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Special Technology Report The Internet promised to drastically change your business. Now state-of-the-art small-company intranets are actually delivering on that promise. Instant word-association test: What comes to mind when you hear the terms intranet and extranet? Chances are, it's something like this: Big-company stuff. Internal Web sites with multimillion-dollar price tags at places like Hewlett-Packard and GE and Charles Schwab. Hotshot technology that my small business wouldn't use and doesn't need. And even if we did need it, we couldn't afford it. Right? Guess again. True, intranets come to the party with a big-company, big-bucks reputation — and deservedly so. The earliest private Web-based networks began at Fortune 500 giants like Ford Motor Co. and Sun Microsystems. The best, in some cases, save more money than many small businesses make in a year. And true, they've typically involved large-scale initiatives, such as linking thousands of workers worldwide or putting millions of documents online. But here's some news that is just as true: private Web sites are changing small business, big time. Small and midsize companies are turning to intranets (and their external cousins, extranets) in much the same way they turned to the public Web a few years ago. And in some cases, they're getting far more favorable results with the private sites. Many are using them to fundamentally change some aspect of their business. A pioneering few are using the sites to drive their company's entire strategy. And they're doing it using technology once viewed as strictly a big-company tool. We're not talking about companies' using internal networks as electronic filing cabinets for human-resources forms or bulletin boards where Joe in accounting can advertise a used Jeep for sale. We're talking about entrepreneurs' strategically using a broad range of intranet-extranet efforts to gain a competitive foothold in a tight economy, typically by nurturing existing relationships or creating conduits for new ones. On one end of that spectrum are the rare companies run primarily, or entirely, on private Web sites that let them easily connect with employees, partners, or customers. One of those companies is 1-800-GOT-JUNK, a Vancouver, B.C., trash-removal business whose intranet for its franchisees, called JunkNet, helped to fuel the company's growth from $2 million in revenues in 1999 to $10 million last year. Another is Boston-based SeniorLink, a fledgling company that will launch an extranet later this year to help baby-boomer customers nationwide find care-management services for their aging parents. On the opposite end are traditional companies that are using intranets to transform one practice, with effects that ripple through the rest of their culture. A sterling example: Extreme Logic Inc., an Atlanta-based technology consulting firm. Like many growing companies, Extreme Logic handles job-performance reviews online. What's unusual is that the company encourages its corporate clients to log on and evaluate the employees who serve them. As a result, company officials say, Extreme Logic has deepened relationships with customers by letting them know they're trusted partners whose opinions count. In the middle of the spectrum are companies with the most intriguing stories: those whose private sites create unprecedented opportunities. At TemPositions Group, a New York City-based staffing company, an intranet instantly matches customers' requests for temporary employees with contractors who best fit the bill, allowing the 125-employee business to successfully bid against giant national staffing companies for major contracts. Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, a Pittsburgh-based law firm, now coordinates hundreds of product-liability claims filed nationwide against one of its major clients, thanks to sophisticated technology that makes it possible for the firm's lawyers to share court documents with other lawyers in 50 states, Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands. And Eminent Research Systems, in Minneapolis, uses an intranet to dramatically speed up its ability to coordinate protocol documents for medical-device tests, thereby helping the company to increase its business capacity tenfold. It's impossible to find hard numbers on how many companies are jumping onto the private Web. The few studies done to date confirm only that a growing number of small companies have either launched a private network or expect to do so soon. Most, it appears, still use the technology for pedestrian purposes: storing documents, sharing files, ordering supplies. But we've found a handful of cutting-edge entrepreneurs who are using intranets and extranets to transform their business strategies, in most cases by helping their companies forge new relationships. OPEN BOOK: Dennis L. Veraldi says that his law firm's extranet improves services for clients. What's propelling this small-business intranet revolution? Experts tick off a number of drivers: the migration of big-business practices to small-business scale, recession-driven pressure to find new ways to get new customers or better serve existing ones, and increased comfort with doing business online. "All the things that the major corporations were doing two or three years ago are trickling down to the small-business realm," says Ryan Bernard, president of Wordmark Associates Inc., a Houston consulting firm, and author of The Corporate Intranet. "The larger corporations were the proving ground." Web-usability consultant Jakob Nielsen, whose Nielsen Norman Group, in Fremont, Calif., annually honors 10 outstanding intranets, has recently noticed that more small companies are making the list. Says Nielsen, "That proves it's possible to get good effect out of an intranet without being a huge corporation." Other experts call the trend evolutionary, saying that it is picking up speed as companies conduct more and more business online. Nearly everyone can use a Web browser, which means that nearly everyone can adapt almost instantly to a Web-based network. And small companies can now choose from a broad range of intranet options, from cut-rate do-it-yourself models to cutting-edge, custom-designed systems. Admittedly, the trend's leaders tend to spend freely to launch, staff, and maintain their private Web sites. Initial five- or six-figure investments aren't unusual, and some ambitious companies may well spend more. But there are plenty of less pricey options, ranging from having a savvy staffer do the job in-house to renting the service. (See " Spin Your Own," below.) Perhaps the most remarkable cultural change is how many entrepreneurs are overcoming their natural reticence to share information, inside the company or out. Brian Chavis, CEO of ARGroup, a Web and intranet developer based in Leesburg, Va., says that he used to have to pitch the idea of private networks to his customers. "I don't have to do that anymore," he says. "Our clients are telling me that they want this." What they want, as the leading examples show, are new and better ways to connect with customers, employees, and partners. Rather than blindly following the late-1990s mantra to endlessly hurl money at their public Web sites in hopes of expanding their reach, many companies now look inward for ways to better serve customers they've already got. "Companies are saying, 'Let's really strengthen those relationships as much as possible," says Ray Boggs, vice-president of small-business and home-office research at IDC, in Framingham, Mass. Randy J. Hinrichs couldn't agree more. Hinrichs, group