Virtualized Greek

NOVEMBER 26, 2013

I asked for true hardware based network virtualization from Cisco over 3 1/2 years ago. And, I guess Cisco has finally listened and will be giving me hardware based network virtualization. Cisco is in the middle of a software vs. hardware battle over the future of Software Defined Networking.

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Virtualization Hardware Network Data Center 63

Fountainhead

MAY 12, 2009

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. 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. Fountainhead.

Cloud 186

Cloud Data Center Applications Virtualization 186

Fountainhead

MARCH 3, 2009

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. Tuesday, March 3, 2009. ITs Blind Spots in the data center. I arrived at these observations when I speak with data center managers who admit that they dont have solutions to these issues. Virtualization does not equal agility.

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Data Center Data Virtualization Dell 100

Fountainhead

JULY 7, 2009

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. Tuesday, July 7, 2009. 2 weeks ago I was training a new Account Executive about the virtues of server automation, I/O virtualization, converged networking, etc. Put another way "It's the SW stupid" July 7, 2009 at 10:32 AM.

Data Center 113

Data Center Hardware IBM Virtualization 113

Fountainhead

DECEMBER 15, 2011

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. 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.

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Data Center Financial Cloud Virtualization 200

CTOvision

JANUARY 25, 2016

It was invented by Satoshi Nakamoto, who published the invention in 2008 and released it as open source software in 2009. The design of this system operates without a central repository, making it a decentralized virtual currency. There have been other attempts at virtual currencies in the past, but they all faced challenges.

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Enterprise Enterprise Internet Virtualization 150

Fountainhead

OCTOBER 17, 2012

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. Doubly challenging when you consider the different topologies of virtual servers, licensing servers, provisioning servers and more, all scaling at different rates to maintain service levels. skip to main | skip to sidebar. Fountainhead. Yes, its true.

Cloud 189

Cloud Data Center Mobile Virtualization 189

Fountainhead

JANUARY 24, 2011

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. Since about 2006 I’ve been involved with data center IT automation. Back then I started with Cassatt, one of the first companies trying to automate infrastructure components in the data center. Enter Virtualization.

Cloud 216

Cloud Data Center Virtualization Data 216

Fountainhead

MARCH 31, 2009

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. 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. Big Data. (6).

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Dell Intel Data Center Virtualization 100

Fountainhead

SEPTEMBER 7, 2009

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. Monday, September 7, 2009. Why do we have data networks, storage networks and management networks (all distinct, I might add). And frankly, this is where fundamental “data center complexity” probably arose from. Fountainhead.

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Industry Data Center Virtualization Network 100

Scott Lowe

MARCH 7, 2014

Welcome to Technology Short Take #39, in which I share a random assortment of links, articles, and thoughts from around the world of data center-related technologies. I might contend that Open vSwitch (OVS) alone isn’t an option for network virtualization, but that’s just splitting hairs. Servers/Hardware.

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Virtualization Hardware Intel Vmware 60

Fountainhead

MARCH 11, 2009

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. Wednesday, March 11, 2009. This story is more than just about gaining energy efficiency by reducing the amount of network hardware. This story is more than just about gaining energy efficiency by reducing the amount of network hardware.

Energy 100

Energy Data Center Dell Virtualization 100

Fountainhead

MARCH 3, 2009

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. 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. Big Data. (6). Data Center efficiency. (1).

Dell 100

Dell Data Center Virtualization Cloud 100

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 12, 2013

Intel is offering a new Software Development Kit for data centers that complements its Data Center Manager (DCM) product, a key ingredient in more than 80 percent of today’s Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) offerings. It’s a virtual solution rather than a hardware approach to managing and troubleshooting.

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Data Center Intel Tools Development 192

Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

Both the hardware as well as the software have served me well. It won’t happen overnight; nine years is a long time to accumulate files and data. Visit the site for more information on virtualization, servers, storage, and other enterprise technologies. Apple and Virtualization. Why I Might Leave OS X.

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Operating Systems Apple Applications Linux 123

Fountainhead

JUNE 1, 2011

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. 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. Big Data. (6). Data Center efficiency. (1). Virtualization. (31).

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Financial Cloud Data Center Vmware 172

Fountainhead

MARCH 12, 2009

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. Thursday, March 12, 2009. A first joint customer was announced today, the US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Corporate Data Center Operations (CDCO). Big Data. (6). Data Center efficiency. (1). Virtualization. (31).

Dell 100

Dell Data Center Virtualization Cloud 100

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 12, 2013

The Software Defined Data Center Meets Disaster Recovery. The Software Defined Data Center Meets Disaster Recovery. The concept of the software-defined data center (SDDC) rose to prominence during VMworld 2012, with VMware touting it as the next big leap forward in information technology management. Industry Perspectives.

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Disaster Recovery Data Center Meeting Software 125

Scott Lowe

OCTOBER 10, 2012

This leads into a discussion of Wanova Mirage, which is an image-focused approach that works not only with VDI, but also with local execution so that users can work offline (a key need for highly-mobile laptop users) and/or can take full advantage of local hardware. VMworld 2009 Day 2 Keynote. Virtualization VMware VMworld2012'

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Vmware Windows Virtualization Applications 109

Cloud Musings

DECEMBER 20, 2012

20, 2012 — NJVC ® , an information technology solutions provider headquartered in northern Virginia and supplier of Cloudcuity™ AppDeployer , and Virtual Global , a provider of cloud-enabled enterprise IT solutions based in northern. Major data centers will go undergo a “survival-of-the-fittest” scenario.

