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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 processors on the market and the attached chart...
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HP is making headlines today with the introduction of an impressive new strategy and architectural framework: HP Converged Infrastructure ( click here to view the news release ). The timing couldn't be better. I've heard from a lot of CIOs lately who have indicated they have more aggressive plans...
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The HP Converged Infrastructure strategy represents HP's IT architecture of the future to help customers gain the benefits of a next-generation data center. This 'breakthrough' direction is based on the extensive work done over the past few years based on the HP Adaptive Infrastructure strategy...
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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 reasons to look at 2010 in a positive light...
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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 learn about HP's leadership in mission-critical...
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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 running independently managed operating systems. These...
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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. One solution might be a universal charger, but I...
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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 true cloud application is designed with multi-tenant...
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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 Service) - Ken Thompson had the time to write...
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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 and the Internet Protocol , HTML , HTTP ,...
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Darrel Thomas
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05-15-2009
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Filed under: Applications, Cloud Computing, Emerging Technologies, infrastructure, IT Services, SaaS, Cloud Computing , Emerging technologies , Infrastructure , SaaS, Applications, IT Services
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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 which workloads can be used for different style of...
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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, I can't remember any special programs...
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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 is vendors of all sizes and stripes are so desperate...
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Charlie Bess
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03-09-2009
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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
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Today’s post is from Kalyan Ramanathan, who manages virtualization initiatives for our data center automation group. This is the first in a series of posts on how organizations use automation to improve their IT infrastructure management. - Peter Even in this down economy, data center virtualization...
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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 that far off either. If you connect a flexible display...