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Intel shakes up mid-range CPUs with Lynnfield Core i5 750, Core i7 860 and Core i7 870

Business Class PCs to get Core i5Last winter when the Core i7 was released, it was pretty much placed in high level consumer gaming PCs. Even the lower end Core i7 did not find its way into business class PCs.I would certainly like to see Lenovo and HP get working...

Tags: cloud computing, Storage management, Utility computing, Processors, CPU, Virtualization Technology, Core i7, virtualization, Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., socket, processor

Discussion threads 2009-09-08

One hundred sixty and counting

One hundred sixty and countingJust how many people lined the roadto see the emperor in his new clothes? 160 and counting . . .I'm seeing a common theme hereIt seems that although virtualization technology has been in productive use for over 30 years on mainframes, 20 years on midrange systems...

Tags: cloud computing, Utility computing, Storage management, virtualization, virtualization technology

Discussion threads 2009-08-04

Virtualization hype cycle

I've got hundreds of megabytes of presentation files from suppliers offering products or services targeting some one or more areas of virtualization technology. They promise the sun and the stars and sometimes only end up delivering the moon. It's fun to bring up last year's promises in this year's briefing...

Tags: Supplier, Virtualization Technology, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Virtualization, Utility Computing, Channel Management, Storage, Hardware, Marketing, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2009-07-28

Quick Sizing Tips for HP Integrated Citrix XenServer

Smaller IT environments are continually challenged to keep up with the needs of the organizations they support. Every IT organization faces the challenges of deploying ever increasing numbers of servers and making it faster and easier to manage and deploy new servers all while saving costs. Smaller environments, moreover, must...

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Citrix Systems Inc., Virtualization Technology, Servers, Hardware

White papers 2009-02-01

Good bye 2008

It's been a very busy year in the world of virtualization technology. The technical envelope has been pushed in all of the areas in the Kusnetzky Group Model of virtualization technology see Sorting out the different layers of virtualization for more information about the model. We've also seen important acquisitions...

Tags: Virtualization Technology, Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-12-31

SaaS competition in PPM and GRC heats up

More SaaS movement from a major software vendor CA yesterday announced the availability of two software as a service SaaS solutions. One is targeted for the IT management space while the other is oriented around governance. CA is taking its on-premise enterprise...

Tags: Software, Software-as-a-service, Solution, Information Technology, On-demand, Computer Associates International Inc., PPM, GRC, Virtualization Technology, PPM Solution, Software As A Service (SaaS), Cloud Computing, Tools & Techniques, Emerging Technologies, Management, Brian Sommer

Blog posts 2008-11-17

Integration of Virtualization Technology Into Network Security Laboratory

Distance education has witnessed a tremendous growth in the past decade. Advances in Internet technologies have made it possible to deliver not only lectures, but also hands-on labs remotely. Virtualization technology enables multiple virtual machines and their applications to run simultaneously on a single physical computer. This eliminates the need...

Tags: Network, Virtual Machine, Integration, Virtualization Technology, Virtualization, Desktop Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Networking, Storage Management, Network Security, Utility Computing, Security, Hardware, Storage

White papers 2008-10-25

Server Virtualization and MySQL: Your Options

Virtualization technology has now gone main stream, and its footprint within IT infrastructures continues to accelerate. If one is responsible for MySQL within the enterprise one needs a firm understanding of these technologies and offerings and how they work when combined with MySQL deployments. This paper will explain virtualization technologies...

Tags: MySQL, Server, Server Virtualization, Virtualization Technology, Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Open Source, Databases, Hardware, Storage, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management

White papers 2008-10-16

What's holding Desktop Virtualization back?

Server virtualization appears to be gaining acceptance in even the most conservative organizations that deploy industry standard systems. It long has been a fixture in mainframe and midrange system based datacenters. Desktop virtualization, on the other hand, seems to be considered a technology looking for a problem to solve. Why...

Tags: Cloud Computing, Dan Kusnetzky, Data Center, Data Centers, Data Management, Desktop, Desktop Virtualization, Hardware, Information Technology, IT Organization, Management, Storage, Storage Management, Strategy, Technology, Utility Computing, Virtualization, Virtualization Technology

Blog posts 2008-08-12

The end of Mac clones: Apple sues Psystar

The end of Mac clones: Apple sues PsystarfinallyI was wondering what was taking Apple so long to respond. I mean why Psystar even did this cloning. They don't know about infringements, or that they can get in trouble? Weird.The end of Mac clones: Apple sues PsystarI hope Psystar pulls a...

