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VMWorld08: XEON 7400 Series: Leading Performance with IBM

editor — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 13:00:41 +0000

Intel’s Xeon 7400-series processor made a solid impact in 2008, with multiple top scores in benchmark surveys and powerful implementations. What does it mean for virtualization performance, especially as the enterprise moves toward virtualizing its most critical applications with a new generation of virtualization technology?

In this video podcast, IBM’s Robert Zuber speaks with Beth Carlton from VMware on the reliability that comes with the IBM’s 3850 and 3950 support for Intel’s 7400-series Dunnington processor.

Tags: Robert Zuber, Beth Carlton, Xeon 7400, VMWorld08, VMware, Intel, Xeon, virtualization, Dunnington, vmotion, Clearbay

Intel & HP Announce World’s Best 4-Socket TPC-C Result

editor — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 13:00:20 +0000

Intel and HP recently announced the world’s best four-socket TPC-C benchmark result — a showing of 634,000 transactions per minute. HP’s Aaron Spurlock joins Noe Garcia from Intel to discuss the specifics of how the HP Proliant DL580 G5 server with Intel Xeon 7400-series processors stacks up against world-class competition.

Also, at Fall IDF in San Francisco, Intel also announced that the Xeon 7400-series processors posted record performance results, marking the first time that the industry has seen 1.2 million database transactions per minute on an 8-socket IBM server.

For more information, expert advice and answers, and the latest Xeon series blogs and videos, check out www.intel.com/server.

Tags: Noe Garcia, Aaron Spurlock, Intel, Xeon, virtualization, IDF 2008, Dunnington, Penryn, 45nm, TPCC, database transactions, benchmark, HP, Proliant, DL580

IBM Announces World Record TPC-C Result: What Does It Mean for IT Managers?

editor — Tue, 04 Nov 2008 13:00:59 +0000

This past Fall, Intel announced that the Xeon 7400-series processors posted record performance results, marking the first time that the industry has seen 1.2 million database transactions per minute on an 8-socket IBM server. It was announced by Intel Executive Vice President Pat Gelsinger at IDF 2008, and it was the topic of many spirited industry conversations, as well. In this video podcast, Intel’s Mike Moreno speaks with IBM’s Robert Zuber about what the news means for IT managers, and what IBM is doing to help reduce the size of the IT footprint in the enterprise. They also mention new benchmarks around database and virtualization.

For more information, expert advice and answers, and the latest Xeon series blogs and videos, check out www.intel.com/server.

Tags: Mike Moreno, Robert Zuber, Intel, Xeon, virtualization, IDF 2008, Dunnington, Penryn, 45nm, TPCC, database transactions, benchmark

Xeon 7400-Series World Record Results

editor — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 12:00:56 +0000

Intel’s Xeon 7400-series processors posted record performance results, in time for this announcement from Intel Executive Vice President Pat Gelsinger at IDF 2008, in San Francisco. This podcast includes the IDF announcement of those Xeon performance results, which marked the first time the industry has seen 1.2 million database transactions per minute on an 8-slot IBM server.

The Intel Xeon 7400 series (Dunnington), is the “final member of the Penryn family” — a family that Gelsinger notes shares Intel’s 45nm technology.

For more information, expert advice and answers, and the latest Xeon series blogs and videos, check out www.intel.com/server.

Tags: Pat Gelsinger, Intel, Xeon, virtualization, IDF 2008, Dunnington, Penryn, 45nm, TPCC, database transactions

Wendia AG International Launches North America Division

Brad Baldwin — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 21:39:21 +0000

Wendia AG International, a privately-held European software company founded in 1990, is setting up their North American headquarters in Utah. Wendia provides best-in-class Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL) based service management solutions to hundreds of organizations worldwide. ITIL is the de-facto global standard in the area of Service Management, and contains comprehensive and public technical documentation for the planning, provision and support of IT services.

Wendia’s ITIL and service management solutions can readily integrate with all the major desktop management and systems management solutions including Microsoft’s SMS, CA’s Asset Management and Unicenter, BMC’s Patrol, IBM’s Tivoli, Novell’s Zenworks, HP’s OpenView, Nimsoft’s NimBUS, and Monolith Software’s mSuite ITM solution.

Wendia’s CEO and Founder Kerstin Daun talks with Brad Baldwin from Rocky Mountain Voices about the business and benefits of the ITIL standards. Daun also discusses their entrance into the North America market under Hal Tueller.

EMC Creates Web Services Standard for Enterprise Content Management

Rio Pesino — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 12:30:14 +0000

Enterprise content management (ECM) solutions have enabled organizations to more effectively manage information. Yet, the lack of an ECM standard has presented a huge challenge: How can content-enabled applications access and manage content among disparate systems?

