Cloud Musings

JUNE 16, 2016

Further considerations for SE include: how to conduct Peer Reviews of a design (either Systems, Hardware, or Software), studying Defects , and establishing processes to ensure the Quality of the final product and Compliance with Standards. and released in March 2011. and Verification (did we build the system right?)

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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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Sean Daniel

FEBRUARY 23, 2011

Wednesday, February 23, 2011. Windows Small Business Server 2011 Standard Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials Windows Multipoint Server 2011 Windows Storage Server 2010 R2 Essentials So if you’re unsure if you’re doing something right, or want to make sure you’re following best practices, get the BPA installed !

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Sean Daniel

APRIL 4, 2011

Monday, April 04, 2011. How To Install Windows Home Server 2011 on your MediaSmart or DataVault Hardware. Well, I’m positive this is something that HP will not support, so don’t even think of calling them if you go down this road, but I figured it’d be fun if you wanted to continue to use the same hardware.

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Sean Daniel

MARCH 11, 2011

Friday, March 11, 2011. CloudBerry Backup add-in now supports SBS 2011 Essentials and Windows Home Server 2011. For the most part, I liked CloudBerry, their software is a pay once, and according to their website, upgrade to the WHS 2011 version for free. 8/17/2011 3:54 AM. SBS 2011 Essentials. (52).

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Fountainhead

SEPTEMBER 7, 2009

Why do we have data networks, storage networks and management networks (all distinct, I might add). OS virtualization has massively simplified complexity at the software level by abstracting-away the machine-level CPU commands, and has even contributed to simplifying networking between virtual machines. Host Bus Adaptors).

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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

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Sean Daniel

MARCH 31, 2011

Thursday, March 31, 2011. How to Re-Install RTM on an RC version of Windows Home Server 2011. The Windows Home Server 2011 setup will totally erase the first disk (that’s the primary disk), that’s the entire spindle, that’s all partitions on the primary physical disk. Photo Blog | E-Mail Me. in your system.

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Sean Daniel

MAY 30, 2011

Monday, May 30, 2011. Finding Add-ins for Small Business Server Essentials If you’re looking how you can extend your SBS Essentials software with add-ins designed specifically for the SBS space, then you want to point your browser over at the Microsoft Website to find the SBS Partners. 7/27/2011 12:31 AM. at 12:05 PM.

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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.

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Fountainhead

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. ► 2011. (22).

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Sean Daniel

JANUARY 3, 2012

This application, called FingerPrint by Collobos Software , will share out any connected printer, as well as DropBox locations to the AirPrint service. Note for SBS 2011, you’d have to select Domain) Finally, I gave it a friendly name. How To Install Windows Home Server 2011 on your MediaSmart or DataVault Hardware.

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GeekWire

SEPTEMBER 20, 2020

The Game Gear’s short battery life and limited software library proved to be sticking points, but it was still a modest success. Gadget fiends also liked the PSP for the ease with which it could be hacked, which let players install custom firmware and use PSPs as portable, high-storage emulation or media platforms.

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Sean Daniel

AUGUST 8, 2012

about a name change from Windows Small Business Server 2011 Essentials to Windows Essential Server 2012. Before I joined Microsoft, I spent countless hours with my roommates with Windows NT4 server, Proxy Server, and more software, trying to share an Internet connection with my room mates. SBS 2011 Essentials. (52). PinPoint. (2).

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Sean Daniel

MARCH 18, 2011

Friday, March 18, 2011. Going “Pro” using Proxure’s KeepVault Pro for Windows Home Server 2011. If you read my post from Tuesday of this week, on using Proxure’s KeepVault for Windows Home Server 2011 or Windows Small Business Server 2011 , and when you got to the bottom, you thought to yourself.

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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.

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Fountainhead

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. ► 2011. (22). ► November. (1). ► October. (1).

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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.

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Sean Daniel

MAY 25, 2012

In fact I have a few friends that work at RIM, one specifically who works on the Playbook [software]. Note that the Playbook hardware was not updated for Playbook 2.0, You can even use it as temporary storage while you travel. Having gone to school at the University of Waterloo , I basically lived in the heart of RIM town.

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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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Sean Daniel

APRIL 12, 2010

Even better: no need to install third-party software with this method. There are many, many ways to stream your music collection over the internet—but theres something appealing about using the built-in software that Microsoft bundled with Windows 7. The Basics of Local DNS for Small Business Server 2011 Essentials.

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Sean Daniel

SEPTEMBER 21, 2010

Updates include: Base OS is updated to Windows Server 2008 R2 Exchange is updated to Exchange 2010 SP1 SharePoint is updated to Microsoft SharePoint Foundation 2010 Windows Software Update Services is updated The new Remote Web Access (RWA) experience is newer (and matches Aurora!) SBS 2011 Essentials. (52). SBS 2011 Premium Add-on. (10).

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Fountainhead

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). As sophisticated as it is, in contrast to HP, this software is essentially "1.0"

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Fountainhead

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. No surprise here.

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Sean Daniel

AUGUST 19, 2010

Learn more about Dana’s AuthAnvil program at Scorpion Software. How To Install Windows Home Server 2011 on your MediaSmart or DataVault Hardware. The Basics of Local DNS for Small Business Server 2011 Essentials. SBS 2011 Essentials. (52). SBS 2011 Premium Add-on. (10). SBS 2011 Standard. (24).

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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.

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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. ► 2011. (22). February 15, 2013 at 6:04 AM. Cloud Hosting. Ecommerce Cloud Multi Cloud. February 18, 2013 at 11:41 PM.

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Fountainhead

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. ► 2011. (22).

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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.

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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.

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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.

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Sean Daniel

JULY 1, 2010

Opt into Microsoft Update to keep all your software up to date. How To Install Windows Home Server 2011 on your MediaSmart or DataVault Hardware. The Basics of Local DNS for Small Business Server 2011 Essentials. SBS 2011 Essentials. (52). SBS 2011 Premium Add-on. (10). SBS 2011 Standard. (24).

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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