Blogs | Page 9
CA Technologies and "cloud choice"
By Cameron Sturdevant | Posted: 2011-08-01
Last week CA announced ten new or updated products as part of a"cloud choice" product release. Over the coming weeks, I'll be taking a first look at several of the new releases and sharing my initial findings here at the eWEEK Labs blog. One of the things I've discovered already is
OpenFlow Emerging
By Cameron Sturdevant | Posted: 2011-07-29
The virtual network overlay technology called OpenFlow is popping up more and more in my virtual world. OpenFlow is a part of the networking technology baked into XenServer 6 beta 2 "Project Boston." I've just set up a meeting with Big Switch to talk about their OpenFlow. My friends at
Are Your Apps Ready for Lion?
By P. J. Connolly | Posted: 2011-07-28
How long will it take before your software can fully take advantage of the new features of Lion? Granted, it's only been a few months since the first developer previews became available, and not all software
... Read More
... Read More
Cisco, LISP and workload mobility
By Cameron Sturdevant | Posted: 2011-07-28
I spent another day getting tutored on LISP at the Cisco campus yesterday. See below for a bit more on the details of my day trip. But first, as promised, here's my Thursday update for what I'm working on this week.
Pretty much everything on my list from last week got
Happy 30th Birthday, MS-DOS
By P. J. Connolly | Posted: 2011-07-27
So, in a sense, today's the 30th birthday of MS-DOS. That's because on this day in 1981, Microsoft rebranded the 8-bit operating system that it acquired as part of its contribution to the first IBM PC.
I used DOS
... Read More
... Read More
'Lion' Launches with a Roar, But Leaves Us Flat
By P. J. Connolly | Posted: 2011-07-27
The new release of Apple's desktop operating system is certainly a leap ahead for the Mac platform in many ways. Mac OS X "Lion"-release 10.7-provides a better security architecture, new data
... Read More
... Read More
Google Plus Going Strong, But No 'At Symbol' in Sight
By Jason Brooks | Posted: 2011-07-26
It's been about a month since Google opened up its new social networking service, Google Plus. In that time, the membership of the service (now around 20 million users) has grown at a healthy clip. Google Plus has also stacked up a few mini-controversies, led by a flap over whether
Storage Vendors Drop the Ball on Lion Support
By P. J. Connolly | Posted: 2011-07-22
I have my own beefs with Lion, but something has surfaced that's much more important than my petty concerns: the Time Machine backup tool in Lion doesn't work with many NAS devices. Now, I'm
... Read More
... Read More
What is Cameron working on? VMware, Citrix, Cisco, Microsoft...
By Cameron Sturdevant | Posted: 2011-07-21
Today marks my first "what am I working on" post, a feature that will appear every Thursday.
I'm currently working on a "first look" review of Citrix XenServer 6 beta 2, known as 'Project Boston.' I've had the code up and running for a week at the San Francisco lab. The
Lion Leaves a Bad Taste
By P. J. Connolly | Posted: 2011-07-21
I'm taking my first look at (Mac) OS X Lion this week, but so far, I can't say that I'm happy with what I see. That's because the user interface of Lion is a step backwards in so many ways that I'm going to sit out this
... Read More
... Read More
Citrix XenServer Beta Builds Private Cloud
By Cameron Sturdevant | Posted: 2011-07-20
In the midst of VMware's announcement of vSphere 5 and the hailstorm of concern over licensing changes, it's easy to overlook competitors including Citrix. The latest version of Citrix XenServer 6
... Read More
... Read More
Apple Releases New OS, New Hardware
By P. J. Connolly | Posted: 2011-07-20
Having refreshed the MacBook Pro line in February, and the iMac lineup at the beginning of May, Apple gave its low-end hardware got some love today, with new versions of the Mac mini and MacBook Air, a new
... Read More
... Read More
Kaspersky Antivirus Delves into Threat Landscape
By Cameron Sturdevant | Posted: 2011-07-19
I'm especially interested in how endpoint anti-virus and Internet security tools impact virtual desktop and server systems. So I spent most of today with Kaspersky Labs at their North American
... Read More
... Read More
VMware vSphere 5 Automation Features to Drive Deployments
By Cameron Sturdevant | Posted: 2011-07-18
I'm fresh off a 'desert island' vacation: no connected anything. So while I knew that VMware was announcing vSphere 5 and a host of cloud infrastructure components on July 12, today
... Read More
... Read More
Will Apple's Patent Win Doom Android?
By P. J. Connolly | Posted: 2011-07-18
Although the U.S. International Trade Commission's preliminary finding that HTC has violated two of Apple's patents is serious stuff , it may be that all Android vendors will be affected by the ITC's final
... Read More
... Read More
