virtualisation

  • VMware Fusion 3 18/11/2009 15:30:00

    The latest version of VMware Fusion 3 brings invaluable new functions to the Windows virtualisation software for Macintosh
    Almost overnight, running Windows on a Mac became a viable option when Apple adopted Intel processors in 2006. As well as installing Windows directly onto a separate disk partition, allowing you to work natively in Windows, virtualization software packages appeared that enabled the simultaneous use of Windows from within Mac OS X - and all without rebooting.
  • Elastra offers a tool to build public-private clouds 18/11/2009 07:12:00

    Cloud Server Enterprise Edition works with VCenter, Xen or Amazon Web Services
    Elastra has announced the availability of its Cloud Server platform, which lets enterprises build public-private computing clouds, it said on Tuesday.
  • HP pushes thin clients with new hardware, tools 17/11/2009 16:09:00

    Jet Blue expects to save $US5 million over five years by moving from PCs to thin clients, the company's IT director says
    Hewlett-Packard is trying to tackle concerns about the cost and complexity of thin-client computing with new products and tools announced Tuesday.
  • 5 things missing in VMware's new virtual desktop app, View 4 13/11/2009 23:15:00

    For all the sizzle, analysts cite five ways the steak isn't fully cooked.
    With VMware's release of View 4 last week, the company is promising two things: Full desktop performance at a desktop price tag.
  • Citrix virtual desktop customers still using VMware on back end 12/11/2009 10:51:00

    Widely acknowledged as a major player in the desktop virtualization market, Citrix still faces an interesting competitive challenge
    Citrix's desktop virtualization customers are still using VMware's server hypervisor on the back end, but a Citrix executive claims a shift away from VMware is afoot.
  • HP's new architecture tackles IT sprawl 10/11/2009 05:19:00

    Vendor announces HP Converged Infrastructure architecture and HP Converged Infrastructure Consulting Services to the market
    Hewlett-Packard has unveiled new offerings to help customers address IT sprawl and build IT infrastructures that can quickly scale as the need arises.
  • Big IT is back, say HP, IBM, Oracle, EMC, Cisco 04/11/2009 16:10:00

    HP's converged infrastructure, Cisco-EMC's joint Acadia convergence sign of return
    A certain truth about the big IT vendors is they want to sell as much as possible to any one customer and now, with virtualization, cloud computing and very tight IT budgets, they believe they have an opening.
  • VMware's Fusion 3.0 release leads to confusion 29/10/2009 22:15:00

    High customer demand leads to site issues after release of Fusion 3.0 and Workstation 7
    VMware Inc. is having trouble getting VMware Fusion 3.0 out its download door and is getting customer complaints about timeouts and licensing problems.
  • VMware reports a sharp drop in profit 22/10/2009 08:28:00

    Revenue rose but the company spent more on R&D
    VMware's third-quarter profit dropped by more than half as the company invested more heavily in research and development, though its revenue increased 4 percent from a year earlier, the company said Wednesday.
  • Citrix bows to customer pressure on XenDesktop licensing 21/10/2009 08:07:00

    XenDesktop 4 will now come with per-device as well as per-user licensing options
    Citrix Systems has added more licensing options and editions to its upcoming desktop virtualization platform XenDesktop 4, including the option to pay by the number of devices used, it said on Tuesday.
  • Gartner: Server virtualization now at 18 per cent of server workload 21/10/2009 02:29:00

    Gartner predicts nearly half of server workloads will be virtualized by 2012
    How fast is the shift to server virtualization happening? According to Gartner, 18% of server workloads this year run on virtualized servers; that share will grow to 28% next year and reach almost half by 2012.
  • Ncomputing kit talks to virtual desktops over USB 15/10/2009 07:44:00

    Ncomputing's U170 that can run multimedia applications by connecting to a host machine's USB port
    Ncomputing is launching a device that can be used to add a virtual client to a host PC via a USB connection.
  • Parallels launches bare-metal hypervisor 10/10/2009 00:51:00

    The apartment block approach to virtualisation
    It took some time to arrive but Parallels has entered new territory with the launch of its bare metal hypervisor. Parallels Server Bare Metal is aimed squarely at cloud computing providers enabling them to offer a range of new services to their customers.
  • Red Hat sets stage for open source virtualization 09/10/2009 08:43:00

    The new form of virtualization is built upon KVM
    Resolved to the fact that virtualization will be a key technology for businesses to move forward, open source IT solutions provider Red Hat declared on Friday its moves to clamp down on the new trend space, with a focus on next-generation virtualization technology.
  • VMware ties disaster recovery to vSphere, lifting obstacle to adoption 06/10/2009 01:03:00

    SRM version 4 supports vSphere and other upgrades
    VMware’s Site Recovery Manager is now supporting vSphere, eliminating one of the obstacles preventing customers from upgrading to the latest version of VMware’s virtualization platform.
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