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How To Use Cloud Computing and Virtualization to Create Virtual Data Centers

Mon, 14 Sep 2009 06:45:00 EDT

Many IT organizations have inadequate governance processes to control the provisioning of virtual servers, resulting in problems including virtual server sprawl. Some IT organizations are building private or internal cloud environments to capture the benefits of cloud computing, yet they lack management tools to provide visibility into usage and costs. Successful IT service management, including the use of a Service Catalog, is critical to realizing the benefits of virtualization.

Accelerating the Move to Cloud-Based Client Computing

Mon, 13 Apr 2009 17:00:00 EDT

For a long time we have known that corporate use of PCs is inefficient and overly expensive: analysts estimate that a typical PC costs around three times as much as its purchase price to manage over the PC’s lifetime. But, until recently, there has been little that organizations could do to change the situation while still delivering acceptable service. Virtualization has changed this in a number of important ways: the physical PC need no longer be the key delivery mechanism and, hence, images can be hosted pretty much anywhere.

The Role of the Network in New Virtualization and Cloud Computing Initiatives

Fri, 20 Feb 2009 05:42:00 EST

Despite the gloom and doom in the news, no one seems to be predicting that the spread of TCP/IP will be slowed by a global recession. Most analysts are more concerned with how the network will be monetized and the role it will play in new virtualization and cloud computing initiatives. That means that the networking industry needs to articulate its relevance to these initiatives more forcefully as IT automation initiatives continue to connect to the static TCP/IP network.

Virtualization 2.0 Is All About Manageability

Mon, 01 Dec 2008 12:45:00 EST

With virtual infrastructures becoming prevalent in production environments and often supporting critical business services, the second phase of virtualization is here. In Virtualization 2.0, it's all about manageability. The shifting emphasis to business service management rather than just virtual machine management means that it is no longer sufficient to simply monitor the uptime or resource usage of virtual machines and servers and believe that the entire IT infrastructure is working well.

How to Manage Application Performance and Load Testing in Virtual Environments

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 15:00:00 EST

Gone are the days when you could test an interface to a single client/server app and know that you have performance covered. Today's interconnected systems such as fully integrated packaged applications, ESB-based enterprise platforms, and SOA make ensuring high-performance from application components and solutions increasingly difficult.

I/O Virtualization: Scalability and Performance

Thu, 06 Nov 2008 06:15:00 EST

There are pitfalls in using software-based network interface cards and host bus adaptors. They don't scale well in I/O-centric loads running on scaled-out architectures. The CEO of a leading virtualization companies said, 'Software virtualization addresses 80% of the market and it leaves 20% for hardware-based I/O virtualization.'

Moving Toward Virtualization

Tue, 07 Oct 2008 21:00:00 EDT

The promise of better use of resources, lower cost, and potential reduction of both power costs and real estate is a compelling reason to move toward virtualization. But the virtual data center raises some significant new issues in areas of performance, compliance, and security. Organizations that fail to protect their virtual infrastructure with the same diligence traditionally applied to the physical environment will be at risk of seriously compromising their business.

HP Acquires LeftHand Networks to Extend Virtualization Solutions

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 19:00:00 EDT

HP announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire LeftHand Networks. LeftHand Networks' solutions enable midsize companies and remote offices or branches of large corporations to easily and cost-effectively protect critical business data. HP has agreed to purchase LeftHand Networks for $360 million in cash, subject to certain purchase price adjustments.

What Happens When SOA and Virtualization Intersect?

Mon, 06 Oct 2008 04:00:00 EDT

Virtualization is a buzzword that is living up to its hype as it takes hold in IT. It has spawned magazine covers, conferences, and analyst reports, and all with good reason. Virtualization allows applications to be deployed in a highly efficient manner. By taking the physical servers out of the equation, virtualization allows applications to be deployed across a number of servers, or for multiple operating systems to run simultaneously on one server.

Avnet Introduces Desktop Virtualization Solution

Wed, 24 Sep 2008 10:38:00 EDT

"The virtualization market is experiencing explosive growth, and companies are looking for new ways to deploy virtualization to further enhance their environments," said Tim FitzGerald, who leads the VirtualPath practice for Avnet Technology Solutions, Americas. "Desktop virtualization offers tremendous benefits to companies that are looking to tighten control of corporate assets, simplify desktop management and improve security while reducing operating and electricity costs. With Avnet's new offering, our partners will be able to design and implement complete virtual desktop solutions that create clear business advantages for their customers."

