HP Microserver N40L bargain & the 16GB RAM confusion
zulfikar The last few months the HP Microserver offering, the N40L, has been hitting sales highs due to a £100 cashback offer from HP. This effectively made the whole unit available…
SharePoint does NOT solve your problems…
...SharePoint in fact provides a toolset that CAN be used to solve your business problems. I often get asked by clients "What is SharePoint?" or "What can SharePoint do for…
Suhoor vs. Fajr start times – when is dawn, not dawn?!
There continues to be debate about the end of Suhoor and the start of Fajr, which often causes confusion and consternation between friends and family. I'll try to clear up…
Online all the time, in all places a reality? Nope!
So, I’ve taken the plunge and pre-ordered a Google Nexus 7 – the new 7inch tablet from Google, made by hardware manufacturer Asus. You can find a detailed review here,…
Exam 70-659 Microsoft Server Virtualization
I took and passed this exam today, not as straightforward as I thought it would be. I pretty much used 'Mastering Microsoft Virtualization' by Tim Cerling at al, and a…
File Migration – robocopy
Ahhh. The simplest of tools. Yet it works beautifully. A quick guide on using robocopy for large data migrations from NTFS where retaining the NTFS ACLs is important (oh and…
PlateSpin Migrate 8 and P2V of Cluster
Using PlateSpin version 8 to P2V a Active/Active Cluster? If your looking at virtualizing your infrastructure P2V of standalone systems is straightforward, usually a good idea to defrag drives prior…
Hyper-V on VMWare Workstation
Hyper-V has 2 core hardware requirements - DEP & CPU Virtualization - of course it has other requirements too for it to work optimally but that is not the concern…
Social Media – Work Life Confusion?
Take it with a pinch of salt, or two. Social media does have a place in the workplace, but in my opinion just a teeny tiny one. Let me elaborate,…
Own the Samsung Galaxy S2 ‘i9100P’? Trying to buy a case? Good luck…
That 'P' at the end and the fact your battery has NFC written on the back (Near Field Communication - contactless payment etc.) causes a HUGE problem when buying a…