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VMworld Europe: Conference Blog Day 1
Blog As dawn (and the last of the night's facelift victims) shuffle slowly off past Monte Carlo they leave behind a grey and wet Cannes with 4,500 attendees anticipating the start of the first VMworld Europe virtualisation conference.
[February 26, 2008, 5:56]
VMworld Europe: Conference Blog Day 2 (part 3) - The Virtual Road Ahead
Blog Looking at the virtual road ahead as the main section of this VMworld Europe 2008 conference closes, we can perhaps draw a few concluding thoughts from the exhibitors and attendees. Herrod also stressed that this, the first VMworld in Europe, is a...
[February 27, 2008, 16:14]
VMWorld Keynote
Blog A skyrocketing ecosystem - 1400 partners, as many as there were attendees at the first VMWorld. Dr Steve Herrod - VP Tech Dev - takes the stage. We are not normal attendees, he says. We like to talk details.
[November 7, 2006, 15:45]
Protecting Virtual Macchines: The "best Of Vmworld" Approach
White Papers This white paper will explore a completely new approach to availability for virtual machines - an approach recognized with the Best of VMworld 2007 - New Technology award. By enabling IT managers to move virtual machines (and the applications they...
[June 19, 2008, 4:11]
VMware Security Bug Exposed On Eve Of VMworld
News The announcement shows that virtualisation software is just as vulnerable as any other software, according to Core, and comes in the week of the vendor's VMworld event in Cannes, where VMware is expected to announce an important security...
[February 25, 2008, 13:00]
What To Expect From VMworld Europe 2008
News This week sees Cannes host the company's first VMworld Europe conference, which will be a chance for partners and customers to assess how fully they want to embrace the virtualisation message. Although VMworld is VMware's show, there will be over...
[February 25, 2008, 8:42]
More Quotes From VMWorld
Blog He had yet to meet this VMWorld attendee "I've walked the floor and I'm not feeling a lot of love", Tim Sills, consulting manager and auditing expert, Verisign, on the general attitude towards the more formal side of security from the VMware...
[November 9, 2006, 0:39]
Protecting Virtual Machines: The "Best Of VMworld" Approach
White Papers IT managers and executives have enthusiastically embraced server virtualization because it greatly increases server utilization, reduces capital costs and cuts operating expenses. And a growing number of IT executives are looking beyond server...
[March 1, 2008, 0:02]
VMworld: Day One Roundup
News For things that have no physical existence, virtual applications (VAs) are big and getting much, much bigger. With Microsoft announcing that it will ship demonstration VAs with SQL Server and Exchange running on virtual systems, and BEA saying that...
[November 8, 2006, 16:16]
VMworld Europe: Conference Blog Day 2 (part 2)
Blog As much of the discussion so far has focused on server virtualisation, this conference has logically moved on to discuss the potential benefits of virtualisation on the desktop. The argument is that by extending the VMware platform to the desktop...
[February 27, 2008, 9:43]
VMworld Europe: Conference Blog Day 2 (part 1)
Blog After a heavily partner-focused first day, a good many of us here were keen to hear more from VMware itself - and with many of the key announcements saved up for today, it was chief scientist and founder Dr Mendel Rosenblum who took the stage for...
[February 27, 2008, 9:06]
A Little Light Discipline
Leader Recently, ZDNet UK attended the VMworld conference in Los Angeles. That evening, the conference attendees were shipped to the VMworld after-show party on the Universal Studios lot. A major part of proceedings was the message that virtualisation can...
[December 6, 2006, 16:09]
Citrix Readies Virtualisation Upgrade
Talkback They announced their VDI solution in a press release last year at VMworld 2005, and they're about to release it in a few days. They're exhibiting at VMworld 2006 in November. The other interesting company in this space is Provision Networks (www...
[October 14, 2006, 18:10]
VMware: Not Just Hypervisor Revenue
News Over 80 percent of our revenue comes from outside of our hypervisor today," VMware president Diane Greene said in a press meeting at the company's VMworld show in San Francisco on Tuesday. At VMworld, VMware announced a plan to embed its new ESX...
[September 12, 2007, 9:00]
Parallels Making Virtualisation Jump To Servers
News The new Parallels Server software is currently in alpha testing, but will open to beta testers in four to six seeks, Benjamin Rudolph, communications director for Parallels, said on Thursday at VMworld in San Francisco.
[September 14, 2007, 9:02]
VMware Shares Secrets In Security Drive
News But scattered among the showcase floors of the VMworld conference in San Francisco were companies such as Catbird or BlueLane — start-ups looking exclusively at the security of virtual machines. Announced at the VMworld conference, the vendor will...
[September 17, 2007, 8:46]
More Power From The People...
Blog [Live from VMWorld in Los Angeles] VMWare working on power management system on top of VI that spots spare capacity and shuts down or clams down servers to save power. Also, says VMWare, letting virtual desktops run at employees homes saves power...
[November 7, 2006, 16:13]
Energy Company Promises Millions To Customers For Virtualization
Blog [Live from VMWorld, Los Angeles] Green says: Something I thouught I'd never do at VM World, bring on Roland Risser, the director of Energy Conservation at Pacific Gas and Electric" He's announcing the first power company centre for energy...
[November 7, 2006, 16:06]
Virtualisation Growing Pains
Blog This blog continues feedback and experiences from VMworld Europe 2008 in Cannes, France. 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...
[February 26, 2008, 16:32]
The Evolution Of Virtualisation
Blog This blog continues coverage of the VMworld Europe conference and exhibition and features info from VMware CEO Diane Greene. Here’s a potted history of virtualisation technology as VMware sees it, to provide a marker for where we are now.
[February 26, 2008, 11:37]