research manager in learning sciences and technology for Microsoft Research and author of Intranets: What's the Bottom Line?, says intranets and extranets provide the perfect environment for small companies to create and nurture the partnerships they need to thrive. He makes the goal sound almost romantic. "You make long-term, meaningful relationships by saying, 'We can share each other's data,' and knowing that it's going to be consistent and trustworthy," he says. Executives at Atlanta IT-consulting firm Extreme Logic consider it critical to forge long-term commitments with both employees and customers. So the company sends both to its combo intranet-extranet for performance reviews. The system hasn't directly affected Extreme Logic's revenues, which topped $30 million last year. But it's improved the company's own showing in two top-priority areas: retaining star performers and nurturing all employees. When workers leave — whether they're hired away by competitors or fired for poor performance — the company spends as much as three times an employee's annual salary to find and train a replacement. Getting quick online feedback directly from customers lets Extreme Logic reward its stars and provide specific improvement goals for everyone else. The approach seems to work. Mike Williams, who oversees human resources, says the company's turnover rate is 5% to 10% lower than the IT industry standard. And since the company added the performance-evaluation feature to its intranet, 18 months ago, about 80% of its employees and managers feel that they're working toward the same goals, compared with 52% before, according to an internal study. For TemPositions, making connections quickly is what counts. The company, one of 350 temporary-staffing agencies in New York City, has begun bidding against the big boys — including $4.1-billion Kelly Services — for major contracts. To compete against the industry giants, TemPositions focuses on what CEO and president James Essey calls its core strength: delivering the perfect worker faster. And to do that, TemPositions relies on an intranet that, much like a dating service, instantly matches customer requests with the best available contract employees. If, for instance, a client company needs a registered nurse with pediatric experience, the TemPositions intranet automatically E-mails the job offer to the best-qualified candidates. The system excludes temps who are already on assignments or unavailable because of vacation or illness. When contractors accept gigs, the intranet automatically E-mails them a link to their own personal job bank sites, where they find assignment sheets with dates, prices, a map, and supervisor contact information. When temps reject offers or don't respond, the intranet solicits the next person in line. Corporate customers can even make their own temp requests online. Essey says the do-it-yourself convenience "cements us to the customer in a big way because once they get into the system and see all the information there, they're less likely to go to a competitor." That's a far cry from the traditional temp-placement process, which typically requires hours of telephone tag. (Customers call the agency with a personnel request, and then agency employees dig through paper files, call candidates, and wait for return calls.) And the streamlined process, in turn, has allowed the 40-year-old company to go after huge long-term contracts it couldn't even have considered before. At press time, TemPositions was competing for a contract to supply the New York City schools with more than 1,000 temps in a variety of areas, including curriculum and course development and counseling. "We couldn't bid on it if we didn't have these tools," says Essey. "We'd need enough employees to fill a football-field-size call center." TemPositions, which had about $30 million in revenues in 2001, spent $250,000 building its intranet in 1998 — primarily, Essey says, on Web design and for the salaries of a chief information officer, a programmer, and a technology troubleshooter — and it continues to spend liberally on salaries, equipment upgrades, and maintenance. "It's not free," he acknowledges. At the same time, he expects the intranet to reduce the company's head count — eliminating, for instance, the need for data-entry staffers. Essey says those savings are well worth the investment. GRAND SCALE: James Parks credits his firm's extranet for letting Eckert Seamans go national. Speed was the issue at Eminent Research Systems, in Minneapolis, where clogged procedural arteries were stunting the company's growth. The $7-million, 22-employee company specializes in coordinating trials for heart and blood-vessel devices such as stents — products that typically have a market life span of only 18 months before they're replaced by newer models. Previously, Eminent sent 150- to 500-page study-protocol documents to participating physicians and regulators, who marked them up and mailed them back. Sometimes the hefty hard copies made several round trips before everybody agreed on protocols — a process that typically took at least two months. The lengthy procedure caused some customers to forgo putting their devices on the market altogether, which meant less work for Eminent. "Turnaround time is key," says Linda Laak, vice-president and chief operating officer. "Our competition is not necessarily another company but whether or not the client will do the study at all." That changed in February 2001, when Eminent launched an extranet that allows doctors nationwide to collaborate on protocols electronically. The system sliced the approval process from two months to two weeks. Meanwhile, although Eminent spent $50,000 to launch its private Web site, Laak estimates that the company saves 10 times that amount by eliminating the "heavy lifting": shipping, storage, and paying the salaries of two administrative people who handled all the documents. And the company can handle 10 times as many projects at once as it could before, resulting in a 40% increase in revenues. At Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, the Pittsburgh law firm, an extranet became the key to going national without opening any additional offices. The 44-year-old firm wanted to serve as the national coordinator for thousands of product-liability claims against a major client. But the firm couldn't possibly set up shop in all the affected jurisdictions: 50 states, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands. Instead, the firm's executive team decided it needed two things: a network of partners and a network connecting them. Those partners were, and are, "local counsel" — dozens of far-flung law firms that Eckert Seamans hired to handle claims in their own states. The network that connects them is Eckert Seamans's extranet, which contains all related documents, including briefs, transcripts, interviews, research, medical and scientific information, and correspondence. Obviously, storing paperwork in one location helps everybody access documents faster. But Eckert Seamans argues that the extranet provides two more important benefits. First, it's an unprecedented way to provide clients with a consistent nationwide defense by making sure that all the lawyers are literally on the same page. In addition, it saves time and money by providing those far-flung partners with research to strengthen the cases in their states. And the extranet lets the firm's 215 lawyers coordinate cases in a way they couldn't have before. "There is no way we could have managed and provided oversight to claims in Texas or California," says the firm's executive