http://virtualization.sys-con.com/ Latest articles from Virtualization News Desk Copyright 2008 VIRTUALIZATION JOURNAL Thu, 24 Jul 2008 06:13:00 GMT VIRTUALIZATION JOURNAL 10 http://backend.userland.com/rss http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/605634.htmhttp://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/605634.htm Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:00:00 GMT Red Hat CTO Brian Stevens, Citrix CTO Simon Crosby, Egenera CTO Pete Manca, Allen Stewart, Group Manager, Windows Virtualization at Microsoft, and Brian Duckering, Sr. Director of Products and Alliances at Symantec were the top industry executives who joined Jeremy Geelan in the 4th Floor Reuters Studio overlooking Times Square for a special SYS-CON.TV 'Virtualization Power Panel' recorded on June 22, 2008, the day before the opening of SYS-CON's 3rd International Virtualization Conference & Expo - which was held 23-24 June 2008 in New York City. http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/617294.htmhttp://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/617294.htm Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:15:00 GMT Interphase Systems announced it has named Lew Smith as Product Manager, Virtualization Solutions. In this newly created position, he will be responsible for leading and building Interphase's virtualization practice and offerings, with a concentration on the key technologies that will benefit the company's customers. Smith will continue to build relationships with existing technology partners, as well as engaging in new partner relationships. http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/615513.htmhttp://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/615513.htm Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:45:00 GMT Emulex announced that its LightPulse Fibre Channel host bus adapters (HBAs), available from Sun as the Sun StorageTek Enterprise Class 4Gb/s PCI Express HBA, now offer Virtual HBA technology within Solaris 10 Operating System (OS) environments. Enhanced capabilities such as virtual port management, available via Emulex's next generation HBAnyware management suite, are designed to enhance the overall functionality of Solaris Containers. http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/615607.htmhttp://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/615607.htm Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:45:00 GMT EMC recently addressed Qatar's business decision-makers on how can EMC help them have a flexible and efficient IT environment by realizing the full potential and advanced functionality of virtualization solutions from VMware. Executives in Doha heard how they can use virtualization solutions to pool storage capacity together and create a more effective data protection environment. They also heard how EMC content-enabled solutions can help them bring unstructured content into the process. http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/617271.htmhttp://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/617271.htm Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:45:00 GMT VMware reported financial results for the second quarter of 2008: Revenues for the second quarter were $456 million, an increase of 54% from the second quarter of 2007. GAAP operating income for the second quarter was $61 million, compared to $47 million for the same period last year. Non-GAAP operating income was $112 million, an increase of 52% from the second quarter of 2007. http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/615608.htmhttp://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/615608.htm Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:30:00 GMT Tripwire announced the availability of Tripwire ConfigCheck for VMware ESX 3.0. Tripwire ConfigCheck is a free utility that assesses configuration settings for VMware ESX 3.0 and 3.5 hypervisors, determines potential configuration risks, and provides prescriptive remediation advice so that administrators can ensure greater security. http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/615631.htmhttp://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/615631.htm Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:15:00 GMT 3PAR announced the 3PAR Thin Copy Desktop for VMware VDI, an integrated virtual desktop provisioning and management solution for VMware Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI). 3PAR Thin Copy Desktop for VMware VDI is designed to let customers automatically provision hundreds of high-performance virtual desktops that consume only a fraction of the bandwidth and storage capacity required with traditional storage. By leveraging the unique performance benefits of 3PAR Utility Storage, 3PAR Thin Copy Desktop for VMware VDI offers customers cost-effective and simple storage scaling for VMware VDI environments. http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/616720.htmhttp://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/616720.htm Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:15:00 GMT Trustware unveiled a new version of its powerful security software application, BufferZone Pro 3.0. With close to 2 million installations worldwide, BufferZone has become the de-facto standard for browser and application based virtualization security. By creating a 'buffer zone' between the Internet and the users' local PC environment, consumers can browse the Web, chat on IM, open email attachments, download files and other confidential information - all