Cisco, EMC, VMware’s Virtual Computing Environment Coalition

Whilst researching an article on desktop virtualisation, it was impossible to ignore this announcement which could have a major impact on this emerging market and the field of virtualisation in general.

Legacy Systems

Having just read today’s SANS diary entry on the above topic made me recall my own personal experience from a couple of years ago. I was already performing a systems review for the regional office of the company I was working for at the time but a downturn of the economy and a corresponding one within the particular industry this company operated in resulted in a number of lull periods; Although there was zero budget and I was the only remaining member of the IT Department, by taking advantage of these times, through the audit, documentation and simplifcation of the systems I made my job more manageable, improved systems security and as it later turned out paved the way for a significantly smoother transition to ownership by a new parent company.

To date – it was one of the most rewarding times of my professional career.

HP ProLiant Servers AIS: Official Study Guides and Desk Reference

Always keen to follow appropriate best practice, I happened to stumble across the above by way of the “Just Added” section of my Safari Book’s Online subscription.

As my role is changing to once again revolve around server rather than client side management I’m now looking forward to the publication of the latest version by Bryan H. Weldon and Shawn B. Rogers.

HP ProLiant Servers AIS: Official Study Guide and Desk Reference (Paperback)
Publisher: Prentice Hall; 1 edition (28 Dec 2009)
ISBN-10: 0131367374