Data Center Knowledge

JULY 12, 2013

The intersection of Mobile, Social, Big Data and Cloud Infrastructure is creating a disruption in technology innovation. Amazon has cut prices for dedicated EC2 instances – an instance on single-tenant hardware that is particularly attractive to enterprise customers. December 2009 (95). November 2009 (125).

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Fountainhead

JULY 7, 2009

Tuesday, July 7, 2009. within the first hour he blurts out "then if a customer uses this stuff, they should be able get five-9s of availability from run-of-the-mill hardware, right?" And if/when the hardware craps-out, it is software that automatically swaps-in a new resource. Mobile Work. (4). Mobility. (2).

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Fountainhead

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

Thursday, September 10, 2009. Essentially the punchline is this: Weve taken the most commonly-purchased hardware configuration and management tools used by mission-critical IT Ops, and integrated them into a single product with a single GUI that you can install and use in ~ 1 day. September 13, 2009 at 10:53 AM. Mobile Work. (4).

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Fountainhead

MAY 12, 2009

Tuesday, May 12, 2009. N Apps that are inherently bound to hardware Such as physical instances of software for specific (e.g. high-performance) hardware, or physical instances remaining so for scale-out reasons. N Apps that are inherently bound to hardware Such as physical instances of software for specific (e.g.

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Cloud Data Center Applications Virtualization 186

Fountainhead

OCTOBER 17, 2012

and it’s due in part to todays announcements by Citrix about Project Avalon , the explosion of the Mobile Enterprise , and the Path to the Cloud. Mobility: A Perfect Use Case for the Cloud. Serving-up mobile apps – and even entire virtual desktops – out of a cloud infrastructure is a natural. Yes, its true.

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Cloud Data Center Mobile Virtualization 189

Fountainhead

DECEMBER 15, 2011

Simply implementing a tool (BTW, most of which are still only tenuously integrated with each other, as well as with hardware and networking platforms) wont solve the problem for you. ITs Blind Spots for 2009 (Vol I) Fountainhead Blog. ITs Blind Spots for 2009 (vol II) Fountainhead Blog. Mobile Work. (4). Mobility. (2).

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The Verge

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

In November 2007, Amazon’s first major hardware product went on sale: the Amazon Kindle e-reader. In September 2009, Amazon made its biggest foray into creating its own line of products with AmazonBasics, its in-house label for “essential accessories.” In July 2009, Amazon bought Zappos for $928 million. Image: Amazon.

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Fountainhead

MARCH 31, 2009

Tuesday, March 31, 2009. As Dell announced its new 11th-generation (11G) server product line, Egenera also announced PAN Manager support for Dell hardware, such as Dell m610 11G blades as well. March 31, 2009 at 11:29 AM. Mobile Work. (4). Mobility. (2). ▼ 2009. (50). ▼ 2009. (50).

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Fountainhead

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

Fast-forward: We have Margo with an office full of client-provided hardware. Enter the concepts of "Mobile applications" and "Virtual desktops". In my opinion, the "PC era" will begin to ebb, as the concept of mobile apps and virtual workspaces begins to take hold. Labels: Mobile Work , Mobility , Predictions , VDI.

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Fountainhead

APRIL 7, 2009

Tuesday, April 7, 2009. PAN Manager is the "secret sauce" Egenera has been using to manage its own hardware for years, and recently OEMd to Dell as part of their Dell PAN System. That means that Egeneras own hardware -- as well as Dell Blades -- not only operates with a " unified computing " architecture (as some would call it!),

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Fountainhead

JULY 15, 2013

Follows are some examples of Hosted Desktop / DaaS vendors and their offers – regardless of the hardware/virtualization platform they use. Based in the US and focusing on workforce mobility, nGenx offers two primary types of desktops to SMBs and enterprises. Labels: Citrix , Cloud Computing , DaaS , Hosting , Mobile Work , VDI.

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Cloud Data Center Virtualization Mobile 194

Fountainhead

MARCH 11, 2009

Wednesday, March 11, 2009. This story is more than just about gaining energy efficiency by reducing the amount of network hardware. Rather, its all about using (and re-purposing) compute hardware more effectively. Mobile Work. (4). Mobility. (2). ▼ 2009. (50). ▼ 2009. (50). Marketing. (3).

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Fountainhead

MARCH 6, 2012

These people were performing and important social and economic function. I say that tongue-in-cheek, but in reality it is the social networking component to the valley that makes all of the difference - the talent fluidity, the idea fluidity. Labels: Cloud Computing , Social. Mobile Work. (4). Mobility. (2).

