Archive for July, 2011
HP brings us next generation firmware and driver packs
So I’ve been writing the blog since 2006, during that time I’ve played with nearly all of the Compaq/HP Proliant servers from the olden days Compaq Proliant 4500s (Pentium 90) through to their latest and greatest BL460 G7 blades. The one common theme which we learned quite quickly and which I have written about was [...]
HP TouchPad applications and general thoughts
I was talking to colleagues about the HP TouchPad, the iPAD and Blackberry’s Playbook, I wanted to know what applications they want to see on it, I was more interested outside of the BBC iPlayer or Facebook applications to see what they needed in a work context, how we could in essence make it a [...]
iPad2 on Vodafone looks interesting
My brother Ewan had done a great post on twitter about Vodafone’s iPad2 offer: For a few days I’ve seen the phone number 0808-something call my main handset. I haven’t been able to answer. I thought it might be someone from a utility company. British Gas, maybe? Or perhaps an insurance company. This afternoon I [...]
Dell and the OpenStack offering
http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/26/idUS384468683320110726 On Tuesday Dell announced a reference architecture, open-source software and services offering designed to make deploying an OpenStack-based cloud as easy as following directions. Called the Dell OpenStack Cloud solution, the collection of tools shows that OpenStack will be a driving force in the private-cloud space but also that there will be plenty of competition among vendors [...]
Thinking of alternative hosting strategies
http://www.cloudpro.co.uk/iaas/1375/microsoft-suggests-cloud-servers-heat Microsoft has this week published a research paper suggesting relocating data centre servers for the heat they generate. Examining the practicality of these so called ‘data furnaces’ (DFs), the paper zeroes in on the potential for servers used in cloud computing data centres to act as primary heat sources when rented to consumers for [...]
What alternatives are there to the HP Proliant DL360?
Got a call from one of my small business friends, he was after a “HP Proliant DL360 G7″, at that point I asked him what he was using it for and he mentioned that IT guy had said DL360 but he wondered what else he could look at in the same space. So off the [...]
Where is the SPARC platform going?
I’ve been having conversations with colleagues about the road-map and scope for the SPARC processor with interesting feedback varying from the SPARC loving will last forever comments through to statements about it being a legacy platform. With this in mind I thought that it was time to check out both the Oracle and Fujitsu sites [...]
KACE M300 – asset discovery from Dell with SMB users in mind
http://content.dell.com/us/en/corp/d/press-releases/2011-07-14-kace-m300-launch.aspx Today Dell KACE today announced an innovative new line of systems management solutions developed specifically for small businesses. Applying its established technology to a new market segment, Dell KACE’s latest desktop management product eases the repetitive tasks small business IT departments deal with every day, giving them the freedom to focus on more strategic projects. [...]
Cisco helps end users optimize low latency platforms
http://newsroom.cisco.com/press-release-content?type=webcontent&articleId=438486 Cisco Live, LAS VEGAS, NV – July 15, 2011– Across the global financial markets industry, new trading strategies, fragmented liquidity venues, and requirements for highest trading execution are driving the need for optimal reliability, predictability and ultra-low-latency connected data centers. Delays to transactions–even fractions of seconds– can cost millions of dollars, prompting the most [...]
Talking about HP’s BL620c G7 / BL680c G7 and SL335s G7
http://h10010.www1.hp.com/wwpc/us/en/sm/WF05a/15351-15351-3896136-3896139-4236125-4337682.html The HP ProLiant SL335s G7 Server is part of the latest family, the HP ProLiant SL6500 Scalable System, of HP server solutions optimized for scale-out customers to greatly reduce costs and maximize power efficiency by sharing power supplies and fans, while providing an infrastructure that is easy to access and service. Customers can deploy [...]
