Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

Both the hardware as well as the software have served me well. Both the hardware as well as the software have served me well. Yes, there have been issues from time to time (no software is perfect), but—for the most part—I’ve been pretty happy with OS X. It’s a shame…but such is life.

Operating Systems 123

Operating Systems Apple Applications Linux 123

Scott Lowe

APRIL 30, 2013

Is there a difference between network virtualization and Software-Defined Networking (SDN)? I encourage you to read Keith’s full blog post, but I think the key point he makes is right here: How is this different from Software Defined Networking or SDN? These are all software—does that make them SDN?

Virtualization 125

Virtualization Network Vmware Load Balancer 125

Scott Lowe

MARCH 7, 2014

Don’t think this “software-defined networking” thing is going to take off? Servers/Hardware. Another interesting tidbit regarding hardware: it seems as if we are now seeing the emergence of another round of “hardware offloads.” Read this , and then let me know what you think. x86 marches on!

Virtualization 60

Virtualization Hardware Intel Vmware 60

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

Jeda Networks describes themselves as a “software-defined storage networking” company. 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. Diablo Technologies.

Meeting 62

Meeting Storage Hardware Network 62

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!”. It was one of the first software startups in Austin and the U.S.,

Transportation 132

Transportation Windows Software Software 132

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.

Disaster Recovery 125

Disaster Recovery Data Center Meeting Software 125

Fountainhead

APRIL 7, 2009

Tuesday, April 7, 2009. Egenera just announced that its embedding virtual machine provisioning within its PAN Manager software for free. 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. 。 April 8, 2009 at 12:03 AM.

Virtualization 100

Virtualization Dell Data Center Hardware 100

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. One way to think about it is that VMs provide a logical way to create or re-configure new software server stacks.

Energy 100

Energy Data Center Dell Virtualization 100

Fountainhead

MARCH 18, 2009

Wednesday, March 18, 2009. Software virutalization. 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.

Data Center 100

Data Center Data Virtualization Dell 100

Scott Lowe

SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

The first to take the stage is Doug Fisher, VP and General Manager of the Software and Services Group. Fisher sets the stage for people interacting with multiple devices, and devices that are highly mobile, supported by software and services delivered over a ubiquitous network connection. Naturally, a great CPU is key to success.

Intel 60

Intel Hardware Mobile Dell 60

The Verge

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

And that’s a remake of a PS3 game from 2009. But there were also already big, next-gen-only games that were taking advantage of the extra power of the new hardware, games like inFamous: Second Son and its neon-particle-fueled powers, or Sunset Overdrive ’s hordes of soda zombies. To be clear, there are always transition periods.

Hardware 105

Hardware Microsoft Virtualization Software 105

Fountainhead

JUNE 29, 2009

Monday, June 29, 2009. Each has a differing technology approach to blade repurposing, and each differs in the type (and source) of management control software. The UCS Manager software bundled with the system provides core functionality (see diagram, right). skip to main | skip to sidebar. Fountainhead.

Analysis 147

Analysis HP Data Center Virtualization 147

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 11, 2013

Cloud Computing » Services » Storage. 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. RELATED POSTS: EMC Launches Data Protection Suite, Software Enhancements. Networking.

Data Center 190

Data Center Data Backup Storage 190

Fountainhead

MARCH 3, 2009

Tuesday, March 3, 2009. But we also fail to notice the complexity it creates for managing I/O, storage connectivity and other physical-world management issues. Provisioning is assumed only for software. Everyone seems fixated on Provisioning = Software. But hardware, I/O, storage and network have to be provisioned too.

Data Center 100

Data Center Data Virtualization Dell 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.

Data Center 192

Data Center Intel Tools Development 192

Scott Lowe

AUGUST 25, 2014

This leads into a discussion of the software-defined data center (SDDC). EVO is the SDDC packaged with hardware to provide the fastest way to realize the benefits of the SDDC. Hardware partners for EVO:RAIL include Dell, EMC, Fujitsu, Inspur, Net One, and Supermicro. VMworld 2009 Day 1 Keynote. VMworld 2014 Day 1 Keynote.

