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Cisco Unified Computing System - UCS Components
Following up on his Cisco UCS Manager Overview from last week, Sean Wilkins dives into the hardware that drives Cisco UCS. This post provides a nice overview for the different components that are used with UCS and their capabilities and options.
Top 3 Mistakes When Selecting Cloud Service Providers
Avril Salter discusses her top 3 mistakes companies make when selecting a cloud service provider. This is the first post in a series of upcoming articles that will guide IT pros into successfully embracing and implementing this new delivery model.
Administrative Templates in Server 2008 R2 Group Policy Objects (GPO)
In this post, Michael Simmons explains the functions of the Administrative Templates for Group Policy Objects in Windows Server, specifically, Server 2008 R2. These templates allow a huge range of customization of settings for administrators configuring computers and users in Active Directory.
Troubleshooting VMware View 5 - Part 1
In this first of two video posts by TrainSignal, Brian Knudtson explains the 5 most common failure points in VMware View 5. From there, Brian gives an overview of connecting a user to a desktop and how linked clones work. This will provide a solid foundation for further troubleshooting VMware View issues which Brain dives deeper into in part 2 next week.
Use PowerShell to Create Custom Log Events
Jeff Hicks continues his two-part series on creating custom events in the Windows Event Log. In this post, Jeff explains how to use PowerShell to create the log events as opposed to EVENTCREATE.EXE which he demonstrated in Part 1.
Cisco Unified Computing System: UCS Manager Overview
Sean Wilkins gives a brief overview of Cisco's Unified Computing System (UCS) Manager. Sean explains how UCS brings together many of the psychical managerial components into one integrated (unified) solution which can help cut costs.
Networking Fundamentals - Volume 1: The Basics of Application Monitoring
This guide, available from SolarWinds is for those with a basic knowledge of applications, networks and network management, and shows how and why application monitoring requires you to monitor specific server processes/daemons and services, protocol ports, and the user experience.
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