Cameron Sturdevant

VMware Workstation 6.5 is an outstanding tool for creating and running a wide variety of virtual machines on a stand-alone PC or laptop with best-in-class setup and administration tools. The latest version of VMware Workstation is an excellent tool for developers, multiplatform power users and anyone who needs to emulate a network of computers on […]

2009 is going to be a year when struggling companies acquire even weaker competitors. IT’s role in this scenario is to smooth the integration of business systems. This means boning up on consolidation skills. Work forces will be combined and shrunk. For the IT department at the acquiring company, this means getting immediate control of […]

I assumed that when Microsoft released its Hyper-V server virtualization platform that VMware ESX would face serious competition. I thought that the competition between these two x86 hypervisor tools would almost immediately generate a need for cross-platform management tools. Based on my conversation with several eWEEK Corporate Partners–our enterprise IT advisory experts–it turns out that […]

eWEEK Labs Walk-through: Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager eWEEK Labs Walk-through: Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Managerby Cameron Sturdevant Creating New VMs My Microsoft Windows Server 2008 system is called “Hyper-me,” and here we see the first steps in creating a new VM on the system. Since the Hyper-V role was already enabled, VMM […]

I’ve been spending some time with the newly released Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008. The two most important new features, according to Microsoft, are: “With VMM 2008, you can create and manage virtual machines running on Hyper-V hosts. When adding hosts, if you add a host that is running Windows Server 2008 and […]

In my recent reviews of application whitelisting products from CA and Bit9 I had a chance to work with eWEEK Labs Executive Editor Jason Brooks. In his technical analysis (Born to Run: Application Whitelisting,) Brooks advised enterprise IT managers to evaluate this technology. You can read my reviews of two application whitelisting tools that ran […]

The Raritan Dominion PX is a 1U power distribution unit that provides control over individual outlets to measure power utilization and enable remote reboot. The Dominion PX is a good device for gaining an understanding of real-time power usage in the data center while extending labor-cost-saving control to rack-mounted equipment. It looks like a big […]

Green IT has always been about cutting costs as well as saving the environment, but in these extremely tight economic times, green IT is the color of money. In the last couple of years, several computing solutions have emerged as naturals in the quest to go green. Chief among these is server virtualization, but there […]

The Check Point VPN-1 VE (Virtual Edition) is the first release of the company’s security gateway delivered as a virtual appliance for deployment in VMware ESX and ESXi environments. VPN-1 VE runs on the same Check Point SecurePlatform as a physical VPN-1 software appliance and can easily be integrated into existing Check Point security management […]

Novell ZENworks Application Virtualization 6.1 Novell ZENworks Application Virtualization 6.1 – Capture the Before Snapshot The usual first step in getting ready to capture an application for packaging and distribution. Keep in mind that Novell is going to add some secret sauce to make this app (Microsoft Office 2003 Professional) run in a virtualized state, […]

Novell ZENworks Application Virtualization makes short work of eliminating application conflicts on Windows desktops by isolating programs from the underlying operating system. ZAV still allows applications to interact with each other to enhance user productivity, and the product is a worthy addition to Novell’s virtualization portfolio. IT managers who are looking to take the next […]

CA’s Host-Based Intrusion Prevention System combines a trusted application repository with blacklisting tools, including IPS, firewall and operating system system security settings, to create a serviceable but not stellar application whitelisting offering. IT managers who already use CA anti-virus or anti-spyware tools for centrally managed, stand-alone threat management should consider CA HIPS to add application […]