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License and Registration please ?
Wed, 06/23/2010 - 14:25Hearing that phrase from the nice officer that just pulled you over is like fingers on a chalkboard for most of us. But since we usually are in possession of, and understand these simple documents readily, a traffic stop is a day at the beach compared to the licensing madness that surrounds the use of most commercial software.
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You can't spell hypervisor without "hype."
Sat, 06/05/2010 - 07:00One of the most frequently asked questions about Cloud Computing regard the necessity of hypervisors. I believe most reasonable individuals agree that while they are not absolutley NECESSARY, for most instances, they certainly make CC economically feasible.
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Education Program - Virtualization and Cloud Computing E-Book
Tue, 05/25/2010 - 12:15As we announced earlier in May, we have initiated our Education program to foster knowledge exchange in and about topics within Virtualization and Cloud Computing.
Our aim and goal of the program is to complement the content we already provide to you here, such as blogs, event proceedings, news feeds, etc.
As such, Igor Edelman posted the first 2 Chapters, including sub-sections, of our first E-book and can be found here
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Citrix Synergy 2010 notes (part 2)
Sun, 05/23/2010 - 10:31Citrix Synergy (Part 2)
Last week I addressed some of the new software announcements that came out at the 2010 Citrix Synergy. At its core, Citrix has always been a software company. What many people in Corporate Data Centers do not realize is the Citrix is a pretty big player in Networking hardware. They keep to the niche of Application Delivery Controllers, and do it quite well.
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Educational Program
Mon, 05/17/2010 - 11:01In our effort to participate in and contribute to the various debates about virtualization, cloud computing, and other topics, we are introducing the Cloud Slam Event Education program.
While the name is officially new, our Bloggers have been already contributing to the program's mission with weekly blogs. Building on the success of our bloggers we created the Education forum that will allow for contributors to created more extensive write-ups on various topics.
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Citrix Synergy 2010 notes (part 1)
Sun, 05/16/2010 - 15:53So I spent the entire week at the Citrix Summit/Synergy event for partners/customers. Those of you who have worked in or with Data Centers in the past 20 years or so are probably familiar with Citrix. Many people are familiar with a product now called XenApp, previously known as Presentation Sever, Metaframe, or Winframe depending on your longevity in the business. Essentially Citrix invented Terminal Services for Windows which allowed users to access programs running remotely on Windows servers using very little bandwidth. Many users still call this “running Citrix.”
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The "Stealth" Cloud
Fri, 04/30/2010 - 10:35By now, everyone is familiar with the “wait and see” attitude the powers-that-be are taking toward Cloud Computing, particularly the Public Cloud.
Certainly, the concerns of Security, Availability and Portability still loom large, as well as the lack of SLA guarantees are causing CIOs to pay lip service by re-dubbing their Virtualized Data Centers “Private Clouds” and placating the other C-level execs by adopting “Cloud” without really doing anything new.
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Considering Cloud Storage? Make Sure you Get your REST
Sat, 04/17/2010 - 04:58As an 'advanced' person in the industry - euphemism for old - I often find a power-nap useful. Just 10 or 15 minutes of rest, and I'm good to go for many more hours. Now, before you chastize me for being an old fogey, consider the usefulness of this simple exercise. It is a proven method, studied at length by many a scientist, known to be effective.
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Virtually the same ?
Fri, 04/16/2010 - 13:08Virtually the same ?
A few years back when Virtualization was new, and I was selling physical servers, I was surprised at some of the questions I got from perspective purchasers. As the Compaq / HP ProLiant line of servers touted a very robust hardware management framework called Insight Manager, many customers were curious as to whether this software would monitor virtual servers as well as it did the physical ones.
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Vivek Kundra Steps Up to Cloud Computing's Next Challenge
Mon, 04/12/2010 - 06:46" [C]loud customers must be able to easily store, access, and process data across multiple clouds; weave together a mesh of different services to meet their needs; and have a way to collaborate with business partners around the globe. Federated clouds – networks of interoperable clouds that work together – will give rise to service grids which can harmonize technologies, business processes and policies to provide support across multiple businesses, industries, and levels of government.
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Vivek Kundra Steps Up to Cloud Computing's Next Challenge
Mon, 04/12/2010 - 06:33" [C]loud customers must be able to easily store, access, and process data across multiple clouds; weave together a mesh of different services to meet their needs; and have a way to collaborate with business partners around the globe. Federated clouds – networks of interoperable clouds that work together – will give rise to service grids which can harmonize technologies, business processes and policies to provide support across multiple businesses, industries, and levels of government.
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