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- 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
- Best Practices for Deploying Citrix XenApp on XenServer on HP ProLiant Servers
- Since the first hypervisor came on the market, businesses have been challenged to consolidate underutilized servers on to a single physical machine. While early results were disappointing, resulting in large performance penalties due to virtualization overhead, there have been significant advances in technology. Today's AMD Opteron and Intel Xeon processors...
- Tags: Hypervisor, HP Compaq ProLiant Server, Hewlett-Packard Co., Citrix Systems Inc., Best Practice, HP Compaq ProLiant, Virtualization, Servers, Processors, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components
- White papers 2009-07-01
- Intel's name game: Switching to good-better-best to reduce complexity
- Intel's name game: Switching to good-better-best to reduce complexityActually, I found the best way to reduce complexityUse a Mac.Apple makes it very simple.I know it costs more, but I don't care.I know it is "too limiting", but I don't care.RE: Intel's name game: Switching to good-better-best to reduce complexityAbout 6...
- Tags: Processors, Intel Corp., processor, name game, game
- Discussion threads 2009-06-18
- News to know: Bing, Twitter, Kindle, E3, Red Hat, Istanbul
- 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 is live: Nice first impression; Will Bing boost Cashback? Bing's real return: A catalyst to a...
- Tags: Larry Dignan, Red Hat Inc., Andrew Nusca, Microsoft Corp., Twitter, Sam Diaz, Engineering, Game Players, Sales Strategy, Semiconductors, Network Technology, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Sales, Hardware, Networking
- Blog posts 2009-06-02
- AMD rolls out six-core Opteron, aka 'Istanbul'
- AMD on Monday introduced its six-core Opteron chip for servers, also known as Istanbul, and positioned it as a value play for data centers looking for an easy way to expand and power efficiency. For AMD, the early launch of Istanbul is a positive development in its...
- Tags: Istanbul, AMD Opteron, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., AMD Strategy, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-06-01
- Homebrewing isn't dead yet
- Homebrewing isn't dead yetShould be programs for asset re-use by big vendors for K-12I don't see why IBM, HP, Dell and a few others can't take off-lease near-EOL equipment for enterprises and re-distribute it to K-12 with a limited warranty for reclamation costs and for re-use in educational environments. The...
- Tags: Homebrewing IS, Homebrewing, K-12, Dell Computer Corp., PC
- Discussion threads 2009-03-09
- AMD launches more energy efficient server chips
- AMD on Monday delivered latest installment of its 45 nanometer quad-core Opteron line--a high efficiency extension of its flagship server chips. The company said that five Opteron HE processors are available in servers from HP and Rackable with Dell, Sun and others due later in the first...
- Tags: Server, AMD Opteron, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Chip, Server Chip, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-01-26
- A New Level of Virtual Flexibility From Terremark, HP, VMware, and AMD
- Terremark Worldwide is a leading global provider of IT infrastructure services delivered on the industries most robust and advanced operations platform. Terremark wanted to provide customers with on-demand virtual IT environments requiring no capital investment. Terremark build a new platform with custom operations software, VMware, and HP ProLiant servers with...
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Terremark Worldwide, VMware Inc., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Virtualization, Processors, Servers, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components
- Case studies 2008-12-01
- Sun cuts 5,000 to 6,000 jobs
- Sun cuts 5,000 to 6,000 jobsIf I were a Sun employee I'd be looking for another job.There seems to be a never ending stream of layoffs at Sun. Very demoralizing.RE: Sun cuts 5,000 to 6,000 jobsi think it's hard to compete for Sun in the new IT market place. The...
- Tags: Recruitment & Selection, Linux, Operational accounting, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, UNIX, Now Let, Careful Murph, Sun Microsystems Inc., job
- Discussion threads 2008-11-14
- News to know: Storm; AMD, Intel; Tech economy reels
- Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Josh Taylor: Verizon announces BlackBerry Storm availability, pricing Larry Dignan: AMD unveils ‘Shanghai’; Aims to better compete with Intel AMD: Does the resurrection start...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Best Buy Co. Inc., Larry Dignan, Microsoft Windows 7, Nokia Corp., Shanghai, RIM BlackBerry, Microsoft Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Handhelds, Software, Hardware
- Blog posts 2008-11-13
- AMD unveils 'Shanghai'; Aims to better compete with Intel
- AMD on Thursday will launch its "Shanghai" platform, its latest batch of Opteron server chips. With Shanghai, AMD gets a do-over from its ill-fated Barcelona launch. At a high-level, Shanghai gives a 400 MHz speed gain in the same thermal band as Barcelona. Shanghai also triples the...
