Monday, March 13, 2006 - Posts : VMblog.com - Virtualization Technology News and Information for Everyone

SWsoft Previews Plesk 8.0 for Linux/Unix Control Panel with Custom Desktop

Quoting from SWsoft's press release Most Significant Upgrade in Two Years with New Customizable Templates, Domain Aliases, Backup Utility Module and More Available at the End of March 2006 Herndon, VA— March 13, 2006 – Today, SWsoft (www.swsoft.com),... Read More...

Posted Monday, March 13, 2006 11:07 PM by David Marshall | 0 Comments

How can I back up a virtual instance running in Microsoft Virtual Server 2005?

Quoting from WindowsITPro To safely back up a virtual instance, you first need to suspend it, then copy its disk files, saved memory, and configuration to the backup location, then restart it. To enable this process via a scheduled task or command line,... Read More...

Posted Monday, March 13, 2006 10:59 PM by David Marshall | 0 Comments
Filed under: Code

Q&A: Virtualization to transform IT, says VMware founder

ComputerWorld's Robert L. Mitchell recently spoke with Mendel Rosenblum, VMware's founder and Chief Scientist, about how virtualization is changing the IT landscape. Interested in hearing Mendel Rosenblum's take on the present and future of virtualization?... Read More...

Posted Monday, March 13, 2006 10:44 PM by David Marshall | 0 Comments

SilverBack to Monitor Virtual Servers for Application Integrity & Superior Performance

Quoting from Business Wire : SilverBack(R) Technologies, Inc., the industry's leading provider of service delivery platforms that allow solution providers to profitably enter the managed services business, today announced its MSP platform, Datacenter... Read More...

Posted Monday, March 13, 2006 4:23 PM by David Marshall | 0 Comments
Filed under: Virtualization Applications

New Softricity Return on Virtualization(TM) Calculator

Quoting from Business Wire : New Softricity Return on Virtualization(TM) Calculator Found Compliant by Leading Analyst Firm; ROV Calculator Finds Softricity Customer Northeastern University Slashed Annual Application Management Costs by Over 80 Percent... Read More...

Posted Monday, March 13, 2006 4:18 PM by David Marshall | 0 Comments

Akimbi Systems Announces 14 Charter Resellers as Inaugural North America Channel Partners

Akimbi Signs Leading Virtualization Resellers to Launch its Channel Strategy Akimbi Systems, the global leader in Virtual Lab Automation Systems, today announced it has signed partnership agreements with 14 leading value-added resellers, launching the... Read More...

Posted Monday, March 13, 2006 4:09 PM by David Marshall | 0 Comments

Virtualisation freebies aim to draw developers, users

Quoting from Computer World : IT vendors are rolling out a raft of new incentives aimed to propel the adoption of virtualisation technologies. Virtualisation, which enables the sharing and pooling of resources such as servers, storage and networking,... Read More...

Posted Monday, March 13, 2006 12:58 PM by David Marshall | 0 Comments

Still Confused about Virtual Instance Licensing with Windows Server 2003 R2?

Microsoft tries to clear it up in this Q&A with Windows IT Pro. Q. What virtual instance licenses are included with Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition? A. Microsoft has made some changes to licensing with Windows 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition.... Read More...

Posted Monday, March 13, 2006 12:50 PM by David Marshall | 0 Comments

More Goodies announced at IDF

Quoting from IT Week: At its Developer Forum (IDF) in San Francisco, Intel published specifications for hardware to handle mapping of I/O devices to virtual machines on servers. Virtualisation for Directed I/O (VT-d) is an extension of the Virtualisation... Read More...

Posted Monday, March 13, 2006 12:46 PM by David Marshall | 0 Comments
Filed under: Events