director, James Parks, citing the time and cost of constant travel, telephone calls, and shipping tons of hard copies cross-country. The system, part of a firmwide technology overhaul, didn't come cheap: Parks estimates that Eckert Seamans has invested nearly $1.3 million so far, including construction costs to create a separate technology center. But chief operating officer Dennis L. Veraldi is philosophical about the cost. "Sophisticated, larger clients just expect that you're going to be able to do those things, that you have the capability to service them," he says. The firm doesn't even worry much about tracking the system's return on investment. "It's part of the infrastructure, part of the overhead," Parks says. "You have to manage it the same way you manage supplies or telephones or receptionists or libraries or anything else." But he credits the technology with cutting legal-work costs by 6% to 7% annually and allowing the firm to take on more clients. But Eckert Seamans does worry about security breaches — and not just those involving hackers. The firm must also protect itself against possible security breaches involving the very partners for whom it established the intranet: those local-counsel firms. "Yes, we're working with them, but they're still competitors," Veraldi says. So the firm relies on a combination of firewalls, multiple passwords, and encryption to make sure those faraway lawyers get access only to the appropriate cases — and only for the length of their contracts. For Eckert Seamans and other early adopters, the challenge now is staying ahead of the curve while not getting too far out in front. As Parks puts it: "We're going to be very judicious about what we implement. We have to ask, 'Are we letting the technology drag us? Or are we dragging the technology in a way that's beneficial to us and our clients?' " But intranet evangelists believe the potential drawbacks — security concerns, cost, and the constant challenge of keeping current — pale when compared with the rewards gained from creating new partnerships and strengthening existing ones. Especially in a tough economy, the ability to forge new and stronger links offers small companies the best kind of competitive advantage. Anne Stuart is a senior writer at Inc. Jill Hecht Maxwell is a staff writer. Send your comments to firstname.lastname@example.com. Spin Your Own Why not? It's getting cheaper. The companies mentioned here got transformational results from their intranets, but they spent a bundle. You don't have to pay your way into intranet nirvana. There are less costly ways to get a little closer to the light. As more small businesses have started using private Web sites, software vendors and application service providers (ASPs) have found ways to reduce the pain of building them. Their offerings range from robust software packages to cheap, basic ones that a monkey can set up online in minutes. So how do you decide which path to follow? James Parks, who led the intranet project at Eckert Seamans, offers a few suggestions. BEEF UP SECURITY. Parks won't touch a system that doesn't force users to pass through three electronic checkpoints to enter. But if you don't run a law firm, you may not need security worthy of the CIA. CREATE MULTIPLE LEVELS OF USER ACCESS. Some users need to read files; others need to edit them. Only a few should be allowed to delete them. So you should be able to determine whom you'll allow into each part of your intranet and what they can do once they get there. DO AN INVENTORY OF YOUR EXISTING DATA. Can you easily move information from your company databases onto the intranet? When Parks started his firm's project, Eckert Seamans already had 40-plus years' worth of data living on its systems. CONSIDER STORAGE. If you've got 40 dedicated databases on seven mammoth servers, as Eckert Seamans does, don't even consider the intranets that you can rent for a few dollars per user monthly. They won't provide anywhere near the storage space you need. So if you need high security and have lots of users and mountains of information, you should start by looking at midpriced software packages — and perhaps talking with a consultant who's built at least a few intranets before. For less than $6,000, you'll find software from more than a dozen vendors, like Planet Intra, in Mountain View, Calif. 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Trinlayk, Hikari looks very elegant in her new dress, and love her shoes!
Aile et Luit*, Mei Lin looks great with her new hair and eyes, and that is a very cute and trendy outfit she's wearing!
Evichan, Yumi is lovely...she looks very thoughtful and peaceful in your photo.
April, I love that photo of Owen, she has such a pretty faceup, she looks like she is about to smile.
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Hi everyone!! I've finally my girl back home, from her visit to the SPA !!
Unluckily I've taken only night pics till now.. and I just have this one to spam (for now)
Thanks it's sunday , so I can take some more pics today .. even though the weather is not the best for ..
Anyways, here's my Em..
a little bit of silly dolly theater, but fun....
Queen Hikari with Princess Ume.
Yep that's Hikari's fullset dress!
Could someone please tell me the measurement in cm of yumi's head?
I probably just missed it but I couldnt find it on elfdoll's website. I dont have one yet, but Im planning and scheming and wig shopping in advance
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One more question
The seller is sent the head and body separate so that I could have her head go straight to Caroline's for her faceup, but now that she's here it's only the front half of her head.. is the headback a part of the body ?
Sorry if that's a dumb question, but I'd really appreciate if anyone can shed some light for me, thanks!
It is. Or at least, it can't be removed without completely unstringing the body! So I can understand why she only sent the front half. I could take a picture for you tomorrow if you like!
P.S. She wears a size 6-7 wig. Mine does at least.
P.S. P.S. Your girl is lovely!! Many congrats!
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THANK YOU!! I can't wait to get her all together, I've been dreaming her up for so long and she's finally coming together!
Ok good to know it's attached to the body! I'm kinda new to MSDs and the only other two I've had had the type of heads where the top comes off but the face/back of head are all one piece >__<
And now I can wig shop properly for her, thank you!
MorganOrton, I saw your lovely new girl on Flickr, she is beautiful and as usual Caroline has worked her magic with that gorgeous faceup. I'm sure you will love her when she is all back together again.
Wooganana, in answer to your question, Yumi/Dami's head is approx 18cm, give or take a millimetre!
Trinlayk, the girls do look very regal!
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My two ladies, Tigerlou & Nanok, ready for autumn
Oh how I love these two.
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Yoshimi's body got delivered today, but of course I was out so it's stuck in the apartment office overnight I can't wait to get her put together tomorrow, I'm sooo excited!!
dambuster01- Thank you, I'm in such awe of Caroline's work!
icantdance- I <3 Tigerlou and Nanok too! That b&w pic of them together is so awesome!!
april418- Thank you! I really love your Owen too!
I made this dress for my other MSD doll (who is less slim than Hikari)
Hikari is pretty sure this green is not her thing...
Owen is lovely!!
And so all the other dolls!
Love Tigerlou & Nanok and their style, just awesome!!!
