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January 5, 2011  4:39 PM

Server virtualization tops 2011 IT priorities



Posted by: Colin Steele
cloud computing, Colin Steele, server virtualization

IT managers still have server virtualization on the brain as they head into 2011. Server virtualization is the top priority for IT managers in 2011, according to TechTarget's 2011 IT...

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December 21, 2010  4:11 PM

Dilbert takes on server virtualization



Posted by: Colin Steele
server virtualization

A colleague passed along yesterday's Dilbert comic strip, which has a pretty random mention of server virtualization. Check it out:

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December 16, 2010  5:21 PM

Paul Maritz talks Microsoft, Oracle



Posted by: Colin Steele
Colin Steele, Hyper-V vs. VMware, Microsoft, Oracle, Paul Maritz, VMware

Paul Maritz knows VMware has a target on its back. The VMware CEO was the latest guest on Fortune's "Connected with Adam Lashinsky," where he talked about VMware's standing in...


December 16, 2010  2:10 PM

2010 in review and 2011 predictions on VMware podcast



Posted by: Colin Steele
cloud computing, Desktop virtualization, server virtualization, VMware

Brian Madden, Mike Laverick, Bridget Botelho and myself were guests on yesterday's VMware Communities Roundtable podcast. We talked about some of this year's biggest virtualization news -- such as...


December 14, 2010  3:06 PM

Year in review on tomorrow’s VMware podcast



Posted by: Colin Steele
Desktop virtualization, server virtualization, VMware

A whole crew of TechTarget editors and experts will be on tomorrow's VMware Communities Roundtable show to talk about the top virtualization stories of 2010 and what we expect for 2011. I'll be joined by Brian Madden,


December 9, 2010  9:26 PM

Eminem + Avatar = desktop virtualization ad, of course



Posted by: Colin Steele
Colin Steele, Desktop virtualization, Parallels

Video is a very popular marketing medium in the virtualization world. Some vendors use videos to take shots at competitors, like the infamous "Microsoft Mythbusters" video...


December 6, 2010  6:25 PM

Juniper acquires Altor for virtualization security



Posted by: Colin Steele
Altor, Colin Steele, Juniper, Virtualization security

Juniper Networks acquired Altor Networks, a popular virtualization security vendor, for $95 million today. Altor makes Virtual Firewall, which took the bronze medal in the...


November 30, 2010  5:57 PM

Hyper-V finds niche in Europe, survey says



Posted by: Colin Steele
CA, Colin Steele, Hyper-V vs. VMware

Americans and Europeans often have different tastes when it comes to football...

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November 24, 2010  2:24 PM

Data security worries rise as virtualization spreads



Posted by: Beth Pariseau
Virtualization security

Yesterday I caught a brief but an interesting exchange between two of the people I follow on Twitter. "All my storage conversations used to push to virtualization. Now all my virt / cloud conversations push to backup or security," said Ed...

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October 28, 2010  3:49 PM

PCI DSS 2.0 standard released, but detailed virtualization guidance still unavailable



Posted by: Beth Pariseau
virtual machine security, Virtualization security

This morning the Payment Card Industry (PCI) Security Standards Council, which creates standards with which anyone handling credit card data must comply, released the second version of its Data Security Standard (PCI DSS 2.0). One of the most important aspects of this new standard for...