Archive for June, 2009
A few things for HP Systems Insight Manager to make it better
I was asking Chris in sunny Canary Wharf how he’s getting on, and asking him that emotional question, do you use your hardware monitoring tools, your Insight Manager, his response is below, and I’ve summarized what his and others issues are, how we move forward, adding value and creating opportunitites. “Last time I logged in [...]
Liquid Computing as an enabler
Businesswire STAMFORD, Conn.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Liquid Computing, a leader in unified computing infrastructure for the dynamic data center, today announced that Virtuoso®, the leading luxury travel network, has standardized on the LiquidIQ unified computing system for hosting the web-based services it provides to its network of upscale travel agencies. Virtuoso comprises over 300 agencies with over 6,000 [...]
HP furthers their virtual storage options
HP HP today announced new virtualization offerings that enable customers to reduce costs and drive greater efficiencies across their entire technology infrastructures. The offerings include enhancements to the HP StorageWorks and HP client virtualization portfolios that deliver a seamless transition from a physical to a fully virtualized environment. “Customers are continuously looking for new ways [...]
Please end the email debates – life really is too short
I had a chat with a service delivery manager who was telling me how he was getting on in their enterprise. They’ve been talking about deploying VMware, but before they did this, he was wondering if we should address some communication and perception issues. He provided the example below, which illustrates brilliantly the kind of [...]
HP continue to perform well in top 500 supercomputing installations
Pressebox or HP HAMBURG, Germany, June. 25, 2008 – For the second consecutive year, the HP BladeSystem c-Class server has dominated the TOP500 list of the world’s largest supercomputing installations by providing customers with strong cost, space and energy savings. HP’s leadership position on the TOP500 list continues to grow, claiming 212 (42 percent) of [...]
HP brings us the Carrier Grade G6 and Integrity servers, as well as the G2 StorageWorks platforms
HP HP today expanded its telecom hardware portfolio with powerful, carrier-grade versions of the company’s most advanced enterprise servers and storage products. The new offerings provide telecom companies the reliability set by NEBS requirements, as well as the lower cost and flexibility of industry-standard products. Targeted at service providers and network equipment suppliers, the products [...]
HP and Alcatel-Lucent argreement announced
HP HP (NYSE: HPQ) and Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) today announced they have signed a relationship agreement establishing both parties’ intent to form a 10-year global alliance to help customers leverage the convergence of telecommunication and IT. Once the definitive agreement has been executed, the companies will jointly market solutions and capabilities that [...]
Sun and the development of their Rock processor
PC World Sun’s development Rock processor was a troubled project that may never have stood a chance, analysts said following reports that the chip had been axed. Earlier this week, the New York Times reported that Sun had cut development of the 16-core Rock chips, which were designed to go into high-end servers. The multithreaded [...]
LG bring us Flatscreen with embedded virtualization technology
Reuters SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) – LG Electronics will start selling this month flatscreen monitors that can function as virtual computers, saving costs by allowing multiple users to run programs off a single standard PC. LG’s new liquid crystal display SmartVine N-series monitors will include embedded “virtualization” technology from U.S.-based NComputing Inc. Users can connect a [...]
The IT might be ready for cloud + virtualization but is your business? What is core to your business?
Network World One-third of 1,200 organizations (33%) plan to convert their application environments away from a traditional, client-server model to one based on virtualization and cloud computing over the next two years, according to a study commissioned by Microsoft and released today. The study sought to broadly determine global IT spending priorities. The most interesting [...]
