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Ncomputing the benefits of operating system virtualization

Ncomputing the benefits of operating system virtualizationVirtualizationWe switched froma UNIX to a Windows environment about six months ago. We needed a PC at each satellite location so the Ncomputing solution made sense to us. It works well, has a minimum of setup and was a markedly less expensive as a...

Tags: Operating systems, NComputing, OS virtualization, benefit, operating system

Discussion threads 2008-11-12

Ncomputing the benefits of operating system virtualization

In a rapid fire presentation, the Ncomputing folks provided a very interesting view into what they've been doing to help organizations take advantage of the unused power in today's desktop systems to support many workloads. As I mentioned in the post Ncomputing: Sharing the power of a single computer, this...

Tags: Operating System, Benefit, ClearCube Technology, OS Virtualization, Ncomputing, Parallels, Server Consolidation, Blade Servers, Operating Systems, Desktops, Servers, Hardware, Software, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-11-12

Momentum Webcast: Taking Advantage of Virtualization on the Desktop (Level 100)

The attendee of this webcast will learn about the benefits of desktop operating system virtualization, and discover how to save time and money by implementing virtualization on desktop computers in the organization. The presenter of this webcast will show how virtualization allows organization to achieve better group policy controls and...

Tags: Desktop, Webcast, OS Virtualization, Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage

Webcasts 2008-11-11

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

An Introduction to OS Virtualization and Parallels Virtuozzo Containers

Virtualization and automation technology is a major advance in IT infrastructure management. By leveraging the capability to abstract software and data from hardware and treat hardware as a pool of resources, virtualization and automation technology: Reduces the complexity and cost of IT infrastructures Provides users with...

Tags: Parallels Virtuozzo, Parallels Virtuozzo Containers, Operating System, OS Virtualization, Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Roi/Tco, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Finance, Managerial Accounting

White papers 2008-02-11

Deploying Application and OS Virtualization Together: Citrix and Parallels Virtuozzo Containers

As virtualization becomes more pervasive in the datacenter, organizations are deploying complementary types of virtualization technologies. Read this white paper to learn how blending application and OS virtualization using Citrix and Virtuozzo provides a stronger and more robust virtualization solution.

Tags: Parallels Virtuozzo, Parallels Virtuozzo Containers, Operating System, Citrix Systems Inc., OS Virtualization, Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage

White papers 2008-02-11

IDC Report - SWsoft: Making Operating System Virtualization an Option

Server virtualization has become increasingly popular in the datacenter. As the virtualization phenomenon expands, organizations are discovering new ways to apply the technology -- and are faced with new challenges. SWsoft is aiming to address these challenges through its Virtuozzo product and its set of management tools. ...

Tags: Parallels Virtuozzo, Operating System, OS Virtualization, International Data Corp., Parallels Inc., Operating Systems, Software

White papers 2007-10-01

Security Benefits From OS Virtualization: Real or Virtual?

Operating System OS virtualization allows businesses and individuals alike to use their available computer hardware resources much more efficiently and flexibly. This technology has become indispensable for many professional software developers and testers, allowing quick configuration of reference OS images that can be used in different contexts, often executing on...

Tags: Security, Operating System, OS Virtualization, Computer Hardware, Computer, NetIDSys, Operating System Virtualization, Virtualization, Operating Systems, Productivity, Hardware, Software

White papers 2007-01-24

The virtues of virtualization

The virtues of virtualizationAn OS with virtue doesn't need virtualization...OS virtualization is an expensive proposition, with significant overhead unless you make the hosted systems less like separate operating systems and more like cooperating multitasking applications. Better is to have an operating system that's designed from the start to run many...

Tags: Storage management, Utility computing, Operating systems, OpenVZ, OS Virtualization, virtualization, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2006-12-07

Container-Based Operating System Virtualization: A Scalable, High-Performance Alternative to Hypervisors

Hypervisors, popularized by Xen and VMware, are quickly becoming commodity. They are appropriate for many usage scenarios, but there are scenarios that require system virtualization with high degrees of both isolation and efficiency. Examples include HPC clusters, the Grid, hosting centers, and PlanetLab. The authors present an alternative to hypervisors...

Tags: Container, Hypervisor, Operating System, High-performance, OS Virtualization, Virtualization, Hardware

White papers

Additional Resources

Does virtualization equal cloud computing?