And Hikari really seems not to like this color and style on her LOL
I like her evil glance at you XD
And MorgarOrton, that face up is amazing and I can't wait to see your girl all together
And now Em's turn to be spammed LOL
My beauty.. I love this face..
Unluckily I'm playing with her so few as I have some problems in posing the body >.>
Did someone of you wire her/his girl/s?
I'd like to try and would like to go buying a piece of wire, right now as I wanna start playing more with her.
She's a stunning face and an amazing body sculpt but so weird in posing >.> Such a pity.
Everyone's girls are so lovely! I haven't spammed my KiKi and Laela in so long. They need new wigs and eyes.
At Home: Noemie, Harlow, Milla, Maia, Jules, Peanut, Brooke, Raven, Michaela, Jodie, Tiffany, Reese, Madison & Riley Heads: Bijoux (mnf miyu) Daphne (mnf marcia) Lexi (mnf mirwen) Emme (Supia Ji-in). Waiting: IH Aaliyah (LB) and Withdoll Cynthia (brown tan)
Elnuyn85- Thank you!! Wow I LOVE your Em! Her faceup is awesome, I'm such a sucker for a dolly with freckles, hehe!
Yoshimi's body arrived so she's finally in one piece, yayy!! She's got several wigs on the way from Leeke to try on her, but for now I'm really enjoying her just like this. She's been keeping me company at my desk all day!
Yoshimi <3 by MorganOrton, on Flickr


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Project Kensho v1.3 Technology Preview
Kensho OVF technology is now available from within XenServer 5.6. We still take feed back and provide limited support for the Project Kensho OVF Tool 1.3's Hyper-V functionality. Bring your issues and comments to the forum. We'd love to hear from you. Simplicity is Power. Simplicity is Project Kensho. Citrix Project Kensho provides users with powerfully simple tools that facilitate the export and import of virtual machines and virtual machine based workloads (virtual appliances) using the Open Virtual Machine Format (OVF) and Common Information Model (CIM) industry standards developed by the Distributed Management Task Force's (DMTF) Virtualization Management Initiative (VMAN). The Project Kensho OVF Tool utilizes the OVF standard for the creation and consumption of virtual appliance packages. The Open Virtual Machine Format describes the metadata of virtual machine(s) and the behavior of the appliance when consumed by the hypervisor. Citrix Project Kensho also provides a CIM interface to the XenServer™ API and introduces a WSMAN interface to XenServer™. |
Installing the Project Kensho OVF Tool
Installing XenServer CIM Interfaces
Using the Project Kensho OVF Tool
Project Kensho OVF Tool Advanced Features
Project Kensho and Hyper-V
What is OVF?
Kensho OVF Technology
Project Kensho consists of the following components:
An OVF Tool , which utilizes the OVF standard for the creation and consumption of virtual appliance packages. This utility removes much of the complexities found in conversion and packaging tools.
A CIM interface to the XenServer™ API, which also adds a WSMAN interface to XenServer™. The Xen-CIM component is required by the Project Kensho OVF Tool and installs directly on the XenServer™. It can also be used as an interface for management of XenServer™ and XenServer™ hosted virtual machines.
Project Kensho 1.3 brings a wealth of powerfully simple features to both the Kensho OVF Tool and the CIM interface. These new features enable users to both manage a XenServer™ in new ways as well as reap the benefits of OVF in a XenServer™ and Hyper-V environment.
Kensho OVF Tool
- Compliant with the DMTF OVF 1.0.0 specification
- Compatibility with XenConvert 2.0 OVF content
- Support for importing into and exporting from a user defined XenServer Storage Repository (SR)
- OVF security features:
- Encryption
- Digital signing
- OVF compression
- Snapshot support
- Direct import of VMware OVF content simplifying migration and consumption of VMware content
XenServer-CIM Interface
- Support for XenServer™ 5.5
- Storage profile support
- Networking profile support
- Snapshot classes
The minimum environment to use the tools consists of: Project Kensho OVF Tool Host, a supported virtual machine host, and a Windows SMB share. Project Kensho requires the following services and software to support the components of the Project Kensho OVF Tool.
Software | Description |
Project Kensho OVF Tool Host | Project Kensho OVF Tool requires a personal computer running Windows XP, Vista or Windows Server 2003 or 2008. Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 support is experimental. |
Citrix XenServer™ | Citrix XenServer™ 5.0 or 5.5 is required for creating and consuming OVF based virtual appliances using XenServer™ and management of the XenServer™ environment via the Common Information Model (CIM). The Project Kensho XenServer™ CIM installation utility provides support for management of the XenServer™ through the standards based CIM interface. It also contains a configuration script to create an ISO storage repository and creates a helper VM template for the Project Kensho OVF Tool. |
Windows Server 2008 with Hyper-V | The Project Kensho OVF Tool supports Windows Server 2008 with the Hyper-V Role for importing and exporting OVF based virtual appliances. Communication between the Project Kensho OVF Tool and the Windows Server occurs through WinRM. Windows Server 2008 installs WinRM by default, no additional installation is required. |
Windows Server SMB File Share | The Project Kensho OVF Tool requires a Windows based UNC share to import and export OVF packages. This is called the Kensho (or OVF) Library. The share must be accessible from the Project Kensho OVF Tool as well as any virtual machine hosts targeted for import or export. |
Complete the following pre-installation tasks before installing Project Kensho components:
- Read through this entire document
- Read through the Project Kensho OVF Tool Readme
- Setup a Windows file share:
- Create a file share from a Windows host
- Windows Server 2008 with the File Services Role provides the option of creating SMB or NFS based shares, be sure to select SMB.
- Windows Server 2003 and prior create SMB based shares by default.
- Obtain a user account and password that has change level access to this share.
- Create a file share from a Windows host
- Project Kensho OVF Tool Host:
- Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, or Windows Vista.
