Get started with Big Data using Hortonworks Sandbox
I tried a couple of times to get Hadoop installed on Ubuntu from the group up, and while there are a bunch of how to guides out there, many of…
Author: Justin Paul
Why are people interested in Big Data?
Recently, I have been reading up on big data mainly because I’m a geek and partly because of all the buzz floating around about it. I also got to sit…
Finally, vSphere 5.1 and Win2012 Support for Backup Exec
If you are a Backup Exec shop and also a vSphere 5.1 or Windows 2012 shop, you are going to want to get your Backup Exec updated today. It’s hard…
Devolutions Remote Desktop Manager Review
As part of my day job I spend a bunch of time getting in and out of customer networks to monitor and fix things. Managing the connection information for a…
HP AP770B (Brocade 825) Direct Attach SAN Fix
Yesterday while setting up a new SAN for a customer I ran into issues when I tried to connect the ESXi hosts. The servers saw the HP branded Brocade 825…
Moving to HP Cloud DNS Services
Update 2016-10-20: Since writing this article HP has shutdown their cloud offering. I now host my DNS at Cloudflare and it works great! The other day I got an email…
Lima Ohio Raspberry Pi Users Meeting Saturday
Just a quick reminder that this Saturday July 13th is the first Raspberry Pi users group meeting. The event is being sponsored by the Lima Regional IT Alliance (LRITA.org) as…
Toledo Lunch and Lab on Friday
OK, I know its short notice, but if you aren’t doing anything for lunch on Friday I will be doing a Lunch and Lab event with DPSciences, Cisco, VMware, and…
HP StoreOnce Virtual Appliance Announced
This week I have been attending HP’s Discover event in Las Vegas and one of the big announcements was the release of a virtual StoreOnce Appliance. If you are not…
HP Gen8 MicroServer; Is it time to update your lab ?
This week at HP Discover a new MicroServer was unveiled. It was billed as a server for the really small SMB or for a college dorm or home server even.…