Comparing iphone 6 & 6Plus with other SMartphones

In this post i have collected multiple comparisons from multiple sites, this isn’t my opinion, nor it is my comparison, but i liked to share it with you all, may be it would be helpful for all of us to choose what best suits us.

To help you choose a smartphone, and to choose between iOS and Android, this post will compare the iPhone 6, iPhone 6 Plus, and HTC One M8. For the most part we’ll focus on hardware specs and stand-out software features, but once we actually have the new iPhone 6 or iPhone 6 Plus in our hands for review, we’ll update this story with more up-to-date details. We’ll also discuss where the Samsung Galaxy S5 and Note 3 and 4 fit into this comparison.

Display: iPhone 6 vs. iPhone 6 Plus vs. HTC One M8

Let’s start with the most obvious change between the iPhone 5S and both of the new iPhone 6 models: Screen size and resolution. While the iPhone 6 has a 4.7-inch display, its resolution is relatively low at 1334×750 — the same 326 PPI as the iPhone 5S. The 5.5-inch iPhone 6 Plus steps up to a full 1920×1080 display, or 401 PPI. The HTC One M8 has a 5-inch panel at 1920×1080, or 441 PPI.

For the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, Apple has apparently updated its Retina display to… Retina HD. Retina HD apparently delivers higher contrast and more accurate color reproduction. Early hands-on reviews say that both new iPhones have fantastic displays, but we’ll have to wait for some objective comparisons. The One M8′s display is one of the best out there.

The iPhone 6 and 6 Plus use IPS panels, while the HTC One M8 uses Super LCD (SLCD). Functionally, this should make very little difference. Both technologies have good viewing angles, contrast, color gamut, and so on.

In terms of pure pixel density, the HTC One M8 probably has the better display. The iPhone 6′s 1334×750 resolution is a little bit disappointing, but Apple had to maintain a specification gap between it and the iPhone 6 Plus. In any case, though, all three phones should look fantastic.

iPhone 6 (bottom) vs. HTC One M8 thickness

Size and weight: iPhone 6 vs. iPhone 6 Plus vs. HTC One M8

With apologies to a famous comic book movie: With a greater display comes greater size and weight.

iPhone 6: 138.1mm long, 67mm wide, 6.9mm thick. 129 grams (4.55 oz).

iPhone 6 Plus: 158.1mm long, 77.8mm wide, 7.1mm thick. 172 grams (6.07 oz).

HTC One M8: 146.4mm long, 70.6mm wide, 9.4mm thick. 160 grams (5.64 oz).

The Samsung Galaxy S5, in case you were wondering, is 145 grams and 8.1mm thick — so, significantly thinner than the One M8, but still a long way off the new iPhones. The Galaxy Note 4 is very similar to the iPhone 6 Plus in terms of dimensions and weight, but it packs in a larger and much-higher-res screen (5.7 inches @ 2560×1440).

Hardware specs: iPhone 6 vs. iPhone 6 Plus vs. HTC One M8

It’s always a little complex (and not really very objective) to compare the internals of Apple and Android devices. Apple usually goes for lower clock speeds (to save power), and smaller amounts of RAM (to cut costs and some power), but no one would say that the iPhone 6 or iPhone 6 Plus is a slow or sluggish phone.

So far, all we really know is that the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus have the new 20nm Apple A8 SoC. We’ll be analyzing this chip in further depth later today. For now, it looks like it’s an updated version of the dual-core A7 SoC, but with a larger GPU. You will not be disappointed by the A8′s performance, I can tell you that much.

There is an updated M8 “motion coprocessor” in the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus, too, which presumably reduces sensor power consumption — but I’m sure the HTC One M8 has some coprocessors as well (they’re just not marketed as such).

The HTC One M8 has the Snapdragon 801 SoC, which has a strong quad-core Krait CPU, but the Adreno 330 GPU is fairly dated by this point. The Galaxy Note 4, Note Edge, LG G3, and updated Galaxy S5 LTE-A (Korea only) have the newer Snapdragon 805 with Adreno 420 GPU, which will probably fare better against Apple’s A8 SoC. There is 2GB of RAM in the HTC One M8.

Interestingly, the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus now come in 16GB, 64GB, and 128GB models. The HTC One M8 only comes in 16 or 32GB flavors — but it has a micro SD card slot, unlike the iPhones. The iPhone models both come with the Touch ID fingerprint sensor, while the One M8 does not. (The Galaxy S5 does have a fingerprint sensor, but it’s a bit shoddy.)

Battery life: iPhone 6 vs. iPhone 6 Plus vs. HTC One M8

Neither the HTC One M8 (shown here) or the iPhone 6/6 Plus offer a replaceable battery.

There’s no word on the actual size (watt-hours, mAh) of the iPhone 6 or iPhone 6 Plus battery, but Apple is promising some impressive battery life figures nonetheless. The larger chassis of the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus hopefully allowed Apple to squeeze in a significantly larger battery over the iPhone 5S. On the iPhone 6 — according to Apple’s own figures — you should get 11 hours of web browsing over WiFi, 10 hours over LTE, and 11 hours of video playback. The iPhone 6 Plus steps up to 12 hours over WiFi and LTE, and 14 hours of video playback.

The HTC One M8 has a fairly small battery as far as big Android phones go (2,600 mAh), and HTC doesn’t provide official surfing/video playback battery life figures. The Galaxy S5 (with a big, replaceable 2,800 mAh battery) is better in this regard. In any case, the One M8 is usually good for a full day of mixed usage — but you will probably get better battery life from the iPhone 6, and certainly the iPhone 6 Plus.

the HTC One M8 — and probably every other Android phone — is the camera. Apple has always made good cameras, and it seems the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus will be no different.

Apple says there’s a brand new “iSight” sensor in the iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus, rocking 8 megapixels, with “focus pixels” (Apple’s wording) that perform phase-detection autofocus. The iPhone 6 Plus also has optical image stabilization, for additional sharpness and low-light image quality. Early hands-on impressions are that the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus cameras are very good.

Backside of the iPhone 6 (right) and HTC One M8, showing the respective cameras. Note the HTC One M8 has an additional depth sensor.

The One M8 camera’s pixels are larger (2.0µ vs. 1.5µ), and the One M8 does have some interesting features that the iPhones don’t have (such as a depth sensor for 3D images). For some reason though, the color reproduction from the One M8′s camera just isn’t very good, and highly sporadic. The Galaxy S5 does have phase-detection autofocus, but again the camera can return some questionable image quality.

The iPhone 6 and iPhone 6 Plus introduce some new video capture features, too, that the One M8 can’t match, such as 240 fps slow-mo mode and continuous autofocus (and face detection). The front FaceTime camera on the iPhones sounds like it’s superior to anything offered the the HTC One M8 or other Android smartphones, too.

 

iPhone 6 vs. Galaxy S5

Display

This is the first time Apple builds a smartphone with a display larger than 4 inches. In fact, Apple and their fans have bashed the large-screen Android smartphones in the past.