- Install .NET Framework version 3.5
- Install WinRM
- XenServer™ Host:
- XenServer™ 5.0 or 5.5
- Windows Server 2008 with Hyper-V Host
- Add the Hyper-V role
XenServer-CIM Interface Installation
To install the XenServer-CIM Interface on XenServer™, complete the following procedure:
Be Careful The install script creates a hidden ISO Storage Repository and copies two ISOs into it (xenserver-linuxfixup-disk.iso and xenserver-iscsi-target.iso). It also creates a helper VM template called 'iSCSI target' from xenserver-iscsi-target.iso. These are utilized by the Project Kensho OVF Tool. Do not remove, alter or add content to this storage repository. |
- Copy XenServerCIM-Install.tgz to the XenServer™ host to the path of: /tmp
- From the XenServer™ console, execute the following:
- cd /tmp
- tar - xvzf XenServer-CIM.tgz
- cd /XenServer-CIM
- Install the XenServer-CIM and WSMAN providers:
- bash ./install.sh
- Answer the prompt to set the security level of the interface.
Project Kensho OVF Tool Installation
- From the computer identified as the Project Kensho OVF Tool computer:
- Execute KenshoOVF_x86.msi or KenshoOVF_x64.msi
- Follow the prompts
Note The Project Kensho OVF Tool installer must execute via "run as administrator" option on Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2. |
Windows Server 2008 with Hyper-V Configuration
These steps enable WinRM, modify the Windows Firewall rules and set the appropriate authorization to access WinRM remotely with Kensho OVF Tool.
- At the Hyper-V host login as the administrator
- Open a command prompt and execute the following commands:
- winrm quickconfig
- winrm p winrm/config/service @{AllowUnencrypted="true"}
- winrm p winrm/config/service/auth @{Basic="true"}
- winrm p winrm/config/client @{AllowUnencrypted="true"}
- winrm p winrm/config/client/auth @{Basic="true"}
XenServer-CIM Interface Uninstall Process
- To uninstall the XenServer-CIM and WSMAN providers
- bash ./uninstall.sh
- If an ISO image is added to the ISO storage repository, answer the prompt to delete the 'XenServer Internal ISO library'
- If confirmed, the script deletes the hidden internal ISO storage repository created during install. All ISO images added into this storage repository will be deleted.
- bash ./uninstall.sh
Project Kensho OVF Tool Uninstall Process
- To uninstall Project Kensho OVF Tool:
- Open Add / Remove Programs (or Programs)
- Select the Project Kensho OVF Tool
- Select Remove
This section covers general administration and use of the XenServer CIM interface for XenServer™ and the Project Kensho OVF Tool.
XenServer-CIM Interface
Once installed, the XenServer-CIM interface requires no administration. Documentation is provided within the distribution that further describes using the interface and its options.
Project Kensho OVF Tool
The Project Kensho OVF Tool is the primary utility to create and consume OVF virtual appliances. When starting the utility, an initialization process occurs. This process gathers all of the library and server information from the systems defined by the user. In some scenarios, initialization may take up to 60 seconds or more to collect all data.
Figure 1 - Initializing Indicator
After completing initialization, the main UI appears
Figure 2 - Project Kensho OVF Tool
Adding virtual machine Host(s) and OVF Library Resources:
To begin using the utility, it is necessary to add at least one virtual machine host and an OVF Library. To add a virtual machine host or Library share:
1. From the menu bar, select File > Add Server. Alternatively, pressing the hotkey combination Alt +A or clicking the Add Server icon on the toolbar invokes the Add Server configuration window.
2. Select the platform type from the drop down menu:
Figure 3 - Adding a Library Server | |
Figure 4 - Adding a XenServer™ Host |
3. The window will stay open after clicking the Add button. Repeat this process for each hypervisor and or library the Project Kensho OVF Tool will manage. Click the Close button when finished adding all servers.
Note When adding a Hyper V server the account used must be a member of the local Hyper-V host administrators group. |
Creating a Virtual Appliance
After configuring a library and virtual machine host(s), the Project Kensho OVF Tool is ready to create a virtual appliance from one or more virtual machines. The virtual appliance will become an OVF package. The virtual appliance is exported from either a XenServer™ or Hyper-V host.
To export a virtual machine as an OVF virtual appliance, follow these easy steps:
1. Select the Export Tab
Figure 5 - Export Tab
2. Select the target library share from the Library tree view. This is where the OVF and associated VHD(s) will reside after export.
3. From the tree view, expand the list of virtual machines under each virtual machine host.
4. Select a virtual machine with a single click. This will place its qualified name into the Selected vMachine(s) list box. To remove the selection, double click the selection.
Be Aware There is no limit to the number of virtual machines to select for export. The more virtual machines selected, the longer the export will take and require more storage on the Library server. The amount of time to export per virtual machine is dependent on the virtual disk size, type, and network bandwidth between the virtual machine host and the library server. |
5. Click the Export button to begin. The result will be the OVF virtual appliance package containing the virtual machine(s) selected. It is important to enusre that the OVF package is tested before assuming it is good. The next section describes the import process.
Consuming a Virtual Appliance
The Project Kensho OVF Tool can consume any DMTF compliant OVF file that contains virtual machine disk(s) in the VHD or VMDK format. The virtual appliance is imported into either a XenServer™ or Hyper-V host.
To import an OVF virtual appliance, follow these easy steps:
1. Select the Import Tab.
*Figure 6 - Import Tab
2. Select the target virtual machine host or hosts from the respective Host type tree view.
3. From the Kensho Library tree view, select an OVF virtual appliance.
Note OVA packages must be converted to OVF prior to Import. Please see: Converting an OVF package to an OVA for more information. |
4. If a virtual machine to host resource mapping is required - it is noted in the Mapping status field as Mapping: Required.
5. Click the Mapping wizard button in the Tool bar to map virtual machine to host resources.
6. Click the Import or Force button to begin the import.
Note The button will display Force if mapping is either incomplete or non-existent. |
During a forced import devices are attached in a first found fashion. I.E. if the OVF has a network device defined on the VM an attempt will be made to attach that network to the first virtual network switch listed on the target host.
