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September 10, 2010  9:23 PM

Justin Bieber on Twitter: A selling point for virtualization?



Posted by: Colin Steele
capacity planning, cloud computing, Justin Bieber, server virtualization

By Alyssa Wood, Assistant Site Editor It has come to this: the Justin Bieber Twitter page accounts for 3% of the entire Twitter server infrastructure. Considering...

September 2, 2010  8:25 PM

Kicking the tires on vShield Edge



Posted by: Colin Steele
Virtualization security, VMware, VMworld

By Beth Pariseau, Senior News Writer SAN FRANCISCO -- VMware demonstrated its new vShield Edge routing virtual firewall on the


September 2, 2010  8:18 PM

VCloud Director: The fine print



Posted by: Colin Steele
cloud computing, Oracle, VMware, VMworld 2010

By Beth Pariseau, Senior News Writer SAN FRANCISCO -- After the splashy, high-level announcement of VMware’s vCloud Director on Tuesday morning, reality set in at a...


September 2, 2010  6:03 PM

Microsoft takes its perennial shot at VMware



Posted by: Beth Pariseau
Hyper-V vs. VMware, Microsoft, VMworld 2010

It's not quite the "Poker Chip Incident" of 2008, but Microsoft made its presence known at this year's show with a full-page ad in USA Today, which was delivered directly to hotel rooms...


August 31, 2010  5:13 PM

VCloud Director unveiled at VMworld 2010



Posted by: Colin Steele
cloud computing, Colin Steele, VMware, VMworld 2010

SAN FRANCISCO -- The market's worst-kept secret is a secret no longer. VMware officially announced vCloud Director at this morning's


August 30, 2010  10:32 PM

Embotics to support Hyper-V



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

SAN FRANCISCO -- In IT, a trend isn't really a trend until vendors get behind it. Case in point: mixed virtual environments. We've done a lot of talking about organizations running VMware and...


August 24, 2010  2:52 AM

VMworld Europe already upon us?



Posted by: Lauren Horwitz
cloud computing, Desktop virtualization, Virtualization, VMworld 2010, VMworld Europe

Even with VMworld U.S. upon us, we have already started turning our attention to


August 20, 2010  5:26 PM

Virtualization Vendor Profile: Netuitive



Posted by: Colin Steele
Colin Steele, private cloud, Virtualization management

Welcome to the latest edition of the Virtualization Vendor Profile. Every once in a while I’ll talk with a smaller or lesser-known company, learn about their business, discuss some industry trends, and write up a recap. With all the hype these days, it's easy to envision a...


August 19, 2010  6:25 PM

VMworld 2010 backpacks and swag: Much ado about the wrong thing?



Posted by: Lauren Horwitz
VMware, VMworld 2010, vSphere

VMware is known for some attention to detail in pulling off its annual confab, VMworld. And the company’s swag is no exception. VMware prides itself on doling out some quality loot for attendees who journey to the mecca of its annual virtualization conference. But attention to detail can border...


August 18, 2010  4:05 PM

Dell, 3PAR, and VMware’s tangled partnership web



Posted by: Beth Pariseau
Dell, EMC, Virtualization management, VMware

Dell made waves this week with its announcement that it will acquire 3PAR, makers of high-end virtualized disk arrays. Waves in the storage industry, anyway -- though I found myself wondering what...