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Parallels releases Parallels Server for Mac: I almost missed Parallels' announcement of Parallels Server for Mac. I didn't speak with company representatives. All I saw was a press release. It was nearly lost in a huge pile of other mail in my inbox. Although there are several virtual machine software products that support...; Tags: Apple Macintosh, Operating System, Virtual Machine, Parallels Server, Parallels Management Console, Toolset, Desktops, Apple Mac OS, Desktop Virtualization, Operating Systems, Servers, Hardware, Software, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-07-24
SteelEye Protection Suite for Citrix XenServer: Bob Williamson, VP of Business Development for Steeleye, and I played a rousing game of telephone tag and meeting shuffle before finding a time that would work for a discussion of Steeleye's SteelEye Protection Suite. I was traveling making the task even more complex that it usually is. Since I've...; Tags: Clustering, Citrix Systems Inc., Virtual Machine, SteelEye Protection Suite, Citrix XenServer, Disaster Recovery Protection, Desktop Virtualization, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-07-21
FastScale Composerâ„¢ Suite: I just spoke with Jerry McCloud, VP of Business Development of Fastscale Technology, about the newest release of their product, FastScale Composerâ„¢ Suite. This product is aimed at reducing the complexity of creating and maintaining virtual machine images. Previous versions of the product supported VMware's ESX Server. This version adds...; Tags: Software, Environment, Image, Virtual Machine, FastScale Composer Suite Software Environment, Desktop Virtualization, Server Virtualization, Servers, Hardware, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-07-18
Citrix versus the Xen community: As the virtual machine software competition heats up, one would expect representatives of each of the suppliers to take shots at one another in the media. I've seen a recent example of this.Two of the proponents of Xen, Citrix and Virtual Iron, appear to be having at it in the...; Tags: Community, Citrix Systems Inc., Xen, VMware Inc., Technology, Virtual Machine, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-07-15
VDIworks, Microsoft System Center and You?: VDIworks, formally the software arm of ClearCube, has announced that they're going to provide their virtual access technology, connection broker technology Senral and management software to organizations who plan to deploy Microsoft's Hyper-V virtual machine software. VDIworks already offers its technology to organizations using other popular virtual machine software. For...; Tags: Software, ClearCube Technology, Microsoft Corp., Virtual Machine, VDIworks, Desktop Virtualization, Tools & Techniques, Management, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-07-14

Parallels Operating System Virtualization for HP Integrity Line: An announcement when out last week that Parallels and HP have chosen to collaborate and offer Parallels Virtuozzo Containers to HP Integrity server customers. The goal of this partnership is to help HP's customers make the most efficient use of the power of HP's Integrity line all the way up...; Tags: HP Integrity, Parallels Virtuozzo, Parallels Virtuozzo Containers, Hewlett-Packard Co., Operating System, Hardware, OS Virtualization, Virtual Machine, Virtual Machine Software, Desktop Virtualization, Linux, Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-07-09
Microsoft Hyper-V and Spin Marketing - Symantec's take: Microsoft's announcement of Hyper-V, as with other Microsoft announcement, brings out the spin-miesters in the marketing departments at Microsoft's partners and competitors alike. Over the past few days I've been posting a summary of some of the conversions I've been having about Hyper-V. This time, I spoke with Sean Derrington...; Tags: Symantec Corp., Marketing, VERITAS Software Corp., Environment, Citrix Systems Inc., Microsoft Corp., Virtual Machine, Storage, Security, Hardware, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-07-02
Microsoft Hyper-V and Spin Marketing - Virtual Iron Chimes In: As I mentioned in the post, Microsoft Hyper-V and Spin Marketing, a number of companies contacted me in the hopes of presenting their view of Microsoft's Hyper-V announcement. This is the first of several posts on what they had to say. My friends at Virtual Iron; Tony...; Tags: Marketing, Hypervisor, Microsoft Corp., Virtual Machine, Virtual Iron, Microsoft Hyper-V, Virtualization, Desktop Virtualization, Hardware, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-06-30
Embotics V-Commander 2.0: Management of virtualized resources appears to loom large in the thoughts of suppliers. The most recent supplier to present their view of how to regain control of the environment is Embotics. The company's V-Commander V2.0 was the topic of the day. Embotics insists that this product will help organizations with...; Tags: Data Center, Virtual Machine, Tool, Embotics V-Commander 2.0, Desktop Virtualization, Data Centers, Productivity, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-06-27
Microsoft Releases Hyper-V: I just received a message from Microsoft about the release of Hyper-V. It has some interesting details about platform support and availability. Here's what Microsoft had to say Tomorrow, June 26, Microsoft will reach a significant milestone for customers and partners with the release of...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Server, Intel X86, Service Pack, Microsoft Corp., Virtual Machine, Hyper-V, VM, SMP, Microsoft Windows, Desktop Virtualization, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Operating Systems, Servers, Software, Hardware, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-06-26