without the fear of malware attacks. http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/617918.htmhttp://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/617918.htm Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:15:00 GMT Likewise Software announced that Isilon Systems is licensing its technology to further streamline the management of mixed storage environments. Likewise Software products deliver state-of-the art authentication and audit capabilities for mixed network environments. Datacenter managers running clustered storage systems on single or mixed operating systems - including Windows, Linux, Unix and Mac OS - can now more easily manage the provisioning and security of these storage devices. http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/615690.htmhttp://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/615690.htm Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:00:00 GMT 3Leaf Systems announced that is has successfully performed interoperability testing of the 3Leaf V-8000 Virtual I/O Server with the HP BladeSystem c-Class and an HP StorageWorks 8100 Enterprise Virtual Array running VMware ESX. Successful completion of interoperability testing with HP marks a key milestone in 3Leaf's strategy and commitment to delivering greater data center resource utilization and reduced costs through virtualization solutions for the x86 server market. http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/597690.htmhttp://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/597690.htm Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:45:00 GMT 'Traditionally people have tied their software to their hardware. Virtualization changes all that,' said Dr Stephen Herrod, CTO of VMware, the 10-year old Virtualization giant. Herrod gave a highly informative Morning Keynote today in New York City at the 3rd International Virtualization Conference & Expo, in the stately setting of the Grand Ballroom at New York's historic Roosevelt Hotel. http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/612617.htmhttp://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/612617.htm Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:45:00 GMT Fortisphere announced that it plans to support VMware VMsafe technology, expanding the market reach of its Virtual Essentials software suite, which provides customers with greater levels of visibility and control over their VMware virtualized environments. VMware VMsafe technology helps vendors combat the challenges of compliance, management and security in ways previously not possible in physical environments. http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/582893.htmhttp://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/582893.htm Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:30:00 GMT Mike Neil is general manager for virtualization strategy in the Windows Server Division at Microsoft. Mike is focused on the delivery of the Windows virtualization technology, including Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V, Microsoft Hyper-V Server and Virtual PC 2007. Mike also directs the technical enablement of Microsoft's broader vision for virtualization, to include virtualization management tools and virtualized desktop infrastructure. Prior to this role, Mike was responsible for Microsoft's server and PC virtualization efforts since 2003. http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/598190.htmhttp://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/598190.htm Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:30:00 GMT Open Source. Open Standards. Open Collaboration. At the 3rd International Virtualization Conference & Expo, Red Hat's CTO Brian Stevens spoke about how, over the past five years, the open source community has turned its attention to virtualization and what has been achieved and what is under development, and most important why open source is critical when building integrated infrastructure solutions. http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/608263.htmhttp://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/608263.htm Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:15:00 GMT Cloud Computing is the new buzz word in the technology industry. But even industry insiders don't agree on exactly what the term means. Mike Eaton, Founder and CEO of Cloudworks and Atticus Information Systems, will be giving a breakout session at SYS-CON's 'Cloud Computing Expo' (November 20-21, 2008) - an adjunct to the 4th International Virtualization Conference & Expo being held at The Fairmont Hotel in San Jose, CA. http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/613867.htmhttp://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/613867.htm Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:00:00 GMT TOLIS Group announced a partnership with Parallels. TOLIS' BRU Server network backup solution has been successfully tested for compatibility with Parallels Server for Mac virtualization software. TOLIS Group is the developer of the ultra-reliable BRU brand of data backup and restore solutions and is a Parallels Technology Partner. BRU Server is now listed in the Parallels Certified Products Catalog. http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/616719.htmhttp://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/616719.htm Wed, 23 Jul 2008 14:00:00 GMT Aerohive announced the availability of Virtual HiveManager, a new feature of the company's HiveManager network management system (NMS) appliance. Virtual HiveManager provides