http://virtualization.sys-con.com/ Latest articles from Virtualization News Desk Copyright 2008 VIRTUALIZATION JOURNAL Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:21:00 GMT VIRTUALIZATION JOURNAL 10 http://backend.userland.com/rss http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/597690.htmhttp://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/597690.htm Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:15:00 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/549720.htmhttp://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/549720.htm Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:00:00 GMT The conference theme of the Virtualization Conference & Expo Europe, to be held in London, England, January 26-27, 2009, is 'Deploying Virtualization in the Enterprise.' The Call for Papers, which is now open, welcomes submissions from exceptional speakers with high-quality use cases not only of how virtualization maximizes the use of resources and thus saves companies money, but also of how it is fundamentally altering the way that businesses run IT. http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/597044.htmhttp://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/597044.htm Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:00:00 GMT SYS-CON Events announced today that the Virtualization on Wall Street Conference & Expo will take place on March 22-24, 2009, in New York City. The event is expected to attract over 1,000 developers, architects, IT managers, and software professionals of every stripe who will be converging in New York City to attend this comprehensive meeting on Virtualization on Wall Street. http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/597918.htmhttp://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/597918.htm Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:00:00 GMT Virtualization has quickly become a staple new concept for enterprise IT. At SYS-CON's 3rd International Virtualization Conference & Expo, held at the Roosevelt Hotel in New York City, June 23-24, we had exceptional speakers with high-quality use cases not only of how virtualization maximizes the use of resources and thus saves companies money, but also of how it is fundamentally altering the way that businesses run IT. The two content-packed days emphasized value with a rich array of sessions about the business and technical value of virtualization. http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/605634.htmhttp://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/605634.htm Fri, 25 Jul 2008 12:00:00 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/618431.htmhttp://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/618431.htm Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:45:00 GMT VMware announced that more than 40 universities in Australia and New Zealand are using VMware virtualization to enhance the online experience of their students. VMware is working with the Council of Australian University Directors of Information Technology (CAUDIT) which paves the way for more than 40 member institutions to deliver virtualization solutions at standard and low costs, regardless of a school's size. CAUDIT members include nearly every university in Australia and New Zealand. http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/618666.htmhttp://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/618666.htm Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:15:00 GMT VMware is moving to create a free version of the VMware ESXi hypervisor. The company's new CEO also plans to delve deeper into cloud computing and expand VMware's virtualization technology reach. http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/618701.htmhttp://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/618701.htm Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:15:00 GMT Ericom announced that its desktop virtualization (VDI) and presentation virtualization (SBC) solution, PowerTerm WebConnect, fully integrates with VMware's free ESXi hypervisor. Currently, PowerTerm WebConnect is one of the only desktop virtualization solution that can manage VMware ESXi without the need to deploy VirtualCenter -- presenting cost-savings for SMBs and enterprises seeking to deploy a virtualized desktop infrastructure. http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/617271.htmhttp://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/617271.htm Fri, 25 Jul 2008 11:00:00 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/586786.htmhttp://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/586786.htm Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:30:00 GMT Nirvanix announced the commercial availability of its Storage Delivery Network (SDN) for Enterprises, providing large companies with an archival and backup storage solution that simplifies management and reduces the costs typically associated with storage server management in a set of pre-packaged solutions. http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/587853.htmhttp://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/587853.htm Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:30:00 GMT Referring to Cloud Computing, Citrix CEO Mark Templeton said this week that 'Customers need the time to get comfortable with it and all that's different from the proprietary model, and the industry needs time to make it consumable.' Templeton was speaking to a reporter at the Citrix iForum 2008 in Edinburgh, Scotland. http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/600130.htmhttp://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/600130.htm Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:30:00 GMT Nirvanix announced the beta of a new set of products that attaches the Nirvanix Storage Delivery Network to a local network as a Windows or Linux filer using standard industry networking protocols. Users can then work with the applications they are accustomed to, or simply drag and drop files from their desktops to Nirvanix's storage service. http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/586198.htmhttp://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/586198.htm Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:15:00 GMT Virtual Cloud Computing represents the next wave of virtualization and offers significant market opportunities by providing a new, simpler, and much more pervasive platform for on-demand, desktop and application service delivery. While server-side virtualization helps enterprises optimize data center resources, the use of a universal dialtone technology offers a significantly larger market for desktop users in both commercial and consumer segments. The key to virtual cloud computing is in the universal dialtone which securely links users to desktop applications and content resources, on demand, via any device. http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/602026.htmhttp://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/602026.htm Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:15:00 GMT Parallels announced that ProServe has selected Parallels Virtuozzo Containers 4.0 to deliver a cost-efficient and scalable Online Backup solution via a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) model. Parallels Virtuozzo Containers provides the virtualization technology for ProServe's Virtual Online