DELL launched PowerEdge 12th Generation Server

Dell announced a portfolio of blade, rack and tower PowerEdge servers optimized for use in demanding enterprise environments. As the only one of the top five server vendors to grow server revenues in Q4 2011 with 9.7 percent year-over-year revenue growth, Dell continues to innovate to deliver features that are industry firsts and make the PowerEdge 12th generation servers the company’s highest performing, most manageable servers ever. With this new server series, customers ranging from small businesses to hyper-scale data centers can help maximize efficiency by streamlining and automating operations, help achieve better business application performance and business continuity.  

Mr.Christopher Papa (Country Manager, DELL Phil.), during the Virtual launch. 

The new PowerEdge R820, R720, R720xd and R620 rack servers, the M620 blade server, the T620 tower server and C6220 based on a shared Dell infrastructure server built on the Intel® Xeon® processor E5 product family are the foundation of a complete, flexible IT solution including Dell’s extensive portfolio of storage, networking and client components and professional IT services. The next-generation PowerEdge servers, along with systems management and workload solutions, are designed to deliver performance and management gains to effectively power the most demanding applications, including collaboration, IT and web infrastructure, high performance computing, decision support and business processing.

PowerEdge R720xd rack server, optimized for collaboration.

PowerEdge R720 rack server for demanding workloads, with server fans that cool with less power than it takes to runs a nightlight.

PowerEdge R620 rack server packing in up to 300% more SQL virtual machines per rack.

PowerEdge T620 rackable tower server.

PowerEdge M620 2-socket blade server for extreme density and power efficiency.

PowerEdge C6220 with optimized performance-focused shared infrastructure. 

PowerEdge R820 rack server for dense virtualization and scalable database applications.

The new PowerEdge 12th generation servers are designed to maximize infrastructure efficiency, with innovations including:

• Increase performance per watt up to 101 times over Dell servers ten years ago, enabling large data centers to save up to $1.8 million per year on server power alone. 
• An expanded Fresh Air offering for all PowerEdge 12th generation servers, based on customer feedback. Operate up to the highest excursion temperature (113° F/45°C) warrantied in mainstream servers in the industry and save up to an estimated (US) $3,000,000 in capital savings.
• Server fans in the R720 and T620 models that use less energy to cool the system than it takes to power a nightlight.
• OpenManage Power Center – leveraging Node Manager developed by Dell and Intel – controls and optimizes energy usage at the server, rack, row and room level from a single interface.
• The industry’s first power supply unit to be awarded the highest level of energy efficiency, the Titanium certification, based on independent testing by 80 PLUS.
• The ability to pack in up to 300 percent more SQL Virtual Machines per rack for higher data center utilization compared to previous generation Dell servers.
• The unique Select Network Adapter portfolio to protect investments with a choice of networking I/O, connection speed – including 10GbE, across the portfolio – and vendor, without using a valuable PCI slot all deeply integrated with iDRAC7 with Lifecycle controller 2.0.
• New all-in-one appliances built on PowerEdge 12th generation servers. Dell vStart for Dell Private Cloud, including Dell VIS Creator software, enables IT and business end users to accelerate application and IT service delivery. The Dell Quickstart Data Warehouse Appliance, which is based on the new Dell PowerEdge servers, will be the first data warehouse appliance available on Microsoft SQL Server 2012, and will help mid-market and departmental users easily organize, access and analyze data, enabling them to make more informed decisions.    

Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) listens to customers and delivers innovative technology and services that give them the power to do more. For more information, visit www.dell.com.

Complete your Summer Get Up at Bambu store!!

Getting ready for your complete outfit this summer? Don't forget to drop by at your nearest Bambu store for the complete summer get up!!!

You can pick from the Grendha Sandals.

Or love the Riders Footwear that will fit perfectly for you.

And of course don't miss  the Ipanema flip-flops.

Even the collection from Giselle Bundchen will make you OHHH!!

And also check out the latest collection of Ipanema RJ for Men and Women.

Visit Bambu stores at Glorietta 4, Trinoma, and Alabang Town Center.