Apple’s new iPhone 6 arrives with a 4.7-inch LED-backlit IPS LCD display with 750 x 1334 resolution. It also has a pixel density of 326 ppi and is protected by shatterproof glass and olephobic coating.

The Galaxy S5 features a 5.1-inch Super AMOLED display with Full HD (1080 x 1920) resolution and a pixel density of 432 ppi. It’s protected against scratches by a Gorilla Glass 3 layer.

The screen that equips the Galaxy S5 comes with higher resolution and higher pixel density, so it helps Samsung’s flagship win this round. The point allocated for the Display round goes to the S5.

Dimensions

Apple was known for manufacturing smartphones that are great for one-hand usage. Starting with the last generation, the Cupertino-based company can no longer brag about this.

The Galaxy S5 is 142 mm tall, 72.5 mm wide, and 8.1 mm thin, while weighing in at 145 grams. Despite having a significantly smaller screen, the iPhone 6 is similar in size with the Galaxy S5. It measures 138.1 x 67 x 6.9 mm and weighs 129 grams.

Apple’s smartphone is more compact and lighter than its rival, so it wins the Dimensions round. The iPhone 6 wins its first point.

Processor

Starting last year, Apple has integrated 64-bit processors into their iPhone. Just like its predecessor, the iPhone 6 has a 64-bit-friendly processor.

The Samsung Galaxy S5 is powered by a Qualcomm MSM8974AC Snapdragon 801 chipset with quad-core 2.5 GHz Krait 400 CPU and Adreno 330 GPU. On the other hand, the iPhone 6 is underpinned by Apple’s A8 SoC based on two Cyclone (ARM v8-based) cores clocked at 1.4 GHz and a quad-core PowerVR GX6450.

Though the S5’s processor has more cores and higher clock speed, benchmarks have shown that iPhone 6’s CPU is more powerful. Apple’s flagship wins another point.

Memory

Apps, your music collection, your favorite TV shows, photos and videos that you capture using your smartphone. For all these you will need lots of storage.

The iPhone 6 comes has three storage options: 16, 64, and 128 GB. The Galaxy S5 is available with either 32 or 64 GB storage, but it also supports microSD expansion up to 128 GB.

In terms of RAM, the Galaxy S5 arrives with 2 GB, while Apple’s iPhone 6 has only 1 GB. Anyway, iOS’ multitasking doesn’t require a high amount of RAM, so both devices will provide a decent multitasking experience.

Still, the Galaxy S5 can have a maximum of 160 GB of storage. Samsung’s smartphone wins the Memory round.

Camera

Apple’s terminal brings an 8 MP iSight camera with phase detection autofocus, dual-LED flash, 1/3” sensor size, 1.5µm pixel size, geo-tagging, simultaneous HD video and image recording, touch focus, face/smile detection, HDR, and support for 1080p@60fps video recording. iPhone 6 also brings an 1.2 MP user-facing camera with HD video recording support.

Samsung Galaxy S5 features a 16 MP primary shooter with phase detection autofocus, LED flash, 1/2.6” sensor size, 1.12 µm pixel size, Dual Shot, Simultaneous HD video and image recording, geo-tagging, touch focus, face/smile detection, HDR, and 4K video recording capabilities. The S5 also integrates a 2 MP secondary cam capable of recording 1080p videos.

Even though there some Apple fans would say that megapixels don’t count, real-life tests have proven that Galaxy S5’s camera is superior. The Samsung terminal wins the Camera round.

Design

Samsung has received a lot of criticism for not using premium materials for their smartphones. Fortunately, the South Koreans have improved this aspect of their devices starting with the Galaxy Note 4.

The Galaxy S5 keeps the same form factor as its predecessor, but it has less rounded corners and sharper edges. The back is made of a rubberized plastic that feels great and offers good grip. On the back, you will find a heart rate monitor underneath the camera sensor, while the speaker is located in the bottom left corner. S5 also has a fingerprint sensor integrated on the Home button and it’s IP67 certified which means that is dust proof and water resistant up to 1 meter and 30 minutes. Samsung flagship might not be the best-looking smartphone on the market, but it’s definitely an improvement compared to company’s previous phones. It’s available in four body colors: Black, Blue, White, and Gold.

The iPhone 6 departs from the design philosophy introduced in 2010 by the iPhone 4. As you may know, the iPhone 4S looked just like the iPhone 4, while both iPhone 5 and iPhone 5s were aluminium-made, taller variants of the former one. The new Apple smartphone has more rounded corners and it’s made of aluminium. It’s very slim, but, unfortunately, it has a large bezel around the screen which is not so good-looking. There are three color options available, Gray, White, and Gold. The iPhone 6 is a wonderfully-crafted smartphone and, no doubt, one of the best-looking on the market.

Even though the S5 is water and dust resistant, the iPhone 6 is the better-looking device. Apple’s smartphone wins the design round hands-down.

Battery Life

The iPhone 6 is kept alive by a non-removable Li-Po 1,810 mAh battery. Apple promises 250 hours of stand-by time and 14 hours of talk time. In our test, the iPhone 6 managed to get through about 18 hours of moderate usage on a single charge.

Samsung’s Galaxy S5 has a removable Li-Ion 2,800 mAh battery, which, according to Samsung, can get the device through up to 390 hours of stand-by time or 21 hours of talk time. When we got our hands on the Galaxy S5, the smartphone managed to stay awake for almost one day and a half of moderate usage.

The Galaxy S5 has better battery life, so it wins this round. Another point for Samsung’s smartphone.

Connectivity

When it comes to connectivity, the Galaxy S5 arrives with HSDPA, 42.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 50 Mbps UL, 150 Mbps DL, Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot, Bluetooth 4.0 Low Energy, NFC, infra red port, and microUSB 3.0. Apple’s iPhone 6 brings DC-HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps; EV-DO Rev. A, up to 3.1 Mbps; LTE, Cat4, 150 Mbps DL, 50 Mbps UL, Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi hotspot, Bluetooth 4.0 Low Energy, NFC (limited to Apple Pay), and Apple’s proprietary Lightning port.

Unfortunately, iPhone 6’s NFC chip has limited functionality. Moreover, the iOS-powered smartphone doesn’t have an IR blaster which comes in handy when you lose the remote control of your TV or set-top-box. The connectivity round goes to the Galaxy S5.

iPhone 6 vs. Sony Xperia Z3 Compact

 

at the end it is your choice, and here comes a video for you to decide

HP to Split into 2 companies

Press Release: October 06, 2014

HP's home-focused and business divisions have frequently seemed at odds with each other, and apparently the company agrees.

HP Inc. will be the leading personal systems and printing company delivering innovations that will empower people to create, interact and inspire like never before

Strategic step provides each new company with the focus, financial resources and flexibility to adapt quickly to market and customer dynamics while generating long-term value for shareholders.

