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A day out with Microsoft

Posted on March 21, 2013 by Chris

This week has so far been about courses.  Well on Tuesday it was the Microsoft IT Roadshow in Edinburgh that I trundled off to. The course was all about Microsoft showing off its new Server and Cloud offerings and it … Continue reading →

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Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Posted on December 5, 2012 by Chris

I have a problem.  Regular readers of this blog will know that I use Oracle Virtualbox for all my virtualization needs.  It has all the features I require and is very easy to set up and administer.  There is however … Continue reading →

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Virtualization

Posted on November 25, 2011 by Chris

What is Virtualization? Virtualization is the creation of a virtual (rather than actual) version of something, such as an operating system, a storage device or network resources. For example you can run a virtual Windows operating system within an actual … Continue reading →

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