Netflix streaming, VMware licensing and the end of the world as we know it...
At its core, virtualization is the abstraction of data from the physical world. We tend to look at virtualization as the abstraction of operating systems and applications from servers and PCs, but with...
View ArticleStanding out in the market: How startups can fit in (Server Virtualization Blog)
As virtualization and cloud vendors make more acquisitions (see: Citrix buying Cloud.com) and dive deeper into IT infrastructure (see: vSphere 5), are the small guys getting squeezed out? Smaller...
View ArticleTop 10 Reasons to Attend VMworld (VMware End User Computing)
If you haven’t yet registered for VMworld 2011, do it today as hotel rooms are selling out quickly and airfare won’t drop significantly in the near future. VMworld is THE place to learn about the...
View ArticleHouston Lunch and Learn Will Demonstrate Building a Virtual Datacenter...
Iland and VMware are hosting a Lunch and Learn about building a virtual datacenter on August 11, 2011, 11:30am-1:30pm (Central). During the event, which will be held at Maggiano's Little Italy, iland...
View ArticleVMware vCenter Operations (Virtualization Team)
Most organization today has different complains about their current performance monitoring tools. These problems are put under the magnifier when Virtualization or Private Cloud is implemented. Below...
View ArticleKillers to play VMworld 2011 party (Server Virtualization Blog)
The Killers will headline the VMworld 2011 party. Today’s announcement of The Killers as the VMworld 2011 party band makes up for several years of lackluster musical guests at the virtualization...
View ArticleOracle on VMware vSphere - Elite Panel Discussion (VMworld 2011, Las Vegas)...
We are pleased to announce that the five participants of the First Oracle on VMware elite panel discussion at VMworld 2011 at Las Vegas. They are: Jeff Browning – EMC Chris Williams – Cognizant Dave...
View ArticleESG Confirms: Virtualize the Array in order to Best Support the Cloud (The...
Does your storage array address the key requirements of your virtual infrastructure? Maybe a better question to pose would be, "What are the key requirements a storage array should provide a cloud...
View ArticleRealtek 8111E Works With VMware vSphere 5 (Kendrick Coleman)
I've had this one backlogged but finally got around to test it out. In my home lab, I am using the Shuttle SH55 that has a Realtek 8111E 1Gb on-board NIC. Surprisingly enough, I see google keywords...
View ArticleRealtek 8111E Works With VMware vSphere 5 (Kendrick Coleman)
I've had this one backlogged but finally got around to test it out. In my home lab, I am using the Shuttle SH55 that has a Realtek 8111E 1Gb on-board NIC. Surprisingly enough, I see google keywords...
View ArticleIs Citrix close to acquiring RingCube for user personalization? (Our full...
An interesting rumor popped up in the past few days that Citrix is close to acquiring RingCube, maker of the vDesk VDI user personalization software. Doing so would bolster Citrix's capabilities around...
View ArticlePrime Numbers, PI & VMs (Professional VMware)
Since vSphere added the ability to have oddly numbered non power of two vCPU configurations, I’ve wondered what it’d be like to run a VM with an odd number. Will Windows react oddly? etc? I also had...
View ArticleWorkaround: vSphere Java API with Java Web Start (DoubleCloud)
If you are using, or intend to use, the open source vijava API with Java Web start, you want to read this article carefully. A community user recently reported an issue in this scenario. His test...
View ArticleCapacity Management in a Virtualized Private Cloud (Virtualization Team)
Capacity Management importance has been on the rise since Virtualization started becoming a main stream. In earlier days in the physical world, Capacity Planning/Management used to end at the time the...
View ArticleCloud Try Before You Buy (Virtualization Review Blogs)
Service and communications provider Logicalis clearly wants your business.
View ArticleMicrosoft Migration Tools Get Cloud-Friendly (Virtualization Review Blogs)
Microsoft just released the Microsoft Assessment and Planning Toolkit 6.0.
View ArticleGSA Greenlights Google Cloud (Virtualization Review Blogs)
The U.S. General Services Administration spends a heckuva a lot of money every year, and now some of that scratch is heading Google's way.
View ArticleVMworld Session: Storage Best Practices Group Discussion (GD21) (VMware...
Hi all, We'll be running a couple of these group discussions at this year's VMworld. The session is 60 minutes in length, and while we will be preparing some best practice scenarios of our own, it...
View ArticleVMware View gets performance boost (Virtualization Practice)
One of the reduced criticisms of View, and one of the most frequent weapons used against it, has been the relatively poor performance characteristics of PCoIP across high latency low bandwidth WAN...
View ArticleNew Articles Published for Week Ending 7/30/11 (VMware Knowledge Base Weekly...
VMware ACE Cannot log in to a virtual machine after changing the domain account password from another machine (2003636) Date Published: 7/28/2011 VMware ESX ESX host shows a purple diagnostic screen...
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