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- Microsoft Hyper-V Server
- Microsoft Hyper-V ServerMy daddy was in maintenance..he had a saying.. he used to say: "If it ain't broke, Don't fix it!"Why would customers suddenly want to jump ship, while Microsoft is dominantly known for startup problems e.g. takes quite a while for their products to become mature?The 3 arguments stated...
- Tags: Microsoft Hyper-V Server, Microsoft Hyper-V, Microsoft Corp., server
- Discussion threads 2008-10-06
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- Law Firm Practice Sees Revenues Climb Up to 20 Percent Because of Information Platform
- The law firm of Parker Poe Adams & Bernstein LLP wanted new ways to compete in the hyper-competitive environment for legal services, ways that would demonstrate its expertise as well as its ability to use that expertise to provide superior client service. It found what it was looking for in...
- Tags: Revenue, Law Firm, Microsoft Corp., Litigation, Content Management, Business Operations, Enterprise Software, Software
- Case studies 2009-10-05
- Crutchfield Case Study: A Win-Win Situation
- Fast growth had pushed Crutchfield's data center to the maximum capacity of its cooling unit. The company wanted to reduce the number of physical machines to avoid buying a new air conditioner as well as streamline server management. By implementing Microsoft® Windows Server® 2008 Hyper-VTM on DellTM...
- Tags: Crutchfield Corp., Data Centers, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Servers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software
- Case studies 2009-09-22
- Intel bolsters entry-level server chip lineup
- Intel's Nehalem platform is extending into more markets including entry -level servers and more mainstream consumer PCs. On Tuesday, Intel said that its Intel Core i5 processor family, two new Core i7 chips and a series of Xeon chips geared toward small businesses were now available. These...
- Tags: Intel Xeon, Intel Corp., Chip, Xeon 3400, Tech Economy Watcher, Semiconductors, Network Technology, Servers, Processors, Hardware, Networking, Components, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-09-08
- TechNet Webcast: Hyper-Green Virtualization: Scaling Enterprise IT for Energy Efficiency (Level 200)
- Resource utilization. It's an increasingly important topic, and if the business is constrained by poor server and storage utilization, it's likely over-investing in hardware and wasting space and power, not to mention propagating operational inefficiencies. These in turn increase costs and lead to negative environmental impacts. The attendee will learn...
- Tags: Energy Efficiency, Webcast, Information Technology, Utilization, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft TechNet, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management
- Webcasts 2009-05-05
- ServiceU Video: Reliable Service
- ServiceU deployed DellTM PowerEdgeTM servers and Dell/EMC storage area networks SANs to support the company's SQL Server environment and serve as the foundation for a distinct virtualized environment based on Microsoft Windows Server® 2008 Hyper-VTM technology.
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Environment, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Storage, Storage Area Networks (SAN), Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Hardware
- Case studies 2009-05-01
- ServiceU Case Study: Reliable Service
- ServiceU deployed DellTM PowerEdgeTM servers and Dell/EMC storage area networks SANs to support the company's SQL Server environment and serve as the foundation for a distinct virtualized environment based on Microsoft Windows Server® 2008 Hyper-VTM technology.
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Environment, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Storage, Storage Area Networks (SAN), Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Hardware
- Case studies 2009-05-01
- Twitter: A fine 'pre-business' but un-monetizable and a deadly acquisition target
- Twitter: A fine 'pre-business' but un-monetizable and a deadly acquisition targetAs I've been saying all along...Anything Twitter do to make money now is going to piss off users to some degree. The concept has legs but so did email and we don't use a single centralised server for that now,...
- Tags: Mergers & Acquisitions, Operational accounting, acquisition, Twitter, revenue
- Discussion threads 2009-03-16
- Predictions for 2009
- Predictions for 2009Rock on!Which CPU took longer to reach the market, Rock or Viking? Viking never actually made it to market, and in the meantime the slow@ss SPARC2's were overrun by the speedy first 100Mhz processor (HP735). Those 3 (5?) long years for Sun defined how inept it is at...
- Tags: Linux, Strategy, UNIX, Operating systems, Servers, information technology, General Motors Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., IBM Corp., Obama, Ford Motor Co.
- Discussion threads 2008-12-31
- Will Windows 7 get a new name for its release?
- Will Windows 7 get a new name for its release?Following Steve's PhilosophyAs you so accurately noted, Steve has a knack for whole numbers as we know from his Microsoft Office reign. Office 12 (2007), Office 11 (2003), Office 10 (XP or version 2002), Office 9 (2000) and these were the...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Vista R2, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 7, new name
- Discussion threads 2008-10-07
- Do we need to wipe the slate with x86?
- Â A few days ago an industry colleague and I were having a discussion about Linux and whether or not it is necessary for it to be application compatible or simply just "interoperable" with Windows from a protocol and data exchange standpoint. His view is that Linux...
