Download MS SQL Server feature pack and benefit from a collection of additional components that add value to your SQL platform! You can get enhanced reporting capabilities, tools that integrate with Excel and SharePoint, and even policy based management that helps you follow SQL Server best practices. System requirements for these packages may vary according to the specific package, and different packages may have different installation methods. Furthermore, if you don't like Microsoft to get notified when an error occurs, make sure that you disable any Error and Usage Reporting components that these packages may have. These are enabled by default. The Microsoft SQL Server 2008 R2 Feature Pack is a collection of stand-alone packages which can be downloaded from here: http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?displaylang=en&id=16978
Nest Labs, a one year old venture of 100 experts and based in Palo Alto, California. Founded by former Apple executives, Nest Labs claims to have built the world's first learning thermostat. The intelligent and stylish device is intended to save energy costs by adjusting the consumption according to the house or room needs. Whereas, traditional devices keep a constant temperature for a period of time or even for an entire season, these devices learn and adjust the temperature accordingly and continuously. According to the co-founders, Mr. Fadell and Mr. Rogers there is a market opening for such devices and they have announced shipping plans of the device for mid-November. Read the full news item here: http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/25/technology/at-ne...l?_r=1
November 2011, OCZ Technology announced the launch of a pair of new SSDs having the highest capacity in a 2.5-inch form factor. The new drives are in the Octane family and include the Octane 6Gbps and the Octane-S2 using a 3Gbps interface. OCZ claims it is the first SSD maker to hit 1TB in a 2.5-inch form factor drive. Both of the SSDs use the Indilinx Everest platform to deliver up to 45,000 IOPS. According to their CEO, the new pair will solve the problem of having a narrow band of applications getting performance benefits from specific SSDs. The Octane series performance benefits span across various workloads. The SSDs use proprietary page mapping algorithms for steady mixed-workload performance and the ability to mirror real world conditions across different applications. Read the full press release here: http://www.ocztechnology.com/aboutocz/press/2011/458
London, 18th November 2011 – 2X Software today announced the company has received Commended status in the CRN 2011 awards program in the Software Vendor of the Year category, with the company placing highly in the competition as runner-up to top award winner Microsoft. The award recognizes 2X Software's commitment to its channel partners and achievements in providing state-of-the-art virtualization technology offerings to administrators simply and affordably, specifically through the recent release of 2X ApplicationServer XG. More than 20 industry experts made up the two separate and independent judging panels evaluating the awards in multiple categories. Upon making the shortlist in September, each of 20 shortlist categories was assessed by a category-specific panel of judges from resellers, distributors and vendors, with finalists in the Software Vendor of the Year category invited to present their application to the judging panels in person. Final awards standings were revealed Thursday, Nov. 17th, at the Battersea Park Events Arena in London. 2X Software CEO Nikolaos Makris noted, "We are honored to have been selected by the CRN expert judging panel for the 'Commended' Software Vendor of the Year, only surpassed by our strategic partner Microsoft. This award recognizes 2X Software's commitment to provide our customers and channel partners with the most innovative virtualization technology available, in a simple, affordable way." To view the full list of CRN awards winners, click here.
Founded by Micron Technology and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., a new Consortium made up of six industry leaders is working on a Hybrid Memory Cube (HMC) which represents an entirely new category of high performance memory, delivering unprecedented system performance and bandwidth. The goal of the Consortium is to facilitate HMC Integration into a wide variety of systems, platforms and applications by defining an adoptable industry-wide interface that enables developers, manufacturers and enablers to leverage this revolutionary technology. Hybrid Memory Cube is a revolutionary innovation in DRAM memory architecture that sets a new standard for memory performance, power consumption and cost. The HMC Consortium is a working group made up of industry leaders who build, design-in, or enable Hybrid Memory Cube (HMC) memory technology. The group works to innovate and expand the capabilities of the next generation of memory-based solutions. To read more about HMC go here: http://www.hybridmemorycube.org/