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- Virtualization, old and new
- There are two very different kinds of virtualization making headlines these days. The second one, resource virtualization for management purposes, seems wholly laudable. Whether used to manage storage, processing, or networking a virtual system constructed as kind of unified console for two or more pieces of real hardware can reduce...
- Tags: job, data processing, machine utilization, virtualization
- Blog posts 2006-05-22
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- Seven great (and free!) applications for Windows 7
- You added Windows 7 to the title for page hits...Any tech enthusiast worth their salt has long known about all these apps. Nah ... ... for page hits I'd have added XP ... bigger user base ... User base yes but Windows 7is what everyone is interested in reading...
- Tags: Operating systems, Ubuntu 9.10, Linux Distro, Paint.net, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7, 7-zip
- Discussion threads 2009-11-10
- Conversation with Marathon Technologies
- Quite often organizations that adopt virtual machine technology are thinking more about consolidation of workloads to reduce overall costs and to better utilize physical system resources. than availabiltiy. Furthermore, the adoption of this technology is often a "bandage" to cover a more serious issue that is harder to address -...
- Tags: Industry Standard, Marathon Technologies, Virtual Machine, Desktop Virtualization, Virtualization, Hardware, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2009-09-14
- Process Controller 2.0 (Windows)
- Process Controller is a very unique application. The way it operates is simple but incredibly effective. It's tiny core sits in the background monitoring the current processor utilization. When this crosses a threshold (80% by default) it enters 'Active Mode' and starts analyzing the running processes on the host machine,...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, MLtek, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components
- Software downloads 2009-08-10
- A killer Windows 7 bug? Sorry, no
- A killer Windows 7 bug? Sorry, noWhy are people so obsessed with unused RAM?What, pray tell, is the purpose of RAM if it isn't for it to be used by something? Bragging about unused RAM is like bragging about how your grocery getter has 500HP even though you never use...
- Tags: Operating systems, RAM, memory, Windows 7 bug, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7, killer
- Discussion threads 2009-08-05
- Microsoft's Project Natal for business: In your dreams
- Natural user interfaces will be big. Anyone that sees Microsoft's Project Natal demo comes away impressed. Once Microsoft execs try to extend that to the business world you can't help but snicker. That clunky transition from the Xbox to the business world was in plain view at...
- Tags: Environment, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Xbox, Business World, Mundie, Game Players, Microsoft Project, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-07-31
- Novell PlateSpin Migrate really moves Solaris workloads
- Novell introduced me to the features of the newest release of PlateSpin Migrate the other day. If you'll recall, I've offered a number of posts on Novell's PlateSpin unit. The most recent of these is Novell PlateSpin Recon 3.6. Novell appears to be one of the few suppliers that offer...
- Tags: PlateSpin Inc., Novell Inc., Workload, Data Centers, Sun Solaris, Servers, Virtualization, Operating Systems, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Software, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2009-07-17
- Safari 4 - "The world???s fastest browser" ... NOT!
- Safari 4 - "The world???s fastest browser" ... NOT!they used ibench AND sunspider... nt...RE: Safari 4 - Apple used iBench... which is debunk... and they've used in the past modified... pityful....Your text and pictures don't match.As to what is better or worse. What is what?Why V8?I guess if I...
- Tags: Apple Inc., Apple Safari, Browser speed, Chrome, JavaScript, Opera Software ASA, Safari 4, Web browser
- Discussion threads 2009-06-09
- Virtual Instruments launches VirtualWisdom
- Mark Urdahl, CEO, and Len Rosenthal, VP Marketing, of Virtual Instruments stopped by to let me know about VirtualWisdom, a product the company launched while at EMCword. Their product is designed to help organizations moving to a virtualized environment gain insight into and manage their virtual storage infrastructure. ...
- Tags: Performance, VMware Inc., VirtualWisdom VirtualWisdom, VMware Performance Bottleneck, Virtualization, Performance Management, Storage, Hardware, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2009-06-05
- New dual, triple and quad core CPUs from AMD
- New dual, triple and quad core CPUs from AMDMeh, quad cores are overkill......for most consumers, including me. I mean, last time I checked we didn't have Minority Report type touch-holographic applications, right? Why do I need a quad core system if I'm only using Word, Final Draft, Firefox...
- Tags: Processors, Operating systems, Network technology, CPU, operating system, overclocking, quad-core, quad-core CPU, Advanced Micro Devices Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-06-02
- PRTG - Paessler Router Traffic Grapher 6.2.2.983 (Windows)
- PRTG Traffic Grapher is an easy to use Windows application for monitoring and classifying bandwidth usage. It provides system administrators with live readings and long-term usage trends for their network devices. PRTG is mainly used for bandwidth usage monitoring, but may also be used to monitor many other aspects of...
