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HP to resell Scalent System's V/OE: I just heard the news that HPis going to offer Scalent Systems' V/OE as part of the HP BladeSystem c-Class Solution Builder Program. This is obviously good news for Scalent. Here's how Scalent would describe V/OE: Scalent V/OE infrastructure virtualization software enables data center managers to...; Tags: Software, Data Center, Hewlett-Packard Co., Egenera Inc., Scalent V/OE, Data Centers, Storage, Tools & Techniques, Hardware, Data Management, Management, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2007-11-26

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The little wind turbines that could: The little wind turbines that couldAll righty then...Here's the scoop. The average american household uses 14,000 kWh/year, about 1,200 per month in round numbers, meaning a 6kWh generator is about the right size--assuming the wind never dies.I couldn't find prices for Proven Energy, but a Quiet Revolution 6kWh unit costs...; Tags: Engineering, battery, turbine; Discussion threads 2008-07-24
Stratus Avance a new take on clustering: After many attempts at scheduling a meeting, I was finally able to speak with Stratus about their new virtual machine/clustering/HA software offering called Avance. It's Stratus' entry into the pure software market. Here's how Stratus describes Avance Stratus Technologies can provide some relief. With the introduction...; Tags: Software, Stratus Technologies, Clustering, Virtual Machine, Stratus Avance, Virtualization, Desktop Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-06-17
Is Virtual Storage required for datacenter agility?: I've had a number of discussions with suppliers of software for both virtual processing and management of virtualized resources. In almost every case, something very important is being left unsaid during these discussions. The representatives of these company present their case with the unsaid assumption that storage...; Tags: Data Center, Storage, Data Centers, Hardware, Data Management, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-06-09
Netbooks - Too little, too late, and way too expensive: Netbooks - Too little, too late, and way too expensiveany performance benchmarks?may be the 'netbook' has better performance or is less power hungry.Or may be it is just a gimmick for the uninformed!You're missing the point.A $500 MSI Wind isn't competing with a $500 15" Dell - it's competing with...; Tags: Microsoft Windows XP, Notebooks, Marketing research, Netbooks, laptop computer; Discussion threads 2008-06-03

StackSafe and the Permeable Sandbox: Most products designed to help organizations use virtual machine software as the foundation for development and testing create a "sandbox" or encapsulated environment for systems and functions. While this approach has several advantages, a recent discussion with StackSafe highlighted a few issues it creates. ...; Tags: Information Technology, Environment, Sandbox, Organization, StackSafe, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-06-02
More Citrix Synergy Announcements: Many of Citrix's friends have been making announcements at Citrix's big party, Citrix Synergy. I've heard from appSense, Scalent Systems, and VMlogix about what they're doing with Citrix XenServer or Xen Desktop. I guess everyone is doing their best to gain the market's attention before Microsoft finally releases Hyper-V. ...; Tags: Citrix Systems Inc., Microsoft Corp., Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-05-21
ActivIcons (zip): ActivIcons allows you to customize the Windows desktop icon and cursor attributes. Swap your own, custom icons for Network Neighborhood, My Computer, and other icons which Windows places on your desktop and Explorer file manager. It also lets you quickly change the default Windows mouse cursors, make the icon text...; Tags: Icon, CursorArts, ActivIcons, Desktop Icon, Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware; Software downloads 2008-04-25
Skytap and the test lab in the clouds: Several companies in the virtualization software club have focused on using some combination of virtual machine software, virtual access software and management software for virtual environments to make development and testing easier and more productive. Since most organizations having industry standard system configurations are only using a fraction of the...; Tags: Software, Information Technology, Environment, Resource, Skytap, Skytap Virtual Lab, Skytap Library, End-user Organization, Virtualization, Tools & Techniques, Strategy, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Management, Storage, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-04-14
Egenera: New pals for PAN Manager: I've spoken about Egenera several times in the past and pointed out that it was one of the very earliest players offering blade computers and the related management software. Egenera called this software PAN Processing Area Network manager. PAN manager, at first, was a tool that allowed organizations to orchestrate...; Tags: Blade, Personal Area Network, Egenera Inc., PAN Manager, Bluetooth, Blade Servers, Servers, Wireless, Hardware, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-03-25
