Archive for September, 2011
Airbus use HP PODs to deliver industrial HPC solution
http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/newsroom/press/2011/110927b.html PALO ALTO, Calif., Sept. 27, 2011 – HP today announced that Airbus, one of the world’s largest aircraft manufacturers, has doubled its usable supercomputing power with containerized HP Performance Optimized Datacenters (PODs). In the final phase of a four-year high-performance computing (HPC) deployment, Airbus has taken delivery of two HP PODs, making this the [...]
Dell baby server please – what’s the Dell version of HP MicroServer/Fujitsu MX130 S1?
After writing about the HP MicroServer and Fujitsu MX130 S1, I’m off to look at buying one to test. As I understand it, I’m after a Dell T110. Off to www.dell.co.uk for more information. What I’d be after is: 2GB RAM Pentium/AMD processor DVD drive Windows 2008 R2 Foundation 250GB hard drive Now the competition [...]
Reducing complexity is the goal – but equally is understanding your business processes
http://www.finextra.com/news/fullstory.aspx?newsitemid=22968 The trend among large regional and global banks to consolidate their product management and development activities in payments, cash management and trade finance into a central global transaction banking group shows no sign of slacking off. A huge majority of those polled, 77%, claim to have ‘created a transaction banking group combining, at a [...]
Can I have a server please? Isn’t there some kind of standard?
One of my good friends has started at a new enterprise and has taken over IT with some stated goals about improving delivery and making IT more agile. The company has previously being buying in IT services from a series of vendors and an in-house IT department. The goal was to re-establish IT, re-invest and [...]
Microsoft Security Patches for September
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/security/bulletin/ms11-sep This bulletin summary lists security bulletins released for September 2011. With the release of the security bulletins for September 2011, this bulletin summary replaces the bulletin advance notification originally issued September 8, 2011. For more information about the bulletin advance notification service, see Microsoft Security Bulletin Advance Notification. For information about how to receive [...]
HP MicroServer vs Fujitsu MX130 S1 – which is the best SMB starter server?
After using both the HP MicroServer and the Fujitsu MX130 S1 with Windows 2008 for a few weeks, (I’ve just published the articles) some thoughts then. The HP MicroServer is very well designed, I have a few hesitations: The DVD drive needs to be standard – yes you can get around without it possibly. But [...]
Fujitsu MX130 S1 and Windows 2008, the SMB platform of choice
I’ve been running Microsoft Windows 2008 R2 Foundation on Bernard, our Fujitsu MX130 and I have to say it’s been a pleasant experience so far, Windows 2008 out of the box is very easy to use, the automated installation which is adapted for our server as it’s the reseller kit was very good, and it [...]
Fujitsu MX130 S1 running Windows 2008 R2 Foundation Server
So it was time for us to install Windows 2008 R2 Foundation on Bernard our beloved Fujitsu MX130 S1 which I have been using with VMware in our labs. Windows 2008 as a small business or a normal end user is not exactly cheap, however the vendors are offering Windows 2008 R2 Foundation Server, which [...]
HP MicroServer and Windows 2008 is a nice experience
I’ve been running Microsoft Windows 2008 R2 Foundation on Marjorie, our HP MicroServer and I have to say it’s been a pleasant experience so far, Windows 2008 out of the box is very easy to use, the automated installation which is adapted for our MicroServer as it’s the reseller kit was very good, and it [...]
Talking about VMware Fusion 4
http://www.vmware.com/company/news/releases/vmw-fusion-091411.html PALO ALTO, Calif., Sept. 14, 2011— VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW), the global leader in virtualization and cloud infrastructure, today announced VMware Fusion® 4 – the best way to run Windows on a Mac. Available now at VMware.comfor a promotional price of $49.99, VMware Fusion 4 makes it easier than ever for users to run [...]
