Sounds like something the military would like.<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 4/6/07, <b class="gmail_sendername"><a href="mailto:john773@verizon.net">john773@verizon.net</a></b> <<a href="mailto:john773@verizon.net">
john773@verizon.net</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">Here's a kick in the pants for you.<br><br>If you are in IT, and you have been recommending Microsoft server solutions - you may just be putting yourself out of a job.
<br><br>How so?<br><br>Microsoft is now working on "Containerized" server farms. These would do away with data centers. They would be mounted on trucks, parked in parking lots, and be turn-key appliances requiring no human support
<br><br>This is not a joke.<br><br><a href="http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2007/Apr/05/microsoft_mulling_portable_data_centers.html">http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/2007/Apr/05/microsoft_mulling_portable_data_centers.html
</a><br><br>It isn't real yet, but... if you are in IT, you may need to head for trucking school, the next hot MS certification may just be a MCTD - Microsoft Certified Truck Driver ;-)<br><br><br>_______________________________________________
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