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If Xen and KVM are free, why do VMware and Microsoft get all of the press?: Xen and KVM, like other virtualization tools, can be used as part of a comprehensive datacenter architecture. One of the most important value propositions offered by both of these tools is low initial cost (read "free"). Depending upon the implementation (Citrix, Red Hat, SUSE, Virtual Iron, Oracle, Sun, Qumranet, etc.)...; Tags: Red Hat Inc., Xen, VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp., Tool, Comprehension, Productivity, Data Centers, Open Source, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-07-25
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
Virtual Iron Customer Profile: Goodell DeVries Leech & Dann, LLP: I had the chance to speak with Goodell DeVries Leech & Dann's David Roden, a few questions about their use of Virtual Iron's virtual server environment. Thanks for spending time with me, David! Here are my questions and David's answers: Who are you and what...; Tags: Virtual Iron, Server Virtualization, Disaster Recovery, Virtualization, Servers, Hardware, Data Management, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-07-23
VMware and common performance myths: Rich McDougall and Scott Drummand, performance gurus over at VMware, presented a fantastic review of some of the performance testing VMware has been doing at the VMware analyst day. I posted something about the findings of that research in the post, Is VMware busting the virtualization tax myth. I've just...; Tags: Virtualization, Performance, VMware Inc., Performance Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-07-22
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 and Xen not versus Xen: Simon Crosby, CTO of Citrix's Virtualization Management group, contacted me after reading the post, Citrix versus the Xen community, to clear up some misconceptions that he thought were the basis of my post. After reading his message, it's clear that what he had to say was very persuasive. Thanks Simon...; Tags: Citrix Systems Inc., Xen, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-07-17
Transitive's magic - Solaris/SPARC Apps and Hyper-V: In the past, I posted about one of the important requirements of the next generation datacenter NGDC, the ability to consolidate diverse applications on a unified hardware platform. Both IBM (see What would a next generation datacenter look like?) and HP see HP and the next generation data center and...; Tags: Application, Sun Sparc, Transitive QuickTransit, Sun Solaris, Data Centers, UNIX, Operating Systems, Processors, Servers, Software, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Semiconductors, Components, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-07-16
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
Music in the park: As I've mentioned earlier this week, I'm in San Francisco working on a project for a Kusnetzky Group subscriber. This has kept me rather busy from 7 AM or earlier until late in the evening. For some reason, a promoter must think that the folks in and around Union Square...; Tags: Concert, Musician, Music, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-07-11
Diane Greene out, Paul Maritz to lead VMware: While working in San Francisco, I received quite a number of telephone calls from journalists around the world. Since I was "off the grid" for the project, I had no idea what was going on. I finally returned to my hotel room and could read my messages, I learned that...; Tags: Board, VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp., Paul Maritz, Corporate Governance, Desktop Virtualization, Open Source, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-07-10
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
PlateSpin Launches PowerConvert 7.0: PlateSpin, a recent acquisition of Novell recently announced PowerConvert 7.0, The company was quick to point out that this is the first product launch since the acquistion. Why would they go to such great lengths to mention that? They want to convince the market that PlatSpin will continue to be...; Tags: PlateSpin Inc., Novell Inc., Data Center, Migration, PowerConvert, Aragorn, Data Centers, Microsoft Windows, Storage, Document Management, Servers, Hardware, Data Management, Operating Systems, Software, Enterprise Software, Finance, Managerial Accounting, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-07-08
Microsoft's Hyper-V and Spin Marketing - the Parallels view: Here's another take on Microsoft's announcement of Hyper-V. This time, the comments are coming from Serguei Beloussov, CEO of Parallels. Surguei appears to be taking a rather pragmatic view of the announcement and all of the surrounding hype. Here's what he had to say: ...; Tags: Marketing, Microsoft Corp., Hyper-V, Parallels, Surguei, Serguei, Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-07-07
Hyperic CloudStatus: Back in May, I posted my take on Cloud computing. Since that time, I've spoken to quite a number of suppliers who are focused on supporting cloud computing, managing cloud computing, and even using cloud computing as a way to provide either a desktop or a server experience without the...; Tags: Performance, Service, Tool, CloudStatus, Hyperic HQ, Cloud Computing, Productivity, Performance Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-07-03
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
VMware: The Hyper-V assault is underway, but the war is a long one: Microsoft's Hyper-V--that long awaited virtualization effort from Redmond--is off and running and the analysis on it falls into three generic buckets: Hyper-V is spin; it's a real virtualization player; and Microsoft is going to crush VMware or be crushed by the incumbent. While those of us in...; Tags: VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp., Hyper-V, Dan Kusnetzky, Paula Rooney, Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2008-07-01
Microsoft Hyper-V and Spin Marketing - Sun's Comments: 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 Sun's response. A Sun representative sent some comments about the Hyper-V launch to me as well....; Tags: Marketing, Sun Microsystems Inc., Migration, Microsoft Corp., Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-07-01
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