Tuesday, October 03, 2006 - Posts : @VMblog

Virtual Server Has Real Fans

I recently sat down with Joanne Cummings and discussed Microsoft's Virtual Server product with her. Here is her latest article on the subject. Microsoft's Virtual Server is gaining fast on market-leader VMware. Microsoft bought the core technology for Virtual Server from Connectix, and originall... Read More...

Posted Tuesday, October 03, 2006 10:25 PM by David Marshall | 0 Comments
Filed under: Server Virtualization

Microsoft Builds on Windows Server Datacenter Edition’s High Availability with Virtualization

Ben Armstrong reminds us about the announcement now in effect about the fact that the Windows Server 2003 R2 Datacenter Edition now has use rights to run unlimited virtualization Windows server instances. Check it out! At Microsoft’s Worldwide Partner Conference in Boston today, Andy Lees, Micro... Read More...

Posted Tuesday, October 03, 2006 7:15 AM by David Marshall | 0 Comments
Filed under: General News

CODE: Virtual Server Network Statistics from WMI

Thanks to Ben Armstrong for great code post on his Web site, Virtual PC Guy's Weblog: Ben writes: Continuing with my journey through the undocumented lands of Virtual Server WMI we come to virtual network statistics. This nice little script displays information about virtual network name, and... Read More...

Posted Tuesday, October 03, 2006 7:14 AM by David Marshall | 0 Comments
Filed under: Code

Ardence Releases V4.0 of its Software-Streaming Platform

Ardence Inc., the leader in developing software platforms for the on-demand world, today announced the release of Version 4.0 of the Ardence Software-Streaming Platform, which includes sweeping manageability, scalability and reliability improvements for its global desktop and data center customers. ... Read More...

Posted Tuesday, October 03, 2006 7:11 AM by David Marshall | 0 Comments
Filed under: Application Virtualization

VMware Still Updating Legacy Product

In spite of the fact that VMware has released the VI3 product, it looks like they are still updating their ESX Server 2.x and VirtualCenter 1.4.x legacy products to keep them current in the market. VMware ESX Server 2.5.4 will be available starting Oct. 5, 2006 as a no-cost update for current Sup... Read More...

Posted Tuesday, October 03, 2006 7:04 AM by David Marshall | 0 Comments
Filed under: Server Virtualization, Virtualization Applications

Proofpoint and VMware team up for messaging security

Recently, Proofpoint Inc released the Proofpoint Messaging Security Gateway Virtual Edition, an enterprise-scale virtual appliance that provides messaging security. The new solution utilises VMware's virtual appliance technology to allow simple deployment to provision new Proofpoint Virtual appli... Read More...

Posted Tuesday, October 03, 2006 6:47 AM by David Marshall | 0 Comments
Filed under: Virtualization Applications