Hewlett-Packard Enterprise will build upon HP’s leading position in servers, storage, networking, converged systems, services and software as well as its OpenStack Helion cloud platform 

Meg Whitman to be President and Chief Executive Officer of Hewlett-Packard Enterprise; Pat Russo to be Chairman of Hewlett-Packard Enterprise Board 

HP Inc. will be the leading personal systems and printing company with a strong roadmap into the most exciting new technologies like 3D printing and new computing experiences 

Dion Weisler to be President and Chief Executive Officer of HP Inc.; Meg Whitman to be Chairman of the HP Inc. Board 

In other words, The two publicly traded companies will be, consumer-focused PC, tablet, and printing efforts will continue on under the HP banner, while a new company named Hewlett-Packard Enterprise will focus on "enterprise technology infrastructure" and "software and services businesses." Meg Whitman, the current CEO of HP, will take the reins at Hewlett-Packard Enterprise, while Dion Weisler, the company's EVP for Printing and Personal Systems, will lead the new HP.

The company also announced an increase in the number of layoffs for this financial year. It had previously estimated 45,000-50,000 employees would be leaving the company, but that figure has now risen to 55,000.

Confirmation has been announced on HP official site

 http://www8.hp.com/us/en/hp-news/press-release.html?id=1809455&es_p=139949#.VDUSBe8cTIU

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HP officially join the hyper-converged infrastructure market BY announcing Hyper-Converged Systems based on StoreVirtual VSA

HP unveiled the HP Converged System 200-HC StoreVirtual that offer ready-built integrated systems designed to make it easier for organizations to build and operate data centre infrastructure optimized for virtualized workloads. The Solution is based on HP ProLiant SL2500 series of scalable computing servers and the HP StoreVirtual VSA on 14th of October2014 at VMworld in Barcelona.  The CS 200-HC StoreVirtual features VMware vSphere 5, the HP StoreVirtual VSA, and HP OneView for management. The HP Converged System 200-HC StoreVirtual arrives pre-configured with servers, storage, networking and VMware vSphere to enable complete deployment of a virtualized environment in under 15 minutes.

Hewlett-Packard officially became the latest vendor to join the hyper-converged infrastructure market with the introduction of two new appliances, one based on its own software-defined storage stack and the other on VMware's upcoming EVO:Rail software stack.

The move comes in line with similar offerings like the VBlock platform from VCE, Cisco's Unified Computing System, and VMware's own EVO:RAIL platform, announced in August, all of which offer pre-built and configured appliances combining compute, storage and network hardware.

The first, the HP Converged System 200 HC StoreVirtual, combines an HP ProLiant server configured with four server nodes in a 2U chassis, the HP StoreVirtual VSA virtual storage appliance, HP OneView converged management, and integration with VMware vSphere.

The second, the HP ConvergedSystem 200 HC EVO:Rail, uses VMware's pre-integrated EVO:Rail, introduced at the August VMworld conference. The EVO:Rail stack includes VMware vSphere, the VMware VSAN (Virtual SAN) storage software, the newly renamed VMware vRealize Log Insight, and the EVO:Rail engine.

The main difference between the 2 solutions is that the HP ConvergedSystem 200 HC StoreVirtual expands hyper-converged infrastructure environments across HP 3Par and StoreVirtual environments, while EVO:Rail is for customers looking at a single software stack from VMware.

VMware EVO: RAIL combines VMware compute, networking, and storage resources into a hyper-converged infrastructure appliance to create a simple, easy to deploy, all-in-one solution offered by our partners

The Solution Components comes as follows:

Proven HP ProLiant hardware	All HP software pre-installed and ready to go
A single 2U chassis containing four powerful, integrated servers Scale out storage, network and compute without complexity Systems cluster together up to 32 nodes, all managed from the same console	HP OneView InstantOn for quick start and cluster configuration HP OneView for VMware vCenter for daily provisioning and monitoring HP StoreVirtual data services for availability and performance

  The solution comes in 2 flavours:

1. HP ConvergedSystem 242-HC StoreVirtual, a hybrid, auto-tiering model with SAS and SSD capacity to serve performance and latency-sensitive workloads.
2. HP ConvergedSystem 240-HC StoreVirtual, an all-SAS model to meet larger capacity requirements at a lower cost.

 

CS 240-HC StoreVirtual System	CS 242-HC StoreVirtual System
4 nodes, each with 2 sockets, 8 cores each socket at 2.0Ghz 128GB of RAM each node 2 x 10GbE and 2 x 1GbE NICs per node 6 x 1.2TB SAS SFF drives per node	4 nodes, each with 2 sockets, 10 cores each socket at 2.8GHz 256GB of RAM each node 2 x 10GbE and 2 x 1GbE NICs per node 4 x 1.2TB SAS SFF drives per node 2 x 400GB SSDs per node

The HP ConvergedSystem 200 HC StoreVirtual takes the idea of software-defined data centers a step further by adding the management and VMware integration.

HP also pointed out that its StoreVirtual VSA platform supports autonomic storage tiering at the sub-volume level, as well as thin provisioning and space reclamation to provide capacity efficiency and lower storage costs. StoreVirtual VSA features Autonomic Optimization, this capability includes continuous workload monitoring and migration of frequently accessed data to high-performance storage disks such as solid-state drives (SSD), while inactive data is moved to less costly storage such as conventional spinning hard disks.  This allows for more often accessed blocks of data to be moved from SAS onto SSD and less used to be moved from SSD down to SAS yielding greater performance from the storage subsystem. 

StoreVirtual also provides a wide range of interoperability options for customers who have already invested in dedicated StoreVirtual 4000 hardware solutions or who have existing StoreVirtual VSA deployments.  Beyond native replication, HP StoreVirtual also includes Peer Motion capabilities to allow movement of data from one StoreVirtual environment to another for easy migration.

The new Converged System 200-HC StoreVirtual models will be available for purchase in December.  The Converged System 200-HC EVO:RAIL configuration will be available first quarter of 2015.

 

 

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Oops! How You Handle Mistakes Speaks Volumes

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Mistakes. We've all made them. I always say, "I don't repeat them; I make new ones."

Source: Terry Whalebone CC by 2.0

But how you handle mistakes says everything about you. People may not remember the gaffe; they will remember how you handled it.

Recently, I set up a Google Hangout on Air wrong with some marketing folks across the world. Yep. I screwed up. And I've done these before. I know how to set one up; clearly my typing fingers do not.

The morning of the call while we're trying to launch this darn thing, I discover my mistake. I own it. I restart the HOA correctly - send out a new link - apologize and credibly (hopefully!) announce that I'm honoring my brand promise of "keeping it human." Yes, there were people frustrated by the delay. I also had people laugh, say ' oops,' tell me they loved the hangout once it did record, and add that I was 'grace under pressure.' Whew.

Once the mistake is out there - you have a choice. It's done. Let it go. For me, conceding it, having a laugh, celebrating my humanity and moving on are all parts of the process.

Benign Mistakes Can Be Your Marketing Friend

Sometimes marketing gifts happen with mistakes. Years ago, I had a friend whose company published an annual 'Book of Lists.' It was a list of private companies, public companies, etc. by growth in revenues and / or employees in Silicon Valley. Every year the organization produced this list and they invited subscribers to a 'Book of Lists' Launch Party.

