Data Center Knowledge

JULY 18, 2013

Open-Xchange is a good example of how the office is shifting over to the cloud to enable distributed, mobile workforces. “OX “As we aim to power ruthlessly open cloud solutions for the mobile web age, we’re encouraged by the validation in our client base, business model and global business expertise that this backing signifies.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 15, 2013

can be deployed and delivering value in days without disruptive and costly hardware or software agents. RELATED POSTS: Network News: Juniper Targets Mobile Services. Amazon has cut prices for dedicated EC2 instances – an instance on single-tenant hardware that is particularly attractive to enterprise customers.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 24, 2013

IBM and Pivotal have been working together since March, and early fruits of the collaboration is a preview version of WebSphere Application Server Liberty Core, IBM’s lightweight version of the WebSphere Application Server, which simplifies development and deployment of web, mobile, social and analytic applications. December 2006 (43).

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 25, 2013

In Chicago, a leading global mobility provider, as well as a handful of others in the space, signed up. They’re seeing mobile applications as a key growth opportunity. Amazon has cut prices for dedicated EC2 instances – an instance on single-tenant hardware that is particularly attractive to enterprise customers.

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CIO Business Intelligence

APRIL 12, 2024

It’s become a vital skill for producing mobile devices and for developing embedded systems, IoT devices, and other consumer products. SoC helps reduce power consumption, and can help ensure devices require less space and cost less to build from discrete components, making it an appealing choice for businesses developing technical hardware.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 12, 2013

Mobile: Leveraging HTML5, FieldView 6.0 Amazon has cut prices for dedicated EC2 instances – an instance on single-tenant hardware that is particularly attractive to enterprise customers. December 2006 (43). November 2006 (51). October 2006 (44). September 2006 (35). August 2006 (31).

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 10, 2013

At its annual Worldwide Partner Conference (WPC) this week in Houston Microsoft (MSFT) is focusing all attention on its transformation to a devices and services company – emphasizing the underpinning trends of cloud, mobility, big data and enterprise social. December 2006 (43). November 2006 (51). October 2006 (44).

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Fountainhead

JANUARY 24, 2011

Since about 2006 I’ve been involved with data center IT automation. And its value proposition was simple and uncomplicated: Consolidate applications, reduce hardware sprawl. Now the industry had its proof-point: There were times when full-up IT automation, without visibility into hardware implementation, worked and was useful.

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Fountainhead

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

Fast-forward: We have Margo with an office full of client-provided hardware. Enter the concepts of "Mobile applications" and "Virtual desktops". In my opinion, the "PC era" will begin to ebb, as the concept of mobile apps and virtual workspaces begins to take hold. Labels: Mobile Work , Mobility , Predictions , VDI.

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Fountainhead

JANUARY 10, 2013

After all, millions of people own identical hardware/software configurations of iPhones, Android-based phones, tablets, laptops and other devices. Labels: Citrix , Mobility , Predictions. (4). Mobile Work. (4). Mobility. (2). ► 2006. (2). More at [link]. Ken Oestreich. Infrastructure Orchestration. (31).

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Fountainhead

OCTOBER 17, 2012

and it’s due in part to todays announcements by Citrix about Project Avalon , the explosion of the Mobile Enterprise , and the Path to the Cloud. Mobility: A Perfect Use Case for the Cloud. Serving-up mobile apps – and even entire virtual desktops – out of a cloud infrastructure is a natural. Yes, its true.

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Scott Lowe

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

Both the hardware as well as the software have served me well. They recognized that trying to apply desktop computing paradigms to mobile devices wouldn’t work well. iOS wasn’t designed for laptops and workstations; it was designed for mobile devices.

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Fountainhead

JULY 7, 2009

within the first hour he blurts out "then if a customer uses this stuff, they should be able get five-9s of availability from run-of-the-mill hardware, right?" And if/when the hardware craps-out, it is software that automatically swaps-in a new resource. Mobile Work. (4). Mobility. (2). To his credit (or mine?),

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Fountainhead

MAY 12, 2009

However, certain environments are inherently bound to hardware and/or tested for performance, and these may need to remain "in-house" on specific hardware (see below) Inherent application functionality N Apps that are inherently "internal" Such as internal back-up software, "edge" applications like printer servers, etc. Mobile Work. (4).

