August 2007 - Posts
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A new beta of Parallels Desktop for Mac 3.0 provides tighter integration between Windows and the Mac OS X host.
For example, the Mac OS X Desktop, Documents, Pictures and Music folders can be used as the Desktop, My Documents, My Pictures and My Music folders in Windows. There may be some circum... Read More...
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The Virtual Machine Manager (virt-manager for short) is a desktop application for managing virtual machines. Since it uses libvirt, it is capable of managing machines from any hypervisor supported by libvirt. Xen is the current primary target. The application's views provide summaries and detailed s... Read More...
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Scalent Systems, the leading provider of server infrastructure repurposing software for large data centers, today announced that Scalent V/OE software is now available through the EMC Select Program. Through this program, customers can purchase Scalent's V/OE adaptive infrastructure software directl... Read More...
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TrainSignal offers these great 8 tips for VMware Server.
Enabling Virtual Network Computing
A handy tip for all of us that need to access the various servers remotely is Virtual Network Computing (VNC). VMware Server comes with VNC preinstalled; all you have to do is enable and configure it. T... Read More...
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Microsoft revealed Aug. 29 that it will not release Windows Server 2008, the successor to Windows Server 2003, on time.
In a posting to the company's TechNet site, a Microsoft spokesman confessed that "Windows Server 2008, which we have been saying would Release to Manufacturing (RTM) by the end o... Read More...
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AberdeenGroup research shows that 31 percent of organizations surveyed have virtualization deployed within their IT infrastructure. The same research also shows that virtualization has strong adoption rate, largely due to companies’ need to cut costs... Read More...
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Chip maker AMD will pump an undisclosed stack of cash into research and development funds for virtualisation solutions provider Nivio.
AMD said the investment was intended to support Nivio's vision of virtual desktop access for a worldwide audience.
Nivio has been beta testing its software for... Read More...
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EMC Corporation , the world leader in information infrastructure solutions, today announced that the EMC Rainfinity(R) Global File Virtualization(TM) (GFV) solution recently received a 2007 Editor's Choice Award from Communications Week magazine.
Lauded by Communications Week for its unparalleled p... Read More...
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Resolute Solutions Corporation, a business and technology consulting firm that leverages its expertise in custom development and learning to deliver end-to-end business solutions, today announced that it has completed one of the first websites to be delivered on Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 20... Read More...
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Virtual Iron Software (www.virtualiron.com), a provider of enterprise-class software for server virtualization and virtual infrastructure management, today announced that it has certified LeftHand Networks’ (www.lefthandnetworks,com) open iSCSI storage area network software. The combination delivers... Read More...
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Microsoft has announced the release to manufacturing of System Center Configuration Manager 2007, the update to its Systems Management Server Windows management software.
The product is due to be available from Microsoft and its resellers in November and is the first major update to the systems ... Read More...
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VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW), the global leader in software for industry-standard virtualized desktops and servers, today announced an agreement with General Dynamics C4 Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics (NYSE: GD), to develop a complete turn-key High-Assurance Platform (HAP) workstation usin... Read More...
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CNET Labs recently reviewed VMware's Fusion and Parallels Desktop for Mac to test Windows virtual machine performance on a Mac computer.
SWsoft recently commented about this benchmarking test on one of their blog sites, and said that their benchmark suffered from "unrealistic scenarios and vendor... Read More...
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FastScaleTM Technology, Inc., a provider of next generation software virtualization and provisioning solutions for enterprise data centers and Web farms, today announced the general availability of the newest version of its flagship product, FastScale ComposerTM Suite. FastScale Composer Suite fully... Read More...
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Sysix Solutions, Inc., a global provider of IT business solutions comprising computer hardware and software, consulting services and financial solutions, unveiled today a comprehensive integrated solution that provides the first step toward designing and implementing more rational, efficient and fle... Read More...
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Today many companies are asking themselves “the big question” about server virtualization: Are we ready for full production?
Even though server virtualization is a mainstream technology today and is used in a growing number of ways, there is still some trepidation about implementing it for missi... Read More...
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As Paris Hilton might say (well, if she were a systems administrator or enterprise storage expert), file virtualization is totally hot. Earlier this month, Acopia was snapped up by F5, becoming just the latest file virtualization company to be acquired by a bigger storage player. Indeed, with the ac... Read More...
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Intel announced today an extended platform technology which has the potential to make computer viruses and successful hacker attacks in virtualized environments a thing of the past. Comprised of several component technologies working together, this latest revision even allows the CPU to execute saf... Read More...
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Virtualisation start up Pano Logic, which founded by ex-CEO of XenSource, intends to offer a new solution to the desktop thin client market.
Pano Logic was founded by Nick Gault, previously founding chief executive of XenSource but whereas XenSource focused largely on servers, Pano Logic's emphas... Read More...
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Fat Jack Hosting is getting another leg up on the competition with its deployment of SwSoft virtualization technology. For eight years, the web host provider has prepared itself at the top of the serious virtualization players. That's why it recently decided to evaluate all its options before decidi... Read More...
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