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6 Steps to Get Ready for Private Cloud
Like I said in a recent post, you’re probably already running the basic foundation for a private cloud. But that doesn’t mean there isn’t work to do. IT Pros looking to delve into private cloud computing this year, should prepare with these 6 steps: Improve data quality in your identity infrastructure – audit existing users -
TechEd Europe 2010 Day 1: Voices from the Community
We’ve been seeing quite a bit of chatter on the “internets” about the goings-on at TechEd Europe 2010 in Berlin, and it’s great to see the diverse impressions of attendees as the event happens. Net Noteworthies The announcements and news about a range of things—including Hyper-V Cloud, the VMM SSP 2.0 release, and RC availability -
More Than Likely, You’re Already Running the Foundations for Private Cloud
Worried about having to implement lots of new software to build your private cloud? You may not have to. Enterprises that have standardized on Windows Server 2008 R2 are, like as not, already running all the building blocks they need to configure a private cloud. And that foundation will extend as your cloud computing ambitions grow. -
GET PRE-VALIDATED PRIVATE CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE WITH HYPER-V CLOUD FAST TRACK
If you’re looking to get started implementing a Microsoft private cloud infrastructure, the Hyper-V Cloud Fast Track program can offer invaluable help by delivering pre-validated reference architectures. The Hyper-V Cloud Fast Track solutions are currently being offered by 6 Microsoft hardware partners, who cover a broad swath of the Windows Server hardware market. Hit the -
Service Pack 1 Release Candidate Now Available
Today, Microsoft has made available a Release Candidate (RC) for Service Pack 1 for Windows Server 2008 R2 and Windows 7. SP1 includes both a roll-up of operating system updates and several new capabilities for Windows Server. Microsoft RemoteFX introduces a new set of remote user experience capabilities that enable a media-rich user environment for virtual -
US EPA Publishes Paper on Energy Savings from Energy Star-Qualified Enterprise Servers Running Windows Server 2008 R2
I’ve posted about power management and Windows Server before so you may recall that one of our goals for Windows Server 2008 R2 was to enhance power management. You might also remember that R2 can help improve power efficiency by up to 18% over Windows Server 2003 running on the same hardware. Now there’s another data point -
Windows HPC Server 2008 R2 Ships!
We have finished version 3 of Windows HPC Server! The verbose, official, and approved name is Windows HPC Server 2008 R2 Suite signaling that we are leveraging Windows Server 2008 R2 as our core operating system but make no mistake, this is the big v3 release, our most ambitious release. It’s like the third stage -
Cloud Computing a Catalyst for Server Growth?
In an interesting piece by Ryan Nichols at Computerworld yesterday: Cloud computing by the numbers: What do all the statistics mean, Nichols summarizes some recent research findings on the market potential of cloud computing, quoting impressive market forecasts from sources such as Gartner ($150 billion by 2013), Merrill Lynch ($160 billion by 2011),and AMI Partners -
SP1: the Bite-Sized Versions
We’ve been getting some feedback that the current version of the Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 download package was too large — 1.5GB for both the 32-bit and 64-bit versions in one package. So we’ve split them down out into their individual packages for easier downloading. Head on over to the Windows Server SP1 Resource -
Linux Integration Services version 2.1 goes RTM
For those who may not have seen this on the Microsoft Virtualization blog, the Hyper-V Linux Integration Services for Linux Version 2.1 just went RTM! This is great news for customers using virtualization in a heterogeneous data center environment. Hyper-V has supported Linux as a guest OS for a long time, and this new release really enhances that support -
Direct Edge stock exchange launches on Windows Server, SQL Server
Wednesday (7/21) was an exciting day for customer Direct Edge. They’re a new stock exchange, and are expected to handle 10%-13% of the monthly U.S. stock trading volume, which comes to an average of 1.4 billion shares a day. You can see news article here and here. Microsoft, and other technology partners, joined them on stage Wednesday as