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This topic was discussed when 8 schools in Northland and 6 companies from the IT industry met on 15 May 2008 at Kamo High School in Whangarei. The event was well attended and all present expressed that the limited time spent was productive and valuable. The group did not just talk, go away and behave as if the event had not existed.
We will now set up a web-based forum to continue the exchange of ideas and will continue to meet every 6 months face to face. Meeting is one thing, and productivity is another. In terms of productivity, we can name 3 developments easily.
First, schools expressed their difficulties in doing IT well especially the smaller schools due to budget limitation and the lack of understanding of IT issues. The openness is constructive for engaging the IT industry for dialogues. From observations, there are schools which do not know enough about IT to set up a proper IT infrastructure in the school for the school’s purposes and yet those schools reject industry input.
Second, schools obtained 2 immediate servings of helpful input from the industry. A company called Nextspace funded by the Ministry of Economic Development explained how we can turn data into 3D for visualization and collaboration. Another company based in Norway and Singapore called Tandberg Data explained options of server data backup and unveiled some useful options that schools did not otherwise know.
Third, Compucon New Zealand gave a 2 hour lecture to 40 Year 12 and 13 students on the next day on how the computer can extend the reach of the human body. The seminar helped senior students understand the roles of computers and inspired them to be more engaged in ICT developments. The above collectively is a healthy start.
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May 2008 |
Why is Server virtualization a topic of Environmental Protection and what is Server Virtualization anyway?
Server Virtualization is a technology encompassing hardware and software. The end effect is that a company can deploy a physical server to perform the functions of several servers that would otherwise require several physical servers. Server Virtualization is still a developing technology. Initially it is software based and the end result is not always desirable as the software absorbs too much computer hardware resources. The current effort is to use a hardware assisted arrangement. The virtualization host is still software and is called bare metal hypervisor.
Obviously one of the end results of server virtualization is a reduction of the number of physical servers in operation. This will lead to a reduction of use of electricity or energy. As such, server virtualization if deployed correctly contributes to the conservation of our natural energy resources in most situations.
Compucon Platinum and Vanadium servers are VMWare ESX 3.5i compatible. This is not an official certification and is a confidence statement based on the test reports of our technology suppliers. There are in fact Compucon servers deploying VMWare ESX 3.5i successfully by our channel partners. We are tesing Workgroup Server compatibility with ESX now and will provide an update later on.
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May 2008 |
IRD requires all accounting data of companies to be kept for 7 years for auditing at any time. Most companies keep hard copies and some have progressed to use electronic medium for many reasons - less space, faster retrieval, less handling costs and more carbon friendly. However, computer technologies move very fast and will the current tape drive, for example, be able to read tapes archived 7 years ago? Be aware of this issue. With LTO tape drives, they are backward read compatible for 2 generations. That is if we have LTO3 in our computer today, we can read LTO1 tapes saved up 7 years ago. Another backup and archive medium is hard disks. Tandberg RDX stays with SATA. SATA has done 3 years and will have another 7 years of technology life easily. That is, RDX will be fine. Please advise customers accordingly.
For more information on LTO3 and RDX, please go to the front page and you will find a hot button labelled Tandberg Data. Click it.
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One of our peers has requested the Compucon Folder to include a DVD movie playback software package as a feedback of CAST seminar in April. We have complied and included 2 options: VLC Media Player and Media Player Classic for Windows. This means all new Compucon desktops shipped with Windows will be able to play movies on DVD or VCD. In case you think the Compucon Folder is a colourful catalogue on DVD movies, we would like to clarify that it is an electronic folder living inside the computer and provides a range of good freeware or open source applications as well as critical hardware drivers pertaining to the desktop for restoration purposes. The Compucon Folder is not a device to prompt you to buy software. It is a free and useful service for Compucon users.
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We have read more and more about carbon emission and green awareness as political agendas these days. Some PC vendors also jumped onto the bandwagon and announced green plans. As an average citizen, we may find most of those talks quite empty. Let us put 2 practical contexts into this issue now. First, all Compucon computers are assembled from motherboards and chasses that are ROHS compliant. ROHS is a European Community guideline and stands for Restriction of Hazardous Substances. Even the polystyrene for internal packaging of the PC carton box is ROHS compliant. Second, Compucon uses high efficiency power supply units for high wattage servers as a means of reducing waste. High efficiency PSU carries a price tag and it will be gradually introduced to low power PC over time. We will address the issue again if the government says PC user has to pay a carbon tax!
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