http://www.eweek.com Virtualization - RSS Feeds en-us Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:51:49 -0500 Mon, 23 Nov 2009 01:51:49 -0500 Tue, 17 Nov 2009 22:09:19 -0500 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Virtualization/Is-Virtualization-Becoming-the-Turducken-of-the-IT-World-231429/?kc=rss - It's just about Thanksgiving, but I feel like I already have a refrigerator full of turducken leftovers in the form of client VMs scattered across my lab bench. For those not familiar with the term, a turducken is a partial deboned turkey that is stuffed with a deboned duck that is stuffed with ...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Virtualization/Is-Virtualization-Becoming-the-Turducken-of-the-IT-World-231429/?kc=rss Tue, 17 Nov 2009 21:20:08 -0500 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Virtualization/REVIEW-Windows-7-Support-Boosts-VMware-Workstation-7-605460/?kc=rss - VMware Workstation 7, the latest version of VMware's desktop virtualization tool, carries on the tradition of providing premium technology for developers and power users. Released in October with a list price of $189, VMware Workstation 7 fully supports Windows 7 and Windows XP Mode virtual ma...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Virtualization/REVIEW-Windows-7-Support-Boosts-VMware-Workstation-7-605460/?kc=rss Tue, 17 Nov 2009 15:05:54 -0500 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Virtualization/How-to-Use-Virtualization-to-Accelerate-Remote-Backup-and-WAN-Replication/?kc=rss - The remote backup and recovery end game is simple. You should be able to perform frequent backups with shorter backup windows to protect as much company information as possible. You should be able to do this regardless of the miles between your source and target replication locations. But befor...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Virtualization/How-to-Use-Virtualization-to-Accelerate-Remote-Backup-and-WAN-Replication/?kc=rss Tue, 17 Nov 2009 14:46:22 -0500 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Virtualization/HP-Expands-Thin-Client-Desktop-Virtualization-Offerings-645406/?kc=rss - The recovery in the global economy, coupled with Microsoft's October release of Windows 7, is creating an environment in which businesses are taking a hard look at new technology, including desktop virtualization, according to Hewlett-Packard officials. With that in mind, HP on Nov. 17 launched ...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Virtualization/HP-Expands-Thin-Client-Desktop-Virtualization-Offerings-645406/?kc=rss Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:16:30 -0500 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Virtualization/Wyse-Sun-Push-Desktop-Virtualization-Strategies-895148/?kc=rss - Vendors are continuing to make their pushes into the burgeoning desktop virtualization space. Two days after VMware unveiled the latest version of its View client virtualization technology, and a month after Citrix Systems announced its XenDesktop 4 offering, thin-client maker Wyse Technology is...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Virtualization/Wyse-Sun-Push-Desktop-Virtualization-Strategies-895148/?kc=rss Mon, 09 Nov 2009 13:46:55 -0500 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Virtualization/VMware-Improves-Desktop-Virtualization-Scalability-Costs-with-View-4-867167/?kc=rss - ...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Virtualization/VMware-Improves-Desktop-Virtualization-Scalability-Costs-with-View-4-867167/?kc=rss Mon, 09 Nov 2009 00:51:42 -0500 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Virtualization/VMware-View-4-Leverages-vSphere-CiscoEMC-Alliance-599205/?kc=rss - VMware is taking advantage of its vSphere 4 platform and partnership with Cisco Systems, EMC and others to roll out its latest desktop virtualization offering designed to improve the user experience and drive down costs. VMware officials Nov. 9 are unveiling View 4, which they said includes simpli...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Virtualization/VMware-View-4-Leverages-vSphere-CiscoEMC-Alliance-599205/?kc=rss Fri, 06 Nov 2009 05:25:25 -0500 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Virtualization/eWEEK-at-25-Virtualizations-Impact-Spans-Decades-482019/?kc=rss - Virtualization may seem new, but it was around when 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. I started working in the IT industry in 1987, supporting PC-based emulation software that replaced ter...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Virtualization/eWEEK-at-25-Virtualizations-Impact-Spans-Decades-482019/?kc=rss Tue, 03 Nov 2009 13:56:35 -0500 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Virtualization/Red-Hat-Takes-on-VMware-Microsoft-in-Server-Virtualization-400001/?kc=rss - Red Hat is continuing to expand its virtualization strategy, rolling out the latest parts of its enterprise portfolio that is aimed at heterogeneous servers and cloud computing environments. Red Hat Nov. 3 unveiled its Enterprise Virtualization for Servers platform, which includes a standalone h...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Virtualization/Red-Hat-Takes-on-VMware-Microsoft-in-Server-Virtualization-400001/?kc=rss Mon, 26 Oct 2009 11:01:58 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Virtualization/CA-Bulks-Up-Virtualization-Offerings-455804/?kc=rss - CA is ramping up its virtualization management offerings with new and enhanced products aimed at easing the tasks of implementing and securing virtualized environments. The new offerings, announced Oct. 26, touch on everything from management and compliance to automation and energy efficiency. “...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Virtualization/CA-Bulks-Up-Virtualization-Offerings-455804/?kc=rss Wed, 21 Oct 2009 18:02:07 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Virtualization/VMware-Revenues-Up-but-Profits-Drop-54-207850/?kc=rss - Enterprise virtualization market leader VMware, like just about everybody else in IT, is still feeling the pinch of a slow-recovering world economy, but it appears to be holding its own in the face of a nagging buying slowdown. The hypervisor maker, majority owned by storage giant EMC, reporte...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Virtualization/VMware-Revenues-Up-but-Profits-Drop-54-207850/?kc=rss Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:50:28 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Virtualization/Server-Virtualization-Adoption-Growing-Rapidly-Gartner-821995/?kc=rss - Businesses aren't using server virtualization to the extent that many people might think, but use of the technology is going to grow rapidly, according to Gartner analysts. At the Gartner Symposium/ITxpo Oct. 21 in Orlando, Fla., analysts said only 16 percent of current IT workloads are running...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Virtualization/Server-Virtualization-Adoption-Growing-Rapidly-Gartner-821995/?kc=rss Fri, 16 Oct 2009 14:30:57 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Virtualization/Ten-Things-You-Should-Know-Before-VMs-Take-Over-Your-Data-Center-760960/?kc=rss - ...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Virtualization/Ten-Things-You-Should-Know-Before-VMs-Take-Over-Your-Data-Center-760960/?kc=rss Wed, 14 Oct 2009 11:07:10 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Virtualization/Citrix-Entices-VMware-Customers-to-Choose-XenServer-Microsoft-HyperV-853152/?kc=rss - Citrix Systems is kicking off a program designed to lure businesses away from VMware server virtualization technology and to Citrixs XenServer product or Microsofts Hyper-V offering. Citrix officials unveiled Project Open Door Oct. 14, offering free support, training and migration tools to enter...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Virtualization/Citrix-Entices-VMware-Customers-to-Choose-XenServer-Microsoft-HyperV-853152/?kc=rss Fri, 09 Oct 2009 15:46:29 -0400 http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Virtualization/10-Things-You-Need-to-Know-Now-About-Data-Deduplication-395738/?kc=rss - ...]]> http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Virtualization/10-Things-You-Need-to-Know-Now-About-Data-Deduplication-395738/?kc=rss