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July 2006 - Posts
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VMware created the market for virtualizing x86-based servers when it introduced products in 2001. But the company, which EMC acquired in 2003, is no longer the only game in town. In recent years, competitors -- including Microsoft and the open source Xen virtualization technology -- have emerged as ... Read More...
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When you go to buy new servers to rev up the company's IT infrastructure, look carefully under the hood. The added horsepower just might change the price you pay for the software that runs on them.
Software vendors such as IBM, Microsoft, and Oracle have priced their server-based software--databa... Read More...
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FireEye, Inc., a pioneer in Network Access Control (NAC) technology, today announced the availability of the FireEye 4200 appliance -- the first agentless NAC solution that leverages innovative virtualization technology to stop machines infected with worms and other malicious network-borne malware f... Read More...
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Novell said that it has received a warm welcome for Suse Linux Enterprise 10, which launched on July 18. To date, over 165,000 users from around the globe have downloaded components of the Suse Linux Enterprise 10 suite, which includes the Suse Linux Enterprise Server and Suse Linux Enterprise Deskt... Read More...
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Online digital entertainment studio Broadband Nexus has launched a new family online service under the clickhere2play.com brand. Unlike websites which offer free Flash or full-priced downloadable games, clickhere2play.com allows any family member to instantly access games worth thousands of pounds f... Read More...
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XenSource:
-- Five Inaugural Global Distributors Back XenEnterprise as the Next Generation Multi-OS Xen-Based Virtualization Platform, Driving the Recruitment of XenSource Solution Providers and XenSource Hosting Service Providers
XenSource, the leader in infrastructure virtualization soluti... Read More...
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A senior Red Hat executive today maintained the Xen open source virtualisation environment was not yet ready for enterprise use, despite "unbelievable" customer demand and the fact rival Novell has already started shipping the software.
Xen, which is primarily being developed by US-based startup ... Read More...
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Now that the SVS SDK is freely available, how about a real life code sample from a cool tool that's already being used on thousands of machines around the world?! Better yet, how about all of the source code? And an invitation to participate in future development!
When Altiris Software Virtualiza... Read More...
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Here is the latest code snippet released from everyone's virtualization friend, Ben Armstrong.
In his latest blog post, he writes that he stumbled across an attribute that he was unaware of (hard to imagine that Ben could be unaware of something in Virtual Server or Virtual PC, I suppose anythi... Read More...
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Thanks to Geert Baeke's blog site for the information. In his blog, he writes:
vmware-cmd.pl is a command (perl script) to do all kinds of things with virtual machines from the ESX command line. You can use it to register and unregister virtual machines, stop, start and resume them and much more... Read More...
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If you are reading this Blog, surely you have already visited the VMware Virtual Appliance Challenge site!
And as dedicated virtualization community members, you probably already download, tried, and voted on a number of appliance challenge submissions, right? Of course.
Well, if you are one ... Read More...
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Today there were several presentations related to virtualization, first came Zachary Amsden presenting VMware’s VMI work.
Zach’s presentation was very technical and informative. Differences between traditional (full) virtualization and paravirtualization were discussed, some highly technical disc... Read More...
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VMBlog's David Marshall recently spoke with Joan Goodchild, as she wrote the following article:
Hardware vendors are making the case for enhanced virtualization by developing special processors that work hand-in-glove with software to boost performance.
Virtualization software allows a single... Read More...
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VMware announced in February that it would be releasing VMware Server, an "entry-level virtualization product," for free. After several months of beta testing, VMware Server 1.0 has finally gone gold. After spending several days testing the 1.0 release, I'm pleased with its performance and ease of u... Read More...
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Ray Lucchesi of Silverton Consulting has written an article for the August issue of Storage magazine on customer experiences with storage virtualization products. Ray found out from interviewing customers that these products significantly ease data movement, copy, and replication across managed stor... Read More...
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Virtualisation is a hot topic, and with good reason. The technology allows a computer to be partitioned so different operating systems can run on the same kit, allowing legacy applications to be kept running when old computers are replaced.
In servers, the advantages of virtualisation are well un... Read More...
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Virtualization, along with SOA, multi-core processors and other technologies, is changing the economics of data centers. "It's the biggest thing going on it IT," said Diane Greene, president and founder of virtualization pioneer VMware during a panel at the AlwaysOn Stanford Summit. "It's front and ... Read More...
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In a move that echoes its ongoing dedication to sophisticated technological solutions, Myriad Network (http://www.myriadnetwork.com) today unveiled its latest offering in leading-edge hosting services: virtual dedicated server hosting on Dell’s 9th generation servers, located in the Equinix northern... Read More...
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Today, SWsoft, an established leader in server automation and virtualization software, announced the availability of the SWsoft Developer Network (SWDN). An integral part of SWsoft's OPEN FUSION initiative, SWDN will provide developers and partners with resources to integrate applications and servic... Read More...
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IDG's InfoWorld, the leading integrated media brand for IT solutions management, today announced the agenda for Virtualization Executive Forum, taking place on September 25 and 26 at the Roosevelt Hotel in New York City. The executive-level event is designed to demystify the path to successful virtu... Read More...
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