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VMware wants to trump Windows and Linux servers with its Virtual Datacenter OS

VMware wants to trump Windows and Linux servers with its Virtual Datacenter OSA masterstrokeShould remove the believability of that .mesh nonsense too.Plug it in and off you go.They might do well to build-in some frameworks, like RoR and Django, if they can find a way to play mutually nice with...

Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Servers, Operating systems, Storage, VMware Inc., Virtual Datacenter OS, Linux server, server, Linux, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2008-09-17

Maritz: VMware's Virtual DataCenter OS, VMware View is better next gen operating system than Windows and Hyper-V

Maritz: VMware's Virtual DataCenter OS, VMware View is better next gen operating system than Windows and Hyper-Vsounds like pie in the sky vapourwareNot sure what this article was trying to communicate other than they are planning something that is no where close to being realized.Many other companies like to promote...

Tags: Operating systems, VMware Inc., Virtual Datacenter OS, Maritz, Hyper-V, operating system, Microsoft Windows

Discussion threads 2008-09-16

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What's next for Microsoft's Azure cloud platform?

So MS is going cloud...Well, well, isn't this interesting. Does MS concede that the era of packaged client software is over? Again, MS is the follower and not the leader, and again, MS is following Google to the clouds. My prediction is that this will be a field day...

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Cyberthreats, Microsoft Azure, Microsoft Corp., Azure, server

Discussion threads 2009-11-18

Amazon launches relational database service: Think MySQL in the cloud

Three reasons this is a bad paradigm...Security, security and...let's see, what was that other thing...oh yeah, security. The comment "enterprise customers are likely to take their time moving sensitive data into Amazon?s RDS effort" should be nominated for the understatement of the year award. What's more likely is...

Tags: Databases, Web servers, Storage, Web site development, RDBMS, Amazon.com Inc., sensitive data, database, MySQL

Discussion threads 2009-10-27

IBM, Dell gain server share amid server sales carnage; HP share flat

Socialism taking over...Yes, salary caps and no profit Obama is working...Is this an anomaly because of the recession?We are in the digital printing industry and print volumes are dropping at an alarming rate for the first time ever. Some including ZDNet have attributed this to the widespread use of...

Tags: Servers, server, server sales carnage, IBM Corp., server share, server sale, carnage, Dell Computer Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co., sales

Discussion threads 2009-09-02

MokaFive launches version 2 of its MokaFive Suite

Desktop virtualization (the combination of access virtualization, application virtualization and/or processing virtualization for client-side deployment) has not gotten the intense industry attention that its cousin, server virtualization, has and yet, a number of suppliers have pegged their hopes and dreams to that nascent market. MokaFive is one of those suppliers....

Tags: Desktop Management, MokaFive, MokaFive Suite, Desktop Management Cost, Desktops, Desktop Virtualization, Virtualization, Hardware, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2009-06-25

Free AV from Microsoft: It's about time

Free AV from Microsoft: It's about timeNo thank you"Morro will work by routing all of a users Internet traffic to a Microsoft datacenter"Umm, no. There are way too many privacy implications here.thats scary i know Microsoft will say how safe and Anonymous this would be, but currently I already...

Tags: Rootkits, Data centers, AVG, Microsoft Corp., Free AV, Morro, Internet

Discussion threads 2009-06-11

Aqua Connect Terminal Server 3.1

Aqua Connect recently launched an Aqua Connect Terminal Server 3.1, an update designed to improve performance and a number of requested features. I've posted on Aqua Connect in the past (see Access Virtualization for Mac OS X - Aqua Connect ACTS 3.0 andAqua Connect Access Virtualization for Mac OS X...

Tags: Apple Macintosh, Microsoft Windows Terminal Server, Citrix Systems Inc., Apple Inc., Aqua Connect, Aqua Connect Terminal Server 3.1, Virtualization, Apple Mac OS X, Apple Mac OS, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Desktops, Operating Systems, Hardware, Software, Storage, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2009-04-03

Microsoft: No on-premise Azure hosting for business users

Microsoft: No on-premise Azure hosting for business usersThat ends any chance it ever had, way to go MS.They must take their time to make certain they have their foot in their sights before pulling the trigger...Sorta wonder what was going through your headwhen you came up with these questions.Did Cisco...

Tags: Data centers, cloud computing, Azure, Microsoft Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-03-23

Turtles vs. Hares

In Aesop's version of the story a bragging rabbit challenges a turtle to a race, and then loses because he shoots so far ahead he becomes overconfident enough to take a nap, only to find on waking that the turtle has made it over the finish line. ...

