DVR will eventually just be a relic from the push model. The market appears to be moving towards a customer-centric model of streaming and delivery when and where we want it.
Um, store the original files locally? Any good photos I have are going to be stored on my computer and backed up. Anything I post to Facebook is a low-res copy. Who cares about the wall. If you just have to keep it all in the cloud, use a service designed to store your pics and maybe even pay them something.
I doubt most have hot aisle containment. Typically just spacing it out right, properly sizing the air conditioner, and installing rack blanking panels is sufficient. Hot spots (usually caused by packing in blades) can be cooled with rack level gear.
In my experience people keep the datacenter way too cold. If the equipment runs fine at 70F, then set the CRAC to that temperature. If the hot aisle is working right, everything will be cooled within specifications.
This is just evidence of the changing approach to IT. If you assume nothing on the network is secure and present all of the sensitive stuff using server-side resources (think Citrix XenApp, VMware View, etc) then it doesn't matter as much. Set a policy that requires installation of such-and-such antivirus, OS, etc and let it go. Stop caring if the computer hits less savory websites and just monitor usage of the business owned pipes. It won't work for every scenario but it can in many.
I think there is a lot more to this than controlling environments and centralizing administration. Think about a factory floor or a branch office where there is not a solid IT presence 24/7. If a desktop stops functioning, all the user needs is to grab a spare client out of the closet and plug it in and they are looking at the same session they had before. IT can replenish the inventory later during a planned visit and cause minimal downtime to the user.
Tablets running Windows have been around for a few years. Did Ballmer forget he had Tablet PC Edition? It really didn't offer anything fancy beyond handwriting and portability (sort of). By the time they recreate all of the features that iPad has, Apple will be on to something better. Why don't they get this?
I can't be the only nerd in here who gets artificial butter all over the lenses by the halfway point of the movie. Popcorn salt doesn't do much for them either.
You speak of the religious right as though it is some unified group, when it is in fact not. Why don't you wait to see what happens before throwing insults?
Personally I think the biggest problem in government organizations is the lack of effective leadership. They don't run things like the real world works and they aren't usually willing to pay enough money to recruit talent that can.
I have to disagree with this approach. Running Windows computers in a business without any antivirus, simply because they aren't 100% perfect is not wise. By having the antivirus on the workstations you can protect that computer from picking up all of the viruses that the antivirus definitions are aware of, and possibly more. Statistically you are better protected since you don't have to worry about a majority of the viruses out there. You significantly decrease risk to your business by using an antivirus.
Correction, we theoretically get "something from nothing". I think we can both agree that the universe holds many more surprises for the scientific community than what the best and brightest of us have yet theorized. There is an alarming trend these days to accept theory as fact due to personal bias or other reasons.
I'm of the belief that our views are still too simplistic to grasp the real answer to those questions.
I think we can grasp it just fine, but we need to prove it with evidence. So far that is missing. Time is a unit of measure (in our case relative to Earth rotation), not a substance to manipulate. This is of course science, but it is not yet scientific law. The big bang is still hypothetical. The topic is interesting, but what is next? It seems to me that the reason this topic is news at all is because it can be turned controversial and linked to the argument for/against divine creation, but maybe that is just me.
If it is beyond our experience, and not something to contemplate, how has your answer been derived? You said it as though it is fact, but it has not been proven. I am still stuck at the "something from nothing" question.
I would like to think there are people scratching their heads trying to figure out what was here before the big bang, and more importantly where did that come from. Hopefully these CMB discoveries will move us closer to answering these questions.
Altiris can do what you ask. You'll have to spend money to get it, but you can do software delivery and patching for Windows, *NIX, and Apple from it (and many other things, depending on the size of your wallet).
I find that enabling hardware virtualization in the BIOS and installing enough RAM for my VM needs is enough for low budget. Storing the virtual disks on a hard drive physically separate from my host operating system allows things to run well without much impact to my other processes. You can offload your virtualization to a different computer and run the management client on your primary computer if you require more processing power. I'm sure having a 64bit quad core CPU will help out too, but it isn't necessary for most things. Use whatever VM software you like the most.
What about the employees that committed unethical and illegal behaviors in doing this? I don't get why people are so shielded when working under a corporation.
Shoot, half the time employers don't even pay citizens the US market average. Government jobs also seem to have a reputation for underpaying staff when compared to the surrounding area.
These belong to the American people and are free for anyone to implement in their designs.
Personally I'd just like to get the tax dollars I put into it returned to me. I didn't pay taxes so the government could sell IP developed using that money.
Articles like that are for upper management types who do not want to read technical details. It does seem that more and more roles are merging together, facilities management included. Look at asset management. The tools we use are starting to provide centralized asset management for not just IT, but finance and facilities too. Granted they don't require the monitoring and config management capabilities of an IT geared product, but then they don't have to have rights into those modules either. With building systems tying into the network it's a fact of life that IT will become more involved.
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DVR will eventually just be a relic from the push model. The market appears to be moving towards a customer-centric model of streaming and delivery when and where we want it.