4 companies sell 57% of automotive infotainment: Continental, formerly Siemens VDO Blaupunkt, Visteon and Delphi continue to dominate the manufacture of audio head unit and infotainment systems. Together, the top 4 system suppliers account for 57% of the OE automotive infotainment market, while under increasing competitive pressure from suppliers of vehicle-device multimedia products, Strategy Analytics said. by...; Tags: Multimedia, Supplier, Channel Management, Marketing, AM; Blog posts 2008-02-25
Mozilla launches Mozilla Messaging unit; Can it fix email?: Mozilla launches Mozilla Messaging unit; Can it fix email?how abouta better default SPAM filter? The "junk" mail feature of T-Bird currently isn't as user-friendly nor a trainable as free plug-ins that can be found for Outlook.Windows live mail is my choiceIt is more nimble than thunderbird and has friendlier...; Tags: E-mail clients, Groupware, Microsoft Windows Live Mail, Mozilla Corp., Mozilla Messaging unit, Mozilla Messaging, Mozilla Thunderbird, e-mail, Microsoft Outlook; Discussion threads 2008-02-19
Is+mobile+spam+OK+if+the+sender+pays%3F: Is+mobile+spam+OK+if+the+sender+pays%3FAdblock Mobile 1.0 follows 2 weeks later.Assuming a gPhone, with an open API, expect Adblock Plus mobile (and the escalating war to bypass/update) within 2 weeks. I am completely outside the ad environment anyway, FF with Adblock plus, I never see 3rd party ads anywhere. (Direct page ads, I...; Tags: Cyberthreats, spam, phone; Discussion threads 2008-02-05
Platespin Forge - A new spin on disaster recovery: I had a chance to speak with Stephen Pollack, Founder, CEO of PlateSpin, the other day. Since it has been a while since we had a chance to chat, I looked forward to his refreshing, rather pragmatic, approach to virtualization technology. For those of you keeping score, PlateSpin - An...; Tags: PlateSpin Inc., Disaster Recovery, Virtualization, Data Management, Hardware, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-02-01
iPhone unlocks demonstrate promise of Android: iPhone unlocks demonstrate promise of AndroidAn Apache Web Server in the palm of your handIf anyone thinks Google/Android doesn't have competition, think again ([url=http://www.nokia.com/A4136001?newsid=1185531]Nokia to acquire Trolltech[/url]).Google or any other bidder can own open spectrum Block C if they can pony up the quid, but if not, it reverts to...; Tags: Web servers, Desktops, OPEN SOURCE, Cellular phones, Apple iPhone, Nokia Corp., Nokia N95, PC; Discussion threads 2008-01-30
Stacksafe Test Center: I recently spoke with Stacksafe's Andrew Gross, Ph.D., Chief Scientist and Architect, and Jonah Paransky, Vice President of Marketing, about their product, Stacksafe™ Test Center. Here's a summary of how the company describes its product: How Stacksafe describes Test Center IT Operations teams presently employ a variety of...; Tags: Software, Information Technology, Environment, Virtual Machine, Tool, Test Center, StackSafe Test Center, Tools & Techniques, Productivity, Strategy, Management, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-01-30
Sun xVM - Foundation for a dynamic datacenter?: I've been meaning to post something about my conversation with Sun's Steve Wilson about xVM for a while but, other things kept getting in the way. Steve and I have spoken often in the past and I've always enjoyed his insight into virtualization technology as a whole, how organizations could...; Tags: Data Center, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun xVM, Linux, Sun Solaris, Virtualization, UNIX, Data Centers, Operating Systems, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Open Source, Servers, Software, Hardware, Storage, Data Management, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-01-29
Platform Computing VM Orchestrator: Although I've tracked Platform Computing for well over a decade, I don't get the chance to speak with them all that much. A short while ago, I had the opportunity to chat with Peter Dye, Product Manager of VM Orcestrator VMO. Although our discussion ranged from Platform's history, where it...; Tags: Product, Platform Computing Inc., Productivity, Utility Computing, It Management, Network Technology, It service Management, Networking, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-01-28
Free Outlook Express Extractor (exe): Free outlook express extractor will help you extract outlook express emails, attachments, window address book. Use Free Outlook Express Extractor to easily export OE e-mails to eml. Export outlook express window address book email to text file. Export outlook express email to text file. This version is the first release...; Tags: Outlook, Microsoft Outlook Express, E-mail, Microsoft Outlook, Construction, Online Communications, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software; Software downloads 2008-01-25
Outlook Express Password Recovery (exe): Outlook Express Password Recovery is a OE password recovery software designed to recover lost and forgotten passwords from Outlook Express. Outlook Express Password Recovery software quickly recovers password of all the stored e-mail accounts irrespective of the password length and complexity. Outlook Express Password Recovery Software recover user logins and...; Tags: Password, Recovery, Microsoft Outlook Express, Outlook Express Password Recovery, Microsoft Outlook, Groupware, Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software, Enterprise Software; Software downloads 2008-01-17