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DIY Update to Windows 7

July 11, 2009 By

Yesterday, I came down to find my Vista 32-bit machine in a registry loop.  After getting over my aggravation, I decided that I would just make the move to Windows 7.  Having already downloaded a release candidate (RC 7201 64-bit).  Using another 32-bit Vista machine, I set out to turn my 8GB flash drive into a window's install disk. I decided to switch to 64-bit for my inevitable upgrade to the Core i7 platform.  Core i7 uses triple channel memory … [Read more...]

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Data Center Design: Notes from a visit to the IT Server Center

June 19, 2009 By

My associate Ryan Kamauff has been advising clients on Green IT and has also been pulling together several lessons learned from recent data center designs and has been encouraging me to write more here about data centers. This is a favorite topic and he is right to keep pushing (so thanks Ryan). We will keep postings on this topic coming. Last week I was treated to a tour of the IT Server Center ( http://www.itservercenter.com ) in Sterling VA. It is … [Read more...]

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A Recap of the 2009 DoDIIS Worldwide Conference

June 5, 2009 By

I previously mentioned the DoDIIS Worldwide Conference, which was held 17-21 May 2009.  I took lots of notes from the conference: enough, in fact, to fuel this blog for a long long time.  My associate Ryan Kamauff took even more (and more relevant) notes on the sessions there, and both of us kicked the tires on as many technology demos as we could.  This was a great education for us and the many other atendees there. I was also allowed to give a … [Read more...]

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