HP today announced the release of a new Business Technology Optimization (BTO) software and Software-as-a-Service solution. It helps IT organizations manage change and resolve problems across business services and applications, dramatically reducing the risk of potential business downtime. Industry’s first ITIL V3-based Configuration Management System solution Traditional approaches to … [Read more...]
HP ProLiant BL2x220c G5 – 2-in-1 Blade Server
HP today announced the world's first two-in-one server blade. The HP ProLiant BL2x220c G5 combines two independent servers in a single blade. This offers customers with scale-out environments improved data center performance, reduced floor space and lower power usage. The HP ProLiant BL2x220c G5 offers three times the density of traditional 1U rack-mount servers. This addresses the data growth … [Read more...]
New Version of Microsoft Windows Every 2-3 Years?
In a recent address at the Digital Lifestyle Consortium, Microsoft founder Bill Gates gave his view of the future. "I see Windows, a major new version of Windows every two to three years." Now we can look forward to OS changes every 2-3 years? For an IT department this would be a nightmare. For Microsoft it would be a 2-3 year injection of money as users are forced to shell out for upgrades to … [Read more...]
IT Finds Valuable Business Tools In Unified Communications
Gartner listed unified communications (UC) as 2nd in their top ten technology areas of 2008. Driven by voice over IP (VoIP), call centers and phone services are leading the way, but other areas of IT such as storage networks, video from security cameras and sensors will soon follow. Unified communications refers to a group of technologies, many of which are already used in the business world … [Read more...]
HP Offers A Petabytes Data Storage Solution
IT managers are being challenged to develop a strategy to handle the increasing demands for data storage. Applications are becoming more complex and storage needs typically double every 18-24 months. You may want to look at the new HP StorageWorks 9100 Extreme Data Storage System. Extreme is just what it offers. The platform consists of an HP BladeSystem chassis with room for 16 blade … [Read more...]
IT Should Spend More On Disaster Recovery
IT Operations professionals are faced with the constant worry of threats such as IT outages, power failures, and disasters. During challenging financial times IT Operations is finding it more difficult to secure the funding needed for disaster recovery from management. Disaster recovery preparedness can run into millions of dollars depending of the level of continuity you desire and the size of … [Read more...]
Retailers Look to Virtualization
Close to 71 percent of U.S. retailers are turning to a broad set of virtualization solutions as way to save money, maximize space and gain better control of their IT infrastructures according to Microsoft's "Virtualization in Retail Survey 2008". … [Read more...]
dVUE6 Lighthouse – Latest Free Network Gadget
SYS Technologies has released their latest free network management gadget, dVUE6 Lighthouse. dVUE 6 Lighthouse is a graphical syslog monitor that shows the availability and alarm status of the five most alarmed devices on your network. dVUE 6 Lighthouse converts syslog security levels into color-coded alarm levels. It pings the devices every 15 seconds and changes the availability indicator … [Read more...]