One year, I got an invite to a 'Book of Lusts' Party. You read that right. When I composed myself enough from laughing so hard, I called my friend and said, 'Hey, this is great!' She was mortified. It turns out it was not a marketing strategy or fun toga party; it was a typo. She panicked. "What do I do, Kathy?" she asked.

"You are going to let it go, play it up and have fun with it. This is the BEST mistake you could have made. It's comedy gold. That's what you are going to do," I said.

She wasn't convinced...until invitees starting sharing the invite and posting it and jokingly saying, "Hey, now this is a party I actually want to go to!" Attendee responses were overwhelmingly supportive. As I predicted, people had fun and more people attended the party. Who the heck doesn't want to attend a 'Book of Lusts' party?! Seriously. THAT's a party!

Here's the thing: a lot of time and energy could have been spent agonizing and fixing and apologizing. Why?

If it's a benign error (read: no one is hurt or offended), let it go. Have fun. Play along. People will remember how you handled the mistake and that says a lot about who we are and how we embrace our humanity. My friend's company made themselves fun, relateable and human. Who doesn't want that?

As long as you're breathing, you'll make mistakes. It's part of the human contract. Learn to laugh at your gaffes, and apologize for the big ones. That's key. If it had been a biggie, then the company would have had to apologize, obviously. Don't fear looking silly - embrace it. You will endear yourself in a way you can't imagine.

When you handle these things with grace and dignity, that's what people see and remember.

To me, that's a big part of what 'keeping it human' is all about!

How did you handle a mistake - big or small? What did you learn about yourself and others?

HP Just Made A Brilliant Move Buying Eucalyptus Systems

 

On Sep 11, 2014 PALO ALTO, CA - HP announced a definitive agreement to acquire Eucalyptus, a provider of open source software for building private and hybrid enterprise clouds, In a slap against cloud-computing to rival Amazon,  Eucalyptus Systems.

After the transaction closes, Eucalyptus Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Marten Mickos, will join HP as senior vice president and general manager of the Cloud business, reporting to Meg Whitman, chairman, president and chief executive officer of HP, thus leading the HP Cloud organization in building out the HP Helion portfolio, based on OpenStack® technology.

"Eucalyptus and HP share a common vision for the future of cloud in the enterprise," said Mickos. "Enterprises are demanding open source cloud solutions, and I'm thrilled to have this opportunity to grow the HP Helion portfolio and lead a world-class business that delivers private, hybrid, managed and public clouds to enterprise customers worldwide."

Martin Fink, who currently leads HP's Cloud business, will remain in his roles as chief technology officer of HP and director of HP Labs, where he will focus on innovation and creating groundbreaking solutions like The Machine. Fink will also continue to lead HP's Network Functions Virtualization (NFV) business.

Since introducing HP Helion in May, with investment of $1 billion in that cloud business, HP has grown share in private cloud and was ranked as the leader in the Forrester Wave report for Private Cloud Solutions.⁽¹⁾ In addition, HP recently announced an agreement to build and operate community clouds for enterprise customers in China, one of the fastest growing cloud markets in the world, and also announced HP Helion OpenStack Professional Services to help enterprises implement OpenStack technology-based clouds. HP is the leading code contributor to the next release of OpenStack code, scheduled for October. HP expects the acquisition to close in the fourth quarter of its fiscal year 2014. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

By this, HP a nice tool to nab Amazon cloud customers.

Eucalyptus makes software for something called "private" cloud computing. That's where companies use cloud-computing technology in their own data centers to help them use their computers and networks more efficiently. Eucalyptus makes private cloud software that mimics Amazon's cloud. You could build a mini-Amazon in your own data center then easily move apps and data between your own data center and Amazon's cloud, tapping into Amazon whenever you needed extra computing power. (A concept is known in as "hybrid" computing in the tech industry.)

Until Amazon's huge contract with the CIA, Amazon didn't offer any private cloud tech. And that deal was for a specially constructed data center that will cost up to $600 million. Everyone else gets the software from an Amazon partner like Eucalyptus. For instance security software company F-Secure just signed up with Eucalyptus to do a hybrid Amazon cloud.

HP is going through a multi-year turnaround to trim debt and grow revenue again, including a massive layoff of 45,000 to 50,0o0 people.

But in May HP reported its first year-over-year increase in revenue in three years and Whitman indicated the company would be making "small" acquisitions in the "low hundreds to millions to mid-sized deals."

As to how much HP might have paid for Eucalyptus: it raised $55.5 million, including $30 million in 2012.

Watch your Grammer

                                     

From what Katy Steinmetz has written.

It was really great finding an article like that, it really expressing, and helpful.

There is now a book full of ways that you can tell such people to put it where the sun don’t shine. Or at least let them know it ain’t nothing. Bad English, on sale June 3, is a 255-page takedown of linguistic snobbery—detailing the ways people are being hypocritical and arbitrary when they insist on a strict adherence to rules they learned in high school.

“You frequently hear people say, before attacking you, that they care about language,” says author Ammon Shea. “We all care about language. To me that seems like euphemistic shorthand for saying ‘I like to correct the language use of others,’ which I have always found unseemly.”

And so he dug through the centuries of history that led to these rules—like when one must use disinterested vs. uninterested—finding that, often as not, those rules used to be completely different than what they are today. Along the way he debunks linguistic factoids, like the assertion that Shakespeare invented 10% of the words he used, and defends unlikely, oft-maligned characters like Sarah Palin, Dan Quayle and people who say like a lot.

“Telling people that they are wrong in a malicious fashion is useless,” says Shea, who has also written a book about his quest to read the entire Oxford English Dictionary. “What would be helpful to acknowledge is not only are some of these rules incredibly capricious, they’re also constantly changing … The thing that is oft overlooked is that as language changes, the rules that govern it change as well.”

Here are some examples of the many of the comebacks you can use next time some jerk corrects your grammar or word usage:

“Stop saying like so much. It’s meaningless.”

Shea explains that while like might be a staple of the Valley girl caricature, the word is actually performing useful linguistic duties:

• In the sentence “She was like, ‘Get out of my face,” the word signals the beginning of a quote and is known as a quotatative compartmentalizer.
• In the sentence “It’s going to take me like forever to get there,” it functions as an approximative adverb, signaling how strongly to interpret the following word; almost and barely play similar roles.
• In the sentences “I stole a panda. Like, I couldn’t live without him,” like is a discourse marker, a word used at the beginning of a sentence indicating that a clarification of what has just been said will now be given; one might similarly use I mean to introduce more information.

Like, BOOM.

“Don’t say something is ‘more unique.’ That’s like saying it’s ‘most best.’’”