Backup Server (VOBS) offering. By using Parallels Virtuozzo Containers, ProServe is able to deliver an on-line backup solution with the necessary performance, cost-efficiency, scalability and isolation required for their VOBS offered in a SaaS delivery model. http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/619309.htmhttp://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/619309.htm Fri, 25 Jul 2008 10:15:00 GMT The R1Soft Hosting Partner Program, designed as a value-added partnership opportunity to enable more effective deployment of Continuous Data Protection backup, welcomes Opus Interactive. Opus Interactive, as a member of the R1Soft Hosting Partner Program, will receive a variety of sales and marketing resources from R1Soft, as well as priority technical support and access to new software updates before they become available to the general public. Opus Interactive will provide Continuous Data Protection as a premium value-added service to its Dedicated Hosting customers, using Windows, Linux or FreeBSD operating systems. Pricing starts at $5/monthly per protected gigabyte of data, plus an initial setup fee. http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/617918.htmhttp://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/617918.htm Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:15:00 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/617409.htmhttp://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/617409.htm Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:00:00 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/617410.htmhttp://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/617410.htm Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:00:00 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/615548.htmhttp://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/615548.htm Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:00:00 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/617406.htmhttp://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/617406.htm Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:00:00 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/617407.htmhttp://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/617407.htm Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:00:00 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/610556.htmhttp://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/610556.htm Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:30:00 GMT Catbird announced the Certified Virtual Security Professional (CVSP) Program, a professional training and certification program for virtual security. The CVSP program provides IT professionals with in-depth knowledge and tools required for best-practice implementation of security in a virtual environment. http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/617318.htmhttp://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/617318.htm Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:30:00 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/615547.htmhttp://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/615547.htm Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:15:00 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/616720.htmhttp://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/616720.htm Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:15:00 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/617295.htmhttp://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/617295.htm Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:00:00 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/618699.htmhttp://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/618699.htm Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:00:00 GMT AppSense reported a 50 percent increase in U.S. revenue for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2008. Its global business - which includes a growing customer base of over 4,000 - realized a 30 percent increase in worldwide revenue, continuing its trend of 30 percent growth each year since 2005. http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/618617.htmhttp://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/618617.htm Thu, 24 Jul 2008 10:30:00 GMT Astaro announced the availability of the Astaro Smart Installer, a new product designed to allow resellers and customers to quickly and easily install Astaro software appliances and re-image Astaro hardware appliances. Available for Astaro Security Gateway and Astaro Web Gateway product lines, the Astaro Smart Installer is a specialized USB flash drive that allows the hardware appliance or server to recognize it as an external CD/ROM drive loaded with a bootable image. http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/615513.htmhttp://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/615513.htm Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:45:00 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/616719.htmhttp://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/616719.htm Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:45:00 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/617294.htmhttp://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/617294.htm Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:45:00 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/618511.htmhttp://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/618511.htm Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:30:00 GMT FalconStor announced its expansion in the Software as a Service (SaaS) market, collaborating with HiNet - the Internet service provider (ISP) arm of Chunghwa Telecom, an information and telecom service provider in Taiwan - to make online backup services available to customers and small-and-medium-size businesses in Taiwan. http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/618496.htmhttp://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/618496.htm Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:15:00 GMT Alternative Technology continues to expand its offerings by announcing it will supply a broad range of CA distributed enterprise IT management software. Those offerings include: application & development databases; application performance management; database management; dynamic & virtual systems management; governance, risk & compliance; infrastructure & operations management; IT service & asset management; project, portfolio & financial management; security management; and storage & information governance. http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/615511.htmhttp://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/615511.htm Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:00:00 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/618365.htmhttp://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/618365.htm Thu, 24 Jul 2008 08:00:00 GMT Leostream announced it raised US$3 million in a first round of venture capital funding led by Meakem Becker Venture Capital of Pittsburgh, PA. Leostream will use the proceeds from its sale of Series A shares for the expansion of sales and marketing. 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/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/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/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.