To solve this problem, EMC, IBM, and Microsoft are joining forces to lead the drive for the Content Management Interoperability Services (CMIS) standard for repository access. This new standard will offer organizations the flexibility they need to get more from their enterprise content management systems. Download this episode to hear Razmik Abnous, CTO, Content Management and Archiving, EMC Corporation share his insight on CMIS.

Downloadable (PDF) transcripts of this podcast are available in:
English
Italian
German

Tags: ECM, CMIS, Content Management Interoperability Services, EMC, Razmik Abnous, BM, Microsoft, German, Italian, PDF, Transcript

Talking with an IBM distinguished engineer about marketing

Robert Scoble — Sun, 03 Aug 2008 23:53:45 +0000

At the Internet Strategy Forum last week, I met Mike Moran, who gave an interesting talk about, um, marketing. Huh? A distinguished engineer at IBM talking about marketing? What? Listen in and learn about Mike’s ideas on marketing.

Also a visit to the best hair salon in San Francisco - Red Union Salon.

Tags: Internet Strategy Forum, Mike Moran, marketing, IBM, best hair salon, San Francisco, Red Union Salon

SNWSpotlight: The Week In Review

Paul Lancour — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 12:30:00 +0000

It’s a busy time of year for storage folks. For the many who made it to Orlando for this show, and for those who followed online from around the world, there was plenty to learn and share, from the floor (where you might have seen this IBM System Storage on display) to the Xiotech announcement. In this podcast, an overview of the week at Storage Networking World from keynote speakers, analysts, and industry leaders.

SNWSpotlight is your source for the latest information from Storage Networking World. It’s brought to you by LSI.

Tags: storage, Xiotech, Storage Networking World, SNWSpotlight, LSI

Encryption Key Management and Enterprise Data Security

Michael Johnson — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 11:32:29 +0000

In this third of three podcasts on enterprise data security, PodTech’s Michael Johnson speaks with Bob Cancilla, vice president of disk systems at IBM. Cancilla explains the important role of encryption key management across the enterprise data storage security space, especially with an encrypted drive. Cancilla says that key management, paired with smart storage arrays, and fully encrypted drives presents a formidable security matrix. IBM will soon be presenting its next generation Tivoli Key Life Cycle Management Tool.

Tags: Tivoli, Bob Cancilla, data center, enterprise, FDE, Full Disk Encryption, Seagate, security IBM, self-encrypting

The Role of the Controller and Storage System in Enterprise Data

Michael Johnson — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 11:31:52 +0000

In this second of three podcasts on enterprise data security, PodTech’s Michael Johnson speaks with Phil Bullinger, executive vice president and general manager of the Engenio Storage Group at LSI Corporation. Bullinger explains the role of the storage system in the enterprise data storage security ecosystem. Bullinger says that LSI’s storage system works to authenticate encrypted disk drives, yielding a comprehensive data security picture.
Seagate, IBM, and LSI have been working to make
changes in how data is protected in enterprise data centers. Today, Seagate announced it is making available the world’s first self-encrypting hard drive for data centers. For more information go to:
fdesecurityleaders.com

Tags: enterprise data security, Phil Bullinger, Engenio, data center, LSI, Phil Bullinger, Security, self-encrypting, storage system

Self-Encrypting Disk Drives to Move into Data Centers

Michael Johnson — Mon, 07 Apr 2008 11:30:41 +0000

Seagate, IBM, and LSI have been working to make changes in how data is protected in enterprise Data Centers. Today Seagate announced it is making available the world’s first self-encrypting hard drive for data centers. PodTech spoke with key executives at Seagate, IBM, and LSI about this new technology shift, how it works and why enterprise data center managers should know more about the next phase in enterprise security.

In this first of three podcasts, PodTech’s Michael Johnson speaks with Sherman Black, senior vice president and general manager of the enterprise compute business at Seagate. Black explains how Full Disk Encryption (FDE) is crucial for enterprise data storage security, as all drives eventually leave the data center, whether for repair, retirement, or maintenance. For more information go to:
fdesecurityleaders.com

Tags: Sherman Black, data center, enterprise, FDE, Full Disk Encryption, Seagate, self-encrypting

Gaining Power and Influence in the Marketing Role

Jennifer Jones — Mon, 24 Dec 2007 06:58:31 +0000

Practical strategies for improving a marketer’s position in a company are explained in this interview with Roy Young, author of the book, Marketing Champions: Practical Strategies for Improving Marketing’s Power, Influence, and Business Impact. He has worked with numerous marketers from leading companies – such as IBM, Wells Fargo, Microsoft and Visa — resulting in the improved stature and value of marketing. Jones digresses a bit from the normal focus of Marketing Voices to speak with this prominent marketing expert.