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Meeting Data Center Virtualization Cloud 154

Fountainhead

MARCH 5, 2009

Thursday, March 5, 2009. Hardware consolidation. When most IT professionals think "virtualization" they are mostly wanting to consolidate/reduce hardware. and its very different from Hardware consolidation. Mobile Work. (4). Mobility. (2). ▼ 2009. (50). ▼ 2009. (50). Fountainhead.

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Fountainhead

SEPTEMBER 7, 2009

Monday, September 7, 2009. Ultimately, all of this complexity gradually resulted from incremental server hardware evolution… the motherboards to be exact. September 8, 2009 at 7:11 PM. skip to main | skip to sidebar. Fountainhead. Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. Greg Pfister.

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Sean Daniel

JANUARY 25, 2011

Presentation on SBS 2011 Essentials and Standard on top of HP hardware, by yours truly! User Group at the beginning of February for a presentation on Small Business Server 2011 Essentials and Standard running on HP hardware. How To Install Windows Home Server 2011 on your MediaSmart or DataVault Hardware. Windows Mobile. (23).

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Small Business HP SMB Windows 96

Fountainhead

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

Monday, February 23, 2009. Both of these technologies instantly resulted in additional hardware on the motherboard: The Network Interface Card (NIC) for connection to Ethernet, etc., These pieces of hardware were sometimes incorporated into the motherboard itself, or sometimes were additional plug-ins. Fountainhead.

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Fountainhead

MARCH 3, 2009

Tuesday, March 3, 2009. Since about 2001, Egenera has been selling its high-end hardware/software combination that unified re-purposing of physical and virtual servers. Mobile Work. (4). Mobility. (2). ▼ 2009. (50). ▼ 2009. (50). skip to main | skip to sidebar. Fountainhead. Infrastucture 2.0. (11).

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Dell Data Center Virtualization Cloud 100

Fountainhead

DECEMBER 8, 2009

Tuesday, December 8, 2009. Four days packed with presentations and networking (of the social kind). In 2009 Xsigo demonstrated (with VMware) the data-center-in-a-rack at VMworld (it ran all the demos in the VMware booth), showing 1,000 VMs consolidated to a single 60" rack and managed from a single console. Mobile Work. (4).

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Data Center Virtualization Load Balancer Network 113

Sean Daniel

OCTOBER 12, 2011

Technical Content , Technical Experts The Cloud Experience track at SIC is for experienced developers who want to learn how to leverage the cloud for mobile, social and web app scenarios. Attend a full day of technical sessions and learn more about leveraging the cloud for mobile, web and social scenarios. Windows Mobile.

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Conference Cloud SMB Windows 40

Fountainhead

MARCH 24, 2011

So theyve set out to create a raw cloud IaaS infrastructure, but with some attributes that are specific to the community/ecosystem that they serve: Security: Access to the cloud is granted only after a trusted validation of identity (required by regulating bodies) - and certain out-of-band management functions can only be made over hardware VPNs.

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Examples Cloud Data Center Virtualization 160

Fountainhead

MARCH 18, 2009

Wednesday, March 18, 2009. Abstracting software from the underlying CPU yields mobility, consolidation, and degrees of scalability. As I recently outlined , this technology is a perfect complement to software virtualization -- it essentially gives "mobility" to infrastructure , rather than to software. March 19, 2009 at 8:05 AM.

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Data Center Data Virtualization Dell 100

Fountainhead

MARCH 12, 2009

Thursday, March 12, 2009. Mobile Work. (4). Mobility. (2). ▼ 2009. (50). ▼ 2009. (50). Today at Citrix I'm helping others understand opportunities and pathways for mobility and cloud infrastructure. / /. skip to main | skip to sidebar. Fountainhead. First fruits from the Dell/Egenera deal.

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Dell Data Center Virtualization Cloud 100

Fountainhead

JUNE 1, 2011

NYSEs cloud now allows small firms (picture 3 hedge fund managers and their dog in a garage) to take advantage of enterprise-grade hardware and data. Mobile Work. (4). Mobility. (2). ► 2009. (50). Today at Citrix I'm helping others understand opportunities and pathways for mobility and cloud infrastructure. / /.

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Financial Cloud Data Center Vmware 172

Fountainhead

DECEMBER 13, 2010

This blog is related to my 2009 installment on Fabric as an IT Enabler. Existing physical IO but with address hardware-based mapping/virtualization (e.g. Mobile Work. (4). Mobility. (2). ► 2009. (50). What is IOV? Todays Physical Infrastructure. Converged Networking Adapters (e.g. Qlogic , Emulex ).

