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Virtualization, storage virtualization and server virtualization news, insight, blogs and product reviews. Coverage includes the virtualization topics like application virtualization, storage virtualization, server virtualization and OS virtualization.
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In an interview with eWEEK, former MySQL CEO Marten Mickos says there is "there's no rational argument" for preventing Oracle from acquiring all of Sun, including MySQL with its open source relational database software. The competitive pressure that MySQL exerts on the market will preserve the independence of the database no matter who owns the product, Mickos asserted.
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Virtualization may seem new, but it was around when eWEEK (then PC Week) made its debut. The roots of today's data center virtualization are easily traced to early mainframe systems of the 1970s and '80s. eWEEK Labs' Cameron Sturdevant connects the dots between his current virtualization coverage and his network management past.
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IBM announces three new green data center deals in emerging markets, which officials say are adopting energy-efficient IT solutions more quickly than their more developed counterparts. IBM says about half of its green data center revenue is coming in from outside the United States. Driving the demand is the high cost of power and the limited access in many of these regions, as well as their tendency to embrace new technologies.
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News Analysis: Cisco and Hewlett-Packard are coming at the next-generation data center with opposite strategies: Cisco wants to partner with the best available suppliers, and HP wants to be the one-stop shop for any enterprise. The general direction of all of this is toward cloud computing, and the question is who will become the go-to suppliers of new systems needed to run Internet-delivered services as older data centers get replaced during the next several years.
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Parallels introduces Desktop 5 for Mac, a solution for running a virtual PC on a Mac that the company claims is 300 percent faster than the previous version. The latest version of Parallels' Mac virtualization software is competing against VMware's Fusion 3.
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HP’s Converged Infrastructure Architecture relies heavily on the company’s own technology, a departure from the partner-heavy data center initiatives from such rivals as Cisco, Dell and IBM. The HP strategy includes hardware, software and services to create an infrastructure that brings together computing, storage, networking and management resources into a single pool designed to help increase businesses’ agility and efficiency and drive down operation and maintenance costs in the data center.
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Most of the 30 or so sessions on Day 1 of the Cloud Computing Conference & Expo were well-attended, and the three main presentations in the late afternoon were packed to standing-room-only status. That there exists plenty of hunger for information on this topic is a no-brainer.
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Via Technologies' new Nano 3000 line of x86 processors is intended for such devices as notebooks and all-in-one desktop PCs. Via officials say the chips offer more performance and better energy efficiency. Via's move comes the same day an analyst speculates that Nvidia may be preparing to enter the x86 CPU space as a way of protecting its graphics chips market share.
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Red Hat is rolling out its Enterprise Virtualization for Servers platform, which is aimed at heterogeneous server environments and cloud computing deployments. Red Hat officials said the platform—which includes a standalone hypervisor and management software—offers users better performance at a lower cost than competing products from VMware and Microsoft. A management solution for virtualized desktop environments will be available in early 2010, they said.
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The coalition -- along with processor maker Intel -- also announced that it is starting up a new, shared-equity company called Acadia to handle the specifics of marketing the new vBlock systems. vBlocks are preintegrated, preconfigured computing systems consisting of networkware from Cisco, storage/security/system management from EMC, and virtualization software from VMware.
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Four months after rolling out its Secure Cloud Solution for public cloud customers, Unisys is offering the software and services in a prepackaged solution for enterprises that want to build a private cloud computing environment. The move is the latest step by Unisys to offer a full cloud computing portfolio, and will be followed by a hybrid offering in 2010.
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It today’s tough economic times, most companies are looking for ways to reduce costs and cut operating expenses. Having seen the significant savings that can be had with server virtualization, many IT departments are eyeing storage virtualization as another way to rein in their budgets.
Similar to server virtualization, storage virtualization relies on the consolidation of storage systems so that there are fewer physical devices to manage. Additionally, storage resources can be used more efficiently via storage virtualization, and less storage capacity needs to be purchased. With these potential savings in mind, this video will give you a few tips to help you drive your storage virtualization savings.
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The VMware Fusion 3 desktop virtualization tool is a solid performer but offers very few "firsts" in its competitive space.
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VMware Fusion 3 enables the use of Windows, Linux and Mac virtual machines on a physical Mac system. Fusion 3 is competitive with Parallels Desktop Switch to Mac Edition and Sun VirtualBox, with a slight lead in terms of day-to-day operations. While VMware Fusion 3 is aimed at individual users, the product is a worthwhile choice for IT departments that are switching PC systems to Macs.
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Dell and Juniper Networks form a partnership allowing Dell to resell Juniper's routers, switches, gateway and software. In addition, Dell and Juniper plan to develop products for data centers that rely on virtualization technology. Earlier in 2009, Dell announced a partnership with Brocade to better compete against Cisco Systems and Hewlett-Packard.
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Virtualization may seem new, but it was around when eWEEK (then PC Week) made its debut. The roots of today's data center virtualization are easily traced to early mainframe systems of the 1970s and '80s. eWEEK Labs' Cameron Sturdevant connects the dots between his current virtualization coverage and his network management past.
Any organization that goes beyond dabbling with Hyper-V should use System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 to manage virtual resources in the Hyper-V component of Windows Server 2008 R2.
Hyper-V, part of the Windows Server 2008 R2 platform, provides some improvements that were absolutely necessary for Microsoft to even think of competing with VMware's latest offerings. Are they enough? eWEEK Labs' early look at the new Hyper-V shows that Microsoft still has a lot of ground to cover.
The 5.0 version of rBuilder boasts several major new features. eWEEK Labs' tests of the platform, through Version 5.2.1, shows that rBuilder makes it easier to churn out virtual machine images for immediate deployment, and that the Web-based management interface that rBuilder pairs with the appliances it creates is handy. However, Labs did run into some configuration issues, as well as some issues with the new Flash-based Web front end.
As part of its ongoing testing of the VMware vSphere 4 platform, eWEEK Labs puts the new host profiles feature to the test. Host profiles streamlines the configuration of new ESX hosts, and makes it easier for administrators to check for compliance.
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