RTE entrusts Atos Origin and Euriware linfogrance of its data processing

RTE, the oprator of the rseau of transport D `lectricit franais, has just renewed its contracts D `work stations and applications, preserve two software firms franaises: Atos Origin and Euriware (subsidiary company dtenue 100% by Areva).
# the amount of contracts N `does not have T communiqu. The mission D `will consist to ensure the exploitation and management D `approximately 10.000 work stations and of prs of 100 applications, of which in particular office automation.

L `administration of 10.000 work stations externalise

the primtre of the software firm galement includes/understands the administration of 800 waiters and hbergement D `a platform D `exchanges between RTE, its customers and its partners.

In, Atos prcise that 170 people will be mobilize for this mission D `infogrance and of consolidation of the exploitation of the systme D `information of RTE.
# As Euriware, it hrite of « the infogrance applicative of the field March and Interconnexions, is approximately 100 waiters and 70 applications. » This field D `activit of RTE is subjected strong constraints of qualit of service.

Its externalisation auprs D `a person receiving benefits must thus result in theory in guarantees into terms of continuit D `activit, but also allow the best.

Red Hat delivers pilots under LPG for the virtual machines Windows

Red Hat, which proposes KVM, a hypervisor for Linux, has just diffused under new drivers for Windows.

Difficult indeed for a ditor of solutions to make the dead end on the optimization of the virtual machines Windows.
# These rseaux pilots, whose Network Driver Interfaces Specification (NDIS), aim amliorer the performances of the machines htes Windows on KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine).

the technical dtails and the bonds of tlchargement are available on.
# announces It of Red Hat intervenes a little less D `one month aprs that of Microsoft concerning the setting provision of Windows in Open Source for the virtual authorities Linux in its hypervisor propritaire.

Sony will launch the PS3 Slim dbut September 299 euros

Technology – the new version of the console will be smaller, more lgre and less greedy in nergie. It will be markets to leave September 1, 299 dollars (299 euros in Europe). Lactuelle PS3 passes to Mrs. tariff ds aujourdhui.

C `is the occasion of the living room GamesCon 2009 Cologne in Germany
that Sony Computer Entertainment Kazuo Hirai prsident it has dvoil the PS3 Slim.

It is 32% smaller and 36% more lgre that PlayStation 3 current, and
34% D `nergie in less with caractristic techniques will consume
identical and an hard drive of 120 Go.

It will be especially less chre, sold 299
euros at the time of its exit on September 1. The price
S `applies also the current PS3 80 Go which passes 399 299 euros ds
aujourd `today.

Better ratio qualit-price

“; C `TAIT the moment for us to change gives it. In these times of crisis, much of families prfraient to wait before D `to buy a PS3, anticipating a fall of prix”; explain Peter Dille, vice-prsident Marketing branch of.

For him, the PS3 offer quipement dsormais the best report/ratio/price.

“; For 299 euros, you become acquror D `a game console, D `a Blu-Ray reader and D `a disc of 120 Go”; recall it.

Remains knowledge how old the modle will be able to survive the exit
of Slim. Will Sony still lower its price or will leave it the rays?

the price drops of the Sony console conceals trs awaited, of many analysts
L `estimating essential so that Sony can remake its delay on Nintendo
(Wii) and Microsoft (Xbox 360).

“; I think that these price drops arrive too late. In the short run, we think that the sales will increase. But on the long run, it will be difficult since Microsoft and Nintendo also will lower their prix”; concludes Colin Sebastian, cabinet Lazard Capital Markets. (Eureka Press)

Office 2010 on Mac will replace Entourage by Outlook

Technology – Available end 2010, the Office continuation for Macintosh will mark the great return dOutlook. A material change destiny to unify the products between Windows and Mac OS in order to facilitate lchange give. While waiting, Office 2008 reoit a setting day.

