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SWsoft Renames Itself "Parallels"

SWsoft* has just issued an announcement that it has changed its name to Parallels. It is not at all uncommon for a company having a successful product, such as Parallels, a virtual machine software product, to take on the name of that product in the hopes of building stronger awareness...

Tags: Dan Kusnetzky, Software, Parallels Inc., Tools & Techniques, Virtual Machine, Virtualization, Management, SWsoft*, SWsoft/Parallels

Blog posts 2007-12-13

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Goodbye, XP. Hello, Midori

Goodbye, XP. Hello, MidoriHow great would it be-to have a lean, mean system that would do the basics, and leave some of the add-ons to other companies.Microsoft has blown any chance of Vista ever getting any respect, as the timing of '7' seems almost a stopgap measure. with '7' only...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Midori, Microsoft Windows Vista, goodbye, operating system, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2008-06-30

Linux's dirty little secret

Linux's dirty little secretNice commercial! How much did it cost you?Strange, you publish it under the heading of "Dirty Little Secret"."Upload, design and build dynamic multimedia training courses. We charge a small fee to deliver the courses to the students online. For a few dollars per student, you...

Tags: Operating systems, UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Linux, Ubuntu, package manager

Discussion threads 2008-06-30

Debut of Hyper-V, departure of Gates usher in new era for Microsoft

Given the importance of virtualization to the future of the operating system, it seems fitting that Hyper-V shipped on the the same day Bill Gates exited the Windows company. It is truly a new era for Microsoft.  Who could have envisioned five years ago that a Microsoft platform would openly...

Tags: Hypervisor, Microsoft Corp., XenSource Inc., Hyper-V, Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2008-06-26

Hyper-V: It's here

Hyper-V: It's hereI Love it ....Quote:"Hyper-V does have one drawback, in that it will only run on the 64-bit version of Windows Server 2008, because it makes heavy use of Intel VT-X and AMD-V on chip virtualization acceleration features, which are only present in newer 64-bit CPUs."I have deployed 20...

Tags: Network technology, Microsoft Windows, Hyper-V, 64-bit, VMware Inc.

Discussion threads 2008-06-26

News to know: Oracle's Q4; Bill Gates' last day; Sticking with XP

Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: Yahoo silent on latest rumors of renewed Microsoft talks Dennis Howlett: Oracle's Q4 results analysis RightScale cloud management extends to MySQL Bill Gates: Hits and misses [Video] More...

Tags: Oracle Corp., Microsoft Windows XP, Mary Jo Foley, Bill Gates, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Corporate Communications, 3G, Open Source, Web Services, Enterprise Software, Software, Marketing, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, David Grober

Blog posts 2008-06-26

Parallels and Quest - a different approach to desktop virtualization

Parallels and Quest Software have teamed up to offer a different approach to desktop virtualization, one based upon operating system virtualization and partitioning rather than virtual machine software.  What was announced Here's what Parallels and Quest said about their joint announcement: Quest Software and Parallels...

Tags: Operating System, Virtual Desktop, Quest Software Inc., Desktop Virtualization, Desktops, Hardware, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-06-26

I'm sticking with Windows XP

You've heard it all before -- the bell tolls for Windows XP. The governor isn't calling to give it a reprieve -- Microsoft is officially declaring it end of life for system OEMs on June 30. On April 14, 2009, mainstream support dies. Enterprises with extended support contracts can keep...

Tags: Desktop, OEM, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows XP, Virtualization, Microsoft Windows, Cloud Computing, Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Storage Management, Utility Computing, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Storage, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-06-25

I'm done with the MacBook Air (for now)

I've come to the conclusion that the MacBook Air isn't the best Mac for me. Everything that I've previously written about the MBA still remains true: I love its tiny form factor, light weight and ability to be able to be tucked into almost any bag, but at...

Tags: MBA, Apple MacBook, Apple MacBook Pro, Notebooks, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Jason D. O\'Grady

Blog posts 2008-06-24

ProxMox: The high-performance virtualization server for the rest of us

What sounds like a cross between a Ferengi mating practice and an  OREO cookie clone, but is actually the latest and greatest in Open Source turnkey virtualization servers? It's the ProxMox Virtual Environment,  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

Lanamark Virtualization Services Software

Mark Angelo, CEO and founder of Lanamark,spoke a while ago about the challenges virtualization technology can pose for providers of IT services. This folks are often known by a number of different names including channel partners, service providers and the like. Virtualization technology, in Mark's view, offers these people a...

