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SOA World 2007 West

Brian Steven's Virtualization Keynote: The Future of the Virtual Enterprise

By Virtualization News Desk

The rapid rise of virtualization technology made it a vital component of any Enterprise IT strategy. And the technology triggered dramatic changes in product offerings and business practices to support virtualized operational models. These breakneck speed developments lead to a plethora of solutions, with the attendant confusion that typically surrounds fast moving technologies. In this session Brian Stevens outlined trends in virtualization technologies and examined their potential impact on, and benefits for, future Enterprise IT deployments. Topics included tradeoffs between open source and proprietary solutions, hardware integration efforts, deployment models, and long-term, high-volume serviceability/security considerations.

Apr. 18, 2008 02:30 PM Reads: 2,147

Is Virtualization Right For Your Enterprise?

By Virtualization News Desk

Virtualization is an abstract term. Many people have heard about it, but how many know what virtualization is all about? In fact, virtualization has been around since the 1950s in the sense of time sharing on mainframe computers. However, virtualization has become a new concept that has sprung from its 1950s beginning. Virtualization allows companies to get more done in less time with quality and efficiency. It gives companies competitive advantages and helps keep things separate and simple. There are many different layers/ types of virtualization - but how do you know virtualization is right for your business? In this SYS-CON.TV Virtualization Power Panel, representatives from DataSynapse, Mindbridge, Ring Cube and SWsoft give their insights.

Apr. 17, 2008 03:15 PM Reads: 1,251

Leveraging Desktop Virtualization for Security, Manageability and Usability Beyond the Perimeter

By Virtualization News Desk

Desktop virtualization is a need-to-know technology for 2008 that has transformed the way organizations handle complex desktop computing challenges: provided hardware independence, enabling support for legacy applications while embracing new standards, simplified desktop management, reducing operational risk and support costs, promoted security and data confidentiality using encryption and leak prevention techniques, and enhanced mobility and disaster recovery planning, enabling employees to access corporate applications and data from anywhere, without requiring server farm and enabling access even when disconnected from the network. In this session Kevin Brown introduced desktop virtualization technologies, presented real enterprise use cases, and explained the challenges addressed when applying these solutions in corporate IT environments.