Vmware 71

Vmware Hardware Cloud Virtualization 71

Cloud Musings

DECEMBER 20, 2012

Custom software will hit the cloud. Jackson , NJVC vice president and general manager, cloud services, and Landis, non-commodity custom software is beginning to move to the cloud in a. software developers will turn to PaaS for integrating disparate Web. “The software development outsourcing industry thrives on the value.

Cloud 162

Cloud Data Center Virtualization Government 162

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 26, 2013

Some highlights from the week included: Pixar celebrated the 25th anniversary of its RenderMan software, which has been used in 19 of the last 21 Academy Award-winners for Visual Effects. fxguide has an exclusive on Pixar’s RenderMan and the software’s co-founder Ed Catmull. Modular Data Centers. Networking.

Data Center 187

Data Center Meeting Data Storage 187

Fountainhead

OCTOBER 17, 2012

Cloud Computing can be referred as a deployment model, designed to support for technology infrastructure in terms of cost, hi-tech hardware, storage capacity along with addressing scalability concerns. ► 2009. (50). February 15, 2013 at 6:04 AM. Cloud Hosting. Ecommerce Cloud Multi Cloud. February 18, 2013 at 11:41 PM.

Cloud 189

Cloud Data Center Mobile Virtualization 189

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 24, 2013

With software defined infrastructure as the strategic foundation, Bryant explained plans for how Intel will invest in rack scale architecture, big data and high performance computing (HPC) technologies. “Across network, storage and servers we continue to see significant opportunities for growth. Modular Data Centers. Networking.

Data Center 221

Data Center Intel Data Storage 221

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 26, 2013

7 Software Defined Networking Considerations. 7 Software Defined Networking Considerations. The move toward software defined networks (SDN) in the data center is no longer a question of “if” or “when,” but “how.” Planning for a Cloud-Ready Distributed Storage Infrastructure. Industry Perspectives. PATRICK HUBBARD.

Data Center 207

Data Center Network Software Software 207

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 16, 2013

CloudVelocity today released its One Hybrid Cloud software for migrating applications to Amazon Web Services. CloudVelocity says its software will make it easier to seamlessly move complex cloud deployments between data centers and multiple public clouds. CloudVelocity Debuts Its Cloud Cloning Software. Modular Data Centers.

Tools 205

Tools Data Center Disaster Recovery Cloud 205

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 17, 2013

software that adds support for Fibre Channel to its existing iSCSI support, enabling Granite solutions to now support over 90 percent of the current enterprise-class storage array market. also improves data protection with automated snapshots and simplified support for existing data-center class backup and recovery software.

Enterprise 191

Enterprise Enterprise Data Center Storage 191

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 28, 2013

Storage Wars: Dispelling the Myth of Flash Economics – There are new metrics for measuring flash costs and taking a look at them can illustrate that the return on investment (ROI) that can be achieved with this new technology, writes Walter Hinton of Virident. Planning for a Cloud-Ready Distributed Storage Infrastructure.

Data Center 232

Data Center Data Disaster Recovery Storage 232

Sean Daniel

APRIL 26, 2010

We invite everyone to check it out by downloading the software from the Microsoft Connect site. If you don’t have extra hardware, Vail installs flawlessly into Hyper-V based environments and one of our MVPS already has a blog post on how to install it into VMWare. The hardware requirements for Vail call for a 1.4

Windows 72

Windows Backup SMB Small Business 72

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 22, 2013

The company recently expanded its data center to add more capacity for data storage. “We decided a year ago that given our growth, we needed to upgrade our data center to assure uninterrupted services in hosting our online data management and software services for our customers,” said David Termondt, CEO of PureSense. Networking.

