Scalent release V/OE 2.0
Today, Scalent announced Scalent Virtual Operating Environment(TM) (V/OE) version 2.0.
With Scalent V/OE, infrastructure repurposing becomes nearly instantaneous. Changing system function and topology doesn't require touching physical cables or machines. Instead of spending hours or days reloading software, changing configurations and even moving machines and cables, IT teams can rack once, cable once, then reconfigure repeatedly, in minutes, effortlessly. Failover is automatic, and data center functionality matches the data center schematic -- what you see is what you get.
One issue with that approach is that datacenters are heavily silo'ed : the network is administered by a group different from the group managing the storage, or the servers. In the worst case scenario, these functions are even outsourced, either traditionally or leveraging technologies like Amazon S3. Is that something that Scalent is addressing ?
More and more, managing servers, and services, will become a business integration problem, using concepts usually reserved to e-commerce, implementing change management best practices, and leveraging business process automation tools.
Technorati Tags: datacenter automation, ITIL, virtualization
Wi-Spy: 2.4Ghz Spectrum Analyzer for PC
Metageek has a nice product, Wi Spy, a combination of an USB dongle and a Windows Software that let you analyze frequencies around 2.4 Ghz :
Wi-Spy™ is the world's smallest 2.4 GHz spectrum analyzer*. Wi-Spy is perfect for troubleshooting interference from the following devices:
Wi-Fi (802.11 b/g/n)
Microwave Ovens
Cordless Phones
Zigbee
Bluetooth
Wi-Spy is priced at $99. It's been reviewed Tom's networking here.
Some open source tools are available for Linux and OSX supporting the Wi-Spy hardware:
Wispy-Raw - A basic dumper from the USB interface to stdout, without RSSI to dBm conversion.
Wispy-Curses - A simple libcurses text-based graphing tool.
Wispy-GTK - A full GTK grapher, similar to the windows graphing tool
Technorati Tags: gadget
Sources of yahoo! job candidates
According to Libby Sartain, Chief People Yahoo!, in an interview with Guy Kawasaky, the sources of successful candidates are as follow:
Candidate found listing on Yahoo Jobs page—30%
Yahoo employee referred the candidate—30%
Yahoo internal recruiter contacted a prospect (that is, the person wasn’t looking)—20%
Yahoo retained headhunter contacted a prospect (that is, the person wasn’t looking)—2%
Conversion from contractor or temporary—10%
Hot Jobs and other jobs sites—7%
The most interesting piece of information here is the 30% coming from Yahoo Jobs page. It seems to contradict some of the information floating in books, but also seems to point out that the key is to have the resume associated with an existing requisition.
IBM acquires Webify
Today, IBM announced that they are acquiring Webify:
ARMONK, NY - 02 Aug 2006: IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced it acquired Webify Solutions, an Austin, Texas-based, privately held provider of industry-specific software and services for building service oriented architectures (SOA).
Webify provides what they call Industry Fabrics :
The Webify Industry Fabric is an integrated environment for policy driven sourcing, assembly, delivery and governance of business services and composite business services. It consists of six complementary modules that allows companies to source, provision, deliver, and govern industry-specific business services, processes, content, and events from a variety of internal and external sources.
They have fabrics for the following industries:
- Healthcare
- Banking
- Telecom
- Insurance
Technorati Tags: soa