Dell to Resell Akorri's Virtualization Solution

Mon, 22 Sep 2008 21:30:00 EDT

Akorri announced the company has signed a global reseller agreement with Dell. Under the terms of the agreement, Dell’s worldwide direct and channel sales forces are authorized to sell Akorri’s BalancePoint solution. BalancePoint supports both Dell CLARiiON and Dell EqualLogic PS Series storage arrays.

Radware Introduces a New Virtualization Solution

Thu, 18 Sep 2008 15:45:00 EDT

Radware announced its new optimization solution for the virtualized environment, VirtualDirector, as part of a larger initiative - Radware's Business-Smart Data Center strategy - designed to ensure the alignment of key business drivers for the next generation data center.

Is the Corporate Desktop the Next Frontier for Virtualization?

Wed, 17 Sep 2008 15:15:00 EDT

Virtualization is perhaps the sexiest word in the IT industry today. The benefits of virtualizing servers are widely recognized, and the market for server virtualization software is growing rapidly. This growth rate has caught the attention of many competitors from small startups to giants like Microsoft. At the last count, there were 43 companies directly involved in platform virtualization.

Virtualizing the Enterprise

Tue, 16 Sep 2008 13:00:00 EDT

Before long, companies will no longer have to choose between the personal and intimate interactions found within a single building and the efficient though impersonal communications used to link outlying sites today. As the network has become a lifeline connecting corporate campuses with offices and individuals around the world, the promise of a truly connected, synchronized enterprise is now within reach.

Virtualization Is Happening Today

Mon, 15 Sep 2008 22:00:00 EDT

Today's virtualized data center environment is like an F15 airplane - wonderfully flexible but at the same time dangerously unstable if not managed properly. The F15 is widely recognized as one of the most maneuverable fighter jets ever built. But flexibility comes at a price and the only way you can control it is by having very good computer systems supporting the pilot flying the plane.

Virtual Computer to Deliver Solutions That Capitalize On Virtualization Technology

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 15:00:00 EDT

Old Road Computing announced it has emerged from stealth mode and is doing business as Virtual Computer. With Highland Capital Partners and Flybridge Capital Partners leading the company’s Series A funding, Virtual Computer will deliver solutions that capitalize on virtualization technology to reduce the cost of managing corporate PCs while improving their reliability, security, and usability.

Security for Virtualization and Cloud Computing

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 13:45:00 EDT

Shavlik Technologies announced the availability of Shavlik NetChk Protect 6.5. Shavlik NetChk Protect 6.5 is a virtual machine management solution that provides continuous patch assessment and remediation of your complete virtual world, including Offline Virtual Images.

BMC Launches Comprehensive Virtualization Management Solutions

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 12:30:00 EDT

BMC Software announced a comprehensive virtualization management approach, including nine new, integrated solutions specifically designed to help customers eliminate the rising risk and operational expenses associated with inadequate management of virtualized IT environments.

Jump Start Your Virtualization Projects with Microsoft Virtualization Solution Accelerators

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 14:20:00 EDT

Are you ready to start planning for your upcoming virtualization projects? Do you wish to determine if your servers and desktops are ready for virtualization? Attend this session and see demos of Microsoft Virtualization Solution Accelerators, a suite of automation tools such as Microsoft Assessment and Planning, Offline VM Servicing Tool and more. See how they can help you speed up your virtualization projects today!

DataCore Incorporates Emulex HBAs Into Storage Virtualization Solutions

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:06:00 EDT

DataCore announced that it has integrated the latest generation of Emulex high speed 8Gb/s Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters (HBAs) into its SANmelody and SANsymphony products. These new HBAs provide the I/O scalability necessary to handle growing numbers of simultaneous applications hosted on virtualized servers. Additionally, Emulex LightPulse LPe12000 and LPe12002 8Gb/s HBAs provide the increased I/O processing speed and throughput needed by large business-critical databases and transaction processing applications. Emulex 2Gb/s and 4Gb/s HBAs have been previously qualified for use with DataCore’s solutions.

