Or “How I’ve come to love my vSAN Ready Nodes” I’ll admit it, some years ago I was very cynical about HyperConverged Infrastructure (HCI). Outside of VDI workloads I couldn’t see how it would fit in my environment - and this was all down to the scaling model. With the building-block architecture of HCI; storage, …

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Last week a Microsoft Wireless Display Adapter turned up in the post. I’ve tried some wireless PC display connectors before, and the general rule seemed to be they were clunky, unreliable, and not that user friendly. This however, changes that. This is WiDi/ Miracast as it should be; easy to set up and simple to use. …

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Our Lifecycle Management of desktop hardware sometimes turns up some gems, today we had a venerable Dell Optiplex GX620 ultra small form factor desktop PC returned for recycling. This has to be one of the more unusual desktop computer designs, the small size is made possible by the use of an external power supply of …

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A Microsoft Sculpt Touch Mouse turned up on my desk on Friday morning, this is my experience so far. The mouse came packaged with a (brief) paper manual and license info and two Duracell AA batteries. The batteries fit into the base of the mouse easily, and give it some weight. The roundness, coupled with this weight …

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BBC News announced Intel’s new processors for 2009 onwards today- the Nehalem range. These processors will take Intel through to the next decade, balancing high performance and energy efficiency- two things that don’t usually go hand-in-hand. Amongst the features of the new range of chips, this one rang a bell: Nehalem …

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