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Pier 1 Imports Selects Cisco to Assist in Data Center Move and Accommodate Rapid Growth

Pier 1's business is expanding extremely rapidly, and as a result, so has the company's data storage needs. The IT organization was faced with the monumental task of relocating its central data center from the company's old location to the new 20-story corporate headquarters near downtown Fort Worth. While evaluating...

Tags: Data Storage, Data Center, Cisco Systems Inc., Pier 1, Data Centers, Storage, Disaster Recovery, Storage Management, Hardware, Data Management

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Coresecure Case Study: Pier Interactive

Pier Interactive is a consulting firm with offices in Boston, MA and Baltimore. The company wanted to provide a scalable, stable, and secure Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Oracle Database and ColdFusion MX hosting solution and wanted to be flexible enough to work with Pier's wide range of clients. The company...

Tags: Oracle Corp., Red Hat Inc., Coresecure, Pier Interactive, Open Source, Linux, Operating Systems, Databases, Software, Enterprise Software, Data Management

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Family Gift Stores on Adjacent Seattle Piers Keep Tight Watch on Lean Inventories

Ye Olde Curiosity Shop and Waterfront Landmark are two very different gift stores owned by the same couple, separated on adjacent piers of the Seattle, Washington waterfront, and now united by Microsoft Business Solutions Retail Management System. Where else can a person find a shrunken head, a pig with three...

Tags: Pier, Microsoft Corp., Store, Business Structures, Fiber Optics, Construction, Optical Networking, Network Technology, Cable, Finance, Telecommunications, Networking, Personal Technology

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Flames from Friction (Incredible flame fractals take you through the wormhole)

Eat Those AntsI think that the fractal titled "Flames from Friction" really ought to titled "Yellow-Bodied Spiny Anteater."LuneUnicorns and EchinodermsThe "Unicorn Bush" looks more to me like "Startled Echinoderm." Concentrate on the eyespot. You'll see it.LunePiers to meThe fractal called "Waves Along the Pier" is just truly marvelous....

Tags: LuneKeltkar, fractal, Lune

Discussion threads 2007-07-18

(Photos: Engineering lessons learned from Katrina)

Finally getting the bigger pictureGee, I'm glad they're finally looking beyond theend of their noses. Got the engineers into thepicture -- how about some ship designers, maybea few good plumbers, both know something aboutthe forces of large amounts of water and whathappens when they're cut loose. Also auto safetyfolks know...

Tags: barbrabee@..., photograph, Katrina

Discussion threads 2007-05-18

TechRepublic Exclusive: Elisa Camahort, cofounder of BlogHer

Last year, I had the pleasure of attending BlogHer 2007. The annual conference, held in July, was hosted at the Navy Pier in Chicago. To quickly get up to speed on this event, check out the links to my previous BlogHer coverage at the end of this post. ...

Tags: TechRepublic Inc., Event, Cofounder, Conference, Gender And Diversity, Corporate Communications, Podcasts, Thin Clients, Human Resources, Marketing, Internet, Hardware, Sonja Thompson

Blog posts 2008-03-06

Stupid Web Tricks: Create your own slide show with DHTML and CSS

Click here for our complete list of Stupid Web Tricks.By Lauren Guzak and Patrick Joseph(1/26/99, updated 6/22/01)Anybody can put their vacation pictures on their Web site, but only the coolest Web builders will have them set up as a slide show. And not just a simple one-picture-per-HTML-page slide show, either,...

Tags: Scripting languages, Web browsers, captionTxt, slideshow, numSlides, CSS, DHTML

Technical articles 2003-10-06

Is there such a thing as a secure wireless network for a home LAN?

I keep reading comments criticizing inadequately protected Access Points as though they are common. This seems to presume the need for some technical understanding for a properly configured Wi-Fi setup and that naturally gives me concern that my home wireless setup is vulnerable. I simply opened the manual &...

