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On to a good thing – HP acquires Trilead

This entry was posted in Comment Trilead VM Explorer on February 23, 2016 by HAL

Although I am not surprised that a larger company should acquire Trilead – the esx and hyperV backup solution – I was surprised to find that it was HP doing the acquiring. The announcement   Trilead is now part of Hewlett Packard Enterprise We are thrilled to announce that Trilead is now a part of […]

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10 Years – where did they go ?

This entry was posted in Comment Wordpress on October 14, 2015 by HAL

I realised that today is the 10th anniversary of starting this blog. Scary really. I started off with simple adhoc technical articles and then for a year published a new article every working day !! WordPress has facilitated the way I blog throughout this time and without its capabilities I would probably not have managed […]

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Icon UK 2015 – in retrospect

This entry was posted in Collaboration Comment IBM Connections IBM Notes 9 xpages and tagged ICON UK on September 25, 2015 by HAL

Despite the twin pressures of the Rugby World Cup and London Fashion Week running the weekend before ICONUK 2015 at IBM Southbank it was a memorable few days. The excellent organisation and facilities organised by the team led by Tim Clark – set the scene for two days of interaction and information across a range […]

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Second time lucky?

This entry was posted in Comment and tagged Steve Jobs on May 18, 2015 by HAL

The second film about Steve Jobs is due later this year and this one is shaping up to be somewhat more promising than the last which you can see here Based on the biography by Walter Isaacson, the screenplay’s been written by Aaron Sorkin, and is directed by Danny Boyle. The other big names include […]

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Live Long And Prosper

This entry was posted in Comment and tagged Leonard Nimoy on March 2, 2015 by HAL

In popular culture and indeed in IT there are few icons that stand the test of time. Star Trek and Spock stand out as two of those things that have enjoyed popularity throughout the changes that have taken place since the first series aired. I would suggest that if you asked any gathering of people […]

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Steve Jobs – the movie (gets a F grade)

This entry was posted in Comment and tagged Apple Steve Jobs on January 13, 2015 by HAL

Had an opportunity to watch the JOBS biopic movie and have to say it really didn’t get to the meat of the man at all.  Having read a number of titles about the man and Apple’s development over the years I found the treatment to be so superficial and too focused on the 1970 props […]

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Will 8 Be Gr8 ?

This entry was posted in Comment Software and tagged IOS on June 4, 2014 by HAL

With the announcement of the next release of IOS – version 8 the speculation is around what additional functionality and integration will be included. The major “areas” that IOS8 seeks to address appear to be   Home and Health Input and messaging Photos Siri   I suspect that there will be a roll call of […]

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Logmein cashs in – check your renewal costs

This entry was posted in Comment Internet Software and tagged LogMeIn on March 20, 2014 by HAL

After noticing messages on two logmein accounts that advised of changes in subscription terms and costs I was not happy to see the costs associated with the subscription had increased substantially from last years value. It was bad enough when Logmein capped the number of machines that could be managed with the free logmein client […]

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