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VMware follows in Virtuallogix's footsteps

My friends at VMware recently sent me a note telling me 1) that they had acquired Trango Virtual Processors and 2) they were jumping into the mobile device virtual machine market.Trago VMware has chosen to rename Trago's product as VMware Mobile Platform. This isn't the only entry into this market,...

Tags: Phone, Handset Company, Mobile, Operating System, Handset, VMware Inc., Hardware, Virtual Machine, VMware Mobile Virtualization Platform, Mobile Virtualization Platform, Telecom & Utilities, Desktop Virtualization, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-11-13

VMware's MVP brings virtualization to mobile phones

VMware provides a full line of virtualization software for the data center and down to the desktop.  Now it is reaching down to an even smaller form factor: mobile phones. On Monday,  the Palo Alto, Calif. virtualization pioneer unveiled its new VMware Mobile Virtualization Platform MVP, based on technology it acquired fom Trango Virtual...

Tags: Phone, Virtualization, Mobile, Operating System, Handset, Cell Phone, VMware Inc., VMware Mobile Virtualization Platform, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Paula Rooney

Blog posts 2008-11-11

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News to know: AT&T, Verizon; T-Mobile; Microsoft CRM; Win7; datacenters; Sony-Ericcson

Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage.: Sam Diaz: AT&T sues Verizon Wireless, calls map ad "misleading" but doesn't dispute accuracy Matthew Miller: T-Mobile experiences...

Tags: Apple iPhone, Google Inc., Data Center, Dana Gardner, Dana Blankenhorn, Verizon Communications Inc., Andrew Nusca, T-Mobile, AT&T Corp., Microsoft Corp., Matthew Miller, Microsoft CRM, Sam Diaz, CRM, Data Centers, Microsoft Windows 7, Smart Phones, Tools & Techniques, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Management

Blog posts 2009-11-04

Wind River: Tasty Embedded Linux Treat

Intel just purchased embedded systems vendor Wind River for a cool $884M. But why? The answer may lie in Linux and device virtualization. For many, Intel's acquisition of Wind River may have gone over this week as just another asset grab by the...

Tags: Wind River Systems Inc., Embedded Linux, Operating System, Intel Corp., Smart Phones, Linux, Operating Systems, Handhelds, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Software, Hardware, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2009-06-05

Virtual desktop services gain TCO boost with HP clients, Desktone cloud-based 'DaaS' advances

HP and Desktone have made strong market moves into the fast-growing desktops as a service Daas space, also know as desktop virtualization and virtual desktop infrastructure VDI. These new products and services show an aggressive ramp-up and sophistication to deliver a fast-track to DaaS. HP and Desktone,...

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., Virtual Desktop, TCO, Desktone, DaaS, Virtual-D Service Center, Fisher, Desktop Virtualization, Virtualization, Desktops, Hardware, Dana Gardner

Blog posts 2009-06-01

News to know: Safari 4, HP, Gmail outage, Ballmer's bets, SaaS adoption

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily.  For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Safari 4 coverage: Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: Safari 4 - This is one fast browser! Ryan Naraine: ...

Tags: Google Gmail, Software-as-a-service, Larry Dignan, Apple Safari, Hewlett-Packard Co., Steve Ballmer, Dana Blankenhorn, Mary Jo Foley, Apple Inc., VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp., Web Browser, Outage, Sam Diaz, Web Browsers, Cloud Computing, Internet

Blog posts 2009-02-25

Nine Web sites IT pros should master in 2009

At least, according to Carolyn Duffy Marsan, senior editor at Network World. Marsan writes up a list not for geeks but for decision-makers, with the following disclaimer: "Master these Web sites, and you’ll prove you can innovate during the most trying economic times. And you’ll do it more efficiently...

Tags: Security, Google Inc., Web, Information Technology, VMware Inc., Twitter, VMware Communities Marsan, EMM Site, Ruby On Rails, Server Virtualization, Virtualization, Strategy, Software/Web Development, Web Development, Servers, Hardware, Management, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2009-01-12

Microsoft: It's time to consummate the marriage with Citrix already

The relationship between Microsoft and Citrix is much like that of a man who has been serially dating the same woman for 15 years, but never seems to be able to consummate the deal. He's afraid of commitment, or perhaps like that old expression goes, why...

Tags: Citrix MetaFrame, Citrix Systems Inc., Microsoft Corp., Hyper-V, Virtualization, Microsoft Windows, Desktop Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Open Source, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, Storage, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-09-13

News to know: Google Chrome; WinMobile's future; WiFi's big success; VMware

Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily: Adrian Kingsley-Hughes: First look at Google Chrome One day after Google inadvertently discloses the impending release of Chrome, we get to see the browser first-hand. See my gallery tour...

Tags: Google Inc., VMware Inc., Wi-Fi, Virtualization, Web Browsers, Sales Strategy, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Internet, Sales, Storage, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-09-03

News to know: Microsoft; Yahoo; Google; IT contractors

Notable headlines: Larry Dignan: Microsoft's search plan: It's about semantics and possibly for naught. Dennis Howlett: Powerset’s smarts are Microsoft’s gain Paul Miller: Powerset really does go to Microsoft... but for how much? Mary Jo Foley: Confirmed: Microsoft buys Powerset natural-language search...