Tags: Software, Server, Analysis, Application Workload, Server Resource, Lanamark Explorer, Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-06-23

Maybe I was wrong about Mac Servers

After reading ZDNet storage majordomo Robin Harris' post this morning  I couldn't help but ponder the implications of Macs having a native implementation of Sun's ZFS network scalable file system in the latest versions of Mac OS X Snow Leopard client and Snow Leopard Server. Finally, a compelling reason to...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Storage, Server, ZFS, Parallels, Desktops, Hardware, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-06-20

Kids have high expectations for school web content

Featured in a recent Ars Technica post, Martin Weller,Professor of Educational Technology at Open University UK, describes the current state of collaboration and online learning tools available at most universities as "systems with 'digital tumbleweed blowing down their forums.'" As he notes, the latest generation of students...

Tags: Web, Online Learning, Student, E-learning, Web 2.0, Training And Certification, Enterprise Software, Software, Internet, Christopher Dawson

Blog posts 2008-06-20

News to know: Firefox 3.0; iPhone apps; Yahoo; LinkedIn; Millennials

Notable headlines: Jason O'Grady: My most anticipated announced iPhone applications Nate McFeters: Fresh off the press: iPhoneDbg toolkit hotness Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Firefox 3.0 final - First thoughts. Gallery right Ed Burnette: Fake Firefox 3 download links may be hazardous to your...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Mozilla Firefox 3.0, Mozilla Firefox, Hewlett-Packard Co., Yahoo! Inc., LinkedIn, Web Browsers, Data Centers, Internet, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-06-18

Parallels releases its Hypervisor -- on the Mac

Today, virtualization vendor Parallels released the first version of its Server hypervisor for x86 hardware. The surprising thing about it is that it chose to go to release with its Mac version first. Parallels first came to market with its desktop-based virtualization products...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Hypervisor, Parallels Inc., Parallels Server, VM, Virtuozzo Container, Windows Version, Virtualization, Linux, Desktops, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Operating Systems, Servers, Hardware, Software, Storage, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-06-17

What do Mac developers want from Apple?

What do Mac developers want from Apple?I'd like to see SLI & Crossfire support out of WWDC. [nt][nt].. and an expandable mid-tower workstation around $1500. [nt][nt]"My ideal would be for Apple to push a coalition..."[i]"My ideal would be for Apple to push a coalition that includes Adobe, Intel, AMD/ATI, Microsoft...

Tags: Operating systems, Microsoft Windows, Games, Microsoft Windows NT, Apple Inc., operating system, Apple Macintosh

Discussion threads 2008-06-05

Firefox 3 RC2: still flawed

Firefox 3 RC2: still flawedPay attentionIf you read what I said, there was NO problem of this kind before RC2. It's not whining when basic functionality goes pear shaped. And yes - I did try find a fix. And yes, having had all the past problems all those pesky extensions...

Tags: Web browsers, Greasemonkey, Mozilla Firefox, Firefox 3 RC2, FF3, Mozilla Firefox 3.0, Apple Macintosh

Discussion threads 2008-06-05

More information on Yahoo's BrowserPlus

There have been small bits of information trickling out about Yahoo's BrowserPlus, but today in a blog posting on the Yahoo Developer Network we got some more information about what Yahoo's planning and it's a good development for RIAs. In their own words, Yahoo is building a platform to extend...

Tags: Web, Google Gears, Yahoo! Inc., Web Browser, Web Browsers, Channel Management, Internet, Marketing, Ryan Stewart

Blog posts 2008-05-28

From steam punk to the future, and how to plan for it...

I've been doing a lot of reading, most recently 'The Big Switch' by Nicholas Carr. There are plenty of reviews of this fascinating work available - in essence this is actually two books. The first focuses on the history of American public utilities and makes a very plausible case for...

Tags: Collaboration, Information Technology, Nicholas Carr, Nicholas, Collaboration Initiative, Strategy, Management, Oliver Marks

Blog posts 2008-05-28

Is there a happy medium for standardized testing?

Is there a happy medium for standardized testing?Are they necessary?A question I am always hearing is whether standardized tests are necessary.I keep wondering whether it was necessary for my kid's physician to pass her MCATs. I mean, afterall, if the AYP testing proves so little, what does her MCAT...

Tags: standardized testing, happy medium

Discussion threads 2008-05-21