Like D `practice, the version Mac D `Office
2010 will arrive one year aprs the exit on PC prvue dbut 2010. The large one
nouveaut announces yesterday by division Microsoft Mac Business Links (MacBU) is
the replacement of the customer of transport Entourage by Outlook. Minis
rvolution (there was a Outlook version for Mac before Mac OS X) which aims amliorer the exchange D `information between the platforms
Windows and Mac OS.

Moreover, the synchronization of give (contacts,
calendars, notes and tches) with the Exchange waiters will be more powerful.
Outlook for Mac reoit a new base of give which optimizes it
operation with Spotlight and Time Machine of Mrs. qu `a manager of
rights D `accs for give sensitive.

Office 2008 remani

But before the exit D `Office 2010 which is still remote,
Microsoft S `is galement pench on Office 2008. The range passes from 3 2
versions, the premire for the private individuals and tudiants and a news
business version which will leave on September 15, 399 dollars. Entourage reoit one
important setting day (Entourage Web Service Edition) which amliore sound
operation with Exchange for the synchronization of give. (Eureka Press)

Kindle: Amazon erases lgalement several books tlchargs by its customers

Technology – Continuation a problme of right dautor, Amazon has T constrained deffacer several works tlchargs by customers on their book lectronic Kindle. Without prvenir them…

Irony of the history, they are in particular two works of George Orwell, 1984 and the farm of animals qu `Amazon has effac quite simply watered effect of Kindle of its customers. An operation that the owners of the book lectronic have remark in for works qu `they lgalement had lgalement acquired on the Amazon site.

In ralit, it would seem that the ditor MobileReference who distributed these titles N `did not possdait the rights of them. The systme D `Amazon indeed allows diteurs to directly propose books in tlchargement. But obviously no contrle pralable N `is effectu by the bookseller on line. A spokesperson D `Amazon recognized that the removal of the titles conceals « bad a ide and that the systme went tre modifi of manire this qu `such a operation is not any more ncessaire » .

No contrle palable of the diteurs by Amazon

a similar msaventure S `is produced with D `other books and in particular of the titles D `Harry Potter. This business is likely to sow the disorder in the users of Kindle who go on a commercial platform, pays for tlcharger contents in theory lgal but is finally the thank you of this kind D `error. With Cl, an authoritative contrle and not explicit on their Kindle.

Only solution to prmunir itself against this kind of mthode, to safeguard the works on its computer, L O Amazon will not be able to come to erase them! (Eureka Press)

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Unisys prsente its solutions of scurit for Cloud Computing

Scurit – Counting on the fact that the scurit is for the companies lun main brakes the migration of their give on the cloud, Unisys has dvoil a srie services spcific.

D `aprs a survey ralis in June by Unisys, 72% of the companies question have dclar that the scurit TAIT their proccupation numro 1 when it S `acted of dplacer their give towards a “; cloud extrieur”; . The professionals want S `to ensure that the transfer and the storage of these give rpondent standards of scurit qu `they know.

to start, Unisys proposes ds this week Secure Cloud Solution. Compatible with. NET, Java and in the second time them, this solution makes it possible the companies to make migrate their applications and give towards Cloud hberg by Unisys. Will come then in dcembre a Cloud-in-have-box, a solution all-in-a for crer and dployer its own cloud in-house.

Of Cloud computing two levels

And in March 2010 will leave a hybrid service mlant. The service will make cohabit a cloud priv grer by the company and an external cloud grer by Unisys within D `Mrs. dated center virtual.

Of the kind, the companies will lay out D `Cloud two levels on which they will be able to divide their give trs sensitive and their more current applications. And for the scurit of the transfers, Unisys has dvelopp a procd which splits give them, the crypt and the fact of forwarding on the rseau by invisible tunnels. They are then gather aprs authentification of the user. This technology will be intgre Secure Cloud Solution. (Eureka Press)

March of the waiters: IDC prdit a rectification to start from 2011

Technology – If the sales of waiters to the second quarters still move back of 29,6% and on the whole of 22% over 2009, IDC estimates that hardest is not. Linstitut dtudes sees the ngative tendency beginning rsorber with the troisime quarter. But the resumption of the growth will not be done before 2011.

