Posts tagged server
Who’s the king of the castle?
The quick answer is VMware,
vStorage Motion
followed by Citrix followed by a very distant third, Microsoft. Why, because VMware has persuaded about 190,000 companies to install ESX virtualization technology. Why? Because they have a solid product, or series of products all geared to the enterprise, because they have an ecosystem of smaller s [...]
In praise of slightly fat Nettop boxe...
So what’s a Nettop? Think of the Netbook PCs, inexpensive $350 low powered 10″ screen PCs that are convenient but not very fast. Take the screen and keyboard away and you’ve got a Nettop, except they have better quality, higher performance components, designed to a price point, but for longevity. Insert a 32 or 64GB SSD dri [...]
From the darkside to the light
So here’s the problem… IT is run ragged, constantly, being reactive to the less than happy employees. IT doesn’t have time, money or energy to proactively develop plans to implement new ways to enhance the business. They are spending their time putting out fires. Is it any wonder than real firemen get a pension at 50; they must be too tired a [...]
More thoughts on thin clients
I’ve been asked the same question three times this month… “What exactly is a thin client”? So I thought I’d just write a few words for clarification. A thin client is a PC, albeit somewhat limited. Think of a regular PC shrunk down to about 6x6x2 inches… that’s a typical form factor for a thin client. [...]