Wednesday, August 01, 2007 - Posts : VMblog.com - Virtualization News and Information for Everyone

Amazon EC2 Lets Users Sell Software As A Service

Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (Amazon EC2), a virtual computing environment that's part of Amazon Web Services, now allows developers to share and sell software as a service, the company said Tuesday. EC2 users begin by creating an Amazon Machine Image (AMI), which contains applications, librarie... Read More...

Posted Wednesday, August 01, 2007 11:07 PM by David Marshall | 1 Comments
Filed under: Virtual Appliances

Ovum: virtualisation and ITIL key to success

In a survey of 300 enterprise and mid-market decision makers, Ovum has identified the aggressive use of consolidation and virtualisation technologies and broad-based implementation of ITIL recommendations as key attributes of highly effective IT organisations.... Read More...

Posted Wednesday, August 01, 2007 11:05 PM by David Marshall | 0 Comments
Filed under: General News

Crosby delivers trenchant views on the future of the virtualization industry

Open source virtualisation developer XenSource has just inked a deal with Symantec to collaborate on embedding Veritas Storage Foundation into XenEnterprise, and delivering HA/DR and backup technology to XenSource's customers. In the wake of that deal, founder and CTO Simon Crosby was in London rece... Read More...

Posted Wednesday, August 01, 2007 11:02 PM by David Marshall | 0 Comments
Filed under: Interviews

AppStream Launches 5.2.2 SaaS Edition

AppStream Inc., a leader in on-demand application deployment and management, announced today that Independent Software Vendors (ISVs) are getting a much needed alternative when it comes to enabling their existing Windows based applications for the internet, thanks to the newly released AppStream 5.2... Read More...

Posted Wednesday, August 01, 2007 10:59 PM by David Marshall | 0 Comments
Filed under: Application Virtualization

AppStream Launches New Editions of its Award-Winning Application Streaming Technology

AppStream, Inc., a leader in on-demand application deployment and management, announced today version 5.2.2 of its award-winning and patented streaming technology. Available immediately, AppStream 5.2.2 comes in two versions, AppStream 5.2.2 Enterprise edition and AppStream 5.2.2 SaaS edition. ... Read More...

Posted Wednesday, August 01, 2007 10:58 PM by David Marshall | 0 Comments
Filed under: Application Virtualization

Addressing Server Consolidation Issues and I/O Bottlenecks within Server Virtualization

Check out this latest whitepaper Addressing Server Consolidation Issues and I/O Bottlenecks within Server Virtualization which discusses in detail the common performance issues with modern server virtualization and how InovaWave’s product suite is solving those issues. The whitepaper is from Davi... Read More...

Posted Wednesday, August 01, 2007 3:59 PM by David Marshall | 0 Comments
Filed under: Books and Whitepapers

VMware Releases Update to ESX Server - 3.0.2

Back on the 19th, VMware released an update to its management application, VirtualCenter. Now, the company releases an update to its ESX Server product, VMware ESX Server 3.0.2.... Read More...

Posted Wednesday, August 01, 2007 5:49 AM by David Marshall | 0 Comments
Filed under: Server Virtualization

Talk, demo target virtualization on cellphones

Michel Gien, founder of embedded virtualization specialist VirtualLogix, will give an hour-long presentation on the application of virtualization technology to Linux-based mobile phones and real-time applications, at LinuxWorld in San Francisco next week. The company will also demonstrate the techno... Read More...

Posted Wednesday, August 01, 2007 5:46 AM by David Marshall | 1 Comments
Filed under: Events

Installing Virtual Server R2 SP1 on Windows Server 2008 Beta 3

Jeff Woolsey offers up this great instructional post on how to install Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1 on a Windows Server 2008 Beta 3 machine. If you’re trying to run Virtual Server R2 SP1 on Window Server 2008 Beta 3, it does work. However, there are three steps for success. You need to:... Read More...

Posted Wednesday, August 01, 2007 5:42 AM by David Marshall | 0 Comments
Filed under: General News, Server Virtualization

eRacks Offers Virtualization Server Solution

eRacks Open Source Systems announces a new virtualization host server, the eRacks / SUITE. This powerhouse AMD dual Dual-Core Opteron rackmount server has ample storage and hardware RAID. The system is qualified to enable hardware virtualization, running virtual machines at near-native speeds. The p... Read More...

Posted Wednesday, August 01, 2007 5:35 AM by David Marshall | 1 Comments
Filed under: General News

Opsware Breaks Into Top-5 Ranking of Baseline Magazine’s Fastest Growing Software Companies List

Opsware Inc., the leading provider of Data Center Automation software, today announced that Baseline Magazine named Opsware a “Top 10 Up-and-Comer” in an online feature appearing July 9th. The list ranks the fastest growing public software companies with revenue under $150 million based on year-over... Read More...

Posted Wednesday, August 01, 2007 5:33 AM by David Marshall | 0 Comments
Filed under: General News

rPath’s Billy Marshall and Erik Troan to Speak at LinuxWorld Conference & Expo

IDG World Expo, the leading producer of world-class tradeshows and events around the globe, has announced that Billy Marshall, founder and CEO of rPath, will be speaking on a panel alongside the company’s co-founder and CTO Erik Troan at the LinuxWorld Conference & Expo. This year’s annual event is ... Read More...

Posted Wednesday, August 01, 2007 5:31 AM by David Marshall | 0 Comments
Filed under: Events

Avnet Technology Solutions Expands Virtualization and Consolidation Practice with VMware

Avnet Technology Solutions, a value-added distributor of enterprise computing products, software and services and an operating group of Avnet, Inc. (NYSE: AVT), today announced an expansion of its Virtualization and Consolidation Solutions Practice in the United States through a distribution agreeme... Read More...

Posted Wednesday, August 01, 2007 5:30 AM by David Marshall | 0 Comments
Filed under: General News

Qlusters Closes $10 Million in Series C Funding

Qlusters, Inc., the leading provider of open source virtual and physical systems management and provisioning software, today announced that the company has secured $10 million in Series C funding. All of the existing investors - Benchmark Capital, Israel Seed Partners, Duff Ackerman & Goodrich and C... Read More...

Posted Wednesday, August 01, 2007 5:29 AM by David Marshall | 0 Comments
Filed under: General News