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Virtualisation killed the appliance
Talkback As Stephen points out, virtualisation came along and blew the appliance market out of the water. A commodity server always gave better value for money than a dedicated appliance, and now with virtualisation we can have virtual appliances that give...
[April 21, 2009, 16:41]
Virtualisation will power utility computing
News Virtualisation is a technology that makes computers more adaptable by breaking the tight link between software and the hardware on which it runs. And by extending virtualisation from the processor to encompass input-output as well, Big Blue will...
[April 29, 2004, 16:40]
Virtualisation means more time at the console
Blog My current favourite virtualisation system software is Sun's VirtualBox. But you will spend as much time -- maybe more, since you now also have to manage the virtualisation system software -- in front of that management console.
[September 3, 2009, 11:13]
Virtualisation: The cure for all software installation ills?
News Most talk about virtualisation these days centres on using server hardware more efficiently. But it's VMware, which leads the virtualisation market, that's working hardest to make virtual-machine-based installation a reality - and to make its...
[March 31, 2006, 16:35]
Virtualisation set to save businesses millions
News Virtualisation could save companies millions of pounds and be the dominant data-centre technology within the next two to three years, according to analysts. Virtualisation can reduce energy consumption and cut operating costs for companies adopting...
[September 26, 2007, 8:24]
Virtualisation - is there an alternative?
Blog Another thought about virtualisation - following my last blog, I started to think about mainframes. Should the mainframe be an option when considering virtualisation projects? It was there first in so many ways: high performance transactional...
[August 18, 2009, 11:43]
Virtualisation set for disaster-recovery growth
News Virtual Iron on Monday released a significant update to its virtualisation system, as it looks to focus on specific-use cases such as disaster recovery and high availability. Server virtualisation is used to divide up a single physical machine so...
[December 11, 2007, 9:29]
Virtualisation et consolidation en grande structure
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[June 10, 2006, 1:00]
Virtualisation growing pains
Blog While some industry pundits are keen to talk about immaturity in the European virtualisation market, VMware CEO Diane Greene herself - in a Q&A session with the press - said that Europe is an established IT market with its own proven model for...
[February 26, 2008, 16:32]
Virtualisation to drive use of staff-owned PCs at work
News The ability of virtualisation technology to free software from the underlying hardware could give more companies the option to allow employees to choose and run their own devices at work, according to analysts.
[June 27, 2008, 14:40]
Virtualisation vendors warn of security challenges
News Two major figures in virtualisation security have warned of challenges facing IT managers in implementing secure virtual environments. Virtualisation can challenge an IT organisation's infrastructure, which suddenly becomes dynamic," said Crosby.
[April 15, 2008, 16:05]
Virtualisation 'bottleneck' removed for graphics-intensive workstations
Blog Since attending the Parallel’s Summit 2009 back in January I’ve been trying to listen out for virtualisation news more intently than ever. But now, I’m wondering if virtualisation is getting even more sophisticated as it spreads to every available...
[March 31, 2009, 12:04]
Virtualisation is key to Windows Server uptake
News Virtualisation will be the key to the popularity of Microsoft's long-awaited server operating system, Windows Server 2008, analysts have predicted. But analysts are predicting the virtualisation app — Viridian — will be key.
[June 13, 2007, 9:39]
Virtualisation means 'end of Windows as we know it'
News Analyst group Gartner believes that virtualisation will allow Microsoft to create a more flexible operating system platform in the future based around modularity. In a research note released this week, Vista Will Be the Last Major Windows Release...
[August 24, 2006, 16:35]
Virtualisation storage options explained
News When it comes to server consolidation or building a development environment, virtualisation is at the forefront of making these efforts successful. A sound enterprise-grade virtualisation strategy includes careful planning.
[July 26, 2006, 15:45]
EMC: Virtualisation is ready for big apps
News Typically, when IT departments decide to use virtualisation in the datacentre, the big question is which workloads to virtualise. The company, which owns virtualisation market leader VMware, spent a lot of time at EMC World 2009 driving home the...
[May 22, 2009, 16:20]
Virtualisation?
Talkback I listened with amazement to the talk on Virtualisation as if it's a new technology. Mainframes from the likes of IBM, ICL, Honeywell etc were doing this back in the early 70's. I was giving presentations with almost the same diagrams to describe...
[January 12, 2007, 17:29]
Microsoft: Virtualisation is over-hyped
News Server virtualisation is over-hyped and less used than reported, according to Microsoft executives speaking at the launch of Windows Server 2008. Virtualisation is important technology but not an end unto itself," Kelly said.
[February 29, 2008, 8:03]
Virtualisation drives Linux onto IBM mainframes
News In an interview with ZDNet UK, Rich Lechner, IBM's vice-president of virtualisation, said that "40 percent of [IBM's] mainframe customers are on Linux on zSeries. The interest in virtualisation among companies is one reason for the rapid take-up of...
[February 15, 2006, 15:45]
What does storage virtualisation really mean?
Blog Virtualisation has moved from being a shiny new technology concept to a sticky business that involves getting your hands dirty with some real technology and business problems. But while server virtualisation is now a well-known technique for saving...
[October 27, 2009, 9:57]