Persystent Technologies Introduces Desktop Virtualization Solution

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:06:00 EDT

Persystent Technologies introduced Persystent Virtualization. Persystent Virtualization is a powerful new solution that eases deployment, maintenance and control over virtual desktop environments, while providing end users with greater personalization of their virtual desktops.

TBD Networks Extends Proven Network Virtualization Solution to Physical and Virtual Firewalls

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 08:27:00 EDT

TBDVirtualFabric-VMware Edition (VME) provides the missing pieces for companies to realize the full benefits of Datacenter Virtualization by unifying physical and virtual firewalls and network infrastructure. Based on the proven Network Virtualization solution scaleable to over 30,000 Virtual Network endpoints, TBDVirtualFabric-VME was specifically designed to provide a virtual fabric of networking, security, and firewall capabilities to scale VMware environments beyond current limitations.

Virtualization and Cloud Computing with IBM's Jazz Technology

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 18:00:00 EDT

Surgient announced it will offer integrated solutions with products built using IBM Jazz collaborative technologies. As a result, IBM quality assurance users can use Surgient's Virtual Automation Platform to allocate IT resources and set up and tear down virtual labs on-demand for software testing and quality assurance, introducing new efficiencies to the application development lifecycle.

Virtualization - Extending the Role of Systems Management

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 07:18:00 EDT

The discipline of systems management is composed largely of managing the computing endpoint. The 'endpoint' is traditionally a computer that takes the form of an application/process server or an end-user desktop/laptop. This definition doesn't cover all endpoint types or devices but does represent a large enough population size for the purposes of this discussion.

Virtualization - Security Should Not Take a Backseat

Fri, 22 Aug 2008 07:15:00 EDT

There's no question that advances in server virtualization technology are becoming popular among corporations that want to save money by consolidating resources and improving operational efficiency. Virtualization enables a dramatic increase in cost savings in ongoing maintenance and the cost required to keep physical assets afloat.

Entisys Honored as a Top Performing Citrix Virtualization Solution Advisor Partner in the 2008 "Go for the Green" Program

Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:48:00 EDT

Entisys Solutions announced that it has been named a winner of the 2008 Citrix Systems "Go for the Green" program, ranking #1 in North American sales revenue and influence for Citrix XenServer and Citrix Desktop virtualization software solutions.

Maximizing Your Virtualized Environment

Tue, 19 Aug 2008 18:30:00 EDT

While virtualization brings tremendous benefits to today's enterprises, many may find the added complexity and management too daunting to undertake the adoption of virtual technologies and so forgo opportunities to lower CapEx, reduce power consumption, optimize space requirements, and bring operational efficiencies.

The Critical Role of Automation in a Virtualized World

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 23:00:00 EDT

Virtualization is today's "green" knight in shining armor, drastically slashing power, hardware and real estate costs. However, with all this efficiency comes a vast increase in complexity that threatens mission-critical business processing. Is there a way to slay that dragon as well? Enterprise schedulers provide automation capabilities that provide a solution.

Strong Demand for Continuous Availability Virtualization Solutions Drives xkoto's Growth in First Half of 2008

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 22:00:00 EDT

xkoto reported continued growth in the first half of 2008, as more businesses requiring continuous availability and scalability for business-critical applications chose GRIDSCALE over costly traditional database clustering technologies. In the second quarter alone, company revenues grew more than 400 percent over the same quarter last year. xkoto continued to increase its customer base with a number of new customers including: Comdata Corporation, HSBC, Independence Blue Cross, Norfolk Southern Corporation, and PUMA AG International.

Ericom's Virtualization Solutions Now Available on Symbio Technologies' New Boot Appliance

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 17:30:00 EDT

Symbio Technologies said that it has added Ericom's PowerTerm WebConnect client to its Symbiont Boot Appliance and Symbiont Boot Stick after signing technology licensing and reseller agreements with Ericom Software. Ericom's PowerTerm WebConnect provides secure local and remote access to enterprise mission-critical applications running on a broad range of Microsoft Windows Terminal Servers, Virtual Desktops (VDI), Blade PCs, and legacy hosts.

Amazone Chooses Ericom's Virtualization Solution

Mon, 18 Aug 2008 10:15:00 EDT

Ericom announced that Amazone has replaced its Citrix infrastructure with Ericom's PowerTerm WebConnect RemoteView software. PowerTerm WebConnect RemoteView provides Amazone's employees with secure and centrally managed access to applications running on Windows Terminal Servers (WTS), including their Sage Bäurer Industry ERP system.

