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Virtualization: An umbrella term for enhancing a computer's ability to do work. Following are the ways virtualization is used.Hardware VirtualizationPartitioning the computer's memory into separate and isolated "virtual machines" simulates...; Full Virtualization Definition >>

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Panel: do cloud computing economic advantages break down in enterprises?: A public cloud provider, private cloud operator, consultant, network provider, and venture capitalist were all put in the same room. Here's what they had to say about cloud's business value. by Joe McKendrick; Tags: Venture Capital, Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Networking, Investment, Finance, Financing Startups, Hardware, Joe McKendrick; Blog posts 2009-11-20
Google Chrome OS has arrived as free VMWare download: Just awhile ago, news reports were popping up with sneak peak videos and details about the much-awaited, upcoming Google Chrome OS release. But as of a few hours ago, it looks like we can sample it for ourselves. by Rachel King; Tags: Google Inc., Operating System, VMware Inc., Google Chrome, Google Chrome OS, Corporate Communications, Operating Systems, Virtualization, Marketing, Software, Hardware, Rachel King; Blog posts 2009-11-20
Delta Sonic Car Wash systems deploys Vyatta: Delta Sonic Car Wash systems deploys Vyatta's network virtualization technology. by Dan Kusnetzky; Tags: Network, Delta Sonic Car Wash Systems Inc., Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Virtualization, Utility Computing, Storage, Hardware, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2009-11-19
NComputing announces new Microsoft partnership: I've featured NComputing a few times in this blog, largely focusing on their solutions that turn a single workstation into as many as 10 workstations using thin client technologies. In particular, I wrote about NComputing's successful bid beating out Intel and OLPC to provide thin-client computers to as many...; Tags: Virtualization, Partnership, Thin Client, Server, Microsoft Corp., Computing, NComputing, Microsoft Windows, Thin Clients, Terminal Services, Business Structures, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Finance, Christopher Dawson; Blog posts 2009-11-18
Salesforce demos Service Cloud 2: At Dreamforce Global Gathering 2009 in San Francisco, Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff and Kraig Swensrud, senior vice president of product marketing, show attendees the company's new customer service software, Service Cloud 2. The new tool helps businesses connect their traditional call center technologies with social media applications through a cloud...; Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Customer Service, Social Media, Product Marketing, Cloud Computing, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Sales Force Management, Virtualization, Marketing, Enterprise Software, Software, Sales, Hardware, Service Cloud 2, Marc Benioff, Salesforce; Videos 2009-11-18

Shopping at the second-hand server store: Virtualization or not - you're still spending too much on hardware if you buy it new. Whether you need one server or a pallet load, it's all available at 15-20% of the original price, for equipment that is only 2 - 4 years old, made by your favorite manufacturers. by...; Tags: Pallet, Cloud Computing, Manufacturing, Storage Management, Virtualization, Utility Computing, Servers, Storage, Hardware, Paul Milligan; Blog posts 2009-11-18
Ray Ozzie's view from the clouds: In a lengthy interview, Microsoft's Ray Ozzie talked about clouds, lessons Microsoft learned from the recent Sidekick outage as well as why people are wrong to count Microsoft out of the smartphone race. When Ray Ozzie penned his Internet Services Disruption memo back in 2005, he had a...; Tags: Ray Ozzie, Microsoft Corp., Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Hardware, Microsoft, cloud, Ina Fried CNET News; News items 2009-11-18
HP offers slew of products and services to bring cost savings and better performance to virtual desktops: HP has unleashed a barrage of products aimed at delivering affordable and simple computing experiences to the desktop. by Dana Gardner; Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Performance, Cost Savings, Virtual Desktop, Desktop Virtualization, Desktops, Virtualization, Hardware, Dana Gardner; Blog posts 2009-11-18
Elastra beefs up automation offering for enterprise cloud computing: Elastra Cloud Server helps IT organizations leverage the economics of cloud computing, while preserving existing architectural practices and corporate policies. by Dana Gardner; Tags: Automation, Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Hardware, Dana Gardner; Blog posts 2009-11-18
TurboFTP Server 1.00.709 (Windows): TurboFTP Server supports virtual domains, which means you can set up multiple virtual domains on a physical host machine and provide different services on it. You can map any local folder path to a virtual server folder and assign individual users or groups access rights to folders within a domain's...; Tags: Virtual Server, Domain, Microsoft Windows, TurboSoft, Server Virtualization, Ip storage, Virtualization, Servers, Hardware; Software downloads 2009-11-18
