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<item><title>Dell Speeds Up ROI for Enterprise</title>
<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 16:18:26 -0400</pubDate>
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<![CDATA[Dell has announced sweeping additions to its virtualization solutions suite, paying particular attention to accelerating the delivery of benefits to its corporate clientele. In an interview with Ziff-Davis Enterprise Contributing Editor Steve Kovsky, Dell Solutions Director Anthony Dina explains that in the past, customers were frustrated by the length of time it took for a new technology investment to pay for itself. Dells new approach emphasizes quicker returns and better measurement of each customers ROI.  Theres a lag time between when a  person decides they want to get after the advantage, and when they actually get the advantage, so with this announcement, we put a lot of effort into what we call ‘the fast track to efficiency,  Dina said. That fast-track approach calls for a combination of pre-configured hardware and software packages, bundled with advisory and consulting services that are designed to let companies plan, deploy and manage their server virtualization investment with a minimum of downtime or delay.<br/>   -   Video Content....]]></description>
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<item><title>VMware Looks to Lure Virtual Iron Users from Oracle</title>
<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2009 13:21:02 -0400</pubDate>
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<![CDATA[VMware is hoping to entice Virtual Iron customers away from Oracle, which bought Virtual Iron in May. Oracle reportedly is telling Virtual Iron partners that it is halting development of Virtual Iron products and will integrate the technology into its own Oracle VM platform. VMware is offering discounts on products, including its new vSphere 4 virtualization platform, to Virtual Iron customers.<br/>   -  VMware is offering discounts on products, including its new vSphere 4 virtualization platform, to customers of Virtual Iron, the virtualization company bought by Oracle in May.
VMware on June 7 unveiled what it calls “safe passage” to Virtual Iron customers in the wake of reports that Oracle will s...]]></description>
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<item><title>SMP-Enabled Sun xVM VirtualBox 3.0 Turns Up the Heat on VMware</title>
<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:58:07 -0400</pubDate>
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<![CDATA[Version 3.0 of Sun's xVM VirtualBox desktop virtualization tool adds support for multiple guest processors--a major feature addition that, when considered alongside the product's low cost (free) and broad host platform support, is certain to give VMware Workstation a run for its money.<br/>   -  Sun Microsystems' xVM VirtualBox, a no-cost virtualization tool that enables
virtual machines to run on a variety of standard operating systems, continues
to improve its position as a potential challenger to workstation products from
VMware and Parallels. 
Sun released Version 3.0 of xVM Virtual...]]></description>
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<item><title>Labs Gallery: Sun xVM VirtualBox 3.0 Ramps Up Challenge to VMware with SMP Support</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 02 Jul 2009 15:42:57 -0400</pubDate>
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<![CDATA[VirtualBox, Sun's open-source, cross-platform desktop virtualization product, now boasts support for multiple guest processors. Starting with Version 3.0, which began shipping on June 30, Sun's virtualization tool can expose up to 32 virtual processors to its guest instances. The rest of the changes in VirtualBox 3.0 are primarily bug fixes and tweaks. Even so, the  non-free  workstation products from VMware and Parallels will seem a little less shiny now that VirtualBox is sporting its SMP chops.<br/>   -  ...]]></description>
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<item><title>Citrix Challenges VMware with XenServer 5.5</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 14:46:14 -0400</pubDate>
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<![CDATA[Citrix Systems has begun allowing free downloads of XenServer 5.5, its virtualization platform that is being released less than a month after VMware started shipping its vSphere 4.0 offering May 21. In addition, Citrix rolls out upgraded versions of its Citrix Essentials for both XenServer and Microsoft's Hyper-V virtualization technology. Citrix officials say the initial interest in XenServer 5.5 indicates that businesses are looking for less costly and less complex virtualization options.<br/>   -  Citrix Systems is releasing the latest version of its XenServer platform,
less than a month after rival VMware began shipping its vSphere 4.0 offering.
XenServer 5.5 heightens Citrix's
competition with VMware, offering a host of new features, including
consolidated backup, enhanced conversion an...]]></description>
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<item><title>LG Monitors Will Use Virtualization Technology</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 18 Jun 2009 10:26:46 -0400</pubDate>
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<![CDATA[LG plans to start selling flat-screen monitors that can function as virtual computers, saving costs by allowing multiple users to run programs off a single standard PC.<br/>   -  SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - LG Electronics will start selling this
month flat-screen monitors that can function as virtual computers,
saving costs by allowing multiple users to run programs off a single
standard PC.
LG's new liquid crystal display SmartVine N-series monitors will
include embedded...]]></description>
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<item><title>HP, VMware Team Up on Virtualization Management</title>
<pubDate>Wed, 17 Jun 2009 00:15:48 -0400</pubDate>
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<![CDATA[HP and VMware are growing their partnership to make it easier for businesses to manage their virtualized and physical environments using a single offering. VMware is incorporating HPs Discover and Dependency Mapping app into its upcoming vCenter ConfigControl software. In addition, HP is supporting VMwares ThinApp software with its own Client Automation management software.<br/>   -  Hewlett-Packard and VMware are looking to make it easier for businesses to
manage their virtual and physical client and server environments.
