December 2007 - Posts
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Check out Datamations's list of top 5 virtualization vendors. They include why that vendor made the list and what to watch out for in 2008. It's a really good read.
Assessing the top five virtualization vendors is like ranking NFL teams this year. There’s the New England Patriots and everyone e... Read More...
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CIO attempts to answer the following questions:
What is virtualization?
Why would I want virtualization?
How can virtualization benefit my business?
What are the different types of virtualization?
What important terminology should I know?
What are the cost benefits of virtualization?
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Check out this latest eWeek interview with LANDesk
Q&A: Consolidation hasn't changed the basic challenge for Avocent's LANDesk division: managing desktops and laptops and keeping them securely patched.
In a back-to-the-future move, Avocent almost one year ago appointed Steve Daly general ma... Read More...
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You may already be heavily invested in the rapidly emerging technology of virtualization. If so, consider some of the ideas below for further exploiting the technology. If not, now is the right time to get started.
Virtualization provides a set of tools for increasing flexibility and lowering cos... Read More...
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IT World.com shares the following 5 ways to expand a virtual hard drive.
1. Follow Benjamin Guinebertière's blog post concerning how he managed to do this. Gotta love robocopy!... Read More...
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Ready for 2008? Budgets may tighten up, but IT’s challenges will just keep growing: security problems, virtualization technology, legal issues, users who can’t be stopped and that worrisome baby-boomer brain drain. Here are eight hot-button issues to watch out for in the coming year:
How far dow... Read More...
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It would be safe to say that Computerworld columnists Frank Hayes and Mark Hall don't always see eye to eye on IT issues. Today's topic of contention? Virtualization. Hayes says 2008 is the year to wrap our brains around the whole virtualization idea. Hall begs to differ.
OK, Mark, I’ll say it: ... Read More...
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Veeam Reporter automatically discovers and collects information about your VMware Infrastructure 3 environment, its components and configuration settings, and provides comprehensive visual reports for analysis, documentation and decision-making support. The product is designed for professional use b... Read More...
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To understand the heady success of Palo Alto's VMware , you need to understand its CEO, Diane Greene.
The president of one of the valley's hottest companies is a private person who loathes talking about herself. But the breakaway performance of her company - which has become the fourth-largest p... Read More...
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In a market as competitive as storage networking, there's plenty about which to cheer and jeer. And the last 12 months have been no exception. As customer demand increases for data protection that works, we've seen rocketing successes -- and resounding failures.
Some of the Winners listed are:
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Ok, so you'll probably see a lot of "predictions" for 2008. And like predictions made for 2007, some will come true and others will fall short. And then again, some are just great reads! I love how The Inquirer says "and some might come true". Fantastic! Here are 5 of their predictions:
5. C... Read More...
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DataCore Software, the leading provider of storage virtualization SAN software, today announced that it has brought to market a new, iSCSI-enabled, VM Starter SAN package. This feature-packed version of DataCore’s SANmelody comes bundled and ready-to-use. Priced around $4,000 (per SAN server), the V... Read More...
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Service providers can now offer their customers instant license renewals and upgrades for software applications with the latest release of the Plesk control panel solution, announced today by SWsoft.
SWsoft Plesk 8.3 supports a new licensing and upgrade format as part of the Application Packaging S... Read More...
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SWsoft today announced it has acquired WebHost Automation Ltd., maker of the Helm control panel and billing software for Windows with nearly 1.5 million end users worldwide. WebHost Automation is based in Bristol, U.K.
The acquisition adds more Windows platform expertise to SWsoft, a Microsoft Gold... Read More...
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Given that VMWare was in a quiet period prior to the release of its quarterly results, my conversation with Rosenblum was quite general. But he did share with me, among other things, the story of how VMWare got started and his outlook for virtualization in 2008. Here are excerpts from the interview:... Read More...
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On January 8, we will be co-hosting a webcast with HP that will discuss how to build virtual infrastructure using the latest in blade server technology.
Here's the description of the webcast, which will be on January 8 at 2pm EST:... Read More...
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Although the technology required to virtualize data centers has been around for more than 40 years, 2007 will go down in history as the end of the beginning — the year the technology vaulted into mainstream consciousness and hurtled to the top of every CIO's "must-do" list.
Now that everyone has ... Read More...
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VMware recently updated its compatibility guides:
HCL: Storage Compatibility Guide for ESX Server 3.x
VMware ESX Server 3.x has been tested and deployed in a variety of storage area network (SAN) environments. This guide describes the combination of HBAs (host bus adapters) and storage device... Read More...
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Kevin Rose, founder of Digg.com, talks about VMware Fusion.... Read More...
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See NetApp create 100 VMware VDI clients in 13 minutes using less than 10GB's total storage. This video had a large 'wow factor' at VMworld 2007 in San Francisco.... Read More...
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