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Nvidia VDI on Azure

noreply@blogger.com (Matt) — Sun, 27 Aug 2017 02:27:00 +0000

Professional graphics users in every industry count on an immersive, photorealistic, responsive environment to imagine, design, and build everything from airplanes to animated films. Traditionally, these high-powered workstations were tethered to physical facilities and shared among professional users such as designers, architects, engineers, and researchers. But today’s enterprises find themselves operating in multiple geographies, with distributed teams needing to collaborate in real-time.

Hence, last year we released Azure’s first GPU offerings targeting high-end graphics applications. NV based instances are powered by the NVIDIA GRID virtualization platform and NVIDIA Tesla M60 GPUs that provide 2048 CUDA cores per GPU and 8GB of GDDR5 memory per GPU as well. These instances provide over 2x performance increase in graphics-accelerated applications as compared to the previous generations.

Link to Microsoft website to read further

New Wyse 3040 Thin Client

noreply@blogger.com (Matt) — Tue, 11 Apr 2017 16:48:00 +0000

The Mobility Myth | Tech.pinions - Perspective, Insight, Analysis

noreply@blogger.com (Matt) — Wed, 16 Apr 2014 14:11:00 +0000

The Mobility Myth | Tech.pinions - Perspective, Insight, Analysis

Dell Wyse Cloud Connect Overview

noreply@blogger.com (Matt) — Sat, 01 Mar 2014 16:16:00 +0000

VMware View Horizon NVidia GPU Virtual Desktop

noreply@blogger.com (Matt) — Mon, 17 Feb 2014 23:26:00 +0000

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Nick Carr's 'IT Doesn't Matter' still matters

noreply@blogger.com (Matt) — Thu, 16 May 2013 14:04:00 +0000

Nick Carr's 'IT Doesn't Matter' still matters

Dell enables an enterprise-class data center in a single chassis

noreply@blogger.com (Matt) — Wed, 01 Aug 2012 17:11:00 +0000

At Dell Storage Forum we are proud to showcase our innovative solutions that have been designed with customer feedback, and that help our customers achieve their desired business outcomes. Through our interactions with customers, we found that IT is not just measuring their competitive advantage by performance and speed anymore, but also by agility and efficiency. With this focus in mind, we developed more specific guidance that allows a customer to converge all of the active hardware needed for a data center within a single 10U chassis – the Dell Converged Blade Data Center solution.

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How Apple is replacing Macs with iPads at school

noreply@blogger.com (Matt) — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 14:15:00 +0000

Since the days when Apple was just a computer company, it’s prioritized the education market to some degree. Today there are plenty among us whose first time using a Mac was at school. But since the iPad arrived, it’s begun to supplant the Mac at schools. On the company’s earnings call Tuesday, CEO Tim Cook declared that the adoption of the iPad by educational institutions was “unlike anything I’ve seen in technology.”
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XenDesktop support for the new Microsoft Lync

noreply@blogger.com (Matt) — Tue, 24 Jul 2012 21:29:00 +0000

XenDesktop support for the new Microsoft Lync

VMware to Acquire DynamicOps, Inc.

noreply@blogger.com (Matt) — Mon, 02 Jul 2012 20:33:00 +0000

PALO ALTO, Calif., July 2, 2012 –VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW), the global leader in virtualization and cloud infrastructure, today announced that it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire DynamicOps, Inc., a provider of cloud automation solutions that enable provisioning and management of IT services across heterogeneous environments – VMware-based private and public clouds, physical infrastructures, multiple hypervisors and Amazon Web Services. Terms of the acquisition were not announced. The acquisition is scheduled to close in Q3 2012 subject to customary closing conditions.
“As IT organizations evolve from builders to brokers of services many seek to provide access to diverse cloud resources in a controlled, managed fashion,” said Ramin Sayar, vice president and general manager, Virtualization and Cloud Management, VMware. “DynamicOps’ multi-cloud and multi-platform capabilities help to strengthen VMware’s position as the infrastructure and management vendor of choice for cloud computing.”