Data Center 216

Data Center Big Data Data Storage 216

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 18, 2013

Web-based communication, collaboration and office productivity software suite provider Open-Xchange has secured $20 million in Series C funding to grow its cloud office suite. The additional funds will support the company’s growth through investments into software development. By: Jason Verge July 18th, 2013. Modular Data Centers.

Data Center 186

Data Center Cloud Disaster Recovery Internet 186

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 23, 2013

At the O’Reilly OSCON 2013 this week in Portland, Oregon, Fusion-io made the announcement that its Atomic Writes API contributed for standardization to the T10 SCSCI Storage Interfaces Technical Committee is now in use in mainstream MySQL databases MariaDB 5.5.31 Fusion-io: Making Apps Faster With Flash Storage. Networking.

Open Source 177

Open Source Data Center Storage Disaster Recovery 177

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 12, 2013

Big Data » Storage. Scality Gets $22 Million for Scale-Out Storage. Scality Gets $22 Million for Scale-Out Storage. Storage and big data companies Scality and WebAction receive funding to advance their offerings, and Avere Systems is selected for the Library of Congress and South American web hosting company Locaweb.

Data Center 100

Data Center Storage Data Big Data 100

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 24, 2013

CloudFoundry is open source software developed by VMware and now part of the Pivotal Initiative, an independent entity funded by VMware and EMC. Storage Failures Hamper Cloud Foundry. Amazon has cut prices for dedicated EC2 instances – an instance on single-tenant hardware that is particularly attractive to enterprise customers.

Data Center 197

Data Center IBM Data Cloud 197

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 15, 2013

Alan McMahon works for Dell in enterprise solution design, across a range for products from servers, storage to virtualization, and is based in Ireland. These resources are shared with many users, and the hardware the cloud computing company provides is built on a system that makes the most efficient use of it. ALAN McMAHON.

Data Center 242

Data Center Cloud Data Storage 242

Sean Daniel

JULY 16, 2012

You need to be also running the SkyDrive software for Windows. Here’s what I did, after installing the SkyDrive software Navigate to the folder above your SkyDrive folder, it’s typically c:users%username% (where %username% is the username of you on your computer) Right-Click on the SkyDrive folder and choose create shortcut.

How To 53

How To SMB Windows Backup 53

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 15, 2013

an updated version of its SaaS-based data center performance and lifcycle management software suite. can be deployed and delivering value in days without disruptive and costly hardware or software agents. Planning for a Cloud-Ready Distributed Storage Infrastructure. December 2009 (95). November 2009 (125).

Data Center 185

Data Center Disaster Recovery Data Storage 185

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 23, 2013

Fishbowl , providers of software and services to the restaurant industry, has leveraged Latisys for a hybrid solution that encompasses colocation, managed services, and cloud. Storage and bandwidth is growing accordingly.” The company has a typical software as service setup with a few pieces added in. December 2009 (95).

Cloud 189

Cloud Data Data Center Firewall 189

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 12, 2013

Accelerating its strategy to deliver Flash across the enterprise server and storage EMC announced it will acquire privately-held ScaleIO. Adding ScaleIO’s highly scalable server software with PCIe Flash cards to EMC XtremSF PCIe cards will increase EMC’s portfolio for Enterprise Private Cloud and Service Provider environments.

Data Center 100

Data Center Storage Disaster Recovery Virtualization 100

Data Center Knowledge

JULY 18, 2013

I’ve been in the data storage industry for years, and our customers STILL have some sort of tape storage lingering around. In the past, linear storage media was used as the first line of defense to restore lost data. Evolution of Storage and Backup Technology. Yet in 2013, many data centers are still using tape.

Data Center 195

Data Center Data Backup Storage 195

Sean Daniel

MARCH 11, 2011

CloudBerry Backup, a piece of software I have reviewed for Windows Home Server v1, has recently (February) released an update to support both the new Windows Home Server 2011, as well as the Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials. How To Install Windows Home Server 2011 on your MediaSmart or DataVault Hardware. at 1:55 PM.

Backup 43

Backup Small Business Windows SMB 43