Archive for December, 2009
Virtualization as a fix for issues on physical servers
Chris called me up on Christmas eve asking for help, one of their backup Citrix license servers had an issue, the conversation is below and as ever I have removed references to Chris and his company in order to allow him to remain below the radar in sunny Canary Wharf (East London). “Hi, I have [...]
Some thoughts on 2010 amongst other things
So I put together a few bullet points and thoughts about 2010, in terms of what I feel end users will be thinking about, what technologies we might see being in demand and what vendors to keep an eye on. I have no doubt forgotten some vendors/technologies, and for that I apologize. In the meantime, [...]
Changing the way do IT
http://www.forbes.com/2009/12/21/enterprise-information-business-technology-cio-network-woods.html Right now, about 70% of IT costs go toward keep existing systems running; only 30% finances new development. Without chargeback, business has little incentive to demand efficiency. The size and scope of existing systems grows, crowding out innovation. A great article and absolutely right, the challenge is that business users often do not understand [...]
Running IT as a business
I got this email yesterday from a colleague working for a medium sized company in the city, it is an illustration which wonderfully shows that we really do need to change from the box selling/cost center management way of doing business and support, moving towards a service delivery model. At the same time not only [...]
Virtualization of legacy environments still makes sense
NT4 web site I was having a chat with a manager that I had met at one of the conferences I had attended in the last few months, anyway he was telling me his challenges during one of the debates about virtualization and next generation technologies, the conversation is below, I have removed comments identifying [...]
Talking latency
http://blog.averesystems.com/2009/12/14/record-setting-latency-and-why-it-matters/ Low latency is near and dear to our hearts at Avere Systems. In my last blog post, I talked about our record-breaking SPECsfs2008 performance results in general. In this post, I’m only going to talk about latency. Our results were not only one of the highest throughput results, but at 1.38 ms of overall [...]
Making IT easier
http://www.bladewatch.com/resources/ The pages links to specific content that has been written with a view to making the information more accessible. The information is always a work in progress, please double check with your service provider or the vendor for the latest information on drivers and firmware. I have updated the blog to include a new [...]
HP improves Cloud Computing possibilities
HP HP today announced three new offerings to help businesses and telecommunication service providers realize the benefits of cloud computing while optimizing costs and mitigating the risk of adoption. Research conducted on behalf of HP shows that more than 90 percent of senior business decision makers believe business cycles will continue to be unpredictable in [...]
Grid as a business enabler
Platform Computing LONDON, UK, Dec. 7, 2009 ― Platform Computing, the leader in cluster, grid and cloud management software, today announced that Sporting Index, world leaders in sports spread betting, has selected Platform Symphony for high-performance grid computing. The company is using Platform Symphony grid management software to increase the volume of transactions and event [...]
Bull brings us the data center container
http://www.bull.com/hpc/mobull.html mobull features an innovative combination of containers and fully dedicated mobility technologies to provide the enterprise with as much power as it needs to innovate, to be more competitive and reduce costs –all in less than eight weeks. With its combined advantages of high density, low energy consumption and ease of installation, mobull makes [...]
