Monthly Archives: December 2011

Installing the Microsoft Loopback Adapter in Windows 7

Posted on December 5, 2011 by Humair

The Microsoft Loopback Adapter is a logical dummy network card. It can be very useful for testing purposes with a virtual network environment where network access is not available. You can also bind network clients and other network configuration items … Continue reading →

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Perl – Converting the Time from 24 hr to 12 hr Format

Posted on December 5, 2011 by Humair

Below is a Perl script that demonstrates how to appropriately convert the current time from 24 hr format to 12 hr format. The ‘convertToTwelveHr’ subroutine does all the work here. The 24 hr input value is passed into the subroutine … Continue reading →

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Intel VT FlexMigration and AMD-V Extended Migration – Enabling Dynamic, Agile Data Centers

Posted on December 3, 2011 by Humair

Server virtualization/consolidation is becoming a norm and data centers and enterprises are now looking towards the horizon at how to bring dynamic, agile, and flexible capabilities to their IT infrastructure. What I will focus on here is one specific technology … Continue reading →

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Intel Hyper-Threading Technology

Posted on December 3, 2011 by Humair

Intel Hyper-Threading Technology (HT Technology) enables each processing core to run multiple tasks or “threads” at the same time. Intel HT Technology also improves overall performance on threaded software by increasing processor throughput. For each physical processor core, the operating … Continue reading →

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