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  • Java creator backs Oracle and Enterprise Edition

    For lots of folks, that's kind of a difficult thing," he said.Also, Gosling stressed that although Java is a language, the virtual machine in the Java platform "is where kind of all the magic is.A relatively new development in the Java realm, the…
    18 March 2010
    Tags: Sun Microsystems • Profile • Language • Edition • Application Server • Api

  • Microsoft Virtual PC flaw open to hackers

    A bug in Microsoft's software gives hackers a way to exploit virtual Windows machines which would be attack-proof if they were running on real hardware, a researcher said.The flaw is in some of Microsoft's virtualisation software, including…
    18 March 2010
    Tags: Windows Xp • Virtualised • Patch • Hackers • Flaw • Exploit

  • HP, IBM and Dell launch servers with Intel Xeon 5600 chips

    However server revenue dropped by 3.2 percent due to falling prices but revenue from x86 servers, the type of machine introduced now, rose 14.3 percent to $7.6 billion.Customers are increasingly moving in the direction of virtualisation, and…
    16 March 2010
    Tags: Virtual Machines • Utilisation • Rates • Power Consumption • Data Centres • Blade

  • Tighten up virtual server security says Gartner

    According to Gartner, enterprises are failing to acknowledge that additional risk and should look to extend their security processes.Gartner has identified other areas where a virtualisation project could pose a security risk for an organisation…
    15 March 2010
    Tags: Virtualised • Projects • Processes • Physical • Hypervisor • Gartner

  • Google updates Android developer kit

    Also featured is a sample application making use of OpenGL ES 2.0 vertex and fragment shaders.OpenGL ES 2.0] brings the ability to control graphics rendering through vertex and fragment shader programs using the GLSL shading language," said David…
    10 March 2010
    Tags: Sample • Library • Libraries • Kit • Enabling • Developer

  • Parallels to support Google Chrome OS on Mac

    Parallels also claims Parallels Desktop 5 for Mac is up to 300 per cent faster for virtual machine operations than the previous version 4.0.Last month, Parallels introduced Parallels Server for Mac Bare Metal Edition, extending Parallels server…
    09 March 2010
    Tags: Operating Systems • Metal • Macs • Edition • Cent • Automation

Latest Features

  • How virtual servers make the cloud more elastic

    Combining or aggregating multiple x86 servers and their CPUs and memory to create a large virtual machine enabling IT to run compute-intensive applications such as those found in financial analytics, data warehousing, genomics, visualisation…
    17 March 2010
    Tags: Workloads • Virtual Machine • Performing • Lowcost • Infoworld • Hypervisor

  • Macs vs. PCs: Which is cheaper to run?

    Macs only work well in an integrated environment as long as you use some sort of virtual machine like Parallels or VMware to load Windows. Are Macs really cheaper to manage than PCs? When we tackled this question recently, readers on both sides of…
    17 March 2010
    Tags: Readers • Macs • Delivery • Debate • Active Directory

  • Will the cloud take your IT job?

    Today's factories are stuffed with computerised machine tools and high degrees of automation. In fact, in the future world of applications being delivered in virtual appliances, no local people may touch software products.
    11 March 2010
    Tags: Skills • Harder • Developments • Centralised • Car • Article

  • Top five ways for VMware to beat Microsoft

    Customers planning big virtualisation deployments are likely to buy management tools as well, and Microsoft's Virtual Machine Manager costs $869 per physical server.VMware has argued that its software can be less expensive than Microsoft's on a…
    02 March 2010
    Tags: Virtual Machines • Virtual Machine • Management Tools • Forrester Research • Cloud Computing • Apis

  • Cloud, virtualisation: Wasting IT resources

    It makes the process less cumbersome.Even companies that have the time and staff to do heavy engineering work tuning their own systems end up wasting money and hardware in places they don't always examine - like the input/output (I/O) of their…
    01 March 2010
    Tags: Virtual Machines • Gigabit Ethernet • Cloud Computing • Bus • Amazon • Adopting

  • Start your virtualisation project right

    In other words, if one virtual machine is infected this can spread throughout the whole of the virtual network without physical security devices detecting it.No matter what your security strategy is in the physical world it should be replicated in…
    16 February 2010
    Tags: Virtualised • Server Virtualisation • Implications • Game • Breaches • Appliances

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How-Tos

  • Five reasons to embrace Intel Xeon 5600 processors

    That means that you can consolidate fifteen servers down to one physical machine - reducing the hardware costs and minimising the need for maintenance and administration.3. The Intel Xeon 5600 processors include the Advanced Encryption Standard-New…
    17 March 2010
    Tags: Xeon • Optimised • Heat • Evolution • Energy • Array

  • Security tips for large and small businesses

    If you're a tech-savvy power user, run P2P software in a virtual machine to insulate your host operating system.Nail Down Your NetworkSwitch your company and your home router's DNS resolver to use OpenDNS.
    24 February 2010
    Tags: Unpatched • Small Businesses • Enterpriseclass • Clicking • Bob • Active Directory

  • How to shrink your backup window

    Instead of asking the source server to initiate a SAN snapshot, the backup software uses VMware's Virtual Consolidated Backup software to create a snapshot of the virtual machine at the hypervisor level (the SAN doesn't need to do anything itself…
    15 February 2010
    Tags: Window • Volumes • Virtual Machine • Hypervisor • Backups • Archiving

