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Cooper Boone's fan-fueled music (no, not the kind with blades): Did you ever think about how much electricity a mega-concert uses to power all those woofers and tweeters, not to mention the jumbo-screens and pyrotechnics? Yes, a lot, no? So, I was inspired by this little item about Cooper Boone, a psychologist-cum-musician who...; Tags: Blade, Cooper, Music, Cooper Boone, Blade Servers, Utility Computing, Servers, Hardware, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2008-05-09
Virtualization discussion with Oracle: I recently had a chance to chat with Oracle's vice president of Linux engineering, Wim Coekaerts, and senior director of product marketing, Monica Kumar, about Oracles virtualization efforts and a bit about the philosophy behind the company's efforts. In summary, Oracle sees virtualization technology as just another tool organizations can...; Tags: Oracle Corp., Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-05-08
Xen makes it easy to checkpoint, restore, and migrate guest domains: If you've decided to deploy and manage a Xen-based environment, you'll need some detailed instructions and advice on best practices. This sample chapter from Running Xen: A Hands-On Guide to the Art of Virtualization explains what you need to know about checkpointing the state of a guest domain and how...; Tags: Domain, Xen, Prentice Hall Inc., Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage; Book chapters 2008-05-08
Oracle developing grid management, chargeback features for Oracle VM: Oracle is integrating virtualization management into its grid control product, the company's chief corporate architect said. Oracle VM, a server virtualization product based on the Xen open source virtualization hypervisor, made its debut last November. The VM software supports Oracle and non-Oracle applications. Oracle's databases, middleware and...; Tags: Oracle Corp., Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Paula Rooney; Blog posts 2008-05-06
BLADE Networks and Network Virtualization: I don't often get the opportunity to speak with companies offering a different take on network virtualization, a blade networking approach. A week ago, I had a chance to speak with Dan Tuchler, VP of Strategy and Product Management, for BLADE Network Technologies (BLADE) about network virtualization for blade servers....; Tags: Network, Blade, Blade Servers, Utility Computing, Servers, Hardware, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-05-05

Selecting the right virtualization tools: Virtualization is a very broad topic that includes mechanisms to move many types of functions into a logical environment that can have enhanced characteristics over physical environments. Access to applications, the applications themselves, processing of system functions, networking functions, storage functions can all be moved into this logical or virtual...; Tags: Tool, Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-05-01
20 things you should know about virtualization: Virtualization has been a major buzzword in the IT world for a few years. Now the buzz is getting bigger, with the release of Windows Server 2008 and the impending integration of the Hyper-V virtualization component (formerly called Viridian). Of course, Microsoft already has Virtual Server and Virtual PC, as...; Tags: Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage; Download resources 2008-05-01
Delivery of Microsoft's Virtual Machine Manager beta adds credibility to virtual story: On April 16, 2006,Â I wrote (in another unnnamed tech pub) about Microsoft's plans for a virtual machine management platform , then code-named "Carmine,"Â whichÂ was being designed for Microsoft'sÂ much toutedÂ virtulization hypervisor under development, then code named "Viridian." These product promises wereÂ downright ethereal atÂ a time whenÂ market leader VMware was printing...; Tags: Hypervisor, VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp., Beta, Virtual Machine, Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, prooney; Blog posts 2008-04-29
TechNet Edge Series: Interview with Virtualization PMs: Interview with the program managers who are responsible for the development of Windows Server®2008 Virtualization – Mike Sterling and Arno Mihm. Hear about what hypervisor is, how hypervisor works, and plans for the future of Virtualization. To view the entire video click here.; Tags: Hypervisor, Microsoft TechNet, Virtualization, Windows Server 2008, Clustering, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage; Videos 2008-04-29
3Tera proposes 'cloudware' architecture: 3Tera, which provides utility computing services and applications to provision, manage and monitor infrastructure via a browser, will announce Wednesday plans to lay the groundwork for a new architecture for the cloud. 3Tera will outline its vision at the Web 2.0 conference in San Francisco. Here's what...; Tags: 3Tera Inc., AppLogic, Sun Solaris, Microsoft Windows, Utility Computing, Operating Systems, Network Technology, Software, Networking, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-04-23
