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December 2010 - Posts
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Whether you want to call it virtualization or private cloud, enterprises are rapidly transforming their datacenters to take advantage of the ROI benefits that cloud computing brings. Already in 2010, we saw the number of virtual machines outnumber physical systems not running virtualization. Gartner... Read More...
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Looking back on my 2010 predictions, I say I went 5 for 10, my colleagues insist it it is 7 for 10, you be the judge. (http://vmblog.com/archive/2009/12/30/2010-in-cloud-computing-game-on.aspx). Where I missed was actually believing that cloud-washing would start winding down (instead of ramping up)... Read More...
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2010 was the year of cloud understanding and "testing the waters". Within the enterprise and 2011 will be the year of cloud adoption. The hype around cloud computing will calm down and real adoption will accelerate in 2011, as analyst firms like Gartner and IDC have predicted that in the next five ... Read More...
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Server virtualization has been growing at a tremendous pace as more and more organizations are deploying this technology in their data centers. One of the primary reasons IT managers are using server virtualization is to increase the agility of their IT infrastructure and be able to rapidly and non-... Read More...
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The pioneer of multi-vendor/multi-GPU graphic solutions, LucidLogix today announced ground-breaking GPU virtualization software designed for Intel Sandy Bridge platforms. With this technology, next generation PCs will dynamically balance the advanced power-efficient, built-in media features of Sandy... Read More...
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It is a generally accepted opinion that the Cloud opportunity is exploding, changing the landscape of information technology (IT). As we start to wind down 2010 and think about 2011, here are three critical Cloudy areas that are going to be worth watching, and I also include one dark horse predictio... Read More...
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DataCore Software, an early pioneer and now a leading provider of software-based virtualization solutions empowering storage, today highlighted what it considers points of emphasis for 2011 in terms of furthering the promise of virtualization.... Read More...
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VMware has released a new paper titled Configuration Examples and Troubleshooting for VMDirectPath. The paper contains details around configuration examples on how to configure direct access to an I/O device when using VMware ESX and VMDirectPath. It states:... Read More...
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RES Software, the proven leader in dynamic desktop solutions, today announced a growing number of new solution providers throughout the United States have joined its channel program. GuardEra Access Solutions, Sage Technology Group, Sequel Data Systems, SIGMAnet, Alphaserve Technologies and Artemis ... Read More...
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The word cloud was everywhere in the high tech industry in 2010. The incredible rise of Amazon's public cloud offering and their success stories drew record interest from customers and technology providers alike. We saw everyone in the latter group start to "cloudify" their marketing. If you did not... Read More...
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Virtual appliances will continue to grow in popularity as a delivery model... Read More...
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Login Consultants releases Login VSI 3.0; the latest version of their testing and benchmarking tool for virtualized desktop infrastructures. Already VSI is seen as the industry standard by major players in the desktop virtualization market, including Cisco, Citrix, HP, Intel and Microsoft. Login VSI... Read More...
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More and more companies will place critical apps on virtual servers, something they were previously hesitant to do. This includes databases such as Oracle and Microsoft SQL Server and email systems such as Microsoft Exchange.... Read More...
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As I sat down to write this, I managed to surprise myself by realizing that I'm about to close out my 8th year in the virtualization space, and I can honestly say this past year has been one of the most remarkable in terms of the growth of virtualization. The market has matured so much already, and... Read More...
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In the age-old tradition of making predictions about the next year, here is my list of what CIOs will worry about in 2011 when they think about putting real enterprise applications on the cloud. I'm focusing on Infrastructure as a Service, although many of these predictions apply equally well to Sof... Read More...
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2011 is the year when enterprises finally start truly adopting cloud. That's the big theme for 2011. Before we get to what that means and why, though, let's start off with a working definition of cloud, at least for the purposes of this piece. Cloud means any on-demand virtualization compute platfo... Read More...
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The year 2011 is going to be very exciting for desktop virtualization. Why? Because several trends that have been building steam in the last couple of years are joining forces to create a big splash. While no one knows exactly what the future holds, here are my predictions, derived directly and in... Read More...
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When I think about the key challenges that face organisations that have deployed virtualisation going forward into 2011, there are three things that spring to mind.... Read More...
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December brings a whirlwind of nostalgia for the year gone by and a wide range of predictions for the 12 months ahead. For those of us in the virtualization market, this turn of the calendar symbolizes the end of a year of great advancement and effort. It also provides an opportunity to look ahead... Read More...
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Further enhancing the popular, open source, cross-platform virtualization software, Oracle today announced the availability of Oracle VM VirtualBox 4.0.... Read More...
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