Advanced Packaging Capabilities
New to the Project Kensho 1.3 OVF Tool is support for a wide range of OVF virtual appliance packaging options. When selecting one or more VMs to export as a virtual appliance, the utility presents the following options:
Figure 7 - Export Options
Each option is unique and may be applied to any virtual appliance export. Selecting a check box enables the feature. Some features, like security options, require user input.
- Create OVA Package
Selecting this option allows the user to create an OVA package. An OVA package is an archive containing OVF metadata, virtual disks, manifest and certificates in a single file. This feature is useful for scenarios where a single file containing all the necessary virtual machine components is desired. This option produces a file with an .ova extension. If a file inside of the OVF package is greater than 8 GB, the operation to create the OVA will fail.
- Compress OVA Package
Selecting this option allows the user to compress the entire OVA package. To enable this option, the user must select the Create OVA Package option. This option is useful when the user seeks to reduce the overall file size of the of the OVA package. This option produces a file with the .ova.gz extension.
- Compress OVF Files Individually
Selecting this option allows the user to compress the individual files within the OVA package. This differs from the option above in that each file within the OVA package is compressed. Selecting this option allows the user to achieve maximum compression of an OVA file. This option produces files within the OVA package with the .gz extension. The OVA package will have the .ova extension.
- Add Manifest
Selecting this option instructs the Project Kensho OVF Tool to create a manifest file referencing the OVF files and their checksum. This option is useful when a user seeks improved reliability of the content. This option produces a file with the .mf extension.
- Encrypt Attached Files
Selecting this option allows the user to encrypt the OVF related files. When selecting this option, the user must enter a passphrase. This option is useful when protecting appliance content is required.
- Sign OVF Package
Selecting this option allows the user to digitally sign the OVF file with a certificate. This option is useful in providing security against unauthorized changes to the OVF file content.
- Include EULA(s)
Selecting this option allows the user to create a virtual appliance with an End User License Agreement (EULA). This feature is useful when a virtual appliance requires end user agreement to a EULA before the virtual appliance installs on the target hypervisor. To add a EULA follow these directions:
1. Click the Add EULA button
2. Browse to the desired text file containing the EULA text.
Note The EULA must be a plain text file and cannot contain any formatting (such as HTML tags) or special characters. |
3. Select the EULA text file.
4. Click Open
- Export Metadata Only
Selecting this option allows the user to create an OVF without any virtual disk(s). This is useful when the user needs an OVF without virtual disk information.
Advanced Import Capabilities
New to the Project Kensho 1.3 OVF Tool is support for a range of OVF virtual appliance import options. When selecting one or more OVF virtual appliances to import, the utility presents the following options:
Figure 8 - Import Options
- Verify Digital Signature
Selecting this option forces the import process to verify the digital signature that was used to sign the OVF during export. If the verification fails, this typically indicates that the OVF has been tampered with.
- Verify Manifest Content
Selecting this option forces the import process to verify that the content of the manifest file matches what is in the OVF package. If this verification fails, it typically indicates that files are missing.
- Validate OVF Package
Selecting this option forces the import process to validate the selected OVF file against the DMTF OVF 1.0.0 schema. This is useful to determine the compatibility of an OVF file.
- Import Metadata Only
Selecting this option imports the metadata only. This is useful if configuration content is all that is needed. The virtual machine content will be created from a template or an existing virtual disk will be attached after import.
- Run Operating System Fixups
Selecting this option runs automated scripts against the imported VMware based virtual appliance. This is necessary to ensure the VM boots properly. Select this option for Windows or Linux virtual machines imported from VMware sources. Fixup of virtual machines with more than two virtual disks is unsupported.
VM to Host Resource Mapping Wizard
The Project Kensho OVF Tool allows users to map system, storage, and networking resources defined in the OVF virtual appliance to the resources on the virtual machine host(s). This ensures that prior to import, the proper resources are paired and the virtual machine can power on minimizing administrative tasks.
Mapping is performed by selecting items (one or more) in the left column of the Mapping dialog and then selecting a target device in the right
The padlock icon depicts that a mapping of a VM device to Host resource has been set. Individual mappings may be cleared by selecting and clearing the lock icon.
An existing OVF to Host resource mapping may be cleared by clicking the Clear button on the Import tab.
1. Begin the resource mapping process by Clicking the Mapping button in the Tool bar
2. The mapping wizard launches and presents the Systems tab (this is the target Host for a VM workload).
Figure 9 - Unmapped VM CPU and memory workload
3. Select the desired host resource in the right pane
4. Select a VM resource(s) in the left pane
8Figure 10 - VM CPU and memory workload mapped Host*
5. Click the Next button to map the Network resources.
*Figure 11 - Mapped VM Network Device to Hypervisor Network Device
6. Select the desired host resource in the right pane
7. Select a VM resource(s) in the left pane
8. Click the Next button to map the Storage resources
Figure 12 - Mapped VM Storage to Hypervisor Storage
9. Select the desired host resource in the right pane
10. Select a VM resource(s) in the left pane
11. Click Done to complete the wizard, save the mapping, and return to the Import screen.
Converting an OVF package to an OVA and vice versa
The Project Kensho OVF Tool facilitates the conversion of any DMTF compliant OVF export to a single OVA file.
To convert an OVF with the Project Kensho OVF Tool:
1. Select the Import Tab
Figure 13 - OVA Menu
2. From the Kensho Library, select an OVF.
3. Right click the OVF and Select 'Convert to OVA'
4. The reverse process is used to convert an OVA into an OVF.
Note The OVF icon depicts a folder that includes the OVF package configuration and associated file. |
Environment Tab
The environment tab is a read-only view of the virtual machine host resources and environment.
Figure 14 - Environment Tab
VMware OVF Support
The Project Kensho OVF Tool facilitates importing VMware derived OVF content directly into a XenServer Storage Repository in the same manner as importing a XenConvert or Project Kensho produced OVF.