Next year is THE year for cloud computing: Here is what Indu Kodukula, CTO of SunGard Availability Services thinks how cloud computing is likely to transform the computing industry landscape in 2010. Commentary - Yogi Berra had it right - it?s difficult to make predictions, especially about the future. It?s especially difficult...; Tags: CIO, Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Hardware, cloud, Indu Kodukula; News items 2009-11-17
Adopting Server Virtualization for Business Continuity and Disaster Recovery: In today's competitive business environment, your IT infrastructure must accommodate rapidly changing business needs and unforeseen problems with minimal impact on day-to-day operations. But this level of flexibility, scalability, and high availability can be expensive and difficult to deploy and maintain, especially for small and midsize businesses. No matter what...; Tags: CA XOSoft, Business Continuity, Disaster Recovery, Server Virtualization, Data Management, Servers, Hardware, Virtualization; White papers 2009-11-17
VirtualBox 3.0.12 (Mac): innotek VirtualBox is a family of powerful x86 virtualization products for enterprise as well as home use. Not only is VirtualBox an extremely feature rich, high performance product for enterprise customers, it is also the only professional solution that is freely available as Open Source Software under the terms of...; Tags: Innotek VirtualBox, Apple Macintosh, Innotek GmbH, Desktop Virtualization, Hardware, Virtualization; Software downloads 2009-11-17
VirtualBox 3.0.12 (Windows): VirtualBox is a general-purpose full virtualizer for x86 hardware. Targeted at server, desktop and embedded use, it is now the only professional-quality virtualization solution that is also Open Source Software. Features: Modularity: VirtualBox has an extremely modular design with well-defined internal programming interfaces and a client/server design,Virtual machine descriptions in...; Tags: Innotek VirtualBox, Microsoft Windows, Virtual Machine, Desktop Virtualization, Virtualization, Hardware; Software downloads 2009-11-17
AT&T plots compute cloud similar to Amazon Web Services: AT&T rolled out a cloud computing system that mimics the approach of Amazon Web Services. by Larry Dignan; Tags: Amazon Web Services, Web Service, AT&T Corp., Amazon.com Inc., Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Web Services, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Software, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2009-11-16
Webinar: Securing the Cloud Dec 10th, 2pm ET / 11am PT: Cloud computing promises to provide vast computing power, reliable off-site data storage, wide availability, all at lower maintenance and investment costs. But recent cloud computing mishaps have underscored the need for consistent and thorough security policies implemented in the design stage. Hear security experts explain recent key...; Tags: Webinar, Digital Equipment Corp., Enterprise Florida, Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Hardware; Webcasts 2009-11-16
Verne Global pledges greener cloud: No cost premium attached: Why cloud computing will inspire even more attention to green IT. by Heather Clancy; Tags: Green IT, Pledge, Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Hardware, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2009-11-13
Cloud, consumers give Skype enterprise boost: Skype's Dan Neary says in the past online consumer apps would never be considered business grade But with the cloud, those apps have become secure enough that you trust. SINGAPORE--The cloud computing revolution and momentum consumers have driven toward technology adoption are helping consumer- or Web-based businesses such as...; Tags: Skype Technologies S.A., Session Initiation Protocol (SIP), Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Emerging Technologies, Hardware, cloud, Skype, Vivian Yeo CNET Asia; News items 2009-11-12
Rackspace adds Windows Server support to its cloud: Rackspace has launched a beta for Windows Server 2003 and Server 2008 cloud computing services. by Larry Dignan; Tags: Rackspace, Microsoft Windows Server, Cloud Computing, Microsoft Windows Server 2003, Microsoft Windows, Virtualization, Servers, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Larry Dignan; Blog posts 2009-11-12
Shadow Defender 1.1.0.315 (Windows): Shadow Defender is an easy-to-use desktop security and privacy protection tool for Windows operating systems. It provides an excellent way to prevent unwanted or malicious changes from being made to a PC. With Shadow Defender you can run system in a virtual environment, called Shadow Mode. And all the attacks...; Tags: Environment, Virtual Environment, Attack, Shadowdefender, Microsoft Windows, Virtualization, Security, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware; Software downloads 2009-11-12