Link to the original article herehttp://www.vmware.com/company/news/releases/vmw-dynamicops-07-02-12.html

Dell's strategy for Wyse unit: hire, not fire

noreply@blogger.com (Matt) — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 22:44:00 +0000

Dell completed its acquisition of Wyse Technology just last month and is now hiring, and not cutting, employees.
Over the next year or so, Dell plans to add more than 200 employees, from engineering to marketing, to the approximately 525 now employed by the unit, said Jeff McNaught, CMO and chief strategy officer at Dell Wyse.
Since taking over Wyse, Dell has retained all of its executives and employees, said McNaught. Dell's objective is to increase Wyse revenue by about $400 million to $1 billion in the next year or so. Dell did not disclose the sales price of Wyse but it is betting on a few things to propel its growth.
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Dell Inc. : Dell Completes Acquisition of Cloud Client Computing Leader Wyse Technology

noreply@blogger.com (Matt) — Fri, 25 May 2012 14:19:00 +0000

With Wyse, Dell assumes a leadership position in Thin Clients. Dell's new Desktop Virtualization capabilities combined by Dell's leadership position in Server, Storage and Networking solutions successfully positions the company as true end-to-end IT vendor.

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Hear thought leadership insight on a successful desktop virtualization deployment

noreply@blogger.com (Matt) — Mon, 07 May 2012 16:02:00 +0000

You already know that Dell is a platinum sponsor at this year’s Citrix Synergy San Francisco. But did you know that we also be leading a breakout session on thought leadership around desktop virtualization? Complete Virtual Computing - Success from Client to Cloud session, you’ll hear about the main elements that need to be considered for a successful virtual desktop implementation and the reasons behind the importance of choosing a solution that is targeted to your organization’s needs. We will also have a customer panel where two of our customers will share their experiences with a VDI deployment in their organizations. So, if you are attending Citrix Synergy this week, add this session to your calendar and make sure you don’t miss this session on Wednesday, May 9 from 3:30 to 4:15 PM at the Moscone West Room 2024. Original link here

Splunk Soars as Investors Embrace Data Boom

noreply@blogger.com (Matt) — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 04:05:00 +0000

While the market for initial public offerings of technology companies has recently been dominated by social media companies like LinkedIn and Zynga, the more humdrum world of data analytics software is starting to shine. Take Splunk, for instance, an enterprise software company. The firm, based in San Francisco, went public on Thursday with a $229.5 million offering priced at $17 a share, well above its expected range of $11 to $13 a share. It nearly doubled at its opening to $32 a share. The stock closed at $35.48, valuing the start-up at $3.28 billion. Read the original article here

Desktop Virtualization for Higher Education: A Perspective of Moving From Pilot to Full Scale Deployment.

noreply@blogger.com (Matt) — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 23:00:00 +0000

Desktop Virtualization for Higher Education: A Perspective of Moving From Pilot to Full Scale Deployment.: Sign up for this great eSeminar going on now!

Dell Goes After IBM Mainframe And Midrange Apps

noreply@blogger.com (Matt) — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 03:14:00 +0000

The road is littered with the smoking hulks of the upstart system companies and smaller software firms that have tried to attack the IBM proprietary midrange and mainframe platforms over the past four decades. And based on two key acquisitions last week, it looks like PC and server maker Dell is gearing up to take a more direct run at the System z mainframe and its baby brother, the Power Systems-IBM i platform. Yeah, that ought to prick up more than a few ears in the IBM i market, and perhaps get more than a few vendors of application modernization tools for RPG and COBOL applications running on various AS/400 and successor platforms pondering the possibilities and the new competition they may be facing. Read the original articel here

After Alpha Attracts 1M Users, BlueStacks Goes Beta To Bring 450K Android Apps To Your PC

noreply@blogger.com (Matt) — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 03:43:00 +0000

Ever since a pre-launch BlueStacks raised $7.6 million in Series A financing, the startup has been attracting attention. Why? Because it’s developed software designed to let Android users run their apps on all Windows PCs, tablets, and laptops — without any modifications. Not to mention the startup then raised another $6.4 million a few months later from AMD and Citrix Systems, with contribution from existing investors like Andreessen Horowitz, Ignition Ventures, and more. Read the original article here

Dell Announces Intent to Acquire Wyse Technology

noreply@blogger.com (Matt) — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 01:59:00 +0000

Extends Dell’s desktop virtualization capabilities and drives attachment of enterprise solutions, including servers, networking, storage and services Strengthens Dell’s strategy to offer customers innovative, end-to-end IT solutions from the edge to the core to the cloud -Dell today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Wyse Technology, the global leader in cloud client computing... Read the original press release here

RDS External Connector vs. RDS CALs

noreply@blogger.com (Matt) — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 01:34:00 +0000

