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TechNet Webcast: Saving IT Costs With Windows Server 2008 R2 and Virtualization Technologies(Level 300)

The presenter of this webcast will explore how Windows Server 2008 R2 saves IT costs by using Virtualization technologies to consolidate servers, improve availability, improve manageability of Hyper-V servers, and simplified deployment methods for virtual machines and physical machine deployments. First the presenter will discuss Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V...

Tags: Virtualization, Webcast, Microsoft Windows Server, Information Technology, Microsoft Corp., Physical Machine, Microsoft Windows Server Hyper-V, Microsoft TechNet, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware

Webcasts 2009-07-23

Cloud Computing @ Aditya Yadav & Associates

The technology behind Cloud Computing has existed in Data Centers for well over the last decade. Namely those technologies are Virtualization and Automation. Virtualization allows using high end physical machines with multiple virtual machines running on them. Automation usually means that these virtual machines can be snapshot'd and kept on...

Tags: Physical Machine, Virtual Machine, Aditya Yadav & Associates, Virtualization, Data Centers, Cloud Computing, Hardware, Storage, Data Management

White papers 2009-05-15

ExtremeCopy 1.0 (Windows)

It is an extremely fast file copying application, it will auto optimize speed and resource base on structure of physical machine, especially copy big files, it can reach to 8 times of Windows copying function.

Tags: Physical Machine, Easersoft, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software

Software downloads 2009-02-05

Using Virtualization to Make the Most of Your IT Budget

Server virtualization enables multiple operating systems to run on a single physical machine as virtual machines. With server virtualization, administrators can consolidate workloads of underutilized server machines onto a smaller number of fully utilized machines. Fewer physical machines can lead to reduced costs through lower hardware, energy, and management overhead,...

Tags: IT Budget, Information Technology, Physical Machine, Server Virtualization, Virtualization, Servers, Hardware

Webcasts 2008-12-10

Neocleus and Endpoint virtualization

Recently I've had the opportunity to speak with Ariel Gorfung, CEO, and Etay Bogner, CTO, both of Neocleus about their concept of "Endpoint Virtualization." At first I didn't understand how this differed from the various forms of desktop virtualization that others are speaking about. Now I understand that they're bringing...

Tags: Desktop, Hypervisor, Operating System, Physical Machine, Virtual Machine, Neocleus, Virtualization, Desktop Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-07-31

Virtualization: IT's own global warming

Virtualization: IT's own global warmingWell said...The arguments you presented were cogent, appropriate and well stated. I really needed this for my own sanity in my ongoing and sometimes ineffectual fight against this very thing.In addition to defining the the reasons better, you added ones I didn't think of. Your words...

Tags: Storage management, Utility computing, ROI/TCO, Servers, global warming, information technology, virtualization, server, physical machine, ESX, memory

Discussion threads 2007-02-16

Additional Resources

Flipping Fantastic

Getting the most out of Flip video cameras The picture above a still from a Flip video is of my venerable old three chip Sony VX1000 video camera, Frezzi light and associated 10 pound battery belt. In the foreground is a Flip video...

Tags: Microphone, Video Camera, Video, Camera, Flip, Flip Camera, Corporate Communications, Marketing, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2009-11-21

TurboFTP Server 1.00.709 (Windows)

TurboFTP Server supports virtual domains, which means you can set up multiple virtual domains on a physical host machine and provide different services on it. You can map any local folder path to a virtual server folder and assign individual users or groups access rights to folders within a domain's...

Tags: Virtual Server, Domain, Microsoft Windows, TurboSoft, Server Virtualization, Ip storage, Virtualization, Servers, Hardware

Software downloads 2009-11-18

Netbooks dead? Not when sales are up 264% percent

My prediction:Intel and MS and the major brands are trying to drag the market upwards in size and cost to maintain their margins. They will shortly face a barrage of products based on ARM class processors and Linux (Chrome?), which will cost much less and have much better battery lives....

Tags: Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, sales, netbook

Discussion threads 2009-11-16

New DVDs store digital photos for centuries

Obsolete solution surely?1. Surely the cost of cloud disk storage, being two orders of magnitude lower, renders this obsolete?2. Important to consider the file format too: no good having jpg if Photoshop 3010 can't read it! Indeed could one be sure that tiff will still be around in 1000 years?...

