The Verge

AUGUST 27, 2021

Microsoft is announcing today that it won’t block people from installing Windows 11 on most older PCs. Microsoft announced its Windows 11 minimum hardware requirements in June, and made it clear that only Intel 8th Gen and beyond CPUs were officially supported. Windows 11 will now run on older CPUs.

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GeekWire

AUGUST 31, 2021

Microsoft Photo). Microsoft announced this morning that it will release Windows 11 on Oct. Microsoft will use what it calls a “phased and measured approach” that assesses a PC’s specs to determine when Windows Update will offer the upgrade. ” It’s part of a broader refresh of the Microsoft Store.

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Storage IO Blog

JANUARY 13, 2014

Book review: Rethinking Enterprise Storage – A Hybrid Cloud Model by Marc Farley The O’Reilly @oreillymedia media folks (oops, excuse me, Microsoft Press) sent me out (that’s a disclosure btw) an real soft cover print copy of Rethinking Enterprise Storage – A Hybrid Cloud Model by Marc Farley aka @MicroFarley of Microsoft/Storsimple (..)

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CIO Business Intelligence

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Changes Microsoft made to its cloud licensing of Windows and application software to “make bringing workloads and licenses to partners’ clouds easier,” the company says, have drawn the ire of those cloud partners, some of whom have jointly filed an antitrust complaint in the European Union.

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Linux Academy

FEBRUARY 22, 2019

Recently, when building content for one of my upcoming courses, Microsoft Azure Architect Technologies – Exam AZ-300 , I found the Microsoft documentation wasn’t immediately clear on the exclusivity of Storage Account Firewalls, and Service Endpoints. Storage Account Firewalls.

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GeekWire

AUGUST 21, 2021

The last 18 months have been an audio-visual adventure, requiring many of us to improve and refine our at-home tech setups for virtual meetings and remote work. Also making an appearance are some new Microsoft headsets and microphones that we’ve been trying out on loan from the company. Microsoft Modern USB-C Speaker.

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The Verge

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Microsoft is reportedly preparing to launch a smaller Surface Laptop later this year. Windows Central reports that Microsoft is preparing a more lightweight version of the Surface Laptop with a smaller 12.5-inch This new model will reportedly include Intel’s 10th Gen Core i5 processor, 4GB of RAM, and 64GB of storage.

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Storage IO Blog

DECEMBER 17, 2014

Do you need or want to do a Do It Yourself (DIY) build of a small server compute cluster, or a software defined storage cluster (e.g. scale-out), or perhaps a converged storage for VMware VSAN, Microsoft SOFS or something else? Then the TS140 could be a fit for you.

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The Verge

AUGUST 20, 2020

Microsoft Flight Simulator produces some stunning realism most of the time, but there’s the odd occasion where things go hilariously wrong. Giant obelisks aren’t the only things going awry in Microsoft Flight Simulator. TIAA Bank Field in Microsoft Flight Simulator.

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Storage IO Blog

OCTOBER 13, 2016

While Microsoft Windows Server recently celebrated its 20th birthday (or anniversary), a lot has changed as well as evolved. lightweight Nano, full data center with desktop interface, on-premise, bare metal, virtualized (Hyper-V, VMware, etc) as well as cloud).

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Storage IO Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2015

Talking about tools and technologies is one thing, installing as well as trying them is the next step for gaining experience so how about some quick hands-on time with Microsoft Diskspd (download your copy here).

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Storage IO Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2015

Microsoft Diskspd is a synthetic workload generation (e.g. benchmark) tool that runs on various Windows systems as an alternative to Iometer, vdbench, iozone, iorate, fio, sqlio among other tools.

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The Verge

JUNE 29, 2021

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. Trusted Platform Module) support, 4GB of RAM, and 64GB of storage. Microsoft doesn’t typically enforce strict CPU requirements.

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Storage IO Blog

OCTOBER 22, 2014

For those not familiar or who need a recap, VCE was created to create converged server, storage I/O networking hardware and software solutions combing technologies from its investors resulting in solutions called vBlocks.

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Storage IO Blog

JULY 10, 2013

Converged Compute, SSD Storage and Clouds Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) announced today several enhancements to their data storage and unified compute portfolio as part of their Maximize I.T. initiative.

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CIO Business Intelligence

JANUARY 19, 2024

You must create your very own reality and adventure, using your hands to build a virtual world by relentlessly punching the trees. Yet, thanks to generative AI, a new gaming frontier is emerging that will radically elevate content and make characters and virtual worlds much more expansive, personalized, and life-like.

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Data Center Knowledge

AUGUST 8, 2013

PernixData virtualizes the flash storage layer, Fusion-io test enables test drives of its ioDrive2 at Microsoft Technology Centers, and Toshiba and SanDisk expand efforts to fabricate NAND flash memory. Storage Virtualization fusion-io nand flash memory pernixdata sandisk toshiba'

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Storage IO Blog

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

or those who are into, or simply like to talk about software-defined storage (SDS), APIs, Windows, Virtual Hard Disks (VHD) or VHDX, or Hyper-V among other related themes, have you ever actually looked at the specification for VHDX? How about Algorithms + Data Structures = Programs, are you familiar with that?

