February 25, 2011 5:59 PM
Posted by: Colin Steele
Colin Steele,
Hyper-V vs. VMware,
Virtualization managementWe learned yesterday that VMware will offer Hyper-V management with a new experimental vCenter plug-in, XVP...
February 18, 2011 12:59 AM
Posted by: Colin Steele
Colin Steele,
private cloud,
vCloud Connector,
vCloud Director,
VMwareVMware is making the switch from a virtualization company to a cloud company, and they want customers to come along for the ride. New products and services are finally making that a possibility.
For most organizations, unfortunately, building a private cloud is easier said than done. For several...
February 11, 2011 6:09 PM
Posted by: Colin Steele
cloud computing,
Colin Steele,
VMwareAs many users have predicted, VMware is indeed phasing out its Lab Manager product.
VMware has not officially announced Lab Manager's end of life, but sources within the company said this week that it is in the works. In...
February 9, 2011 3:40 PM
Posted by: Colin Steele
Colin Steele,
Hyper-V vs. VMware,
Partner Exchange 2011ORLANDO -- VMware CTO Steve Herrod was just on stage at Partner Exchange 2011, showing a demo of a pet clinic application running on VMware's Spring platform. Herrod ended the demo by showing a picture of his dog, then he fired off this zinger:
"He's not pretty, and he yips a lot, but there's...
February 8, 2011 1:57 PM
Posted by: Colin Steele
cloud computing,
Colin Steele,
vCloud Connector,
VMwareThis morning we got the official announcement of VMware vCloud Connector, a new, free vSphere plug-in that I wrote about last week on SearchCloudComputing.com.
February 4, 2011 3:15 PM
Posted by: Colin Steele
Colin Steele,
Virtualization securitySure, server virtualization has been around for a while and is very popular in IT. But you know a technology has really hit the big time when it gets its own national standards.
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) this week...
February 2, 2011 7:57 PM
Posted by: Colin Steele
Colin Steele,
Paul Maritz,
VMwarePaul Maritz is no longer VMware's president.
The company has named four other executives as co-presidents: Carl Eschenbach, Richard McAniff, Tod Nielsen and Mark Peek. They will all report to Maritz, who remains CEO.
VMware has not issued a press release about the news, but the company...
January 20, 2011 8:09 PM
Posted by: Colin Steele
cloud computing,
Colin Steele,
Gartner,
server consolidation,
server virtualizationTonight, before you lock up your data center and hit the lights, take a look around. Gaze longingly at your racks of servers and bundles of cables. Listen to the sweet sounds of the machines whirring and beeping. And take a deep breath of that dry, artificially cooled air.
In a matter of months,...
January 10, 2011 6:33 PM
Posted by: Colin Steele
Colin Steele,
Hyper-V vs. VMware,
Microsoft
Bob Muglia, president of Microsoft's Server and Tools Business and the public face of its...
