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Utility Computing: Pay-per-usage processing provided by a service organization that uses its own computers and facilities. Also called "on demand computing," customers access the computers via a private network or over...; Full Utility Computing Definition >>

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Oracle 10g R2 RAC Implementation With SLES 10 Linux, IBM BladeCenter and IBM TotalStorage: The purpose of this paper is to assist those who are implementing Oracle Real Application Clusters on SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 running on IBM BladeCenter servers and IBM TotalStorage disk storage systems. The paper describes activities needed to prepare for and successfully install SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 64-bit...; Tags: Oracle Corp., IBM eServer BladeCenter, SuSE Linux Enterprise Server, Oracle Application Server 10g, IBM TotalStorage, IBM Corp., Blade Servers, Open Source, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Servers, Hardware, Storage; White papers 2008-12-01
AppAsure: Good stuff but is it virtualization?: Naj Husain, CEO, and Dan Soschin, Director of Marketing, both of AppAssure, brought me up to speed on Replay VRA, a tool that protects messaging-based environments that include BlackBerry Enterprise Server as well as Microsoft's Exchange, SQL Server and SharePoint. While Reply VRA appears to work in virtualized environments and...; Tags: Environment, Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-11-25
Leading Virtualization Performance and Energy Efficiency in a Multi-processor Server. Product Brief for Intel® Xeon® processor7400 series.: Fewer servers. More performance. With the architecture that's specifically built for virtualization, the Intel® Xeon® processor 7400 series gives you more than 40% better performance and up to 38% better virtualization performance than previous generations —within the same power envelope. Intel Xeon processor 7400 series helps provide your...; Tags: Energy Efficiency, Performance, Multiprocessor, Intel Xeon, Intel Corp., Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Performance Management, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Servers, Processors, Hardware, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Storage, Semiconductors, Components; White papers 2008-11-21
Lanamark Vready: Mark Angelo, CEO of Lanamark, dropped by to tell me about Vready, a new service his company is offering. I've spoken with representatives with many smaller organizations and think that Lanamark has a good grasp on the problems these organizations are facing when they choose to embark on the journey...; Tags: Server, Lanamark, VReady Assessment Report, Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-11-19
With Citrix, iPhone is more attractive to business: Business-critical applications continue their push into the mobile world and, increasingly, that world includes the iPhone - giving the popular device more respect as a business tool, instead of just a toy, and giving IT administrators one less reason to insist on the Blackberry as a preferred handset. ...; Tags: Apple iPhone, Mobile, Citrix Systems Inc., Virtualization, Web Conferencing, Cloud Computing, Advertising & Promotion, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Internet, Marketing, Storage, Sam Diaz; Blog posts 2008-11-12

The Role of the x86 Processors in the Virtualized, Energy-Contstrained Datacentre: This IDC White Paper analyzes the latest technology and market developments in the x86 server space, which has been significantly impacted by the spread of virtualization solutions and the rise of energy issues. The paper puts AMD's latest 45nm quad-core AMD Opteron Processor, codenamed "Shanghai," in context in this environment...; Tags: AMD Opteron, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., X86 Processor, Virtualization, Processors, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Semiconductors, Components, Storage; White papers 2008-11-12
Five things you should know about virtualization [video]: If you're not working with virtualization today, you likely will be. Whether it's through consolidating a data center, deploying software appliances or streaming applications, virtualization will bring dramatic change to IT over the next decade. In last week's Sanity Savers for IT Executives episode, Jason Hiner outlined...; Tags: Information Technology, Video, Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-11-11
The need for a mixed load benchmark: The right way to do virtualization is almost always just to avoid it - and let the Unix scheduler handle resource allocations among multiple applications and users as service demands change. Unfortunately people who want to do this face an unexpected problem: no good way to size the hardware short...; Tags: Paul Murphy, Resource Allocation, Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, UNIX, Operating Systems, Hardware, Storage, Software, Operating System, Data-processing, Sun Solaris, Servers; Blog posts 2008-11-11
F5 and the 8 Ways to Virtualization: F5 pioneered the concept of breaking up data center virtualization technologies into eight unique categories within the data center. Any virtualization products or technologies implemented in the data center will fall into one of these eight categories. With this paper, F5 discusses how it has implemented these same technologies within...; Tags: Data Center, F5 Networks Inc., Data Centers, Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Storage, Hardware, Data Management; White papers 2008-11-11
