ALVARO ANTON

Hyper-V removed from OpenStack

admin — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 20:00:54 +0000

he new version of OpenStack, which will be released in Q2 of 2012, does not support Microsoft Hyper-V anymore. The developers have had enough with the buggy code.

One of the developers of OpenStack has written a patch with which the Hyper-V code and support will be removed from the cloud platform. The patch has already been approved and constitutes a part ofthe next version of OpenStack, codename Essex, which is expected to be released in Q2.

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HP LoadRunner Hits the Cloud

admin — Tue, 07 Feb 2012 19:39:48 +0000

HP, HP reseller Orasi Software and Skytap have teamed up to offer HP’s LoadRunner software turnkey on Orasi new CloudPerform environment to do load and performance testing in Skytap’s hybrid cloud.

It’s the first time LoadRunner has been available on-demand in the cloud and with CloudPerform, users can instantly create a test environment generating large loads that simulate hundreds or thousands of concurrent users.

The widgetry is geared to a broad range of web applications.

Skytap and Orasi, which worked on it for months, have reportedly fine-tuned the VMs to provide the best TrueClient performance out there.

Zinio - Tip

admin — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 00:59:31 +0000

Zinio is more than a mobile reading application. We’ve spent the last decade creating the digital editions of the magazines you love, delivering the exact same material you get in print‚ plus exclusive features like video, audio and live links, on your iPad, iPhone, desktop and laptop.

You must try

http://www.zinio.com

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Alvaro

Smartphone Market, Android is Top Operating System, Apple is Top Manufacturer

admin — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 00:38:58 +0000

According to June data from Nielsen, Google’s Android operating system (OS) now claims the largest share of the U.S. consumer smartphone market with 39 percent. Apple’s iOS is in second place with 28 percent, while RIM Blackberry is down to 20 percent.

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Alvaro

CentOS 6.0 & vSphere 5

admin — Sun, 17 Jul 2011 20:16:32 +0000

VMware vSphere 5.0 has finally arrived and includes several new unique features - such as Storage DRS and Autodeploy - that deliver unprecedented value to VMware customers. Unlike prior versions, vSphere 5 supports only the ESXi hypervisor architecture, the only thin purpose-built hypervisor that does not depend on a general purpose operating system. In order to benefit from the unique capabilities and features of vSphere 5 and ESXi 5, VMware recommends that customers:

http://www.vmware.com/products/vsphere/esxi-and-esx/overview.html

CentOS

The CentOS team is pleased to announce the immediate availability of CentOS-6.0 for i386 and x86_64 Architectures.

http://www.centos.org/

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Alvaro Anton

McDonald’s usa game controlado por smartphone em campanha na Suécia

admin — Sat, 11 Jun 2011 15:44:37 +0000

Hoje não vamos falar sobre notícias que viraram jogos, mas sobre jogos que vendem hambúrgueres. Sim, aconteceu em Estolcomo, terra de boas bandas de rock e lar da campanha “Pick n Play”, em que o McDonald’s colocou jogos em telões, controlados por smartphones. Dependendo da sua pontuação, claro, você ganhava uma guloseima da rede de fast food. O vídeo vale mais seu tempo do que esse textinho introdutório:

http://super.abril.com.br/blogs/newsgames/mcdonalds-usa-game-controlado-por-smartphone-em-campanha-na-suecia/

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Alvaro