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Cloud Computing.. whats so special in you???

Cloud Computing has been a very fancy name in all organizations. Yes i agree it feels good to say “We have a cloud infra” rather than “we have a virtualized infra”. Now there is a huge huge deference between a  virtualized infra and a cloud infra.
Below are some characteristics of a Cloud,

1) 100 % network up-time (the network cant go down come-what-may)
2) Tasks such as patch management/application install shouldn’t affect end users productivity.
3)  Load Balancing (Best use of the hardware)
4) Reliability (In case of a BCP/DR)
5) Rapid Elasticity (On demand provisioning of resources) 

If your system doesn’t have have all the above characteristics then its not a cloud.
 
My personal opinion is that not every organization needs a cloud infra. It depends on certain very specific business objectives to set up a cloud. If you are as huge as Facebook/Google go for a cloud infra because in this case u don’t want to compromise on quality.

If i was a small IT industry i would go with virtualized infra which again gives me a high availability and load balancing. Setup a optimized virtual infra and re-build my business objectives after 2 years. Switch to Cloud if situation demands and of-course will think twice 🙂   

 

 

 
 

 

Blackberry Playbook to run Android Apps !!!

As per the latest update from RIM, Android Apps would be officially supported on a Blackberry Playbook.  Just like every other blackberry fan, even am very much rejoiced to read this.. 

RIM has already mastered in messaging and security, inclusion of Android apps will make it a perfect tablet to use. By doing this they can target both the enterprise and consumer market.

RIM will be launching 2 optional “APP PLAYERS” on their playbook, one for Blackberry java apps and other for Android apps. The “APP PLAYERS” will provide an application run time environment to these apps and also help in downloading the apps from Blackberry App world.

In simple words i can play and work together 

Credits to Phandroid

Blackberry users.. take a shortcut !!!

A few not so frequently used blackberry shortcuts but very helpful ones 

• To display Blackberry System event Logs Hold “Alt” and press “L”, “G”, “L”, “G”.
• To display the source code of a webpage, In the Browser, hold “Alt” and press “R”, “B”, “V”, “S”.
• To view Help me menu, Hold “Alt” and (left) “shift”, then press “H”.
• To force a data structure re-build in the Address Book, In the Address Book, hold “Alt” and press “R”, “B”, “L”, “D”.
• To perform a “soft” reset of your device which is similar to “battery pull”, Press-and-hold “Alt”, then press-and-hold (left) “shift”, then press-and-hold “Del”.

Virtualization at a very basic level (home computers)

I have Win XP and Puppy Linux hosted on my Win Vista home computer though Vmware workstation. Y Vista?? I love to work on OS which gives more issues 😉
Vmware workstation is again a Vmware masterpiece to have virtualization at the very basic level (home computers). It feels nice to have multiple OS on your computer so that you switch to any installed OS depending on the project/work that you are doing. To clear your doubts, this is not similar to dual boot from Windows login.
Below is how my VMware workstation looks.

 

 One click will launch the Virtual OS and you can also have your Virtual OS in full screen mode.
I would also bet that Virtual OS will be faster than your host OS provided you have VMware tools installed and adequate space assigned.
Virtual OS doesn’t eat up your system RAM, it uses hard drive space as a virtual memory.

To know more about VMware workstation : Click here

New to VMware??

I was going though the VMware website and found a very simple document on basics of VMware. This is strictly recommended for all of you who are new to VMware.
The document will give you a brief description on what Virtualization is and how VMware ESX and VMware Server/workstation works.
This document can be used as a guide for all of you preparing for VMware job interviews.

Click on VMware Basics to download ESX and VMware serverq.doc.
Click on VMware community to check the website below downloading. This document (ESX and VMware serverq.doc) is uploaded by pradeep_kr in one of his posts.

Will soon post some more interesting documents on Virtualization 🙂

Rocking RCB team 2011

Below are the RCB players for this season of IPL. I will miss Uthappa and Kumble 😦

Virat Kohli (retained) – India
Zaheer Khan – India
Saurabh Tiwary – India
Cheteshwar Pujara – India
Abhimanyu Mithun – India
AB de Villiers – South Africa
Jonathan Vandiar – South Africa
Johan van der Wath – South Africa
Rilee Rossouw – South Africa
Charl Langeveldt – South Africa
Tillakaratne Dilshan – Sri Lanka
Nuwan Pradeep – Sri Lanka
Daniel Vettori – New Zealand
Dirk Nannes – Australia
Luke Pomersbasch – Australia

What do i expect from Windows 8

Here are the 5 things i expect Windows 8 to have…

1) Name
The name “Windows 8” itself is kinda boring. I would expect Microsoft to come up with some catchy name before the release.

2) UI
User Interface has not changes much since Windows 95. Instead of improving the present UI i would want a complete new interface.

3) Startup time
Windows OS has been famous for slow startup time 😉 I would want the new OS to startup in 10-15 secs.

4) Reboot while uninstalling applications
Whenever an applications in uninstalled Windows has always promted for a reboot. Reboots should be avoided as much as possible.

5) Inbuilt social networking
The first thing that i do when i turn on the PC is to log on to facebook. And inbuilt facebook and twitter application would be of great help.

New Theme.. New Feel..

Was busy with my new interesting job from past 4 months hence couldn’t post any thing here and today cant think of anything technical to post. Hence thought will celebrate my one year completion in blogging 😉
It been like a year since i started blogging and its been a wonderful journey. This makes me feel good and helps me follow my dream. All thanks to my mentor Anders Mikkelsen.

For all those who like numbers 😉
I have posted 30 topics in one year. Blog Stats : 5244 hits in one year

Was bored with the previous theme hence changes it today.. let me know how it looks..

Start your Blackberry in safe mode

To start your Blackberry in safe mode, remove and reinsert the battery of your Blackberry. When the light goes off while starting, press and hold the escape button until the main screen loads. Reboot the blackberry to start in normal mode. Safe mode will work on OS 4.6 or higher.

You can try safe mode when you are unable to uninstall an application in normal mode.