Moving and Storage Business News

The News Review:

- Second Life Gets A Virtual Makeover
- EqualLogic Establishes Australian Presence to Further Expand Asia…
- Searching for a lifestyle
- Our Case Against YouTube

Second Life Gets A Virtual Makeover
InformationWeek – Mar 24, 2007
HERE TO SERVE YOUSecond Life runs on 2,000 servers using microprocessors from either Intel or Advanced Micro Devices. The servers are housed in two co-location facilities in. Because Linden Lab is committed to…
” Each sim runs on a separate processor so that when an avatar walks, flies, swims, or drives from one sim to an adjacent one, it’s actually moving from one. Users of Second Life are known as “residents,” and when they acquire virtual land to build their buildings and house their virtual furniture, vehicles, and other possessions, what they’re doing in the real world is leasing software capacity on a server.

EqualLogic Establishes Australian Presence to Further Expand Asia…
Computerworld Australia – Mar 24, 2007
Fortunately, there are new strategies to protect the data that allows you to compete The call to Bob Bailey, an IT executive with a major US government contractor, came on an otherwise ordinary day in October 2003. “Why are you attacking us?” demanded the caller, an IT leader with a Silicon Valley manufacturer. He wanted to know why Bailey’s company had launched a denial-of-service attack against his network Additional Resources Executive Guides…
We have maintained a 40 percent sequential quarterly sales increase over the last three years and have added 365 new customers in the fourth quarter 2006 alone. EqualLogic was recently ranked as second in IDCs global iSCSI SAN rankings by terabytes shipped1 and also ranked second by Gartner Group for global iSCSI SAN revenue2 share, said Ray Demeo VP Asia Pacific. Casey brings significant IT experience both within the storage market and in driving business growth with over 20 years working in telecommunications and IT, with the last 13 in Asia. Prior to his role with EqualLogic, he spent several years in senior APAC positions at vendors such as Cosine Communications, Lucent and Datacraft. He also held senior technical positions at users such as Optus, Westpac and Sydney Water. A significant focus for EqualLogics ANZ operation is the development of its channel network, which currently includes 450 partners worldwide accounting for more than 90 percent of the company’s revenue. We are currently driving our position in the ANZ market through a two-tier distribution model with distribution partners ACA Pacific in Australia, Singapore and Malaysia and VAR partners; Sententia, Enstor and Astron in Australia, said Casey.

Searching for a lifestyle
Toronto Star – Mar 24, 2007
They take possession May 18. Because of its age, the house needs some work: a renovated kitchen and bathroom, new windows and some electrical updates. But the two environmentalists feel better about moving into an older home. "We’re both concerned about our world. It’s the ultimate in reusing. That’s better than building from scratch," Wong says. She says a couple of the homes they placed bids on would have required more work…
Their 4-foot-by-6-foot den has been turned into a makeshift bedroom for son Joshua, 2, but it can barely accommodate a small bed and dresser. "I don’t like living in a tin can," says Stephanie. The family has been forced to rent a storage locker where they keep Christmas decorations and extra toys for Joshua. In contrast, their new house has three bedrooms plus a den. The kitchen is so big that half of the condo could fit into it, Andrew observes. The house sits on a lot 36 feet wide and 80 feet deep. And best of all, it has a backyard where Joshua can play.

Our Case Against YouTube
Washington Post – Mar 24, 2007
Or maybe they just want YouTube and other companies like it to move their operations overseas where we cant touch them, therfore costing thousands of Americans their jobs. Oh, or maybe than we could just have out government do what Chinas does and regulate the internet! All so that a buch of rich and greed execs can get even richer. Ah, America, the land of the free. I thought wed moved past these monopolies and robber barons half a century ago, but apparently not, because they seem to still be here and still pushing us around…
If they created content, then it wouldnt be user-generated, it would be corporate-generated. YT may start revenue sharing with U-G content that performs well, but I doubt theyll which to paying for content. The public at large is not attracted to YouTubes storage facility or technical functionalityThis is just plain wrong. Between me and my two brothers-in-law, we have over 20 home movies currently stored on YT, giving anytime access to an excess of 50 relatives and never-need access to plenty of friends and coworkers. Their technology allows me to easily share these videos. Im attracted to it.