Thursday, March 02, 2006 - Posts : VMblog.com - Virtualization Technology News and Information for Everyone

VMware Appliance Challenge Ideas

People are starting to openly discuss potential projects to work on that can be used in the VMware Applicance Challenge. Sounds like some interesting ideas floating around out there. rcardona2k lists the following: N-in-1 Linux Installer Distro Picker... Read More...

Posted Thursday, March 02, 2006 4:45 PM by David Marshall | 0 Comments

VMware ESX 3.0 and VC 2.0 Beta Test

Well, if you missed the last signup and are still kicking yourself in the pants because you can't be involved with beta testing VMware's ESX Server 3.0 and VirtualCenter 2.0 beta products, stop beating yourself up! VMware is offering another opportunity... Read More...

Posted Thursday, March 02, 2006 2:45 PM by David Marshall | 0 Comments

BT jumping into the virtualization pool

BT, a leading provider of communication solutions, is jumping into the virtualization pool, powered by grid computing. Services offered by BT, such as the VPG (virtual private grid) platform, will be based on GridXpert and Synergy technology. BT will... Read More...

Posted Thursday, March 02, 2006 2:23 PM by David Marshall | 0 Comments

EMC Corporation Live Webcast; President of VMware, an EMC Company, to deliver presentation at the Morgan Stanley Semiconductor & Systems Conference

WHAT: Diane Greene, President of VMware, an EMC Company, will deliver a presentation at the Morgan Stanley Semiconductor & Systems Conference on Monday, March 6, 2006 at 1:15 p.m. PT (4:15 p.m. ET). The presentation will be webcast at http://www.emc.com/ir/... Read More...

Posted Thursday, March 02, 2006 12:49 PM by David Marshall | 0 Comments

VMware brings a major virtualization event to Singapore

Quoting from ComputerWorld: VMware, the global provider of virtual infrastructure software for industry-standard systems, will host the first major virtualisation event in Singapore. Singapore – VMware, the global provider of virtual infrastructure software... Read More...

Posted Thursday, March 02, 2006 12:44 PM by David Marshall | 0 Comments

Looking for a New Server to Virtualize on?

Check out HP's DL-585 Server. Pure processing power with it's four 64-bit AMD Opteron 880 dual-core processors. It has highly expandable memory and four teamable 1 Gbs network adapters. All of which makes for an awesome virtualization host server. Want... Read More...

Posted Thursday, March 02, 2006 12:39 PM by David Marshall | 0 Comments

Virtual Iron Announces Support for New Intel Hardware-Assisted Virtualization

Quoting from Virtual Iron's news release. Virtual Iron Software (www.virtualiron.com), a provider of data center virtualization and management solutions, today announced support for new hardware-assisted virtualization capabilities from Intel Corporation.... Read More...

Posted Thursday, March 02, 2006 12:50 AM by David Marshall | 0 Comments

VMware Releases Upgrade Patch 4 for ESX Server 2.5.x Systems

Could it be time to patch your ESX Server system? Hey, at least this is only patch 4 and you aren't having to constantly update your ESX Server with patches like some other systems. So what do you get with Patch 4? An updated e1000 driver for additional... Read More...

Posted Thursday, March 02, 2006 12:30 AM by David Marshall | 0 Comments