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Windows Server 2016 Technical Preview 4

19 November 2015
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Microsoft has just released the Technical Preview 4 of Windows Server 2016, the next generation of Windows Server that will provide a wide range of new and enhanced features and capabilities spanning server virtualization, storage, software-defined networking, server management and automation, web and application platform, access and information protection, virtual desktop infrastructure, and more.

To evaluate it just go to the download page: https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/evalcenter/evaluate-windows-server-technical-preview

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Nutanix Community Edition as a Service

17 November 2015
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Nutanix Community Edition is the free and lighter-weight version of the Nutanix Acropolis (previously know as Nutanix Operating System), which powers the Nutanix Virtual Platform. The Community Edition (CE) is designed for people interested in test driving its main features on their own hardware and infrastructure, but also learn more on Nutanix.

Was possible deploy it on a single physical (or also virtual) server or a tree node cluster.

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VMware vSphere 6 CBT issue

16 November 2015
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Changed Block Tracking (CBT) is a VMware feature introduced in vSphere 4.0 in order to implement native incremental backup at source level. VMware VDAP uses this technology and so all backup and recovery software designed for VMware use it for speed the backup.

But last week a critical issue has been discovered on all vSphere 6  version (included the lates Update 1a) where Changed Block Tracking (CBT) data on ESXi 6 cannot be trusted.

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Windows 10 Threshold 2

13 November 2015
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As promised Microsoft does not release anymore “Service Pack” collections (the idea is move to a “Windows as a Service” upgrade model), but this does not mean that does not release cumulative upgrade. And for Windows 10 this is the latest Windows 10 v1511 build 10586: update, also now as Fall Update or Windows 10 Threshold 2.

This upgrade include main of the Windows Insider preview, using the collaborative process to drive the choices in building Windows 10. Of course the Windows Insider will continue (and there is also a similar program in the new Office suite).

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Hyper-V nested virtualization

10 November 2015
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As written in a previous post, the nested virtualization will be one of the future features of Microsoft Hyper-V. Actually Microsoft simple does not support nested virtualization in its Hyper-V product. Nothing wrong with it, but it’s a case where not supported means also that it simple does not work at all. And usually for production user cases it’s not necessary.

But for testing and labs this features could be really useful, expecially in the client side of the hypervisor. In fact this feature has already been added to Windows 10 (starting with  the build 10565 of Windows Insider version).

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IT Press Tour #17

9 November 2015
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The IT Press tour (ITPT) is a six-day event taking place this week in San Francisco that seeks to introduce the EMEA media to tech firms doing some interesting things in Silicon Valley. Like in the past year (with the 14th edition), on December I will take part at the next edition (the 17th) that will take place in San Francisco and the Silicon Valley (during Nov 30-Dec 4, 2015).

Since the 1st tour edition, the IT Press Tour have met 121 companies for 179 sessions, some companies did multiple editions and adopted the IT Press Tour as a key marketing communication medium once a year.

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PernixData Architect Software is in GA

5 November 2015
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PernixData Architect™ is a new software platform for holistic data center design, deployment, operations and optimization. It combines a best-in-class user experience with robust real-time analytics and design recommendations to deliver unprecedented visibility and control of virtualized applications and the underlying storage infrastructure.

After PernixData FVP (actually at version 3), this is the second software product realize by PernixData.

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