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Fountainhead

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

Essentially the punchline is this: Weve taken the most commonly-purchased hardware configuration and management tools used by mission-critical IT Ops, and integrated them into a single product with a single GUI that you can install and use in ~ 1 day. If you dont believe Dell hardware is ready for the Data Center, then think again.

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Social, Agile and Transformation

JUNE 25, 2013

By 2025, the 12 technologies — led by the mobile Internet, the. IBMs M2M Computing Solution - It squeezes a process that previously required up to 280 computers into a single 2U rackmount-configured hardware "appliance". ► 2006. (28). So will some six billion devices. Company Strategies. ► October. (1).

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Fountainhead

MARCH 24, 2011

So theyve set out to create a raw cloud IaaS infrastructure, but with some attributes that are specific to the community/ecosystem that they serve: Security: Access to the cloud is granted only after a trusted validation of identity (required by regulating bodies) - and certain out-of-band management functions can only be made over hardware VPNs.

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Fountainhead

JUNE 1, 2011

NYSEs cloud now allows small firms (picture 3 hedge fund managers and their dog in a garage) to take advantage of enterprise-grade hardware and data. Mobile Work. (4). Mobility. (2). ► 2006. (2). Today at Citrix I'm helping others understand opportunities and pathways for mobility and cloud infrastructure. / /.

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Data Center Knowledge

JULY 12, 2013

The intersection of Mobile, Social, Big Data and Cloud Infrastructure is creating a disruption in technology innovation. Amazon has cut prices for dedicated EC2 instances – an instance on single-tenant hardware that is particularly attractive to enterprise customers. December 2006 (43). November 2006 (51).

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Fountainhead

MARCH 5, 2009

Hardware consolidation. When most IT professionals think "virtualization" they are mostly wanting to consolidate/reduce hardware. and its very different from Hardware consolidation. Mobile Work. (4). Mobility. (2). ► 2006. (2). Either way, it seems to dovetail with how the industry is progressing.

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GeekWire

NOVEMBER 21, 2020

This mobilization of industry giants is reminiscent of Microsoft at the height of its power. In terms of trusted devices, Pluton builds on work that was first seen in Windows Vista in 2006 and the Xbox One in 2013. Specifically, the focus on trusted devices and the use of automatic updates to keep those devices secure.

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Fountainhead

DECEMBER 15, 2011

Simply implementing a tool (BTW, most of which are still only tenuously integrated with each other, as well as with hardware and networking platforms) wont solve the problem for you. Mobile Work. (4). Mobility. (2). ► 2006. (2). And definitely not for an enterprise-ready level of availability. Infrastucture 2.0. (11).

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GeekWire

MARCH 13, 2025

and Europe, and the rise of cloud computing with both successes and missteps in areas like search and mobile. We were looking, at that time, at maybe acquiring HTC, because it was already clear we would have to do hardware. Ballmer said Microsofts problems in mobile went back to its original approach to the category.

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Fountainhead

MARCH 11, 2009

This story is more than just about gaining energy efficiency by reducing the amount of network hardware. Rather, its all about using (and re-purposing) compute hardware more effectively. Mobile Work. (4). Mobility. (2). ► 2006. (2). Infrastructure Orchestration. (31). Infrastucture 2.0. (11). Marketing. (3).

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Fountainhead

APRIL 7, 2009

PAN Manager is the "secret sauce" Egenera has been using to manage its own hardware for years, and recently OEMd to Dell as part of their Dell PAN System. That means that Egeneras own hardware -- as well as Dell Blades -- not only operates with a " unified computing " architecture (as some would call it!), Mobile Work. (4).