Tags: Job, Stored Procedure, Data Center, Information Technology, Data Centers, Storage, Recruitment & Selection, Strategy, Hardware, Data Management, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Management, Paul Murphy

Blog posts 2009-03-11

AppZero's Virtual Application Appliances cloud computing simplified

AppZero, formally Trigence, demonstrated a different approach to allowing organizations to take advantage of the computing resources made available by hosting suppliers at Demo 09. Rather than taking the approach that is typically proposed by the suppliers of virtual machine technology, AppZero's approach is to encapsulate applications rather than complete...

Tags: Operating System, Environment, Provisioning, Server, Virtual Machine, AppZero, Cloud Computing, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2009-03-03

VMware's cloud computing announcements

VMware told us more about its cloud computing strategy, cleverly named "vCloud". If you'll remember, Paul Maritz please see Notes from VMworld for a discussion of the inital announcement of this strategy. This time, a bit more information on VMware's Virtual Datacenter Operating system (VDC-OS) and VMware's VCloud API. Although...

Tags: Strategy, Environment, Supplier, VMware Inc., Unix, Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Channel Management, Hardware, Marketing, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2009-02-25

VMware demos cloud OS; Touts private cloud computing

VMware on Tuesday outlined a few more components of its cloud computing strategy as the company aims to shift the playing field as rivals like Red Hat, Microsoft and Citrix gun for its core virtualization software. At VMworld Europe, CEO Paul Maritz elaborated on VMware's cloud computing...

Tags: Operating System, VMware Inc., Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-02-24

Microsoft and Red Hat agreement and the next generation datacenter

Microsoft and Red Hat have come to an agreement allowing virtualization technology from each company to support virtual machines containing the others operating environment. My colleagues Mary-Jo Folley see Microsoft and Red Hat sign virtualization pact and Paula Rooney (see It’s true: Microsoft and Red Hat cooperate on virtualization) have...

Tags: Data Center, Red Hat Inc., IBM z/OS, Agreement, Microsoft Corp., IBM OS/400, IBM Corp., Generation Datacenter, Virtualization, Data Centers, Utility Computing, Operating Systems, Cloud Computing, Apple Mac OS, Storage Management, Servers, Open Source, Hardware, Storage, Data Management, Software, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2009-02-18

Virtual Desktop Webcast

Hosting desktop environments on servers in the datacenter provides a more secure, manageable and operationally efficient desktop model. Using VMware Infrastructure software, many desktops can be isolated, secured and hosted on a single server. Sun VDI Software provides secure access to these "Virtual desktops" securely over the LAN or WAN...

Tags: Webcast, Sun Microsystems Inc., Virtual Desktop, Sun VDI Software, Desktop Virtualization, Desktops, Virtualization, Hardware

Webcasts 2009-01-01

Desktop virtualization according to Virtual Computer

Desktop virtualization according to Virtual ComputerOne Question - Why?Just because you CAN do it, doesn't mean you SHOULD. Virtualization barely makes sense in the datacenter only for poorly performing OSes like Windoze that cannot run more than one or two server programs at a time, so why would you bring...

Tags: Operating systems, Storage management, Virtual Computer, server, user data, Microsoft Windows, virtual machine, virtualization, desktop, desktop virtualization

Discussion threads 2008-12-30

Cassatt helps organizations implement in-house clouds

A crew of folks from Cassatt presented Active Profiling Service, a new service offering, and Active Response 5.2, a product update for the company's orchestration and automation product. I was very interested in learning more because Cassatt has long been helping organizations discover and then make best use of their...

Tags: Cassatt Corp., Data Center, Cassatt Active Profiling Service, Cassatt Active Response, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-11-26

Desktop virtualization on display at VMworld

One of the three pillars of Paul Maritz's VMworld Keynote address (see Notes from VMworld and Maritz: VMware’s Virtual DataCenter OS, VMware View is better next gen operating system than Windows and Hyper-V) focused on virtualizing the user desktop computing experience. He spoke of this like it was a new...

Tags: Solution, Thin Client, High-performance, VMware Inc., Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Thin Clients, Desktop Virtualization, Desktops, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-09-17

News to know: Windows 7; Tech economy; Samsung eyes SanDisk; NetSuite

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Mary Jo Foley: Windows 7 hits Milestone 3 Microsoft and Cray to unveil $25,000 Windows-based supercomputer VMware’s Datacenter OS: Windows isn’t the competition ...

Tags: Google Inc., Microsoft Windows 7, SanDisk Corp., Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., NetSuite Inc., VMware Inc., Microsoft Windows, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-09-17

Another review of Paul Maritz's vision of a datacenter OS

Ken Oestreich, of Cassatt, posted his own review of Paul Maritz's vision of a virtual datacenter operating system. It can be found here. As one might expect, it points out that others, including Cassatt, Virtual Iron and others have been implementing versions of this concept for quite a while. ...

Tags: Data Center, Operating System, Industry Standard, Vision, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-09-16