Tags: Jennifer Jones, Marketing Champions, Marketing Voices, Roy Young, social media

Bernard Daines, Father of Gigabit Ethernet

Brad Baldwin — Sat, 15 Dec 2007 05:21:37 +0000

2007 Utah Technology Council’s Hall of Fame inductee Bernard Daines has a rich legacy of innovation spanning several decades of achievements in the network communications industry, and is widely recognized as an expert in Ethernet technology.

Daines was the first to create the 100 megabit Ethernet Switch when he worked as a consultant for 3Com and Bob Metcalfe. Later, Daines leveraged his experience to push data 10 times faster to create the first Gigabit Switch.

Daines was the first to graduate in Computer Science at Brigham Young University, and played a major role in defining the programs and curriculum for future graduates. After sharing his knowledge as a professor, Daines went on to work at IBM and HP. Later he founded or co-founded a number of businesses centered on Ethernet, including Grand Junction Networks (acquired by Cisco), Packet Engines (acquired by Alcatel), World Wide Packets, and Linux Networx.

Gaming Company Kreeda’s Quentin Staes-Polet Part-2

Kamla Bhatt — Sat, 08 Dec 2007 01:39:22 +0000

Kreeda, a gaming startup located in Mumbai, the epicenter of India’s nascent gaming industry. Earlier this year Kreeda received an undisclosed amount of money from IDG Ventures India and Bodhi Softbank Holdings.

In Part-2 of the conversation we talk to Quentin about doing business in India vs. doing business in China. Quentin has spent the last 15 years working and doing business in Asia. Before turning entrepreneur Quentin was part of IBM, where he headed their digital strategy for Asia.

Tags: Kreeda, India, IDG, Softbank, IBM

Video from CodecSys Saves Bandwidth

Brad Baldwin — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 06:01:02 +0000

With Internet bandwidth demand doubling each year, broadcast media, IPTV, and new user-generated YouTube-style video are culprits exacerbating the problem. This is where and their new CodecSys offering can help reduce bandwidth for video applications by 50% or more, including High Definition (HD).

For the lay person, digital video is created with a video codec that encodes and compresses a stream of information. There are numerous codecs, each offering its own benefit and/or tradeoffs for visual or audio quality and file size.

Unlike traditional systems that force a single codec, CodecSys runs each frame of video past a collection of the codecs and determines which codec is best for that particular frame or series of frames. Exploiting attributes of multiple codecs, CodecSys can reduce bandwidth needs by 50-75%. Since it’s a software solution, new codecs can easily be incorporated into the system.

Broadcast International CEO Rod Tiede talks with Brad Baldwin about CodecSys and their recent demo with IBM at the 2007 IBC Expo in Amsterdam on the new BladeCenter QS20 “Cell Blade”.

Tags: Bandwidth, BladeCenter, Broadcast International, Codec, CodecSys, IBC, IBM, IPTV, Rod Tiede, video

Anant Jhingran on Web 2.0 in the Enterprise

Michael Cote — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 03:03:38 +0000

While at the IBM Software Group Connection Summit 2007, James talks IBM’s Anany Jhingran about IBM’s application of Web 2.0 ideas to information management in the enterprise. Of note, they spend some time talking about the navigating the cultural waters and changes in the IT department and balancing the need for IT control with the less control based elements of Web 2.0 think.

Tags: IBM, Web 2.0

System Center, Battling over Virtualization, Microsoft and IBM, PowerShell, and open source at Microsoft TechEd IT Forum 2007

Michael Cote — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 02:28:15 +0000

Wrapping up the episodes from Microsoft TechEd IT Forum in Barcelona, James and I talk about the discussions and announcements at the event. First, James comments on the seeming maturity that both the attendees and Microsoft itself has after all these years of TechEd. Then we get ask if virtualization will avoid the usual zero-sum battle that every other technology goes through - the answer is probably obvious. Moving onto the broader industry, we comment on the long relationship between IBM and Microsoft, feeling now that IBM is in a pulling back phase. Finally, we wrap-up with some PowerShell talk and comment on the role of open source - or lack thereof - in all of this.

Tags: Microsoft, TechEd, IBM

Jerrilyn Glanville on Analyst Relations

Michael Cote — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 06:48:49 +0000

In this segment from the IBM Software Group Connection Summit 2007, James talks with Jerrilyn Glanville, a veteran of IBM Analyst Relations (”AR” for short). The discuss the role of AR, both on the side of the analyst and executives, some examples of different styles and idiosyncrasies of both analysts and execs, and then talk about the changing nature of analysts. Finally, by way of a question from James on IBM seeming to be more interested in conversations than “transactions” (helping IBM make money directly with increased sales) they discuss the short of ROI on analysts for companies.