Tags: Google Inc., Larry Dignan, Information Technology, Yahoo! Inc., Microsoft Corp., Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Team Management, 3G, Web Services, Middleware, Enterprise Software, Software, Management, Cellular Phones, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology

Blog posts 2008-07-02

News to know: Adobe; Apple; Facebook; Microsoft security

Notable headlines: Zack Whittaker: Students try to bring down Facebook Dancho Danchev: Microsoft's CAPTCHA successfully broken Ryan Naraine: Microsoft issues Safari-to-IE blended threat warning Obama looking for help thwarting Web site hackers Chinese female hacking group spotted ActiveX...

Tags: Security, Adobe Systems Inc., Google Inc., Facebook, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Virtualization, Fuel Cells, Utility Computing, Hardware, Emerging Technologies, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-06-02

Microsoft Vista creates problems - Kidaro to the rescue

I just read through the announcement the Microsoft is acquiring the "desktop virtualization" player Kidaro. It didn't take much thought to understand the reasons why if one only reads media and analyst comments about Microsoft's current desktop operating system, Microsoft Vista Who's Kidaro? I...

Tags: Operating System, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Desktop Virtualization, Kidaro Presents Virtual Corporate, Desktops, Microsoft Windows, Virtualization, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-03-13

Sun waits out Microsoft, gets some interoperability bang after all

What a nut I was. Back when Sun Microsystems and Microsoft announced they would be joining forces on interoperability between Sun, nee Java, and .NET (remember Steve Ballmer [of "Ballmer and Butthead" fame) and Scott McNealy sitting side by side) I thought they meant it. I pushed...

Tags: Interoperability, Sun Microsystems Inc., Thin Client, Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows, Thin Clients, Programming Languages, Java, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Software Development, Software/Web Development, Dana Gardner

Blog posts 2008-03-10

The ZEN of PlateSpin

Fellow ZDNet blogger Dan Kusnetzsky this morning addresses the organizational challenges of Novell integrating virtualization ISV PlateSpin into its culture. While I agree any acquisition of any type has organizational challenges, I think Novell has already shown it can take a company with a radically different corporate culture, SuSE, and...

Tags: PlateSpin Inc., Novell Inc., VMware Inc., PowerRecon, Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-03-04

News to know: Google Health; Yahoo; XP's early days; Your IT budget

Notable headlines: Dana Blankenhorn: Google Health makes its pitch BidShift uses Saas to right nursing shortage Comdex days for healthcare IT Garett Rogers: Chatback: Let people comment using Google Talk Google fires up this year’s Summer of...

Tags: Benefits, Desktop, Enterprise Software, Federal Government, Google Inc., Government, Health Care, Human Resources, Information Technology, IT Budget, Larry Dignan, Linux, Management, Microsoft Windows XP, Operating Systems, Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA), Software, Strategy, Vertical Industries, Web Services, Yahoo! Inc.

Blog posts 2008-02-26

News to know: Microsoft's Hyper-V and reorg; NetSuite; Cisco patches; MacBook Air diary

Notable headlines: Mary Jo Foley: Review: Microsoft’s Hyper-V puts VMWare and Linux on notice Dana Gardner: Merger target suspect Citrix assembles virtualization products as Delivery Center Dan Kusnetzky: Why is the concept of virtual machine software so sticky? Former Microsoft...

Tags: Larry Dignan, Nokia Corp., NetSuite Inc., Apple MacBook, Patch Management, Microsoft Corp., Cisco Systems Inc., Social Networking, Linux, Virtualization, Open Source, Online Communications, Marketing, Advertising & Promotion, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware

Blog posts 2008-02-15

Sun acquires innotek

I just read the notice that Sun had acquired innotek, the creators of Virtualbox, a virtual machine software product. Before I had a chance to really look into this move, I wondered why Sun would acquire another virtual machine software product when it had a program to integrate the Xen...

Tags: Innotek VirtualBox, Operating System, Sun Microsystems Inc., Virtual Machine, Innotek GmbH, Sun xVM Server, Virtualization, Data Centers, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Operating Systems, Hardware, Storage, Data Management, Software, Dan Kusnetzky

Blog posts 2008-02-13

Technology's natural state: Duopoly (or close to it)

The merger of Activision and Vivendi to create a video game juggernaut on par with Electronic Arts was the big news over the weekend, but from a high level it's more of the same: Another tech sector and another duopoly in training. The Activision-Vivendi deal, announced Sunday, is being...

Tags: Security, Google Inc., Duopoly, VMware Inc., Western Digital Corp., Microsoft Corp., Technology, Intel Corp., IBM Corp., Microsoft Windows, Linux, Virtualization, Tools & Techniques, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2007-12-03

News to know: OpenSocial unleashed; T-Mobile Shadow; Cracking open a digital camera

Notable headlines: Dan Farber: Google's OpenSocial APIs pick up steam--MySpace and Bebo. Google to open Orkut OpenSocial developer sandbox tonight. Steve O'Hear: Official: MySpace joins Google's "OpenSocial" platform. Techmeme. Dana Blankenhorn: What is social networking's value add? Is Facebook the next Netscape? David...

Tags: Software, Google Inc., Larry Dignan, T-Mobile, Digital Camera, Camera, MySpace, Google OpenSocial, Corporate Communications, Digital Cameras, Tools & Techniques, Digital Photography, Desktops, Open Source, Marketing, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Management, Hardware

Blog posts 2007-11-02

Will Google Office's solution to the "offline" problem mean trouble for MS-Office?

Will Google Office's solution to the "offline" problem mean trouble for MS-Office?Isn't this nothing more than a smart clientapplication that works online or offline and automatically syncs as needed. MS was doing this in the 1990s with Outlook.The solution to making web apps rich …… is to turn them into...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Programming languages, Java, Microsoft Windows Vista, Web browser, Microsoft Corp., Web, Google Inc.

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