Virtual Machines Are Not Free

Sun, 17 Aug 2008 06:00:00 EDT

Organizations are rapidly consolidating multiple physical servers to virtual environments. There is no debating the cost savings and operational benefits of virtualization. The issues that are now arising as virtualization continues to proliferate are rooted in management and how organizations can gain cost visibility and recover the costs of their virtualization projects. As a result, corporate finance and IT functionalities are moving ever closer together.

Composite Software Sees Increased Adoption of Its Data Virtualization Solution Set

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 15:00:00 EDT

Composite Software announced record numbers of enterprises are buying and deploying its Composite Information Server and related technology. Since its inception, Composite has experienced more than 100 percent annual growth as new customers extended their virtualization from servers and storage to data, and as existing customers expanded their data virtualization usage across multiple business intelligence, master data management (MDM) and service-oriented architecture (SOA) applications.

Denali Announces Complete Bundle of I/O Virtualization Technology Solution

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 17:45:00 EDT

Denali Software announced that its PureSpec PCI Express (PCIe) verification intellectual property (VIP) product, supports the complete PCI-SIG I/O Virtualization (IOV) specifications, now including Multi-Root IOV(MR-IOV). The PCI-SIG IOV suite of specifications minimizes system hardware and software requirements, allowing the simultaneous sharing of peripherals across multiple microprocessors and operating systems, increasing the performance of virtualized systems and enabling power savings. Denali's PureSpec VIP allows verification engineers to verify their next-generation designs, ranging from server processors and network chipset to communication systems, for compliance to the latest PCIe standard, and take advantage of the newest set of IOV technologies.

NeoAccel Pioneers Virtualization Solution for Internet Security

Mon, 11 Aug 2008 15:30:00 EDT

NeoAccel announced the VMware version of its flagship product, SSL VPN-Plus. SSL VPN-Plus Gateway is a 3rd Generation VPN able to replace IPSec and to supersede conventional SSL VPNs which suffer from the TCP-over-TCP meltdown and degraded client-server application performance.

Ceedo Announces Ceedo Enterprise Virtualization Solution for Citrix XenApp

Fri, 08 Aug 2008 17:45:00 EDT

Ceedo announced the availability of Ceedo Enterprise for Citrix XenApp, a solution that will give customers using XenApp (formerly Citrix Presentation Server) portable and secure access from any PC without the need to install client software and without requiring administrative rights. Compatibility of the XenApp Plugin for hosted applications with Ceedo's application virtualization technology has been demonstrated through a rigorous testing program established by Citrix.

SunGard Availability Services Introduces Server Virtualization Service

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 18:45:00 EDT

SunGard Availability Services announced Virtual Server Replication Services, an AdvancedRecovery solution for organizations using virtualization technology to run their business applications. The offering provides companies an affordable way to implement a comprehensive second site recovery program for virtual and physical IT environments, with failover within six hours.

OpenNebula 1.0 for Data Center Virtualization & Cloud Solutions

Mon, 04 Aug 2008 10:00:00 EDT

The dsa-research group announced that a stable release (v1.0) of the OpenNebula (ONE) Virtual Infrastructure Engine is available for download under the terms of the Apache License, Version 2.0. ONE enables the dynamic allocation of virtual machines on a pool of physical resources, so extending the benefits of existing virtualization platforms from a single physical resource to a pool of resources, decoupling the server not only from the physical infrastructure but also from the physical location.

Virtualization Solutions Provider eXludus Names New Chief Operating Officer

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:00:00 EDT

eXludus announced that Dale Geldart has been promoted from Executive Vice President, Sales and Marketing to Chief Operating Officer, effective immediately. Dale Geldart has more than 20 years of sales and marketing experience in the high technology sector with an expertise in bringing new technologies to market.

Secerno Launches Database Security Solution for Virtualization Environments

Thu, 31 Jul 2008 18:00:00 EDT

Secerno announced the availability of its Secerno.SQL database activity monitoring and blocking solution as a virtualized appliance on the VMware platform. This marks the availability of its appliance-based database protection in a virtualized environment, allowing enterprises the same database protection afforded by hardware yet with the utilization, management and cost benefits of a virtualized application.