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Schooled in virtualization: Miami Dade College CIO on user expectations

October 22, 2010 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

Like any technology, virtualization is a double-edged sword. Sure, the energy savings and reduced hardware costs are compelling reasons to jump on the virtual machine bandwagon, but those benefits come at a price. Miami Dade College’s CIO, Karl Herleman, discusses how any virtualization project, particularly one as expansive in scope as his, must be weighed […]

Filed Under: Virtualization Tagged With: server virtualization, Virtualization, virtualization management

Symantec and VMware: Virtualize those business critical apps

August 17, 2010 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

Today, Symantec and VMware say they are removing the last roadblock to completely virtualized server infrastructures with Symantec ApplicationHA and VirtualStore. The two companies worked together on a solution, based on Symantec’s Veritas Cluster Server and Veritas Storage Foundation, for giving IT managers the confidence to place business critical apps on virtual machines. Of course, […]

Filed Under: Virtualization Tagged With: server virtualization, Symantec, Veritas, Virtualization, VMware

Green IT News Roundup – Friday, June 5

June 5, 2009 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

Green servers cropping up all over – InfoWorld The new HP ProLiant machines, for example, come equipped with a new feature that the company dubs “sea of sensors”: 32 smart sensors that automatically monitor the heat created by the server…

Filed Under: Green IT Tagged With: cell phone, Cloud Computing, Green IT, News, roundup, server virtualization, SSD, Virtualization

Virtualization and IPTV Meet at Microsoft Mediaroom

May 27, 2009 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

Datacenters as broadcasters? Not as far-fetched as it would have seemed a scant couple of years ago. If Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) services like AT&T U-verse take off in the U.S., where subscribers expect home theater quality HD video and…

Filed Under: Green IT, Virtualization Tagged With: Hyper-V, IPTV, Microsoft, server, server virtualization, video, Virtualization, Windows Server 2008

Green IT News Roundup – Tuesday, May 26

May 26, 2009 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

Hints of a New Market for Cheap, Power-Sipping Servers – Digits – WSJ Blogs Super Micro, which is based in Milpitas, Calif., thinks its Atom-based systems will mainly be used by companies that want to package just a little…

Filed Under: Green IT Tagged With: Green IT, News, roundup, server virtualization, SSD

Virtuals Machines to Outnumber Physical Servers in EU

May 17, 2009 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

Virtualization is poised to help crowd out physical servers in Europe in 2009 according to IDC. iTWire reports: According to IDC the number of server systems shipped with a virtualization platform reached 358,000 units in 2008 and, it says, “the…

Filed Under: Stats & Figures, Virtualization Tagged With: server, server virtualization, statistics, virtual server, Virtualization

Green IT – Did You Know?

May 14, 2009 by Pedro Hernandez 1 Comment

Enjoy this short and sweet Green IT-themed slideshow by Henrico Dolfing, a Sharepoint and all-around enterprise collaboration expert. In it, he discusses several of my favorite topics including virtualization, telecommuting and power management. Check it out! Green ITView more presentations…

Filed Under: Green IT, Stats & Figures Tagged With: Green IT, Power Management, presentation, server virtualization, slideshow, statistics, telecommuting

IBM: Mainframes are Green, Really

May 14, 2009 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

On the surface, it would seem counterintuitive to consider mainframes–the hulking computing flagships of IT–as a green technology. But that’s exactly IBM’s message and it does have its merits. While you may have to make some accommodations in you datacenter…

Filed Under: Green IT, Servers Tagged With: datacenter, energy efficiency, IBM, Linux, mainframe, server consolidation, server virtualization, System z, Virtualization

Green IT Strategies for Beginners

April 18, 2009 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

Jenaly Technology Group’s CTO, MJ Shoer, explores some Green IT basics by focusing in on three ways businesses can improve their impact on the environment and cut the cost of their tech operations. Covered are server virtualization, electronic documents (aka…

Filed Under: Green IT, Servers Tagged With: electronic documents, Green IT, Power Management, server, server virtualization, Virtualization, Wake-on-LAN

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