network management virtualization and permits the flexible delegation of network management authority, including by company or business unit, geographic location, and user role. The capability benefits managed wireless LAN service providers and large, distributed enterprises seeking flexibility in the management of their wireless LANs. Virtual HiveManager is available as a free upgrade to all HiveManager appliance owners. http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/615547.htmhttp://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/615547.htm Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:45:00 GMT General Dynamics C4 Systems has selected the OptiPlex 755 desktop by Dell as the computer hardware to host its Trusted Virtual Environment (TVE), a High Assurance Platform (HAP)-compliant workstation intended for classified work by government users. The workstation enables individuals to use a single computer workstation to securely access information and applications from multiple networks, at different classification levels, as opposed to limiting a computer to a single security level. http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/617760.htmhttp://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/617760.htm Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:45:00 GMT vmSight announced that the company's patented Connector ID technology is now available for thin clients used in virtual desktop deployments. The new capability allows virtual desktop administrators to more effectively manage end-to-end performance and reliability of VDI deployments where thin clients are used, as well as to provide more detailed user tracking for security and compliance. http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/615512.htmhttp://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/615512.htm Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:00:00 GMT SteelEye announced the general availability of SteelEye Protection Suite, a comprehensive solution that provides disaster protection of virtual machines running on Citrix XenServer. SteelEye Protection Suite delivers real-time LAN and WAN replication of XenServer virtual machines. It is designed for companies that have migrated critical enterprise applications to XenServer virtual machines and want enhanced protection against data center outages to ensure business continuity. http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/617687.htmhttp://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/617687.htm Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:00:00 GMT The Renaissance Computing Institute (RENCI) has selected Infinera to support its research on the experimental network testbed dubbed BEN (Breakable Experimental Network), which links RENCI to sites at three universities in North Carolina's Research Triangle Park. http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/617686.htmhttp://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/617686.htm Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:45:00 GMT Verari Systems announced that the Verari Systems' VB1257 VMware ESX 3.5 certified blade delivers twice the number of VMware virtual machines per blade than similar competitive blade offerings while consuming 50% less power. On a per VMware image basis, the VB1257 for the BladeRack 2 XL (BR2-XL) platform provides better total cost of ownership than any competing blade server products. VMware provides TAP program members with tools to develop products that are complementary to VMware virtualization software and help deliver high-value solutions to our joint customers. http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/617685.htmhttp://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/617685.htm Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:30:00 GMT In response to Symantec's recent announcement regarding its direct sales and automated renewal policies, Astaro announced a new promotion aimed at Symantec resellers. Astaro, a 100 percent channel-focused company, is offering a 20 percent discount on Astaro products through its 'Symantec Switch' promotion to help alleviate the strain these partners may feel in the wake of Symantec's new policies. http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/610361.htmhttp://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/610361.htm Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:00:00 GMT FastScale announced a new North America Channel Program with eight partners already signed including Blackhawk Technology Consulting, Continental Resources, International Computerware, New Age Technology, SecureTek Group, VirtaCORE, Whitewater Data, and Xcedex. Data center demand for the company's innovative technologies exceeded expectations during the first year of availability, and skilled partners will provide customers with greater access to products, technical expertise, and related services offerings centered on FastScale?s technologies. http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/610362.htmhttp://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/610362.htm Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:00:00 GMT FastScale announced the newest release of its flagship product, FastScale Composer Suite. FastScale Composer Suite fully automates the process of building, managing and deploying server software environments for enterprise class data centers and Web farms, whether the infrastructure is physical, virtual or both. The new release extends the benefits of FastScale's