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10 Microsoft research projects 02/12/2008 10:09:00
A sneak peek at 10 technologies developed in Microsoft's R&D labsInnovation is not just about cool new products. In technology, the best ideas require a) really smart people and b) lots of funding. For the past 33 years, Microsoft has had both in spades. - +
Moving a Data Center Into the Cloud 28/11/2008 08:40:00
How planning disaster recovery and ended up a big cost-saving strategyA year in which the economics of the travel and hotel industries are so bad that business analysts keep making comparisons to the months immediately following the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks in New York is not generally the time most IT people would be comfortable putting together a disaster recovery plan for the first time. Most would be in their offices, sweating over spreadsheets, looking for ways to trim spending a bit more, or push a project to drive down operational costs. - +
Why developers prefer Macs 18/11/2008 09:34:00
Apple systems have become the tools of choice for coders of all kinds, but not without a few aches and painsWhen Terry Weaver wants to create .Net applications, he fires up Visual Studio and types away like any other .Net programmer. The setup gets a bit weird when he wants to test how the .Net application might appear to a Mac user visiting the Web site. Instead of starting up another machine, asking a colleague with a Mac, or simply ignoring those crazy followers of Steve Jobs, Weaver just pops over to the browser in another window. That's easy because Visual Studio is running on Windows inside a Parallels virtual machine, which, in turn, runs on his Mac. He has a PC, a Mac, and a Unix development box all in one. - +
Making sense of Microsoft's Azure 07/11/2008 08:38:00
What app developers and enterprises need to know before signing up for Microsoft's cloud platformLast week, Microsoft announced its cloud-computing effort, called Azure. Fitting between Google's and Amazon.com's current offerings, it represents a very big step toward moving applications off the desktop and out of a corporation's own datacenters. Whether or not it will have any traction with corporate IT developers remains to be seen. - +
Stormy weather: 7 gotchas in cloud computing 04/11/2008 08:33:00
Users hit turbulence on the trip to cloud computingWhen the computer industry buys into a buzzword, it's like getting a pop song stuck in your head. It's all you hear. Worse, the same half-dozen questions about the hyped trend are incessantly paraded out, with responses that succeed mainly in revealing how poorly understood the buzzword actually is. - +
The challenge of managing mixed virtualized Linux, Windows networks 28/10/2008 08:14:00
Windows and virtualization are driving need for new management standards, toolsThe sprawl of management consoles, the proliferation of data they provide and the rising use of virtualization are adding challenges to corporations looking to more effectively manage mixed Linux, Windows and cloud environments. - +
Managing in mixed environments 28/10/2008 10:34:00
A look at some of the tools that can help you manage mixed Linux/Windows environmentsA look at some of the tools that can help you manage mixed Linux/Windows environments - +
What IT pros like best about next-generation technology 21/10/2008 09:00:00
Flexibility, costs savings and eco-friendly operations make the listDo hundreds of gallons of used vegetable oil belong anywhere near a data center, let alone inside? Phil Nail thinks so. - +
7 tips for succeeding with virtualization 21/10/2008 09:35:00
Experts share best practices for optimizing strategic virtualization initiativesAs server virtualization projects gain scale and strategic value, enterprise IT managers must move quickly beyond tactical approaches to achieve best results. - +
Game-changing IT technologies -- and how they affect the everyday worker 21/10/2008 09:13:00
The evolution of IT changes the way business gets the job done.As IT evolves to support everything from virtualized desktops to mobile and social networking, new advances promise to change the way the business side of the house gets the job done. Here's a look at some of IT departments' game-changing technologies and how they affect the everyday worker. - +
7 things that will sink virtualization 21/10/2008 09:51:00
Experts reveal potential pitfallsMany IT professionals measure the success of a technology deployment by all the things they did (see "7 tips for succeeding with virtualization"), but some say a successful virtualization implementation often can be the result of things IT didn't do.
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CW 360 Degrees: Disaster recoveryWe all want to be prepared for when the worst happens. But what's the best way to do this?
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Good for Business - Virtualisation in Perspective
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Comparing Multi-Core Server Virtualisation
Intel IT tested servers based on select Intel multi-core processors to analyse the potential role of each in data center server virtualisation strategies. Each server provided significant potential benefits in performance, power consumption per workload, and operating costs over older servers running non-virtualised workloads.
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Comparing Two & Four Socket Platforms for Server Virtualisation
Intel IT tested servers based on select Intel multi-core processors to analyse the potential role of each in data center server virtualisation strategies. Each server provided significant potential benefits in performance, power consumption per workload, and operating costs over older servers running non-virtualised workloads.
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Implementing Virtualisation in a Global Business-Computing Environment
Intel IT planned, engineered, and has begun deploying a virtualised business-computing production environment at several data centers, a rollout that will continue through 2008. The initiative has already confirmed anticipated virtualisation benefits such as faster, more automated deployment. Intel are initially consolidating older servers running applications that are not mission-critical; with opportunities to achieve 16:1 consolidation ratios using two-socket virtualisation hosts based on Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® processors.
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