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Windows 11 will leave millions of PCs behind, and Microsoft is struggling to explain why

The Verge

Microsoft’s big security push is complicated Microsoft has had six years to prepare for the launch of Windows 11, but the company is still struggling to explain its new hardware requirements. It’s an unusual surprise if you purchased a new PC for Windows 10, or perhaps you have a perfectly capable machine that’s even older.

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IDF 2013: Virtualizing the Network to Enable SDI

Scott Lowe

This is session EDCS008, “Virtualizing the Network to Enable a Software-Defined Infrastructure (SDI).” Brian is a Solution Architect; Jim is a Windows Server Architect. At this point, Jim Pinkerton of Microsoft takes over to discuss how Windows Server thinks about this issue and these challenges.

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VMworld 2013 – Network Virtualization: Moving Beyond the Obvious (My Notes)

Virtualized Greek

For example, the server virtualization value proposition is simple. You can save money if you consolidate your Windows & Linux workloads to fewer servers. Once server virtualization is in the door more of the operational advantages and efficiencies appear. Network virtualization allows for more powerful automation.

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2013 may FINALLY be the year of VDI and BYOD

Virtualized Greek

I am thinking that maybe 2013 will finally be the year of virtual desktop infrastructures (VDI) enabled BYOD. This is not because of some fancy new feature in VMware View or Citrix XenDesktop but due to a new feature of Windows 8. I said a LONG TIME ago that Windows 8 should be a hypervisor based OS.

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IDF 2013: Keynote, Day 2

Scott Lowe

This is a liveblog of the day 2 keynote at Intel Developer Forum (IDF) 2013 in San Francisco. ” Eul walks through the basic components of the mobile platform, which includes not only hardware but also mobile software. It appears it’s running some flavor of Windows. Naturally, a great CPU is key to success.

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Vendor Meetings at VMworld 2013

Scott Lowe

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.

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IDF 2013 Keynote, Day 1

Scott Lowe

He points out that users can choose between Windows or Android, but of course there is no mention of iOS-based devices. Intel is targeting a sub-$100 system price point for the 2013 holiday season. Visit the site for more information on virtualization, servers, storage, and other enterprise technologies. IDF 2013 Keynote, Day 1.

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