July 29, 2010 6:09 PM
Posted by: Colin Steele
Colin Steele,
Dell,
Hewlett-Packard,
Oracle VMVendor lock-in is a big concern in the server virtualization market, especially as more vendors come out with converged infrastructure and virtualization-ready appliances.
June 29, 2010 4:18 PM
Posted by: Colin Steele
Cisco,
Colin Steele,
EMC,
Hewlett-Packard,
Microsoft,
Oracle VM,
VMwareAppliances like Cisco's Unified Computing System are designed to help you kick-start a virtualization deployment.
Now, Oracle is banking on an appliance to do the same for its lagging virtualization market share.
Our sister site SearchITChannel.com reports that a so-called "
February 16, 2010 2:26 PM
Posted by: Colin Steele
Colin Steele,
Oracle VM,
Solaris,
SPARC,
Sun MicrosystemsOracle is, as we say here in Boston, wicked fah behind in the virtualization market. Building a strong, integrated virtualization portfolio is the best way -- and maybe the only way -- for the company to catch up.
The Sun acquisition brought lots of hype about the future of
January 28, 2010 2:19 PM
Posted by: Colin Steele
Colin Steele,
Microsoft,
Oracle,
Oracle Enterprise Manager,
Oracle VM,
Sun Microsystems,
VMware2009 was the year of Microsoft vs. VMware. Is 2010 shaping up to be the year of Oracle vs. VMware?
During yesterday's five-hour
January 15, 2010 8:58 PM
Posted by: Colin Steele
Citrix XenServer,
Colin Steele,
KVM,
Oracle VM,
XenXen.org posted the Xen 4.0 Release Candidate this week, and the new hypervisor code should be finalized by the end of next month.
Xen 4.0...
January 6, 2010 4:35 PM
Posted by: Colin Steele
Citrix,
Colin Steele,
Oracle,
Oracle VMOracle is finalizing its deal for Sun Microsystems and already bought Virtual Iron. But an even bigger virtualization acquisition -- Oracle-Citrix Systems -- may be on the horizon.
Oracle is sizing up...
July 7, 2009 7:59 PM
Posted by: Colin Steele
Colin Steele,
Oracle VM,
Virtual Iron,
VMware,
vSphere
Good news, Virtual Iron customers: In...
March 4, 2009 7:57 PM
Posted by: Bridget Botelho
Microsoft Hyper-V,
Oracle Enterprise Manager,
Oracle VM,
server virtualization,
VMware,
XenI have to admit that I have been less than kind when it comes to Oracle's virtualization software and licensing policies; I've written articles about their stubborn
You may have heard this morning that 
