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  • VMware launches new version of ThinApp

    VMware said that Relink would also create a backup of files it upgrades.VM claimed that there were significant other improvements to the software. VMware has launched a new version of application virtualisation software ThinApp VMware has upgraded…
    17 March 2010
    Tags: Virtualisation Software • Thinapp • Reporting • Cooter • Array • Application Virtualisation

  • Oracle to merge Java virtual machines in two years

    We're not going to cause an earthquake and make systems fall over," he said.At some point in time, I expect there will be one VM," Reinhold said. It's a lot more-sophisticated system," he said.Reinhold speculated the merged VM could have the…
    18 February 2010
    Tags: Vm • Virtual Machine • Mix • Java • Integrate • Hotspot

  • Microsoft Hyper-V add-on speeds up virtual data centres

    The way storage works on physical machines doesn't translate to the virtual world.With virtualisation, each physical server is packed with virtual machines, with each one taking up large amounts of storage and acting as if it owns the hardware…
    18 February 2010
    Tags: Virtualised • Storage Systems • Copies • Consumption • Centres • Addon

  • Oracle aims to push virtualisation with Solaris and SPARC

    One is Oracle VM, a reworking of the open-source Xen Linux-based hypervisor for x86 servers. Oracle plans to broaden its range of virtualisation offerings, thanks to a number of applications obtained in the Sun Microsystems acquisition, said Oracle…
    28 January 2010
    Tags: Acquisition • Hypervisor • Solaris • Microsystems • Instances • Architect

  • Oracle promises big future for Java

    Sun VirtualBox virtualisation software will become part of the Oracle VM family.Oracle also will maintain the Sun ESB. Oracle is to kill Sun's cloud computing platform while it's a promising future for Java.
    28 January 2010
    Tags: Language • Invest • Languages • Programming • Application Server • Reference

  • Novell to offer software appliance toolkit

    The Novell Suse Appliance Toolkit enables enterprises and ISVs to package apps with an OS and database for a single VM image Novell will offer a package of tools enabling development of software appliances that bundle the application, application…
    27 January 2010
    Tags: Studio • Image • Package • Appliance • Suse • Appliances

Latest Features

  • How virtual servers make the cloud more elastic

    Running partitioning VMs on top of a large SMP would provide this functionality.The second use case creates one large VM out of many small VMs -- partitioning many servers into multiple virtual machines and then aggregating some of those VMs…
    17 March 2010
    Tags: Workloads • Virtual Machine • Performing • Lowcost • Infoworld • Hypervisor

  • Top five ways for VMware to beat Microsoft

    It turned out all of the Windows systems running in VMware virtual machines were set to receive updates at the same time, but VMware's management tools didn't provide notice that this was going to occur or that it might cause strain on storage and…
    02 March 2010
    Tags: Virtual Machines • Virtual Machine • Management Tools • Forrester Research • Cloud Computing • Apis

  • Four tips to avoid server failure in virtualisation projects

    As virtualisation stretches deeper into the enterprise to include mission-critical and resource-intensive applications, IT executives are learning that double-digit physical-to-virtual server ratios are things of the past.Virtualisation vendors…
    15 February 2010
    Tags: Workloads • Workload • Ratio • Demands • Deeper • Consolidation

  • IEEE to standardise virtual data centre switching

    So HP combined its VEPA proposal with a Cisco's VN-Tag proposal for server/switch forwarding, management and administration to support the ability to run multiple virtual switches and multiple VEPAs simultaneously on the endpoint.This required a…
    18 January 2010
    Tags: Switching • Hypervisor • Vm • Battle • Access Control • Joining

  • Five worst virtualisation speed traps

    Overcrowding Your ApplicationsThe hypervisor, OS and hardware may all be the same between two VMs running on the same machine (or identical machines): but the applications running on them change the dynamics so completely that you have to continue…
    14 January 2010
    Tags: Demands • Responsibility • Saving • Virtualization • Trouble • Demanding

  • Your guide to virtualisation vocabulary

    Users log in to a shared instance of the OS, which can support far more users per server than alternatives.Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI): This term is sometimes applied to shared desktop models, or streaming models, but more typically means…
    15 December 2009
    Tags: Associates • Virtual Machine • Delivery • App • Virtual Machines • Methods

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How-Tos

  • How to manage virtual machine performance

    We ended up having to put on a lot more memory than we figured during the capacity planning.Getting detailed and accurate estimations of how well a server will perform as a VM host is complicated further by the varying ability of different…
    01 February 2010
    Tags: Demands • Assessment • Vm • Virtual Machines • Workloads • Thumb

  • Eight critical steps for migrating to Exchange 2010

    If you have a virtualized environment and Exchange 2007 (which is a 64-bit app) in place, you might be able to simple install another VM with Exchange 2010 integrated into the 2007 organization. The features in Exchange 2010 are compelling enough…
    06 November 2009
    Tags: Role • Adopt • Transport • Organization • Shops • Pop

  • How to use Virtual PC with Windows 7

    If you haven't already provisioned an operating system image, it will think about things for a while, then tell you to go find a proper boot address.To install the OS from a CD or ISO file, make sure the window surrounding the VM (the actual VM…
    05 November 2009
    Tags: Navigate • Iso • Bridge • Vm • Editions • Bar

