am looking for any ideas regarding how companies setup thier software development department. For example, do they allow the programmer to code on a corporate PC or is there usually a dedicated development machine? Do you use virtualization?

I came up with a couple of scenarios. 1) Have an additional computer for each programmer solely for development. Therefore thier corporate machine will remain unaffected by thier code and can be locked down by IT.
2) Use one PC (the corporate PC) and install VM Workstation on it. Have the programmer develop in the virtual machine.
3) Purchase a powerful server, run virtual machines on the box, and have each developer RDP into thier respective virtual machine.

There are definitely pros and cons to each. I am looking for comments or suggestions on what you have done.

I have to do a project and write a paper detailing how the IT department at my school can save energy and be more green. I have to find a particular method that I can try out to see that it will indeed save the department energy and then write a paper about how it works and everything.

The problem is, everything I’ve come up with so far has fallen through. The department either already does it, or says that it won’t work. For example, I thought virtualization would be a great way to save energy with the servers, but they already do that. Next I thought they could use wake-on-lan in the computer labs. But they thought that it wouldn’t really save enough energy to be worthwhile.

Any suggestions?

i have been hearing this buzzword in my it department so often these days. Is it for real?

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