Archive for May, 2008
Firmware, firmware, firmware
http://www.bladewatch.com/resources I often talk about firmware, it’s one of those things that people sometimes don’t think about in terms of system management. Upgraded firmware is released in order to provide extra functionality or to resolve known issues, as a result when you log a call with any vendor, you’ll tend to find that the first [...]
Registered for upcoming Blade.org Technology Symposium
http://www.blade.org Blade.org Technology Symposium 19 June 2008 | New York City You have successfully registered for the Blade.org Technology Symposium 2008. Please print this page and retain for your records as a confirmation of your registration. I have just registered to attend to the Blade.org Technology Symposium, it does sound very cool, do check it [...]
Spending on virtualization as a platform continues
http://searchservervirtualization.techtarget.com/news/article/0,289142,sid94_gci1314840,00.html Despite a decline in spending on business software given a waning U.S. economy, an April 2008 survey of IT organizations shows that virtualization software spending has increased. The survey of about 2,000 respondents by Rockville, Md.-based ChangeWave Research found that overall software spending is on the decline, with only 12% of respondents saying that [...]
Virtualization and licensing – the debate continues
http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/28150 With the introduction of Windows Server 2008, Microsoft improved its software licensing options for virtualized servers. Still license fees for virtual servers, as well as support of software running on them, remain big areas of contention for Microsoft customers. But customers will be hard pressed to find loopholes in Microsoft’s terms, suggests Forrester analyst [...]
The demand for virtualization people continues
http://computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&taxonomyName=disaster_recovery&articleId=9088678&taxonomyId=83&intsrc=kc_top May 23, 2008 (Computerworld) LAS VEGAS — Moving into server virtualization is a little like playing a video game: The first few rounds are easy, but as companies advance in deployment, they increasingly need more specialized help. Consider this: Technology job board Dice has some 1,500 job listings for people with VMware experience. A [...]
Evolution of the virtual desktop continues
http://www.vnunet.com/itweek/news/2217417/vendors-bolster-support-virtual-4023352 Enterprises gained new support options for virtual desktops this week as VMware announced professional services to help firms implement its Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) model, while Citrix unveiled plans to link its traditional application delivery framework to its XenDesktop technology. VMware is expanding its professional services organisation to support VDI as well as server [...]
Microsoft’s next OS to include multi-touch
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7422924.stm Microsoft’s next operating system (OS) will come with multi-touch features as an alternative to the mouse. It is hoped the successor will have a better reception than the much-maligned Vista OS, released last year. Scheduled for release in 2010, the new fingertip interface lets users enlarge and shrink photos, trace routes on maps, paint [...]
The Green Grid expands to more regions
http://www.businesswire.com/portal/site/google/?ndmViewId=news_view&newsId=20080527006476&newsLang=en PORTLAND, Ore. & TOKYO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The Green Grid, a global consortium dedicated to advancing energy efficiency in data centers and business computing ecosystems, today announced the formation of two new Japan Work Groups as well as a formal relationship with The Green IT Promotion Council. Responding to strong industry and government demand, these steps are [...]
IBM continues the innovation of the System x platform
http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/marketwire/0401242.htm IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced three IBM System x(TM) servers featuring the Quad-Core AMD Opteron(TM) processor. All of the new servers provide the IT efficiency needed in a new enterprise data center, with the System x3755 delivering 15 percent better performance than its predecessor. IBM is delivering new Quad-Core AMD Opteron processor-based systems that [...]
Looking at the bigger picture in energy efficiency
http://theinnerlayer.softlayer.com/2008/the-greening-of-it-beyond-the-easy/ The growth in energy demanded by, and used in, IT environments is a well documented phenomenon. Datacenters are using more energy as CPUs get faster, hard drives become larger, and end user demand for access to data and applications continues to increase. Prices for the underlying hardware and services continue to fall, which just [...]