Cloud 162

Cloud Data Center Virtualization Government 162

Fountainhead

MARCH 6, 2012

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. but mostly online in the virtual world. They were their own technology ecosystem, designing hardware, coding software, and assembling things themselves. Big Data. (6). Data Center efficiency. (1). Virtualization. (31).

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Meeting Data Center Virtualization Cloud 154

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 15, 2013

The interior of a container packed with servers at a Microsoft data center in Chicago. “We have something over a million servers in our data center infrastructure. . “We have something over a million servers in our data center infrastructure. 12 Million SF of New Microsoft Data Centers? You get Yahoo!

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Data Center Microsoft Data Disaster Recovery 276

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 19, 2013

From a Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) standpoint, there were a lot of observations I picked up on that are worth sharing. For sourcing, they make decisions, and thus own the hardware budgets. Data Centers are increasingly complex. Sign up for the Data Center Knowledge Newsletter. Modular Data Centers.

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Data Center Trends Data Disaster Recovery 247

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 22, 2013

Harvesting Big Data: How Farm Fields Boost Data Center Demand. Harvesting Big Data: How Farm Fields Boost Data Center Demand. The company recently expanded its data center to add more capacity for data storage. Those fields of crops you drive past out in the country could be generating data center demand.

Data Center 216

Data Center Big Data Data Storage 216

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 25, 2013

As it seeks to consolidate its IT infrastructure across dozens of agencies, the government has had trouble sorting out how many data centers it has, and even more trouble adding up all the server closets, which includes rooms smaller than 100 square feet. Now Over 7,000 Data Centers. So how many “data centers” are there?

Data Center 246

Data Center Government Data Storage 246

Fountainhead

JUNE 29, 2009

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. Monday, June 29, 2009. Both are implicitly or explicitly taking aim at each other as they chase the enterprise data center market. Theyre also both teaming with virtualization providers, as well as hoping for success in cloud computing.

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Analysis HP Data Center Virtualization 147

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 11, 2013

EMC Refreshes Data Protection Portfolio. EMC Refreshes Data Protection Portfolio. At a Backup to the Future event this week EMC announced a broad array of new hardware and software products that enable customers to deploy new Protection Storage Architectures. Cloud Computing » Services » Storage.

Data Center 190

Data Center Data Backup Storage 190

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 28, 2013

5 Tips to Boost Your Data Center IQ. 5 Tips to Boost Your Data Center IQ. It’s not easy to stay current on the many facets of data center technology and operations. This week’s Industry Perspectives explore five hot topics for data center professionals and executives. Modular Data Centers.

Data Center 232

Data Center Data Disaster Recovery Storage 232

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 24, 2013

Intel Wants To Re-Architect Data Center Services. Intel Wants To Re-Architect Data Center Services. Diane Bryant, senior vice president and general manager of the Datacenter and Connected Systems Group at Intel, discusses the company’s vision for the data center at an event Monday. By: John Rath July 24th, 2013.

Data Center 221

Data Center Intel Data Storage 221

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 22, 2013

Blades » Green Data Centers. Low Power Company (LoPoCo) believes high efficiency servers can save businesses more than half of what they spend to operate their data centers. Low Power Company (LoPoCo) believes high efficiency servers can save businesses more than half of what they spend to operate their data centers.

Data Center 232

Data Center Data Intel Disaster Recovery 232

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 17, 2013

Audit-Buddy Wants to Befriend Your Environmental Data. Audit-Buddy Wants to Befriend Your Environmental Data. Purkay Labs has a simple, elegant solution to figuring out data center temperature and humidity. Data is either displayed on the unit or transferable by USB. Management. By: Jason Verge July 17th, 2013.

Data 214

Data Data Center Disaster Recovery Storage 214

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 20, 2013

Top 5 Data Center Stories, Week of July 20. Top 5 Data Center Stories, Week of July 20. Racks of servers housed inside the Microsoft data center in Dublin, Ireland. For your weekend reading, here’s a recap of five noteworthy stories that appeared on Data Center Knowledge this past week. By: Rich Miller July 20th, 2013.

Data Center 230

Data Center Data Disaster Recovery Microsoft 230

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 15, 2013

Stream Data Centers. Stream Data Centers Building in Minnesota Market. Stream Data Centers Building in Minnesota Market. A look at one of the dedicated utility yards at a Stream Data Center in Dallas. Photo: Stream Data Centers). Photo: Stream Data Centers). By: Jason Verge July 15th, 2013.

Data Center 200

Data Center Data Disaster Recovery Storage 200

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 24, 2013

Refining Your Criteria for Data Center Site Selection. Refining Your Criteria for Data Center Site Selection. Determining the location of a data center is one of the crucial decisions for a company as it is based on strategy and goals of a company. By: Industry Perspectives July 24th, 2013. PRASHANT BAWEJA.

Data Center 212

Data Center Data Telecommunications Infosys 212

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 19, 2013

Google’s Data Center Building Boom Continues: $1.6 Google’s Data Center Building Boom Continues: $1.6 Google’s extraordinary data center building boom continues to drive its spending, as the company invested a record $1.6 billion in its data centers in the second quarter of 2013. 2Q 2009: $139 million.

Data Center 258

Data Center Google Data Disaster Recovery 258

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

Given my previous role at EMC (involved in storage) and my current role at VMware focused on network virtualization (which encompasses SDN), I was quite curious. This “overcommitment” technique could have some negative effects on existing monitoring systems that are unaware of the underlying hardware configuration.

Meeting 62

Meeting Storage Hardware Network 62

Fountainhead

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

Insights into Data Center Infrastructure, Virtualization, and Cloud Computing. 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. Big Data. (6). Data Center efficiency. (1). Virtualization. (31). ► 2009. (50).

Data Center 150

Data Center Change Management Cloud Virtualization 150