Tags: Consumer electronics, disk, mankind, photograph, Cranberry DiamonDisc, digital photograph

Discussion threads 2009-11-12

Windows Server 2008 R2 finally gets its day in the sun

I'd like to know more....about when respective updates to SBS and EBS solutions will be coming.EBS, SBSHi. stay tuned for the next post. you aren't going to like the non answer. MJEasy Migration from Windows Server would be greatThat would be the best feature!!!!Use RHEL or somethingPeople do not understand...

Tags: Servers, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Mission-Critical Services, server, Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2009-11-09

18 truths: The long fail of complexity

Agree *****One of the best distillations of what 'risk' actually is, and why complexity exponentially increases it, I have read.But more to the point takes a realistic, rather than optimistic or pessimistic, view of how to asses it. And correctly acknowledges the 'human' factors involved in both cause, and...

Tags: Strategy, HEALTHCARE, information technology

Discussion threads 2009-11-06

IronKey reveals new, ultra-secure D200 USB flash drives

Another bad designIf I can lose the cap and damage the connector, it's not secure. Why would anybody make a flash drive with a separate cap any more? I'll continue to wait for a secure drive with a good physical design that operates reliably with NO software installation on host...

Tags: Flash memory, IronKey, D200 USB flash drive, USB flash drive

Discussion threads 2009-11-04

Disk2vhd 1.3 (Windows)

Disk2vhd is a utility that creates VHD (Virtual Hard Disk - Microsoft's Virtual Machine disk format) versions of physical disks for use in Microsoft Virtual PC or Microsoft Hyper-V virtual machines VMs. You can run Disk2vhd on a system that is online. Disk2vhd uses Windows' Volume Snapshot capability, introduced in...

Tags: Disk, Microsoft Corp., Volume, Disk2vhd, Microsoft Windows, Desktop Virtualization, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Virtualization

Software downloads 2009-11-03

Students find Win 7 upgrade a tough assignment

Well DUH!Students, retired folks, IT pros, dabblers, 'nix heads, etc. would ALL find trying to UPGRADE from a 32 bit to a 64 bit OS hard. Three words - "can't be done."There, was that hard? Why is this even news?This is newsbecause some people like to keep spreading...

Tags: Operating systems, clean install, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, operating system, Migration Wizard

Discussion threads 2009-10-26

A word of warning on hard disk recovery by swapping logic boards

Freezing it?"Popping it into a sealed plastic bag and freezing it for a few hours."Pardon my ignorance - what does this do to help?Except in this case, the problem is almostcertainly fried electronics because of the method in which the drive failed.Strange. Hu?I can't say how it works, but I...

Tags: logic board, hard drive, hard-disk recovery, Cooling

Discussion threads 2009-10-21

'Evil Maid' USB stick attack keylogs TrueCrypt passphrases

nonsenseanybody who is truly concerned about security will have set the BIOS to require a password at boot...and will set 'boot from USB' to 'Disabled'.Can't you password protect from even booting up?I assume we are talking about business class laptops.InterestingPhysical security is paramount - especially when it comes to data...

Tags: Notebooks, maid, BIOS, laptop computer, USB, Evil Maid, hard drive, Evil, attack

Discussion threads 2009-10-19

School District Virtualizes Aging Servers, Saves $200,000

Based in Louisville, Jefferson County Public Schools is the largest school district in the state of Kentucky. Operating in an economic downturn, the district felt pressure to reduce costs without affecting classroom learning. The IT department responded by looking for a solution to contain server sprawl, standardize a disparate server...

Tags: Information Technology, School District, IT Staff, Data Centers, Strategy, Servers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Management

Case studies 2009-10-16

Let's get 64-bit sorted out before we think about 128-bit!

Yes, it is time for 128 bitWhile 32 bit is not quite history yet it should be considered for history in the next release of windows which leaves us with 64 bit apps. However, apps continue to evolve requiring more memory and to do more for us. It is better...

Tags: Network technology, 128-bit, 64-bit, 32-bit

Discussion threads 2009-10-08

How important is 1:1 to literacy?

I think that writing with pencil and paper is over rated. I almost never write anything with a pencil anymore. The newer generations will write even less. Better that they learn to write with modern tools. And, what better way than to give each one a laptop.Tell that to Neal...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, Web browsers, computer

Discussion threads 2009-10-07