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The realities of IT management: ZDNet special report
Articles The special report homes in on the big issues of virtualisation, collaboration and information management, and takes a pragmatic approach to all three topics. For example, what are the essential first steps that must be undertaken to make...
[November 20, 2009, 12:06]
AT&T's cloud platform set for Europe in 2010
News We are excited to contribute our technology to enable this and to work with AT&T in our VMware vCloud initiative that is focused on integrating and connecting private and public clouds, using the VMware vSphere virtualisation platform and the...
[November 16, 2009, 12:09]
Ten tips for software licensing in a virtual world
Comment Virtualisation sets a number of software-licensing traps for the unwary, but they can largely be avoided through some sensible precautions, says Manek Dubash. You might even find that your discussion leads to a more enlightened approach by the...
[November 16, 2009, 11:13]
Six factors to weigh up for virtualisation projects
Articles Despite the recession and the general pressure on IT budgets, the virtualisation sector has not been too badly hit. But when purchasing a SAN, it is also important to check virtualisation software providers' hardware compatibility lists.
[November 16, 2009, 11:03]
VMware aims to virtualise Windows 7 rollouts
News VMware has unveiled version 4 of its View desktop virtualisation software, which has expanded features designed to streamline and speed up deployments. VMware said it believes the recent launch of Microsoft Windows 7 will help drive uptake of...
[November 9, 2009, 15:36]
Tech events that are shaping Microsoft's future
Articles Bob Kelly is a Microsoft executive with a wide remit that takes in infrastructure products ranging from virtualisation to security. Less than 20 percent of all the servers in use today are used as hosts for virtualisation.
[November 9, 2009, 14:21]
'Gordon' supercomputer will use flash to solve hard questions
News The supercomputer will use Intel's 2011-generation processors in its supernodes, said SDSC, while shared memory software will come from Scale MP, which sells high-end virtualisation products. A supercomputer which uses flash memory instead of...
[November 6, 2009, 14:24]
Parallels supports Windows 7, Snow Leopard
News Parallels has introduced support for the recently launched Windows 7 and Mac OS X Snow Leopard operating systems in version 5 of its Parallels Desktop for Mac virtualisation product. Version 5 of Parallels' Mac virtualisation software, announced on...
[November 5, 2009, 15:20]
Red Hat boosts enterprise virtualisation portfolio
News Red Hat has released new components in its enterprise virtualisation portfolio, including a standalone hypervisor and management platform for servers. Availability of the Virtualisation Hypervisor and Virtualisation Manager for Servers products was...
[November 4, 2009, 16:09]
HP converges on the datacentre
News It is based on HP's existing hardware and virtualisation management package, Systems Insight Manager. HP has launched a suite of datacentre products and services aimed at tidying up the sprawl caused by legacy architecture and technology.
[November 4, 2009, 16:06]
EMC, Cisco and VMware take aim at 'private cloud'
News Cisco, EMC and EMC subsidiary VMware have announced a partnership to provide integrated datacentre products that combine virtualisation, networking, computing, storage, security and management technologies.
[November 4, 2009, 15:01]
We don’t need no IT education. Or maybe we do?
Blog This involves topics such as finding out that progressive schools are looking at virtualisation strategies to cope with changing student demands. Connecting three ideas together as is often my want, I appear to have stumbled on more IT Education...
[November 4, 2009, 6:33]
Oracle details fate of Sun software
News The document also included updated information about Oracle's plans for OpenOffice and for Sun's virtualisation, identity management, SOA and systems management products. Oracle will continue Sun's desktop virtualisation software, including VDI...
[November 3, 2009, 7:10]
Cisco, EMC to unveil cloud joint venture
News Under the deal, the two companies will sell a new line of integrated networking, storage and servers based on Cisco server and networking gear, with storage from EMC and virtualisation software from EMC subsidiary VMware, according to unnamed...
[November 2, 2009, 14:44]
VirtualBox update fixes Windows 7 bugs
News Sun has updated its VirtualBox virtualisation software, fixing bugs related to Windows 7 and Snow Leopard. Virtual Box 3.0.10, released on Thursday, includes a change in the way the software works with Intel VT-x and AMD-V virtualisation technologies.
[November 2, 2009, 8:12]
What Microsoft understands about virtualisation (and a problem for VMware)
Blog Comment I may be wrong in picking this up as a barrier to widespread virtualisation by default, but the stats I see say almost every company has something virtualised, but only 26% of servers run virtualised.
[October 30, 2009, 13:24]
What Microsoft understands about virtualisation (and a problem for VMware)
Blog Comment Hi Simon, Mary - it has been a long time since we spoke. Anyway, just one minor thing, the various versions of 2008 Hyper-V R2 (the free one up) do have a feature that enables you to migrate VMs across different levels of hardware, so it no longer...
[October 30, 2009, 7:49]
What Microsoft understands about virtualisation (and a problem for VMware)
Blog Comment VMware has proven itself as a virtualisation supplier, but beyond ESX does it have the chops for an enterprise Linux? and what I was saying is not 'would you go with Linux rather than Windows in your VMware VM?
[October 29, 2009, 17:20]
What Microsoft understands about virtualisation (and a problem for VMware)
Blog Comment Yes, you can go your own with Fedora or Ubuntu Server, but you're not going to get the VM-certified OS, and you're certainly unlikely to get the para-virtualisation components needed for a fast, hardware-aware client OS.
[October 29, 2009, 17:01]
What Microsoft understands about virtualisation (and a problem for VMware)
Blog Comment In answer, Mary, to your final sentence: you might well, if only because each VM costs you money in the form of an OS licence and the processes required to manage them - especially in a dynamic environment.
[October 29, 2009, 16:47]
