16. July 2008 by Tony.

Going Virtual, Going Green: A Manifesto

A clarion call on behalf of all businesses that have transitioned from brick-and-mortar to virtual offices:

Board up your office windows!
Smash your fax machine to bits!
Send everyone home early and tell them not to come back!

We are being ironic, of course, but only mildly. If even a fraction of conventional offices switched their operations to the web, we would have a happier workforce, more efficient economy, and greener environment. Some background:…

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16. July 2008 by Tony.

The World Wide Cloud: Bridging the Data Center and The Cloud
— As cloud computing becomes more commonplace, creating a secure method to bridge the gap between existing data centers and remote sources of compute capacity is being more and more important. The ability to efficiently and securely tap into remote cloud resources is one of the most important opportunities in the cloud computing today. In this session Reuven Cohen will discuss some of the challenges and opportunities to deploying across a diverse global cloud infrastructure. Location, security, portability, and reliability, he will explain, all play critical roles in a scalable IT environment.

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15. July 2008 by Tony.

In doing some research for an upcoming presentation I discovered that many  power companies are now offering rebates to clients for deploying solutions that reduce energy consumption. On such piece of Software is  Power Save by Foroncis, Power company rebates range from 10% - 100% of the purchase price!

You have to love  the fact that the power company pays for your software AND you svae money on your power bill as well.

While you will have to do some homework anf fill out the appropriate forms presenting this concept at the next board meeting is a no-brainer

You can Demo Power Save HERE 

and below is a partial list of power companies and their incentives :

Silicon Valley Power: 80% Rebate
State: California

Pacific Gas & Electric: 100% rebate
State: California

Southern California Edison: 100% rebate
State: California

San Diego Gas and Electric: 100% rebate
State: California

Sacramento Municipal Utility District: $10/license
State: California

Wisconsin Energy Corporation: 50% rebate
State: Wisconsin

BC Hydro: $3/license
Province: British Columbia

Manitoba Hydro: 100% rebate
Province: Manitoba

Bonneville Power Administration (BPA): 100% rebate
State: Washington, Montana, Oregon, Idaho

Oregon Department of Energy: 35% rebate
State: Oregon

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15. July 2008 by Tony.

Citrix Unveils Project Kensho for Creation of Hypervisor-Independent Virtualization Application Workloads
— Citrix Systems announced ‘Project Kensho,’ which will deliver Open Virtual Machine Format (OVF) tools that allow independent software vendors (ISVs) and enterprise IT managers to create hypervisor-independent, portable enterprise application workloads. These tools will allow application workloads to be imported and run across Citrix XenServer, Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V and VMware ESX virtual environments.

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15. July 2008 by Tony.

I’ll be co-presenting two sessions at the IBM 2008 System x and BladeCenter Technical Conference in San Diego July 28 - August 1, 2008 With Tom Vezinia of IBM.

This session details an assessment (funded by IBM) for customers to determine the TCO/ROI benefits of:

1. Server Consolidation with VMware or XENserver
2. Desktop consolidation via VMware VDM/ESX
3. Desktop consolidation via Citrix XenApp / XenDesktop

Also included is a “State of Desktop Virtualization” that details the how/why/when you should deploy the different methods.

If you attending the event please stop by to say hi:

GS02 Consolidation: It’s not just servers anymore

7/29 1:15-2:30

7/30 10:15-11:30

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