Um, store the original files locally? Any good photos I have are going to be stored on my computer and backed up. Anything I post to Facebook is a low-res copy. Who cares about the wall. If you just have to keep it all in the cloud, use a service designed to store your pics and maybe even pay them something.
I doubt most have hot aisle containment. Typically just spacing it out right, properly sizing the air conditioner, and installing rack blanking panels is sufficient. Hot spots (usually caused by packing in blades) can be cooled with rack level gear.
In my experience people keep the datacenter way too cold. If the equipment runs fine at 70F, then set the CRAC to that temperature. If the hot aisle is working right, everything will be cooled within specifications.
This is just evidence of the changing approach to IT. If you assume nothing on the network is secure and present all of the sensitive stuff using server-side resources (think Citrix XenApp, VMware View, etc) then it doesn't matter as much. Set a policy that requires installation of such-and-such antivirus, OS, etc and let it go. Stop caring if the computer hits less savory websites and just monitor usage of the business owned pipes. It won't work for every scenario but it can in many.
I think there is a lot more to this than controlling environments and centralizing administration. Think about a factory floor or a branch office where there is not a solid IT presence 24/7. If a desktop stops functioning, all the user needs is to grab a spare client out of the closet and plug it in and they are looking at the same session they had before. IT can replenish the inventory later during a planned visit and cause minimal downtime to the user.
What is with the kdawson articles being posted by other editors?
As if they haven't spent enough tax dollars they don't have.
Tablets running Windows have been around for a few years. Did Ballmer forget he had Tablet PC Edition? It really didn't offer anything fancy beyond handwriting and portability (sort of). By the time they recreate all of the features that iPad has, Apple will be on to something better. Why don't they get this?
I can't be the only nerd in here who gets artificial butter all over the lenses by the halfway point of the movie. Popcorn salt doesn't do much for them either.
You speak of the religious right as though it is some unified group, when it is in fact not. Why don't you wait to see what happens before throwing insults?
Personally I think the biggest problem in government organizations is the lack of effective leadership. They don't run things like the real world works and they aren't usually willing to pay enough money to recruit talent that can.
I have to disagree with this approach. Running Windows computers in a business without any antivirus, simply because they aren't 100% perfect is not wise. By having the antivirus on the workstations you can protect that computer from picking up all of the viruses that the antivirus definitions are aware of, and possibly more. Statistically you are better protected since you don't have to worry about a majority of the viruses out there. You significantly decrease risk to your business by using an antivirus.
Correction, we theoretically get "something from nothing". I think we can both agree that the universe holds many more surprises for the scientific community than what the best and brightest of us have yet theorized. There is an alarming trend these days to accept theory as fact due to personal bias or other reasons.
I'm of the belief that our views are still too simplistic to grasp the real answer to those questions.
I think we can grasp it just fine, but we need to prove it with evidence. So far that is missing. Time is a unit of measure (in our case relative to Earth rotation), not a substance to manipulate. This is of course science, but it is not yet scientific law. The big bang is still hypothetical. The topic is interesting, but what is next? It seems to me that the reason this topic is news at all is because it can be turned controversial and linked to the argument for/against divine creation, but maybe that is just me.
If it is beyond our experience, and not something to contemplate, how has your answer been derived? You said it as though it is fact, but it has not been proven. I am still stuck at the "something from nothing" question.
I would like to think there are people scratching their heads trying to figure out what was here before the big bang, and more importantly where did that come from. Hopefully these CMB discoveries will move us closer to answering these questions.
Altiris can do what you ask. You'll have to spend money to get it, but you can do software delivery and patching for Windows, *NIX, and Apple from it (and many other things, depending on the size of your wallet).
I find that enabling hardware virtualization in the BIOS and installing enough RAM for my VM needs is enough for low budget. Storing the virtual disks on a hard drive physically separate from my host operating system allows things to run well without much impact to my other processes. You can offload your virtualization to a different computer and run the management client on your primary computer if you require more processing power. I'm sure having a 64bit quad core CPU will help out too, but it isn't necessary for most things. Use whatever VM software you like the most.
What about the employees that committed unethical and illegal behaviors in doing this? I don't get why people are so shielded when working under a corporation.
Clearly you missed the humor in that... My experience in government has not been stellar.
Shoot, half the time employers don't even pay citizens the US market average. Government jobs also seem to have a reputation for underpaying staff when compared to the surrounding area.
Basic human nature is to cooperate as long as it is in one's own best interests.
These belong to the American people and are free for anyone to implement in their designs.
Personally I'd just like to get the tax dollars I put into it returned to me. I didn't pay taxes so the government could sell IP developed using that money.
Articles like that are for upper management types who do not want to read technical details. It does seem that more and more roles are merging together, facilities management included. Look at asset management. The tools we use are starting to provide centralized asset management for not just IT, but finance and facilities too. Granted they don't require the monitoring and config management capabilities of an IT geared product, but then they don't have to have rights into those modules either. With building systems tying into the network it's a fact of life that IT will become more involved.