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How Linux app install leaves one PC expert befuddled

Adrian, you dumb arse! At least that was my initial reaction when I read his “Linux's dirty little secret� column about his struggles with installing applications onto a Linux distro. It was either the Linux Geek rage originating from the knowing that he didn't Read the Fine...

Tags: Ubuntu, PC, VMware Inc., Tool, Adrian, VMWare Tools, Linux, UNIX, Operating Systems, Open Source, Productivity, Software, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-07-02

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Firefox 3.5 final prepped to ship early next week

Firefox 3.5 final prepped to ship early next weekThat's great!While I'm already satisfied with the current speed of FF3, a little speed boost never hurt anyone. I didn't install the beta on any of my machines, but I did try it while running a Fedora 11 Live CD. Even under...

Tags: Web browsers, Firefox 3.5, Mozilla Firefox, early next week

Discussion threads 2009-06-25

Citrix XenServer 5.5, Essentials 5.5 ship

Citrix started shipping today XenServer 5.5 and its Essentials advanced virtualization management application. The XenServer 5.5 upgrade, which was officially announced in March, offers new features such as consolidated backup, enhanced conversion and search tools, integration with Active Directory and expanded support for “virtually� every version of Windows...

Tags: Citrix Systems Inc., Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2009-06-16

Rackspace lays out its cloud computing roadmap: Think hybrid

Rackspace's Lew Moorman on Wednesday will outline the cloud computing roadmap to customers in San Francisco. The gist: Rackspace will push a hybrid approach that tightly couples dedicated and cloud computing resources. The theory: Customers will begin toggling between hosted data centers and cloud computing resources as standard operating procedure....

Tags: Rackspace, Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-06-10

JumpBox for Ruby on Rails Deployment 1.1.2 (Windows)

The JumpBox for Ruby On Rails serves as a deployment system for your Rails applications. We understand that developers prefer to use their own tools for developing and deploying their applications, and so our JumpBox for Ruby on Rails politely remains out of your way until you've decided that it's...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Ruby, JumpBox, Ruby On Rails, Scripting Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development

Software downloads 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

Paranormal Meets Verizon's Cloud Computing Service

I was speaking yesterday with Verizon about its new hosted data center service, Computing as a Service CaaS, and flashed back to those spoon bending parties of the ‘70s. Back then stage psychic Uri Geller inspired normally sane...

Tags: Spoon, Verizon Communications Inc., Computing As A Service, Data Centers, Virtualization, Servers, Cloud Computing, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Dave Greenfield

Blog posts 2009-06-03

JumpBox for Ruby on Rails Deployment 1.1.2 (Mac)

The JumpBox for Ruby On Rails serves as a deployment system for your Rails applications. We understand that developers prefer to use their own tools for developing and deploying their applications, and so our JumpBox for Ruby on Rails politely remains out of your way until you've decided that it's...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Ruby, JumpBox, Ruby On Rails, Scripting Languages, Software/Web Development, Web Development

Software downloads 2009-06-03

Apple Faithful: Arrogance Is Not a Virtue, and Why I Will Never Buy a Mac

I've often been asked why I don't own a Mac. The answer is simple, and yet complex, and requires a trip down memory lane artwork by Spidermonkey David Morgenstern’s column last week about Psystar’s imminent demise and his accompanying “Good Riddance�...

Tags: Software, Steve Jobs, Apple Macintosh, PC, Apple Inc., Next Computer, Canon Inc., Fanboy Template Let, Andrew, NeXTStep, Desktops, Hardware, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-06-02

What's Cloud Computing and What's Not?

What's Cloud Computing and What's Not?Cloud Computing Definition in 4 wordsOther people's virtual serversWhat is the Cloud? What....is computing? These two terms are definitive. We don't need someone trying to define something that is defined already by its terms.Cloud computing is accessing your IT resources through the cloud. The term...

Tags: Virtualization, cloud computing

Discussion threads 2009-05-29

Are big boxes better for server virtualization?

From time to time, someone will ask me if it makes sense to purchase a large (32+ CPU) server as a big virtualization host running a VMware, Microsoft, or Citrix hypervisor. In a word, I think the answer is "no". Here are a few...

