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Rolling Review: BigFix Enterprise Suite 7.0.7.96
Our third entry in this Rolling Review has more than patch management in its bag of tricks.
Cisco Buys Rest Of Nuova, Launches Data Center Switch
The upcoming Nexus 5020 will be the second in a larger line of Nexus switches that combine storage, switching, management, virtualization and security.
“Everyone can benefit from Time Capsule”
Though many people equate backing up with “doing taxes or changing the oil,” Dwight Silverman (Houston Chronicle) wants us to know that “Apple has come up with a hardware and software combination that makes backups almost effortless.” Silverman’s talking about Time Capsule — which offers high-speed wireless backup to a 500GB or 1TB hard drive — and Time Machine. An automatic backup utility, Time Machine is built right into Mac OS X Leopard, and Silverman considers it “the simplest backup solution available, bar none.”
Apple celebrates Tribeca Film Festival
For the fourth year in a row, Apple celebrates the Tribeca Film Festival and the spirit of independent filmmaking with a series of free events at the Apple Store, SoHo. From Filmmaker Talks (featuring such speakers as Paul Haggis, Tony Gilroy, and other actors, screenwriters, and directors) to filmmaking workshops (at the SoHo, West 14th Street, and Fifth Avenue Apple Retail Stores) all the events are free and open to the public. If you’re in New York later this month, be sure to drop in and enjoy the festivities.
Sun, Fujitsu Target Data-Centers With UltraSparc T2 Plus Servers
The T5140 and T5240 systems allow up to 128 virtual servers per system to help customers in data center consolidation.
Uncovering the amulets of Seramon
Egyptologists have extracted amulets from the remains of mummies in the past. But before Dr. Samuel Mérigeaud made the amulets of Seramon the subject of his doctoral thesis, no one had done so non-invasively. Embalmers interred the ancient Theban priest with multiple glass, stone, and beeswax figurines placed inside his thoracic and abdominal cavities. And though they remain there still, X-ray tomography, VGStudio MAX 1.2.1, a Mac Pro, and two Apple Cinema displays have revealed them in spectacular fashion. See for yourself.