Tags: firewall, wireless, pre shared key, wifi ssecurity, home lan, Poordirtfarmer, networking, D-link DI-624, network, Wi-Fi, wireless network, Internet

Discussion threads 2006-09-05

(Bringing fire and steel to life)

Bringing fire and steel to lifeIf you want a realy spectacular display of pyrotechnics, bonfire parades and general mayhem you should come to the Lewes bonfire parades and display which are held every year on the 5th of November and not only celebrate the execution of Guido guy faulks and...

Tags: Bringing, Lewes, spectacular displays, display, Fireworks, Sussex, Brighton Marina, andy.white2006@..., programming, Jim, firework

Discussion threads 2006-08-19

net work set up

i've been out of the tech loop for 15 years after returning to my joy that of owning and running a charter fishing boat along the east coast.i've recently returned to computer tech work part time, after retiring and find i need to build, install and set up a new...

Tags: router, server, captcharlieg@..., charliescashflow@..., computer, network, work station, United Parcel Service of America Inc.

Q&A 2006-08-31

Things to do in and around London (need suggestions)

Things to do in and around London need suggestionsI need some suggestions for a London trip I'm taking in early June. We'll be there for 3 days...We plan on doing the Duck tours the amphibious vehicle deally, hitting Stone Henge, and then maybe a museum or two....Is there something...

Tags: London Eye, travel, london, european vacation, clark griswald, jmgarvin, off-topic, offence

Discussion threads 2006-05-03

Geek Trivia: Game within a (video) game

SabaacWas just a variation of Poker with one unique twist: Cards could change value in your hand.RE: Geek Trivia: Game within a video gameQuibble with the quibble....I am Canadian, and I would suggest Jay you weren't "wrong" just a little out of date.In the day's of my youth (60s),...

Tags: Games, mtgarden, game, Geek Trivia, card game, video

Discussion threads 2007-07-25

Favorite Television Series

Favorite Television SeriesI was at a luncheon today discussing plans next year activities when one of the directors suprised me by getting on the topic of favorite television series. What suprised me was this lady's total insistence that the greatest TV series of all time was Dragnet!So in the spirit...

Tags: Seinfeld, TV

Discussion threads 2004-12-17

reporting site issues

I didn't know whether this would be the proper place to send a "bug report".Is it?Absolutely!We've been innovating at breakneck speed around here, and I'm sure that the seams are starting show somewhere on some of our new community features. This is precisely the right place to file a bug...

Tags: bug reporting, Daleks, feedback, issues, Jay, jck, page-type, site improvements, tr website, VIVIAN

Discussion threads 2005-04-15

Interview with co-founder Elisa Camahort, pre-BlogHer 2007

Before departing to BlogHer 2007, I had the opportunity to interview Elisa Camahort, one of the co-founders of BlogHer. Not only did I want to learn about the original conception of BlogHer, but I thought it would be interesting to dig into the IT logistics behind the BlogHer conference. ...

Tags: Women, Conference, Q, Women Blogger, Gender And Diversity, Blogging, Human Resources, Internet, Sonja Thompson

Blog posts 2007-07-26

Microsoft to charge for Office beta

Microsoft to charge for Office betaarticle rootWhat a surprise!MS isn't satisfied getting 80-90% gross margins on Windows and Office, now they want to make money from people testing their software? Please spare us the "it costs us to allow you to test our software for us, so now you...

Tags: Microsoft Corp., software, everybody had to pay and pay, morrisdn@..., hardware, Microsoft Office

Discussion threads 2006-07-31

Rumpole of the Bailey

Anyone here a fan of Rumpole of the Bailey BBS show staring Leo McKern?I was many years agoThere were SO many great shows like that at one time. Now the only hope is putting up with 40 minutes of pledge drives for every 20 minute segment of good British Comedy...

Tags: Bailey BBS, Be Obeyed, CG IT, Dave Allen, Neighbour, off-topic, Penelope Keith, Richard, rumpole

Discussion threads 2006-06-26