sleek software management solution to Windows Server 2003 environments, adds new capabilities in lightweight application provisioning, and delivers a range of scalability and usability enhancements. http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/615511.htmhttp://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/615511.htm Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:00:00 GMT VirtualLogix announced Carrier Grade Virtualization, a solution that meets the performance, security, serviceability and availability needs of next generation, multicore-based carrier grade systems. VirtualLogix Carrier Grade Virtualization reduces the cost and complexity of maintaining carrier grade properties in edge and core network elements such as IP Multimedia System (IMS) nodes. As a result, networking and telecommunication original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) can now reuse existing investments in their carrier grade systems while gaining the benefits of using VirtualLogix VLX real-time virtualization software. These benefits include faster adoption of multicore architectures and consolidation of hardware, reduced bill of materials, increased availability, improved time to market, and more efficient designs as a result. http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/615548.htmhttp://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/615548.htm Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:00:00 GMT BakBone is providing comprehensive, easy-to-manage VMware and heterogeneous data protection solutions for The Latin School of Chicago, helping the school keep its focus on students, rather than data protection. An independent, coeducational day school located on the Near North Side of Chicago, The Latin School of Chicago ranks among the nation's best schools in the informed use of technology in the classroom and for school administration. They utilize technology to support efficient, reliable operation of the school and provide tools that enhance both internal and external communications. http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/610167.htmhttp://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/610167.htm Wed, 23 Jul 2008 09:45:00 GMT Fujitsu and Sun Microsystems announced an enhanced line of SPARC Enterprise servers - M4000, M5000, M8000 and M9000 - that delivers a highly scalable, enterprise-class virtualization and consolidation platform with up to 80 percent better performance on commercial applications and 2x better performance on HPC workloads and using 44 percent less energy per core. Based on the quad-core SPARC64 processor and the Solaris Operating System (OS), the new SPARC Enterprise servers are ideal platforms for high-availability, mission-critical enterprise applications including large-scale databases, BIDW, ERP and CRM. The new processor is also available as an option for seamless upgrades in existing SPARC Enterprise servers. http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/617586.htmhttp://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/617586.htm Wed, 23 Jul 2008 09:45:00 GMT 3PAR announced a partnership with Tokyo-based ITOCHU Techno-Solutions Corporation (CTC) to deliver 3PAR Utility Storage products and maintenance services to customers throughout Japan. With this partnership, 3PAR gains the leverage of CTC's network of 4000 sales and pre-sales engineers and approximately 100 maintenance centers across Japan to expand market coverage and value delivery to CTC customers nationwide. The partnership between 3PAR and CTC creates a strategic alliance designed to meet the demand for storage solutions to support the growth of utility computing, infrastructure virtualization, and green datacenter deployments in Japan. http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/617410.htmhttp://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/617410.htm Wed, 23 Jul 2008 09:15:00 GMT Egenera announced that electronic trading systems pioneer NYFIX has standardized on infrastructure virtualization solutions from Egenera. Egenera systems are highly available, flexible platforms that eliminate the need to rigidly dedicate servers to applications. Instead, Egenera's patented Processing Area Network (PAN) replaces server infrastructure with software, and automatically repurposes and reallocates virtual and physical servers on demand, with high availability and disaster recovery. http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/617409.htmhttp://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/617409.htm Wed, 23 Jul 2008 09:00:00 GMT DataCore Software announced that its SANmelody software is serving as the foundation of a replication and disaster recovery (DR) plan at Alameda County Medical Center (ACMC) that was orchestrated by DataCore partner Entisys. The IT environment at ACMC was fundamentally based upon products from Dell and EMC as well as virtual machines from VMware. ACMC is comprised of multiple sites and as a county hospital the organization is under a number of budget constraints. Entisys presented the Citrix XenServer and DataCore SANmelody DR solution based upon XenServer, which provides great savings to the medical center. http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/617407.htmhttp://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/617407.htm Wed, 23 Jul 2008 08:45:00 GMT With Gartner predicting that virtualization will be the highest-impact trend changing infrastructure and operations through 2012, Avnet Technology Solutions furthered its