  • How to manage multivendor virtualisation

    If you want to create a new virtual machine, it's 'Create VM,' not 'Create new VMware' or 'Create new Microsoft. Virtualisation has never been a perfect world, and it's even less so now that companies are implementing multiple vendors…
    14 October 2009
    Tags: Virtual Machine • Infrastructures • Hypervisor • Virtual Machines • Virtualization • Server Virtualisation

  • How to Compare VMware and Amazon Cloud Services

    Of course, transferring virtual machines doesn't necessarily imply transferring the data associated with the VM, which poses its own range of problems. Nevertheless, a coordinated VM/storage transfer to a VCE cloud could be possible in the future.
    23 September 2009
    Tags: Apis • Service Providers • Data Center • Cpu • Vm • Amazon

  • How to reuse your old virtual hosts

    They are usually licensed per VM rather than per host, which can make them unattractive depending upon the number of guests you want to replicate. Take a snapshot of every VM you want to replicate, wait a period of time equal to what you'd like…
    02 September 2009
    Tags: Failover • Hypervisor • Volumes • Vm • Hosts • Snapshot

Reviews

  • System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 review

    When a VM is created and ready to use, SCVMM will recommend a suitable host on which to deploy that virtual machine. This intelligent placement recommendation is fully configurable to take into account not only host machine resources and the…
    15 March 2010
    Tags: Vm • Virtual Machines • Maintenance • Hosts • Clustering • Cluster

  • Cisco OTV review

    For instance, you can't migrate a running VM from one data centre to another and have it maintain network connectivity. The VM migrated over in about 30 seconds or so without losing the connection with the client load.with one catch.
    17 February 2010
    Tags: Table • Scenario • Extension • Ends • Data Center • Centers

  • Desktop virtualisation shoot out

    Most recently, that role has fallen to Sun's VirtualBox, the plucky open source VM solution that's quickly gobbling up the general-purpose desktop virtualisation space left vacant by Microsoft and VMware.
    14 January 2010
    Tags: Compatibility • Workstation • Vm • Experts • Virtual Pc • Desktop Virtualisation

  • Parallels Desktop 4 review

    Then, this past summer, Parallels surprised everyone by bringing forth Parallels Desktop 4 for Windows, a product that was on par functionally with Parallels Desktop for Mac, at least for a time.Parallels Desktop 4 for Windows and Linux lets you…
    14 January 2010
    Tags: Cpus • Workstation • Flagship • Legacy • Vm • Death

  • Sun VirtualBox 3.1 review

    With Sun's engineering resources behind it, VirtualBox quickly grew from its role as "the little VM solution that could" to today's technology leader in desktop virtualisation scalability and manageability.
    14 January 2010
    Tags: Sun Microsystems • Attached • Vm • Account • Checking • Tech

  • VMware Workstation 7 review

    Even core changes, like the ability support up to four virtual CPUs per VM and to host vSphere 4 as a guest platform, are targeted at the company's bread and butter, server consolidating and VDI-loving customer base.Clearly, VMware no longer views…
    14 January 2010
    Tags: Category • Class • Vm • Bar • Guest • Leader

White Papers

  • Vulnerability Management for DUMMIES

    Whether your network consists of just a handful of computers or thousands of servers distributed around the world, this 5-part book will help: - Explain the critical need for Vulnerability Management (VM)- Detail the essential best-practice…
    02 June 2008
    Tags: Vulnerability Management • Distributed • Implement • Vm • Dummies

  • The need for Vulnerability Management

    Explore the business cases for acquiring a trusted VM system, which elements of VM control detection, implementation requirements, and more with this critical white paper. This guide describes the need for VM.
    02 June 2008
    Tags: Automated • Detection • Vm • Exploits • Legislation • Fallout

  • The Need for Vulnerability Management

    The guide defines elements of VM and how it controls the detection and remediation process.The assurance of security provided by VM prevents fallout from malicious exploits and preserves continuity of business operations.Register below to view…
    10 December 2007
    Tags: Automated • Guide • Vulnerability • Counter • Vm • Exploits

  • Linux on IBM eServer zSeries and S/390: Performance Measurement and Tuning

    This IBM Redbook examines performance measurement and tuning for running Linux as a z/VM guest on IBM eServer zSeries and S/390 machines. This IBM Redbook examines performance measurement and tuning for running Linux as a z/VM guest on IBM eServer…
    11 October 2007
    Tags: Investment • Kernel • Vm • Guest • Guidance • Tuning

  • Managing Access in a Virtualized Environment

    The virtualization platform serves as a single point of access to all VM images and control over many critical services, creating a vulnerability leverage point. Compromising the virtualization platform to download an image or introduce a rouge VM…
    08 March 2007
    Tags: Vm • Images • Secured • Serves • Virtualization Technology

  • HP sx2000 chipset

    Virtual partitions (vPars) and HP Integrity Virtual Machines (Integrity VM) allow hard partitions to be further subdivided to provide fine-grained control over the assignment of resources. The sx2000 supports a wide array of partitioning and…
    28 February 2007
    Tags: Integrity • Investment • Availability • Chipset • Scalability • Return

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