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GeekWire

JUNE 29, 2021

Device driver and E/PROM programmers are closest to the hardware, and that bottoms-up understanding how a computer operates — from booting to loading the OS, to launching apps and beyond — is still immensely valuable, even in the era of cloud and AI/machine learning!”. What did you learn from it? Maria Colacurcio , Syndio.

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Transportation Windows Software Software 132

Fountainhead

MARCH 3, 2009

Tuesday, March 3, 2009. But hardware, I/O, storage and network have to be provisioned too. Mobile Work. (4). Mobility. (2). ▼ 2009. (50). ▼ 2009. (50). Today at Citrix I'm helping others understand opportunities and pathways for mobility and cloud infrastructure. / /. Fountainhead.

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Data Center Data Virtualization Dell 100

Fountainhead

OCTOBER 6, 2009

Tuesday, October 6, 2009. Ill try to elucidate a few of the "high points" for each: "In-Place" Infrastructure Automation: Examples: Cassatt (now part of CA) , Scalent Automates existing assets : Usually, there is no need to acquire new network or server hardware (although not all hardware will be compatible with the automation software).

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Load Balancer Virtualization Data Center Network 100

Fountainhead

FEBRUARY 13, 2009

Friday, February 13, 2009. Truth-be told, Egeneras own BladeFrame hardware already supports 128GB of memory, on 6-core, 4-way boards. Well, you can also consider the Dell PAN System , which takes all of these "unified computing" Infrastructure Orchestration features, and runs them on Dell hardware , too. Mobile Work. (4).

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Data Center Dell Virtualization Storage 100

Fountainhead

JANUARY 24, 2011

And its value proposition was simple and uncomplicated: Consolidate applications, reduce hardware sprawl. Now the industry had its proof-point: There were times when full-up IT automation, without visibility into hardware implementation, worked and was useful. Mobile Work. (4). Mobility. (2). ► 2009. (50).

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Cloud Data Center Virtualization Data 216

Trends in the Living Networks

AUGUST 11, 2022

She led a research project on the Future of Data and investigated topics such as 3D printing, social enterprise, and the evolving role of the state. Chung has been a Co-Curator of TEDxSingapore, and she continues to advise teams of undergraduate students about their management consulting projects for clients in the social sector.

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Study Research Trends Education 148

Sean Daniel

MARCH 26, 2012

as well as some other great hardware from HP (Printers and UPS devices!). How To Install Windows Home Server 2011 on your MediaSmart or DataVault Hardware. Windows Mobile. (23). Windows Mobile. Social Media. ► 2009. (91). Subscribe to this feed. Popular Posts on this Blog. Windows 8. (4). All Labels.

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Fountainhead

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

Given the tons of IT, cloud, and tech related trade shows, Im continually amazed at how 99% of floor exhibitors are hardware or software firms. Mobile Work. (4). Mobility. (2). ► 2009. (50). Today at Citrix I'm helping others understand opportunities and pathways for mobility and cloud infrastructure. / /.

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Data Center Change Management Cloud Virtualization 150

Fountainhead

JUNE 7, 2010

Capital cost – if you count all of the separate hardware components they’re trying to manage. That last bullet, the thing about hardware components, is also something to drill down into. Mobile Work. (4). Mobility. (2). ► 2009. (50). Infrastructure Orchestration. (31). Infrastucture 2.0. (11).

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Virtualization Data Center Transportation Disaster Recovery 113

Fountainhead

JANUARY 26, 2010

It changes how availability is delivered: By manipulating IO addressing, networking and connectivity, Converged Infrastructure Management can re-provision failed hardware – either in the form of physical servers, or indeed, entire environments. Mobile Work. (4). Mobility. (2). ► 2009. (50). Marketing. (3).

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Data Center Virtualization HP Cloud 138

Sean Daniel

MARCH 29, 2011

How To Install Windows Home Server 2011 on your MediaSmart or DataVault Hardware. Windows Mobile. (23). Windows Mobile. Social Media. ► 2009. (91). Technology Tips, Tricks & News - featuring WHS, SBS and other Microsoft and Related Technology. Subscribe to this feed. Popular Posts on this Blog. Windows 8. (4).

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Small Business Windows Backup SMB 100

Sean Daniel

MAY 17, 2011

The migration solutions provided are well documented and tested by Microsoft, but do require extra hardware, and do require you to change the computer name of your server. How To Install Windows Home Server 2011 on your MediaSmart or DataVault Hardware. Windows Mobile. (23). Windows Mobile. Social Media.

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