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Embotics Manages to Meld VMware and Hyper-V Hypervisor Use

vCloud Director may be comprehensive, but it's also relatively expensive and arguably overkill for the needs of many enterprises. That's where alternatives like V-Commander come into play.


Tags: V-Commander, Hyper-V, hypervisor, vCloud Suite, Embotics, hypervisor management, virtually speaking, VMware

Hyper-V and VMware vSphere Architectures: Pros and Cons

With Microsoft Hyper-V and VMware vSphere tackling virtualization in their own distinct ways, it's important to know the key advantages and disadvantages of each design architecture employed by the two.


Tags: VMware vSphere, servers, server virtualization, server tutorial, VMware, hypervisor, Microsoft Hyper-V, virtualization, Hyper-V

VMware Sees OpenStack as an Opportunity as Revenues Grow

VMware expects continued growth in 2013 as it goes after a $50 billion total addressable market opportunity.


Tags: virtualization, software-defined storage, software-defined data center, OpenStack, cloud computing, hybrid cloud, VMware

PayPal Picks OpenStack at VMware's Expense

What impact will PayPal's recent move to drop VMware have on the virtualization company's hopes of becoming a dominant player in cloud computing infrastructure?


Tags: private cloud, VMware, PayPal, Cloud Infrastructure, cloud computing, OpenStack, public cloud

VMware Closing In on Vision for Software-Defined Data Center

In less than a year VMware has spent over a billion dollars acquiring the missing parts needed to turn its software-defined data center vision into a reality.


Tags: virtualization, VMware, Virsto, SDDC, virtually speaking, Nicira, software-defined data center

VCE Advances Integrated Server Vision

The Cisco/EMC/VMware joint venture puts out new data center system bundles and introduces a management paradigm for systems management.


Tags: VCE, servers, VMware, Cisco, data center, EMC

Handling Heterogeneous Hypervisor Environments with HotLink's SuperVISOR

What's the dominant hypervisor today? While VMware may be the obvious answer, HotLink's CEO has a different take on the matter.










Tags: virtualization, hypervisor, virtually speaking, cloud computing, hybrid cloud, VMware, VM, private cloud, server virtualization, hotlink

Piston Cloud Raises $12.5 Million for OpenStack Cloud Tech

Open source OpenStack cloud vendor gets a little help from Cisco in a new round of funding.


Tags: Cisco, VMware, hybrid cloud, Piston, cloud computing, OpenStack, open source

Tackling the 'Last Mile' of Workloads for Virtualization

A virtualization expert weighs in on how to effectively handle the mission-critical applications that tend to be the hardest to virtualize.










Tags: stratus, virtualization, server virtualization, virtually speaking, VM, VMware, SDN, virtual machine

VMware CEO Aims for 90 Percent Server Virtualization

VMware grows its 2012 revenues as it plots a course forward for 2013.


Tags: virtualization, data center, server virtualization, VMware, software-defined data center, SDDC

VMware Pumps $30 Million into Puppet

VMware makes strategic investment in open source-based configuration management technology - what does it all mean?


Tags: Puppet Labs, software-defined data center, VMware, virtualization, EMC, Nicira

VMware's Moves Signal a Shift in Server Virtualization for 2013

Three key actions from VMware punctuate the changes in the server virtualization ecosphere over the last twelve months, but what exactly do they mean for the future?






Tags: Nicira, Pivotal Initiative, Software-Defined Networking, SDN, VMware, virtualization, virtual machine, VM, virtually speaking

Why the Pivotal Initiative Spinoff Makes Sound Sense

VMware and EMC are taking both a back-to-basics and a forward-looking approach in committing key technologies and resources to the Pivotal Initiative.




Tags: Pivotal Initiative, Software-Defined Networking, SDN, VMware, virtualization, EMC, virtual machine, virtually speaking

Creating Custom Virtual Networks for VMware Player

Our latest tutorial reveals how you can use VMware Player's Virtual Network Editor to create custom virtual adapters and then assign them to VMs.


Tags: server tutorial, VM, virtualization, VMware, VMware Player, Virtual Network

Red Hat Accelerates Open Source Virtualization in RHEV 3.1 Release

Linux vendor takes aim at VMware with upcoming virtualization platform update.


Tags: Red Hat, VMware, virtualization, VMware vSphere, Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization, RHEV

vSphere 5.1: A Worthy Upgrade Admins Will Love

Managing a large number of VMs and all the associated networking and storage is no small feat, but new features in vSphere 5.1 make it possible to accomplish that job from literally anywhere you can connect to the network.


