Amazon customers can now launch an EC2 High I/O Quadruple Extra Large (hi1.4xlarge in the EC2 API) instance. This I/O beast consists of 8 virtual cores, clocking in at a total of 35 ECU (EC2 Compute Units), HVM and PVM virtualization, 60.5 GB of RAM, 10 Gigabit Ethernet connectivity with support for cluster placement groups, and 2 TB of local... Read More
Zoho's online office apps integrate with Google Drive and users can now open their documents using Zoho's Writer, Sheet & Show – Zoho's word processor, spreadsheet and presentation applications. Zoho offers a comprehensive suite of award-winning online business, productivity & collaboration applications. This integration is not just for viewing files using Zoho's apps, but it also allows users to edit... Read More
Amazon's Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) include route tables and gateways features, that allow you to both extend your organization's network to Amazon's Cloud, and connect your VPC to the Internet and leverage the benefits of Amazon EC2. In addition, you can create VPNs using devices that do not support BGP. Some firewalls and entry-level routers support IPSec but not BGP... Read More
Firebrand's Commercial Director Rob Chapman has written an in-depth review of the latest and biggest release, Windows 8. The new operating system was put through its paces and all the new features tested on a week-long trip around Europe. Find out how it went here - http://blog.firebrandtraining.co.uk/2012/10/windows-8-review.html... Read More
Plan projects, collaborate with your team, and manage your code online from anywhere using any modern web browser with Microsoft's Team Foundation Service. Team Foundation Service works with all editions of Visual Studio 2012, as well as Eclipse and other tools. Get more info from here - http://tfs.visualstudio.com/... Read More
Try Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2012 enhanced features like the network virtualization extras, traffic prioritization and isolation, and the new scalability and mobility enhancements. Test Hyper-V Server 2012 Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) and share your experiences with us here. Download Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2012 from here - http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/server-cloud/hyper-v-server/... Read More
Microsoft Security Compliance Manager (SCM) is a free tool that enables you to quickly configure and manage your computers, traditional datacenter, and private cloud using Group Policy and Microsoft System Center Configuration Manager. SCM 2 includes sample policies and DCM configuration packs that are tested and fully supported, all set baselines are based on Microsoft Security Guide recommendations and industry... Read More
Threat modeling can help organizations minimize the potential cost and need to rework code while in development or in post-production support. To help make threat modeling a little easier, Microsoft offers a free SDL Threat Modeling Tool that enables non-security subject matter experts to create and analyze threat models by communicating about the security design of their systems, analyzing those... Read More
Microsoft Script Explorer for Windows PowerShell (Release Candidate) helps scripters find Windows PowerShell scripts, snippets, modules, and how-to guidance in online repositories such as the TechNet Script Center Repository, PoshCode, local or network file systems and Bing Search Repository. Read more and download the setup file from here - http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=29101... Read More