Tags: IBM, Software Group Connection Summit, Jerrilyn Glanville, Analyst Relations, ROI

Multi-core, Dynamic Languages, and Concurrency

Michael Cote — Sat, 10 Nov 2007 06:42:50 +0000

While at the IBM Software Group Connection Summit 2007, James talks with IBM Distinguished Engineer Bob Blainey about the present and future of multi-core processors and dynamic languages. They talk about which languages are out in the wilds of the IBM customer and user base, and then discuss some possible scenerios for the future.

Tags: IBM, Software Group Connection Summit, Bob Blainey, multi-core

M&A Outlook 2008: Global Money Out, Global Money In

Jason Lopez — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 19:13:02 +0000

Cross border investments have helped keep deal flow robust through 2007, despite the credit crisis. Private equity investors are looking for good deals across the board and companies are beginning to find smaller firms in other parts of the world that complement their product offerings. In this podcast, PodTech’s Jason Lopez spoke with experts — IBM’s John Noone, PriceWaterhouseCoopers’ Gregory Peterson, and John Burnett, EVP and research director at Wall Street Access — at The Deal’s “M&A Outlook 2008″ for insight.

Tags: John Noone, Gregory Peterson, John Burnett

CDNLive! Silicon Valley 2007: The Present and Future of the Semiconductor Industry

Paul Lancour — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 07:01:53 +0000

Ted Vucurevich, SVP and CTO at Cadence, and Tom Reeves, vice president, Technology Licensing, IBM Intellectual Property & Standards, discuss the current state of the semiconductor industry and where it’s heading tomorrow and beyond. Topics include IBM’s market focus for chips, the technologies needed to keep shrinking process nodes, and the design collaboration between Cadence and IBM.

Tags: Ted Vucurevich, Cadence, Tom Reeves

RSS: Making It Work Best For Marketers

Jennifer Jones — Mon, 20 Aug 2007 04:47:42 +0000

Really Simple Syndication (RSS) is today’s simplest marketing and publishing tool allowing content to get distributed fast and efficiently.

Robyn Tippins, Yahoo’s community manager for MyBlogLog tells Jennifer Jones just how to make RSS work best.

Putting it on the top right hand side of a Website and following the leads of companies like Apple, IBM, NetFlix and the History Channel is the smartest strategy, says Tippins. Tippins has been a social media expert since 1993 and her work has appeared all over the Web.

Tags: Really Simple Syndication, RSS, Robyn Tippins, MyBlogLog, Jennifer Jones, social media

A hour with IBM’s top intellectual property lawyer

Robert Scoble — Thu, 16 Aug 2007 22:46:09 +0000

Robert Scoble interviews IBM’s patent lawyer David Kappos about software patent reform and open source patents.

Also: Parts 1 and 2 of Aron Pruiett’s report on a panel discussion about the the future of the Internet in 20 years.

Tags: IBM, patent law

Part III of conversations with Tom Rolander

Robert Scoble — Fri, 10 Aug 2007 07:01:50 +0000

You’ve heard how Digital Research flubbed the operating system deal with IBM. You’ve heard lots of old-time industry stories in our previous two conversations with Tom Rolander who was Gary Kildall’s best friend and operating system pioneer at Digital Research. But now let’s take a walking tour around Pacific Grove where you get a look at the places that now are historical memories. There are no plaques. No statues. Just Tom’s memories and we walk around Pacific Grove talking about what used to be the world’s top personal computer operating system company.

Tags: Digital Research, IBM, Tom Rolander, Gary Kildall

TechOne: Sun breakthrough in processors; The back story on Microsoft DOS

editor — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 18:00:55 +0000

Sun Microsystems leaped ahead of rivals this week with what it claims is the world’s fastest server microprocessor. Analysts such as Nathan Brookwood from Insight64 were impressed. Sun also said that it would open up all of its business units as standalone profit centers in a bid to attract additional partners using Sun technologies.

Here is Part 1 of Sun’s presentation. Part 2 and Q&A with press and partners coming soon.

- Robert Scoble visits Tom Rolander, a former colleague of Gary Kildall of Digital Research and finds out what happened when IBM tried to license Digital Research’s DR-DOS for its PC. How did Gary Kildall miss out on such a great opportunity?

- Larry Magid finds a solution to recharging mobile devices using an innovative fuel cell power pack from Medis Technologies.

Tags: Sun Microsystems, Nathan Brookwood, Insight64, Robert Scoble, Tom Rolander, Gary Kildall, Digital Research, IBM, DR-DOS, Medis