The notion behind this common correction is that unique means something is truly one-of-a-kind, which a thing either is or is not, without degree—just like someone is the best or they are not the best. This word, Shea explains, does come from the Latin unicus, meaning one-of-a-kind, but when people started to widely use it in the 1800s, the meaning quickly broadened. In 1816, celebrated poet Sir Walter Scott wrote that celebrated satirist Jonathan Swift was “more unique” than any of his contemporaries. Today, dictionaries have largely relented. In a third definition, Merriam-Webster defines unique as simply “unusual.”

“You shouldn’t start sentences with and or but.”

This grievous error is committed no fewer than eight times in a little document called the Constitution. For those of a more religious bent, it may be worth pointing out that this sin is all over the Bible. The use of and to begin a sentence, Shea found, dates back to the year

“Disinterested means impartial. Uninterested means you don’t give a hoot.”

Fun fact: these words originally meant the exact opposite things that semantic samurai insist that they do now. Tracing the uses back to the 1600s, Shea explains that interchanging them didn’t seem to bother anyone for decades, until the “two met at some sort of unholy semantic swap meet and secretly agreed to change meanings.” Only in relatively modern times have grammarians found the mix-up to be cause for slapping the ruler on the desk.

“Potato is spelled sans ‘e.’”

“Dan Quayle,” Shea writes, “died for your sins”: Everyone now knows, because he was so pilloried for misspelling potato in public, how to spell that word. But potatoe, the albatross around the former vice president’s neck, was actually in use, in print, throughout the 20^th century, appearing in such sources as the New York Times, the Washington Post and the San Francisco Chronicle. Shea blames the joke-butting of Quayle on partisan politics and the tendency of those on the left to deride the intellectual abilities of those on the right.

“Only uneducated people split infinitives.”

An infinitive verb is the form with to in the front like, “to be” or “not to be.” Some traditionalists become apoplectic when an adverb is slipped between those two words, like “to boldly go.” But Shea discovered that infinitives have been split since the thirteenth century and that the reason we have this proscription today is because some grumpy grammarians from the 1800s decided that verbs would sound more like Latin, in which it is impossible to split infinitives, if they stayed in one piece. But, Shea points out, Chaucer has split, Shakespeare has split, and not to split sometimes just sounds terrible.

After all, while Shea acknowledges that some rules are useful and that standards have a time and place, he recommends that we let our ears be our guide—and if we can still understand somebody who is speaking in an heretic manner, we might take time to think about it rather than judge it.

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Change in Posting Location

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It was my Pleasure to be using this Page and Posting all my thoughts, Experience on this page, but Luckily, i got a new opportunity, where i have my Own Internet webpage now.

 

 

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i will continue posting on this page for a while, but it will be discontinued by the beginning of June2014

Egypt Daylight Saving Time 2014

This Article has been copied

The government of Egypt has announced that it will observe DST in 2014, and has released its DST Transitions for the Holy Month Ramadan.

The daylight saving time start on midnight of May 15th at exactly 11:59:59 PM, without applying the fix your users will face problems with Active Directory and Exchange Servers besides having their calendars off by one hour.

During this time, clocks will be turned back to standard time. This interruption in the DST schedule is designed to shorten the evening hours, making it easier for Muslims to observe the Ramadan fast during hours of daylight.

To avoid this you need to apply the fix provided by Microsoft using Microsoft SCCM or a Startup group Policy.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2967990 

Instead of ending DST on 30th September, DST was suspended during Ramadan and then re-enabled again in September. The transition dates are:

Make Sure Make sure that you have the latest Windows Cumulative Update for your time zone and DST installed before running this fix-it solution. To find the latest update: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2904266

Please note that All Microsoft Outlook calendar entries for meetings and appointments between the 15th of May and 27th of June, 2014 will be shifted by 1 hour. This will happen because the previous DST settings were in place during adding these calendar
entries (previous DST settings are currently inapplicable). It is recommended that  you recheck all calendar entries for the above mentioned period.

NetXtreme II Latest announcement from QLogic for HP

 

QLogic announcements has selected  HP's latest Virtual Connect FlexFabric Solution as a key enabler of the industry's first 20Gb Ethernet connectivity. QLogic NetXtreme II Ethernet controllers are at the core of HP's latest Virtual Connect FlexFabric adapters and deliver the industry's highest performing Ethernet, Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) and iSCSI connectivity available. This announcement represents the first new product and technology arising from QLogic's recently acquired Broadcom Ethernet assets. QLogic Fibre Channel switching technology is embedded in HP's latest Virtual Connect FlexFabric modules, which also support FCoE and iSCSI traffic. The combination of leading QLogic technologies in the HP FlexFabric architecture creates a high-performance, 20Gb Ethernet fabric ideal for data center convergence and virtualization.

QLogic's NetXtreme II Ethernet controllers enable the HP FlexFabric 20Gb 2-port 630FLB Adapter and the HP FlexFabric 20Gb 2-port 630M Adapter. These adapters provide 10Gb or 20Gb Converged Ethernet connectivity to HP BladeSystem servers. Leveraging HP's Flex-20 technology, these new adapters efficiently deliver twice the bandwidth of a 10Gb port, while reducing the management overhead associated with multiple 10Gb adapters. Both adapters offload FCoE and iSCSI traffic, eliminating software overhead and reducing CPU cycles for improved performance, while simplifying server-to-networked storage connectivity.

QLogic switching technology enables the new HP Virtual Connect FlexFabric-20/40 F8 Module for c-Class BladeSystem. The new module more than doubles the throughput of previous generations with 20Gb downlinks and provides eight flex ports that can be dynamically configured to support Ethernet, Fibre Channel, iSCSI or FCoE. QLogic's flex ports enable HP's Virtual Connect wire-once technology to deliver the simplest method to connect servers and storage to the network, while new 40GbE uplinks in the FlexFabric-20/40 F8 module speed traffic from server-to-core.

Product Bulletin will be discontinued. Give HP your feedback.

The  morning of 2nd may, I noticed:
"NOTICE OF DISCONTINUATION” for Product Bulletin
The Product Bulletin will be replaced soon by a new solution.

Please provide feedback on the current solution by taking a brief survey.

(http://www.desktop-assistance.com/survey/survey.aspx)"

Have you seen what replaces it yet? I have heard that the Product Bulletin goes away May 23rd.

The New solution will be:

HP Document Library

The HP Document Library for QuickSpecs, accessible from your desktop or mobile device, is a convenient central resource providing technical overviews and specifications for HP hardware and software.

QuickSpecs can be accessed off-line on with a Windows based HP QuickSpecs Offline application or through synchronization with standard cloud solutions.