Tags: vSphere 5.1, cloud computing, VMware, vsphere 5, virtualization, VMware vSphere

VMware Seeking Total Cloud Domination?

Like the infamous villains in James Bond flicks, VMware would very much like to rule the world -- the cloud world in this case.


Tags: vCloud Suite, hybrid cloud, cloud computing, VMware, Cloud, vcloud, vSphere

VMware Earnings Grows as vRAM Is Removed

VMware executives explain how the new licensing changes for vSphere 5 are being favorably received.


Tags: VMware, software-defined data center, earnings, virtualization, Software-Defined Networking

How to Fix a VMware Player Bridged Network

Having difficulties when trying to set a network adapter on a VMware Player machine in Bridged mode?  Our latest tutorial reveals a solution for the bridged network issue.


Tags: server tutorial, servers, VMware, VMware Player, network adapter

VMware vSphere Embraces OpenStack

VMware CTO Steve Herrod tells OpenStack that he want to join the party.


Tags: OpenStack Summit, open source, cloud computing, VMware, VMware vSphere, OpenStack, Cloud

VMware Automates Management for the Cloud

The company's latest vCloud Suite update provides new automation capabilities.


Tags: cloud virtualization, VMware vCloud Suite, Cloud, VMware, virtualization, virtualization cloud, VMware vSphere

Can OpenStack Overcome Its Cloudy Climate?

Will political in-fighting and dissent over open and closed cloud platform alternatives prevent cloud providers from helping make the cloud enterprise a reality?


Tags: open source, Cloud, VMware, Cloud Providers, OpenStack

What the vTax's Demise Means for Server Virtualization

Is VMware's elimination of the hated "vTax" a sign that the company is changing its focus to where the real money is?


Tags: hybrid cloud, Cloud, server, VMware, servers, server virtualization, virtualization

VMware Eliminates vRAM Pricing for vSphere with 5.1 Update

VMware's new CEO backtracks on last year's vSphere pricing change as new virtualization solutions debut at VMworld.


Tags: Virtualization Management, VMworld, VMware, virtualization, VMware vSphere

VMware View 5.1: Relieving Potential Pain from VDI Projects

The latest version of VMware View debuts with new functionality to improve the overall user experience, but are the enhancements enough to warrant an upgrade for your environment?


Tags: VMware View, VMware, virtual desktop infrastructure, VDI

What's Behind VMware Changing Out Its Highly Successful CEO?

VMware has enjoyed record growth and innovation during Paul Maritz's time as CEO, so why exactly is EMC's Pat Gelsinger set to take over on September 1st?


Tags: VMware, EMC, virtualization

VMware Snaps Up Nicira in Virtualization Acquisition

The virtualization firm shows just how serious it is about the Software-Defined Networking (SDN) market, spending $1.2 billion to acquire Nicira.


Tags: Software-Defined Networking, Nicira, OpenStack, VMware, virtualization

Tweaking VMware's High Availability and Admission Control Policies

You have to balance adequate failover capacity with the ability to remain productive and cost-efficient. Admission control in VMware allows you to do both.


Tags: Virtualization Management, server tutorial, VMware, hypervisor, VM, virtualization

Hyper-V 2012 Heats Up VMware vs. Microsoft Server Virtualization Showdown

The recent barbs traded between VMware and Microsoft can mean only one thing -- each sees the other as a real threat in the server virtualization and private cloud computing markets.


Tags: Microsoft, server, VMware vSphere, virtually speaking, virtualization, private cloud, server virtualization, Hyper-V, VMware

VMware's Vision for the Software-Defined Data Center

Just how realistic is VMware's endgame of a data center where everything is virtualized and controlled via software?


Tags: virtually speaking, data center, software-defined data center, virtualization software, Virtualization Management, VMware, Nicira, virtualization

Managing Stubborn VMware VMs from the Command Line

Working in vCenter is great until the unthinkable happens -- you have a "stuck" VM. You can't do anything with it except use some command-line magic.


Tags: virtualization, server tutorial, vCenter, tutorial, Virtualization Management, VMware

VMware CTO: Server Vendors Love Virtualization

The software-defined data center is not a threat to server vendors.


Tags: server hardware, hypervisor, VMware, virtualization, Virtualization Management

Taking VMware vSphere 5 for a Spin

While VMware vSphere can already handle some of the most complex virtual machine configurations you can throw at it, version 5.0 brings even more flexibility to the HA and storage capabilities with an eye toward performance and scalability.