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CIO Business Intelligence

AUGUST 23, 2023

Dubbed the Berlin-Brandenburg region, the new data center will be operational alongside the Frankfurt region and will offer services such as the Google Compute Engine, Google Kubernetes Engine, Cloud Storage, Persistent Disk, CloudSQL, Virtual Private Cloud, Key Management System, Cloud Identity and Secret Manager.

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Galido

APRIL 11, 2017

Virtualization is popular these days for businesses for several reasons, but primarily to reduce hardware and infrastructure costs, performance, backups and redundancy, while being able to scale infrastructure and provide resources on demand. . What is Virtualization? There are two methods of running virtualized software.

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CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 19, 2023

Transformation using these technologies is not just about finding ways to reduce energy consumption now,” says Binu Jacob, Head of IoT, Microsoft Business Unit, Tata Consultancy Services (TCS). With 5G-enabled smart mirrors, a person can virtually try on apparel.

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Dataconomy

APRIL 13, 2023

Virtual Network Computing (VNC) is a technology that has revolutionized the way we access and control remote computers. In this article, we will delve deeper into the world of Virtual Network Computing, exploring its history, technology, and various applications. What is Virtual Network Computing (VNC)?

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Storage IO Blog

DECEMBER 4, 2013

Server virtualization nested and tiered hypervisors A few years ago I did a piece (click here) about the then emerging trend of tiered hypervisors, particular using different products or technologies in the same environment.

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Storage IO Blog

JANUARY 12, 2014

Some Windows Server Storage I/O related commands The following are some commands and tools for Microsoft Windows environments that are useful for storage I/O activities (among others).

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Storage IO Blog

JULY 22, 2017

Data storage regardless of if hardware, legacy, new, emerging, cloud service or various software defined storage (SDS) approaches are all fundamental resource components of data infrastructures along with compute server, I/O networking as well as management tools, techniques, processes and procedures.

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Storage IO Blog

APRIL 24, 2014

The post Enterprise SSHD and Flash SSD Part of an Enterprise Tiered Storage Strategy appeared first on StorageIOblog.

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Storage IO Blog

JUNE 7, 2018

Announcing Windows Server Summit Virtual Online Event Announcing Windows Server Summit Virtual Online Event Microsoft will be hosting a free (no registration required) half day virtual (e.g. online) Windows Server Summit Virtual Online Event June 26, 2018 starting at 9AM PT.

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Storage IO Blog

OCTOBER 30, 2017

Various Data Infrastructure including hardware, software, services related […] The post Data Infrastructure server storage I/O network Recommended Reading #blogtober appeared first on StorageIOblog.

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Virtualized Greek

FEBRUARY 10, 2014

We may be a long way away from the datacenter vision that VMware calls software defined data center (SDDC) or what Microsoft calls the cloud based data center, but we have arrived at the virtual first data center. The concept of the SDDC is that storage, compute and network are all software enabled abstracts.

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CTOvision

OCTOBER 27, 2014

Palo Alto unveils latest release of virtual firewall series. Enterprise security company, Palo Alto Networks has announced the latest release of its virtual firewall series (VM-Series). Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on the Cloud, Gender Equality. DataDirect Networks combines IBM GPFS, Storage Fusion for HPC.

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Storage IO Blog

MARCH 7, 2017

There are various types of cloud, bulk and object storage including public services such as Amazon Web Services (AWS) Simple Storage Service (S3), Google, Microsoft Azure, IBM Softlayer, Rackspace among many others. The post Software Defined, Cloud, Bulk and Object Storage Fundamentals appeared first on StorageIOblog.

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Data Center Knowledge

OCTOBER 29, 2015

Takes on Amazon and Microsoft in market for rentable virtual infrastructure Read More.

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Scott Lowe

AUGUST 12, 2022

Gabriel Sieben ruminates on the potential dangers of Microsoft Pluton , a new security chip co-developed by Microsoft and AMD. Ivan Velichko takes readers on a journey of how Kubernetes reinvented virtual machines (in a good sense). Virtualization. Howard Oakley takes a look at virtualization on Apple silicon Macs.

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Storage IO Blog

FEBRUARY 1, 2015

There are different reasons for benchmarking, such as, you might be asked or want to know how many IOPs per disk, Solid State Device (SSD), device or storage system such as for a 15K RPM (revolutions per minute) 146GB SAS Hard Disk Drive (HDD).

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The Verge

JULY 24, 2020

Microsoft has spent the past few weeks teasing the Surface Duo on Twitter, and it now looks like the dual-screen device is ready to launch. Microsoft’s new Android-powered device first appeared at the FCC earlier this week , and today it has shown up on the Bluetooth SIG certification page. Photo by Amelia Holowaty Krales / The Verge.

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Storage IO Blog

JANUARY 3, 2017

IMHO there is no doubt that cloud and object storage are in your future, what are some questions? Granted, what type of cloud and object storage or service along with for work or entertainment are some questions. Likewise, what are your cloud and object storage concerns (assuming you already have heard the benefits)?

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Storage IO Blog

MARCH 14, 2017

The post Server Storage I/O Converged (CI) Hyper-converged (HCI) overview appeared first on StorageIOblog. This page provides insight in to Converged Infrastructure (CI), Cluster in box or Cloud in Box (CIB) along with Hyper-Converged Infrastructure (HCI) topics along with links to companion resources.

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