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- How to Use Automation and Virtualization to Improve Service Levels of Your Applications
- Ninety percent of data center resources are sitting idle waiting for usage spikes. Because applications are tightly coupled to the machines on which they run, dedicated hardware must be set aside each time a new application is put into production. Over-provisioning translates into millions of dollars of unused assets. Create...
- Tags: Cassatt Corp., Automation, Over-provisioning, Cassatt Collage, Goal-Driven Automation, Virtualization Control, Virtualization, Data Centers, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Data Management
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- SharePoint: What are the risks, rewards?
- What does it say about SharePoint when a presentation focused on whether you can survive it packs the house? Mark Gilbert's presentation--"Can the CIO survive Microsoft SharePoint?"--at the Gartner Symposium ITxpo filled up an auditorium. There are two ways to read this: There is...
- Tags: Microsoft SharePoint, Gilbert, MOSS, Collaboration, Groupware, Enterprise Software, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-10-13
- AT&T layoffs, Step 1: Reorganization
- AT&T layoffs, Step 1: ReorganizationDSL and WirelineThe driving force behind manpower in the wireline and DSL venue is FCC and State Commerce Commissions requirements for repair times. Provisioning is also still going to be a major concern. It too is subject to Fed and State CC regulations.As long as...
- Tags: DSL, Workforce management, Sales force management, manpower, AT&T layoff, layoff, AT&T Corp.
- Discussion threads 2008-10-02
- HP Acquires LeftHand Networks, Virtualized iSCSI Storage Vendor
- Today, HP announced the intention to acquire iSCSI storage vendor LeftHand Networks for $360 Million in cash. LeftHand makes virtualized storage array software that can turn just about any server, PC or subset of disks on a device into a full featured IP based SAN array with features like space...
- Tags: LeftHand Networks, iSCSI, Hewlett-Packard Co., Storage Company, Storage, Storage Area Networks (SAN), Servers, Hardware, Andrew Reichman
- Blog posts 2008-10-02
- News to know: Windows 7; Google; Pepcom gadgets; Apple
- Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Ed Bott: How long will Microsoft support XP and Vista? Adam O'Donnell: Webmail providers can fix Palin hack-style problems Is the HTC Dream Google...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., High Tech Computer Corp., Larry Dignan, Green Technology, Microsoft Windows 7, Yahoo! Inc., Apple Inc., Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Corp., E-mail, Online Communications
- Blog posts 2008-09-22
- Eclipse Classic (zip)
- Eclipse has formed an independent open eco-system around royalty-free technology and a universal platform for tools integration. Eclipse based tools give developers freedom of choice in a multi-language, multi-platform, multi-vendor environment. Eclipse provides a plug-in based framework that makes it easier to create, integrate, and utilize software tools, saving time...
- Tags: Eclipse, Eclipse Platform, Java Development Tools, Open Source, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development
- Software downloads 2008-09-22
- Genuitec expands Pulse provisioning system beyond tools to Eclipse distros, eyes larger software management role
- Private Label, which can be tailored to customer specifications, can be hosted either by Genuitec or within a corporate firewall to integrate with existing infrastructure. Customers also control the number of software catalogs, as well as their content. Other features include full custom branding and messaging, reporting of software usage,...
- Tags: Software, Provisioning, Eclipse, Tool, Genuitec, Pulse 2.3 Community Edition, Pulse 2.3 Freelance, Pulse Private Label Pricing, Tools & Techniques, Java Development Tools, Open Source, Management, Development Tools, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Dana Gardner
- Blog posts 2008-09-20
- Cloud Courting: Round One
- VMware and Citrix want to be your cloud infrastructure provider. The competing virtual infrastructure makers announced dueling cloud initiatives this week aimed at providing xSPs with simple to deploy and buy cloud computing platforms that come from very different angles and may serve to bifurcate the mid to small market...
- Tags: XSP, Citrix Systems Inc., VMware Inc., XML, Software/Web Development, Web Development, James Staten
- Blog posts 2008-09-19
- VMware enlists Cisco to help supercharge virtualization
- Now that virtualization has evolved into a proven data center solution, attention is turning to how to optimize it to improve performance and make it scalable to thousands of systems. In partnership with VMware, Cisco wants to play a major role in taking virtualization to the next level, and on...
- Tags: Data Center, VMware Inc., Cisco Systems Inc., Virtualization, Data Centers, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Data Management, Jason Hiner
- Blog posts 2008-09-17
- VMworld - Dr. Stephen Herrod's keynote
- 20080917 VMworld Dr Stephen Herrod Keynote I'm not sure why conference directors think that people enjoy walking into a darkened room, facing disorienting flashing lights coming from the front of the room, watching company ads and customer profiles on overhead videos combined with extremely loud, unpleasant, pulsing...
