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Elipica Services Deploys Neoware's Access Virtualization Products, Lowers Costs and Gains Ease of Deployment

I had an opportunity to chat with Brad Taylor, of Elipica Services, recently. During that discussion, I asked him a few questions about how his organization is using products from Neoware.Please tell me who you are and a bit about your organization.Brad is a Systems Architect for Elipica Services....

Tags: virtual access software, Managing virtualized environments, Consumer use of Virtualization

Blog posts 2007-07-03

Brightstar Corporation Increases Security and Saves Money with Provision Networks

I had an opportunity to ask Anthony "Tony" Escarpenter, Infrastructure and Security, Brightstar Corporation, a few questions about how his organization is using tools from Provision Networks. Thanks Tony for finding time to communicate with me during a difficult time. I really appreciate it.Please tell me who you are and...

Tags: virtual machine software, virtual access software, Managing virtualized environments, Consumer use of Virtualization

Blog posts 2007-07-02

Profile of System Solutions

How are organizations using virtualization technology? In an effort to find out, I spoke with Frank Basanta, Technical Director of System Solutions, about their use of the technology.Tell me about Systems SolutionsSystems Solutions is a system integrator from New York City. They offer solutions based upon both Linux and Windows....

Tags: Consumer use of Virtualization, virtual machine software

Blog posts 2007-05-29

Virtualization and Green Computing

"Green computing" seems to be seems to be the up and coming thing for suppliers offering virtualization software as well as management software for virtualized environments. It's a topic that has come up over and over again in my discussions with suppliers recently.What is "green computing" you ask? It appears...

Tags: Consumer use of Virtualization, Green Computing, Managing virtualized environments, virtualization

Blog posts 2007-05-17

Additional reasons to adopt virtualization

In my post, Why choose a virtual environment?, I pointed out a number of reasons that organizations chose to deploy virtualization. While it wasnt an attempt to list all of the reasons in some sort of exhaustive fashion, it touched on many of the more important ones. A reader...

Tags: virtualization, Consumer use of Virtualization

Blog posts 2007-05-10

Conversation with John, Engetes, Rackspace's CTO

Rackspaces PR firm contacted me and asked if I would be interested in speaking with Rackspaces CTO, John Engetes, to get a technology consumers view of the state of virtualization technology today. I, of course, jumped at the chance since I usually speak with vendors representatives. ...

Tags: virtual machine software, Managing virtualized environments, Consumer use of Virtualization

Blog posts 2007-05-07

Additional Resources

Open source needs successful champions

Open Source powers the Internet period!Open_Source powers the ENTIRE Internet withrouters/switches/servers you name it like Microsoft sitting behind caching Linux distroname servers.Now you tell me what does it need now???It is the FUTURE of smart devices, appliancedriven infrastructure, just like VMware using a Linux derived kernel and it is #1...

Tags: Linux, software cost, Linux Distro, open source, operating system, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-11-05

AMD rolls out 8 new Athlon CPUs in time for Windows 7

Too littleI've bought AMD CPUs in the past, but they lost their edge with Intel's release of Core 2. AMD has yet to recover. I just don't see myself going AMD to save $50. Frankly, $100 won't move me when I consider I will keep a new...

Tags: Processors, CPU, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7, Intel Core i5, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., processor, Core i5, Intel Corp., AMD Athlon

Discussion threads 2009-10-20

Intel shakes up mid-range CPUs with Lynnfield Core i5 750, Core i7 860 and Core i7 870

Business Class PCs to get Core i5Last winter when the Core i7 was released, it was pretty much placed in high level consumer gaming PCs. Even the lower end Core i7 did not find its way into business class PCs.I would certainly like to see Lenovo and HP get working...

Tags: cloud computing, Storage management, Utility computing, Processors, CPU, Virtualization Technology, Core i7, virtualization, Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., socket, processor

Discussion threads 2009-09-08

Frugal Friday: Media Outrageousness, Snow Leopard Woes, Mac Virtualization, VMWorld 2009, EU kiboshes Oracle/Sun, Brocade

Filling time with white catsEven though it's a humor book, let me just ponder its suggestion that when Seinfeld and Gates visited that suburban family, we were seeing 100% solid street. You know what I'm saying?As I suggested in the talkbacks to the earlier post, Apple has not, to my...

Tags: Oracle Corp., Apple Inc., Sun Microsystems Inc., Brocade Communications Systems Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-09-05

Apple's Snow Leopard Completely Blows It Virtually

RE: Apple's Snow Leopard Completely Blows It VirtuallyI think there is a lack of understanding of Apple's goals here. Mac OS can run perfectly fine on commodity hardware from Dell, etc. they just purposely prevent it from doing so. (Check out all the "Hackintosh" OS X boot-loaders if...

