The Standard Performance Evaluation Corp. (SPEC) has released a new version of its SPECvirt benchmark that reflects the heavy volume and sudden peaks of traffic faced by datacenter servers used for virtualized server consolidation.... Read More...

Avere Systems, a leader in network-attached storage (NAS) optimization, today announced the results of its latest virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) which show that Avere's FXT 4500 Edge Filer delivers the highest density of IOPS per data center rack unit for a VDI workload.... Read More...

Login VSI B.V. announces Login VSI 3.7; the newest version of the industry standard performance and scalability testing tool for Virtual Desktop Infrastructures and Server Based Computing environments. The initial announcement was made a few days ago in Tokyo on a press-event held in honor of the Lo... Read More...

Violin Memory, Inc., provider of a new class of high-performance flash-based storage systems, and Fujitsu today announced five virtualization world record benchmark results using Fujitsu's PRIMERGY servers and Violin 6000 Series Flash Memory Arrays. The combination of Fujitsu and Violin enable Fortu... Read More...

LucidLogix (Lucid), a developer of GPU virtualization software, and Futuremark, the world leader in performance benchmarking software, today announced that Futuremark's range of 3DMark gaming benchmarks is being updated to detect systems using Lucid's HyperFormance and Virtual Vsync performance tech... Read More...

To further cement its reputation as an expert in competitive server performance comparisons and to help guide the future of industry-standard performance benchmarking, Ideas International Limited has joined the Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation (SPEC). Becoming a full member of SPEC will a... Read More...

PHD Virtual Technologies, pioneer and innovator in virtual machine backup and recovery, and provider of virtualization monitoring solutions, today announced immediate availability of the new PHD Virtual Backup and Replication version 5.3. The new release further extends PHD’s award winning Virtual B... Read More...

Evaluator Group Inc. announces the first industry storage benchmark for virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI), the VDI-IOmark. Over the past year Evaluator Group has assisted IT organizations establish requirements for full scale out VDI environments. Part of every project has been a Proof of Concept... Read More...