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- VMware
- Virtual machine software from VMware, Inc., Palo Alto, CA (www.vmware.com) that allows multiple copies of the same operating system or several different operating systems to run in the same x86-based...
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- Microsoft finally launches Hyper-V
- Analysts have welcomed the release of the hypervisor, but rival VMware claims Hyper-V has been a long time coming and lacks functionality. Microsoft has announced that its Hyper-V hypervisor is finally available, but analysts have questioned whether large enterprises will adopt the product as their sole virtualization...
- Tags: Microsoft Corp., Hyper-V, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Colin Barker ZDNet.co.uk, hypervisor, Microsoft, VMware, virtualization
- News items 2008-06-26
- Data centers: Friend to the environment or foe?
- At the Business Goes Green conference in San Jose, Calif., on June 6, Forrester Research Senior Vice President Christopher Mines moderates a discussion on data centers. IBM's vice president of marketing management, Elaine Lennox, and VMware's data center product marketing manager, Rob Smoot, weigh the pros and cons of building...
- Tags: Data Center, Environment, Data Centers, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, IBM, VMWare
- Videos 2008-06-13
- Setting up mixed cloud and mobile computing
- By utilising the power of mobile computing with a cloud storage provider, you can in theory take your hard drive anywhere with you, with nothing more than a username and password. by Zack Whittaker
- Tags: Mobile Computing, Handhelds, Wireless, Advertising & Promotion, Hardware, Marketing, Zack Whittaker, mesh, virtual pc, cloud, mobile, anywhere, everywhere, virtualization, vmware
- Image galleries 2008-06-13
- Hardcore virtualization - VMware ESX 3.5/Infrastructure - Part 1
- This will be my first in a series (an "X = X +1" sort of series) where I'll be looking at virtualization. However, rather than look at the kind of virtualization where you inxstall and OS like Windows, Mac OS or Linux and then install an application that allows you...
- Tags: VMware Inc., VMWare ESX, Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes, vmware, esx, virtual, hypervisor
- Image galleries 2008-05-30
- Sun xVM VirtualBox 1.6 and VMWare 2.0 Server
- The two latest and greatest free commercial host-based virtualization products from Sun and VMWare by Jason Perlow
- Tags: Sun Microsystems Inc., Server, VMware Inc., Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Jason Perlow, vmware, xvm, virtualbox, virtualization, linux, windows, macintosh, solaris
- Image galleries 2008-05-16
- VMware Fusion for OS X ready to lift off
- VMware is taking preorders for Fusion, its virtualization product for Mac OS X. With Fusion, you can run Windows, Solaris and Linux on a Mac without rebooting. VMware's pre-order price is $39.99, but goes up to $79.99 when Fusion launches. eWeek reports that Fusion launches Aug. 6, but the VMware...
- Tags: VMware, virtualization, Software Infrastructure, General, Apple
- Blog posts 2007-08-02
- VMware lands Cisco as investor
- Cisco Systems said Friday it will invest $150 million in VMware, joining Intel as a strategic investor.After the investment Cisco will own 1.6 percent of VMware's outstanding shares. VMware will also consider appointing a Cisco executive to its board in the future.Like Intel, Cisco is strengthening its ties to VMware,...
- Tags: VMware, virtualization, Software Infrastructure, General
- Blog posts 2007-07-27
- Podcast: Oracle's customer-inspired 11g, Larry gets FIOS, Samsung's gadgetfest, VMware's IPO, and more
- This week on the Dan & David Show, my colleague Larry Dignan fills in for Dan Farber who is on vacation and the first order of business is a review of Oracle's 11g announcement. Larry was present for the festivities earlier this week in NYC and sees merit...
- Tags: Wired & Wireless, VMware, virtualization, Verizon, Software Infrastructure, Podcasts, Personal Technology, Open Source, Office 2.0, Microsoft, Intel, Google, General, Enterprise 2.0, EMC, Dan &, David Show, Berlind
- Blog posts 2007-07-13
- Podcast: News to know midday: Vista SP1; Google buys Postini; VMware and Intel
- On today's podcast: Vista SP1: The beta. The strategy. Google buys Postini. Intel Capital buys into VMware.
- Tags: VMware, Vista, News to know, Microsoft, Intel, Google
- Blog posts 2007-07-09
- VMware sets IPO price range; lands Intel Capital as investor
- Intel Capital said it will invest $218.5 million in VMware and ultimately own 2.5 percent of the virtualization company's outstanding common stock as it goes public. Separately, VMware said in a regulatory filing that it will offer 33 million shares priced between $23 and $25 a share. VMware, which will...
