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Following the big media event to unveil the next generation iPad yesterday, Apple launched an updated version of iOS. iOS 5.1 has some cool features and updates, but it is missing the one thing that would really make iOS–and by extension, the iPhone and iPad–a significantly better mobile platform.
What is this magical capability that would raise the bar for iOS functionality? Customizable default apps.
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One of the coolest features of Windows 8 is Refresh. Regardless of why you might want to start over, Refresh gives you a quick and easy way to start with a clean slate while also maintaining your apps, data, Windows settings, and user profile.
I’ve always been a proponent of Windows System Restore. If things start running wonky you don’t need to bother troubleshooting–just go back in time to a known good state using Windows System Restore. Since its inception, though, Windows System Restore has had its issues, and for many people it seems to fail when they really need it most.
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By now we know that iPhones and iPads (and a few of those Android things) have infiltrated the enterprise, but much of Apple’s approach to networking and inter-device functionality is still a bit…well, consumer-oriented, which has IT scrambling to deal with protocols which often conflict with enterprise IT’s goals.
Network Computing
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Cisco Systems is joining other server makers in introducing new Intel Xeon E5-2600 series processors in its hardware. But unlike HP, Dell and other manufacturers, Cisco is introducing a whole new system of compute, networking, virtualization and management technology in the third generation of its Unified Computing System (UCS) offering.
Network Computing
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Intel’s new E5 family of Xeon processors, introduced Tuesday, has been touted as a way of powering a new generation of servers built for delivering cloud-scale computing capacity. But the Xeon E5-2600 series also has positive implications for networking, including promoting stronger adoption of 10 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) as the successor to 1GbE connectivity.
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In the beginning, or at least the 20th century, modular scale-up storage systems dominated the market for midrange storage. More recently, the vendors of scale-out systems for NAS and iSCSI have touted the way their systems add controller horsepower and cache as they add capacity. Nexsan’s new NST line of unified storage systems combines attributes of both architectures hoping to leverage the best of both worlds.
Network Computing
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Server revenue figures from both IDC Corp and Gartner Inc. for the fourth quarter and for the calendar year of 2011 indicate a continuing decline in the sales in the Reduced Instruction Set Computing (RISC)/Itanium Unix segment, as well as continuing challenges in that market segment as compared with commodity servers using processors from Intel. However, though there is thought to be increasing interest in servers based on the Advanced RISC Machine (ARM) processor, that is not what is driving the loss in market share in the RISC segment, according to an analyst who follows that market segment.
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Interactive Data Corp., a financial information supplier, relies on its computer infrastructure to serve its clients. So when temperature and power fluctuations were sporadically impacting its data center, the corporation began searching for the root cause of the problem. After a few unsuccessful attempts, an upgrade to its network management solution served as a much needed elixir.
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Originally ‘pre-launched’ three weeks ago, the initial six models of ProLiant Generation 8, HP’s latest version of its x86-based servers, were officially unveiled this week, and are expected to ship later this month. The first set of products from the company’s Project Voyager initiative – $ 300 million investment, two years of R&D, and over 900 patents – these servers incorporate a number of new features and capabilities that are intended to ‘redefine the expectations and economics of the data center’, including tripling administrator productivity and delivering a return-on-investment in as little as five months.
Network Computing
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Following six months on the heels of the previous version, which was launched at VMworld 2011, Acronis is releasing the latest version of its small business/branch office virtualization solution for backup and recovery, vmProtect 7. vmProtect 6 was designed to be a fast, light and easy-to-install-and-use backup and recovery product that made use of Acronis’ long-standing relationship with VMware. It was designed to be optimized for vSphere, but according to Seth Goodling, Americas virtualization practice manager at Acronis, vmProtect 7 has been more tightly integrated into VMware vSphere.
Network Computing
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