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Multi-core, where will it end?

A number of times I've mentioned the rise of parallel processing and multi-core as well as the effect on development and the kinds of solutions that are consumed . I was talking with some folks at TI the other day about the projections of multi-core...

Published 11-06-2009 8:31 PM by Charlie Bess

Filed under: Infrastructure , Innovation , Trends, Multi-core, Parallel computing

Tech is leading the way???

In an article stating that we should Look to tech to see the economy's future , it appears that demand for high tech items is on the upswing and that Tech will prosper in 2010 . It's been stated before that HP is bullish on 2010 . There are numerous...

Published 10-08-2009 7:55 AM by Charlie Bess

Filed under: Enterprise Architecture , Business value generation , Infrastructure , Trends, Business-IT Alignment

Oct. 5th - 10th anniversary of the Superdome

Look for a number of posts in various blogs and twitter sites -- on October 5, HP is hosting an HP Tech Day to celebrate the 10 th anniversary of the HP Superdome . The event brings together seven indie tech bloggers to visit the HP Cupertino campus and...

Published 10-04-2009 11:35 PM by Charlie Bess

Filed under: Infrastructure , Evolution

Are the drivers for a cloud data center all that different than for a traditional data center?

A colleague asked some of us here: “Does the enterprise data center as we know it needs to change?“ My immediate thought was “Of course it needs to change!” The typical raised floor data center is filled with isolated hardware...

Published 09-25-2009 10:15 AM by Charlie Bess

Filed under: Cloud Computing , Emerging technologies , Infrastructure , IT Services

What’s next for wireless power?

As I was packing for my recent vacation, I realized that I needed to take battery chargers for not just my SmartPhone, but also for my camera, two iPods, as well as my wife’s mobile phone. None of these chargers work on any of the other devices...

Published 09-01-2009 12:33 AM by Bill Phifer

Filed under: Edge computing , Emerging technologies , Infrastructure , Mobility

True Cloud – Virtualization Not Required

That may be a bold title, given that virtualization , and anything related to it, was all the rage just a few years ago. But lately, I have been pondering the implications of native cloud application architectures on the underlying infrastructure . A...

Published 08-31-2009 4:33 PM by ed.reynolds@hp.com

Filed under: Cloud Computing , Infrastructure , Applications, Virtualization, IaaS, Architecture

40 years of Unix

An article on the BBC News website caught my eye today, apparently, August 2009 is the 40 th Anniversary of UNIX . In August 1969, after AT&T-owned Bell Laboratories pulled the plug on the development of Multics (Multiplexed Information and Computing...

Published 08-20-2009 3:04 PM by mateen greenway

Filed under: Infrastructure , Evolution

Cloud Computing – Will History Teach Us Nothing – Yet Again?

We have seen the early versions of Cloud Computing models, with the promise of rapid service invocation, pay-per-use, ease of scaling, and simplified service-to-service interaction, and one can only help but think back to the mid-‘90s when the Internet...

Published 05-15-2009 11:30 PM by Darrel Thomas

Filed under: Applications, Cloud Computing, Emerging Technologies, infrastructure, IT Services, SaaS, Cloud Computing , Emerging technologies , Infrastructure , SaaS, Applications, IT Services

In the Shadow of the Cloud – Part 2

In part 1 , I discussed the motivation and expected benefits that many enterprises are seeking from the use of cloud computing services. In this entry, I'll briefly compare and contrast the non-cloud alternatives, and how enterprises can consider...

Published 05-13-2009 10:00 PM by Ed Reynolds

Filed under: Emerging Technologies, infrastructure, IT Services, Cloud Computing , Emerging technologies , Infrastructure , IT Services

8080 is 35 today

Today (April 1 st ) is the 35 th anniversary of the release of the 8080 . This was the first processor I ever wrote assembly language for, back in 1978 while attending Purdue University . Its design was the first to include some 16 bit instructions. Unfortunately...

Published 04-01-2009 9:00 PM by Charlie Bess

Filed under: infrastructure, Infrastructure

Cloud myths exploded – a reaction

I recently saw this article on Five cloud computing myths exploded . It is focused on: Cloud computing is one of the most overhyped phenomena to have hit the IT industry in a long time. It is a business model that definitely has its advantages. The trouble...

Published 03-09-2009 11:00 PM by Charlie Bess

Filed under: Applications, Business Process Outsourcing, Business Value Generation, Emerging Technologies, infrastructure, IT Services, Operations, Business process outsourcing , Business value generation , Cloud Computing , Emerging technologies , Infrastructure , Operations , Applications, IT Services

New displays and new applications

There have been a number of stories lately about new flexible display types coming to market . It does make me wonder about their power consumption and the limits it will place on application. According to this story , flexible color displays are not...

Published 01-15-2009 7:30 PM by Charlie Bess

Filed under: Applications, Emerging Technologies, infrastructure, Emerging technologies , Infrastructure , Applications

Bold use of IT

I've seen a number of notes and articles about it being time for IT leaders to focus on cost cutting ... during the economic downturn. In fact, there are whole seminars dedicated to it. That statement is true, but it should always be true (regardless...

Published 01-06-2009 8:45 PM by Charlie Bess

Filed under: Applications, Business Value Generation, infrastructure, Vision, Business value generation , Infrastructure , Vision , Applications

Predictions for 2009

For the last 4 years I've put out a blog entry of my predictions for the coming year - like most others do. Since this is a year where the world will be coming out of a financial crisis, I'll try to be a bit more conservative than in the past...

Published 12-29-2008 9:00 PM by Charlie Bess

Filed under: Applications, Business Value Generation, Collaboration, Emerging Technologies, Green IT, infrastructure, IT Services, SaaS, SOA, Vision, Collaboration, Business value generation , Emerging technologies , Green IT, Infrastructure , SaaS, SOA , Vision , Applications, IT Services

What do you mean by "Green IT" (part 3)? – The Green Data Center

Part three of What do you really mean by Green IT??? Also refer to part one , around green IT with regards to green washing, and part two , around using IT to green the enterprise. The third area I'd like to address is that of the green data center...

Published 09-23-2008 7:41 AM by ed.kettler@eds.com

Filed under: Applications, Green IT, infrastructure, IT Services, Green IT, Infrastructure , Applications, IT Services

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