3 Screens and a Cloud: What is Cloud Computing?

Tweet Microsoft CEO Steve Balmer has claimed many times that computing was heading towards “three screens and a cloud.” The three screens being TV, computer and mobile phone, while the “cloud” ties them all together. Driving the development of cloud computing, ironically is the mobile phone market. With services like Gmail, Dropbox and Apple’s MobileMe, [...]

Acronis Adds a Cloud Based Disaster Recovery Service

Tweet I spent some time in the vendor area today and stopped by the Acronis booth. I am excited to report that Iland and Acronis join forces to bring together a powerful disaster recovery service in the Cloud. Iland, a VMware service provider, teams up with Acronis to create an offering called Rapid-Response Cloud Based Business Continuity. This service leverages [...]

VMware Workstation vs. VMware Fusion

Tweet In a world where Windows has dominated the PC market for years, there has recently been a rise in popularity for alternative operating systems (OS). Apple’s OS X has become very popular for video producers, graphic artists, and web designers. In addition, there are several quality builds of Linux, including Ubuntu and OpenSuse. With [...]

Adopting New Tech — Conservative or Aggressive?

Tweet We live in an exciting time for technology. There is a great deal of technology available that will make your company more profitable or more efficient. You may even have specific people allocated to identifying and evaluating new technologies that may be beneficial to your company. Depending on your business model, you may be [...]

Getting Real about RootKits

Tweet As Windows users, it seems we are under continuous attack from viruses, trojans, spyware and malware. It is a constant battle to keep machines free and clean. As if there already isn’t enough to worry about, rootkits are blasting onto our desktops and servers at an alarming rate. It is important for Windows users [...]

The Future of Computing: the Flash Key

Tweet I dreamed last night of the death of the PC. As the years have passed, I have seen the PC grow from obscurity to something that lives in most family rooms around the world. You can now purchase a terabyte hard drive for your personal computer and 4 GB of memory with processing power [...]

Deleting an Account in Windows 7

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How Do I Create and Mount a VHD in Windows 7

Tweet Windows 7 provides you with the ability to create virtual hard drives (VHD) without having to repartition your computer. After VHD creation, you can mount or dismount and attach to virtual machines as additional hard drives. My favorite feature is creating a VHD and then backing up your computer using a disk imaging tool [...]

How Do I Create and Mount a VHD in Windows 7

Tweet Windows 7 provides you with the ability to create virtual hard drives (VHD) without having to repartition your computer. After VHD creation, you can mount or dismount and attach to virtual machines as additional hard drives. My favorite feature is creating a VHD and then backing up your computer using a disk imaging tool [...]

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