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Stacking Up OpenStack Distributions
By Jason Brooks | Posted: 2011-06-02
I'm taking OpenStack for a spin in our lab, with an eye toward kicking off some reviews coverage of the much-talked-about open source project, and, perhaps, to put the cloud operating system into service
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The Cloud is a Wonderful Place, When It Works
By P. J. Connolly | Posted: 2011-06-02
Earlier today, users reported widespread problems while trying to access Apple's cloud-based services, such as the iTunes Store and the Mac App Store. Although I didn't run into any difficulties
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MacDefender and Ilk No Reason to Panic
By P. J. Connolly | Posted: 2011-06-01
So, MacDefender.
To hear some people go on about it, you'd think it was the end of the world. Not hardly; but it does raise some interesting questions.
The first has to do with the way it seems to
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Weasel Words at the WHO
By P. J. Connolly | Posted: 2011-05-31
Today, I saw this headline at CNN: "Cell phone use can increase possible cancer risk" and once again, I'm struck by how quickly people can make something out of what might as well be nothing. After all, you can replace
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Haas Leaves HP, Ballyhooed FlexNetwork
By Cameron Sturdevant | Posted: 2011-05-31
I don't normally pay close attention to division commanders, but I did notice HP's Marius Haas is out. Two weeks ago, Haas ballyhooed the introduction of HP FlexNetwork at Interop.
Aaron Ricadela of
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HP Thin Clients to Gain Citrix, Microsoft, VMware Universality
By Cameron Sturdevant | Posted: 2011-05-27
This week, HP announced a bevy of thin clients and a virtualization architecture that promises IT managers that they can switch between Citrix, Microsoft and VMware as needed. This is a good development, but I'd like to share some insight I learned at the VDI Smackdown at Citrix Synergy today.
The
Speaking of Sheep, or At Least, Counting Them
By P. J. Connolly | Posted: 2011-05-27
The enterprise mobility gurus at iPass released a survey this week that indicates a significant number of people wake up in the middle of the night to check their e-mail. Although many of the
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Lenovo X1 Trumps MacBook Air for Business
By Cameron Sturdevant | Posted: 2011-05-26
The Lenovo ThinkPad X1 13.3-inch laptop can be seen as Lenovo's response to the MacBook Air. However, the heavier, angular and much more capable X1 should be considered on its own merits for business users who want a durable, sleek and portable system.
For eWEEK Labs images of the Lenovo X1
Baaaaackup a Mac to the Cloud
By P. J. Connolly | Posted: 2011-05-26
I'm taking a look at a cloud-based enhancement to the Time Machine backup feature in Mac OS X. It's called Dolly Drive, a nod to the sheep that made headlines fifteen years ago by being the first mammal cloned
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rPath Is on the Right Track with X6
By Jason Brooks | Posted: 2011-05-26
rPath X6 expands on the company's software appliance assembly and deployment ambitions with powerful configuration management capabilities and a spruced-up user interface that's much improved compared with
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You've Got to Label, Label, Label, Your Cable, Cable, Cable
By P. J. Connolly | Posted: 2011-05-25
(This is continued from yesterday.)
Labeling patch cords is a must, even in a multicolored wiring scheme. In our old building, where we shared the patch closet with other organizations, we
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Coloring My World
By P. J. Connolly | Posted: 2011-05-24
As surprising as it may seem to anyone who has visited my flat, I can be obsessed with tidiness, at least when it comes to patch panels and server racks. I like patch cords dressed and tucked out of the way, and I have been
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Reevaluating Identity: Personal vs. Professional
By P. J. Connolly | Posted: 2011-05-23
While I was out of town earlier this month, my colleague Cameron Sturdevant wrote a rather interesting post on the subject of identities personal and professional. To borrow a phrase from the
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The "Cammy" Award for Best Virtual Desktop Video Demo
By Cameron Sturdevant | Posted: 2011-05-23
As part of my preparation for the Citrix Synergy conference in San Francisco, I brushed up on different virtual desktop technologies. Part of this exercise involved watching the short online
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KVM Pushed as Open Alternative to VMware
By Cameron Sturdevant | Posted: 2011-05-20
The Open Virtualization Alliance (OVA) was announced on May 17 and much of the analysis since then has focused on the formation as an attack on VMware. I concur that the OVA is an attempt to coordinate support for KVM (Kernel-based Virtual Machine), which is an integral part of Linux.
