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Technology Considerations for P2V Server Consolidation

Surprisingly, the hardest part of a virtualization project is not making the decision to virtualize - hardware utilization and energy cost savings alone often provide a compelling business case to do so. Reliability and management concerns also have been largely put to rest, as virtualization has proven to be a...

Tags: Vizioncore, Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage

White papers 2008-02-12

Vizioncore and Invirtus team up on virtual

Vizioncore is a well-known member of the VMware ecosystem. I had a chance to chat with Chris Akerberg of Vizoncore about this announcement.What's being announcedVizoncore has had a great deal of success (over 5,000 installations) helping VMware users make hot image-level backups of their virtual machines with their esxRanger product...

Tags: PlateSpin Inc., Team, VMware Inc., Vizioncore, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2007-08-13

Attaining Real Cost Tracking When Going Virtual: Gaining the Value of Chargeback Data

Virtualization is a proven strategy for reducing IT expenses - but can deprive organizations of the ability to accurately track costs because it becomes difficult to measure utilization by specific users of virtualized shared resources. Traditional chargeback and utilization reporting tools developed for physical environments do not necessarily transition well...

Tags: Environment, Vizioncore, Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage

White papers 2007-08-01

The Fastest 'Hot' Backups for VMware Infrastructure 3: Using VMware Consolidated Backup With esxRanger Professional 3.0

Virtualization brings enterprises many new ways to deploy and manage application architectures. VMware has enabled these enterprises to take management and virtualization to the next level with their latest release of VMware Infrastructure 3. However, just as in the physical world, protecting data and applications is as, if not more,...

Tags: VMware Inc., Vizioncore, Backups, Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage

White papers 2007-01-01

Additional Resources

Quest Software - Embracing, extending, simplifying

Quest Software has been acquiring other management software companies rapidly over the past year or so. This includes companies such as Provision Networks, Vizioncore, ScriptLogic. I recently had a conversation with company representatives to learn more about the strategic plan behind those acquisitions. I must admit that before I had...

Tags: Quest Software Inc., Management Framework, Data Centers, Linux, Storage, Mainframes, Microsoft Windows, Mergers & Acquisitions, Databases, Operating Systems, Hardware, Data Management, Software, Servers, Investment, Finance, Enterprise Software, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-06-05

vConverter converting virtual machines for the converted

Vizioncore recently announced vConverter, a product that can migrate physical machines to virtual machines and virtual machines to physical machines. Why should anyone care? The key is having an increased ability to orchestrate the environment, recover from a disaster and the ability to create an agile environment. ...

Tags: Environment, Product, VMware Inc., Virtual Machine, vConverter, Virtualization, Server Consolidation, Servers, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Open Source, Hardware, Storage, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-02-20

Provision Networks is Tackling Access Virtualization Headaches

Paul Ghostine, of Provision Networks, and I enjoyed a quick discussion of some of the biggest headaches faced by those seeking a workable access virtualization solution and what his organization was planning to do about them. Well, at least I enjoyed the conversation. Paul may have found the whole experience...

Tags: Desktop, Microsoft Access, Network, Graphics, Access Virtualization, Provision Networks, Virtualization Solution, CIMS, Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2007-10-18

Orchestration of resources P2V, V2V and V2P

A real orchestration strategy would have to include the ability to move resources from one physical system to another (P2P), one virtual system to another (V2V) and convert physical to virtual and back (P2V, V2P) to make optimal use of those resources. What is optimal? That, of course, depends upon...

Tags: Supplier, Capability, Channel Management, Disaster Recovery, Marketing, Data Management, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2007-10-16

Novell updates Orchestrator

Novell's Joe Wagner and Richard Whitehead caught up with me after a whirlwind trip to San Francisco for Linuxworld. They wanted to bring me up to date on Novell ZENworks Orchestrator.As you might remember, I chatted with Novell back in April (see Novell's Orchestrator) for a post on that conversation....

Tags: Dan Kusnetzky, Novell Inc., Orchestrator, Cassatt Corp.

Blog posts 2007-08-14

Proactive HR Enable Business Growth With Complete Virtualised IT Infrastructure

Vcentral wanted to provide Proactive HR with an affordable IT infrastructure that will enable continued growth. To provide effective backup and quick restore, while enabling disaster recovery. As a solution Proactive HR deployed VMware Virtual Infrastructure 3, Vizioncore esxRanger for easy, live backup and quick restore. Citrix Presentation Server enabled...

Tags: IT Infrastructure, Human Resources, Information Technology, Vcentral, Backups

Case studies 2006-10-11