- Tags: Barcelona, Shanghai, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., Stevens, Performance Management, Semiconductors, Processors, Network Technology, Servers, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Hardware, Components, Networking, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-11-12
- Microsoft Hyper-V to VMware: We have you surrounded
- Microsoft and Novell had their first virtualization child Thursday. A joint virtualization effort that couples SUSE Linux Enterprise Server from Novell operating with Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V. The news itself isn't all that important--part of the Microsoft-Novell pact--dictated that SUSE would use the software giant's virtualization technology. But if you...
- Tags: Novell Inc., VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Hyper-V, Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-09-11
- Before Intel's big show, AMD launches an attack
- With Intel's annual conference set to start this week, AMD launched a pre-emptive strike in a press conference on Friday. AMD executives said the processor innovations you'll hear about next week are imitations of technology they introduced as much as five years ago, and Intel's Larrabee graphics...
- Tags: Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Graphics, Intel Corp., Attack, Imitation, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, John Morris
- Blog posts 2008-08-18
- Non-Profit Organization Redefines Itself as an Early IT Adopter With the Help of the AMD Opteron Processor
- Warm Beach Christian Camps and Conference Center WBC was growing in popularity: its camps were increasingly sold out and seasonal events such as "The Lights of Christmas" were bringing in tens of thousands of people within narrowly constrained timelines, creating huge and somewhat unpredictable spikes in demand for IT capacity....
- Tags: Information Technology, AMD Opteron, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components
- Case studies 2008-07-25
- Warm Beach Christian Camps Experiences Affordable Scalability, Reliability and Performance With AMD, HP and Microsoft IT Infrastructure
- Warm Beach Christian Camps and Conference Center WBC was growing in popularity, its camps were increasingly sold out and seasonal events such as "The Lights of Christmas" were bringing in tens of thousands of people within narrowly constrained timelines, creating huge and somewhat unpredictable spikes in demand for IT capacity....
- Tags: IT Infrastructure, Hewlett-Packard Co., Performance, Scalability, AMD Opteron, Microsoft Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Performance Management, Processors, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components
- Case studies 2008-07-25
- IBM wins supercomputing bakeoff; Playstation chips rule; Intel dominates HPC
- Supercomputers are like muscle cars for IT: Few of us have one, but boy they are fun to look at. IBM on Tuesday touted that its supercomputer built for the National Nuclear Security Administration's Los Alamos National Lab is the most powerful system in the world. It...
- Tags: Supercomputer, Blade, Sony Playstation, Intel Corp., IBM Corp., Chip, Supercomputing, NNSA Supercomputer, Roadrunner, Roadrunner System, Intel Quad-core Blade System, Blade Servers, Utility Computing, Processors, Servers, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-06-18
- North Shore Medical Center Provides Better Support With AMD Processor-Based Solutions
- North Shore Medical Center is part of a non-profit integrated health system founded in 1994 by Brigham and Women's hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital. North Shore Medical Center had been receiving complaints from staff about the time and resources required to log onto systems, place orders, and conduct IT maintenance....
- Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Processors, Servers, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components
- Case studies 2008-06-14
- Microsoft not pulling XP SP3 again (so far)
- Microsoft not pulling XP SP3 again so farThey shouldFor but another reason why they need to can this mofo, try read my comments on Adrian's 'Minimizing XP SP3 woes' blog chip. How else can I put it? SP3 sucks. The butterfly is down, the apple is rotten. I'll be weeping...
- Tags: XP SP3, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-05-09
- Partners Healthcare Improves Data Centers Management With AMD Opteron Processors
- Partners HealthCare was founded in 1994 by Brigham and Women's Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital. Partners is an integrated health care system that offers patients a continuum of coordinated high-quality care. Partners HealthCare's North Shore Medical Center NSMC was planning new services and programs in response to its growing number...
- Tags: Partners HealthCare System Inc., Data Center, AMD Opteron, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Data Centers, Processors, Servers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Semiconductors, Components
- Case studies 2008-04-14
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