Qlogic Corp., a provider of Fiber Channel host bus adapters (HBAs), stackable switches and blade server switches, announced that its Fiber Channel HBA drivers are fully compliant and interoperable with the XenSource Xen Hypervisor 3.0, an open-source virtualization software code. Xen Hypervisor 3... Read More...

Microsoft has begun beta testing Service Pack 1 of Virtual Server 2005 R2, an update to the company’s main virtualization platform that will add support for hardware virtualization in both Intel and AMD processors. Beta 1 adds support for Intel’s new VT processors. CLICK TO ... Read More...

Question: You have said that network-based intelligence has been slow to happen. Can you give examples of where it has worked? Answer: Sure. There are a bunch of pocket successes so far out there, and a lot more will start happening soon. For example, StoreAge sells their software (think of it as... Read More...

I am happy to announce that my new book, Advanced Server Virtualization: VMware and Microsoft Platforms in the Virtual Data Center, went to the printer on April 14th, and should be delivered to the distributors around May 17th. While this date is not set in stone, it appears to be an accurate date ... Read More...