commitment to enable its value-added reseller partners to excel in this fast-growth market. Avnet Technology Solutions, an operating group of Avnet announced a dedicated training program called VirtualPath University for value-added resellers in the United States. Based on Avnet's successful HealthPath University and GovPath University programs, VirtualPath University provides partners with virtualization market understanding, knowledge, technology drivers and tools. http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/617318.htmhttp://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/617318.htm Wed, 23 Jul 2008 08:30:00 GMT TRANGO Virtual Processors delivers isolation and portability of operating systems and drivers on the TI OMAP 3 platform. The TRANGO Hypervisor offers a broad choice of operating system (OS) and real-time operating system (RTOS) including Linux, Windows Embedded CE, Symbian OS, eCos, uC-OSII, uITRON and other proprietary RTOS, while the OMAP 3 platform, based on ARM Cortex-A8 processor, offers up to 3X performance gain over ARM11 based processors. The combination delivers isolation, flexibility and cost optimization benefits to the design of today's convergent wireless devices. http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/617406.htmhttp://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/617406.htm Wed, 23 Jul 2008 08:30:00 GMT Reflex Security announced the availability of Reflex Virtual Security Center (VSC), pioneering a new level of security through heightened visibility and control for virtualized environments. Reflex VSC provides a single authoritative visual interface to secure the virtual data center. Coupled with the award-winning Reflex Virtual Security Appliance (VSA), the VSC brings essential functionality to round out the Reflex virtual security management solution. http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/617295.htmhttp://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/617295.htm Wed, 23 Jul 2008 08:15:00 GMT TRANGO Virtual Processors announced that it has added support for the uITRON RTOS to the growing list of operating systems.hosted by the TRANGO Hypervisor. TRANGO's secure isolation, robust protection of critical data and services, and the company's steadfast commitment to providing the thinnest, lightest hypervisor in the commercial marketplace makes this a compelling solution for applications such as multifunction printers, medical equipment, cell phones, and set top boxes. http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/588466.htmhttp://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/588466.htm Wed, 23 Jul 2008 06:00:00 GMT The demand for storage has increased exponentially, placing significant stress on current 'in house' storage architectures and costly overcapacity build-outs. Patrick Harr, CEO of Nirvanix, will be giving a session at SYS-CON's 'Cloud Computing Expo' (November 20-21, 2008) - a brand new adjunct to the 4th International Virtualization Conference & Expo being held at The Fairmont Hotel in San Jose, CA. http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/587551.htmhttp://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/587551.htm Wed, 23 Jul 2008 04:45:00 GMT Cloud Computing offers significant benefits over traditional solutions for deploying production systems as well as for conducting development and testing activities. Dr Thorsten von Eicken, CTO of RightScale, Inc., will be giving a session at SYS-CON's 'Cloud Computing Expo' (November 20-21, 2008) - an adjunct to the 4th International Virtualization Conference & Expo being held at The Fairmont Hotel in San Jose, CA. http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/590421.htmhttp://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/590421.htm Wed, 23 Jul 2008 04:30:00 GMT Cloud Computing, in its current incarnation, falls short on its promise to make computing as a whole as simple as plugging an application into a utility service. Kirill Sheynkman, Founder & CEO of Elastra Corporation, will be giving a session on Elastic Computing vs. Cloud Computing at SYS-CON's 'Cloud Computing Expo' (November 20-21, 2008) - a brand new adjunct to the 4th International Virtualization Conference & Expo being held at The Fairmont Hotel in San Jose, CA. http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/610360.htmhttp://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/610360.htm Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:45:00 GMT Ceedo announced that international business-to-business distributor, Hagemeyer, has selected Ceedo Enterprise as a migration platform to its new software architecture through virtualization, saving IT administration valuable time and money. Hagemeyer UK had made the decision to upgrade their entire software architecture. One critical aspect of the project was to be able to allow the new architecture to run in parallel with existing applications, which are still in use by many employees. http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/610358.htmhttp://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/610358.htm Mon, 21 Jul 2008 15:30:00 GMT Akorri announced that FFVA Mutual Insurance Company has begun using Akorri's BalancePoint software for proactively managing its virtualized data center infrastructure. FFVA Mutual Insurance is leveraging BalancePoint as a communications hub across IT disciplines for monitoring, analyzing and optimizing all resources within its data center to ensure their performance meets application needs.