Today, 50% or more of all data centers are functionally obsolete in terms of power and cooling capacity. Data center power and cooling costs represent $40B in worldwide spend; up from $5B in 1996. However, server spend has remained relatively flat at $60B. There is an ever-increasing awareness t... Read More...

Microsoft has released another Test Drive Appliance. This time releasing Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. This download enables you to evaluate Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007. Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 is an integrated suite... Read More...

After my post two weeks ago about Xen, I got a call from the XenSource people. I had a long chat with their CTO Simon Crosby, who had some very interesting things to say. He confirmed that XenSource has reached 500 customers, and added that they are doubling their customer base every quarter. Obv... Read More...

EMC Corporation , the world leader in information infrastructure solutions, today introduced the EMC Rainfinity(R) File Management Appliance(TM) (FMA) designed to help organizations lower storage management costs and implement automated file archiving... Read More...

XenSource global virtualization solutions firm, has entered into a partnership with five Irish resellers. The new XenSource program was developed to enable Value Added Resellers (VARs) to provide a virtualization solution to SME and large enterprise customers.... Read More...

VKernel is taking their chargeback and capacity virtual appliance on the road. They are planning on showcasing their appliance at the new NIA Convention Center at the Kalahari Resort in Sandusky, Ohio. Attendance at this two day Virtualization Technology... Read More...

OpenVZ's Scott Dowdle created a 48 minute video that covers the basics about what OpenVZ is and then goes into a hands on demonstration. 1) Installing OpenVZ from scratch 2) Creating a CentOS 4 template cache 3) Create two VPSes 4) Examine the VPSes 5)... Read More...