Tresys VM Fortress: Tresys recently launched VM Fortress, a product based upon work done at the U.S. government's National Security Agency and has been made available as SELinux.VM Fortress is designed to enhance virtual machine security "by confining virtual machines in a patent-pending sandboxing mechanism. This strong, independent control over system resources strictly...; Tags: Virtual Machine, Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Desktop Virtualization, Open Source, Servers, Hardware, Storage, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-06-25
ProxMox: The high-performance virtualization server for the rest of us: What sounds like a cross between a Ferengi mating practice and anÂ OREO cookie clone, but is actually the latest and greatest in Open Source turnkey virtualization servers? It's the ProxMox Virtual Environment,Â a new open source project that has been flying under the hypervisor radar, but may pose a...; Tags: High-performance, OpenVZ, Server, VMware Inc., Virtual Machine, VM, ProxMox VE, Virtual Machine Setup, Virtualization, Linux, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Open Source, Operating Systems, Hardware, Software, Storage, Jason Perlow; Blog posts 2008-06-24
Is VMware busting the virtualization tax myth: Virtual machine overhead has been part of the folklore for quite some time. I've heard it described as the "virtualization tax" by those opposed to the use of this technology. In the past, they may have been right. A technology that offered consolidation, agility and yet imposed a 15% to...; Tags: Performance, Tax, VMware Inc., Virtual Machine, Virtualization Tax, Desktop Virtualization, Performance Management, Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Hardware, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-06-20
Virtualization slapdown: clusters versus virtual machine technology: Virtualization slapdown: clusters versus virtual machine technologyWhat about application clustering?The initial points in this article are very true. Another important category for Virtualization/Clustering is application clustering, which can very ideally be replaced and supplemented using virtualization technologies.As an example of an "off the shelf" solution, we can examine Red...; Tags: cloud computing, Utility computing, Storage management, virtualization, virtual machine technology, virtual machine; Discussion threads 2008-06-18
Virtualization slapdown: clusters versus virtual machine technology: A friend in the industry recently asked for my opinion on an interesting question "is virtualization becoming a replacement for clustering?" I knew he really meant the combination of virtual machine software and management software for virtualized environments that provided orchestration and automation capabilities. Here is my answer to that...; Tags: Software, Virtualization, Clustering, Virtual Machine, Virtual Machine Software, Desktop Virtualization, Tools & Techniques, Management, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-06-18
Stratus Avance a new take on clustering: After many attempts at scheduling a meeting, I was finally able to speak with Stratus about their new virtual machine/clustering/HA software offering called Avance. It's Stratus' entry into the pure software market. Here's how Stratus describes Avance Stratus Technologies can provide some relief. With the introduction...; Tags: Software, Stratus Technologies, Clustering, Virtual Machine, Stratus Avance, Virtualization, Desktop Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-06-17
Virtualise your life - mixing mobility and cloudivity: OK, so maybe "cloudivity" isn't really a word, but it sounds good, doesn't it? I've covered how you can work anywhere using online office suites, and weighing the benefits between cloud and mobile computing. Last night I had a dream; to cut a long story short, whilst...; Tags: Microsoft Windows 7, Mobile, Mobile Computing, Mobility, Virtual Machine, Computer, Productivity, Microsoft Windows, Desktop Virtualization, Handhelds, Wireless, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Zack Whittaker; Blog posts 2008-06-13
ManageIQ releases EVM 2.0: Joe Fitzgerald, CEO of ManageIQ, gave me an update on what his company was doing and the improvements that would be in the second version of the company's Enterprise Virtualization Managementâ„¢ EVM Suite. Joe's rich experience in management technology really shows during our discussions. Here's...; Tags: Virtual Environment, Resource, Virtual Machine, ManageIQ, Joe, EVM Suite Version 2.0, EVM Control, VM, Policy Template Library, Desktop Virtualization, RSS, Internet, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-06-11
Protecting virtual macchines: the "best of Vmworld" approach: By enabling IT managers to move virtual machines and the applications they host between physical servers, server virtualization gives them a powerful method for reducing planned downtime and speeding recovery. But protecting virtual machines from unplanned downtime and unforeseen outages is a challenge. IT managers need availability solutions that are...; Tags: Virtual Machine, Desktop Virtualization; White papers 2008-06-06
Certeon's aCelera Application Acceleration Appliance: The good folks from Certeon brought their new aCelera application acceleration software appliance to my attention a short while ago. After my recent conversation with Coyote Point, it's beginning to appear that protocol and data caching and optimization tools are going to be the trend du mois. Certeon believes it...; Tags: Software, Performance, Network, VMware Inc., Hardware, Virtual Machine, Certeon, aCelera Software, Application Response, Data Management, Performance Management, Tools & Techniques, Networking, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Management, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-05-27