Fujitsu U810 is mobile user's dream

Cool Tools Alert This newsletter is sponsored by Blue Coat Get the latest on Web Acceleration Tools Discover how to significantly improve document delivery times for users that are physically away from your centralized data center. A document that takes 80 minutes to deliver to a user across the globe could be delivered in three minutes with Web acceleration. Learn how your IT organization can benefit from this technology. Listen to this Webcast now. Keith Shaw's Cool Tools Alert, 10/18/07 * LATEST COOL TOOLS VIDEO: Fujitsu U810 is mobile user's dream Keith finds the Fujitsu Lifebook U810 to be close to the Holy Mobile Computing Grail of Ultra-Portable Computing. * LATEST COOL TOOLS COLUMN: 25% off DNSstuff Membership! Exclusive offer for Network World Readers. DNSstuff.com is a web application providing expertise and all the tools necessary to ensure that your DNS operates smoothly, efficiently and safely. Only $36/yr Coupon Code: NWW2007NLA Work smart & join today! Wallet photos go electronic Pocket Album, by Digital Foci, is a tiny LCD screen (1.5 inches) with a key-chain attachment, the Pocket Album can store up to 74 photos on its 8MB of flash memory. Photos can be transferred via USB from a Windows PC or Macintosh through the included PhotoViewer software (which basically lets you crop your existing photos into a square shape). * LATEST TWISTED PAIR PODCAST: Google Phone coming soon? Special guest-host Jonathan Summey and Jason discuss Microsoft caving in and patching a flaw, the potential for a new Google Phone and how to seek revenge on your enemies. (29:05) * LATEST FROM NETWORK WORLD PANORAMA: Change management tools can prevent application outages Gartner says 80% of downtime is due to human error and problems created by process, such as inadequate testing and unauthorized changes. And research from Managed Objects, a provider of business service management tools, shows many of these failures come from custom or home-grown applications. Network World's Jason Meserve talks about the issue of application outages and what can be done to prevent them with Michele Hudnall, director of service management at Managed Objects. (12:34) 5 tips for optimizing ROI from a virtualized data center Chances are before you begin a virtualization project you're going to want to know how you'll show a return on investment. And, of course, the better that ROI, the better for you. Joost Pronk van Hoogeveen, Sun's resident virtualization expert, talks with New Data Center Editor Beth Schultz about how companies can get optimal ROI out of their virtualization projects. (21:29) * LATEST VOICES FROM IT ROADMAP: Supporting Boeing supply chain requires major storage upgrade Aviall Services, a Boeing subsidiary and provider of aftermarket supply-chain management services for the aerospace, defense and marine industries, learned it was taking over Boeing's supply chain management, it embarked on a major effort to upgrade its storage systems. Russell Douglas, director customer and supplier services information systems at Aviall, explains how a new system was selected with major input from end users and what the company is doing to beef up backup and recovery systems. (9:31)

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