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Jul 20 2009   5:32AM GMT

“The Data Center of the future” was great.

Posted by: Yasir Irfan
Cisco Systems, APC by Schneider Electric, EMC, Emerson Network Power, NetApp, Oracle, Panduit, VMware, Data Center, Unified Computing and Data Center Consolidation, iPhone, Cisco Events, Cisco News, Network Trends, network events, Virtual Event, Data Center Consolidation, Unified Computing, data center of the future, on demand webcast

 

Dear folks as you all know on 15^th of July 2009, Cisco Systems along APC by Schneider Electric, EMC, Emerson Network Power, NetApp, Oracle, Panduit, and VMware conducted a live virtual event “Data Center of the future”

The event was a great success, I never imagined a virtual event of this standard and the presentations were simply amazing. The interaction was amazing and I was zapped by the virtual environment. For a moment I felt as if I am in the auditorium physically. I really enjoyed each and every presentation.

As I am leaving in the other part of the World time was the major constrain for me. I did miss few presentations, but now I have an opportunity to watch them offline.  As Cisco Systems along with its event partners are allowing us to access on demand presentations. If you have missed this event no worries, you have one more opportunity to access the content on demand. You can download the slides as well. Wow.

Jul 13 2009   5:43AM GMT

Data center of the future an event to attend!

Posted by: Yasir Irfan
Cisco Systems, APC by Schneider Electric, EMC, Emerson Network Power, NetApp, Oracle, Panduit, VMware, Data Center, Unified Computing and Data Center Consolidation, iPhone, Cisco Events, Cisco News, Network Trends, network events, Virtual Event, Data Center Consolidation, Unified Computing, data center of the future

 

Since we are in the process of Data Center, these days I am always looking for the resources, seminars, webcast related to the Data Center.

Cisco Systems, APC by Schneider Electric, EMC, Emerson Network Power, NetApp, Oracle, Panduit, and VMware joined hands together to share their vision for the unified computing and data center consolidation. They are conducting a live event on 15^th of July 2009.

Pic Courtesy: Cisco Systems.

 The Unified Computing and Data Center Consolidation virtual event is a one-day live program, where you can access the webcast full of informative presentations that will cover wide range of important topics.

• Increasing business agility
• Reducing total cost of ownership
• Increasing compute and virtual machine scalability
• Achieving immediate productivity gains through consolidation of inefficient, underutilized infrastructure
• Improving energy efficiency and extending the life of your existing data centers
• Starting to lay the foundation for a best-practice architecture to deal with the emerging needs of the 21-century business and new business models
• Accelerating the deployment and reducing the risks

So register now and enjoy the wonderful event, may be you can win an IPhone.

Unified Computing and Data Center Consolidation Virtual Event Wednesday, July 15, 2009 6:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. PDT 9:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. EDT

Register  -

Jun 15 2009   6:08AM GMT

Opensource Network Graphing Solution - VMware Cacti Built on FreeBSD UNIX,

Posted by: Yasir Irfan
Cacti, VMware, Freebsd, UNIX, RRDTool, PHP, LAN, open source software, Perl, Apache, Net-SNMP, MySQL, OpenSSL, OpenSSH, GD, Ntop, Tripwire, VMware Cacti Appliance, VMware Appliance, Cacti Guide, Cacti Support, Download Cacti, Download Vmware Appliance

Other day I was looking for an upgrade for the Cacti in Google, while searching I came across this wonderful ready to use virtual appliance based on FreeBSD UNIX.

To brief about the Cacti is a complete network graphing solution designed to harness the power of RRDTool’s data storage and graphing functionality. Cacti provide a fast poller, advanced graph templating, multiple data acquisition methods, and user management features out of the box. All of this is wrapped in an intuitive, easy to use interface that makes sense for LAN-sized installations up to complex networks with hundreds of devices.

The creator of this appliance Ernie did a great job by including nice collection of pre- configured open source software’s which includes the following

 

    - FreeBSD UNIX v6.2 RELEASE built to Ernie’s specifications
    - PERL v5.8.8 and many carefully selected modules
    - PHP v5.2.4 that I custom compiled from source
    - Apache v2.2.6 that I custom compiled from source
    - Net-SNMP v5.4 that I custom compiled from source
    - MySQL v5.45 that I custom compiled from source
    - RRDTool v1.23 that I custom compiled from source via FreeBSD’s Ports
    - Cacti and Many Plugins:
    - Various other key ingredients compiled from source with the help of the FreeBSD Ports Collection
        - OpenSSL
        - OpenSSH
        - GD
        - NTop
        - Tripwire
    And even more!