HP QuickSpecs Offline Application

HP Matrix Operating Environment, Insight Control Environment and HPSIM Part1

Welcome to this new Series for HP System Insight Manager, in this series i will be discussing some notes related to Installation configuration and managing, and the relation with ICE and MOE (Insight Control Enviroment and Matrix Operating Enviroment)

First, Installing HPSIM 7.2 on windows 2008R2 SP2 (Acting as a Management Server)

a) 1-Install W2KR2 SP2

b) Install latest updates for the OS.

c) Install from roles and features [ IIS with ASP.Net, and FTP and WWW, DHCP,DNS, simple TCP/IP , .Net Framework 3.5sp1 ] services (When installing IIS Ensure that IIS Metabase Compatibility is installed)

d) Install .net frame work 1.1 (IT IS A MUST to install Net Framework 1.1 And .Net Framework 1.1 Service Pack 1)

e) install .Net frame work 4.0

f) install adobe flash player latest

g) Confirm that Internet Explorer Enhanced Security Configuration is not selected.

h) Go to Computer MGMT, at the Web Service Extensions check that the ASP.Net is enabled, and WebDAV is disabled

i) Disable User Account Control

j) Create a DHCP scope, and configure the Bindings, and the DNS Dynamic update credentials, also at the DNS tab, choose Dynamically update DNS A and PTR records for DHCP clients that do not request.

         I) Set the following registry key on the DHCP server:

A. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\DHCPServer\Parameters

                    Value name: RogueAuthorizationRecheckInterval
                    Data type: REG_DWORD
                   Value data: Minutes between Authorization Intervals (Default = 60)

Set the following registry key on the DHCP server:

B. HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\DHCPServer\Parameters

                         Value name: DisableRogueDetection
                        Data type: REG_DWORD
                        Value data: 1

        2) Using Netsh from CMD, enable option 60:

netsh netsh>dhcp          netsh dhcp>server \\<DHCP_server_machine_name>          netsh dhcp>add optiondef 60 PXEClient String 0 comment=option added for PXE support          netsh dhcp>set optionvalue 60 STRING PXEClient           netsh dhcp>exit

             This is done in case you have a main DHCP server and this DHCP will be used to deploy servers in a separated VLAN

k) In DNS create a forward lookup zone and a reverse lookup zone, with “Allow both secure and non-secure dynamic update” options selected.

l) Install WAIK

m) Enable Windows ISCSI initiator

n) Configure the “DATA Execution Prevention” to “turn on for essential windows programs and services”

o) In the SNMP Service by right clicking and choosing Properties, in the security tab, choose the public, configure it for “READ Only”, and the Private for “Read And Write”

p) Create 2 local accounts, one as admin and the other as

q) Install the System Insight Manager and the Insight Control

 

For more information about the Installation  process, please read the Installation guide for HP SIM v7.2, on the following link:

http://www.google.ae/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&frm=1&source=web&cd=7&cad=rja&ved=0CGAQFjAG&url=http%3A%2F%2Fh20564.www2.hp.com%2Fportal%2Fsite%2Fhpsc%2Ftemplate.PAGE%2Faction.process%2Fpublic%2Fkb%2FdocDisplay%2F%3Fjavax.portlet.action%3Dtrue%26spf_p.tpst%3DkbDocDisplay%26javax.portlet.begCacheTok%3Dcom.vignette.cachetoken%26javax.portlet.endCacheTok%3Dcom.vignette.cachetoken%26docId%3Demr_na-c03651393&ei=kFd-UrjMF6uc4wTry4GIBg&usg=AFQjCNEZ56b2BVc-7kUKi1RGC5KDJTk0eA&sig2=EgX86KAC-7EQpWLCvbHBaA&bvm=bv.56146854,d.bGE

 

After installation of HP Insight Control has completed, there are several things that can be reviewed to confirm successful installation:

1- Installation status with mxconfig –l

2- Logs in c:\HPIC

3- HP Systems Insight Manager (mxdtf, mxdomainmgr) services running

4- Hostname resolution with mxgethostname

5- Database connectivity with mxgetdbinfo

The mxdomainmgr service is responsible for running the HP System Insight manager service while mxdtf service is responsible for the audit logging; in addition mxgetdbinfo is responsible for database connectivity.

For the first time to logging on the HPSIM interface locally, write the following in your IE browser http://localhost:280 or https://localhost:50000.

 

After Immediate installation of HPSIM, some basic configuration has to be performed:

a) Install licenses: Deploy a License Manager.

b) Verify software version: Help > About.

c) Set environment: Options > Managed Environment.

d) Set WMI Proxy: Options > Protocol Settings >WMI Mapper Proxy.

e) Set name resolution: Options > Security > System Link  (Sets the format for use of system name, IP address or FQDN for system links)

f) Discovery

• Options >Discovery • Configure general settings • Configure global protocol settings • Set credentials: Options >Security >Global Credentials • Manage hosts files

g) Review discovered systems.

h) Configure HP Systems Insight Manager users (create and assign user rights).

i) Set up and customize status polling.

j) Configure problem notification.

 

Now Setting up managed systems involves:

a) Installing the ProLiant Support Pack on Windows systems for the first time

b) Configuring the managed system software

c) Configuring protocol settings

d) Configuring and executing discovery on HPSIM

e) Configure the Systems to use the trust certificate from the HP Systems Insight Manager.

f) Configure the Setting to use the desired HP Version Control Repository Manager.

HP’s Industry Leading Blade New Virtual Connect Interconnect: “Virtual Connect Flex-Fabric 20/40 F8 Module”

A new addition to The Power of One solution from HP, by the Announcement of the new HP Virtual Connect Flex-Fabric 20/40 F8 Module for HP Blade System, as well as 2 new HP Flex-Fabric dual-port 20Gb 630 series Adapters for HP Blade system.

The new VC Flex-Fabric module would allow customers to simultaneously stream all movies and TV shows on Netflix in High Definition(HD) on a single 40GbE port.

The new VC Flex-Fabric 20/40 F8 Module delivers:

1. Industry First and ONLY adapters to stream converged 10Gb Ethernet and 8Gb Fiber Channel storage simultaneously over Native 20Gb KR2-based ports, thus maximizing Network Investment.
2. 4x Increase in uplink bandwidth and 2.3x increase in aggregated bandwidth with the first VC module to deliver 40Gb Ethernet connectivity.
3. Latency Reduction up to 73% resulting in increase of workload efficiency.

The new Virtual Connect has a simplified and intuitive Graphical User Interface and set-up Wizards, Embedded SNMP v1 and v2, in addition to the Command Line Interface.

Also it supports that any uplink can be used as a dedicated mirrored port from the server port(s).

The VC new module supports as its previous VC Flex-Fabric 24port modules the most common Data Center protocols: Ethernet, Fiber Channel, and Fiber Channel over Ethernet (FCoE), and accelerated  iSCSI Connections.

It optimizes the hypervisor I/O requirements with Flex-10 and Flex-20 Adapters, with 2 modules you can provide six Flex-NICs and Two Flex-HBA connection to each server, delivering best practice network Configuration for most Hypervisors.

