David Strom

The notion of a hybrid model in cloud computing is gaining traction. These are virtual services that run in various locations to deliver applications that can make use of a combination of public clouds, private hosted servers as well as machines inside the data center. While the concept isn’t all that new, many vendors are […]

More on virtualization: Virtualization Vendors: VMware vs. Microsoft vs. Citrix In my last update on virtualization, it was all about the server side of things. The second half of 2010 has seen more development on virtual desktops, along with some interesting twists on improvements to virtualization infrastructure. The end of 2010 hasn’t seen many new […]

If your company is in the market for a new cell phone carrier and handset standard, one of the issues to consider is how well the mobile device works with Microsoft’s Exchange email servers. Mobile Exchange support has been improving over the past several years, but there are various subtle differences that are worth considering […]

There has been lots of activity in the past six months since we last took a look at what the three major virtualization vendors Citrix, Microsoft and VMware, have been doing (see the most recent virtualization comparison: Virtual Server Comparison: Xen vs. Microsoft vs. VMware, 2010). Citrix XenServer v5.6 is now available, released at the […]

As enterprises become more involved in virtualizing their servers, they are finding that virtualization can deliver more than just better utilization of their computing resources. But the potential risk for downtime can increase substantially. The value of one particular physical server goes up as it carries more and more virtual machines (VMs) running on it. […]

ALSO SEE: Oracle Plans One Java Virtual Machine to Rule Them All With the release of Windows 7, companies looking to replace aging Windows XP PCs have an opportunity to use a variety of new tools to run a virtual machine version of XP co-exist inside the newer operating system. The trouble, however, is that […]

The Domain Name System (DNS) is something we all use and depend on, yet don’t really pay much attention to; if you have some time to investigate alternatives, you could really enhance your network’s performance and security. Before I tell you how to do this, let’s have a brief explanation of what DNS is. Think […]

Remember when your office phone was a solidly built multi-line key system with push buttons for the different extensions? And you had a secretary who would answer all of your calls? It seems so quaint now, like something out of a Tracy/Hepburn movie like the “Desk Set.” (Which for those of you that haven’t seen […]

Welcome back from the holidays everyone. I hope you all had a restful and enjoyable break and are ready to get back to work. In the ten years since Real Simple Syndication (RSS) has been invented, it has been one of the most significant technologies that Rodney Dangerfield would say “got no respect.” Providing the […]

Since most of the TV shows are on what appears to be a three-month vacation, now might be a good time to seek Internet alternatives. I got the idea from a story last week in the New York Times about how one of its reporters has gone completely cold-turkey on their cable TV consumption. It […]