Across the Spectrum
Firefox Download Day.
18/6/2008
Firefox Download Day.Mozilla will release the next version of its Firefox browser on Tuesday and attempt to set a Guinness World Record for software downloads.
The company has deemed June 17 "Download Day," part of a campaign unveiled on May 28 asking users to download Firefox 3 on the first day it is released to set what very well may be the geekiest world record ever -- the largest number of software downloads in 24 hours.
To help its cause, Mozilla is hosting a Download Day event, the Camp Firefox BBQ, at its offices in Mountain View, California, on Tuesday. The company also has asked Firefox fans to host parties to encourage friends to download with them, and place "Download Day" buttons on their Web sites as reminders of the big day.
Currently, there is no world record for software downloads; Mozilla is trying to create one.
Release Candidate 3 of Firefox 3 is currently available online for free download. A list of the browser's new features also is available online.
While the fanfare may seem a bit geeky, Firefox -- released in November 2004 -- has inspired a significant and rather fervent fan base. This is in part because it was the first browser in years to give Microsoft's Internet Explorer viable competition.
In response, Microsoft has had to add new features to IE in an effort to make it more innovative. On Wednesday, the company unveiled new features for IE's next version, IE 8, aimed at making deploying and managing the browser easier for IT professionals. IE 8 beta 2 is scheduled to be available in August.
The browser even has its own fan page (sign-in required) on the Facebook social-networking site, with 91,205 fans signed up and counting.
According to Mozilla, there are more than 175 million users of Firefox, which is available in more than 45 languages and used in more than 230 countries.
More information about how users can participate in Download Day is available on the campaign's Web site
Spectrum Networks Brings Enterprise Grade Virtualization to Australia.
2/3/2008
Spectrum Networks is proud to announce its range of Virtualization products are now available to Australian business.
Virtualization is a technology where virtual servers can be created to simulate a real hardware hosting environment. The advantages of this technology abound, but most notable is the ability to provide secure, reliable and redundant hosting at reasonable cost unlimited ability to scale as required.
Spectrum's Virtualization technology will allow your company to simply lease virtual slices. These slices can be arranged in any configuration of CPU, Memory and Storage then topped off with an operating system of your choice, Linux or Windows. The slices can be easily expanded at any time allowing additional memory and disk space as required. This keeps the cost of ownership low allowing businesses to only pay for what they use.
Disaster recovery/high availability, these virtual slices can be easily replicated, backed up or moved from the development environment to the live system. Backup can be on site or shipped live to Amazon S3 to provide worlds best practice in backup and disaster recovery.
"I am very excited to offer this product to our customers. We have been using Virtualization technology within our company for some time now, to offer high availability to our systems for our customers. It's time to share this service with our customers and allow them to utilize Virtualization for hosting their web based services and applications as well as Virtual Desktop infrastructure" said Matt Perkins Spectrum Networks' managing director.
"It's an excellent fit with our very successful Virtual PABX product, and the desktop based applications and the benefits offered in the web hosting space are too many to catalog" Mr Perkins said.
If you would like more information on virtual hosting, Virtualization or to setup a trial slice today, contact Spectrum Networks on 1300 133 299 or visit www.spectrum.com.au.