- Tags: Data Center, Dr., VMware Inc., vCompute, VMSafe, Data Centers, Storage, Mainframes, Hardware, Data Management, Servers, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-09-17
- Maritz: VMware's Virtual DataCenter OS, VMware View is better next gen operating system than Windows and Hyper-V
- In a direct stab at his old employer, VMware CEO Paul Maritz launched today the next generation OS: the virtual datacenter operating system from VMware. Forget about Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V. VMware's future 'Virtual Datacenter OS' is a set of services that will allow customers to "pool...
- Tags: Data Center, Operating System, Microsoft Windows, VMware Inc., Data Centers, Operating Systems, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Software, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2008-09-16
- Citrix aims high with XenServer 5, cloud center
- As VMWorld moves into full swing, rival Citrix launched a major upgrade of its core XenServer and based upon it a cloud computing infrastructure for service providers. Both are available now. Citrix's XenServer 5, based upon the open source Xen hypervisor, adds more than 100 new features...
- Tags: Citrix Systems Inc., Business Services, Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Storage, Hardware, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2008-09-16
- Microsoft: It's time to consummate the marriage with Citrix already
- The relationship between Microsoft and Citrix is much like that of a man who has been serially dating the same woman for 15 years, but never seems to be able to consummate the deal. He's afraid of commitment, or perhaps like that old expression goes, why...
- Tags: Citrix MetaFrame, Citrix Systems Inc., Microsoft Corp., Hyper-V, Virtualization, Microsoft Windows, Desktop Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Open Source, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, Storage, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-09-13
- CX4: Leading-Edge Midrange Storage for Virtualized Environments
- View this webcast and learn how you can enjoy next-generation innovation with UltraFlex technology, virtual provisioning, energy-efficiency technologies, up to twice the performance and scale, and more with EMC's new CLARiiON CX4 midrange storage. Find out why EMC leads all vendors as the storage platform of choice for VMware.
- Tags: Environment, EMC Corp., Storage, Hardware
- Webcasts 2008-09-08
- Ensim Unify Enterprise Edition (iso)
- Ensim Unify Enterprise Edition simplifies and standardizes user provisioning and access control for Active Directory, MS Exchange, and mobile device infrastructure including Blackberry and Windows Mobile. Offered as individual tools or a complete suite, Unify Enterprise Edition provides a turnkey solution that allows IT provisioning policy to be centrally and...
- Tags: Ensim, Provisioning, Ensim Unify Enterprise Edition, Microsoft Windows Active Directory, Directory Services, Enterprise Software, Software
- Software downloads 2008-09-08
- Red Hat draws its line in the virtual sand with Qumranet
- The caves of Qumran, located in in the highly disputed region of the West Bank that sits between Israel and Jordan and is populated by both Palestinians and Jews, is where the famous Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered. The scrolls are said by many Judaic scholars...
- Tags: Hypervisor, Red Hat Inc., Virtual Desktop, Qumranet, Open Source KVM, Virtualization, Hardware, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-09-04
- Microsoft's WinMobile team: Big on futures, slow on deliverables
- Microsoft's WinMobile team: Big on futures, slow on deliverablesMicrosoft should not emulate appleIn my mind, Microsoft's way of having software that works on phones of different manufacturers, and being able to buy applications from different companies is the right way to do business. Apple achieves a lot trough hype and...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Advertising & Promotion, Handhelds, application store, Microsoft Corp., WinMobile team, deliverable, mobile
- Discussion threads 2008-09-02
- Open Source, Dtrace, and tuning
- Open Source, Dtrace, and tuningComment.I knew a guy who only drove old Renaults. He did this, because he knew he could fix them. The cars had presented him many occaisions on which he was able to prove this.I, on the other hand, drive Audis, because I beleive I'll never have...
- Tags: Performance management, Databases, OSS, DTrace, performance problem, performance, MySQL, open source
- Discussion threads 2008-08-21
- Life without the Internet: Zapped off the grid
- In my last article I described what it feels like to have your house struck by lightning. Luckily there were no injuries or structural damage thanks for your kind words in the comments, but our gadgets and other electronics inside the house weren't so lucky. This is their tale. ...
- Tags: Game, Phone, Router, TiVo Inc., Grid, Cable, Cable Guy, Internet, Telecom & Utilities, Ed Burnette
- Blog posts 2008-08-20
- Open source and innovation as maintenance models
- Following my piece on a proposed model for enterprise applications maintenance, two fresh posts, one from Matt Aslett at 451.com and another from Leigh Cauldwell offer alternative ideas around how the present conundrum might be solved. Matt offers the open source position arguing that: This would appear to be...
- Tags: Innovation, Leigh Cauldwell, Matt, Savio Rodrigues, Open Source, Dennis Howlett
- Blog posts 2008-08-20
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