Cameron Sturdevant

I just finished looking at the service pack 1 beta for Windows Server 2008 R2 and the initial results are positive. It’s also clear that IT managers should take a close look at the new features made possible by the RemoteFX technology that is being woven into both Windows Server and Windows 7. Here’s a […]

RemoteFX Adds Dimension to Hyper-V VDI in Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 Beta by Cameron Sturdevant Overview In the upper right you see the virtual machines I used to look at SP1. These VMs were running on a physical system with a professional-class graphics card that was used to support the new RemoteFX display […]

The Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 beta adds Dynamic Memory host memory management and RemoteFX to enhance VDI (virtual desktop infrastructure) implementations. eWEEK Labs’ review of the beta shows that the new functionality enhances Hyper-V virtualization and VMware still sets the pace in enterprise VM infrastructure. Read my full review at eweek.com.

VMware vCloud Director lowers the barrier to creating private and hybrid cloud offerings by enabling IT to offer a virtual data center as a service catalog offering. vCloud director puts an easy access interface on compute, storage and network resource pools and wraps policy around deployment options to maintain separation and security. Read my full […]

Cisco introduces data center Layer 2 multipath NX-OS feature for the Nexus 7000 that has the goal of increasing network performance by eliminating barriers imposed by STP (Spanning Tree Protocol). Read my full review at eweek.com.

eWEEK Labs provides guidance for selecting a mobile workstation for those high-value employees who most process compute-intensive workloads while on the road. Read my full review at eweek.com.

My lab colleague Andrew Garcia handed me one of his test mobile phones and as a result, on October 23 I’ll be saying goodbye to AT&T and my iPhone 3G in that order. I’ll likely being saying “hello” to Sprint and an HTC EVO. I’m fed up with four years of not being able to […]

Recent arrival at labs.eweek.com is the latest version of Entuity’s “Eye of the Storm” 2010 edition. EYE started shipping at the end of last year and starts at $50,000. I haven’t yet used EYE, so if there is someone out there that would like to share your experience, please go to here for your opportunity. […]

vSphere 4.1 Maintains VMware at the Front of the Virtual Infrastructure Pack by Cameron Sturdevant Network I/O Control A vNetwork Distributed Switch can now assign priority to a variety of traffic types. Memory Compression vSphere 4.1 now adds a method to compress memory pages to reduce swapping and improve performance. Storage I/O Control vSphere 4.1 […]

Forefront Identity Manager comforts IT pros who must keep track of troublesome user identity, access and authorization tasks in enterprise and federated environments. Read my full review at eweek.com.

Review: VMware vSphere 4.1’s memory compression, storage and network I/O control, along with a cluster limit increase, make the latest virtual machine platform suited for enterprise production use. Read my full review at eweek.com.

VMware vSphere 4.1’s new features act as a referee when VMs contend for scarce resources. Read my full review at eweek.com.