Comments for Down to the Wire @ IBM® http://www.emulex.com/blogs/ibm Just another Emulex Blogs site Fri, 06 Jan 2012 18:17:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 Comment on Who wants to buy a HD DVD in a Blu-ray world? by The difference between perception and reality - The Enterprise Storage Blog - IBM Storage Community http://www.emulex.com/blogs/ibm/2011/08/09/buy-hd-dvd-blu-ray-world/#comment-188 The difference between perception and reality - The Enterprise Storage Blog - IBM Storage Community Fri, 06 Jan 2012 18:17:07 +0000 http://www.emulex.com/blogs/ibm/?p=314#comment-188 [...] Coming into 2012, I inevitably started to think of the year just gone and wondered what would be the latest and greatest from a technology perspective this coming year. Technology moves quickly and certainly we will all have some interesting challenges to solve pretty soon. The huge amount of data growth that is happening in the data centre will undoubtedly cause our customers some pain. As will data duplication, security, getting ready for the cloud and making decisions on software and infrastructure they won’t live to regret. No one wants to buy a HD DVD in a Blu-ray world! [...] [...] Coming into 2012, I inevitably started to think of the year just gone and wondered what would be the latest and greatest from a technology perspective this coming year. Technology moves quickly and certainly we will all have some interesting challenges to solve pretty soon. The huge amount of data growth that is happening in the data centre will undoubtedly cause our customers some pain. As will data duplication, security, getting ready for the cloud and making decisions on software and infrastructure they won’t live to regret. No one wants to buy a HD DVD in a Blu-ray world! [...]

]]> Comment on Who wants to buy a HD DVD in a Blu-ray world? by The difference between perception and reality | Down to the Wire @ IBM® http://www.emulex.com/blogs/ibm/2011/08/09/buy-hd-dvd-blu-ray-world/#comment-187 The difference between perception and reality | Down to the Wire @ IBM® Fri, 06 Jan 2012 17:43:21 +0000 http://www.emulex.com/blogs/ibm/?p=314#comment-187 [...] Coming into 2012, I inevitably started to think of the year just gone and wondered what would be the latest and greatest from a technology perspective this coming year. Technology moves quickly and certainly we will all have some interesting challenges to solve pretty soon. The huge amount of data growth that is happening in the data centre will undoubtedly cause our customers some pain. As will data duplication, security, getting ready for the cloud and making decisions on software and infrastructure they won’t live to regret. No one wants to buy a HD DVD in a Blu-ray world! [...] [...] Coming into 2012, I inevitably started to think of the year just gone and wondered what would be the latest and greatest from a technology perspective this coming year. Technology moves quickly and certainly we will all have some interesting challenges to solve pretty soon. The huge amount of data growth that is happening in the data centre will undoubtedly cause our customers some pain. As will data duplication, security, getting ready for the cloud and making decisions on software and infrastructure they won’t live to regret. No one wants to buy a HD DVD in a Blu-ray world! [...]

]]> Comment on The Next Generation of Server I/O for IBM BladeCenter – Introducing the Virtual Fabric Architecture II by Alex Hollingworth http://www.emulex.com/blogs/ibm/2011/07/19/next-generation-server-io-ibm-bladecenter-introducing-virtual-fabric-architecture-ii/#comment-123 Alex Hollingworth Thu, 10 Nov 2011 14:14:17 +0000 http://www.emulex.com/blogs/ibm/?p=281#comment-123 Hi Mary, I will gladly have a look at this and recommend to the folks i talk to in the field. Also i have a LinkedIn group called Emulex Connects IBM with over 900 members worldwide. I think it would be awesome if you joined the group and posted this data on there too. Please click on the LinkedIn tab on the left hand side of the page to join and post away! Many thanks and kind regards, Alex Hollingworth Hi Mary,

I will gladly have a look at this and recommend to the folks i talk to in the field. Also i have a LinkedIn group called Emulex Connects IBM with over 900 members worldwide. I think it would be awesome if you joined the group and posted this data on there too. Please click on the LinkedIn tab on the left hand side of the page to join and post away!

Many thanks and kind regards,

Alex Hollingworth

]]> Comment on The Next Generation of Server I/O for IBM BladeCenter – Introducing the Virtual Fabric Architecture II by Enabling Convergence on IBM System X - Down to the Wire@IBM - IBM Storage Community http://www.emulex.com/blogs/ibm/2011/07/19/next-generation-server-io-ibm-bladecenter-introducing-virtual-fabric-architecture-ii/#comment-121 Enabling Convergence on IBM System X - Down to the Wire@IBM - IBM Storage Community Wed, 09 Nov 2011 18:35:20 +0000 http://www.emulex.com/blogs/ibm/?p=281#comment-121 [...] x . This news follows closely on our July announcement (see my last blog on this here) introducing the VFA II for IBM BladeCenter, and signifies broader support from Emulex Virtual [...] [...] x . This news follows closely on our July announcement (see my last blog on this here) introducing the VFA II for IBM BladeCenter, and signifies broader support from Emulex Virtual [...]

