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January 9, 2013  1:38 PM

Top 10 VMware Performance Tweaks



Posted by: Nathan Simon
IT professional, VMware Infrastructure

Petri.co.il has been a very helpful site over the years, no matter what platform or application. Today I bring you Petri's top 10 Performance Tweaks, all of them are valid, but not all can/would be used in your environment. It sure doesn't hurt to read this though. Below you will find the list in...

January 8, 2013  4:08 PM

2.3Ghz – Snapdragon Quad Core – 4k Video – Mid 2013



Posted by: Nathan Simon
IT professional, Smartphones, Snapdragon

Wow... just think a phone that can shoot 2160p video at 30 frames per second, by the middle of 2013... Qualcomm is looking to increase overall performance by 75% with its Snapdragon 800 processor. Here are some features.

  • a shift to a 28nm HPm ("High Performance for mobile")...


December 18, 2012  1:17 PM

Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit v8.0 is Ready for General Consumption



Posted by: Nathan Simon
hyper-v, IT professional, vmware, vsphere

As I mentioned in a previous post about the MAP Beta, the full version is available for download, take advantage of this to get yourself ready for virtualization. I used it to help an Enterprise company plan for ESXi Hosts, hey who said you have to use Hyper-V :)

Overview The...


December 14, 2012  2:00 PM

Google Maps has returned to iPhone and iPod and Optimized for iOS 6.0.1



Posted by: Nathan Simon
Apple, Google Maps, IT professional

Finally Google Maps is back, and it kicks Apple Maps all over the place! We all know Google didn't have to do this, they could have let people suffer with Apple Maps, but being the kind hearted superhero they are, they saved Apple users from the demise that was Apple Maps... The only thing I find...


December 11, 2012  2:38 PM

Windows Server 2003 R2 x64 Cluster with VMware Virtual Machine using RDM



Posted by: Nathan Simon
cluster, ESXi, IT professional, microsoft, MSCS, vmware

So you want to move your Server 2003 Servers to a clustered environment in VMware. First thing I must mention is  that it is supported by VMware but not Microsoft. So it should be pristine before and after migration. The problem I had been facing was that I would have a two node cluster with SAN...


December 10, 2012  2:16 PM

New Look at the Official BlackBerry 10 L-Series device!



Posted by: Nathan Simon
BlackBerry 10, IT professional

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December 3, 2012  10:41 PM

BlackBerry 10 : Phone Accessory List Leaked



Posted by: Nathan Simon
BlackBerry 10, IT professional

My personal favorite BlackBerry Site, CrackBerry is on top of the news that a list of accessories was leaked, it’s nice to see that they will have a bunch of new accessories to complement our shiny new BlackBerrys!


November 8, 2012  2:30 PM

No More Canned Air! 200Mph blast?



Posted by: Nathan Simon
IT professional

Sorry for the title, but I couldn't think of anything wittier, anyways onto the news... The Hurricane as its called will replace canned air... finally, no more cold hands, and no more buying 7-12$ cans of air... mind you at the price tag mentioned below you are sure to use it on other things, I...


October 19, 2012  12:46 PM

Google Maps Enhancement – 25 Million New Building Footprints



Posted by: Nathan Simon
IT professional

Google has added 25...


October 15, 2012  2:45 PM

Windows 8 XP Mode?



Posted by: Nathan Simon
hyper-v, IT professional, Windows 8, Windows XP Mode

Windows XP Mode has been replaced with a more powerful and scalable virtualization option, called you guessed it, Hyper-V!

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