Virtualization


VMware Earnings Beat Expectations In a Difficult Economy

One of the most closely tracked companies on Wall Street's radar screen did not disappoint expectations with reported revenues for the third quarter of $472 million, a 32 percent increase achieved under increasingly difficult market conditions.

Microsoft Releases Virtual Machine Manager

Microsoft released System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 (VMM 2008), the second major component of its virtualization strategy.

Virtualization Market Strong but Slowing, Report Says

An IDC study released on Thursday depicted a slowing worldwide market for virtualized servers.

Project Kensho Released

Citrix took another step forward in its quest to push the envelope for virtualization interoperability by releasing a technology preview of Project Kensho, the company's multi-hypervisor toolkit that allows ISVs and IT managers to develop portable virtual machine (VM) appliances.

Surveys Raise Doubts on Virtualization Security

Migration to virtualization won't be the quick transition that some technology evangelists have predicted, according to recent surveys by two IT security companies.

F5 Augments File Virtualization Portfolio

Seattle-based application delivery networking vendor F5 Networks Inc. has announced several new products for its file virtualization portfolio.

Amazon To Host Microsoft Solutions in the Cloud

Amazon announced on Wednesday that it is conducting a private beta test of Microsoft's server products running on Amazon's hosted computing platform, which is called Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2).

Xen Hypervisor Gets an Update

The open source hypervisor Xen has a new version, 3.3, that includes a number of upgrades and enhancements that make it more enterprise-worthy and start to move it beyond the datacenter.

Citrix XenApp 5.0 Adds New Features, Ramps Performance

Citrix Systems has upped the competitive ante by adding a new set of performance-related features to its flagship XenApp product.

Microsoft Changes Virtualization Licensing Rules

Microsoft has made substantial changes to its virtualization licensing program, changes that will lower the cost of using virtualization for many customers.

Startup: Desktone Places a Big Bet on DaaS

Desktop virtualization player goes against the big boys.

The Promise of Open Standards

OVF is more than just another open standard with lofty goals.

Which Servers Should You Virtualize?

To combat the pain of PerfMon, there are a number of tools that help.

New State of the Market

A look back and a few predictions on the state of IT virtualization.

Reorganization: Greene out, Maritz in at VMware

Recent upheaval leaves industry bewildered.

Analysis: The Storage Management Gap

Storage virtualization can address some of the problems associated with getting incompatible physical storage to live together.

Q&A: Blurring the Virtual Dichotomy

An interview with VMware's senior director of desktop platforms and solutions.

Planning Primer: Architecture

You can't just slap your virtual infrastructure together -- you need to know where each piece lives in the production stack to get the most out of it.

UPFRONT: Virtual Machine Manager 2008 Stays on Track

Microsoft's next virt push will be with this strong enterprise VM contender.

Planning Primer: Pitfalls

Build a solid and long-lasting virtual infrastructure around virtualization's many moving parts, including servers, storage, network, security and management.

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