My weekly CRN Channelweb Blog post has gone live. This one is on the things we think will be big over the next 12 months. Check it out here. http://community.crn.com/groups/smb-channel-voice/blog/2010/02/09/betting-big-on-virtualization … [Read more...]
SMB Virtualisation + Third Tier
Wow – today is a day for lots of news, new partnerships and the like. Amy Babinchak – founder and CEO of Third Tier has joined forces with Dave Sobel from SMB Virtualisation to provide their support arm. Check out the press release here … [Read more...]
Testing Hosted Virtual Servers
I’m currently starting a trial of a hosted virtual server that I don’t actually own or control the hardware for. I’m looking at ways to reduce my costs moving into 2010 and currently I am paying $1000 per month for a 1/2 rack of space at a data centre in Sydney. In reality I don’t need the entire 1/2 rack of space, but need a couple of hosted virtualised servers to … [Read more...]
HP Proliant ML330 G6
Recently HP released the 6th generation of their product line. As part of that they released the ML330 G6. This server is focused on the mid level SMB client and includes features that are designed to answer their business requirements. I’ve been fortunate to have one of these servers for quite a few months now as I was beta testing it for HP. During the beta I found that … [Read more...]
Microsoft embraces Linux
No the world has not come to an end, but in a sign of just how serious Microsoft is about getting to number 1 in the virtualisation stakes, they have released source code to the open source community for inclusion into the core of the Linux operating system. The source code will ensure that Linux can integrate well with the Microsoft Hyper-V Virtualisation platform. Many claim … [Read more...]