Your Ticket To A Healthy Body; Get Fit and Fab with Soyami and Fitness First

It feels so good when our body is fit and healthy. It can handle every stress that will come our way.  But, how can we achieve a healthy and fit body? The secret is very simple and easy to follow. All it takes is to have a regular exercise and a proper diet.  Let Soyami and Fitness first lead your way to a great and healthy life. 

Our body needs nutrients to be healthy. Proper nutrition involves supplying the body with the right nutrients that it needed to achieve it. In order to do that, we need to eat the proper foods, minerals and vitamins. Soyami (“Soyami snack healthy with soyami, so healthy so young”) can provide the nutrients that our body needed to make it fit.  Their wide range of Soyami products that are made from 100% Soya (Soyami Chips, Soya Sticks, and PutoSeko) are packed with full of nutrients that will surely help maintain both our physical and mental well-being. Since Soyami products are made from pure Soya, expect that you can only get the “best nutrients” that Soya has to offer to our body. 


Furthermore, maintaining a proper diet is still not enough to make sure that our body is fit and healthy. Physical exercise plays a big important part in keeping the body fit and Fitness First can provide and educate people the right exercise to achieve their goal to become fit. As what their tagline says “Make the World a Fitter Place”, Fitness First is committed to achieving every individual fitness and health goals.  They inspire everyone to lead a healthy lifestyle. 

It takes more than eating the proper food and doing the right exercise to feel fit and fab!  So what are you waiting for? Start your journey to stay healthy and fit with Soyami and Fitness First – Your Powerful Tandem to a healthy lifestyle. 
For more information about Soyami and Fitness First, like http://www.facebook.com/healthysoyami on Facebook, follow @healthysoyami on Twitter, or visit http://www.amsoyami.com and http://www.fitnessfirst.com/.

Thanks to Pensive Thoughts and Grendha for my pretty prize

Last January, I joined the first ever birthday giveaway of mommy blogger Tetcha at her  "Pensive Thoughts' Birthday Giveaway". In partnership with ELRO Corporation, lucky winners will receive Grendha  sandals (2 winners), Ipanema flip-flops (2 winners), and Rider footwear (1 winner). Believe it or not, I won one of the Grendha sandals yahoo!!

Finally, when I got the sandals from Ms. Cel Mabalot of Elro Corporation, I felt that I am lucky in joining contest. Hoping until next contest to be lucky again (hehehe).  

I love the color of my newest Grendha sandals so pretty in Pink. Thank you so much to Pensive Thoughts and Grendha Philippines for this wonderful gift.

BUM’s Free Tumbler Promo

All you have to do is purchase of any BUM items worth P400 Single receipt and  you can get 1 card plus automatic 1 sticker at any BUM Boutique or SM Dept. Stores nationwide. Collect all 5 stickers and get the limited edition tumbler for free. The promo will run from March 1 to April 30, 2012.

For every completed cards, you may claim the Tumbler at  their Promo Staff at any BUM Boutique and SM Dept. Stores nationwide. Redemption is until June 30, 2012.

·         Customer can accumulate/earn a sticker for every P400 single receipt purchase in any BUM Boutique and SM Dept. Stores nationwide through our Promo Staff.


·         Each card has a control number and must be distributed in an arranged series per outlet/store.


·         Each completed card must be surrendered to the staff and stamp it with “CLAIMED”.  
·         Combination of 2 cards is not allowed.

·         Uncompleted card after the duration date will be mark as void.


·         Customer must present card and receipt to get corresponding sticker at our Promo Staff. Each sticker and receipt must be signed and dated by the staff and the receipt must be stamped “CLAIMED” as well.


·         Each outlet/store will be provided with a number of cards and stickers.


·         This cannot be used in conjunction with other promo.


 ·         The free Tumbler cannot be exchanged for cash, other products or discounts.

IBM Boosts XIV Storage System Gen3 Performance Three-fold

IBM today announced to the local market several key enhancements to its XIV® Storage System Gen3 including a new solid state drive (SSD) caching option that can increase system performance by up to three times, and a new Apple® iPhone® app that lets people monitor their XIV storage environment from virtually anywhere.

