This blog will now focus on advanced monitoring of heterogeneous data centers. This includes traditional physical servers, both Microsoft and non-Microsoft platforms. It will also include the virtual space, both Hyper-V as well as VMware. Lastly, it absolutely will include networking components!
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eWeek - August 20, 2009A CA survey of IBM System z mainframe users, most of whom also run distributed computing environments, found that the mainframes address key concerns of IT professionals, such as security, reliability, management, and efficiency.
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ZDNet - August 20, 2009TechRepublic's CIO Jury has indicated that the vast majority of IT leaders have no plans to adopt desktop virtualization, although a minority group of IT chiefs are enthusiastic about it.
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Network World - August 20, 2009Microsoft and university researchers have come up with differing ways to address shortcomings of data center architectures and to promote the efficient use of virtual machines.
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Manufacturing Business Technology - August 20, 2009Using Microsoft's Hyper-V, Nissan virtualized most of its servers, reduced the number of manufacturing operations servers from 159 to 28, decreased energy usage by 34 percent, simplified systems at each plant, and reduced physical space requirements.
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InformationWeek - August 13, 2009 The state of Texas says an $863 million data center consolidation project with IBM has fallen short of promised savings by $14 million and that only 75 servers were moved into the new facilities by July 31 instead of the 619 specified in the contract.
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IT Jungle - August 17, 2009IBM will soon officially stop selling SCSI disks for System i and Power Systems servers, leaving serial attached SCSI (SAS) and solid state drives (SSD) as the only option for internal storage on the platform.
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Virtualization Journal - August 18, 2009Citrix Systems just announced that more than 10 percent of Global Fortune 500 companies have activated its Citrix XenServer virtualization platform in the last four months, with activations among large enterprises spiking significantly.
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New York Times - August 17, 2009From using innovative construction methods to examining tax options, Microsoft and Google are exploring new strategies to save money on power-hungry data centers.
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Three years as a Senior Consultant in MCS has provided me with tremendous opportunities to acquire experience and develop skills in several technolgies. I have recently accepted a role as an ITAP Architect. I am very excited about this role because I can begin focusing on technology strategy and planning, two areas I have always wanted to transition into. The good news is I am officially retired from road travel and will have considerable more time to tend to my blog. Check back soon!
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