November, 2011

Inside Enterprise IT

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    The Cloud, OEMs and The Innovators Dilemma

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    As I’ve toured around the United States recently attending the Dell Next Generation OEM Solutions customer roadshows , I heard some interesting discussions on what role the cloud will play in the OEM market. One evolved into a discussion about how the cloud is a disruptive technology and Clayton Christiansen’s, The Innovators Dilemma . The premise of The Innovator’s Dilemma is how does a company recognize and nurture new technologies even though these new technologies might impact...
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    Explore virtual cures for real-world ills

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    As one doctor recently wrote in Forbes , the U.S. healthcare system is actually a number of complicated systems. That complexity – which includes everything from the explosion of data to the possibility of changes in federal law – challenges providers, patients and payers and underscores the need for innovation. Take a virtual tour of Dell’s Discover Healthcare IT tool and see the ways that technology can and will improve the delivery of healthcare. You can step into the room...
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    Dell KACE™ integrates with Intel® vPro™ Technology to boost remote management capabilities

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    Technology partnerships enable customers to realize the full potential of their solutions by offering a holistic user experience through seamless integration and highly beneficial synergies. As a comprehensive system management company , Dell KACE is committed to partnering with industry leading technologies to deliver best of breed solutions to our customers. Dell KACE announces integration with Intel® vPro™ Technology to offer enhanced remote management and recovery capabilities that...
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    Cyberattacks a military matter?

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    Network security has always been serious business, but, according a recent Defense Department report to Congress, now the Pentagon’s moving away from a defensive strategy. As The Washington Post reported, federal officials say hostile acts may prompt a military response in cyberspace as well as in other domains. In the event of an attack on the U.S. economy, government or military, the power to unleash “offensive cyber operations” rests with the president. And such attacks...
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    Dell Storage Forum London 2012 – peer into the planning of the technology and best practices sessions

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    Posted on behalf of Kevin Wittmer, Director of Dell's Storage Solutions Marketing We are fast approaching our first Dell Storage Forum (DSF) EMEA event in London, UK the week of January 9 2012. DSF London ( www.dellstorageforum.com ) will be a week-long, in depth storage university for Dell’s storage customers and channel partners. Attendees will experience technical deep dive breakout sessions with live demos, hands-on labs, classroom training, product and solution futures...
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    Local champions, local customers for desktop virtualization solutions

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    By understanding our customers’ true pain points, we can ensure that we’re focused on delivering the technology solutions they need and want. In that spirit, we recognize that customers are turning to desktop virtualization as a way to help enhance worker mobility and flexibility, improve security, simplify IT management, and control costs. And they’re looking to Dell to provide them with solutions, and in-country support. And we’re doing just that with our Desktop Virtualization...
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    Roadtrip! Next generation OEM Solutions roadshow update

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    Have you ever been to Boston in November? How about Seattle or Chicago? Well, I was able to visit those 3 cities over a 10 day stretch as part of our Next Generation OEM Solutions Roadshow. Aside from jet lag and some nice hotel soap, I took home some fantastic insights about how our OEM customers are looking to leverage the next wave of product and services innovations as part of their products. Further proving that partnership has its benefits, these seminars are the first in the history...
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    Securing SCADA networks and national infrastructure

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    How alarming was it to read that foreign hackers managed to cause physical damage at a U.S. water utility in a cyberattack ? Recent reports of supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system attacks at facilities in Illinois and in Texas , highlight the increasingly important role of network security and security management in protecting national infrastructure. In relation to the Illinois incident, a U.S. Department of Homeland Security spokesman said,” DHS and the FBI are gathering...
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    Dell Storage and Brocade US tour about Virtualization Essentials

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    Posted on behalf of Jessica Ellingson, Marketing Communications Coordinator for Dell. On November 15th, Dell Storage and Brocade will launch a complimentary 8-city solutions tour across the eastern United States highlighting the essentials in virtualization and intelligent data management. Join us and see first-hand how Dell and Brocade combine to ease storage management and help benefit your bottom line. You’ll also have the opportunity to hear the latest in industry-leading solutions,...
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    Is Android the OS of choice for HMI in the future?

