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Techazine.com welcomes a new writer, Jason Foxworth
Several years ago, the branding for this site changed to Techazine.com after the domain became available. The idea then was to open up the site to additional voices and I’m really glad to say that today a new voice is joining the site. Jason Foxworth, who is also a systems administrator, will begin writing at […]
HP unwraps ProLiant Gen9 hardware, strategy for 25 more years of compute
This morning, HP CEO Meg Whitman unwrapped a new generation of HP’s ProLiant servers and unpacked the company’s compute strategy the years ahead. HP first introduced the server to the world 25 years ago and in celebration of that milestone, HP is looking forward to the 25 years to come. The strategy is wrapped around a […]
HP readies 3PAR StoreServ with vVol support ahead of vSphere 6
HP says that they are ready and waiting with Virtual Volume (vVol) support on the 3PAR StoreServ platform when VMware releases vSphere 6. One of the most discussed topics in storage at VMworld is vVol support and HP says that they have been working with VMware since the pre-acquisition days of 3PAR to implement and support […]
Book Review: Learning PowerCLI
Whether you’re a new user or an advanced user, Learning PowerCLI by Robert van den Nieuwendijk is a fantastic reference to VMware PowerCLI. van den Nieuwendijk covers all the basics to get PowerCLI installed and running – getting you connected to ESXi hosts and vCenter. He also covers all of the basic and advanced PowerCLI […]
vSphere users get just the beta this year at VMworld
VMworld has a bit disappointing for core vSphere users this year. Its the first VMworld since at least 2008 where a major release of vSphere wasn’t made during the show. This year, we all have to settle for the vSphere 6 beta which was already publicly available. No news on timelines or release datas for vSphere […]
HP shows off 3PAR 7200 All Flash starter kit, $35K price
On Friday, HP announced the new HP 3PAR StoreServ 7200 All Flash array Starter Kit. HP is it off this week at VMworld in San Francisco. The new package is the dual-controller 3PAR StoreServ 7200 equipped with eight 480GB solid state drives, sports 75,000 IOPS of performance and has a street price of just $35,000. The array has 3.5TB of raw […]
VMware says vSphere + Docker is “Containers without Compromise”
During the day 2 keynote at VMworld, VMware CTO Ben Fathi and Raghu Raghuram, the general manage of SDDC for VMware, discussed integrations between VMware’s software and OpenStack and Docker. In particular, they talked at length about Docker’s Container software and positioned it as a complimentary and not a competitive technology, calling vSphere and Docker together a […]
STOP shipping adware to customers through Installers
Attention Software Vendors!! I kindly request that you STOP shipping adware to customers through your Installers. Twice this week, I have had installers attempt to add software onto my system that I never agreed to. CNET’s installer offered me a dose of extra adware for a program I needed on my Mac and today a vendor, whose product I […]
HP 3PAR StoreServ 7450 drives down flash to cost of spinning disk
This is part two of a two part series on enhancements to the HP 3PAR StoreServ platform announced at HP Discover in June. As I posted in my first part of this series, one of the best benefits to being an invited blogger at HP Discover is the opportunities to talk with HP’s technical staff and […]
Peer Persistence and Adaptive Optimization interoperation on 3PAR
This is part one of a two part series on enhancements to the HP 3PAR StoreServ platform announced at HP Discover in June. One of the biggest benefits of being an HP invited blogger for HP Discover is the opportunity to sit and talk with architects and executives during coffee talks and importu meetings in the bloggers […]
