The IT debacle at RBS has highlighted the dependency large financial organisations (and other companies) have on their IT infrastructure. From what has leaked out into the press, the RBS issue relates to a piece of software called CA-7, used for mainframe batch job scheduling. When I first started in [...]
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This post tracks a series of articles discussing new features in the upcoming Windows Server 2012, currently in beta as Windows Server 8. This represents Microsoft‘s eighth generation operating system, succeeding the previous server release Windows Server 2008 R2.
This is one of a series of posts discussing the new features in Windows Server 2012, due to be shipped this year and currently in public beta release as Windows Server “8″. You can find references to other related posts at the end of this article. This post reviews the new Storage Spaces feature.
Background [...]
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We now know what Microsoft’s big announcement is – a tablet called the Surface. To many this may seem like just another “me too” product from the company that used to rule the desktop, but I think a closer look is needed at what Microsoft are [...]
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Infortrend have been producing storage products since 1993. In this post we will look at one of their desktop SOHO products, the 2-drive EonNAS Pro 200, which I’ve recently had on short review for a couple of weeks.
Hardware
The box itself is a smart, matt-black unit, with minimal buttons and external lights. It feels [...]
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