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    It’s a fact of life : everyone knows how to use Microsoft Windows. Historically, designers for products ranging from arcade games to industrial control systems have created user interfaces using Microsoft Windows to keep the learning curve low for new users. For example, a user automatically understands that the X icon in the corner closes the application without any additional training. However, smart phones have caused people to have an entirely new set of expectations that are extremely...
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    Don't fall out of compliance

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    It's that time of year when the world "compliance" falls out of the air as easily as leaves from the trees. Everyone is thinking about corporate governance and compliance. At Dell, and I am sure in many other industries, employees are brushing up on their compliance training. Corporate governance and compliance ensures employees know how to respond in situations involving gray areas, both internationally and locally. The consequence of being out of compliance runs the gambit -- from...
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    Boomi Suggest: taking the guesswork out of data mapping

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    The Boomi team just wrapped up our Fall 11 launch , and we’re very excited about every new and updated feature that helps simplify customers’ move to the cloud. There’s one feature, however, that deserves a little extra recognition and remains a standout achievement in my mind. This capability, known as Boomi Suggest, is one I’m most enthusiastic to share with our customers. Originally launched in June of 2010, Boomi Suggest was the industry’s first and only suggestion...
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    The PowerEdge C6145: The new sweet spot for HPC performance

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    The “sweet spot” is an American sports term used to describe the zone on the baseball bat or tennis racket that generates the most power. When the ball strikes the sweet spot, the athlete gets the best results. Best results are what all HPC customers want out of their clusters. Why? Best results drive faster answers to the world’s most pressing problems, such as: Safer and more energy efficient automobiles Medical breakthroughs in health care diagnosis and treatments...
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    Why should you invest the money and time to go to a storage conference?

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    I was at the Cincinatti VMUG user conference last week. I cornered two of the storage industry's popular bloggers, Greg Knierieman and Ed Saipetch , to find out from them why someone should invest the time and money to go to storage conferences like the Dell Storage Forum. Here's what they had to say:
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    November #SANchat Transcript - All about compression

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    Posted on behalf of Alison Krause, who works in Dell's Storage Product Group, Social Media & Communications. With all of the excitement surrounding our acquisition of Ocarina last year, we decided to host a SANchat today that was all things compression. This was a part 1 chat, with part 2 being all things dedupe coming up December 7 th . As a reminder, #SANchat is a monthly chat hosted by Dell Storage. For more background on #SANchat see this blog post over on Dell Compellent’s...
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    AvePoint and Dell Storage compression technology help SharePoint users manage Big Data

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    Posted on behalf of John Hodges. John is Vice President of Global Account Product Management at AvePoint, and works directly with the company’s product management and research & development teams in the design and implementation of new SharePoint solutions that help organizations solve the business challenges they face every day. John has been actively engaged in the SharePoint community for several years, working with many Fortune 500 companies to develop successful SharePoint solutions...
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    Value in Big Data?

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    Yesterday at Hadoop World Ping Li of Accel Partners announced that they are opening a $100 million fund for big data. Interested in getting in on the action? Check out this vlog for more information. Barton George, a director at Dell, is at Hadoop World conducting live interviews. Stay tuned to his channel for news and interviews from Hadoop World.
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    How Dell OEM enables the electorate

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    Have you ever thought about what it takes to set up a general election ? Consider for a moment setting up an election in a country without a democratic voting system in place or what it takes to vote for a new political leader. No voting can take place until voters are registered, verified and then issued with a voting ID. When a country moves to establish itself as a democracy, a democratic government has to be elected to govern. When this occurs the likelihood of an infrastructure being in place...
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    Raising the bar: Enabling Hadoop customers with Dell’s Crowbar software

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    You’ve heard about the Dell | Cloudera Solution that provides a validated and supported Apache Hadoop solution. You’ve also heard about Crowbar, the Dell-developed open source software framework designed to deploy, configure, and manage emerging technologies like Hadoop and OpenStack. Well, we’re raising the bar again. The Cloud and Big Data Solutions team is now contributing six new Crowbar barclamps (code modules in Crowbar that perform specific functions like update BIOS)...
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    Dell M-Series Blades: Flexible Innovation

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    Last month, I wrote a blog post on some of the innovations that the M-series blade had made around reliability and uptime. In addition to reliability, our customers have made it clear that they value Dell’s commitment to choice and flexibility. This commitment allows our customers to best utilize our platforms and solutions in conjunction with their existing IT investments, as well as offering investment protection as their technology needs evolve over time. Two of the most recent innovations...
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