VMTurbo, a workload management system for virtualized environments, seeks to simplify and streamline. It's first stop -- hooking into VMware vCenter.
VMware had a great year in 2011 and has big plans for growing its business in 2012.
2012 just might be the year the sun gets a chance to set on VMware's empire of server virtualization hegemony.
Aiming to help IT organizations make their virtual desktop infrastructure more flexible, VMware has released a "technology preview" of its View client for Mac OS X Lion, and has promised similar previews of clients for Ubuntu Linux and the Kindle Fire in coming weeks.
Server virtualization continued to make inroads in 2011. From the Open Virtualization Alliance to the vSphere 5 hypervisor to the quarterly V-Index, here are the highs and lows.
Predicting the future of a hot technology is never easy, but one CTO weighs in on what he anticipates will go on in the server virtualization market next year.
V-Commander product promises to help enterprises scale and manage virtual environments as well as support internal private clouds.
But has it? Veeam Software's last V-Index reveals price as the leading driver for enterprises switching up their virtual environments. Cost, however, is far from the only differentiator among virtualization offerings.
VDI, despite its lengthier history, has yet to gain the traction that server virtualization has. End-user owned devices, such as iPads and other tablets, just might give provide the nudge needed to win over acceptance from employees and employers alike.
VMware updates vCenter Operations Manager, and introduces new vFabric Application Management and IT Business Management suites, while HP introduced HP Technology Consulting Services to help customers blaze a path to the cloud.
As enterprises embrace cloud computing, the vendors are turning up the noise, both in the features they provide and why they are vastly superior to their competitors.
VMware's data center management tools too high for your organization. The out-of-the-box cloud management and automation solutions from Cloupia offer provisioning, dynamic resource allocation, discovery and monitoring, metering and chargeback, analytics, orchestration, a self-service catalog and more.
Microsoft tends to get things right with version 3 of its products, and with Hyper-V 3, this looks to be the case once again. When Server 8 comes out, Microsoft will have a serious server virtualization platform on its hands that will do everything most companies need.
When it comes to server virtualization pricing, it seems each vendor has chosen a different fruit. How do you compare pricing when structures vary from per-server or per-processor, or are based on VM usage, bundled guest OS licenses or combinations of all of these?
Workstation now an on-ramp to the cloud as Fusion expands Windows on Mac capabilities.
Mitigate one of your primary pain points with enterprise backup software for your virtual infrastructure.
VMware reigns as leader of the server virtualization market, offering a product range spans from simple server consolidation for SMBs to data center automation and fully fledged cloud computing environments for enterprises and service providers.
Microsoft knocks VMware's virtualization strategy. Some of it rings true but it doesn't seem to matter. Is this a sign of Microsoft becoming less relevant?
VMware positions itself for the post-PC era with new virtual desktop and gateway technologies for hybrid clouds.
Oracle looks to advance its server virtualization technology with new management capabilities and performance enhancements.
Per-CPU socket pricing, vRAM entitlements and pooling -- with VMware's latest pricing schema, figuring out the costs of virtualization is trickier than ever.
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vSphere, Hyper-V, VMware, server virtualization
Getting data on virtualization technology is now easier than ever. A quarterly industry survey of 500 enterprises called the V-Index has just been launched, and the results are simultaneously expected and surprising.
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virtualization technology, Hyper-V, VMware, Veeam, server virtualization
Virtualization vendor wants users to 'pay by the drink' as new pricing model set to take hold.
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server virtualization, vSphere, Red Hat, VMware
Red Hat accuses VMware of raising prices on virtualization, VMware disagrees.
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VMware, price, server virtualization, Red Hat, software licensing
With the launch of vSphere 5, VMware's claim of mission-critical virtualization readiness has increased credibility and boosted the company's significance yet again.
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VMware, mission-critical, vSphere, server virtualization
Cloud Infrastructure Suite debuts with new automation and security capabilities that helps deal with both noisy and nosey neighbors.
