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Thinking about Xbox Home Server
My friend Mark Bowker recently blogged about the hypothetical potential of a Microsoft Surface Server. Since he covers Virtualization for ESG, he has a lot of opportunities to think about converged infrastructure, as well as the impressive hardware stacks of… Read more
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My newest Storage Appliance for under $2,000
After 22+ years in backup, I have become something of a storage geek on the side (or at least pretend to be one). Over the past few weeks, I’ve been playing with a new storage solution in my Dallas lab:… Read more
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I am headed to the System Center Universe
On January 31st, in Irving, Texas … or a simulcast location near you … you have the opportunity to learn more (a lot more) about Microsoft’s management platform – System Center. For those of you who don’t know of my… Read more
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HP VS3 announced at MMS 2012
Today, HP announced the newest offering in its VirtualSystem for Microsoft solutions family – the VS3, leveraging HP hardware that has been assembled and optimized to deliver the entire Microsoft Private Cloud stack, including: HP Proliant “generation 8” BladeSystem servers… Read more
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Microsoft Private Cloud Fast Track at MMS 2012
The Microsoft Private Cloud Fast Track program puts the best practices and private cloud experience of Microsoft into an IT architecture that provides consistency and flexibility in the Microsoft stack, while still enabling its hardware partners to bring their own… Read more
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Microsoft Ups its Backup Game in System Center 2012
[Cross-posted from my ESG blog – Technical Optimist .com] Data protection processes and technologies are vital to ensuring an organization’s operational, regulatory, and financial health. As a result, data protection infrastructure is included in every IT budget and is top… Read more