I would say yesThere is no need to buy 'stand alone' servers any longer in functionality when you can put it in a Blade 'name your flavor' chassis.Virtualization with VMware/RHEL or some vendor is the best way to get it off bare-metal...Doing baremetal rebuilds is time consuming and it takes...

Tags: Data centers, Servers, Utility computing, server, cloud computing, virtualization, cluster

Discussion threads 2009-11-25

The cloud computing battleground takes shape. Will it be winner-take-all?

You can't be a good consultant if you can't even mention MSIf you really think MS is irrelevant in cloud computing then you have some serious bias issues to work out.The fact that throughout your entire blog you can't even get yourself to mention MS or Azure even once is...

Tags: Virtualization, Netbooks, nettops & MIDs, Microsoft Windows, Operating systems, cloud computing battleground, Microsoft Corp., cloud computing, Azure, Google Inc.

Discussion threads 2009-11-24

Is it time to go quad-core?

Quad core, Chris?You have told us over and over that all you need is Google. You don't need a real OS, real apps, or any processing power to speak of. All you need is a browser, preferably Chrome. Why on Earth would you need a quad core...

Tags: Processors, cloud computing, quad-core, laptop computer, virtualization

Discussion threads 2009-11-23

FAA hit with network glitch; Flight plans go manual

Another glitch with a linux network? Its hard to believe people still use it for anything critical like the FAA and flight tracking. Its a toy OS and should not be used when the lives of people are dependent upon it.Cisco supplies the network backboneIt will be interesting to see...

Tags: Operating systems, Sun Solaris, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, network, FAA, operating system, Flight Plan, network glitch, Linux

Discussion threads 2009-11-19

NComputing announces new Microsoft partnership

interestingThis will be very interesting as we shall finally see what kind of license is required for running a virtualized desktop OS. Will it be TS CAL license, VECD license etcThis will set a precedence for the rest of the market as there ARE other virtualization solution similar to NComputing...

Tags: Business structures, Desktops, Microsoft Corp., NComputing, Microsoft partnership, IT Skills, partnership

Discussion threads 2009-11-19

Disks: why size means performance

OK, Smarty pants...How do I use only the outer-most sectors of my 500GB disk?Performance != reliabilitySeagate has progressively gotten worse with reliability - that's why they cut the 5-year warranty back down to 3 years. Western Digital has made great strides with reliability though. WD isn't focussing on...

Tags: Serial ATA, SSD, SAS Institute, SAS Drives, performance, disk

Discussion threads 2009-11-18

VirtualBox 3.0.12 (Mac)

innotek VirtualBox is a family of powerful x86 virtualization products for enterprise as well as home use. Not only is VirtualBox an extremely feature rich, high performance product for enterprise customers, it is also the only professional solution that is freely available as Open Source Software under the terms of...

Tags: Innotek VirtualBox, Apple Macintosh, Innotek GmbH, Desktop Virtualization, Hardware, Virtualization

Software downloads 2009-11-17

My new daughter is a lot like Linux

OK...I promise, this will be my last post this week about my new little daughter. Really. No matter what cute things she does, I'll limit my oohing and ahhing to Twitter. However, as I was changing her diaper for the umpteenth time today, I got to thinking...

Tags: Linux, Operating Systems, UNIX, Open Source, Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Software, Hardware, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2009-11-15

News to know: HP-3Com; AMD; Google; Blockbuster; Bing 2.0

News to know intro: Sam Diaz: HP announces $2.7 billion acquisition of 3Com; raises outlook Larry Dignan: Cisco vs. HP: 3Com acquisition ups the ante John Morris: AMD updates roadmap, promises "supercomputer in your lap" ...

Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Andrew Nusca, Blockbuster Inc., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Sam Diaz, Games, Linux, Open Source, Personal Technology, Operating Systems, Software

Blog posts 2009-11-12

New tool aids .Net developers in writing Linux, Mac OS X apps

Windows only applications will be a thing of the past before long.We could also use some good tools for porting general Win32 apps to Mac and Linux using WineLib.Agree, but, for the transition, these kinks of tools will helpNTmore reasons to avoid NovellThese proprietary apps that work only with M$...

Tags: PRODUCTIVITY, .NET, Operating systems, tool, Linux, Microsoft .NET, Mac OS X app, Apple Macintosh, Apple Mac OS, Apple Mac OS X

Discussion threads 2009-11-10