You need to plan for virtual safety just as thoroughly as for physical protection. Here's how to get started.
- By Brian Koerner
- 08/15/2008
Yesterday, August 12, was a blow-out day for some users of VMware's ESX 3.5 and ESXi 3.5 virtualization products, especially if they had applied the latest product updates called "Update 2."
Microsoft announced a launch event for its virtualization products, scheduled for Sept. 8, 2008 in Bellevue, Wash.
In a move clearly designed to strengthen its position in this segment, VMware has announced a new initiative dubbed the System Builder Program
Don't let its looks fool you -- give it time and Hyper-V will be a contender for hypervisor dominance.
Next week at the Black Hat conference in Las Vegas, security researcher Joanna Rutkowska promises to demonstrate how a malicious attacker, working remotely, could take control of the open-source Xen virtualization software.
- By Joab Jackson
- 08/01/2008
Skytap’s Virtual Lab service lets developers subscribe to virtual machines
(VMs) and provides a VM image library and a virtual lab-management app.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 08/01/2008
VMware has launched its first counter-attack to Microsoft's pricing structure for its virtualization products, announcing that ESXi, its lightweight hypervisor, is going to be given away for free.
In a move that sent shock waves across the virtualization market, VMware's board of directors announced that Diane Greene, the company's co-founder, president and CEO, will be replaced by Paul Maritz, a 14-year veteran of Microsoft and head of EMC's Cloud Division.
Microsoft's first major push into the virtualization space officially kicks off today, as Hyper-V has been released to manufacturing (RTM).
With Scalent, management of a mixed virtual and physical data center can be a one-person operation.
- By Peter Varhol
- 06/01/2008
Through acquisitions and homegrown tools, the company has amassed a dizzying array of offerings.
Unmanaged virtual machines have become an increasing threat to many organizations. Is your infrastructure safe?
Popular with Mac users, the Windows world is its next target.
How The George Washington University IT department saved money, consolidated servers and optimized workloads.