December 2008 - Posts

I'm going to Disneyland!
11 December 08 09:00 AM

While I do feel that this weeks Texans win over the Packers on the "Frozen Tundra" of Lambau field is Superbowl like... it's not the reason I'm heading to So. Cal for a week. Apparently there is this thing called vacation that people take to get away Read More...

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Filed under: IT Pro

Power Management and Windows Server 2008
09 December 08 12:00 PM

Green IT is a a phrase that's buzzing all around the various publications and being uttered by those executives who help determine the direction of your IT department.  Well what can you REALLY do to improve the power efficiency of your data center?  Read More...

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Filed under: Windows Server 2008, Green Computing, Power Management

IIS Media Pack 1.0
08 December 08 07:48 AM

A couple of weeks ago the guys over in the IIS team delivered a new set of media tools for those of you out there who are managing media on IIS.  The IIS Media pack consists of two previously released extensions: Web Playlists and Bit Rate Throttling. Read More...

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Filed under: IIS, IIS 7, Web Platform

Virtualization and ROI
05 December 08 07:30 AM

You only need to work in IT about five minutes before someone comes in and asks you to cut costs and find ways to make things work more efficiently.  Virtualization is an easy way to achieve those goals.  Just like everything else in IT there Read More...

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Filed under: Virtualization, Hyper-V, ROI

The future of the Data Center
04 December 08 07:45 AM

Running out of room in your data center?  Want to be greener in you data center? Why not just back up a big old container stuffed full of servers, attach it to some UPS and cooling gear and be done with it?  Mike Manos has published an amazing Read More...

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Filed under: Data Center, Green Computing

More on Hyper-V and SQL Server
03 December 08 07:45 AM

  Last week I posted this video interview with Joe Yong talking about virtualization of SQL Server using Hyper-V.  Today I follow that up with a link to a great white paper that details out things such as system resource overhead that is imposed Read More...

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Filed under: SQL Server 2008, Hyper-V

SP2 Customer Preview for Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista now available.
02 December 08 04:33 PM

  Customer Preview Program (CPP) availability for Service Pack 2 for Windows Server 2008 and Windows Vista was announced today over at the Windows Client Springboard TechCenter .  MSDN and TechNet subscribers can download the SP2 CPP now, the Read More...

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Filed under: Windows Server 2008, Windows Vista, SP2, Service Pack 2