Simon's Bleets

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Jul 20

64Z of space??

A colleague of mine came across this on a server that was suffering a few issues, has anyone ever seen this before?

Zspace

Jun 10

Google won't find Chuck Norris

For all of you Chuck Norris fan's out there, type into Google "Find Chuck Norris" and click "I'm Feeling Lucky"
May 17

Valve Portal for FREE!! (Until May 24th)

Hi guys, I bought this game when it first came out, I loved it, its great game to keep the brain functioning.

It's now yours for FREE!! (Until May 24th): http://bit.ly/912R97
Apr 29

Jon Stewart Slams Apple Over Its Handling of Gizmodo Case - FUNNY!

Hey, if you have no idea what the Apple vs Gizmodo case is, have a look here: http://www.sevensidedcube.net/technology/2010/gizmodo-editor-jason-chen-police-search-home-over-lost-iphone-4g/

Here is a great video where Jon Stewart put his point to apple. Made me chuckle.

http://bit.ly/aAYHtA
Apr 28

Airspace Rebooted

A visualisation of the northern European airspace returning to use after being closed due to volcanic ash. Due to varying ash density across Europe, the first flights can be seen in some areas on the 18th and by the 20th everywhere is open.

Checkout the Video: http://bit.ly/cspRJ0
Apr 22

Android running on iPhone

For all you Smart phone fans out there, this guy has got the Android OS running on an Apple iPhone. I thought this was pretty cool. 

Checkout the video: http://bit.ly/a4EOwx
Apr 21

HDS to announce it's UCP Switch closer to GA

The other day HDS announced their new Unified Computer Platform. But it was missing one thing... A Switch! I've just had a tweet from HDS saying that they will release the Switch information closer to it's GA....Why the secrecy?

I'll let you know if I found out in the mean time.

Here's the tweet: http://bit.ly/cly081 
Apr 21

3PAR, Carrenza Hosting and Comic Relief Team Up to Raise £31.6 Million

This is the result of a project I was working on when I first joined Carrenza. I deployed the VMware Infrastructure on which the Donations platform ran.

£31.6 Million, not bad, not bad at all.

Read More: http://www.3par.com/news_events/20100421.html
Apr 19

HDS takes on Cisco/EMC's vBlock with Unified Computing Platform

Hitachi announced today that are planning on offering a Unified Computing Platform to rival the VCE vBlock.

Visit the link below for more information, Demo's and Powerpoint slide desks.

http://www.hds.com/solutions/infrastructure/hitachi-unified-compute-platform.html

Apr 19

Free! HDS Storage Virtualization for Dummies eBook

I came across this free eBook today on the Hitachi website. If you're like me and work with Virtualization products but would like to learn more about Storage Virtualization then is a great freebie to download.

Just click on the following link and fill out the form to get your copy. HDS: eBook – Storage Virtualization for Dummies by Hitachi Data Systems

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