- Tags: Intel X86, Architecture, IBM Corp., Linux, Microsoft Windows, Processors, Operating Systems, Software, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-07-22
- Microsoft to offer standalone hypervisor
- Microsoft to offer standalone hypervisorHV ROCKS! Yeah, YEEHAWWWUAaaOW!I'm soooo pumped right now! We got so many exciting products coming out right now! Windows Server, Hyper-Visor, Vista SUTU Super Ultimate Turbo Ultra, zLife Suite, Zune 2's with FM radio - oh yeah I said FM radio! Yeeeeehaaaawaaahhooooow! Life is good!http://fakesteveballmer.blogspot.comWindows SUCK!...
- Tags: Virtualization, hypervisor, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2007-11-12
- The ISACTRL and WSPSRV Services Do Not Start When You Install ISA Server 2004 Standard Edition on a Multiprocessor Computer (884569) 4.0.2161.81 (Windows)
- Microsoft ISA Server 2004 Standard Edition is designed to run on servers with up to four processors when licensed individually. However, when installed on a multi-processor computer, ISA Server 2004 Standard Edition incorrectly counts hyper-threaded processors (e.g., Intel Pentium IV), causing the ISACTRL and WSPSRV services to not start if...
- Tags: Server, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft ISA Server, Multiprocessor, Computer, Microsoft ISA Server 2004 Standard Edition, Processors, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components
- Software downloads 2007-09-14
- What happens to network performance on Linux/Mac when you play audio?
- What happens to network performance on Linux/Mac when you play audio?Doesn't look like audio playback affects network performance on a macYou've posted this at an opportune time! I'm currently copying 42Gb from a Mac OS X server (an old G4) to a MacBook Pro. Both computers have Gigabit Ethernet. Unfortunately...
- Tags: Desktops, Ethernet, Operating systems, NETWORKING, Apple Macintosh, network, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Mac OS, network performance, Mb/s
- Discussion threads 2007-08-29
- Red Hat regains mischief-maker role with metadata vendor acquisition
- As Red Hat and its JBoss unit ramp up their SOA offerings and capabilities, they are re-emerging as a powerful mischief-maker to the established commercial vendors -- this time on the subject of data lifecycle in the age of SOA. But there soon could be much more mischief from Raleigh.Red...
- Tags: database, datacenters, Developer Tools, Eclipse, Enterprise 2.0, Enterprise Java, HP, IBM, IT Management, JBoss, Linux, management, Microsoft, Open Source, Oracle, Red Hat, SOA, SOA Governance, Software Development, Software Infrastructure
- Blog posts 2007-04-27
- Bungee Labs starts off Web 2.0 Expo with a bang -- web development as a service with a low-cost hosting model
- Its time to add another IT category to the official IT lexicon: software development and deployment as a service SDDS. And this ones a keeper.Thats my conclusion after seeing a demonstration of Bungee Labs new Bungee Connect offering, which combines the virtues of online web application development with a near-real-time...
- Tags: Web Services, Virtualization, Testing Tools, Software Infrastructure, Software Development, SOA, SaaS, Open Source, Microsoft, Internet, IDEs, Google, Enterprise 2.0, Eclipse, Developer Tools, content delivery network, Application Lifecycle Management, Amazon, Akamai
- Blog posts 2007-04-16
- Nick Carr breaks down the evolution of Office suites
- Nick Carr breaks down the evolution of Office suitesDon't under estimate Google either. They for sure have a team working onthe offline problem as we speak. They need to build a mini web server into Firefox to cash online applications for offline use, and automatically re-sync files on re-connect.They are...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, World of Warcraft, Microsoft Office, Donnie, Google Inc., server, Office suites, Nick Carr, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2006-09-14
- Dempsey, Woodcrest, and the G5 Mac
- Last week I reported on what I thought was a simple comparison between Apple's high end desktop competitive position two years ago and its position now. Unfortunately a lot of readers thought was I doing something else - either comparing system performance and ignorantly equating Intel's latest "Woodcrest" CPU line...
- Tags: HyperThreading
- Blog posts 2006-08-28
- IBM xSeries 206m
- IBM's xSeries 206m is the midrange model of the three new servers that mark Big Blue's foray into the low end of the SMB small and midsize business server market. Ideal for smaller and budget-conscious businesses, the xSeries 206m combines enterprise-level functionality with a single-processor x86 platform, but at an...
- Tags: Utility computing, Serial ATA, Servers, Storage, PCI, IBM xSeries, server, IBM Corp., RAID, Intel Pentium
- Product reviews 2006-01-10
- What ails Microsoft
- What ails Microsoftwill?Will become a legacy company?Look at the dustup going in Mass and tell me they aren't.hit "enter" too soonas for the "can't protect the company from new computing models that encroach on the sacred Windows and Office franchises", I never relized the DOJ was protecting MS all these...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Financial accounting, Operational accounting, software, Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2005-09-18
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