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Frugal Friday: Google FAIL, Virtual Iron, Twitter, Cool-er eReader, CUCKU Backup

Frugal Friday: Google FAIL, Virtual Iron, Twitter, Cool-er eReader, CUCKU BackupWhat is Google FAIL?Is it their new product? I think the 'L' in FAIL stands for Language,isn't it?

Tags: Virtualization, Google FAIL, Virtual Iron, Google Inc., Twitter

Discussion threads 2009-05-15

Frugal Friday: Google FAIL, Virtual Iron, Twitter, Cool-er eReader, CUCKU Backup

Frugal Networker Ken Hess and I discuss Google's downtime, Twitter's @reply policy changes and backpedaling, the COOL-ER eReader as possible Kindle Killer and talk with Rob Ellison, CEO of CUCKU, the social backup software for Windows. Click here to listen to the podcast....

Tags: Google Inc., Twitter, Virtual Iron, Podcasts, Backups, Virtualization, Storage Management, Internet, Hardware, Storage, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-05-15

Oracle enhances VM management with Virtual Iron acquisition

The rumors are true. Oracle has finally announced that its intent to acquire Virtual Iron for its virtual server management capabilities. It's a nice fit for Oracle, which has its own Xen-based virtualization platform called Oracle VM. Up until now, Virtual Iron has been selling its management...

Tags: Acquisition, Oracle Corp., Xen, Virtual Iron, Virtualization, Server Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Servers, Storage, James Staten

Blog posts 2009-05-13

Oracle buys Virtual Iron

Oracle buys Virtual IronIs Oracle stepping to Serious Cloud computing?wow.. this like the perfect stop for this.. check this post http://taranfx.com/blog/?p=778Do all acquisitions and build the world's best Datacenter.What will they do with VirtualBox?Yes, Virtual Iron is targeted at server use with baremetal installs etc. What about VirtualBox? I see...

Tags: Virtualization, desktop virtualization, Virtual Iron, Oracle Corp.

Discussion threads 2009-05-13

Oracle buys Virtual Iron

I just got word that Oracle has continued its spending spree by acquiriring Virtual Iron. After Oracle's acquistion of Sun (see Oracle to Buy Sun - View from the Virtual World), it is clear that Oracle is building a soup to nuts virtualization story. Here's what Oracle has to...

Tags: Oracle Corp., Virtual Iron, Virtualization, Hardware, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2009-05-13

Oracle buys Virtual Iron; Bolsters virtualization technology

Oracle said Wednesday that it has acquired Virtual Iron Software, which makes virtualization management software, for an undisclosed sum.  The company said in a statement Techmeme that it will combine Virtual Iron's technology and Oracle virtual machines to "provide more comprehensive and dynamic resource management across the full...

Tags: Oracle Corp., Virtual Iron, Virtualization, Hardware, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2009-05-13

Owen Bird Law Corporation a Virtual Iron Customer

I recently had the opportunity to speak with Stephen Bakerman, Director of Information Technology, Owen Bird Law Corporation, a Virtual Iron customer. He spent a few moments sharing his experiences with their software. Stephen's comments follow. Please tell me who you are and what your organization...

Tags: Environment, Virtual Iron, Stephen, Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-12-04

Virtual Iron 4.4

Tim Walsh, Director of Marketing for Virtual Iron, brought me up to speed on his company's newest release of its cleverly named product, Virtual Iron. Since we hadn't spoken in quite some time, we spent the first part of our conversation, telling travel stories, bad jokes and generally having a...

Tags: data center, virtual iron, virtual iron 4.4, data centers, desktop virtualization, storage, hardware, data management, dan kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-08-11

Hobson's EMT saves time and money with Virtual Iron

Hobson's EMT saves time and money with Virtual IronXenServer shames Virtual IronI find it interesting that "Patrick" recommends doing a Bake-Off of all solutions and his best answer for not choosing XenServer from Citrix is that "it seems to be geared toward a single server environment". now, that doesnt make...