Tags: Operating systems, Apple Mac OS, Virtualization, Mac business, Apple Inc., Apple Mac OS X, hardware, Apple Macintosh, Apple Mac OS X v10.6 Snow Leopard

Discussion threads 2009-08-30

News to know: Bing; Windows; HP; RIM; ZuiTUbe; CD sales; Wimax

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Larry Dignan: Bing gains search share on Yahoo, Google Ed Bott: XP, Vista, or Windows 7: Which OS is...

Tags: Research In Motion Ltd., Larry Dignan, Richard Koman, Hewlett-Packard Co., CD, Matthew Miller, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, Sam Diaz, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Sales Strategy, E-mail, WiMAX, Operating Systems, Software, Sales, Online Communications, Wireless And Mobility

Blog posts 2009-08-19

Der Frankenputer: A Last Hurrah at System Building

It all started with two extra Opteron CPUs and RAM and a bunch of hard drives which I had lying around, that mushroomed into a Build-Your-Own monster PC project. Like a modern day Victor von Frankenstein, who digs up bodies in graveyards in order to bring his...

Tags: PC, AMD Opteron, Amazon.com Inc., Power Supply, CPU, Desktops, Processors, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-08-12

News to know: Twitter DOS attack; Cisco and IBM, Clunkers, Win 7 chart; Murdoch; CTO

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Ryan Naraine: Twitter knocked offline by DDoS attack; Koobface returns with a twist Larry Dignan: Cisco CEO Chambers: IBM...

Tags: Denial Of Service, Facebook, Larry Dignan, CTO, Video, Cisco Systems Inc., Ryan Naraine, Twitter, Sam Diaz, IBM Corp., Microsoft Windows 7, Corporate Communications, Microsoft Windows, Marketing, Operating Systems, Software

Blog posts 2009-08-07

Microsoft delivers near-final test build of Windows 7 XP Mode

Microsoft delivers near-final test build of Windows 7 XP ModeAmazing StuffWell done microsoft.RE: Microsoft delivers near-final test build of Windows 7 XP ModeI'm unclear about the use of this on other editions of Win7, such as Home Premium. Is it only the XP Mode part of the new VirtualPC that...

Tags: Operating systems, desktop virtualization, Microsoft Windows XP, XP Mode, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Windows 7 XP Mode, near-final test, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Delivers

Discussion threads 2009-08-04

Savvis on Cisco's Unified Computing System

Bryan Doerr, Chief Technology Officer, Savvis and I communicated about Cisco's Unifed Computing System UCS. Here are his answers to some questions that were posed to him.  Since Savvis currently operates 29 data centers (a total of 1.4 million square feet of space), his views could be seen as...

Tags: Data Center, Virtualization, Environment, Cisco Systems Inc., Savvis Communications, Data Centers, Servers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2009-07-20

Microsoft Windows 7 (Professional)

The best thing to happen to Microsoft's public relations in years, Windows 7 is more than just spin. The public testing process, involving one limited-availability beta and one release candidate, too, constitutes what some are calling the largest shareware trial period ever. Although the look of Windows 7 may...

Tags: Construction, Operating systems, Digital music, Digital media, Jump Lists, Microsoft Windows 7, window, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp.

Product reviews 2009-07-07

Cloud computing and open source face-off

Cloud computing remains one of the big topics in software this year despite considerable and ongoing concerns over lock-in, lack of control, and security. The siren song of ease-of-development, reduced costs, highly elastic scalability, and next-generation architectures has many in IT and in the Web community carefully weighing the...

Tags: Cloud, Cloud Computing, Open Source, Virtualization, Hardware, Dion Hinchcliffe

Blog posts 2009-06-14

$99 iPhones Will Not Improve the Wireless Customer Experience

Selling the iPhone at $99 is simply an opiate for the masses. But like any addictive drug, it doesn't fix the real miseries plaguing wireless service carriers. This week, Apple did the unthinkable -- it lowered the price of the existing 8GB iPhone...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Phone, Device, Transceiver, AT&T Corp., Apple Inc., Apple iPhone 3G, Wireless, 3G, Wi-Fi, Wireless And Mobility, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-06-09

Wind River: Tasty Embedded Linux Treat

Intel just purchased embedded systems vendor Wind River for a cool $884M. But why? The answer may lie in Linux and device virtualization. For many, Intel's acquisition of Wind River may have gone over this week as just another asset grab by the...

Tags: Wind River Systems Inc., Embedded Linux, Operating System, Intel Corp., Smart Phones, Linux, Operating Systems, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Software, Hardware, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-06-05