Aprs a first quarter into strong
lower (- 24,5%) the sales of waiters are even worse for
deuxime exercise of the Anne.

IDC has just delivered its figures of the deuxime
quarter which announces to a retreat of 29,6% per report/ratio Mrs. priode in 2008.
On the whole, the march will connatra a growth in fall of 22,1% on the unit
of the Anne 2009.

However, malgr this stagnation obvious, IDC adopts a tone
optimist. The cabinet D `analyses estimates that hardest is not. It prdit that
the march should start to be stabilized to leave the troisime quarter.

growth 2010 will be certainly still ngative but sorrow worse than this
Anne. IDC thinks « that many users will start to take
stratgic dcisions with regard to their front data-processing platforms
end of 2009 to anticipate the activit of 2010 » .

the recovery would have it
to intervene in 2011, with a positive growth of 2,9%. It would progress
still a little the following Anne (3,3%) and 2013 (3,1%). Prdictions which
stick with those of many conomists who do not see of recovery of
L `world conomy before 2011. (Eureka Press)

the users will have 18 months to pass from Windows 7 XP

Technology – Microsoft has finally dcid to allow the manufacturers of PC dinstaller Windows XP, to replace Seven ditions Pro and Intgrale, jusquen April 2011. Lchance thus spends 6 18 months.

the ditor amricain returned on his premire announces: Microsoft had initially prvu D `to authorize the rtrogradation of the PC under Seven for hard 6 months to count exit of its new systme D `exploitation on October 22.

the OEM would have then T constrained to cease on April 22, 2010 proposing their customers acqurant a computer quip of (dition Professionnelle or Intgrale) to return Windows XP Pro. The manufacturers taient limits an offer of « downgrade » towards Windows Vista, which N `forever vritablement convinced.

Dsormais, a user will be able to return Windows XP ds at the time the purchase D `a computer quip of Seven intervened before April 22, 2011. However this new 18 months chance could still change well. Microsoft states indeed that the deadline for the rtrogradations towards XP will be able also tre the exit of the first Service Pack for Windows 7.
# the migrations simpler, but coteuses, with the Software Insurance
# For recall the SP1 of Vista conceals left 14 month aprs launching the systme D `exploitation. Another prcision, this time for the companies acqurant Windows via the programme of licence in volume and customer of the contract Software Insurance of Microsoft: they companies will be able freely to pass a version suprieure or infrieure of OS, the flexibilit will be total.

the companies under Software Insurance in no fawn would thus be forced to return Vista (only 10% would have migr towards Vista according to Forrester). If they are not convinced either by and Med-V, two applications available under Windows 7 ensuring the comptabilit with applications XP, the companies will be able to thus preserve their old systme D `exploitation or to return aprs of nonconclusive there.

However, all the companies do not subscribe the Software Insurance of Microsoft. This subscription reprsente indeed a surcot for the price of the licence. « The annual price for the Software Insurance for the Applications and Systmes is of 29% of the price of the licence. For the waiters the annual price of the Software Insurance is of 25% of the price of the licence » .

Atari simplifies its data processing and rduit its cots

Technology – Within the framework dun project of simplification of sound systme dinformation, the socit of play vido Atari has consolid its waiters with the virtualisation, aprs however a tude dligibilit. Profit: an operating burnup in fall of 50 70%.

