Virtualisation
Is VMware's federated cloud all puff and no trousers?
By: Davey Winder
VMware has been puffing it's chest up and pulling it's stomach in to talk up the promise of stretching business applications across data centres in a federated cloud fashion. Of course, in the real world when you hold your tummy in your trousers fall down...
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By: Davey Winder
VMware has been puffing it's chest up and pulling it's stomach in to talk up the promise of stretching business applications across data centres in a federated cloud fashion. Of course, in the real world when you hold your tummy in your trousers fall down...
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Windows HPC Server 2008 goes RTM
By: Stephen Withers
Windows HPC Server 2008 is the latest member of Microsoft's operating systems family to go into production. HPC - high performance computing - is aimed at customers with major number-crunching tasks.
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By: Stephen Withers
Windows HPC Server 2008 is the latest member of Microsoft's operating systems family to go into production. HPC - high performance computing - is aimed at customers with major number-crunching tasks.
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Cisco network management extended to VMware virtualised servers
By: Stuart Corner
Cisco and VMware have teamed up to embed Cisco networking software into VMware's server virtualisation software to enable the management of multiple virtual servers running on one, or several, physical servers to be integrated into the overall management of a data network.
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By: Stuart Corner
Cisco and VMware have teamed up to embed Cisco networking software into VMware's server virtualisation software to enable the management of multiple virtual servers running on one, or several, physical servers to be integrated into the overall management of a data network.
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Red Hat out virtualises ESX with purchase of Qumranet, ready to take on Microsoft
By: Mike Bantick
With KVM Virtualisation now under their banner, Red Hat is ready to take on the other company that owns virtualisation as well as operating system technology, Microsoft.
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By: Mike Bantick
With KVM Virtualisation now under their banner, Red Hat is ready to take on the other company that owns virtualisation as well as operating system technology, Microsoft.
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Want Linux under Windows? Microsoft and Novell hype it up!
By: Stephen Withers
The hype around Hyper-V, Linux and Windows continues building as Microsoft and Novell jointly announce full support for SUSE Linux Enterprise Edition as a guest operating system under Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V.
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By: Stephen Withers
The hype around Hyper-V, Linux and Windows continues building as Microsoft and Novell jointly announce full support for SUSE Linux Enterprise Edition as a guest operating system under Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V.
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IBM's Rich Lechner explains sweeping storage initiative - iTWire podcast
By: Tony Austin
Listen to IBM executive Rich Lechner describe the reasons behind Monday's extensive storage hardware, software and services announcements, explaining the information challenges they address in the movement of data from institutions to individuals and “clouds.”
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By: Tony Austin
Listen to IBM executive Rich Lechner describe the reasons behind Monday's extensive storage hardware, software and services announcements, explaining the information challenges they address in the movement of data from institutions to individuals and “clouds.”
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Virtual systems causing real-world problems for IT managers
By: Ian Grayson
The increasing use of virtual servers might be saving companies money, but it’s also spelling trouble for their disaster recovery plans, a new global survey has found.
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By: Ian Grayson
The increasing use of virtual servers might be saving companies money, but it’s also spelling trouble for their disaster recovery plans, a new global survey has found.
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Microsoft gives away Hyper-V Server 2008
By: Davey Winder
Microsoft wants you to 'Get Virtual Now' and in order to help things along will let you have a copy of Hyper-V Server 2008 absolutely free...
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By: Davey Winder
Microsoft wants you to 'Get Virtual Now' and in order to help things along will let you have a copy of Hyper-V Server 2008 absolutely free...
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Sun boosts virtualisation performance with VirtualBox 2.0
By: Stephen Withers
Sun has rolled out a major update to the open source and commercial versions of its VirtualBox virtualisation software.
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By: Stephen Withers
Sun has rolled out a major update to the open source and commercial versions of its VirtualBox virtualisation software.
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VMware ESX qualifies under Microsoft virtualisation support program
By: Stephen Withers
When Microsoft eased its datacentre software licences to accommodate the needs of customers using virtualised environments, it also promised better technical support for third-party virtualisation products. The first hypervisor has now been qualified under the program.
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By: Stephen Withers
When Microsoft eased its datacentre software licences to accommodate the needs of customers using virtualised environments, it also promised better technical support for third-party virtualisation products. The first hypervisor has now been qualified under the program.