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VMware, vSphere, server virtualization
The virtualization kingpin has company in the Leaders' Quadrant of Gartner's x86 server virtualization Magic Quadrant. With Citrix and Microsoft in its square, shouldn't VMware be at least a little concerned?
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Gartner, VMware, server virtualization, Citrix, Microsoft
Is virtualization technology mature enough to handle your mission-critical applications. Not surprisingly, VMware thinks so. It's reasoning might not be what you think.
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server virtualization, desktop virtualization, mission-critical, VMware, hybrid cloud
Virtualization startup looks to help administrators manage capacity as it prepares to take on industry heavyweights.
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performance management, virtualization, VMware, virtualization technology
Cloud computing, server virtualization, VDI and a far amount of VMware bashing fills the hall of this year's Citrix Synergy.
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server virtualization, VMware, XenServer, Citrix, VDI
VMware launches integrated approach for matching user identity and authentication with cloud apps.
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VMware ESX Server, VMware, cloud computing
Sure, it's a lot less expensive, but is there a technological reason to choose the Linux leader over the virtualization kingpins? Navin Thadani thinks so and explains why.
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Hyper-V, server virtualization, VMware, Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization, Microsoft
ActiveState chooses VMware's Cloud Foundry instead of Red Hat OpenShift for new platform.
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OpenShift, VMware, Red Hat, Cloud Foundry, ActiveState
This cloud provider isn't placing all its eggs in one basket, and it explains
why it makes sense to have a multicloud technology strategy.
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OpenStack, VMware, cloud computing
Historically, Apple has been very protective of its desktop and server OS. However, with its server hardware line discontinued and its server OS all but gone, Apple may be preparing to change its tune. Some pundits have gone so far as to predict Mac OS X support may be coming in vSphere 5.
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VMware, Mac OS X, Apple, server virtualization, vSphere
With its flagship offering, Pancetera Unite, a virtual appliance, the company aims to remove the mystery and complexities surrounding virtual machine backup.
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virtual appliance, virtual machine, VMware, backup
Is SAN complexity leading to VM stall? One NAS vendor certainly thinks so, and it's determined to disprove the 'myths.'
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SAN, VMware, storage virtualization, NAS, server virtualization
New open source efforts from VMware aims to open up a platform-as-a-service offering enabling multi-cloud deployments.
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cloud computing, open source software, Apache, VMware
A recent survey of x86 virtualization penetration shows few enterprises exceeding 50 percent and many running into SLA issues.
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virtual server, server virtualization, sla, VMware, Hyper-V
VMware added a lane in its highway to the cloud with three new cloud provider partners and vCloud Connector, which bridges the private cloud to the public cloud.
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hybrid cloud, vcloud, VMware, vSphere, virtualization technology
The first release of the open source Zimbra email collaboration software since leaving Yahoo debuts. What's new and what's different about VMware's spin on the popular open source software?
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virtualization, mail server, open source software, Zimbra, VMware
With VMware's stock soaring to new heights, the future continues to look bright for virtualization. It's 2011 and virtualization no longer means just servers -- a recent CDW report finds desktop virtualization deployments on the rise.
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desktop virtualization, CDW, virtualization technology, VMware, virtualization
A recent deal between VMware and LG brings virtualization technology to the mobile device world. Could the iPhone be next?
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virtualization technology, iPhone, Android, LG, VMware
InternetNews.com chose VMware CEO Paul Maritz to receive a 2010 CEO Vision Award. The leader of the virtualization king pin was selected for his leadership in continuing to push the technology's value proposition forward.
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VMware, Paul Maritz, virtualization, CEO Vision Awards, InternetNews.com
Virtualization Experience Infrastructure is set to deliver a virtual desktop with new partnerships and technologies.
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desktop virtualization, Cisco, Citrix, cloud computing, VMware
NEC's FT Express5800 can now run Hyper-V, providing a new fault-tolerant virtualization environment for Windows shops. Can virtualized mission-critical apps be far behind?
