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Virtualization introduces a new capacity management paradigm, forcing IT administrators to reassess how they currently plan and manage data center capacity. Here, Knowledge Center contributor Rob Smoot discusses various capacity management methods, explaining why capacity management is important, and how it differs in the physical world versus a virtualized one.
Tech Dinosaurs of Years Past
Today’s top products might end up in tomorrow’s scrap heap.
PCs Litter the Path to VDI
The option to use virtual desktops is becoming more feasible, but stiff hardware requirements, steep licensing costs and cloud alternatives should give IT managers pause about the technology.
VMware Beats Street Forecasts in Q4 Earnings Report
VMware reports its revenue increased 18 percent to $608 million in the fourth quarter, substantially above the average analyst forecast of $554 million. The virtualization company also reports profit of 31 cents a share, which beat the average analyst forecast of 26 cents.
REVIEW: VMware View 4's New Transport Protocol Increases Usefulness, Performance of VDI Platform
VMware View 4 uses a specialized transport protocol to squeeze out lag time and significantly increase the number of monitors supported by the virtual desktop. The VMware View 4 platform worked well in eWEEK Labs' tests--delivering full desktop and application functionality to a variety of endpoint systems, including thin clients, Linux-based systems and older Windows-based PCs. VMware View centralizes OS and application management tasks while significantly reducing help desk calls by preventing end-user tampering with desktop systems. However, IT managers must balance those savings against the platform's costs.
LABS GALLERY: VMware View 4 Provides Rich Virtual Desktop Experience
VMware View 4 pushes virtual desktop delivery with its PCoIP, a new protocol that enables support for multiple high-resolution monitors and responsive end-user interaction.
How to Secure Privileged Information within Virtualized Infrastructures
Ensuring the security of proprietary data within a virtualized environment is more important than ever, yet the standards established to protect companies against damaging threats continue to confound many. Here, Knowledge Center contributor Robert Grapes explains how companies can build privileged access management into the virtualization implementation process to ensure that the benefits of the virtualized environment outweigh the risks.
VMware's Zimbra Buy All About Simplicity
Continuing on its mission to bring greater simplicity to users of its cloud platform, VMware announces its agreement to acquire Zimbra, a provider of e-mail and collaboration software, from Yahoo.
NetEx Bringing WAN Optimization Support to Microsoft Hyper-V
NetEx, whose HyperIP WAN optimization software already accelerates the migration of VMware images over long distances to remote sites, is now looking to offer the same capabilities to Microsoft’s Hyper-V virtualization offering. The Microsoft Hyper-V support will come in the next version of HyperIP, which will be released in the first quarter of 2010.
VMware Workstation 7 Maintains Leader Position for Developer Desktop Virtualization
VMware Workstation 7 adds support for Microsoft's Windows 7 operating system along with Windows XP Mode and complete support for VMware's data center infrastructure products including vSphere 4.
Labs Outlook 2010: Server Virtualization Will Hit a Wall
Recession-battered companies that are already highly efficient will hold server virtualization adoption steady in 2010. This prediction could be proved wrong if two of 2009's big releases bear fruit in 2010: VMware's vSphere 4 and Microsoft's Windows Server 2008 R2 with Hyper-V.
LABS GALLERY: Labs Tests Three Means to a Windows-on-Mac OS X End
Running Windows on the Apple Mac platform using virtualization products is bringing us closer to the day when Microsoft workloads will run as just another application on Mac systems. eWEEK Labs has recently tested three of the virtualization platforms that enable Windows applications to run on Macs #151VMware Fusion, Parallels Desktop for Mac and Sun VirtualBox. The VMware and Parallels products #151both of which cost about $80 #151run neck-in-neck in terms of support for Boot Camp partitions and Windows 7 virtual machines. Sun's VirtualBox offering wins on price #151it's free. Check out the highlights of each of these & Wappple& bridges in the following slideshow. (Links to full reviews of the products are on the last slide.)
Virtualization Ready for Prime Time
Virtualization is easiest to roll out and exploit in test/dev scenarios, but companies have been leery of trusting their mission-critical and compute-intensive applications to virtual machines. The technology is ready, though, and the benefits can be significant.
Is Virtualization Becoming the Turducken of the IT World?
VMs-within-VMs-within-VMs raise new virtualization promises and concerns.
REVIEW: Windows 7 Support Boosts VMware Workstation 7
Version 7 of VMware Workstation adeptly virtualizes Windows 7, Windows XP Mode and enterprise VMware platforms.
How to Use Virtualization to Accelerate Remote Backup and WAN Replication
IT managers need to build efficient, cost-effective disaster recovery infrastructures within the enterprise. Virtualization initiatives are dictating that the amount of hardware supported in remote replication sites be reduced. Here, Knowledge Center contributor Shawn Cooney explains how to use software-based WAN optimization technology to accelerate remote backup and WAN replication and how, by embracing virtualization, efficient remote disaster recovery can be achieved.
HP Expands Thin-Client, Desktop Virtualization Offerings
Hewlett-Packard is rolling out new hardware, software and services designed to help businesses more easily adopt and implement desktop virtualization environments. The economic recovery and the release of Microsoft's Windows 7 operating system are fueling interest in client virtualization among businesses looking to reduce costs and increase the manageability of their computing environments.
Wyse, Sun Push Desktop Virtualization Strategies
Wyse is announcing support for VMware’s new View 4 and Citrix’s new XenDesktop 4 desktop virtualization technologies, saying current and future Windows and ThinOS systems will support the offerings. Sun Microsystems is releasing the latest version of its Sun Ray Software, which gives customers the ability to use it with their Windows desktop and notebook PCs as alternatives to Sun Rays to access applications in virtualized environments. Sun Ray Software 5 also offers improved Adobe Flash performance.
VMware Improves Desktop Virtualization Scalability, Costs with View 4
VMware is rolling out View 4, the latest version of its desktop virtualization offering that leverages the company's vSphere 4 virtualization platform and the strong partnership VMware has with EMC and Cisco Systems. View 4 is designed to let businesses run their desktop virtualization environment as a managed service model, which VMware officials say will increase the user experience and scalability of desktop virtualization deployments while cutting TCO costs by as much as 50 percent. With such features as the PC over IP protocol and a strong ecosystem that includes Cisco, HP, Dell and IBM, VMware is looking to drive the adoption of desktop virtualization into the mainstream enterprise space, where IT administrators can see the benefits but are worried about acquisition costs, scalability and user experience, according to VMware officials.
VMware View 4 Leverages vSphere, Cisco-EMC Alliance
VMware is rolling out the latest version of its desktop virtualization product, View 4, which is built atop the vendor’s vSphere 4 virtualization platform and benefits from VMware’s partnership with Cisco and EMC. VMware officials say View 4 will improve the scalability and user experience in desktop virtualization environments while reducing costs.