Archive for April, 2009
Vendor day on its way!
From next week at bladewatch.com we’re starting vendor day. The concept is to ensure equal coverage and different content to introduce products/best practice on different elements of the IT infrastructure. This feature will not affect any coverage of news (or anything else I’m writing). For each vendor there will be four posts for that day [...]
IT’s all about having the pre-answers – of being prepared
BBC news The apprentice candidates need to do some IT support Let me introduce the Apprentice which is currently running on BBC in the UK, the background is here, but basically people opt to go through a series of trials in order to get the chance to win a job working for Sir Alan Sugar. [...]
A Big Picture Approach to Virtualization in 2009
NetApp The right storage choices can make or break your virtualization project By John Rollason, Product Marketing Manager, NetApp Executive Summary Organizations reap far more benefit from a holistic virtualization project that considers not only server consolidation but also the technology’s wider potential in the data centre. In the current economic climate, virtualization projects are [...]
Reviewing the Dell R610
PC Pro Verdict: With a wealth of new features and improvements, the PowerEdge R610 is the best 1U rack server we’ve seen. Dell’s latest PowerEdge servers may come equipped with Intel’s new 5500 Series “Nehalem” processors, but there’s a lot more on the table. They have a firm focus on virtualisation, reduced power requirements and [...]
Viglen continues the innovation
Viglen Performance That Adapts to Your Software Environment At Viglen, we recognise that the need for performance is increasing all the time. That’s why we provide platform-based solutions that maximise performance, improve throughput and add new embedded technologies that give business, creative and scientific professionals the tools to solve problems faster, process larger data sets [...]
We need to continue the virtualization message
Realwire London, 29 April, 2009: A survey* commissioned by NetApp has revealed that UK business leaders are in the dark about how to reduce business costs through technology, focusing instead on managing security risks through IT. Despite the fact that 59% of Britain’s ‘Captains of Industry’ see the current financial crisis as the most critical [...]
More information on Windows Server 2008 Foundation
RCP The new server is called Windows Server 2008 Foundation. The server is intended for small businesses with 15 or fewer users. It’s available only through OEMs as a pre-installed OS on a complete server. After years of positioning Windows Small Business Server as the server entry point for its smallest customers, Microsoft in April [...]
Nirvanix gets recognition
PR News Wire SAN DIEGO, April 28 /PRNewswire/ — Nirvanix, the premier enterprise Cloud Storage service provider, today announced that it has been named to the InformationWeek Startup 50, a group of “up-and-coming” technology vendors chosen for their innovation, business value and enterprise readiness, as published in the publication’s April 20 issue. Additionally, the company [...]
Fujitsu to offer cloud computing platform
JCN Network Tokyo, Apr 27, 2009 – (JCN Newswire) – Fujitsu Limited today announced that starting in May, it will begin rolling out its new Trusted-Service Platform, a cloud computing platform that delivers a range of IT services with superior reliability, security, availability, expandability, and energy efficiency. Fujitsu will also be offering related consulting services [...]
HP further enhances systems management
HP PALO ALTO, Calif., April 28, 2009 – HP today announced HP Insight Control suite for Microsoft® System Center (HP ICE-SC), the industry’s first integrated management environment to lower infrastructure costs and improve uptime of HP server and Microsoft software environments. By integrating the server management features of HP ProLiant and HP BladeSystem into Microsoft [...]
