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Server virtualization has done an amazing job improving server utilization and consolidation ratios in data centers. For the most part, the server industry has done a wonderful job keeping pace with virtualization technology by advancing resources like CPU and memory.
Continue reading " Xsigo launches adapter-free Ethernet-based virtual I/O "
This week’s VMworld conference is all about VMware’s technologies, its users, and its partner ecosystem — but that isn’t stopping Microsoft from trying to put a damper on VMware’s festivities.
Continue reading " Microsoft snags Fortune 500 customer away from VMware "
Virtualization has changed the way we look at the data center and the component pieces that comprise it. With a massive consolidation effort taking place, servers with large processing power and memory have become more of the standard in a virtualized data center. Multiple processors in a single server will no longer cut it; now we require multicore, multisocket processors to properly push these virtualization and cloud infrastructures.
Continue reading " Gluster brings clustered NAS storage to VMware "
Besides having a great domain name for a company in the cloud computing industry, Cloud.com continues to remind us how they are pioneering the open source private and public cloud computing software market.
Continue reading " Cloud.com talks cloud computing as we head into VMworld "
With one more week to go before VMworld starts, VMware and its ecosystem of partners and end-users are gearing up for what should prove to be once again the year’s largest virtualization trade show in the world. VMworld 2010 is, for the second year in a row, taking place at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. It is operating from Aug. 30 through Sept. 2, 2010.
Continue reading " VMworld 2010 is fast approaching, with important changes "
This week Symantec unveiled two products developed under joint partnership with VMware. Symantec launched ApplicationHA for high availability of applications in a virtual environment, and VirtualStore, a software-based network-attached storage (NAS) solution designed to help customers efficiently provision virtual servers and desktops.
Continue reading " Symantec boosts VMware with high availability and storage optimization "
Last week, Quest Software announced it had completed the acquisition of Surgient and its private cloud automation software. It looks as though Quest pulled what has become widely known as “a Victor Kiam,” meaning as a customer of Surgient, Quest liked the company so much they decided to buy it.
Continue reading " CloudShare goes after Surgient customers after Quest acquisition "
Oracle, after its $7.4 billion acquisition of Sun Microsystems, looks to be creating its own desktop virtualization journey by continuing to leverage the work first started by Sun.
Continue reading " Oracle broadens its desktop virtualization reach with VDI 3.2 "
VMware has put a lot of effort into the vSphere 4.1 release, and with it, VMware made it official that vSphere 4.1 is the last release from the virtualization giant that will contain both the “classic” version of ESX that we’ve all become familiar with, and the newer, slimmed-down version, called ESXi.
Continue reading " Are VMware shops ready to move from vSphere ESX to ESXi? "
If Mark Twain were alive today, he might have popularized yet another saying for those of us in the computer industry: “Lies, damned lies, and benchmarks.”
Benchmark results are often met with skepticism and controversy because of concerns that the results can be manipulated to make one vendor or platform appear better than another.