- Tags: Bandwidth, Network, Microsoft Windows, Paessler, PRTG Traffic Grapher, PRTG, Networking
- Software downloads 2009-06-01
- Cisco MDS 9000 Family Advantages in VMware Environment
- Virtualization brings numerous advantages to the data center, i.e. more efficient resource utilization, decreased level of management complexity, lower power and cooling demands, etc. However, it also introduced new challenges, especially when it comes to SAN deployments in virtualized environments, such as specific performance requirements, application isolation, security aspects, granularity...
- Tags: Environment, SAN, VMware Inc., Cisco Systems Inc., Storage Area Networks (SAN), Storage Management, Data Centers, Storage, Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Utility Computing, Hardware, Data Management
- White papers 2009-05-01
- Why all the fuss over XP Mode?
- Why all the fuss over XP Mode?RE: Why all the fuss over XP Mode?Wow... MS is trying really hard this time...Good for them... I like the part of how they will include a licensed copy of xp for the client side... nicePlus, being separate from 7 allows them to...
- Tags: Linux Distro, Microsoft Windows XP, XP Mode, fuss, Microsoft Windows 7, APP-V
- Discussion threads 2009-04-27
- Free Software Trial Finds VMware Problems and Optimizes the Data Center
- Inexpensive and easy-to-use, the patent-pending VKernel Capacity Analyzer delivers proactive resource monitoring and predictive capacity analysis capabilities that enhance VMware vCenter VirtualCenter. Capacity Analyzer is the only virtualization server management software that predicts resource utilization trends and alerts users days in advance of potential issues. By improving capacity planning, Capacity...
- Tags: Software, Vkernel Corp., Data Center, VMware Inc., Virtualization, Data Centers, Desktop Virtualization, Hardware, Storage, Data Management
- Download resources 2009-04-20
- SolarWinds VM Monitor 1.0.1.31 (Windows)
- While virtualization has tremendous benefits, it adds new complexity when it comes to managing your network. Virtual machines VMs and their host ESX servers need performance and availability monitoring, just like their physical server counterparts. Your users don't care if their apps are running on physical servers or in virtual...
- Tags: Health Care, Server, Microsoft Windows, Virtual Machine, SolarWinds, Desktop Virtualization, Hardware, Virtualization
- Software downloads 2009-04-16
- Google reveals secret server hardware
- Google reveals secret server hardwareHow green is that?Every battery goes bad eventually, and having THOUSANDS of them leads me to ask - what happens to them when they die?RE: Google reveals secret server hardwareI am interested in how they hook that 12 volt battery up to the mobo and whether...
- Tags: Engineering, Normal PC, battery, secret server hardware, server, server hardware, Google Inc., hardware
- Discussion threads 2009-04-03
- P570 vs T5220
- P570 vs T5220IBM 1, Sun - all the restOne point in the "favor" of IBM is the way you can get "pay as you go" pricing. IBM would routinely provide DOUBLE the CPUs/Memory that you paid for - they would be in the chassis and unconfigured. If you wanted more...
- Tags: Network technology, IBM Corp., Sun T5440, P570, IBM Power 570 4-x 4.7, Sun Microsystems Inc., T5220, IBM POWER, GHz T2
- Discussion threads 2009-03-12
- P570 vs T5220
- As part of JesperFrimann's challenge with respect to the options available to a company with two aging p690s running Sybase, he suggested that: It's 256 threads per box on the T5440 versus 16 on the p550, and furthermore the power 550 supports shared pool virtualization.. so it...
- Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., IBM POWER6, IBM Corp., J2Ee, Processors, Application Servers, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Java, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Software, Programming Languages, Paul Murphy
- Blog posts 2009-03-12
- Turtles vs. Hares
- Turtles vs. HaresDue dilligence[Utilization data for all the LPARS, with daily profiles.]I am unaware of anyone that actually goes back to an LPAR later to adjust it. Fire-and-forget seems to be the mantra when creating LPARs. Why would anyone want to do the extra work of collecting utilization data and...
- Tags: UNIX, Operating systems, Hares
- Discussion threads 2009-03-11
- Turtles vs. Hares
- In Aesop's version of the story a bragging rabbit challenges a turtle to a race, and then loses because he shoots so far ahead he becomes overconfident enough to take a nap, only to find on waking that the turtle has made it over the finish line. ...
- Tags: Job, Stored Procedure, Data Center, Information Technology, Data Centers, Storage, Recruitment & Selection, Strategy, Hardware, Data Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Management, Paul Murphy
- Blog posts 2009-03-11
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