Microsoft eyes management as key to virtualization

Microsoft is targeting system management as a way to differentiate itself from competitors in the virtualization market, the company said Tuesday. ...continue reading 'Microsoft eyes management as key to virtualization'

The 5 quickest returns on your green investment

By Darrell Dunn, Computerworld

'There is so much 'fat' inside most data centers, that it's not that difficult to make a business case where you can make operations greener and save money at the same time,' says Simon Mingay, an analyst at Gartner. Here are five fairly straightforward improvements that don't take years to implement or bring return. ...continue reading 'The 5 quickest returns on your green investment'

Ray Ozzie talks open source, mesh

Microsoft has 'dramatically' changed because of open-source software, the company's Chief Software Architect Ray Ozzie said Thursday as part of a wide-ranging discussion during the annual Most Valuable Professional summit in Seattle. He also talked about Microsoft's mesh concept and the importance of virtualization. ...continue reading 'Ray Ozzie talks open source, mesh'

Citrix sets price and release date for XenDesktop

Citrix will start shipping its desktop virtualization platform XenDesktop on May 20 at the Citrix Synergy conference. Pricing will begin at $75 per concurrent user. ...continue reading 'Citrix sets price and release date for XenDesktop'

VMware focusing on higher tolerance for hardware failure

VMware plans to improve virtual infrastructure through technologies such as high availability, automatic restart, better tolerance and masking of hardware failure, and site disaster recovery, the company's chief scientist and co-founder, Mendel Rosenblum, told reporters in Bangalore on Monday. ...continue reading 'VMware focusing on higher tolerance for hardware failure'

Marathon extends fault tolerance to VMs

Marathon Technologies announced Monday that everRun VM, a product it says can provide high-level fault tolerance for virtual machines, will ship in April. ...continue reading 'Marathon extends fault tolerance to VMs'

3Com adds virtualization to routers

3Com has added a virtualization feature to its routers via a partnership with LineSider Technologies, a provider of policy-based network infrastructure control and management products. ...continue reading '3Com adds virtualization to routers'

Embedded virtualization set to lure SMBs

Some of the biggest server vendors are starting to ship machines with built-in support for VMware virtualization software. Fujitsu-Siemens began to ship servers with embedded VMware technology Tuesday, while Dell, Hewlett-Packard and IBM will jump on the bandwagon within 60 days. ...continue reading 'Embedded virtualization set to lure SMBs'

Novell bids $205 million for virtualization management firm

Novell Monday announced it had signed a definitive agreement to acquire for $205 million PlateSpin, a maker of tools to help companies adopt, extend and manage server virtualization in the data center. ...continue reading 'Novell bids $205 million for virtualization management firm'

Sun ships management piece of xVM strategy

Sun is expected Tuesday to ship xVM Ops Center, a data center automation console compatible with Linux- and Solaris-based x86 and SPARC environments. ...continue reading 'Sun ships management piece of xVM strategy'

IBM and EU launch cloud computing initiative

IBM and the EU have launched a joint research initiative to develop new virtualization and grid technologies for cloud computing, which will enable the sharing of IT services. ...continue reading 'IBM and EU launch cloud computing initiative'

Microsoft steps up assault on virtualization

Microsoft has laid out plans to become a bigger force in the market for virtualization software, stepping up its assault on established leaders such as VMware. ...continue reading 'Microsoft steps up assault on virtualization'

Fortisphere release aims at virtualization 'sprawl'

Startup firm Fortisphere on Monday plans to launch a product suite aimed at managing virtualization 'sprawl.' ...continue reading 'Fortisphere release aims at virtualization sprawl'

Virtualization will have the single largest impact on budgets for IT hardware and support over the next three years, a market that will be dominated by three large vendors, says a new study. ...continue reading 'Virtualization to eat into IT budgets'

Oregon launches data center, virtualization initiatives

The state of Oregon is embarking on a data center consolidation and virtualization project that officials say will save $10 million to $12 million per year. ...continue reading 'Oregon launches data center, virtualization initiatives'

Microsoft releases beta of Hyper-V virtualization technology

Microsoft Thursday did something it rarely does. The company released a beta for a long-awaited technology -- in this case its Windows Server 2008 virtualization technology Hyper-V -- ahead of schedule. ...continue reading 'Microsoft releases beta of Hyper-V virtualization technology'

EMC adds VMware support to Invista SAN tools

The first upgrade of EMC's Invista networked storage virtualization tool will feature the ability to integrate with VMWare virtual servers. ...continue reading 'EMC adds VMware support to Invista SAN tools'