  • How to manage virtual machine performance

    How to manage virtual machine performance Kevin Fogarty Capacity management tools can help squeeze the most out of physical servers How-Tos Choosing just enough virtual machines, but not too many, for a given server has always been a challenge.
    01 February 2010
    Tags: Demands • Assessment • Vm • Virtual Machines • Workloads • Thumb

  • Top 5 barriers to fully virtualising your data centre

    In no particular order, these barriers include:Vendor supportBelieve it or not, even with today's widespread use of server virtualisation technologies, many ISVs either don't support their applications running within a virtual machine or may offer…
    21 January 2010
    Tags: Virtual Machine • Addressed • Production • Strategies • Complexity • Missioncritical

  • How to download and install Google Chrome OS

    If you don't want to wait until next year to see what's going on with Chrome OS, then follow this handy guide to find all the information you need to get the new system up and running on almost any computer.Virtual MachineSince Chrome OS will be…
    25 November 2009
    Tags: Installing • Handy • Instructions • Fusion • Wait • Waste

Reviews

  • CrossOver Linux 9 review

    CrossOver Linux 9 review Steven J Vaughan-Nichols Expands the number of Windows applications you can run on Linux review,reviews CrossOver is not an emulator or a virtual machine. My advice: If you run many Windows applications, you're probably…
    16 March 2010
    Tags: Virtual Machine • Sata • Pentium • Microsoft Office • Installation • Family

  • System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 review

    VMware's tools and products have had this ability, called VMotion, for some time, but live migration is new to the Hyper-V platform.The biggest feature of SCVMM 2008 R2 continues to be its ability to assist with these live migrations, with…
    15 March 2010
    Tags: Vm • Virtual Machines • Maintenance • Hosts • Clustering • Cluster

  • ZyXEL NWA-3166 review

    Through both features you can limit a machine's access to certain wireless clients on the same network/AP without locking that machine out of all the devices on a network (a printer or a file server, for example).While the ZyXEL NWA-3166 is a nice…
    17 February 2010
    Tags: Profiles • Hybrid • Dedicated • Controller • Aps • Access Points

  • CodeLobster review

    There you will learn that you have to fill in a series of parameters in the Preferences window, including the location of the PHP executable on your machine, where your web server's virtual folder is, your web server's host URL, and so on.
    15 February 2010
    Tags: Plugin • Mysql • Hand • Function • Explorer • Documentation

  • QNAP TS-659 Pro Turbo review

    QNAP has also added direct compatibility with Apple's Time Machine, a feature which was previously difficult to set up on the company's NAS devices. Along with AES encryption for individual volumes, small businesses should benefit from an IP…
    02 February 2010
    Tags: Raid • Power Consumption • Mac Os • Hard Drives • Configured • Atom

  • Symantec Norton Ghost 15 review

    We wish Symantec would reinstate the file functions and stop assuming the worst of its users, who deserve to be treated as valued customers and not pirates.IT managers in small and medium-size businesses will appreciate Symantec Norton Ghost 15's…
    22 January 2010
    Tags: Functions • Image • Boot • Symantec • Disc • Serial

White Papers

  • How to Protect Growing VMware Environments

    Yet, as virtual machines proliferate and more ESX Servers are added to these environments, administrators who are tasked with protecting their growing virtual data centers often face added layers of complexity.Depending on the third-party backup…
    23 January 2009
    Tags: Environments • Recovery • Vmware • Esx • Complexity • Ensuring

  • Simplified Resource Provisioning through Infrastructure Virtualization

    That acceleration has IT frequently deploying new resources, or repurposing existing resources, such as an older database server (machine) to act as a Web server. To do just that, Scalent offers a new twist on virtualization software: the Scalent…
    20 March 2007
    Tags: Business Continuity • Provisioning • Deployment • Administration • Virtualization • Resiliency

  • Securing Virtualized Infrastructure: From Static Security to Virtual Shields

    Other vendors, including XenSource, Virtual Iron, SWSoft and Microsoft, are reportedly working on similar tools allowing the live migration of virtual machines.Live migration is a technology that can move a virtual machine to a different physical…
    20 March 2007
    Tags: Demands • Maintenance • Migration • Availability • Virtual Machines • Virtualization

  • Securing Virtualized Infrastructure

    Other vendors, including XenSource, Virtual Iron, SWSoft and Microsoft, are reportedly working on similar tools allowing the live migration of virtual machines.Live migration is a technology that can move a virtual machine to a different physical…
    19 March 2007
    Tags: Demands • Software Vendors • Maintenance • Migration • Availability • Virtual Machines

  • Virtualizing High Network I/O Environments

    Server virtualization helps keep business operations running smoothly by providing the tools to migrate a virtual machine to a different physical host with a service interruption of only a few seconds-eliminating hours of downtime when planned…
    09 March 2007
    Tags: Physical • Virtual Machine • Downtime • Availability • Host • Utilization

  • Managing Access in a Virtualized Environment

    Regardless of the virtualization technology used, administrative access must be secured and tracked at both the virtual machine and virtualization platform levels. Compromising the virtualization platform to download an image or introduce a rouge…
    08 March 2007
    Tags: Vm • Images • Secured • Serves • Virtualization Technology

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