Virtual Connect Flex-Fabric 20/40 F8 is 100% compatible with current networks and will  avoid having to replace each piece of equipments.

the New Virtual Connect is delivered with the backward compatibility to previous Flex-Fabric LOMs and FLBs, and with 2 new Adapters that supports its capabilities:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1. HP Flex-Fabric 20Gb 2-port 630 FLB Adapter 700065-B21
2. HP Flex-Fabric 20Gb 2-port 630 M Adapter 700076-B21

Each Flex-Fabric 20Gb adapter replaces a 10Gb NIC, and 8Gb FC HBA, simplifying I/O hardware by 50% and reducing cost 60%, thus:

1. a. Remove server I/O  bottlenecks.
2. b. one 20GbAdapter provide 35% CPU improvement over 10Gb adapter.
3. c. Transfer rate of 2ports each at 40Gbps full duplex and port speed of 20Gb.
4. d. Compatible operating systems:
   • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 SP2, R2 w/SP1 (x86 and x64)
   • Microsoft Windows Server 2012 & 2012 R2
   • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (x86 and x64) 5.9,5.10,6.4, 6.5
   • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11, SP2 & SP3 x86 & x64
   • Solaris 10 U10
   • Solaris 11 x64
   • VMware ESXi 5.0 U3, 5.1 U2
   • VMware vSphere 5.5
   • Citrix XenServer 6.1

Adapter firmware updates on multiple blade servers with HP Smart Update Manager (SUM) is supported for these Adapters.

In addition to this, it is highly noticeable that these adapters will be enabled under the condition of using the Virtual Connect new Firmware 4.20

Microsoft making Windows free on devices with screens under 9 inches

from the verge

 

Microsoft today said it will make Windows free of charge for phones and tablets with screens smaller than 9 inches, a move designed to help boost the company's market share. The announcement comes alongside plans to let developers make universal applications that work on all devices running Microsoft's software — both Windows Phone and Windows. That feature is headed to Windows 8.1 as well as Windows Phone 8.1, which was also detailed on stage and is arriving on mobile devices in the next few months.

Microsoft has been experimenting with a free, or low-cost version of "Windows 8.1 with Bing," which includes a handful of Microsoft apps and services aimed at Windows 7 users. It's unclear if this is the result of that effort. Microsoft simply referred to the new, free version as "Windows for Internet of Things," and is including a free year of Office 365.

Microsoft recently cut the price of Windows 8.1 licenses by 70 percent for some PC makers, reductions aimed at taking on low-cost tablets and Google Chromebooks that sell for less than $250. Previously Microsoft charged $50 per Windows 8.1 license

HP Intelligent Provisioning ….. is it Intelligent enough?

 

Yeah…. HPIP is intelligent, but intelligent to a certain limit, it is intelligent to the programmed info., to the latest information about OS version, to the latest firmware version, but the question is which version and which level.

Simply the answer would be the latest version or level that was added to HPIP at the date of release ………… :)

I had an issue a couple of days ago, and i tried to find a solution for it, but i found lots of IT stuff facing the same issue, so i decided to do it the hard way, let me give you a sample from what i read:

On IT guy wrote (NOT SO) Intelligent Provisioning

I'm trying to configure a new DL380 Gen 8 server with Intelligent Provisioning.  With it, I'm trying to install the vSphere 5.5 custom image that the HP site directed me to download.  Following what instructions I could find, it says to start IP, go to the OS install options, I choose ESXi/vSphere custom on a USB drive.  On the next page I can open the USB drive and I see the ISO file.  It says you should be able to double-click it and it should allow you to go to the next page to continue the install.  In this case, it just acts like it is reading the image, but does not show me the continue button to go to the next page.  I'm then just stuck at that page and can't go forward.

Before this, I had already downloaded and run the SPP for the server upgrading some firmware.  I also tried to create a bootable USB drive and install it the old fashioned way.  In that case it just gives me an error about the menu and doesn't go any further.

Am I doing something wrong or missing a step?

 

Simply i had the same issue, and the solution was simply digging for the latest version of the HPIP, which was HPIP 1.6, where you can find at:

http://h17007.www1.hp.com/us/en/enterprise/servers/management/ilo/index.aspx#tab=TAB5

 

it will simply update the Flash drive part that is attached to the iLo4, and will be ready for data available on the OS you are going to install.

if you would like to check this, kindly view my channel at youtube:

http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPUWu2ExuRaNkuUkC3mA_xQ

HP and the Finger Sensor

After a long long time, from having my HP Probook laptop (Probook 4540s), and after i tried log in to windows using  Pictures (windows 8, and 8.1) i realized that i haven’t used the Finger sensor yet.

I have had my laptop for nearly a year now, but i didn’t use it. So i said why not lets try ………!!!!!!

i installed the driver, and ….  WAW….. no issues in the OS, nor in the driver, but i went for an hour looking for any way, utility or even a tab to configure the finger print….. but nothing.

I began surfing and searching on the internet for about a couple of hours and for nothing, people are speaking about strange things, obviously strange issues, and software, and drivers,……etc.

I changed the searching words, and …..Voila…………. I got it.

HP is using an additional Software for the finger print configuration …..wonderful, I got something…… :)

This software is called “ HP Simple pass” and lots of people are talking about it, waw lets begin.

Very simple installation, and very easy way to configure, but i am not able to configure it for using my finger to login windows………….ooooof

And Suddenly, i realize that the “HP Simple Pass” is not supported for Windows 8.1…………………..What the Fu*****… apologies for that , But what’s HP is doing, it isn’t moving to Innovation only, but also for stupidity ….. are they insisting to loose the customer, or is it a way to enforce selling new products? …..

Check the following URL to know how to configure Simple pass for fingerprint http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/document?cc=us&lc=en&docname=c03653209

 

yes it is a trend that is available at all vendors that a software is available to manage the finger print and it isn’t embedded in a Hardware or something, but could this be safe?

from my Security prospective, HP didn’t do innovation in this area,  i leave it to you, give me your opinion….

60 islamic guaranteed ways for real couples making love

 

 

I didn’t write this Article, nor invented it, i just Copied it, Just to share with All People, who would really need to read About the exact and correct Islamic Marriage, in Addition to the Morals that “ Muhammed Sala Allah Alieh w Salam” Taught us to do:

1. Make her feel secure; (sakina- tranquillity) QUIT BEING AGGRESSIVE.
2. When you go home say ‘Assalmualikum. ‘ (Greetings) It kicks the shaitaan out of your home!
3. Prophet (Sallal lahu alaihy Wasallam) described the wife as a fragile vessel and said to take care of this vessel that’s fragile. Remember that there is goodness in this vessel so treat it gently.
4. When you advise her, do so in privacy, in a peaceful environment. NOT IN PUBLIC as it’s a type of slandering.
5. Be generous to your wife- it keeps her LOVED
6. Move and let her have your seat. It will warm her heart.
7. AVIOD ANGER. HOW? Keep your wudu at all times. Prophet Sallal lahu alaihy Wasallam said if you are angry, sit down, if you’re sitting, then lie down. Follow the sunnah!
8. Look good and smell great for your wife. IT keeps the LOVE!
9. Don’t be rigid. It will break you. Prophet Mohammed – Sallal lahu Aleihi Wasallam (SAW means “May the blessings and the peace of Allah be upon him” (Muhammad).) said ‘I am the best amongst you and I am the best to my wife’. Being rigid and harsh will not bring you close to Allah and neither does it make you more of a man.
10. Listen to your wife-BE a GOOD LISTENER
11. YES to flattering NO to arguing. Arguing is like poison in a marriage. Al zawai said ‘When Allah (swt) wants evil for people He will leave them to argue amongst themselves’.
12. Prophet (Sallal lahu alaihy Wasallam) said to call your wives with the best name, any name she loves to hear. Prophet Mohammed (Sallal lahu alaihy Wasallam) called Khadija ‘Ya Khadija’ as an endearment.
13. Give her a pleasant surprise. I.e. if she loves watermelon, bring her one out of the blue. It will grow the love in her heart.
14. Preserve your tongue! Prophet (Sallal lahu alaihy Wasallam) said the tongue will throw people in the hell fire so watch what you say and how you say it!
15. All of us have shortcoming. Accept her shortcoming and Allah (swt) will put barakh in your marriage.
16. TELL her you appreciate her. SHOW her you appreciate her.
17. Encourage her to keep good relation with her relative, her mum and dad etc.
18. Speak with her with a topic of HER interest.
19. In front of her relative praise her. Confirm/ realize that she is wonderful, and that she is a good person in front of her family.
20. Give each other gifts. You will love each other more. Prophet (Sallal lahu alaihy Wasallam) said gifts increases love.
21. Get rid of the routine once in a while, surprise her with something, it will get rid of the rust and polish it!
22. Husnul zaan- We have a demand from Allah (swt) that we have to think good of people. Think good of your spouse.
23. Ignore some of her mistakes- pretend you did not see/hear some of her small mistakes. It was a practise of Ali (RA). It’s like putting a hole in your memory. Don’t save it in your memory!
24. Increase the drops of patience, especially when she is pregnant or when she is on her monthly period.
25. Expect and respect her jealousy. Even Maulatona Khadija (ra) used to get jealous.
26. Be humble. If your profession is good, respect that she is looking after your children, she is much more than you, she is the leader at home, her strength is your strength, and her success is your successes.
27. Don’t put your friends above your wife.
28. Help your wife at home. Prophet (Sallal lahu alaihy Wasallam) used to help his wives at home and he was the best of creation. He used to sew his own clothes.
29. Help her respect your parents, you can’t force her to love them, but she can be helped to gradually love them.
30. Show your wife she is the ideal wife.
31. Remember your wife in your duaas. It will increase the love and protect it.
32. Leave the past. It brings nothing but pain and grief. It’s not your business. The past is for Allah (swt).
33. Don’t try to show her that you are doing her a favour by doing something, like buying food for the house, because in reality we are the courier of sustenance, not the providers, as Allah is the provider. It’s also a way of being humble and thankful to Allah (swt)
34. Shaitaan is your enemy, not your wife. Sometime when husband and wife are talking a fight breaks out, then shaitaan is present there as a third person so he is the real enemy. It is not enough to hate the shaitaan, but you have to see him as an enemy as Allah has commanded. Shaitaan loves divorce. HE comes everyday and sits office and asks the devils what they have done, some say i have made a person steal, or i have made someone drink etc. And one devil will say i have made a man divorce his wife, and he is crowned as the one who has done the best job.
35. Take the food and put it in her mouth. Prophet (Sallal lahu alaihy Wasallam) taught us this. It’s a blessing. The food doesn’t just go to her stomach, but straight to her heart. It increases the love and mercy between you.
36. Protect your wife from the evil of the shaitaan and mankind. She is like a precious pearl that needs protecting from the envy of human devils and shitaan.
37. Show her your smile. Smile at your wife. IT’S A CHARITY.
38. Small problems/ challenges can become a big problem. Or if there is small thing she didn’t like and you keep repeating them anyway, it will create a wall between you. Don’t ignore them as it can become big.
39. Avoid being harsh hearted and moody. Allah said of prophet (saw) ‘if you were harsh hearted they (the companions) would have left you.’ It confirms prophet (Sallal lahu alaihy Wasallam) was not harsh hearted, so GET RID OF IT.
40. Respect her thinking. It’s strength for you. Show you like her thoughts and suggestions.
41. Help her to achieve her potential and help her to dig and find success within as her success is your success.
42. Respect the intimate relationship and its boundaries. Prophet (Sallal lahu alaihy Wasallam) said she is like a fragile vessel and she needs to be treated tenderly. Sometime she may not be feeling well; you must respect and appreciate that feeling.
43. Help her to take care of the children. Some men think it makes them appear less of a man but in fact it makes you appear a bigger man and more respected, especially in the sight of Allah (swt).
44. Use the gifts of the tongue and sweet talk her. Tell her she looks great, be an artist. Pick and choose gifts of the tongue.
45. Sit down and eat with her and share food with her.
46. Let her know you are travelling. Don’t tell her out of the blue as it’s against Islam. Tell her the date/ time of when you are coming back also.
47. Don’t leave the house as soon as trouble brews.
48. The house has privacy and secrecy. Once you take this privacy and secrecy to your friends and family you are in danger of putting a serious hole in your marriage. This secrecy stays home. Islam is against leaving them out like a garage sale for anyone to come and pick and choose.
49. Encourage each other for ibadah, i.e. plan a trip for hajj or umrah together. It increases and strengthens the love when you help each other perform a good deeds together i.e, do tahajuud together,or go to a dars together etc.
50. Know her rights, not only written in paper but engraved in your heart and engraved in your conscious.
51. Allah( swt) said ‘live with your wives in kindness.’ Treat them with kindness and goodness. It means in happy times and in sadness treat her with goodness and fairness.
52. Prophet (Sallal lahu alaihy Wasallam) showed that at the time of intimacy. Don’t jump on your wife like an animal!
53. When you have a dispute with your wife don’t tell everyone. It’s like leaving your wounds open to germs so be careful who you share your problems and disputes with.
54. Show your wife you really care for her health. Good health of your wife is your good health. To care for her health shows her that you love her.
55. Don’t think you are always right. No matter how good you are you have shortcomings. You are not perfect as the only one who was perfect in character was prophet (Sallal lahu alaihy Wasallam). Get rid of this disease.
56. Share your problems, your happiness, and your sadness with her.
57. Have mercy on her weakness. Have mercy when she is weak or strong as she is the fragile vessel. Prophet (Sallal lahu alaihy Wasallam) said that your wife is a trust in your hand.
58. Remember you are her strength, someone to lean on in times of hardship.
59. Accept her as she is. Prophet (Sallal lahu alaihy Wasallam) said that women are created from the rib which is bent. If you try to straighten her you will break her (divorce). Prophet (Sallal lahu alaihy Wasallam) said that you may dislike one habit in her but you will like another manner in her so accept her as she is.
60. Have good intention for your wife all the time, Allah monitors your intention and your heart at all times. Allah (s.w.t) said Among His Signs is that He created for you wives from among yourselves, that you may find repose in them, and He has put between you affection and mercy. Verily, in that are indeed signs for a people who reflect.