Evolution - A Window to my mind » Architecture http://bearingsasia.com/blogs Wai-Kit's Blogs: New discovery, facts, lessons and views from my journey in life Wed, 10 Feb 2010 12:22:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 8 things you should know about Server Virtualization http://bearingsasia.com/blogs/2010/02/8-things-about-server-virt/ http://bearingsasia.com/blogs/2010/02/8-things-about-server-virt/#comments Wed, 10 Feb 2010 10:41:38 +0000 Wai-Kit http://bearingsasia.com/blogs/?p=860 Since I started on the topic of consolidation and virtualization, here’s my take on server virtualization and the 8 things you should be aware of:

  1. According to Gartner,

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ShibuyaThis photo is a view from my hotel room at Shibuya. On…

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http://bearingsasia.com/blogs/?p=385 Virtualization technologies are becoming more advanced today and their adoption are growing. Increasingly, IT services are being delivered using virtualization technologies to derive higher cost efficiency and optimization. In the…

]]> http://bearingsasia.com/blogs/2009/09/monitoring-operational-health-in-a-virtualized-environment/feed/ 0 What is “Architecture”? http://bearingsasia.com/blogs/2009/09/what-is-architecture/ http://bearingsasia.com/blogs/2009/09/what-is-architecture/#comments Sun, 06 Sep 2009 14:05:38 +0000 Wai-Kit http://bearingsasia.com/blogs/?p=67 The definition of an architecture used in ANSI/IEEE Std 1471-2000 is:

“The fundamental organization of a system, embodied in its components, their relationships to each other and…

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