Building a Virtualization-Ready Networking Infrastructure: To ensure the full potential of your virtual platform solution, you need to make sure your application and storage network is prepared to handle the added stresses of a virtual machine VM infrastructure. F5® technology enables your network to adapt to virtualization needs, ensure high availability HA, maximize resources, and...; Tags: F5 Networks Inc., Network, Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Desktop Virtualization, Hardware, Storage; White papers 2008-11-11
ROI Analysis for Intelligent File Virtualization: A Closer Look at the Financial Benefits of Intelligent File Virtualization with F5 ARX; Tags: F5 Networks Inc., ROI, Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Roi/Tco, Hardware, Storage, Finance, Managerial Accounting; White papers 2008-11-11
Dummies® Book - How to Get a Grip on Storage Growth and Reduce Costs: Attend this File Virtualization For Dummies®webinar to learn how leading companies around the world are using intelligent file virtualization to reduce infrastructure complexity, boost operational efficiency, and get costs under control. All attendees will receive a File Virtualization For Dummies® guide.; Tags: F5 Networks Inc., Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage; Webcasts 2008-11-11
What's next after server virtualization? Orchestration: There are a number of steps an organization could take after successfully executing a server consolidation strategy. One of them is to orchestrate workloads to make maximum use of physical server capacity, reduce power consumption, reduce administrative and operational expenses and create an environment which can assure that each and...; Tags: Data Center, Server, Resource, Server Virtualization, Data Centers, Virtualization, Storage, Productivity, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Data Management, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-11-10
The IBM-Apple-Papermaster triangle: How far does a non-compete go?: The courtroom tug-of-war between IBM and Mark Papermaster is getting nasty. Papermaster responded Friday to IBM's attempts to prevent him from taking over the iPod unit at Apple. Papermaster argued that IBM doesn't compete with Apple in consumer electronics. IBM reiterated that Papermaster violated a non-compete agreement. Now a judge...; Tags: Apple Inc., Agreement, IBM Corp., Papermaster, Blade Servers, Utility Computing, Servers, Hardware, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-11-10
Mini-glossary: Virtualization terms you should know: You may not have time to learn everything there is to know about virtualization, but a familiarity with the terminology will help you follow the trends, technical details, and industry developments as they emerge. This glossary offers a quick rundown of the virtualization terms you're most likely to encounter.This download...; Tags: Deb Shinder, Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage; Download resources 2008-11-06
Apple's top iPod gun to depart; Papermaster in; Jobs succession gets murkier: Updated: Tony Fadell, the senior vice president in charge of Apple's iPod division, is leaving the company to be replaced by Mark Papermaster, a former Big Blue executive who is being sued by IBM over a non-compete clause. The move statement, first reported by the Wall Street...; Tags: Job, Steve Jobs, Apple iPod, Apple Inc., IBM Corp., VentureBeat, Blade Servers, Digital Music, Digital Media, Utility Computing, Servers, Hardware, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-11-04
HP boosts power efficiency features for latest ProLiant blade server: As promised, I'm back this morning from the airport with a couple more thoughts about Hewlett-Packard's green tech introductions this week, specifically some notes on its latest blade server, the HP ProLiant BL460c G5 Server Blade. Here are the energy-related vitals on the product: - Uses...; Tags: Blade Server, Hewlett-Packard Co., Blade, Power Supply, Enclosure, HP Compaq ProLiant, Blade Servers, Utility Computing, Servers, Hardware, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2008-11-04
Sun xVM Ops delivering on promises: As I pointed out in the post Sun xVM Ops Center, Sun is one of the few companies that has offerings in every category of the Kusnetzky Group Model (see Sorting out the different layers of virtualization if you don't remember the different layers of virtualization technology in the KG...; Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., Ops Center, Enterprise Datacenter, Virtualization, Storage Management, Cloud Computing, Utility Computing, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-11-04
Speculation on Papermaster's "huh?": IBM, Apple, and Freescale: If Papermaster is what he appears to be: smart, sane, capable; he cannot possibily have believed that IBM would not enforce the non competition clauses in his employment contract - so why did he announce his intent to break that contract by moving directly to Apple? by Paul Murphy; Tags: Apple Inc., IBM Corp., Paul Murphy, Blade Servers, Recruitment & Selection, Utility Computing, Servers, Hardware, Human Resources, Workforce Management; Blog posts 2008-11-04
Vote and then come to the free virtual virtualization summit: I wish I could vote but I'm not yet a citizen. Once you've voted please check out the online virtualization summit I've been helping to pull together which runs throughout the day. It's a great lineup and registration is free. It's the first time I've been involved...; Tags: Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Tom Foremski; Blog posts 2008-11-03