Virtualization

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  VMware acquires desktop management company Wanova

  VMware has acquired Wanova, a developer of software used to centralize and simplify image management on physical and virtual desktops, the company said Tuesday.

  By Mikael Ricknäs | 23 May, 2012 11:06

  Tags: desktop virtualization, Virtualization, system management, software, mergers and acquisitions, business issues, Wanova, VMware

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  AusCERT 2012: Virtualization security needs improvements

  Improved virtualization security protection and network training are needed if Australian enterprises are to avoid potential attacks via the virtual machine (VM) layer in the future, delegates at the AusCERT 2012 conference on the Gold Coast have heard.

  By Hamish Barwick | 16 May, 2012 14:48

  Tags: Virtualization, security, AusCERT 2012

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  New engine to power Xangati's performance monitoring product

  The latest version of Cupertino-based Xangati's virtual dashboard product will boast a new performance management engine and the ability to work with eight instances of VMware vCenter, instead of just one.

  By Jon Gold | 15 May, 2012 23:42

  Tags: Xangati, VMware, VM, Virtualization, monitoring, internet, hardware systems, Data Center, Configuration / maintenance, cloud computing

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  Largest Illinois healthcare system uproots Cisco to build $40M private cloud

  LAS VEGAS -- A healthcare network in Illinois is investing $40 million in Alcatel-Lucent switches to consolidate data centers into a private cloud.

  By Jim Duffy | 12 May, 2012 00:30

  Tags: Virtualization, service management, private clouds, LAN & WAN, Interop, internet, hardware systems, Ethernet Switch, data center fabric, Data Center, Configuration / maintenance, cloud computing, Cisco Catalyst 6509, catalyst, Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch, alcatel-lucent

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  MIT business school grapples with virtualization

  MIT's Sloan School of Management has embraced virtualized desktops as a way to meet user needs and streamline operations, but the IT staff accepts that finding just the right mix of hardware and software is an ongoing challenge.

  By Tim Greene | 11 May, 2012 02:52

  Tags: VMware, Virtualization, virtual desktops, VDI, thin clients, hardware systems, Data Center, Configuration / maintenance, case study

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  Citrix boosts VDI offering with products, acquisition and details at cloud-based future

  Citrix Systems is upgrading XenDesktop, acquiring Virtual Computer, introducing a new type of hardware-assisted thin client and initiating a cloud project in an effort to make its virtual desktop infrastructure offering more attractive.

  By Mikael Ricknäs | 11 May, 2012 00:35

  Tags: Virtualization, desktop virtualization, Citrix Systems, application virtualization

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  Cloud providers touting multi-hypervisor support

  When Tata Communications, the Indian telecommunications company, rolls out its infrastructure as a service cloud offering in America in the coming months, company officials want to claim differentiating features in the products. And one they're hoping to include is support for multiple hypervisors.

  By Brandon Butler | 10 May, 2012 05:42

  Tags: Zynga, VMware, Virtualization, terremark, Tata Communications, public cloud, internet, hardware systems, Data Center, Configuration / maintenance, cloud hypervisor, cloud computing

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  Whiptail whips up modularly scalable all-flash storage array

  Solid-state storage array maker Whiptail today announced its first modular, scalable all-flash array with up to 72TB of capacity.

  By Lucas Mearian | 09 May, 2012 02:51

  Tags: Virtualization, texas memory systems, Storage Hardware, storage, software, Networked Storage, network-attached storage, databases, applications

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  VMware to offer enterprise application portal

  VMware will offer enterprise software that allows employees to access all their desktop Windows applications and online services from a single portal, the company announced Wednesday.

  By Joab Jackson | 02 May, 2012 22:06

  Tags: application virtualization, cloud computing, desktop virtualization, e-commerce, internet, Software as a service, Virtualization, VMware

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  HCL CEO Vineet Nayar: Outsourcing is dead, and there's nothing innovative in cloud technology

  The customer always comes first. Except when it comes to HCL, the $6 billion Indian outsourcing -- make that co-sourcing -- giant led by CEO Vineet Nayar, who literally wrote the book on a philosophy known as 'employees first, customer second.' In this latest installment of our CEO Interview Series, Nayar spoke with IDG Enterprise Chief Content Officer John Gallant about how that philosophy is fueling HCL's rapid growth and why more CIOs ought to consider adopting it. Nayar also discussed how HCL has set its sights beyond competing with other Indian outsourcers like Infosys and Wipro and is squarely targeting what he believes are the many unhappy customers of services giants like IBM, Accenture and CSC. The outspoken Nayar took shots at the 'fear psychosis' created by services firms in trying to peddle their offerings and used a barnyard epithet to describe public cloud computing, which he claims isn't ready for prime time. He also outlined HCL's aggressive plans for hiring locally in the U.S. and Europe, and defended the company's use of the controversial H-1B visa program. In addition, Nayar talked about the new goals for IT departments in 2012 and beyond, and explained why treating mobile as a technology 'misses the point.'

  By John Gallant | 01 May, 2012 02:29

  Tags: accenture, cloud computing, Configuration / maintenance, csc, Data Center, education, Education/Training, Enterprise Architecture and SOA, freemium, hardware systems, IBM, industry verticals, infosys, internet, IT industry, it management, Management and Careers, training, Virtualization, wipro

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  SMB Adoption Of Virtualization to Outpace Enterprises: Survey

  According to a recent survey conducted by disaster recovery and data protection solutions provider Acronis, small and medium sized businesses (SMBs) around the world are planning to adopt server virtualization in 2012 at a faster pace than large enterprises. However, the survey also identified widespread backup and disaster recovery shortcomings for virtual servers amongst SMBs. Meanwhile, previous enthusiasm for cloud infrastructure has, at least so far, failed to turn into reality.

  By Computerworld India staff | 26 April, 2012 23:50

  Tags: Virtualization

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  VMware downplays leaks of source code

  Virtualization software vendor VMware today downplayed the seriousness of a source code leak involving the company's ESX hypervisor technology.

  By Jaikumar Vijayan | 26 April, 2012 08:17

  Tags: App Security, Cybercrime and Hacking, kaspersky lab, Pastebin, Virtualization, VMware

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  Users find Microsoft System Center 2012 simplifies virtual systems management duties

  Switching from VMware to Microsoft's Hyper-V virtualization environment is saving money for two businesses that are also using Microsoft's System Center 2012 to manage and monitor applications and the infrastructure that supports them.

  By Tim Greene | 25 April, 2012 03:30

  Tags: Configuration / maintenance, Data Center, hardware systems, Microsoft, Microsoft System Center, software, Virtualization, virtual machines, VMware

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  Vyatta speeds up its software-based routing with vPlane

  Virtualized router pioneer Vyatta plans to increase the performance of its software by 10 times or more later this year, eyeing large data centers with virtualized multicore servers.

  By Stephen Lawson | 18 April, 2012 07:27

  Tags: hardware systems, networking, servers, Virtualization, Vyatta

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  Virtualization performance management: Myths and realities

  This vendor-written tech primer has been edited by Network World to eliminate product promotion, but readers should note it will likely favor the submitter's approach.

  By Nathanael Iversen, director of technical marketing, Xangati | 17 April, 2012 00:33

  Tags: agent-based software, capacity planning, Configuration / maintenance, Data Center, desktop virtualization, hardware systems, infrastructure management, infrastructure performance management, line of business applications, LOB applications, management, networking, Performance Management, VDI, Virtualization, virtualization management, virtualization performance management