This VMware Cacti Appliance is really helpful, easy to install and manage. More over you will find the installation guide with illustrations as well Wow.  Download the VMware Cacti Appliance here.

May 27 2009   5:22AM GMT

InformIT launches VCP VMware Flashcards

Posted by: Yasir Irfan
Cert Flash Cards Online, John Traenkenschuh, InformIT, VCP VMware flash cards, VMware, VCP 310 exam, VMware Certified Professional, flash card application, VCP Questions, VCP Exam, Pearson Education, Pearson

 

InformIT  has just released the VCP VMware flash cards, which is better to use as a preparation tool for VCP 310 exam.  The VCP VMware flash cards cover all the objectives of the VCP 310 exam.  Flash cards are always helpful as they happens to be the alternative learning format which are easier to access with a  unique approach  which complements the traditional self study formats.  This VCP VMware flash card is better to use at the later stage of the preparations for the VCP 310 exam.

 

 

 

By John Traenkenschuh

Published Apr 1, 2009 by Pearson Certification. Part of the Cert Flash Cards Online series.

Less Info

• Copyright 2009
• Dimensions 5-3/8 x 7-21/32
• Pages:
• Edition: 1st.
• ISBN-10: 0-7897-4214-4
• ISBN-13: 978-0-7897-4214-8

•  

VMware Cert Flash Cards Online is a custom flash card application loaded with 300 total questions that test your skills and enhance retention of exam topics. Questions are organized by exam objective, allowing you to focus your study on selected topics. You can choose to view cards in order or at random, and you can create custom sets from the entire bank of cards.

Jul 9 2008   12:03PM GMT

Open Source Network Gateway

Posted by: Yasir Irfan
Networking, Linux, VMware, Content Filtering, Open Source, Gateway, Spam Blocker, Protocol Control, Open VPN, Network Gateway, Untangle

In our organization internet management was a big issue, since we had no budget allocated to Internet management I was worried? How should I control our internet usage? Tried to convince the management to buy content filtering appliances, unfortunately they had no budget and our users had no control and they were enjoying the freedom of internet. I started looking for open source appliances and came across Untangle. Which proved to be great for us to control our users? (Who were not happy)? By installing this open source network gateway we could manage to block most of the unwanted contents, P2P applications and much more.

What is Untangle?

Untangle is a privately held company that provides an open source network gateway for small businesses. Untangle provides many gateway applications, such as blocking spam, blocking malware, web filtering, phishing protection, intrusion prevention, and more [1] on the Untangle Gateway Platform.

Untangle was founded in 2003 as Metavize, Inc. by John Irwin and Dirk Morris. Metavize officially launched in 2005 at Demo@15![3]. In 2006, Metavize raised a $10.5M series-A venture round from CMEA Ventures and Rustic Canyon Partners, named Bob Walters as CEO, and renamed to Untangle, Inc. In 2007, Untangle released the Untangle Gateway Platform as open source under the GPLv2 license .In 2007, Untangle also experienced significant growth and surpassed 100,000 users in 2,000 organizations

Some of the features available with Untangle are as follows 

·         Spam Blocker

·         Spyware Blocker

·         Web Filter

·         Virus Blocker

·         Firewall

·         OpenVPN

·         Phish Blocker

·         Protocol Control

·         Intrusion Prevention

·         Attack Blocker

·         Router

·         Untangle Reports

 

Untangle can be installed easily on any pc and its ready use. You can download Untangle from following link http://www.untangle.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=226&Itemid=739

The minimum hardware requirements to install untangle are as follows

Resource	Minimum	Recommended
CPU*:	1.0 GHz	2.0 GHz
Memory:	512 MB	1-2 GB
Hard Drive:	20 GB	40 GB
Network cards:	2	3 (for DMZ)

Untangle can also be installed in VMware platform do follow this link for more details http://wiki.untangle.com/index.php/Untangle_Virtual_Appliance_on_VMware

In order to know about the supported configurations do access http://wiki.untangle.com/index.php/Introduction#Supported_Configurations

Further details can be found at the following links

http://www.untangle.com/

http://wiki.untangle.com/index.php/Main_Page