Can Arlington's aerospace sector sustain the city? May 2, 2009
We ve looked at relocating to Seattle, to be perfectly frank, said John Van Newkirk, president and CEO of CheckSum Automation LLC, which makes equipment used to test electronic assemblies like auto dashboards. Some CheckSum workers come from the surrounding areas. (Puget Sound Business Journal, WA)
Apple Is Sued After Pressuring Open-source ITunes Project Apr 28, 2009
That's when Apple first introduced a special operation, called a checksum hash, into its products to ensure that Apple's devices were communicating with iTunes and not some other type of software. Developers reverse-engineered Apple's checksum mechanism, but in late 2008 the company introduced a new version of the crypto-technique with its iPod Touch and iPhone products. (Yahoo News -- Technology)
Rocks Don't Need to Be Backed Up Mar 28, 2009
Commentary: What a 4,000-year-old Egyptian obelisk can teach us about data backup, archiving and preservation of our history and why it's critical that we get started now (EnterpriseStorageForum)
Linux 2.6.29: New Kernel, New Mascot Mar 26, 2009
29, OCFS gets support for metadata checksum to further improve data file integrity checking. OCFS is supported by as well as the new high-availability extension, which was officially announced today. (SmallBusinessComputing)
PC Diagnostics Leader Debuts PC-Doctor Service Center® 7 PC Repair Kit for Computer Troubleshooting Feb 25, 2009
Support for CD/DVD checksum test: New test media supports this test while maintaining compatibility with older-version media. Test automation: Five predefined, broad-coverage PC troubleshooting scripts are available directly from the home screen, as are up to five user-defined scripts. (Yahoo News -- Press Releases)
File System Management Is Headed for Trouble Feb 24, 2009
A per file checksum such as a SHA256: This is critical for many preservation archives to check the integrity of the file and is required by many organizations for data integrity. Metadata about the file that both a user and application can populate, such as what version of an application created the file. (EnterpriseStorageForum)
Saving Big Money With Open Source Storage Feb 21, 2009
ZFS provides copy-on-write so there is no need to buy additional snapshot functionality, block checksums to detect corruption, an integrated file system/volume manager, write bundling and dynamic striping ... The checksum capabilities highlighted the fact that the file system was clean. (EnterpriseStorageForum)
Storing Decades of Bureaucratic Data Feb 12, 2009
"We do not just store one copy of the records. We need to store multiple copies including offsite . The Archives is very concerned about integrity. So everything has to be kept in triplicate, and everything is hash and checksum checked, and so forth.". Ultimately tape proved to be the most cost-effective solution, though NARA plans on having active data stored on disk. (EnterpriseStorageForum)
