Archive for March, 2009

Music Maestro!

Thursday, March 19th, 2009

This belgian rock band from Brugge formed in 1998 but became famous in 2005 when they provided the songs for a tv serie.
Enjoy ‘Stay with Me’ from Lemon (long intro of approx. 29 sec before clip starts !)

Practices to save money in IT

Friday, March 6th, 2009

Current economical reality dictates us to cut costs in all areas of our business, so also in IT.
When cutting cost keep in mind following objectives:
- Reduce costs as much as possible without negatively impacting essential services.
- Cut waste permanently, this will require process and procedure changes.
- Consider charging for all new services, if you [...]

P2V for Linux Boxes

Thursday, March 5th, 2009

Converting a physical windows server to a virtual one is easy by using the correct tools. For Linux boxes it is a bit complicated as tools often don’t support the Linux platform.
Here is the basic procedure I use to convert Linux from physical to virtual.
The first step is to make an image of [...]

Why should you consider Server Based Computing (SBC).

Wednesday, March 4th, 2009

Today, customers are fairly in control of their servers but when it comes to the desktop environment, they are faced with five major challenges.
1. Management
You need to support the desktop environment on a day-to-day basis.
2. Security
Major topic and often overlooked. Desktop infrastructure is more than just the workstations on desks. You also [...]

Economic downturn favors Open Source?

Tuesday, March 3rd, 2009

According to some leading experts it does!
Quote from the Open Solutions Alliance
The present economic downturn will lead to an increase in adoption of open solutions due to their flexibility, scalability and value.
Quote from Mr. Scott McNealy, a co-founder of Sun Microsystems
It’s intuitively obvious open source is more cost effective and productive than proprietary software.
Quote [...]

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