It is important to note that not all VMware OVF content is equal. VMware OVF content produced through the latest VMware utilities will result in a higher degree of import success. The following VMware OVF content has been successfully tested:
- vSphere 4
- Virtual Infrastructure 3
- VMware OVF Tool 0.9
- VMware OVF Tool 1.0
- VMware Studio 1.0
- VMware Workstation 6.5.3
- VMware Converter 4.0.x
- VMware Converter 3.0.3
Snapshot Support
The Project Kensho OVF Tool now supports creating virtual appliances from virtual machines with snapshots. Both XenServer 5.5 and Hyper-V support virtual machine snapshots.
When creating an OVF virtual appliance from a virtual machine with a snapshot, the current running state of the virtual machine is what the tool creates as a virtual appliance. This can also be described as the state that is experienced when the virtual machine is powered on.
If a virtual machine contains multiple snapshots, only the current running state of the virtual machine is exported. No snapshot history or detail is exported as part of the virtual appliance
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Aug 13, 2010
JOHN VAUGHAN says:
For those having issues: There is also a firewall exception that needs to be ad...For those having issues:
There is also a firewall exception that needs to be added that the video shows, but the above instructions don't (on the Hyper-V host):
netsh advfirewall firewall set rule group="remote administration" new enable=yes
As well as the Kensho Host and Hyper-V Server need to be added to the trusted hosts. To accept all hosts:
winrm p winrm/config/client @
Unknown macro: {TrustedHosts="*"}-
Oct 16, 2011
mike zeles says:
I have a pretty technical setup going on for which I need Project Kensho OVF to ...I have a pretty technical setup going on for which I need Project Kensho OVF to work but am not sure at this point.
May 16, 2011
Lee Roper says:
Responsible development thank you for the install and uninstall guide, the box I...Responsible development thank you for the install and uninstall guide, the box I installed on had larger drives and it wouldn't export to them. I found: http://forums.citrix.com/thread.jspa?threadID=254526 and it appears to be a general problem. So I decided to install on another box that had smaller drives.
Aug 15, 2011
Kye Jewell says:
Dear all, As we are still using XenServer 5.5 update 2. is there anywhere I can...Dear all,
As we are still using XenServer 5.5 update 2. is there anywhere I can download the Kensho as our management are a bit reluctant to upgrade to 5.6 yet as there is still a few flaws. and we have a shed load of hyper-v servers to migrate to Xen.
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STIR 1-1/4 cups of the boiling water into 1 package of the cherry gelatin in small bowl at least 2 min. until completely dissolved. Pour 3/4 cup of the dissolved gelatin into 8-cup ring mold sprayed with cooking spray. Refrigerate 15 min. or until gelatin is set but not firm (sticks to finger when touched). Refrigerate remaining gelatin in bowl 5 min. or until slightly thickened (consistency of unbeaten egg whites). Gradually stir in 3 Tbsp. of the yogurt; spoon over gelatin in mold. Refrigerate 15 min. or until gelatin is set but not firm (should stick to finger when touched).
REPEAT process with each remaining gelatin flavor, alternating red and green colors each time. (Be sure to cool dissolved gelatin to room temperature before pouring into mold.) Refrigerate gelatin as directed to create a total of 10 alternating clear and creamy gelatin layers.
REFRIGERATE 2 hours or until firm. Unmold. Cut into 16 slices to serve. Store leftover gelatin mold in refrigerator.


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Monday, April 30, 2012
The Gear Project 2
Materials: RIBBA 25x25 photo frame, 3D-printer, imagination and lots of time.
Description: I don't know if you will call this a hack. It is built around the IKEA RIBBA frames. But there are lots more to it.
Over all it is a kinetic piece of art. I got the idea after I had created the "Gear Painting". If I could print gears... Then why not universal joints? After some testing there was no way back, I just had to do it. :)
I designed the project in SketchUp and printed out all the parts that was not metal and frames. Lot's of effort was put in to measuring distances and cutting holes in the frames.
All parts that spins sits on ball bearings for a smooth and quiet operation.
The LEDs are controlled with a small remote and the movement can be turned of with a Nexa remote socket breaker.
This is a very short description of the project. But I have a more detailed version here.
You can also download all the drawings and STL:s from Thingiverse here.
I will add a small movie as soon as I have made one. :)
~ Erik Pettersson, Enköping, Sweden
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- AnonymousMay 02, 2012 7:43 AM
Not only would my husband love this as a piece of art in our house, so would I!
How fun! - AnonymousMay 28, 2012 11:41 AM
OMG my boy who has Autism is totally wrapped in this, he keeps staring at it - just gorgeous, if only I could pull it off!!
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A Colbert man waived his right to a trial this week on assault charges and was sentenced to seven years in prison.
Donald Joe Shires, 49, was charged in November 2011 with first-degree burglary, assault and battery with a deadly weapon, plus misdemeanor domestic abuse.
As part of a plea agreement, counts one and three were dismissed and count two was amended to assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. Shires was sentenced to 10 years in prison but three years were suspended. He was also ordered to pay $16,318/49 in restitution.
Shires was charged after the Bryan County Sheriff's Office began investigating a stabbing. Deputy Tim Harwood responded to the incident on Sept. 22, 2011, when he was informed that Calvin Grider was being treated for a stab wound at Texoma Medical Center in Denison, Texas.
According to Sheriff's Investigator John Bates, Grider initially said the wound was accidental and self inflicted.
On Oct. 18 2011, Bates was contacted by District Attorney Investigator David Cathey, who said that Grider had spoken to him and said Shires stabbed him.
Bates and Cathey then went to Grider's residence in Cartwright to speak to him. Grider, according to the affidavit, said a woman had been staying at his home and that Shires, who had been making threats toward him, was her estranged husband.
Grider said Shires entered the home, slapped the woman and then stabbed him in the abdomen with a steak knife, the affidavit states. Shires then left the home. Grider said he was initially afraid to make a statement when Harwood spoke to him at the hospital.
