Learn how Intel's IT division actively managed its client PC fleet as a strategic asset, and consistently decreased total TCO by 67% from 1996 to 2007. No registration required.
Learn how Intel's own IT division avoided paying for unused memory and associated power and cooling, by determining optimal memory sizing for their virtualized server network. Includes a step by step plan for determining virtualization host memory size. No registration required.
Join host John Pickett, Editorial Director of IT World Canada as he draws out his guests on the benefits they've derived from server virtualization, virtualized developments, virtual test environments, and more. Guests include Tridel Corp,'s CIO, Ted Maulucci and IT operations manager, Brad Barlow, and Lavalife Corp,'s CIO, Loren Hicks.
Macs in the enterprise: How do you like them Apples?
(29 Apr 2008)
The corporate world has long been under the sway of Microsoft...but for how long? ComputerWorld Canada compiles our biggest-ever reference guide to an enterprise IT alternative...
An event hosted by IDC Canada features representatives from Telus, IBM and the National Roundtable on the Environment, who discuss the reasons IT managers may not be acting as quickly as they should on power consumption issues...
The head of an Ontario VMware user group joins a group of experts who address the challenges and pitfalls of server migrations, along with building in-house assets. Plus: The Dilbert connection...
Virtualization is not just about server consolidation
(04 Apr 2008)
Gartner is bullish on the virtualization market, forecasting more than four million virtual machines will be installed on x86 servers next year, and 660 million virtualized machines in total by 2011. But one developer thinks that’s a bit too optimistic. Find out why ......
The newly unified product line will be based on the company's Power6 processors and will support the operating system from the System i as well as Linux and Big Blue's AIX variant of Unix...
Three machines will include AMD’s Opteron 2352, while HP’s blade server for mid-sized firms, the Intel Xeon-based ProLiant BL260c G5, is designed to cut power use. An Info-Tech analyst says smaller companies may be interested in a low-end blade...
HP targets the mid-sized enterprise market with a storage array that eliminates single points of failure and helps ensure maximum uptime. Plus, Sun Microsystems offers a tightly-packed server module for virtualization...
Montego aims to secure traffic between virtual machines
(27 Mar 2008)
HyperSwitch lets customers enforce policies for data transmission within the virtual network, so they can defend against viruses or control what types of content can be passed among users and virtual machines...
At Intel IT, we’ve changed our IT investment decision making process to a customer-focused, data-driven model that demonstrates IT’s impact to the bottom line. Our IT business value (ITBV) program provides a framework for measuring and evaluating IT products, services, and support in terms that reflect business benefits.
In Intel IT tests, a four-socket server based on the Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® processor 7300 series demonstrated scalable, predictable performance
with up to 32 consolidated server workloads in virtual machines (VMs).
Intel IT tested servers based on select Intel multi-core processors to analyze the potential role of each in our data center server
virtualization strategy. Each server provided significant potential benefits in performance, power consumption per workload, and operating costs over older
servers running non-virtualized workloads.