The two companies at the HP Software Universe 2009 show June 16 in Las
Vegas announced that VMware in 2010 will integrate
HPs Discovery and Dependency Mapp...]]></description>
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<item><title>Managing IT as a Service</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 13:24:09 -0400</pubDate>
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<![CDATA[In this eWEEK podcast hosted by Mike Vizard, Fortisphere Chief Technology Officer John Suit talks about how virtualization technologies are changing the way IT organizations need to think about systems and applications management.<br/>   -  Audio Podcast Content....]]></description>
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<item><title>VMware Marketplace Is Important Piece of Virtualization Puzzle</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 11 Jun 2009 10:40:04 -0400</pubDate>
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<![CDATA[VMware has significantly improved its VMware Marketplace, but there are many improvements that could be made to ease/drive virtual appliance acquisition, implementation and support.<br/>   -  In
the first of a series of reviews I'm writing about VMware vSphere 4, I focused
on important new features such as the vNetwork Distributed Switch and improved
management tools.
As
a product reviewer, that's my job to focus on the product. But as an industry
analyst, one of the big changes at...]]></description>
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<item><title>VMware Virtual Desktops Find Homes in Hospitals</title>
<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2009 15:14:13 -0400</pubDate>
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<![CDATA[VMware is looking at the health care industry as one of the key areas as it looks to grow its VMware View virtualized desktop environment. Several hospitals say theyve been able to save money, reduce power consumption, and make it easier for doctors and nurses to get around by using VMware View. VMware is finding itself in an increasingly competitive space, with vendors like Microsoft and Citrix looking to grab larger shares of the desktop virtualization space.<br/>   -  VMware officials are touting the attention their desktop virtualization
technology is getting from hospitals, which are using it to enable health care
providers to more easily move from one patient to another and to streamline the
tasks of upgrading applications and protecting data.
VMware June ...]]></description>
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<item><title>vSphere 4 Puts VMware Well Ahead of Virtualization Pack</title>
<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jun 2009 11:26:28 -0400</pubDate>
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<![CDATA[VMware's vSphere 4 takes ESX and VirtualCenter, now called vCenter Server, ahead of the pack by adding new network and performance functions. The network changes now provide a virtual switch that can encompass multiple ESX host systems and will also support third-party wares from vendors including Cisco. You must be able to measure to manage, and VMware has made several simple changes that bring virtual and physical performance metrics to the fore so that IT managers can make informed decisions about how to position virtual machines and application workloads.<br/>   -  ...]]></description>
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<item><title>VMware vSphere 4 Raises the Virtualization Bar</title>
<pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2009 22:53:40 -0400</pubDate>
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<![CDATA[REVIEW: VMware vSphere 4--the renamed and upgraded VMware Infrastructure--will allow IT departments to place application workloads on the most cost-effective compute resource. With its new vNetwork Distributed Switch and support for third-party, integrated network switches, vSphere 4 removes barriers that made it difficult to implement and manage virtual machine infrastructure on a large scale. Advances made in this version of VMware's infrastructure platform also include new linked management consoles, host profiles that ease ESX Server creation and maintenance operations, and enhanced virtual machine performance monitors.<br/>   -  VMware has changed the name of its flagship VMware Infrastructure to VMware
vSphere 4, and in the process has added new switching and management features
that raise the bar for x86 data center virtualization technology. 
The VMware marketing team has been working overtime to promote vSphere 4 as...]]></description>
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<item><title>Cisco's Nexus 1000v Virtual Switch Is Poised to Push Virtualization Further, Faster</title>
<pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 10:14:27 -0400</pubDate>
<link>http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Virtualization/Ciscos-Nexus-1000v-Virtual-Switch-Is-Poised-to-Push-Virtualization-Further-Faster-893477/?kc=rss</link>
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<![CDATA[Virtualization in the enterprise is about to open up, and it's not because of VMware's new vSphere, Microsoft's Hyper-V or Cisco's Unified Computing System. The tipping point will come with the release of Cisco's 1000v virtual switch, which will open up virtualization to companies' networking groups, lowering barriers and opening new possibilities.<br/>   -  While I accept that x86-based server virtualization is a growing
fact of life in the data center, it wasn't until I took a troubleshooting class
at Interop Las Vegas in May that I fully understood why server virtualization
is about to go further, faster.
The trigger isnt virtualization giant VMw...]]></description>
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<item><title>Managing Virtualization</title>
<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2009 09:17:33 -0400</pubDate>
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<![CDATA[In this eWEEK podcast hosted by Mike Vizard, Reflex Systems CEO Pete Privateer explains why IT organizations need to take a more structured approach to managing virtualization that encompasses security concerns.<br/>   -  Audio Podcast Content....]]></description>
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<item><title>VMware Releases vSphere 4 to the Clouds</title>
<pubDate>Thu, 21 May 2009 12:08:45 -0400</pubDate>
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<![CDATA[vSphere 4 is the first major upgrade to VMware's main virtualization package in three years. The Palo Alto, Calif.-based company is dubbing vSphere 4 a  cloud operating system  that enables the delivery of IT infrastructure as a service within a company's IT system.<br/>   -  One month to the day after announcing
the impending arrival of vSphere 4, virtualization market leader VMware on
May 21 released for general availability the latest version of its
industry-leading hypervisor development package.

vSphere 4 is the first major upgrade to VMware's main product in ...]]></description>
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