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- I want an iPhoneStormDroid
- I want an iPhoneStormDroidUmm, Xen's been doing this for over a year...The Xen hypervisor has been shown on a future Samsung PDA prototype doing exactly this for a long time - about a year and a half. Great to see Wind River finally catch on, but notice how the...
- Tags: Keyboards, Operating systems, Xen Hypervisor, operating system, Apple iPhone, crashe, iPhoneStormDroid, keyboard, HTC Touch Pro, Wind River Systems Inc., phone, HTC Touch, High Tech Computer Corp., Xen
- Discussion threads 2008-11-25
- Analysts call Oracle's virtualization bluff
- Oracle on Monday announced its own server virtualization software and claimed it was three times more efficient than rival products. VMware shares were whacked on the news. What a difference a day makes. On Tuesday, analysts called Oracle's virtualization announcement "virtual FUD" and noted it was reminiscent to the company's...
- Tags: Hypervisor, Oracle Corp., VMware Inc., Xen Hypervisor, Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Linux, Hardware, Storage, Operating Systems, Software, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2007-11-13
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- Red Hat, Microsoft deliver on virtualization interop promises
- It's more than notable that Red Hat and Microsoft have delivered on some aspects of their cross certification virtualization promises. Here's what was delivered today (verbatim, from the Red Hat press release), following pledges of both companies last February: Validation of Red Hat Enterprise...
- Tags: Virtualization, Microsoft Windows Server, Red Hat Inc., Microsoft Corp., Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Open Source, Linux, Servers, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Hardware, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2009-10-07
- VMFS-3, How Do I Despise Thee
- Sounds bad... How about Red Hat's new stuff?A nasty experience... Have a glass of fine cognac to recover. No ice (the horror!), no mixing barbaric, at the perfect temperature of 18 degrees Celsius. Cheers. :-)How about Red Hat's new virtualization stuff in RHEL 5.4? Is that a better alternative?http://blogs.zdnet.com/virtualization/?p=1234Salut, Pjotr.RE:...
- Tags: Virtualization, OPEN SOURCE, Servers, UNIX, Operating systems, KVM, VMFS-3, vSphere, VMware Inc., RHEL 5.4, Red Hat Inc.
- Discussion threads 2009-09-04
- Red Hat becomes bona fide virtualization vendor
- It's no surprise that Red Hat is taking pot shots at VMware and Microsoft these days. The Raleigh, NC company has always slammed Microsoft but is not just a Linux vendor anymore. By virtue of its acquisition of Qumranet and its release of Enterprise Linux 5.4 this...
- Tags: Desktop, Hypervisor, Red Hat Inc., Open Source, Virtualization, Hardware, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2009-09-04
- When is a VMware cloud a vCloud? Let the API wars begin
- Attention enterprises â€"Pop Quiz: If your favorite hosting provider launches a cloud service that supports VMware vSphere and is part of the VMware vCloud initative, are they providing you with the rich vCloud functionality VMware is touting at VMworld this week? The answer is no, because vCloud...
- Tags: API, Amazon.com Inc., VMware Inc., Virtualization, Hardware, James Staten
- Blog posts 2009-09-02
- Xen.org: Stop the forking. Forrester: About time
- Xen.org, the open source community behind the leading IaaS cloud computing hypervisor finally made a bold move today by stepping up to the plate of delivering a complete open source virtual infrastructure for cloud platforms. Prior to this release, Xen.org had been content to manage and maintain the core Xen...
- Tags: Hypervisor, Xen, About Time Inc., Forrester Research Inc., Xen.org, Linux, Virtualization, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Hardware, James Staten
- Blog posts 2009-08-31
- Supporting Cloud Computing With the Virtual Block Store System
- The fast development of cloud computing systems stimulate the needs for a standalone block storage system, which can provide persistent block storage services to the virtual machines maintained by the clouds. This paper presents the Virtual Block Store VBS System, a standalone block storage system built on the basis of...
- Tags: Virtual Machine, Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage, Desktop Virtualization, Hardware
- White papers 2009-08-27
- Geek Sheet: Virtualizing Free Linux Distributions in Windows Server 2008 R2
- cool.......:)ntAnd why Jason would anyone in their right mind want to do this?ntFor the same reasons...You'd do it in VMWare. The difference is that this solution is free. You want live migration or anything else VMWare does you'll have to pay for it. Hyper-V is an excellent hypervisor.Would you run...
- Tags: Virtualization, Operating systems, Microsoft Windows Server, Xen, hypervisor, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Server Hyper-V, Linux, open source, Microsoft Windows Server 2008
- Discussion threads 2009-08-09
- Geek Sheet: Virtualizing Free Linux Distributions in Windows Server 2008 R2
- It's been a while since we've had a hardcore Geek Sheet installment, and I promise that this one will be a real winner. Some of you may be aware that the updated Hyper-V bare-metal hypervisor virtualization layer in Microsoft's upcoming Windows Server 2008 R2 (Which is due...