VMware targets long-term deals; pursues lock-in strategy: VMware's first quarter results got the company out of Wall Street's penalty box and highlighted how the virtualization leader is trying to sign customers up to long-term licensing deals to fend off a potential pricing pressure from rivals such as Citrix and Microsoft. VMware after the closing...; Tags: Strategy, Revenue, Customer, Agreement, VMware Inc., Virtualization, Data Centers, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Operational Accounting, Hardware, Storage, Data Management, Finance, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-04-23
Live Webcast: Virtual Service Oriented Grids: Transforming the Enterprise: One of the most powerful features of computing grids is the capability to identify and allocate resources needed to build and run applications on demand and in almost real time, without months of negotiation or waiting for the hardware procurement cycle to facilitate it. While most discussions...; Tags: Webcast, Grid Computing, Grid, Intel Corp., Utility Computing, It Management, Network Technology, It service Management, Networking; Webcasts 2008-04-22
IDC Paper: The Impact of Virtualization Software on Operating Environments: Virtualization of system resources aboard x86 servers is one technology that has the distinct potential to really change the dynamics of the industry in many ways as it quickly becomes a de facto component of modern computing. Today's use of virtualization technology allows IT professionals to automatically...; Tags: Environment, International Data Corp., Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage; White papers 2008-04-15
Hosting Webcast Series: Windows Server Virtualization: The presenter of this webcast explains the virtualization solution - how Hyper-V and System Center Virtual Machine Manager can be leveraged by service providers.; Tags: Webcast, Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Windows, Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Server Virtualization, Hardware, Storage, Servers; Webcasts 2008-04-15
Skytap and the test lab in the clouds: Several companies in the virtualization software club have focused on using some combination of virtual machine software, virtual access software and management software for virtual environments to make development and testing easier and more productive. Since most organizations having industry standard system configurations are only using a fraction of the...; Tags: Software, Information Technology, Environment, Resource, Skytap, Skytap Virtual Lab, Skytap Library, End-user Organization, Virtualization, Tools & Techniques, Strategy, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Management, Storage, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-04-14
Financial Institution Chooses Virtualization to Cut Costs, Improve Business Continuity: Based in Zagreb, Raiffeisenbank Austria (RBA) strives to offer the widest range of financial products and services in Croatia. Challenged by recent expansion, the Bank's IT department wanted to reduce costs and better support the business with responsive, reliable IT services. It began by solving inefficiencies in its overcrowded data...; Tags: Data Center, Financial, Information Technology, Microsoft Corp., Business Continuity, RBA, Virtualization, Data Centers, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Strategy, Hardware, Storage, Data Management, Management; Case studies 2008-04-11
Virtualize and Optimize Your IT Infrastructure: "Connect 2008: Virtualize, Optimize" It is not how much you invest, but the strategy behind your investments that optimize your IT infrastructure. Register now to view the on-demand version of this premier online event from Thursday, April 10th and learn how strategies like virtualization can reduce your...; Tags: IT Infrastructure, Principal Analyst, Information Technology, PC Connection Inc., Forrester Research Inc., Virtualization, Data Centers, Utility Computing, Storage Management, Strategy, Hardware, Storage, Data Management, Management; Webcasts 2008-04-10
HP and Desktop Virtualization: In a seemingly endless list of competitors in what could be called "desktop virtualization," HP stands out as one of the few competitors that plays in desktop systems, portable systems, handheld systems, blade PCs, blade servers, traditional servers, software and professional services. So, when Tad Bodeman of HP wanted to...; Tags: Desktop Virtualization, Hewlett-Packard Co., Blade Servers, Desktops, Utility Computing, Servers, Hardware, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-04-09
System builder Super Micro shows green stripes: I was wondering the other day how the system builder community is faring with the green tech conversation. After all, servers, desktops and notebooks from the so-called white box players account for somewhere around one-third of all systems shipped in a given quarter. At least that's the case in the...; Tags: Blade Server, Blade, Blade Servers, Utility Computing, Servers, Hardware, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2008-04-04
Endeavors Technologies Application Jukebox: An interesting spin on application virtualization: Endeavors Technologies just launched its Application Jukebox, an application virtualization and delivery product. It appears to me that this product takes the concepts of application encapsulation and application streaming to a new level. Here's how Endeavors describes their technology Endeavors Technologies, the...; Tags: Application, Jukebox, Application Virtualization, Application Jukebox, Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-04-04