Tags: VMware, server virtualization, VMware vSphere, server, vSphere, vsphere 5, virtualization, Virtualization Management

VMware Source Code Leak Reveals Virtualization Security Concerns

Was VMware's recent security breach a bombshell or something barely worth raising an eyebrow about?  A security expert weighs in.


Tags: security, Security Breaches, server virtualization, virtualization, VMware

SolarWinds Virtualization Manager Supports VMware and Hyper-V

The latest release of the company's Virtualization Manager lets IT manage both VMware and Microsoft Hyper-V environments in a  single view.


Tags: Hyper-V, Solarwinds, IT management, virtualization, VMware

VMware: OpenStack Is Immature

VMware's CEO emphasizes his company's strength in both private and public cloud infrastructure as revenues continue to grow.


Tags: private cloud, hybrid cloud, VMware, public cloud, Rackspace, OpenStack, Cloud, VMware vSphere

Veeam's Management Pack Catches the Free Bug

The company is currently giving away its Management Pack for free, but there's a catch of course -- three, in fact.


Tags: Veeam, cloud computing, private cloud, VMware, hypervisor, Hyper-V, server virtualization, public cloud, Hyper-V Cloud

HotLink's Latest VMware SuperVISOR

HotLink recently refreshed SuperVISOR, its VMware hypervisor management system, with an eye on making it easier to administer heterogeneous hypervisor environments from vCenter.


Tags: vCenter, hypervisor management, server virtualization, VMware, Virtualization Management

HotLink Channels Holistic Virtual Management With 'Platform Transformation'

Thanks to an abstraction trick, this young startup is enabling enterprises to manage multiple virtualization platforms from a single console.


Tags: vCenter, server virtualization, VMware, Virtualization Management

8 Cloud Security Boosts From VMware

Cloud security, or lack there of, is increasingly proving to be a barrier to adoption and revenue for companies that sell public cloud services. VMware aims to remedy this by partnering with these eight top guns in the security market place.


Tags: public cloud, cloud security, VMware

The Truth About RHEV

VMware, Microsoft and Citrix are the Big 3 of server virtualization and public cloud. It may soon be time to add Red Hat and rebrand them the Big 4, however. With more mission-critical Linux servers being virtualized, more servers are running RHEV, and cloud providers are not exempt from this trend.


Tags: RHEV, cloud provider, VMware, Red Hat, server virtualization, cloud computing, public cloud, red hat linux, Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization, Microsoft

Veeam Adds Hyper-V Infrastructure Support

The virtual infrastructure management company doubles down on Veeam One hypervisor options.


Tags: Veeam, Hyper-V, VMware, server virtualization

Kaspersky Previews Anti-malware for VMware Environments

Security software provider secures virtual machines running Windows and hints at markets beyond VMware.


Tags: security, Kaspersky Labs, Kaspersky, VM, VMware, virtual machine

VMware Takes Steps to Conquer Nascent Hybrid Cloud Market

VMware rules in the virtual data center and private cloud, but it's second runner up in the public cloud. With hybrid clouds  on their way to being the future of computing and a consistent infrastructure between enterprises and service providers critical to their success, is it any surprise VMware is taking steps to protect its virtual kingdom?


Tags: VMware, private cloud, server virtualization, hybrid cloud, public cloud, Xen, vCenter, Microsoft

VirtualSharp Seeks to Update Disaster Recovery for Virtualization Era

Two-year-old startup offers automated disaster recovery testing for virtual environments that promise stronger compliance with RTO, RPO.


Tags: disaster recovery, server virtualization, VMware, vSphere

VMTurbo Seeks to Put Virtualization on the Fast Track

VMTurbo, a workload management system for virtualized environments, seeks to simplify and streamline. It's first stop -- hooking into VMware vCenter.


Tags: vCenter, server virtualization, VMware, cloud computing

VMware Delivers Real Financial Results for Virtualization Business

VMware had a great year in 2011 and has big plans for growing its business in 2012.


Tags: VMware, server virtualization, earnings

The Beginning of the End of the Server Virtualization Landscape as We Know It

2012 just might be the year the sun gets a chance to set on VMware's empire of server virtualization hegemony.


Tags: Hyper-V, server virtualization, VMware

VMware Extends View Virtual Desktop Clients to Mac, Linux

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.


Tags: VDI, VMware, desktop virtualization

Server Virtualization: The Year in Review

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.


Tags: open virtualization alliance, vSphere, Citrix, VMware, Xen, VDI, server virtualization, Hyper-V, KVM

VDI: The 'Other' Virtualization Technology

Unlike server virtualization, desktop virtualization, aka VDI, has been a hard sell for enterprises due largely to its high upfront costs. Still, VDI offers many benefits. Do they outweigh the costs?


