Server Virtualization News Archive |
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| 27 Oct 2009 |
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First major VMware vSphere update expected shortly
A VMware vSphere 4 update is on the way, and users hope it will include full Windows 7 support, particularly for the vSphere Client. |
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| 26 Oct 2009 |
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Standardized virtualization environments preferred, survey says
A recent survey indicates that respondents want to standardize virtualization environments on one hypervisor, but VMware's high cost and growing cloud use may force heterogeneity. |
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How to choose the right server virtualization software vendor
Studying virtualization software market trends can help you choose the server virtualization software vendor that will most benefit your organization. |
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Xen hypervisor users defend virtualization choice
Citrix XenServer and Novell SUSE Xen proponents say these virtualization offerings give them what they need -- at a lower cost than VMware and with more features than Hyper-V. |
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| 20 Oct 2009 |
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Building data center from scratch meant running SAP virtual servers was easy decision
(SearchSAP.com)
Even if there are no hard ROI numbers from a SAP virtual server deployment, estimated savings are usually substantial enough to justify moving more applications to virtual servers. |
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VMware takes first stab at capacity planning: News in brief
VMware has released the long-awaited CapacityIQ -- but only for ESX 3.x virtualization environments; IBM and Fortisphere have launched new virtual management tools. |
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| 19 Oct 2009 |
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Infrastructure assessment is prerequisite to running SAP virtual servers
(SearchSAP.com)
Before committing to run SAP virtual servers, IT managers should conduct a full system hardware and software assessment up-front to determine how much of their SAP infrastructure t... |
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| 15 Oct 2009 |
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VMware reverses course on vSphere Enterprise Edition
After customer pushback, VMware will continue selling VMware vSphere Enterprise Edition, which was scheduled to be discontinued in December. |
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| 14 Oct 2009 |
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Hospital insources data center with PlateSpin P2V migration
Using a physical-to-virtual migration tool from PlateSpin, a Midwestern hospital brought servers back in-house and onto its VMware virtualization infrastructure. |
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| 12 Oct 2009 |
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Avaya caves to virtualization for IP phone systems
Some virtualization pros laud Avaya's embrace of virtualization support in its unified communications server. But skeptics say the Xen-based platform is a nonstarter without VMware... |
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Top 5 challenges of virtualization
IT is encountering pain points with server virtualization adoption. Learn to demonstrate ROI, whether to move to virtual desktop infrastructure and how to deal with other issues. |
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| 09 Oct 2009 |
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Top server virtualization challenges: Backups and bottlenecks
Backing up virtual machine data, managing storage and dealing with I/O bottlenecks are major challenges of server virtualization, according to the 'Virtualization Decisions 2009' s... |
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| 08 Oct 2009 |
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Virtualization management tool adoption stalls
Whether it's the economic downturn or a perceived lack of need, IT managers aren't buying third-party management tools for their virtualization environments. |
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Microsoft, Red Hat complete virtualization quid pro quo
The two OS vendors have made good on a promise to provide joint certification and support for their respective OSes and virtualization platforms. |
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| 07 Oct 2009 |
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Parallels bare-metal hypervisor takes on VMware
VMware and Citrix have pushed their wares to nascent cloud providers, but hosting provider Parallels wants in on the game. |
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