network Observations

Network Management Links 2008-05-07

New Directions: Emerging Computing Models: Somewhere between *NIX-style terminal services (i.e., thin client) and Windows-style PCs (i.e., fat client) is a brave new world of emerging compute models, Jon Stokes of Ars Technica covers the possibilities.
Jobs Leads Best Beard in the Valley Vote: On a lighter note , Fortune Magazine noticed a trend among Silicon Valley CEOs to grow facial hair, and organized a Beard-Off to choose the best mane among the men. Steve Jobs is among the remaining four.
Virtualization Brings Multiple Personalities to the Desktop - Michael Vizard of eWeek’s Masked Intentions blog looks at the benefits and convergence of virtualization and multicore processors.
Data Recovered From Space Shuttle Columbia HDD - In what is an amazing feat of recovery, the post discusses the retrieval of data from a hard drive of the Space Shuttle Columbia that was used to complete a science experiment. Very interesting read.
Intel Makes Moves in 10 Gb - If you’re looking at whether the stars are aligning for 10 Gb, this might be a sign. Intel announced a stepping-stone server adapter that provides 10Gb throughput over standard copper cables.

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