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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
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: Industry, Virtualization Technology, Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Dan Kusnetzky; 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, 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, Enterprise, Virtualization Technology, Server Consolidation, Virtualization, 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
Aren't we forgetting something? Virtualization is still more than virtual machine software: I've enjoyed seeing all of the market and industry excitement about virtualization technology. Since I've been involved in this technology since the early 1980s (oops, I gave away my age), it's wonderful to see the new-found enthusiasm some are showing for finding ways to work in a more logical or...; Tags: Software, Virtualization, Virtual Machine, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2007-08-17
Energy Efficiency Strategies: Sun Server Virtualization Technology: Virtualization technology is a key to transforming an IT organization's server, storage, and network devices into a shared, global pool of resources. This can help reduce space, power, and cooling requirements while simultaneously helping make datacenters more flexible and agile. The two server virtualization technologies discussed in this paper -...; Tags: Strategy, Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Server, Virtualization Technology, Solaris Containers, Sun Solaris, Virtualization, Server Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Operating Systems, UNIX, Servers, Software, Hardware, Storage; White papers 2007-08-01
Breaking through the virtualization confusion: Many vendors have embraced the idea of helping organizations work with a logical view of computing resources rather than a physical view. Unfortunately, each has chosen a different layer or set of layers as their focus and yet, they still call their product "virtualization." Maybe that's because "virtualization" has...; Tags: virtualization; Blog posts 2007-05-31
Counter point to "Analysis: Can a Customer Be Too Small For Virtualization?": Virtualization technology is just that, a technology. An organizations requirements and budget must be considered before a specific technology is selected. A technological choice that is perfect for the needs of one organization might just be the wrong choice for another. That being said, Small to Medium Businesses SMB...; Tags: virtual processing software, virtual machine software, virtualization, virtual storage software, virtual access software, clustering software; Blog posts 2007-04-25
Microsoft SQL Server 2005 Virtualization in the Dell Scalable Enterprise: The Dell scalable enterprise architecture uses industry-standard components to help simplify operations, improve resource utilization, and scale cost-effectively. Virtualization technology is advancing IT infrastructure standards by abstracting software from hardware, which can facilitate deployment and management of software in the scalable enterprise. To demonstrate this, the Dell Scalable Enterprise Technology...; Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Microsoft SQL Server, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft SQL Server 2005, Virtualization Technology, Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Tools & Techniques, Hardware, Storage, Management; White papers 2006-11-01
Citrix Desktop Virtualization: Infrastructure virtualization is a powerful trend in the industry nowadays, but the concept of virtualization has been around for many years. Virtualization technology has been pursued by vendors as a framework to divide the resources of a computer into multiple execution environments using a variety of hardware and software abstraction...; Tags: Citrix Systems Inc., Infrastructure Virtualization, Virtualization Technology, Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage; White papers 2006-09-28
Virtualization Technology Enables a Common Automation Platform: Virtualization has proven to be an effective method for enabling information systems to support new business needs in an increasingly complex IT environment. Server consolidation, increased security and increased reliability are just a few of the strong benefits already demonstrated by corporate IT. A virtualized operating model within manufacturing IT...; Tags: Information Technology, ARC Advisory Group, Virtualization Technology, Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage; White papers 2006-08-01
Not just a buzz word, virtualization technology can improve your application development: In this document you will learn some of the key ways that you can use virtualization technologies to improve your application development experience. No longer do you have to mix two applications that don't get along together just because you only have one PC on which to...; Tags: TechRepublic Inc., Application Development, Virtualization Technology, Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Software Development, Hardware, Storage, Software/Web Development; Download resources 2006-05-01
Enhanced Virtualization on Intel Architecture Based Servers: Improve Utilization, Manage Change, Reduce Costs: Virtualization technology is already transforming the way many IT organizations provision and manage their systems and applications. Server virtualization enables the flexible and secure consolidation of multiple operating systems and applications onto a single platform. This helps to reduce server proliferation, increase utilization, simplify IT infrastructure, and reduce management costs....; Tags: Server, Intel Corp., Intel Architecture, Server Virtualization, Virtualization Technology, Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage; White papers 2006-02-01
A Study of Introduction of the Virtualization Technology Into Operator Consoles: This paper introduces a virtualization technology into the control system as operator consoles. The virtualization technology is a hot topic for server computing. The virtualization technology enables to consolidate a lot of server computers to a few host computers and reduces system maintenance cost drastically. Recently a dozen of commercial...; Tags: Console, Virtualization Technology, Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage; White papers 2005-10-14
VMware unphased by Vanderpool, Xen virtualization: In a blog entry that I penned in late January, I wondered what Intel's forthcoming Vanderpool -- a hardware-based virtualization technology that will find its way into Intel's chips -- meant for virtualization solution provider VMware. Since writing that, the folks at VMware have been waiting to respond. While...; Tags: VMware Inc., virtualization; Blog posts 2005-02-15