Bobs Blogging It!

The secret is out about the benefits of virtualization and server consolidation at headquarters and in the data center, in terms of capital savings as well as reductions in power and cooling expenses and maintenance costs. Too often, branch office operations are left out of that conversation, which is understandable but unfortunate. It’s understandable, given …

For those of you whoare unaware, there is an event that his held annually in Ottawa called GTEC. the purpose of the event is to allow vendors, resellers and service providers the opportunity to flaunt their wares to the Government (Public) sector. The event again this year was hugely successful with literally thousands of people …

If you want to experiment with ESX(i) on your home computer and have VMware Workstation 6.5, it’s pretty easy to do. Two key steps are needed in order to be successful. 1. When creating a new VM inside Workstation for ESX(i), chose Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 64-bit. 2. After you have created your new …

In this series, we will discuss many of the aspects of Cloud Computing – what it is, how it works and how it benefits both small and enterprise companies. This is not your typical blog so, along with the facts is ‘the good’, ‘the bad’ and ‘the ugly’. If you are looking for the facts, …

Every so often a technology gains enough inertia and acceptance it changes the game for everyone. When this happens, there is a certain buzz in the air for guys like me. It’s because we know that the top players will be burning the midnight oil wrenching on new great features and products to fill the …