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Virtualization and security: It's easy to spot market trends when many vendors call to schedule meetings and all of them want to speak about the same topic. The topic du mois is security in virtualized environments. Some of the suppliers are taking a very broad view of both security and virtualized environments. Others...; Tags: Network, Environment, Virtual Machine, Virtual Machine Software, Virtualization, Security, Hardware, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-05-15
True Server Virtualization: I see that Tony Asaro, Chief Strategy Officer over at Virtual Iron, recently presented some interesting comments about what makes up true server virtualization in his blog. In his post, he points out that "The hypervisor is important and is useful for consolidating servers. But true server virtualization isn't just...; Tags: Environment, Server, Virtual Machine, Tool, Server Virtualization, Virtual Machine Software, Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-05-12
Storage virtualization: Why aren't the big guys talking more about it?: One of the fastest growing segments of the virtualization software market between 2006 and 2007 was storage virtualization software. As organizations adopt a more virtualized approach to their IT infrastructure, it makes sense that they would also separate the storage function from other parts of the infrastructure. Why, then, do...; Tags: Software, Storage Virtualization, Virtual Machine, Virtual Machine Software, Storage, Virtualization, Hardware, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-02-25
Why is the concept of virtual machine software so sticky?: As interesting as virtual client system and virtual server systems are, they're not the panacea that some in the industry present when speaking about their products. Why is it that when I speak to a Kusnetzky Group client, I almost always have to help them understand that virtualization is a...; Tags: Software, Operating System, Clustering, Technology, Virtual Machine, Machine, Virtual Machine Software, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-02-14
Commentary on "Virtualization Means Different Things To Different Observers": Fredric Paul of bMighty.com pointed out something in his recent post, Virtualization Means Different Things To Different Observer that marketeers from suppliers of virtualization technology would be wise to understand. Virtualization is a layer cake of technologies that have a long history in organizational datacenters it is not just virtual...; Tags: Virtual Machine, Virtual Machine Software, Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2007-10-09

virtual machine software - Failing to Plan is Planning to Fail: Virtual Machine Software - Failing to Plan is Planning to FailA Machine is a MachineWhen was the last time someone said E-Commerce? 1998? Commerce is commerce.A Machine is a Machine--virtual or physical--so treat them the same way.Leverage existing processes like Change & Release Management.Use and enforce Security Policies and Compliance.Check...; Tags: Storage management, Utility computing, virtualization, Virtual Machine Software, virtual machine; Discussion threads 2007-10-02
Does the use of virtual machine technology always reduce complexity?: When I've had a chance to speak with executives of suppliers of virtual machine software, they often point out that one of the major benefits of deploying application environments inside of virtual machines is simplicity. That is, they suggest that using virtual machine software reduces complexity in the environment. ...; Tags: Virtual Machine, Virtual Machine Software, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2007-09-28
Can Operating Systems be Replaced by virtual machine software?: Can Operating Systems be Replaced by Virtual Machine Software?This doesn't make senseThis doesn't make sense. First you have hardware. Then you need a way to interact with that hardware. That's what an Operating System does. The you install virutalization software, need an OS to do that. Then you virtualize hardware...; Tags: Operating systems, Virtualization, operating system, hardware, virtual machine, Virtual Machine Software, OS X.; Discussion threads 2007-09-26
Can Operating Systems be Replaced by virtual machine software?: Coming out of VMworld, I've run into many people who've been convinced that operating systems are becoming an endangered species and that shortly they'll be replaced by virtual machine software. I believe that many have been convinced to adopt this position by VMware's powerful, integrated marketing not by the facts...; Tags: Operating System, Virtual Machine, Virtual Machine Software, Operating Systems, Software, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2007-09-26
Is virtual machine software a panacea?: Is virtual machine software a panacea?But why?I'm about to get started rolling out VMWare across some early production machines - it's been working well in my test environment. Why wouldn't I just use my management suite to manage these as well? Or - should I prepare for sleepless nights...; Tags: Storage management, Utility computing, virtual machine software, virtual machine, virtualization, panacea; Discussion threads 2007-09-21