- Tags: VMware, virtualization, Software Infrastructure, Intel, General, EMC
- Blog posts 2007-07-09
- VMware offers virtualization as a service
- VMware launched a new program to enlist service providers to deliver virtualized server infrastructure as a hosted service. It's a natural step for companies that want to move to a utility computing, capacity on demand model, which can provide improved levels of reliability, scalability and cost efficiency. Hosting providers can...
- Tags: VMware, virtualization, Utility computing, IT Management, Hardware Infrastructure, Datacenter
- Blog posts 2007-06-05
- EMC: Tech spending solid; VMware hits $1B revenue run rate
- EMC CEO Joe Tucci said there was some "slight caution" among corporate technology buyers, but theres plenty of spending in North America. Tuccis comments echo what CDW recently said about enterprise spending. CDW said last week that its March sales...
- Tags: General, EMC, VMware, Storage, Software Infrastructure
- Blog posts 2007-04-17
- Podcast: HP pretexters get wrist-slaps, the mortally wounded copyright, Red Hat seeks threesome with Microsoft, and Tellme more
- This week on the Dan & David Show, ZDNet executive editor Larry Dignan fills in for Dan Farber and we cover the four biggest news stories of the week so far. While the world looks for ways to bridge the digital divide, Microsofts attempts to close the gap between computer...
- Tags: Novell, virtualization, YouTube, Hewlett-Packard, Red Hat, VMware, Microsoft, Google, Linux, Berlind, Hollywood on Demand, Entertainment, Software Infrastructure, Podcasts, Dan &, David Show, General, Open Source
- Blog posts 2007-03-14
- Podcast: Windows Mobile 6, virtualization, SOA for the masses and more...
- This week on the Dan & David Show, David checks out Microsofts Windows Mobile version 6 platform. We also discuss how competition in the virtualization space in heating up always good for buyers, what Microsoft means by Vista "Ready" and Vista "Capable," and how SOA methods (mashups, assemblers, widgets, etc.)...
- Tags: Red Hat, VMware, virtualization, Personal Technology, Software Infrastructure, Web Technology, Mobile, Dan &, David Show, Microsoft, Datacenter, SaaS, General, Open Source, IT Management
- Blog posts 2007-02-16
- Red Hat to up the virtualization price war ante
- Red Hat plans to squeeze VMware on pricing as it bundles virtualization technology with its operating system. Thats the biggest takeaway from Scott Crenshaw, General Manager, Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Crenshaw spoke about virtualization on a conference call Tuesday afternoon with...
- Tags: General, Linux, Open Source, Red Hat, virtualization, VMware
- Blog posts 2007-02-14
- Talent recruitment spurs VMware IPO
- The folks that wanted EMC to carve out VMware in an initial public offering are getting their wish. EMC said after market close that it will sell 10 percent of VMware in an IPO. EMC retains ownership of VMware...
- Tags: General, Software Infrastructure, VMware, virtualization, EMC, EMC Corp., VMware Inc.
- Blog posts 2007-02-07
- The Vista anti-climax, Sun + Intel, XenSource vs. VMware and more...
- This week on the Dan & David Show, ZDNet Executive Editor Larry Dignan joins us to discuss Microsofts earning, its attempts to make gains in the search arena and the impact of unleashing Vista on the world January 30. We also analyze the Sun-Intel-AMD triangle and how XenSource is stacking...
- Tags: General, Open Source, Software Infrastructure, Hardware Infrastructure, Web Technology, Dan &, David Show, Apple, Microsoft, AMD, VMware, virtualization, Sun, podcast
- Blog posts 2007-01-26
- VMWare 1, server vendors 0
- Following EMCs strong fourth quarter results its safe to say that buying VMware was the best move the company has made. After all, VMware is driving EMCs growth and thats bad news for server vendors. Few things in the technology industry are truly zero sum games--except for popularity of...
- Tags: General, Hardware Infrastructure, VMware, virtualization, VMware Inc., server
- Blog posts 2007-01-23
- Should EMC and VMware separate?
- EMCs acquisition of virtualization software maker VMware completed in January 2004 may have been one of the better deals in the technology sector in the last three years. But perhaps its time for EMC to bid adieu. With NCRs planned spin-off of Teradata--its data warehousing software unit...
- Tags: Storage, VMware Inc., EMC Corp., Bill Shope
- Blog posts 2007-01-08
- Border patrol for Internet Explorer
- Border patrol for Internet ExplorerSure it is...Firefox is just IE with a different set of holes...d00d!IE 7 is still in beta - of course it is slow as molasses with all the error checking and debugging code in it while in beta.Reality check[i]"There have been zero exploits in the wild...
- Tags: Web browsers, vmware, Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Internet Explorer, Web browser, exploit, Microsoft Internet Explorer 7
- Discussion threads 2006-06-26
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- VMware Inc.
- VMWARE is a provider of virtualization solutions. Co.'s virtualization solutions represent an approach to computing that separates the operating system and application software from the...
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