Licensing software with Client Access Licenses can be complicated due to the technical nature of server products and networks. Microsoft offers a device-based CAL (Device CAL) or a user-based CAL (User CAL) for purchase. In addition, an External Connector (EC) license is offered for some products as an optional alternative to address specific customer scenarios. External Connectors If you want external users—such as business partners, external contractors, or customers—to be able to access your network, you have two licensing options: • Acquire CALs for each of your external users. • Acquire External Connector (EC) licenses for each server that will be accessed by your external users. External Connector licensing An external user is a person who is not an employee or similar personnel of the company or its affiliates, and is not someone to whom you provide hosted services. An EC license assigned to a server permits access by any number of external users, as long as that access is for the benefit of the licensee and not the external user. Each physical server that external users access requires only one EC license regardless of the number of software instances running. An "instance" is an installed copy of software. The right to run instances of the server software is licensed separately; the EC, like the CAL, simply permits access. The decision on whether to acquire CALs or an EC for external users is primarily a financial one. Link to the Microsoft Licensing Site

Devon IT Announces SafeBook Thin Client Program for Dell

noreply@blogger.com (Matt) — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 04:05:00 +0000

KING OF PRUSSIA, Pa., Mar 14, 2012 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Devon IT, Inc., a leading provider of thin client hardware, software, and VDI solutions, today announced a new program where Dell customers can have virtually any Dell notebook converted to a thin client that is manageable by Devon IT's Echo Management software. The new service, called SafeBook(R) For Dell, builds on Devon IT's considerable expertise in the field and brings thin client benefits to many Dell notebooks. Read the original press release here

Will Apple create the all-iPad classroom?

noreply@blogger.com (Matt) — Sun, 04 Mar 2012 16:22:00 +0000

Apple hopes its foray into digital textbooks for the iPad will impress educators and corner a huge, lucrative K-12 book market. But the high costs of the plan and the challenges of mobile technology could ensure that hardback books remain a classroom mainstay. Will Apple create an all-iPad classroom and realize Steve Jobs' vision to transform the multibillion-dollar textbook industry? In January, the Cupertino company announced iBook 2, a digital textbook service in partnership with three big publishers that dominate the K-12 market. The electronic books will sell for $14.99. Read the original article here

Dell Buys AppAssure, First Acquisition For Software Group

noreply@blogger.com (Matt) — Fri, 24 Feb 2012 15:03:00 +0000

Dell Inc. (DELL) acquired backup and replication software maker AppAssure Software Inc., Dell's first software acquisition since it formed its software group. The computer maker recently hired private-equity executive and former CA Inc. (CA) head John Swainson to shore up its software business as its looks to focus on higher-margin operations like software and data-storage systems. Dell, the world's third-largest PC maker by sales behind Hewlett-Packard Co. (HPQ) and Lenovo Group Ltd. (LNVGY, 0992.HK), said it plans to keep AppAssure's roughly 230 employees and will continue to invest in the company's engineering and sales efforts. Read the original article here

Cisco recalls suicidal UCS blade servers

noreply@blogger.com (Matt) — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 16:37:00 +0000

Cisco Systems warns that its high-end B440 blades for its "California" Unified Computing System have a potentially disastrous defect that could result in one or more board failures, and emit a flash of light that could perhaps give system administrators heart attacks. Last week, Cisco put out a field notice to customers using its UCS B440 server blades, saying that the failure of a MOSFET power transistor on the blade can "cause the component to overheat and emit a short flash which could lead to complete board failure." The company went on to say that "in extreme circumstances it could affect the other blades in the chassis by disrupting power flow." Cisco actually warned customers that something was afoot... Read the original article here

Obama administration wants all students using digital textbooks in five years

noreply@blogger.com (Matt) — Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:27:00 +0000

For all of their benefits, paper textbooks are heavy, expensive, and often out of date by the time students get hold of them. It turns out the folks at Apple aren't the only ones trying to make the push to digital textbooks — in an interview with the Associated Press on Wednesday, Education Secretary Arne Duncan and FCC chairman Julius Genachowski state that the Obama administration has set a goal for getting digital textbooks in the hands of all students, and that goal is a very ambitious five years. The benefits of moving to digital are of course numerous, but Genachowski puts it well when discussing the flexibility of digital: "When they get to something they don’t know, the device can let them explore." Read the original article here