Archive for September, 2008
Fujitsu announces PRIMERGY(R) SX650 storage blade
Fujitsu Computer Systems SUNNYVALE, CA — (Marketwire) — 09/23/08 – News: Fujitsu Computer Systems Corporation today announced the PRIMERGY(R) SX650 storage blade, which provides incremental disk storage to Fujitsu PRIMERGY BX620 S4 server blades and offers full hardware RAID control for up to 730GB of dedicated disk storage. Quote: “Fujitsu is committed to delivering innovations [...]
It’s time for a re-brand, anyone?
StorageProPortal It appears that, once again, UK PLC is following in the footsteps of our cousins across the pond and suffering (albeit a little later than they did) a credit crunch. There is talk of a full blown recession, but that remains just talk. So, what you may ask, has this to do with a [...]
The virtual desktop is everything you want it to be
Zdnet Server virtualization appears to be gaining acceptance in even the most conservative organizations that deploy industry standard systems. It long has been a fixture in mainframe and midrange system based datacenters. Desktop virtualization, on the other hand, seems to be considered a technology looking for a problem to solve. Why is that? Depending upon [...]
If your name’s not down your not coming in
NetworkProPortal From a simple power failure to a record flood or raging fire, server disasters can damage a business and halt the flow of important information crucial to company prosperity. A company’s server often contains mission critical data and information vital to the day-to-day running of a business. As data can often be a company’s [...]
Walking around VMware Forum 2008
The VMWare Forum 2008 is hosted at London’s Excel Center (N1) and features many vendors and solutions providers for the opportunity to hear the presentations, participate in the workshops and have a chat with people. The people I want to speak with today: IBM/HP VMware – it’s been great hearing about the improvements they’ve been [...]
Have arrived at Virtualization Forum 2008
I’ve arrived at the Virtualization Forum 2008 and just listened to the keynote speech. It was great to hear what VMWare have been up to in recent weeks, and what could be coming in the near future. I will be walking around, so if you want to have a chat, just let me know.
Talking about the new Sun servers
The Hosting News Santa Clara , California – (The Hosting News) – September 24, 2008 – Technology firm and web hosting provider, Sun Microsystems, Inc., has extended its line of Intel Xeon-based servers with two new offerings, designed for enhanced scalability, virtualization and consolidation. Lisa Sieker, Vice President, Systems Marketing, Sun Microsystems noted, ”Sun’s Intel [...]
What are the barriers to your business?
InfoWorld Previous design choices have resulted in not meeting the needs of the business. In particular, these design choices have resulted in complexity, waste, performance barriers, and cost models that don’t work for the business. Lack of understanding and transparency of what has been done in the past will continue to create misalignment with business [...]
Data center analysis – the way forward?
Business Green Datacentre consultancy Migration Solutions has today unveiled a new Environmental Report and Audit (ERA) service that it claims will help firms better assess the full environmental impact of their server farms. The company said that the new ERA service will be based on more than 120 different data points from across a company’s [...]
Talking about grid and cloud
Haywood.org Is vCloud the answer to “Does IT Matter” Whilst I was in the USA for VMworld I purchased all of the books I had added to my Amazon wish list. Shipping costs to Australia are not cheap, compared to within the states anyways. One of the books I had on the list was “Does [...]
