Microsoft’s Windows 7 added a whole host of new technologies which are designed to modernize the Windows operating system lineup which also included some Virtualization technology that would help older XP based software run smoothly on the new OS. Unfortunately at launch their “XP Mode” required hardware virtualization support in order to run. No longer. […]
Read more Windows 7 XP Mode no longer requires Virtualization hardware extensions
There’s nothing quite as scary as a new operating system roll out for businesses especially when they’ve invested quite a bit of time and money in acquiring licenses for Windows XP applications. Fortunately for them, and us, Windows 7’s XP…
The clock speed race has been over for a few years now as both AMD and Intel are focusing their efforts on making multi-core chips and specialized instruction sets to further improve performance and, in some instances, lower power consumption.InfoWorld…
Read more AMD's "Magny-Cours" Drops the Clock-Rate, Ups the Core Count
Ulterior motives? Perish the thought!Microsoft has released GPL v2 drivers for the Linux operating system they hope will be integrated into the OS. Normally that’d frighten folks away but it’s a purely business focused gesture as the drivers are designed…
Read more Microsoft Goes Benevolent, Releases GPL Linux Drivers
Virtualization has been gaining fans due to its capability to consolidate servers and services which means reduced operating costs for most companies. Of course if you’re dumping oodles of cash into the product and hardware for it your job…
AMD’s processors aren’t the type of performance champs you’ve come to expect, on the workstation and server front things tend to get a bit stranger.People in the market for new servers are looking beyond rendering speeds and are focusing…
Microsoft’s operating system popularity can be traced to a few things namely backwards compatibility. The downside to this is that they have to provide some form of support in order to keep a customer’s old applications compatible with their new…
Read more Windows XP Mode For Windows 7, Virtualized Application Support
Intel’s Core i7 CPU is a beast when it comes to number crunching, far outpacing every other desktop chip known to man. Of course there are those odd circumstances where you’ll want to use it in something outside of its…
AMD is setting itself up for a June launch of its next CPU. The chip code named “Istanbul” will fall into its Opteron lineup of workstation and server processors. Given its 6 core design and virtualization focused tweaks it’ll…
Did you know there are Federal standards mandating the procurement of energy efficient IT equipment? There are, and according to the rules, agencies must spend no less 95 percent of their computer and monitor budgets on EPEAT rated hardware….
Read more US Gov't Hearts EPEAT, Virtualization