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Virtualisation: widely adopted but largely untapped, says HP
By: Stuart Corner
HP has released the results of commissioned global research claiming it shows virtualisation widespread but only in the early stages of exploitation for business advantage.
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By: Stuart Corner
HP has released the results of commissioned global research claiming it shows virtualisation widespread but only in the early stages of exploitation for business advantage.
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Majority of British business planning to go virtual
By: Davey Winder
A new survey reveals that 38 percent of British business has already adopted virtualised infrastructures, and of those who have not some 52 percent are planning to do so.
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By: Davey Winder
A new survey reveals that 38 percent of British business has already adopted virtualised infrastructures, and of those who have not some 52 percent are planning to do so.
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Microsoft eases datacentre software virtualisation rules
By: Stephen Withers
Microsoft has relaxed its licensing restrictions on datacentre software to allow for the growing use of virtualisation. Significantly, Microsoft has chosen to drop its previous 90-day reassignment rule, allowing server software to be moved around a server farm as often as necessary. The change is especially significant for customers running virtualised environments.
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By: Stephen Withers
Microsoft has relaxed its licensing restrictions on datacentre software to allow for the growing use of virtualisation. Significantly, Microsoft has chosen to drop its previous 90-day reassignment rule, allowing server software to be moved around a server farm as often as necessary. The change is especially significant for customers running virtualised environments.
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VMware foul-up causes premature licence expiry
By: Stephen Withers
An embarrassing blunder has forced VMware to issue a second version of ESX 3.5 Update 2 and ESXi 3.5 Update 2 to fix a bug that caused licences to incorrectly expire. The problem arose because a time limitation from a beta version of the virtualisation software was incorrectly left in the code that was shipped.
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By: Stephen Withers
An embarrassing blunder has forced VMware to issue a second version of ESX 3.5 Update 2 and ESXi 3.5 Update 2 to fix a bug that caused licences to incorrectly expire. The problem arose because a time limitation from a beta version of the virtualisation software was incorrectly left in the code that was shipped.
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VMWare beware: Sun’s FOSS VirtualBox hits the sweet spot for Linux
By: David M Williams
When it comes to virtualising Linux, VMWare has always had the edge of Microsoft’s Virtual PC which has limited video display support. Although these were the best two, there have been other lesser-known options like XENSource. Here’s Sun’s VirtualBox and why it is truly kick-ass.
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By: David M Williams
When it comes to virtualising Linux, VMWare has always had the edge of Microsoft’s Virtual PC which has limited video display support. Although these were the best two, there have been other lesser-known options like XENSource. Here’s Sun’s VirtualBox and why it is truly kick-ass.
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VMware joins Linux Foundation, adds new channel programme and more education courses
By: Stuart Corner
Virtualisation software developer, VMware, has unveiled three separate initiatives in the past week designed to cement its lead role in the virtualisation market.
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By: Stuart Corner
Virtualisation software developer, VMware, has unveiled three separate initiatives in the past week designed to cement its lead role in the virtualisation market.
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Virtual Ubuntu: traps for young players
By: David M Williams
With virtualisation becoming a mainstream technology, it’s becoming reasonable that Linux distros like Ubuntu will not always require a dedicated computer but instead be contained within a virtualised environment, whether on a Windows desktop or as part of a consolidated server farm. It’s not always plain sailing though – here are some problems you might encounter as well as their solutions.
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By: David M Williams
With virtualisation becoming a mainstream technology, it’s becoming reasonable that Linux distros like Ubuntu will not always require a dedicated computer but instead be contained within a virtualised environment, whether on a Windows desktop or as part of a consolidated server farm. It’s not always plain sailing though – here are some problems you might encounter as well as their solutions.
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Endpoint Virtualisation: Symantec strikes back
By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Symantec is aggressively expanding into the “endpoint virtualisation” space by seriously upgrading its virtualisation capabilities and credentials, buying out nSuite, a ‘virtual workspace management’ company whose product competes with VMware’s VDI solution, Citrix’s XenDesktop and XenApp combo and other competitors.
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By: Alex Zaharov-Reutt
Symantec is aggressively expanding into the “endpoint virtualisation” space by seriously upgrading its virtualisation capabilities and credentials, buying out nSuite, a ‘virtual workspace management’ company whose product competes with VMware’s VDI solution, Citrix’s XenDesktop and XenApp combo and other competitors.
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