With SSD caching, the most frequently used data is stored on solid state memory placed between the system memory and hard drives. Because SSDs use no spinning disks and robotic arms, the storing and retrieving of data is accomplished with virtually no latency, speeding data access by orders of magnitude. In addition to the superior performance, SSD cache requires no separate tier to manage.

The IBM XIV SSD Caching option provides up to 6TB of fast-read SSD and is the latest in a string of advances that IBM has developed for the enterprise storage system over the last six months. In July, 2011, the company introduced the XIV Storage System Gen3, a new generation of the storage family that dramatically lowered the total cost of ownership and improved system performance by four times over the previous model.

With XIV Gen3, IBM also replaced the system’s Ethernet-based backplane with a high-performance InfiniBand backplane that increased the system’s internal bandwidth between modules by 40 times. Then in October 2011, IBM added 3TB disk drives to the system increasing system capacity by 50 percent.

“These latest enhancements to XIV Gen3 are great examples of IBM’s continued commitment to helping customers achieve business outcomes through smarter storage technologies.  It boils down to saving the customer’s time and money with extremely efficient, easily managed, virtualized, and high-performing storage systems like XIV Gen3,” said Ireen Catane, Country Executive, Systems and Technology Group, IBM Philippines.

IBM also announced the ability to mirror data between previous versions of XIV and XIV Gen3 systems, which will ease data migration and help give customers the flexibility to repurpose their XIV models as disaster recovery backup systems.

Building on XIV Gen3’s remote monitoring capabilities, IBM announced the availability of XIV Mobile Dashboard for the Apple iPhone, which lets customers monitor XIV systems from virtually anywhere. The app will be available for download at no cost from the Apple Online Store. IBM released the XIV Mobile Dashboard for the Apple iPad® in October 2011.

For more information on IBM XIV Storage System Gen3, please visit http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/storage/disk/xiv/  

LANDBANK Selects IBM Software Solutions for its Simplified Account Opening Project

News Release


Quezon City, February 2, 2012: IBM announced today that the Land Bank of the Philippines (LANDBANK), a government financial institution and the country’s largest formal credit organization in the rural areas, will be leveraging IBM’s Customer Advisor Accelerator solution to improve the Bank’s customer experience and significantly reduce its account opening processing time.   

The Simplified Account Opening (SAO) initiative is a priority project for the LANDBANK management that aims to simplify the actual account opening processes and reduce processing time by at least 50%. 

“This will enable LANDBANK to become more responsive to our customers’ needs and will provide a more pleasant experience as account opening is normally the first interaction with the Bank,” said Alan Bornas, Senior Vice President and head of LANDBANK’s Technology Management Group.  “This project with IBM is also aligned with the Government Regulatory Requirements and is aimed at improving public governance through the automation and elimination of manual works,” Bornas added. 

The IBM Customer Advisor Accelerator solution is based on the process and service oriented architecture that leverages world class process, service integration patterns and implementation practices. The IBM software solution will utilize IBM's Business Process Management (BPM)/Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) reference architecture as the architectural model.   

IBM BPM would: help the Bank manage information efficiently from various sources and formats, including electronic documents and images; enhance security in banking transactions and customer data; reduce paper-based document archiving; and enable a more efficient regulatory compliance. 

BPM could also assist banks realize faster returns on investment by leveraging a process-centric approach and gain timely insight into potentially fraudulent activities before they become problematic. Banks with BPM would be able to monitor and act on changing consumer trends. 

“IBM’s deep industry knowledge and leading software and services solutions will enable LANDBANK to have integrity of data, improve staff productivity, minimize reputational risk, and more importantly achieve better customer satisfaction starting with a simple and efficient account opening experience,” said Victor Silvino, Country Manager for Software Group, IBM Philippines. 

By leveraging the reference architecture, LANDBANK will have the flexibility to integrate and grow its SOA/BPM progressively over a number of projects which is the recommended best practice. 

The IBM-LANDBANK Simplified Account Opening contract was signed in November 2011 and will be completed in approximately 17 months. 

For more information about IBM BPM, please visit http://www-01.ibm.com/software/info/bpm/what-is-bpm/