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26
Feb
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The next version of Ubuntu Linux (9.10 code named Karmic Koala) it has been announced,will be very cloud oriented. This starts with their continuation of work to make it easy to deploy to Amazon AWS EC2 but extends beyond that to incorporate the Eucalyptus Project in their server version.
EUCALYPTUS, which stands for “Elastic [...]
Tags: 9.10, Amazon EC2, Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud, Amazon Web Services, Amazon.com, aws, cloud, Cloud computing, Karmic, Koala, Linux, Operating system, Ubuntu, virtualisation, xen, xenserver
24
Feb
Citrix have recently made more features available in Xenserver, that really makes it a competitive option against the encumbant leader in Virtualisation, VMware. The features you can now get inside XenServer: 64-bit Bare-metal hypervisor,Max virtual CPUs 8, Windows® and Linux guests, Unlimited servers, P2V & V2V conversion, Shared SAN and NAS storage, Centralized multi-server management, [...]
Tags: Add new tag, Citrix Systems, esx, esxi, hyper-v, kvm, Linux, Microsoft, Virtual machine, vmware, xenserver
23
Feb
Recently, we have been having quite a few discussions about websites for sporting bodies, be they clubs or national governing bodies. It has highlighted to us the differences (and similarities) between websites for clubs and sites for businesses.
1. Who is the visitor?
This is a problem that is seen all the time, visit a website and [...]
Tags: Business, judo, rugby, sport, tae kwon do, Web Design and Development, Web hosting service, Web service, Website
19
Feb
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PHP I have heard described as “the working man’s programming language”, or shall we say the working persons language. On the web in particular PHP has become the dominant language, Rasmus Lerdorf’s little collection of hacks is now powering websites all over the place, including this one. However, in the enterprise [...]
Tags: esx, esxi, load balancing, Perl, PHP, Programming, Programming language, Rasmus Lerdorf, virtualcenter, vmware, Web server, zxtm
17
Feb
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Recently we have been speaking to more and more people, looking at and discussing their websites. What has become apparent is many many organisations have stagnant websites, by which we mean that they have no development plan for the site.
A website is not a monument to what you have achieved during [...]
Tags: development, Google Map, Page layout, Product manager, web, Web Design and Development, Website
13
Feb
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In this post we shall briefly discuss the PCI compliance regulations and how they affect people looking to use cloud computing services. The PCI DSS is a standard that affects most businesses in one way or another and as such is important when considering cloud computing solutions. If your business deals with credit [...]
Tags: actinic, amazon, aws, cloud, cohesiveft, Credit card, foxycart, Information security, Payment Card Industry, PCI DSS, security
10
Feb
When it comes to desktop virtualisation there are two big players, VMware Workstation and Parallels. Less well known is the Sun offering “VirtualBox”, which is available on Windows, Linux, OpenSolaris and Mac. Unlike VMware and Parallels, Sun are providing VirtualBox for free under the GNU General Public License (GPL).
As well as being a low/no cost [...]
Tags: sun, Virtual machine, VirtualBox, virtualisation, virtualization, vmware, VMware Workstation
6
Feb
One of the large changes in IT departments over the past 3-5 years is the use of virtualisation for the building of test servers. In this post we shall describe how this can be enhanced through the use of internal cloud computing technology.
Most businesses test new software, they trial solutions promoted by vendors and test [...]
Tags: cloud, deply, internal, provisioning, server, testing, virtualisation, vmware, xen
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