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Fountainhead

MARCH 31, 2009

As Dell announced its new 11th-generation (11G) server product line, Egenera also announced PAN Manager support for Dell hardware, such as Dell m610 11G blades as well. Mobile Work. (4). Mobility. (2). ► 2006. (2). Infrastructure Orchestration. (31). Infrastucture 2.0. (11). IT Financial Management. (4).

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Fountainhead

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Existing physical IO but with address hardware-based mapping/virtualization (e.g. Mobile Work. (4). Mobility. (2). ► 2006. (2). Today at Citrix I'm helping others understand opportunities and pathways for mobility and cloud infrastructure. / /. Converged Networking Adapters (e.g. Qlogic , Emulex ).

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Sean Daniel

JANUARY 25, 2011

Presentation on SBS 2011 Essentials and Standard on top of HP hardware, by yours truly! User Group at the beginning of February for a presentation on Small Business Server 2011 Essentials and Standard running on HP hardware. How To Install Windows Home Server 2011 on your MediaSmart or DataVault Hardware. Windows Mobile. (23).

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Fountainhead

FEBRUARY 23, 2009

Both of these technologies instantly resulted in additional hardware on the motherboard: The Network Interface Card (NIC) for connection to Ethernet, etc., These pieces of hardware were sometimes incorporated into the motherboard itself, or sometimes were additional plug-ins. and the Host Bus Adaptor (HBA) for connection to storage.

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Fountainhead

JANUARY 26, 2010

It changes how availability is delivered: By manipulating IO addressing, networking and connectivity, Converged Infrastructure Management can re-provision failed hardware – either in the form of physical servers, or indeed, entire environments. Mobile Work. (4). Mobility. (2). ► 2006. (2). Infrastucture 2.0.

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Fountainhead

MARCH 6, 2012

They were their own technology ecosystem, designing hardware, coding software, and assembling things themselves. Mobile Work. (4). Mobility. (2). ► 2006. (2). Today at Citrix I'm helping others understand opportunities and pathways for mobility and cloud infrastructure. / /. Infrastucture 2.0. (11).

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Fountainhead

MARCH 3, 2009

Since about 2001, Egenera has been selling its high-end hardware/software combination that unified re-purposing of physical and virtual servers. Mobile Work. (4). Mobility. (2). ► 2006. (2). Today at Citrix I'm helping others understand opportunities and pathways for mobility and cloud infrastructure. / /.

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Fountainhead

NOVEMBER 2, 2011

Given the tons of IT, cloud, and tech related trade shows, Im continually amazed at how 99% of floor exhibitors are hardware or software firms. Mobile Work. (4). Mobility. (2). ► 2006. (2). Today at Citrix I'm helping others understand opportunities and pathways for mobility and cloud infrastructure. / /.

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Fountainhead

JUNE 7, 2010

Capital cost – if you count all of the separate hardware components they’re trying to manage. That last bullet, the thing about hardware components, is also something to drill down into. Mobile Work. (4). Mobility. (2). ► 2006. (2). Infrastructure Orchestration. (31). Infrastucture 2.0. (11).

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Fountainhead

MARCH 12, 2009

This is the first of a pipeline of customers buying-into Infrastructure Orchestration (also referred to as Fabric Computing or Unified Computing) - first offered in 2001 by Egenera with their high-end BladeFrame + PAN Manager software, and now being mainstreamed as the Dell PAN System by combining PAN Manager with Dell hardware. Mobility. (2).

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Fountainhead

JUNE 29, 2009

True, both have made huge strides in the hardware world to allow for blade repurposing, I/O, address, and storage naming portability, etc. Mobile Work. (4). Mobility. (2). ► 2006. (2). Today at Citrix I'm helping others understand opportunities and pathways for mobility and cloud infrastructure. / /.

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Fountainhead

SEPTEMBER 7, 2009

Ultimately, all of this complexity gradually resulted from incremental server hardware evolution… the motherboards to be exact. Egenera , Cisco UCS and to some degree HPs VirtualConnect ) CPU pooling hardware/software which replace traditional I/O to make multiple physical servers act as large multi-core CPUs (e.g. Mobile Work.

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