Bates and Sheriff's Investigator Nathan Calloway questioned Shires. According to the affidavit, Shires said he had given his wife everything and that she never had to work.
Shires, the affidavit states, said he had been looking for his wife for a week and that he found her at Grider's residence. He said that when he saw her, she appeared to be on drugs and was preparing to use drugs with Grider.
According to the affidavit, he admitted to entering the residence and stabbing Grider. He then ran from the home after he heard Grider's brother yell.
In other crimes, several people have been charged with drug crimes this week. Paul Joseph Payne II, 23, Durant, and Camille Dawn Mowles, 34, also of Durant, were charged with possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute. According to court papers, Payne and Mowles were in possession of methamphetamine Oct. 29 in the 900 block of West Alabama Street when searched by Durant Police.
Barry Darnell Ward Jr., 19, was charged with possession of marijuana with intent to distribute within 2,000 feet of a school. Durant Police searched his home in the 1100 block of North Fourth Avenue, and according to an affidavit, officers found marijuana, a set of scales and sandwich baggies.
The affidavit states that upon questioning, Ward said he was selling marijuana to make a little money because college is expensive. "Google Earth" revealed that his home was within 841 feet of the Southeastern campus.


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Senior Game Play Software Engineer
Sucker Punch Productions | Bellevue WA 98004 USA | Full Time | Posted: 11/13/2012
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Sucker Punch takes an entire floor of a skyscraper in downtown Bellevue, a work environment customized to emphasize collaboration. We offer a great environment, a friendly set of co-workers, a full benefits package, competitive salaries, and the opportunity to work with one of the best teams around.
We're proud of the games we've built, but we're always looking to get better. We're excited about strengthening our team with people that share our vision for building visually arresting, emotionally compelling, viscerally involving games. If you're that sort of person, we'd love to hear from you.
Additional information can be found on the company's Web site at http://www.suckerpunch.com/.
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Sucker Punch Productions is looking for focused, collaborative, professional engineers to implement game play features for our upcoming (and unannounced) project. We're looking for bright, energetic, and talented individuals who share our love of video games and our passion for creating innovative and fun experiences.
Work for this position will be done primarily in C++, with some work done in our proprietary Scheme-based scripting language. This is a highly collaborative position. You'll be working closely with our game design team during iteration on game play features.
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Volkswagen's Golf in 1974 started the revolution. Designed to replace the Beetle, which had been around for over 35 years, the Golf couldn't have been more different to its predecessor. Front wheel drive with a sporty folded paper look was the ideas of Giorgetto Giugiaro. The Golf was never intended to be a performance car.
Its main purpose was to be a small, fuel efficient model with hard bold lines. Fortunately, VW engineer Alfons Löwenberg saw the potential and gathered together a small group of like-minded colleagues at Wolfsburg to begin work in their spare time. On what they would call the Sport Golf.
The new and improved Golf made its public debut at the 1975 Frankfurt motor show. Amongst the details that marked it out from the basic Golfs was a chin spoiler, black side stripes, black plastic wheelarch extensions, and a red pinstripe around the grille. Inside there were sports seats with tartan upholstery, black headlining and a gearknob that resembled a golf ball even though the Golf was named not after the sport, but as with many other VWs, a wind, in this case the Golfstrom or Gulf Stream.
The car also wore new badges bearing the initials GTI, 'GT' standing for Gran Turismo, 'I' for injection referring to the adoption of Bosch K-Jetronic fuel injection in place of the carburetor originally fitted to the Audi engine. Along with further mods that included larger inlet valves and a higher compression ratio, this enabled the 1.6-litre engine to produce 108bhp at 6100rpm and 103lb ft at 5000rpm. With a kerb weight of just 810kg, the GTI could get to 60mph in 9 seconds. Top speed was 110mph.
Available only as a three-door, the Golf GTI went on sale in Germany in June 1976. A handful of special-order left-hand-drive cars started to come to the UK the following year, but it wasn't until July 1979 that the first right-hand-drive GTIs arrived. Combining performance, convenience and affordability, they were an instant hit. By the end of the year more than 1500 had been sold, and as the hot Golf's popularity continued to grow, a host of imitators soon followed from rivals such as Ford, Peugeot, Renault and Vauxhall. But the VW would remain the benchmark against which all hot hatches would be measured for years to come.


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Second Lawsuit Filed By Family Of Midland Train Tragedy Victim
By: Big 2 News Staff
Updated: December 28, 2012
The family of Marine Corps Chief Warrant Officer 3 Gary Stouffer filed a lawsuit a Dallas district court on December 27th.
In the suit, Catherine Stouffer seeks damages from both both Union Pacific railroad and Smith Industries,
Smith Industries owned and operated the flatbed truck that Stouffer was riding on during the fatal crash on November 15th.
A Union Pacific train that was traveling 62 miles an hour plowed into the flatbed truck -- which was carrying 12 injured military veterans, their 12 wives and 2 escorts to a banquet -- near the intersection of South Garfield Street and West Front Street.
Stouffer and 3 other veterans died in the crash. An additional 17 people were injured.
The Stouffers' lawsuit claims that the crash was preventable.
The lawsuit also says that Union Pacific was grossly negligent by not properly maintaining the crossing warning system.
Lawyers also say that the people operating the train did not do so safely.
The lawsuit also claims that Smith Industries was negligent, adding that the company drive the truck in a safe manner.
Lawyers are seeking unspecified damages in the suit.
"I can tell you that we feel quite confident that we have sued the appropriate parties," attorney Charla Aldous told Big 2. "And we do strongly believe that Union Pacific is responsible for allowing this dangerous crossing to exist in the manner it did on the day the accident occurred."
Aldous also said she is waiting to hear back from Smith Industries and Union Pacific about when they can proceed with their investigation.
Another lawsuit -- which represents 4 people who were involved in the crash -- has already been filed against Union Pacific and Smith Industries.
Union Pacific has maintained that they followed guidelines set up by the Federal Railroad Administration in the moments before the wreck occurred.


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