Archive | August, 2010

Intel Announce $7.7 Billion Acquisition of McAfee

By on August 19, 2010 in Hardware, News, Software

In a surprise move, processor giant Intel today announced plans to acquire security vendor McAfee Inc. The deal, valued at $7.7 Billion or $48 per share in cash, is subject to McAfee shareholder and regulatory approval, but has been sanctioned by the boards of both companies.

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Add-in: Remote Launcher for Windows Home Server Vail and Windows Server Aurora

By on August 19, 2010 in Add-in News, Add-ins & Apps, News, Windows Home Server, Windows SBS 2011 Essentials

Following the release in June of the first add-in for Windows Home Server Vail, AWIECO WakeOnLan, the company have today released their second add-in for the platform, AWIECO RemoteLauncher. The add-in, which provides advanced administration features within the Server Dashboard, is available for both Vail Preview Refresh and Windows Server Aurora.

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Intel Splits the Atom to Drive Home and Small Business Server Adoption

By on August 18, 2010 in Hardware, News, Windows Home Server

Following the announcement this week of a refresh of their “Bandon” storage platform, we caught up with Intel’s Product Line Manager for Storage, Dinesh Rao, to learn more about the changes as well as the company’s plans to drive server adoption in the home and small office.

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View Windows Home Server’s Shared Files and Folders on an iPad

By on August 18, 2010 in How to Guides, iPad, News, Windows Home Server v1

We’ve previously covered how to stream video from Windows Home Server to the iPad using Air Video but what about shared folder access? If you’re using an iPad for work, it would be great to be able to access files stored in Windows Home Server’s shared folders, but there’s no way of achieving this without a little work. Fortunately, we have the answer which involves a long forgotten Windows Home Server add-in and an app for Apple’s iPad. Let’s get started on the next project in We Got Served’s Summer of Home Server.

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Synology DSM 3.0 Beta Goes Live

By on August 18, 2010 in Network Attached Storage, News

Last Thursday, I reported that Synology was looking for Beta testers for their next version of DiskStation Manager.  There was a delay in the release of this Beta but Synology is now happy to report that the Beta has gone live.

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Hands On: Seagate BlackArmor NAS 420

By on August 17, 2010 in Network Attached Storage, Network Attached Storage Reviews, News, Reviews

What do you think of when you hear the name Seagate?  If your answer is hard drives, you are correct.  But they also do more in the form of Network Attached Storage, which is the subject of today’s review.

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Intel Announces 1.8GHz D425 and D525 Atom Processors for Home and Small Business Servers

By on August 17, 2010 in Hardware, News

Intel today announced an update to its line of home and small business server processors with the launch of the single-core D425 and dual-core D525 Atom chips. The 1.8GHz processors broaden Intel’s offering in the low power segment, boosting server performance with faster processing speeds and support for DDR3 memory.

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Windows Server Aurora Public Preview Program Kicks Off

By on August 16, 2010 in News, Small Business, Windows SBS 2011 Essentials

Microsoft today announced the opening of the Windows Server Aurora Public Preview program. As previously featuredon WGS, and announced at this year’s Worldwide Partner Conference, Aurora is a hybrid on-premise/cloud server platform designed for small business owners without the technical expertise required to install and configure enterprise-grade software.

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Windows Server Aurora Preview Deep Dive

By on August 16, 2010 in News, Small Business, Windows SBS 2011 Essentials

Following an announcement in July at Microsoft’s Worldwide Partner Conference, the company have released their first public preview of the new small business server platform. Designed for SMBs with less than 25 employees, Aurora is an enterprise-grade server solution for small business owners who do not have the time, resource or expertise to install Microsoft’s existing Small Business Server or Windows Server 2008 R2 platforms. Let’s take a look at how well it achieves this.

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Windows Home Server Vail Preview Refresh Now Available, With Mac Support

By on August 16, 2010 in News, Windows Home Server

Microsoft have just announced the availability of the first Windows Home Server Vail Preview Refresh. The new build is the second to be released to the general public, and sees a number of new features included in the platform as well as a refreshed user interface.

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