Tags: Desktops, Virtualization Technology, Apple Products, Psystar, Apple Inc., Mac-clone, Apple Macintosh

Discussion threads 2008-07-15

Microsoft Hyper-V virtualization technology is ready to roll

Microsoft Hyper-V virtualization technology is ready to rollActually...You should ask THAT to Apple, not Microsoft...Because Apple's usage agreement only allows OSX to run on Apple hardware?And while Psystar might be avoiding a lawsuit, it's very unlikely that Apple would hold back if MS tried to enable it's customers to easily...

Tags: desktop virtualization, cloud computing, Storage management, Utility computing, Operating systems, Tools & Techniques, non-Windows OS, hardware list, Microsoft Hyper-V, Microsoft Hyper-V virtualization technology, VMware Inc., virtualization, innotek VirtualBox, virtu

Discussion threads 2008-06-25

Data Centre Virtualization at UTAD - A Hybrid Consolidation Approach

Data centres have been evolving and growing throughout the years. Examples of this growth and evolution include mainframe to distributed, single to clusters and now, organizations begin the task of server consolidation, physical to virtual. Virtualization technology serves as a great enabler of data centre optimization, consolidation and migration. Virtualization,...

Tags: Consolidation, Virtualization Technology, Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage

White papers 2008-05-16

How does the use of virtualization technology differ by industry?

 Just yesterday, I was sitting with a group of people from different industries enjoying an interesting seafood luncheon after a morning of pleasant activities. The conversation turned to what everyone did for a living when not attending conferences. After commenting that it appeared that I attended conferences for a living,...

Tags: Dan Kusnetzky, Hardware, Storage, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Virtualization, Virtualization Technology

Blog posts 2008-02-18

Storage Virtualization and the HP StorageWorks Enterprise Virtual Array

This white paper presents an overview of storage virtualization at the controller level of a storage system. Virtualization technology allows companies to respond quickly to ever-changing storage capacity requirements. Virtualization has multiple definitions and many different implementations in a storage area network SAN. The paper also describes...

Tags: Storage Virtualization, Hewlett-Packard Co., HP StorageWorks, Virtualization Technology, Virtualization, Storage, Storage Management, Cloud Computing, Utility Computing, Hardware

White papers 2008-02-01

Technical Support - Is virtualization technology overwhelming suppliers?

In the post Virtualization - Don’t Forget Technical support we explored the notion that technical support is often forgotten in an organization's rush to deploy virtualization technology of one sort or another. To the lab! In most cases, system and major software suppliers were forced long ago to...

Tags: Supplier, Virtualization Technology, Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Channel Management, Hardware, Storage, Marketing, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-01-03

Xen and Server Consolidation

Enterprises are witnessing a server sprawl as low cost x86 boxes make their way into datacenters. Application provisioning on dedicated servers and provisioning hardware capacity for peak loads have led to unprecedented server proliferation and abysmally low utilization. Virtualization technology has the potential to play a significant role in enabling...

Tags: Provisioning, Xen, Virtualization Technology, Server Consolidation, Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Servers, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage

White papers 2007-12-20

Managing hybrid environments

Many suppliers of virtualization technology tell IT executives that all of their problems can be solved through the use of their technology. What they don’t often say is what they really mean is that everything will go well if the organization does the following things: Virtualizes everything...

Tags: Environment, Virtualization Technology, Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2007-12-07

Rapid Recovery With Less Hassle: Low-Cost, Easy-to-Use Downtime Recovery With Acronis True Image and Microsoft Virtual Server

The key to an effective disaster recovery plan is restoring all of the servers onto available hardware. Virtualization technology is naturally suited for recovery from unplanned downtime, and it can be incorporated into an effective backup and restore strategy. This strategy starts with Acronis True Image, which enables to easily...

Tags: Microsoft Virtual Server, Recovery, Virtual Server, Acronis True Image, Microsoft Corp., Acronis, Virtualization Technology, Disaster Recovery, Virtualization, Servers, Data Management, Hardware

White papers 2007-09-01

Why do organizations adopt virtualization technology Part 2

Why do organizations adopt virtualization technology Part 2It's all about controlIt used to be that you could install applications simply by copying them into a system, and adding the directory to the path if necessary. Microsoft broke things when they decided to go with the registry and all of the...

Tags: Storage management, Utility computing, virtualization technology, Part 2, virtualization

Discussion threads 2007-08-22

Why do organizations adopt virtualization technology Part 2

In the post Why do organizations adopt virtualization technology?, I tried to present some of the goals organizations have discussed for why they embarked on the journey to a virtualized environment and then tie those goals to which type of virtualization they chose first. The reasons for using access, application...

Tags: Virtualization, Network, Virtualization Technology, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2007-08-21