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December 2006 - Posts
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At some point in the not-too-distant future, most Macs—especially those in business and educational environments—will be running multiple operating systems, including Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X. The question is, will the multiple-OS tools built into OS X be enough for you?
Virtual machine techn... Read More...
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The preferred mechanism for programmatically interacting with VI3 is the SDK, not the commands available in the ESX COS (such as the suite of commands prefixed with "esxcfg" found in /usr/sbin). The SDK is very powerful, and its power can be harnessed with another equally powerful tool, .NET. In thi... Read More...
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A recent end-user survey conducted by Peripheral Concepts, Inc. reveals that 41% of sites with over one terabyte of disk storage have implemented NAS Virtualization. This finding confirms users' last year forecast predicting a two-fold increase in 2006. The percentage of data stored on NAS continues... Read More...
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Microsoft Corp has announced plans to deliver some enhanced capability in its systems management product set, outlined as part of the developments it notes are being made around Longhorn, its next-generation server software.
Microsoft already has a number of systems management offerings like SMS ... Read More...
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When evaluating partitioning options, most companies tend to choose either hardware or software partitioning (software partitioning = server virtualization). At Virtual Iron, we think you should have the option of both hardware and software partitioning in one fairly inexpensive system. Of course, h... Read More...
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Virtual Iron Software, which has been looking to increase its market share in the virtualization space, will start bundling the latest version of its virtualization software with hardware from server vendor Fabric7 Systems.
The two companies will announce this new joint agreement on Dec. 19. Fab... Read More...
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VMware, Inc., the global leader in software for industry-standard virtualized desktops and servers, today announced that eWEEK Labs has named VMware Server one of the top products of 2006.
"It's tough to find much to dislike about VMware's server virtualization product: VMware Server 1.0 makes it... Read More...
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VMware is looking for a product manager to lead its virtual appliance product.
Responsibilities Include:
The Product Manager will be responsible for defining and delivering a set of value-added features/products around virtual appliances. The candidate will need to do an extensive analysis of... Read More...
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I'm not a big fan of proprietary software, and this is an official blog of OpenVZ, not Virtuozzo — so I haven't had any plans to tell you anything about the latter. But there is one subject I really want to share with you: why Virtuozzo is good for OpenVZ.
To begin with, Virtuozzo is a commercial... Read More...
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VMware started the Virtual Appliance craze and then Microsoft followed it up with what they called the Microsoft Test Drive program. VMware then came back on VMTN and "thanked" Microsoft for the Test Drive images, as VMware then added them into their Virtual Appliance Marketplace for others to down... Read More...
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IBM and Intel Corporation have joined in an initiative aimed at improving how IT managers select, deploy and measure virtualized server solutions for enterprise data centers. Virtualization technology, such as VMware Infrastructure, on Intel-based servers is becoming widely used in production enviro... Read More...
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Gert asks: When using SVS, it is possible that a file being replaced by a Windows security update might actually exist in more than one place - in the base and also in one or more application layers. What happens? How do I ensure that the machine gets updated correctly?
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If you have intentiona... Read More...
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Microsoft has issued an update to Windows Vista that's intended to stop a piracy monster.
The software maker said on Thursday that the update is aimed at thwarting a technique that was letting some people use pirated versions of the operating system without going through the software's built-in ... Read More...
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Novell’s Suse Linux 10 was the landmark operating system launch of the year, giving us a bigger and badder Linux server and a startlingly smooth Linux desktop. We also got good looks at Microsoft Vista and Windows Longhorn betas, and at BEA’s venerable WebLogic 9.1.
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Mendel Rosenblum, Stanford University operating system researcher and chief scientist at VMware, is an approachable, brainy uncle kind of figure. For example, he pauses to think about a question instead of just automatically answering it.
When we sat down together at VMware's VMworld user group m... Read More...
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In the latest round of "Ask Ben Anything", Parallels Marketing Manager and product guru attemps to answer some of the more commonly asked questions about the company's products.
Problem: I'm a road-warrior, so I'm often in hotels and airport lounges and Starbucks and so forth. For example, I have a... Read More...
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Storage vendors plan a bull run with 8-Gbit/s Fibre Channel gear in 2007, hoping to satisfy some customers' demands for higher bandwidth.
QLogic and Emulex appear to have set two of the more aggressive 8-Gbit/s switch strategies with both vendors committing to at least end of 2007 shipments. Such... Read More...
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These days, lots of companies are stretching their hardware and energy dollars by consolidating print, file, DNS, and web servers on virtualisation platforms such as VMware. But not many companies boast of running their entire production infrastructure on virtual machines. An exception is Arvato Mob... Read More...
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Interested in jumping onto the virtualization bandwagon but still have concerns about the licensing implications? You're not alone. Microsoft's policies on licensing in virtualization environments are complex, to say the least -- but times are changing.
Over the last year, the Redmond, Wash., ... Read More...
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The booming virtualization market has spawned several startups worth a close look.
SWSOFT If you think VMware is growing fast, consider SWsoft, maker of Virtuozzo. Revenue for the 600-employee company was up 98% in 2005, to $47 million. Because Virtuozzo allows many applications to run under one... Read More...
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