Archive for September, 2008
See you at the virtualization forum tomorrow!
VMWare The VMware Virtualization Forum 2008 is your most important regional virtualization event of the year, designed to help you learn about the benefits of a virtual infrastructure. Discover why over 100,000 IT organizations use VMware products to address key business objectives, such as server consolidation, desktop security, remote office management, reduced power and cooling [...]
Deploying technology for business
InfoStor Santa Clara, Calif. (September 24, 2008) – Asempra Technologies, the leading provider of instant recovery solutions for Windows applications and data, today announced an expansion of its network of partners for the company’s Business Continuity Server™ with the addition of Lighthouse Computer Services of Lincoln, RI. Lighthouse is one of IBM’s top business partners [...]
Demand for technology continues but what about in the city?
Public Technology The UK IT market continues to grow despite the global financial downturn. According to data from EITO, a European market research institute supported by Intellect, the UK will see a 1.4% rise in the value of its IT market this year to £59.3 billion. The software and IT services sectors, set to be [...]
Talking about teaming the network card
How To Networking NIC teaming is the process of grouping together several physical NICs into one single logical NIC, which can be used for network fault tolerance and transmit load balance. The process of grouping NICs is called teaming. Teaming has two purposes: • Fault Tolerance: By teaming more than one physical NIC to a [...]
How much does a RIB card cost?
I got an email from Mike: “How much should I be paying for a RIB card for a DL580 with 700mhz processors?” “Also how do I know which slot it goes in, which servers have lights out.” The price is going to depend on whether you have any purchasing agreements, whether you’re buying it new [...]
Dell’s evolution of the server continues
Dell New Dell PowerEdgeTM full-height blade servers, four-socket blade ranks no. 1 in four-socket blade virtualisation performance1 Integration and support of Microsoft’s virtualisation solution for centralised management of virtualised environments Dell partners with industry leaders to give customers flexibility, choice and simplified management of end-to-end solutions Advanced EqualLogic integration across industry-leading hypervisors New services help [...]
Managing data center demand
Information Week In a commentary on Forbes.com earlier this week titled: “Servers: Why Thrifty Isn’t Nifty,” Kenneth Brill, executive director of the Uptime Institute, made an alarming statement: “We are currently in the biggest data center construction boom in history. At the same time, this boom is dramatically weakening the future flexibility and financial performance [...]
IBM continues the innovation in Green IT
Indus Business Journal BANGALORE – IBM Corp. has expanded a fledgling program in India that promises to boost the efficiency of the many products that the company manufactures, as well as curtail the amount of energy needed to power clients’ data centers. The ultimate goal of the program, which IBM has dubbed “Project Big Green,” [...]
Talking about HP BladeSystem c3000
Reseller There has been a dearth of conveniently packaged servers for the midsize market. HP decided to try to change that with the introduction of the HP BladeSystem c3000. I recently tested a well-equipped unit, and overall, my impressions were positive. The unit is designed especially for small and medium-size businesses. It’s particularly geared for [...]
Sun continues to innovate
Sun September 22, 2008 – Sun has announced two powerful high-density, energy-efficient servers, each powered by up to four new Intel Xeon 7400 series 6-core processors: the 2U rackmount Sun Fire X4450 and the Sun Blade X6450. Both servers are ideal choices for Oracle and MySQL databases, high performance computing, datacenter virtualization and consolidation, and [...]