- Tags: Red Hat Enterprise Linux, Linux Distribution, Mouse, Network, Microsoft Windows Server, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows Server Hyper-V, SLES, LinuxIC, OpenSUSE 11.1, ENTER, Linux, UNIX, Open Source, Operating Systems, Servers, Software, Hardware, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2009-08-09
- Is Microsoft's GPL2 support really a big deal?
- Is Microsoft's GPL2 support really a big deal?Doesn't this prove that MS patent claims against Linux were a scam?If it really violated their patents, why would they release code for it?RE: Is Microsoft's GPL2 support really a big deal?Microsoft is simply acknowledging that which most "pundits" such as Ms Rooney...
- Tags: UNIX, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Virtualization, Microsoft Corp., GPL 2, Linux, big deal, Microsoft Windows Server Hyper-V
- Discussion threads 2009-07-21
- Sun VirtualBox 3.0
- Sun Microsystems released VirtualBox 3.0 today. One goal of this release is supporting workloads, such as database management systems, some collaborative applications and many web-based applications that rely on multiple processes running simultaneously. Another is offering support for high performance graphics for desktop applications. Here's...
- Tags: Innotek VirtualBox, Hypervisor, Sun Microsystems Inc., VirtualBox 3.0, Desktop Virtualization, Hardware, Virtualization, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2009-06-30
- Another view on Red Hat's Virtualization Portfolio
- Red Hat just trumpeted that its Virtualization Portfolio was just about cooked and ready to serve. While that announcement see Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Beta Draws Industry Interest did gather some industry comment, including that made by my colleage Paula Rooney (see Red Hat's KVM-based virtualization platform moves into beta...
- Tags: Virtualization, Red Hat Inc., Open Source, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2009-06-22
- Red Hat's KVM-based virtualization platform moves into beta testing
- It was a big day for Xen and a big day for the other open source virtualizatio hypervisor as well. Red Hat's KVM-based virtualization platform -- including a standalone hypervisor, virtualization manager for servers and virtualization manager for the desktop -- moved into beta testing on Tuesday....
- Tags: Hypervisor, Red Hat Inc., Xen, KVM, Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Open Source, Hardware, Storage, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2009-06-16
- 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
- Oracle enhances VM management with Virtual Iron acquisition
- The rumors are true. Oracle has finally announced that its intent to acquire Virtual Iron for its virtual server management capabilities. It's a nice fit for Oracle, which has its own Xen-based virtualization platform called Oracle VM. Up until now, Virtual Iron has been selling its management...
- Tags: Acquisition, Oracle Corp., Xen, Virtual Iron, Virtualization, Server Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Servers, Storage, James Staten
- Blog posts 2009-05-13
- Oracle buys Virtual Iron
- I just got word that Oracle has continued its spending spree by acquiriring Virtual Iron. After Oracle's acquistion of Sun (see Oracle to Buy Sun - View from the Virtual World), it is clear that Oracle is building a soup to nuts virtualization story. Here's what Oracle has to...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Virtual Iron, Virtualization, Hardware, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2009-05-13
- Citrix C3 â€" Where are the partners?
- Citrix put some significant new meat on the bones of its Citrix Cloud Center (C3) offering last week but left behind one crucial element. Who are the partners delivering this offering? At its annual customer get together, Citrix Synergy 2009, the company fulfilled our prediction of the true...
- Tags: Citrix Systems Inc., Internet Service Provider, Service Provider, Internet Service, Citrix C3 Strategy, Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Business Services, Internet, James Staten
- Blog posts 2009-05-11
- Citrix dazzles market -- and Microsoft -- with new Xen products
- Citrix is putting some dazzle into its expanding virtualization and application delivery software portfolio -- and its relationship with Microsoft. At its annual conference known as Synergy 2009, the Ft Lauderdale, Fl company launched a series of new products and upgrades of its Xen virtualization software and...
- Tags: Citrix Systems Inc., Xen, Microsoft Corp., Citrix Receiver Receiver, HDX Technology, Citrix XenServer 5.5 XenServer 5.5, Storage Integration Capability, Cloud Computing, Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2009-05-05
- Covetus the Sun installed base
- The value of Sun’s Solaris installed base proved its worth once again this week as Oracle found it too tempting to pass up and pulled the trigger trumping IBM. A large percent of Oracle’s most profitable customers run their Oracle wares on Solaris and for them to fall further into...
- Tags: Oracle Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., Sun Solaris, Virtualization, UNIX, Operating Systems, Utility Computing, Servers, Storage, Software, Hardware, James Staten
- Blog posts 2009-04-20
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