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server virtualization, Fault Tolerant, VMware, Hyper-V, NEC
Is government driving the cloud computing adoption bus? Limited budgets and expanding
desktop computing costs made virtualization a popular choice among government
entities, then the cloud beckoned.
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virtualization, VMware, government, cloud computing, private cloud
New Flexible 4 Business alliance aims to deliver turnkey cloud computing services around the globe.
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VMware, cloud computing, EMC, Orange, Cisco
These days, the UNIX and Linux server OS landscape would play on the big screen as well as a combination Jackie Chan, James Bond, and Bill & Ted's Excellent Adventure movie all rolled together.
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SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, Novell, VMware, server os, Oracle
VMware may be in talks with Novell to purchase its SUSE Linux
division. What could the server virtualization vendor want with an OS?
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acquisition, VMware, server virtualization, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, Novell
At VMworld, the virtualization giant delivers its vision of the cloud as an IT service for applications, leveraging its SpringSource technologies.
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vFabric, cloud services, Spring, cloud computing, VMware
The company is touting engineering giant CH2M Hill as its latest example of how the Hyper-V virtualization platform is beating out VMware.
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Hyper-V, server virtualization, VMware
VMware's big show is on the way, with cloud computing front and center.
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VMworld, vSphere, cloud computing, xsigo, VMware
Six-months post-acquisition, VMware has absorbed Zimbra from both organizational and developmental perspectives. This week's product release reveals much about
its future positioning in the VMware ecosystem.
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Zimbra, vSphere, cloud computing, server virtualization, VMware
Customers can run Zimbra Appliance in their own data center or via one of VMware's vCloud partners.
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VMware, VMware vSphere, cloud computing
New systems management release offers improved virtualization integration for enterprise users.
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Zenoss, Hyperic, SpringSource, VMware
Through enhanced integration SpringSource Hyperic 4.4 maintains a continually updated inventory of VMware vSphere ESX and ESXi hosts.
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VMware, Hyperic, VMware vSphere
VMware's Tuesday release of VSphere 4.1 is more than a typical point release, and it's about more than server virtualization.
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vSphere, VMware, server virtualization, virtualization technology, cloud computing
For a point release, vSphere 4.1 packs an awful lot of new features, functionality and improvements. And it's SMB friendly, to boot.
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vSphere, VMware, cloud computing, server virtualization, hypervisor
ManageEngine adds VMware APIs and a host of other functionality to its latest
release of OpManager. Will this virtual server tool take the monitoring market
by storm?
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virtual machine management, virtual server, ManageEngine, monitoring software, VMware
Virtualization admins claim StorageVIEW is easier than VMware's vCenter and VKernel's licensed Capacity Analyzer tool.
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vCenter, virtualization, StorageVIEW, VMware
NEC partners with VMware to bring virtualization to its FT line. Is this the start of mission-critical apps running on virtual servers becoming commonplace?
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NEC, VMware, vSphere, server virtualization, virtual server
The NEC FT server series can now deliver continuous VMware processing and availability in the event of outages.
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Fault Tolerant, server, VMware
Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurst recently stated that VMware was the open source software vendor's largest competitor.
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cloud computing, virtualization, Red Hat, VMware, open-source
Virtually Speaking: It's accolades all around for VMware, even
from Microsoft users.
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Hyper-V, TechEd, Microsoft, server virtualization, VMware
Virtually Speaking: Or, rather, will an alliance with VMware
save the beleaguered company?
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VMware, Novell, server virtualization, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, virtual appliance
New deal will see SLES packaged with vSphere appliances as VMware chooses a default Linux distribution for its offering.
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linux os, VMware, vSphere, SUSE Linux, server virtualization
The company has optimized Workstation 7.1 and added new hypervisor tweaks.
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virtual machine, virtualization technologies, VMware, desktop virtualization
The company started out with a server virtualization aggregation tool that makes many boxes look like one. Now, it's enhancing its formula and splitting that image into a second virtual machine.
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ScaleMP, SMP, server virtualization, VMware, Linux
