November 17, 2008 4:20 PM
Posted by: Rick Vanover
Rick Vanover,
Virtual machine,
Virtualization,
Virtualization management,
Virtualization platformsVirtualization administrators are in a unique situation where older operating systems (OSes) can potentially "live forever" in the virtual world. While we may not wish to enable older OSes to remain in our environments indefinitely as virtual machines (VMs), situations arise where we need to do...
November 13, 2008 10:52 AM
Posted by: Bridget Botelho
SunGuard Availability Services,
Virtual machine,
virtual machine security,
Virtualization,
Virtualization security,
VMwareI received an email the other day from Wayne, Pa.-based SunGard Availability Services outlining some "essential" steps for addressing virtualization security challenges. In their email, the company urges users take certain...
October 16, 2008 2:06 PM
Posted by: Bridget Botelho
network,
Product announcements,
SolarWinds,
Virtual machine,
Virtualization,
VMwareAustin, Texas-based SolarWinds, a provider of downloadable network management software, has released a free tool to monitor the performance of VMware Inc. virtual environments.
The new tool,
September 29, 2008 11:29 AM
Posted by: Joe Foran
Desktop virtualization,
Joseph Foran,
Microsoft,
Uncategorized,
VDI,
Virtual machine,
Virtualization,
Virtualization management,
Virtualization platforms,
Virtualization strategies,
VMworld,
VMworld 2008At the New Innovators both at VMworld 2008 was an interesting small booth from ThinLaunch, which was manned by three of the four people in the company. I had a short pow-wow with two of the folks there and came away with mixed feelings. The product, for which the company is named, appears to...
September 29, 2008 10:44 AM
Posted by: Joe Foran
Joseph Foran,
Linux and virtualization,
Open source,
Servers,
Uncategorized,
Virtual machine,
Virtualization,
Virtualization management,
VMware,
VMworld,
VMworld 2008I had the opportunity to spend a little time at the esXPress booth at VMworld 2008 this year, and I could kick myself. Hard.
To go to the start of why ... a long time ago, back when my office primarily used VMware GSX3 for virtulization at the server level, I had a real need to do backups of the...
September 24, 2008 8:28 AM
Posted by: Bridget Botelho
Citrix XenServer,
Fault tolerance,
High availability and virtualization,
Marathon Technologies,
Storage,
Virtual machine,
Virtualization,
VMware,
VMworld 2008During VMworld 2008 in Las Vegas last week, VMware Inc. announced its upcoming fault tolerance feature and gave a
September 15, 2008 8:51 AM
Posted by: Bridget Botelho
GlassHouse Technologies,
Virtual machine,
Virtualization,
Virtualization management,
Virtualization strategies,
VMworld 2008Today, Framingham, Mass.-based GlassHouse Technologies, an IT infrastructure consulting and services firm, launched Managed Services for Virtual Environments offerings. The new services are delivered through a management interface that...
September 9, 2008 11:34 AM
Posted by: Bridget Botelho
Microsoft Hyper-V,
Virtual machine,
Virtualization,
Virtualization strategies,
VMware,
VMworld,
VMworld 2008Palo Alto, Calif.-based VMware Inc. expects a record 14,000 attendees at VMworld 2008, the company's fifth annual virtualization conference being held at the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas starting Sept. 15....
September 3, 2008 8:17 AM
Posted by: Bridget Botelho
BMC,
Citrix XenServer,
Hyperic,
Inc,
Microsoft,
Microsoft Hyper-V,
Product announcements,
Servers,
Virtual machine,
Virtualization,
Virtualization management,
Virtualization security,
vKernel,
VMwareHouston-based BMC Software introduced several new virtualization management products today, including nine new integrated offerings designed to eliminate the risk and operational expenses associated with management of virtualized data centers.
BMC's...