]]> Comment on The Next Generation of Server I/O for IBM BladeCenter – Introducing the Virtual Fabric Architecture II by Emulex Virtual Fabric Adapter II FCoE License Now Available for IBM System X | Down to the Wire @ IBM® http://www.emulex.com/blogs/ibm/2011/07/19/next-generation-server-io-ibm-bladecenter-introducing-virtual-fabric-architecture-ii/#comment-120 Emulex Virtual Fabric Adapter II FCoE License Now Available for IBM System X | Down to the Wire @ IBM® Wed, 09 Nov 2011 14:12:51 +0000 http://www.emulex.com/blogs/ibm/?p=281#comment-120 [...] II for IBM System x . This news follows closely on our July announcement (see my last blog on this here) introducing the VFA II for IBM BladeCenter, and signifies broader support from Emulex Virtual [...] [...] II for IBM System x . This news follows closely on our July announcement (see my last blog on this here) introducing the VFA II for IBM BladeCenter, and signifies broader support from Emulex Virtual [...]

]]> Comment on If I forgot to share these sales tools with you, my apologies… by Emulex http://www.emulex.com/blogs/ibm/2011/09/27/forgot-share-sales-tools-apologies/#comment-62 Emulex Thu, 06 Oct 2011 13:43:44 +0000 http://www.emulex.com/blogs/ibm/?p=321#comment-62 Hi Ken, we have just published a new technical <a href="http://www.emulex.com/artifacts/142cf43b-49ae-4a81-a77e-94f7c1298d6a/elx_sis_all_ibmbladecenter_vfa_8gb_vmware.pdf " rel="nofollow">whitepaper </a>called "Deploying Virtual Fabric and 8Gb/s Fibre Channel with IBM BladeCenter and VMware". The whitepaper includes a network section covering IBM's VFA configuration process for ESXi 4.1. We will make note for our next whitepaper in the near future to include FCoE configuration. Hi Ken, we have just published a new technical whitepaper called “Deploying Virtual Fabric and 8Gb/s Fibre Channel with IBM BladeCenter and VMware”. The whitepaper includes a network section covering IBM’s VFA configuration process for ESXi 4.1. We will make note for our next whitepaper in the near future to include FCoE configuration.

]]> Comment on If I forgot to share these sales tools with you, my apologies… by Ken Corkins http://www.emulex.com/blogs/ibm/2011/09/27/forgot-share-sales-tools-apologies/#comment-58 Ken Corkins Fri, 30 Sep 2011 15:22:52 +0000 http://www.emulex.com/blogs/ibm/?p=321#comment-58 Great resources! Thanks! How about adding; "Using Emulex 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapters for IBM BladeCenter for FCoE with VMware vSphere" Great resources! Thanks!
How about adding; “Using Emulex 10Gb Virtual Fabric Adapters for IBM BladeCenter for FCoE with VMware vSphere”

]]> Comment on The Next Generation of Server I/O for IBM BladeCenter – Introducing the Virtual Fabric Architecture II by Mary Hall http://www.emulex.com/blogs/ibm/2011/07/19/next-generation-server-io-ibm-bladecenter-introducing-virtual-fabric-architecture-ii/#comment-56 Mary Hall Thu, 15 Sep 2011 16:30:02 +0000 http://www.emulex.com/blogs/ibm/?p=281#comment-56 Hi Alex, be sure and attend our Sept. 22nd webcast on the Virtual Fabric and invite your customers. Here's a blog post for your use: https://www-304.ibm.com/connections/blogs/IBMSmarterSystems/entry/next_generation_virtual_fabric_webcast_on_sept_22nd?lang=en_us Hi Alex, be sure and attend our Sept. 22nd webcast on the Virtual Fabric and invite your customers. Here’s a blog post for your use:
https://www-304.ibm.com/connections/blogs/IBMSmarterSystems/entry/next_generation_virtual_fabric_webcast_on_sept_22nd?lang=en_us

]]> Comment on Who wants to buy a HD DVD in a Blu-ray world? by Twitted by AlHollingworth http://www.emulex.com/blogs/ibm/2011/08/09/buy-hd-dvd-blu-ray-world/#comment-45 Twitted by AlHollingworth Sat, 13 Aug 2011 07:50:19 +0000 http://www.emulex.com/blogs/ibm/?p=314#comment-45 [...] This post was Twitted by AlHollingworth [...] [...] This post was Twitted by AlHollingworth [...]

]]> Comment on IBM System Storage Technical University: A Post-Mortem by Mary Hall http://www.emulex.com/blogs/ibm/2011/08/05/ibm-system-storage-technical-university-post-mortem/#comment-41 Mary Hall Wed, 10 Aug 2011 21:46:37 +0000 http://www.emulex.com/blogs/ibm/?p=307#comment-41 Hi Alex, I really like your blog. Would you be interested in contributing some of your posts to the IBM Storage Community at www.storagecommunity.org. Send me an email and we can connect. Thanks! Mary Hi Alex,
I really like your blog. Would you be interested in contributing some of your posts to the IBM Storage Community at http://www.storagecommunity.org.
Send me an email and we can connect.
Thanks!
Mary

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