Tags: Virtual Iron, XenServer, Citrix Systems Inc., Hobson

Discussion threads 2008-07-28

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

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

Virtual Iron partners with FalconStor

Virtual Iron partners with FalconStorWhats the big deal?Virtual Iron did the same thing with DataCore a few months back and they have even sold a number of customers together. Frankly, with the new Datacore and Virtual Iron packages, you get more for the money. This really isn't major news but...

Tags: Business structures, VI3, Virtual Iron, FalconStor, Virtual Iron partner, DataCore, partnership

Discussion threads 2008-01-12

Virtual Iron partners with FalconStor

In the not to distant past, I posted The dynamic duo of virtual storage and virtual processing that commented on a piece written by Ed Walsh, CEO of Virtual Iron. It's now clear that the paper was foreshadowing a partnership with FalconStor and, perhaps, other companies that focus on storage...

Tags: Storage Virtualization, Partnership, FalconStor, Virtual Iron, Storage, Hardware, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-01-11

Virtual Iron 4.2 - Increased Support for Production Environments

The folks at Virtual Iron have just announced that they've added some important new features to an already very powerful virtualization environment. In addition to their previous focus on consolidation, agility, optimization and availability, Virtual Iron 4.2 adds features designed to improve network performance, increase platform support and expand the...

Tags: Environment, Virtual Server, Server, Virtual Machine, Virtual Iron, Server Virtualization, Virtualization, Servers, Open Source, Hardware, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2007-12-11

The dynamic duo of virtual storage and virtual processing

I just read something published by my friends at Virtual Iron. Their new CEO, Ed Walsh, formally of EMC, presented at the Storage Decisions Conference in San Francisco. It struck me as quite insightful. Here's a segment of what he had to say: The benefits of server virtualization...

Tags: Server, Virtual Iron, Functionality, Server Virtualization, Virtualization, Storage, Servers, Hardware, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2007-12-06

Virtual Iron offers "Once and Done" virtual server environment

Virtual Iron offers "Once and Done" virtual server environmentYou bet it would...... but unnecessarily on only HP and IBM...It's a startIt's only a start to be sure. It's a good idea that I hope will eventually extend to encompass the majority of system suppliers.

Tags: Server virtualization, Virtualization, virtual server environment, Virtual Iron, virtual server

Discussion threads 2007-10-17

Virtual Machine Benchmarks

A press release crossed my desk on September 6, 2007 from Virtual Iron concerning some very strong benchmark results. Here's a segment of their release.Virtual Iron Software (www.virtualiron.com), a provider of enterprise-class server virtualization and virtual infrastructure management software, today announced its support for the latest Quad-Core Intel® Xeon® Processor...

Tags: Storage management, Utility computing, Processors, virtual machine, Dan Kusnetzky, Virtual Iron, Quad-Core Intel Xeon Processor 7300, virtualization performance, virtualization, quad-core

Blog posts 2007-09-10

A Quick Look at Virtual Iron V 4

Today Virtual Iron is announcing Virtual Iron version 4. John Thibault, President and CEO, and my old friend Mike Grandinetti, chief marketing officer, took time out of their very busy schedules to chat with me about the new release. I've always been impressed with the innovative thinking shown by...

Tags: Virtualization, Virtual Iron, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2007-09-05

Hobson's EMT saves time and money with Virtual Iron

I had an opportunity to ask Patrick McFadin, Director of Engineering, Hobsons EMT, a few questions about how his organization is using tools from Virtual Iron. A highly edited, slightly sanitized version of our conversation follows.Please tell me who you are and a bit about your organization?Patrick is the Director of Engineering...

Tags: 64-bit, Dan Kusnetzky, Virtual Iron, Hobson, EMT

Blog posts 2007-08-10

Virtual Iron 3.7 (Windows)

Virtual Iron provides enterprise-class software for server virtualization & virtual infrastructure management. The product offers comparable capabilities and performance to established proprietary offerings, for just one-fifth of the cost. Ideal for server consolidation, rapid provisioning, disaster recovery, and capacity management. Version 3.7 includes support for virtual disks and iSCSI support....

Tags: Microsoft Windows, Virtual Iron, Server Consolidation, Server Virtualization, Tools & Techniques, Modems, Ip storage, Virtualization, Servers, Hardware, Management, Components

Software downloads 2007-06-15