Subsidiary of the group Infogrames, produced Atari, said and distributes plays in more than 60 countries. Jusqu `in 2007, this pioneer of the play vido S `supports on two autonomous data-processing directions having four datacenters: two in the United States and two in France.
# This mode of governorship S `relatively coteux avre and results in the volont D `to standardize the systmes D `information. Objective of the project: to simplify it data-processing of the company and thus rduire its dpenses of operation.
# « The key question of this project of simplification conceals: which solution for rduire cots, amliorer the robustness, in particular on the part recovery plan D `activit, and accrotre the flexibilit of the systme D `information? We had dj effectu regroupings of fonctionnalits on waiters » explain the Defect Prsident Management Information Systems D `Atari, Nicolaas Laarman.

an operating burnup rduit of 50 70%

the rponse then considers: the virtualisation. A premire tude in-house ralise allows the data-processing direction to determine the contributions of this technology. This slap pralable dbouche on a tude D `ligibilit intends to identify the physical waiters being able tre virtualiss, with like critre central the rate D `use.
# Atari chooses the platform of virtualisation of VMware and PlateSpin for the aspiration of the configurations of the waiters. « Through diffrents tests and return D `users of VMware, the solution appeared to us in June 2008 like more robust than the other solutions of the march. The simplicit D `administration, the compatibilit with diffrents OS, the management of the clusters and the price galement have motiv this &amp choice; #187; dtaille Nicolaas Laarman.
# the intgrator Dell must raise a dfi: to buckle the installation of the new architecture in three months. Indeed, about thirty waiters D `Atari arrives at the end of the lifetime or at the end of their leasing agreement. The company thus wishes to consolidate these physical machines and thus to post a return on investment quickly.
# Atari waits moreover of Dell qu `it ensures the transfer of comptences so that its quipes data-processing can manage they-Mrs. the virtual infrastructure at the end of the three months. Four top-of-the-range physical waiters in cluster thus will accomodate more D `about thirty virtual waiters with like bnfice of gnrer a rduction the operating burnup (cot total of possession) 50 70%.

Still few visibilit on the virtualisation certain applications

Atari can moreover consider dsormais rduire the number of its centers of give of four two. A consolidation which will result in a fall of its dpenses into hbergement and in lectric consumption.
# But the virtualisation ncessite however to take certain prcautions. « It is necessary to be shown to be attentive with the needs for its waiters in terms of performances, of disponibilit in CPU and D `enter-exits on the hard drives. A tool of business intelligence for example needs resources. The console D `administration of VMware allows you dpla …

Vente binds: Microsoft leaves gaining dun procs in Core the South

Legal – justice has gift wrong two socits showing Microsoft dabus of dominant position for the sale of Windows with Media Player and Messenger. But Microsoft is condamn in the United States to pay 100 million dollars.

Digito. COM and Sanview Technology, two diteurs of Core of the South, have cabbage to make condemn Microsoft. The two companies reproached the firm amricaine of competition dloyale by marketing its systme D `exploitation with Media Player and Windows Messenger.
# the court has estim that Digito. COM and Sanview Technology could not blame Microsoft for the losses financires qu `they had record. Concerning Sanview Technology, justice considre lack of comptitivit (price) and qualit and the service aprs sale like persons in charge of sound chec.
# a judgment 100 million dollars in the United States
# As Digito. COM, it N `would not have contribution the reasonable evidence to justify a financial damage ascribable Microsoft. The ditor amricain has by the Commission south-corenne in load of the questions of competition.
# Microsoft had COP D `a fine of more than 20 million dollars for dominant position abuse. The ditor must since proposing two versions of his OS, of which one dbarrasse of Media Player and Windows Messenger. The deuxime as owes it intgrer of the bonds towards Web pages allowing of tlcharger rival software.
#, the justice of the State of the Mississippi has condamn Microsoft galement for. To put an end to the dispute, the ditor has accept to pour 100 million dollars, including 60 million in the form of good D `purchases for the consumers lss.
# Thus, any person rsidant in the Mississippi and having achet Microsoft products or computers dowries of Windows between on January 1, 1996 and on June 11, 2009, can prtendre good D `purchase of 12 5 dollars. Microsoft balances the felt sorry for 22e here dpose against him in a tat amricain for similar reasons.