Tags: desktop virtualization, VDI, Citrix, Quest, VMware, Microsoft

Predicting 2012 Server Virtualization Mega-trends

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.


Tags: vCenter, cloud computing, server virtualization, VMware, hypervisor

Embotics Boasts Turnkey VM Management, Private Cloud

V-Commander product promises to help enterprises scale and manage virtual environments as well as support internal private clouds.


Tags: Embotics, server virtualization, VMware, vSphere

Survey Reveals Server Virtualization Has Gone Commodity

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.


Tags: Citrix, server virtualization, Microsoft, commoditization, Veeam, VMware

The iPad, Saving VDI One Tablet at a Time

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.


Tags: tablet, Citrix, desktop virtualization, iPad, VMware, Thin clients, VDI

VMware, HP refresh Cloud Computing Offerings

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.


Tags: vFabric, vCenter, cloud computing, server virtualization, virtualization, HP, VMware

Slogans vs. Substance--Finding Your Way Through the Cloud Computing Jungle

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.


Tags: Google Cloud Connect, public cloud, server virtualization, VMware, Salesforce, cloud computing

Build a Data Center Cloud Utopia With Cloupia

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.


Tags: server virtualization, cloud management, cloud management tools, cloud computing, VMware

Hyper-V 3--Microsoft's Virtualization Platform Grows Up

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.


Tags: Hyper-V, Microsoft, windows server 8, VMware, server virtualization

Server Virtualization Pricing: Apples to Oranges to Pears

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?


Tags: Microsoft, Citrix XenServer, vSphere, Hyper-V, KVM, VMware, Red Hat, server virtualization

VMware Updates Workstation and Fusion

Workstation now an on-ramp to the cloud as Fusion expands Windows on Mac capabilities.


Tags: VMware, workstation virtualization

5 Backup Products for Virtual Machines

Mitigate one of your primary pain points with enterprise backup software for your virtual infrastructure.


Tags: Symantec, storage virtualization, VMware, Quest, backup, Tivoli, Tivoli Storage Manager, Veeam, virtual machine

Server Virtualization Buyer's Guide -- VMware

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.


Tags: vSphere, virtualization technology, buyer's guide, esxi, server virtualization, vcloud, vCenter, VMware ESX Server, hypervisor, VMware

Microsoft or VMware -- Who's Really Stuck in the IT Past?

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?


Tags: virtualization, Hyper-V, server virtualization, VMware, vmotions, Microsoft

VMware Expands Its View and Horizon

VMware positions itself for the post-PC era with new virtual desktop and gateway technologies for hybrid clouds.


Tags: Android, virtualization technology, virtual desktop, virtualization, LG, VDI, VMware, VMworld

Oracle Takes on VMware with Oracle VM 3.0

Oracle looks to advance its server virtualization technology with new management capabilities and performance enhancements.


Tags: Oracle, virtualization, VM, VMware

How Much Will That vSphere Deployment Really Cost You?

Per-CPU socket pricing, vRAM entitlements and pooling -- with VMware's latest pricing schema, figuring out the costs of virtualization is trickier than ever.
Tags: server virtualization, vSphere, VMware, Hyper-V

V-Index: Measuring Virtualization Technology's Reach

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.
Tags: VMware, virtualization technology, Hyper-V, Veeam, server virtualization

VMware Realizes Big Revenues from Virtualization

Virtualization vendor wants users to 'pay by the drink' as new pricing model set to take hold.
Tags: Red Hat, vSphere, VMware, server virtualization

Does VMware's New Pricing Make Virtualization More Expensive?

Red Hat accuses VMware of raising prices on virtualization, VMware disagrees.
Tags: Red Hat, server virtualization, price, VMware, software licensing

vSphere 5, A Key Landmark on VMware's Path to Glory

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.
Tags: mission-critical, VMware, vSphere, server virtualization

VMware Launches vSphere 5

Cloud Infrastructure Suite debuts with new automation and security capabilities that helps deal with both noisy and nosey neighbors.
Tags: vSphere, VMware, server virtualization

What, VMware Worry?

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?
Tags: Citrix, server virtualization, VMware, Microsoft, Gartner

Mission-Critical Virtualization

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.
Tags: hybrid cloud, server virtualization, mission-critical, desktop virtualization, VMware

VKernel Capacity Tools Aim to Balance Performance, Cost

Virtualization startup looks to help administrators manage capacity as it prepares to take on industry heavyweights.
Tags: VMware, virtualization technology, performance management, virtualization