Is virtual machine software a panacea?: A client was probing where and how virtual machine software should fit in an organization's overall IT strategy. The discussion got a bit heated at time because I asserted that while virtual machine software is an important addition to an organization's set of tools, it is clearly not a panacea....; Tags: Software, Virtual Machine, Virtual Machine Software, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2007-09-20
Aren't we forgetting something? Virtualization is still more than virtual machine software: Aren't we forgetting something? Virtualization is still more than virtual machine softwareAgreed, virtualization takes many formsGood post Dan. IBM virtualized the mainframe back in the 1980s-90s. (Same for DEC and its platforms?) Is early Windows not Microsoft's "virtualization" of DOS?; Tags: Utility computing, Storage management, virtualization, virtual machine software, virtual machine; Discussion threads 2007-08-19
New virtualization buddies - XenSource & Symantec: XenSource, Inc. and Symantec have signed an OEM agreement. Symantec is going to work with XenSource to embed Veritas Storage Foundation into XenEnterprise™. The two companies are then going to collaborate on delivering enterprise-class HA/DR and backup technology to XenSource customers. Let's consider why these companies are joining together for...; Tags: virtual storage software, virtual processing software, virtual machine software, Managing virtualized environments; Blog posts 2007-07-23
Why are there so many open source processing virtualization projects?: The virtualization community has been hearing quite a bit about KVM or Kernel-based Virtual Machine since it was included in Version 2.6.20 of the Linux kernel. It was interesting that this technology was included in the kernel relatively shorty after it first emerged while Xen still has not been...; Tags: virtual processing software, virtual machine software; Blog posts 2007-07-19
Configuresoft's George Gerchow points out that "You can't manage what you can't see": Configuresoft's Technology Strategist, George Gerchow, and I had a lovely discussion about virtualization, virtual machine software such as VMware and the stresses this technology push on overworked IT professionals. During this discussion, I mentioned that I thought that Configuresof's focus is too narrow, that virtualization is a far broader...; Tags: Managing virtualized environments; Blog posts 2007-07-13
Why did Intel invest $218.5 million for 2.5% of VMware?: It's been all over the media that VMware filed its IPO so that it could sell 10% of its stock to the public and that very quickly after that offer was made Intel Corporation paid $218.5 million to purchase 2.5% of VMware. This is not really a startling move. Intel...; Tags: virtual machine software, virtual processing software; Blog posts 2007-07-11
Why is it so hard to understand Microsoft's virtualiztion vision?: I've been trying to sort out how Microsoft plays in the rapidly moving world of virtualization technology for industry standard systems. I've spoken with over 50 different companies who are actively trying to carve out their niche in this world. I'm sure that there at least 50 more out in...; Tags: virtualization, virtual processing software, virtual machine software, application virtualization, Access virtualization; Blog posts 2007-07-10
Brightstar Corporation Increases Security and Saves Money with Provision Networks: I had an opportunity to ask Anthony "Tony" Escarpenter, Infrastructure and Security, Brightstar Corporation, a few questions about how his organization is using tools from Provision Networks. Thanks Tony for finding time to communicate with me during a difficult time. I really appreciate it.Please tell me who you are and...; Tags: virtual machine software, virtual access software, Managing virtualized environments, Consumer use of Virtualization; Blog posts 2007-07-02
Novell Responds to Clarify Announcement Messages: After I published Novell offers virtual machine driver pack my friends at Novell responded quickly to clear up my confusion about their announcement. Wow, guys, that was fast!Here's the text of their response. A clarification from Holger Dyroff, vp of SUSE Linux product management at Novell...The SUSE Linux...; Tags: virtualization, virtual machine software; Blog posts 2007-06-22
Novell offers virtual machine driver pack: A few days ago, Novell announced that the first service pack (SP1) for SUSE® Linux Enterprise 10 was available to its customers. Here's a pointer to their Website.What's new? Novell mentions enhancements in virtualization, high-performance computing, security, interoperability and system management. What caught my eye while reading through the announcement...; Tags: virtualization, virtual machine software; Blog posts 2007-06-21