Tags: Memory, CPU, Intel Xeon, Server Virtualization, Virtualization, Servers, Processors, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components, Galen Schreck

Blog posts 2009-05-20

EMC World: Companies that adopt new tools still need to manage the data

How or why is your information important? Information in a business setting might include e-mails that need to be retained and archived for regulatory purposes. Or it might be the collaborative documents that employees have been working on for a product launch. At EMC World in Orlando...

Tags: Mark Lewis, EMC Corp., Tool, Storage, Hardware, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-05-19

Certeon aCelera 3.0

Certeon's Co-founder, Shawn Cooney, and Director of Marketing Communications, Jane Shurtleff, made the effort to reach out to me in order to introduce me to aCelera 3.0. Those of you having long memories will recall the name "Certeon" from a previous post on the company (see Certeon's aCelera Application Acceleration...

Tags: VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp., Certeon, Virtualization, Benefits, Hardware, Human Resources, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2009-05-19

EMC World: A view of the enterprise from above the cloud

In his keynote speech at EMC World, CEO Joe Tucci talked about what's hot - not just for EMC, but for the business of technology as a whole - and looked closely at the things that will have the biggest impact on enterprise technology as the economy continues to have...

Tags: Joe Tucci, EMC Corp., Cloud, Storage, Hardware, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2009-05-18

Oracle enhances VM management with Virtual Iron acquisition

The rumors are true. Oracle has finally announced that its intent to acquire Virtual Iron for its virtual server management capabilities. It's a nice fit for Oracle, which has its own Xen-based virtualization platform called Oracle VM. Up until now, Virtual Iron has been selling its management...

Tags: Acquisition, Oracle Corp., Xen, Virtual Iron, Virtualization, Server Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Servers, Storage, James Staten

Blog posts 2009-05-13

Novell PlateSpin Recon 3.6

Novell recently launched a new version of PlateSpin Recon, version 3.6.  I've been watching both Novell and PlateSpin, the company Novell acquired a while ago (see Novell acquires PlateSpin: Will everything fall to the floor? and Additional thoughts on Novell acquisition of PlateSpin) for a long time.  It is pretty...

Tags: PlateSpin Inc., Novell Inc., PlateSpin Recon 3.6, PlateSpin Recon, Data Centers, Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Servers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2009-05-12

Apple's iPod touch, iPhone as education tool: Should universities dictate whether you're a Mac or PC?

Apple's iPod touch, iPhone as education tool: Should universities dictate whether you're a Mac or PC?I do understand a need to narrow the support costsbut at the same time I agree that the school or university should not dictate what I purchase for what ever reason.Part of the problem is...

Tags: Desktops, Digital music, Digital media, Microsoft Windows XP, Apple Inc., PC, iPhone-as education tool, Apple iPod Touch, iPhone-a, education tool, Universities, Apple Macintosh, Apple iPod

Discussion threads 2009-05-11

Discussion with Bryan Doerr of Savvis

I recently spoke with Bryan Doerr, CTO of Savvis, about VMware's vSphere, Savvis' customers use of virtualization, can a industry standard system-only product legitimately be considered a "datacenter operating system" and life in general.  Bryan has had the misfortue to speak with me in the past and, I'm sure, must...

Tags: Savvis Communications, Bryan, Data Centers, Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2009-05-11

Compuware refocuses: optimization, performance, portfolio management in -- Quality out

This guest post comes courtesy of David A. Kelly at Upside Research, where he’s principle analyst. You can reach him here. Well, okay, maybe that headline is misleading, but the details aren’t. Detroit-based software giant Compuware isn’t really dropping the quality of its products,...

Tags: Performance, Optimization, Borland Software Corp., Micro Focus, Compuware Corp., Portfolio Management, MicroFocus, Mainframes, Government, Vertical Industries, Strategy, Servers, Hardware, Management, Dana Gardner

Blog posts 2009-05-06

Verdict: XP Mode gets an F

Verdict: XP Mode gets an FIntention or just a MS way?Can anyone tell me what was the ONE operating system related thing Microsoft had actually managed to take from an idea to a product that would work as promised?This is either done or purpose to force people to transit to...

Tags: Microsoft Windows XP, XP Mode

Discussion threads 2009-05-04