You can get IPv6 DIA from them, but not IPv6 TIC. They are not the same. All of the agencies that moved to provider-based TIC cannot get IPv6 service in time for the mandate.
Some people are saying, "Yeah, providers will give you IPv6 addresses for your DIA circuits. I don't see an issue." But they aren't fully aware of other mandates that influence civilian agencies' abilities to meet the IPv6 mandate. Namely, this one: http://www.dhs.gov/trusted-internet-connections-tic. None of the TIC provider's are offering IPv6 connectivity that I'm aware of, but they are all in various stages of getting there. The agencies that are ready most likely host their own MTIPS offering or (more likely) using hosting companies to get there.
I just replaced a Windows 2000/Metaframe XP Feature Release 1 farm with a Server 2003/Presentation Server 4.0 farm. We initially looked at dumping Citrix, due to experience with the previous farm. After seeing the newest version, it was apparent that Citrix has made many improvements and continues to offer features that RDP cannot touch. In addition to what some others have said, you get one more huge advantage. The Web Interface/Secure Gateway combination allows us enable remote access using nothing but https. This makes it easier for our users, negates firewall issues and provides a buffer between the Citrix servers and the Internet.
It's stand-alone. We will be moving to an LPAR configuration in the future as continue to grow. That's one of the great things about this box. Add another processor card, an I/O drawer with some drives, some more memory, and a HMC and we have another identical logical server.
I just read this entire thing at -1, and there hasn't been one post that indicates anyone has even seen an OpenPower box. We purchased an OpenPower 720 box a few months ago. 2x 1.65 GHz procs, 4 GB RAM, 2 73 GB drives, 6 146 GB drives for about $22,000. We run SLES 9 on it, and use it for ITSM. I chose it opver and x86 box for one reason: I/O, which is pretty much where all big-iron architectures trounce x86. There have definitely been growing pains, though. I had to work with SUSE on a fix for installation onto an IBM RAID array. Also, I cannot utilize all of the disk space that was purchased. Both of those issues are results of IBM controllers requiring you to format a drive with 522 byte sectors. The results are workable and perform well, but not quite the "certified" solution I was expecting. Anyways, my 2 cents. I still think I made a good choice, considering management wouldn't go for a PSeries/AIX box.
Same here, except I bought mine from Best Buy. They gave me a rebate-like form to send in, so I filled it out and sent it. I guess who ever ended up receiving it got a good chuckle, cause I sure as hell didn't get anything in return.
They are two services that you can control through the "Computer Management" or "Services" management consoles. Try right clicking on My Computer and selecting "Manage". There should be a whole bunch of things to destroy in there if you have admin rights.
Actually, I meant ballsplatting, which is the process of integrating my boot into your balls so that you can have two ruptured testicles, like you'd get from squeezing your balls in a vise or somesuch. Anyways, yeah, your right.
Well my laptop and two of my desktops at work haven't crapped out since installing it this morning. I just got done streamlining CDs for Pro, Server and Advanced server. Something to watch out for - SP4 re-enabled the Background Intelligent Transfer and Automatic Update Services. It doesn't re-enable Automatic Updates if you had that disabled, though.
BTW, the md5sums for the service pack linked to by OSNews (I assume it's the same one that Neowin found.) and the one on the official Microsoft download page are identical.
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You can get IPv6 DIA from them, but not IPv6 TIC. They are not the same. All of the agencies that moved to provider-based TIC cannot get IPv6 service in time for the mandate.
Some people are saying, "Yeah, providers will give you IPv6 addresses for your DIA circuits. I don't see an issue." But they aren't fully aware of other mandates that influence civilian agencies' abilities to meet the IPv6 mandate. Namely, this one: http://www.dhs.gov/trusted-internet-connections-tic. None of the TIC provider's are offering IPv6 connectivity that I'm aware of, but they are all in various stages of getting there. The agencies that are ready most likely host their own MTIPS offering or (more likely) using hosting companies to get there.
I just replaced a Windows 2000/Metaframe XP Feature Release 1 farm with a Server 2003/Presentation Server 4.0 farm. We initially looked at dumping Citrix, due to experience with the previous farm. After seeing the newest version, it was apparent that Citrix has made many improvements and continues to offer features that RDP cannot touch. In addition to what some others have said, you get one more huge advantage. The Web Interface/Secure Gateway combination allows us enable remote access using nothing but https. This makes it easier for our users, negates firewall issues and provides a buffer between the Citrix servers and the Internet.
It's stand-alone. We will be moving to an LPAR configuration in the future as continue to grow. That's one of the great things about this box. Add another processor card, an I/O drawer with some drives, some more memory, and a HMC and we have another identical logical server.
"I chose it opver and x86 box"
Oops, my brain temporarily shut down. You can probably deduce that I meant to say, "I chose it over an x86 box".
I just read this entire thing at -1, and there hasn't been one post that indicates anyone has even seen an OpenPower box. We purchased an OpenPower 720 box a few months ago. 2x 1.65 GHz procs, 4 GB RAM, 2 73 GB drives, 6 146 GB drives for about $22,000. We run SLES 9 on it, and use it for ITSM. I chose it opver and x86 box for one reason: I/O, which is pretty much where all big-iron architectures trounce x86. There have definitely been growing pains, though. I had to work with SUSE on a fix for installation onto an IBM RAID array. Also, I cannot utilize all of the disk space that was purchased. Both of those issues are results of IBM controllers requiring you to format a drive with 522 byte sectors. The results are workable and perform well, but not quite the "certified" solution I was expecting. Anyways, my 2 cents. I still think I made a good choice, considering management wouldn't go for a PSeries/AIX box.
Same here, except I bought mine from Best Buy. They gave me a rebate-like form to send in, so I filled it out and sent it. I guess who ever ended up receiving it got a good chuckle, cause I sure as hell didn't get anything in return.
They are two services that you can control through the "Computer Management" or "Services" management consoles. Try right clicking on My Computer and selecting "Manage". There should be a whole bunch of things to destroy in there if you have admin rights.
Actually, I meant ballsplatting, which is the process of integrating my boot into your balls so that you can have two ruptured testicles, like you'd get from squeezing your balls in a vise or somesuch. Anyways, yeah, your right.
Well my laptop and two of my desktops at work haven't crapped out since installing it this morning. I just got done streamlining CDs for Pro, Server and Advanced server. Something to watch out for - SP4 re-enabled the Background Intelligent Transfer and Automatic Update Services. It doesn't re-enable Automatic Updates if you had that disabled, though.
BTW, the md5sums for the service pack linked to by OSNews (I assume it's the same one that Neowin found.) and the one on the official Microsoft download page are identical.
I just 0wnz0r3d your hamburger patty.