Top 10 Open source Cloud computing tools

What is cloud computing?

This question seems irrelevant in today's context when people are utilizing the space on the Internet for storing files rather than on personal hard drives. With the introduction of cloud and its benefit it is not surprising to see Open Source software making an offering in this area. The combination of cloud computing with open source has opened the doors of ease, savings and flexibility for companies. The introduction of open source tools in the cloud computing arena has opened the doors for vendors to save money even after...

Hot Backup Technologies like VTL [Virtual Tape Library] Learn & Explore

Some real HOT Storage technologies can be explored & explained below such as VTL [Virtual Tape Library] :- 

BACKUP TO TAPE:

Tapes, a low-cost technology,are used extensively for backup. Tape drives are used to read/write data from /to a tape cartridge. Tape drives are referred to as sequential,linear or access devices because the data is written or read sequentially. Tape mounting is the process of inserting a tape cartridge into a tape drive. The tape drive has motorized controls to move the magnetic tape around, enabling the head to read...

Mozilla Firefox 4 new features

A few outstanding features include tabbed browsing, an integrated search engine and many add–ons of all types. This high-performance browser also has a massive selection of great customization features and tools to help you personalize your web experience.

New in Firefox 4:

• The “pin as app tab” feature minimizes frequently used pages into a favicon -only tab for easy access.
• Consolidated menu bars give the site more space and reduce the space taken by navigation.
• A completely customizable interface that allows you to add and remove buttons, bars and more...
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HP's version of IPAD - HP Touchpad

Recently, HP released their equivalent version of Apple’s IPAD, the HP Touchpad. This new invention is capable of multi-tasking, wireless printing with compatible HP printers, and running thousands of applications from the App Catalog.

With its multi-task feature, you can open up as many as twenty tasks, photos, applications, texts, or calendars at the same time without the loading lag or periodical interruption when you return to the first task at-hand. You can also stack similar or related tasks together to avoid confusion. To a multi-tasking person, this option is preferred.

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ISP the internet service providers

The number of the users accessing the internet service at the same time from a particular ISP affects the speed of internet. For these reasons,users of internet should use different ISP to reduce traffic.

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Hard drives (secondary memory)-buyer guide

Speed and storage capacity are constantly increasing, from the past few years. The older technologies have made a way, to speed up the newer technologies. Prices are falling, and capacity and speed are rising.

While looking for a hard drive, the first thing which comes to mind is its capacity. One will choose the drive, which meets his storage needs. When choosing the hard drive, ask yourself, about how much capacity you need. It is a good practice to purchase a drive, 1.5 times your current requirements. The second thing,...

Memory (RAM) - a brief buyer guide

When we come to upgrading a PC, the most-often upgradeable part, comes to our mind is the memory. This is because a huge performance increment can be gained by just increasing the memory, rather than changing the processor or the hard drive.

This is because memory is the way, by which processor talks with the CPU, and the Northbridge. Since huge amount of data flows between them, memory plays an important part, in speeding up the process. Just upgrade the RAM from 1...

Inkjet printers- a brief buyer guide

Even when the laser printers are becoming cheaper, inkjet printers are still holding their position in the market. The factors contributing to it are, lower cost of running and partly, low investment. Also, they require less space. Home users prefer inkjet printers than the laser one. Inkjet printers are facing tough competition, due to decreasing price of the laser printers.

Printer speed is generally advertised in bold letters. But it must be noted that, the actual speed cannot match the advertised speed in the real life situations. As the print quality is increased,...

Windows command prompt Tips & Tricks

With the launching of the operating systems, like windows 2000, and windows XP, the use of command prompt has declined considerably. Today, almost everything depends on windows interface, where the user, just need to have a couple of clicks through a pointing device (i.e. mouse), to perform a task. Still, some tasks are there, which can only be handled through command prompt. If it’s about removing a virus, then windows explorer feels helpless .To start the command prompt, go to Start > Run, type cmd, and press the ok button, or hit enter...

MacBook Pro 15-inch: Its Features and Value

Here presenting a new MacBook notebook, powered by i5 family processor and, its features.

Apple products always have a pre-launch, to reveal it features, and a display to the public about the product to be launched in market. Apple always receives a high attention in the market, by the quality of products, which it delivers.

Either it is the iphone, ipads, ipods or the laptops. iphones and ipads received a much high attention, then the MacBook Pro. It may seem a strange thing, but it...