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Foremay ships world’s largest 2TB SSD
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link { myce.com }
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Interested in solid state drives, but underwhelmed with the size available? Check out this news brief about the newly released 2TB SSD from Foremay. Now, if only someone would so something about the huge price for SSDs...
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IBM's Next-Gen 'System of Systems' Mainframe
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link { ecommercetimes.com }
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For years, IBM's competitors and naysayers have been persistently predicting the mainframe's demise - but don't count out IBM's zEnterprise any time soon.
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Windows 7 SP1 available to TechNet subscribers
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link { icrontic.com }
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A beta version of Windows 7 Service Pack 1 (SP1) has been released to TechNet subscribers. The final version of SP1 should be available to the world “sometime in the first half of calendar year 2011″.
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Apple Updates Mac OS X
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link { informationweek.com }
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Apple released a Mac OS X update for the latest models of the all-in-one desktop. The Mac OS X v10.6.4 Update iMac (Mid 2010) contains all the fixes in the original v10.6.4 update released June 15, plus a few specific to the latest iMacs.
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12-core Mac Pro arriving August
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link { zdnet.com }
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The latest and greatest from Cupertino will feature 12-cores and have the option for SSDs. At $5k, it's a bit steep - but hey, that's how much 486's went for when they first came out...
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Networking
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5 Open Source Wi-Fi Hotspot Solutions
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link { linuxplanet.com }
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You'll find many Linux-based and/or open source options when searching for a Wi-Fi hotspot solution. The best part is that most of these solutions are free -- you don't have to spends hundreds on a off-the-shelf hotspot gateway.
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BIG-IP LTM Virtual Edition Trial
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Are you using F5's and are interested in a test environment? Then check out this brand new Free Trial of Big-IP LTM Virtual Edition. Where was this before I spent $25k on that test Load Balancer?
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Virtualization
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VMware shops reluctantly plan the move from ESX to ESXi
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link { techtarget.com }
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With the release of vSphere 4.1, VMware made it official that ESXi will be the future default form of its hypervisor. Users have seen the writing on the wall, and most say they will make the switch -- but not without trepidation.
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Virtual machine chargeback a hard nut to crack
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link { itnews.com.au }
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Running virtual servers is now standard practice for many companies, but working out how to charge other business units for using them remains a far from easy task...
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Dell, HP to resell Oracle's operating systems
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link { computerworld.com }
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Oracle has announced that rival hardware vendors Dell and Hewlett-Packard intend to certify and resell its Solaris and Enterprise Linux operating systems as well as Oracle VM on their x86 servers.
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