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Virtualization News Desk
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SYS-CON's Virtualization News Desk trawls the news sources of the world for the latest details of virtualization technologies, products, and market trends, and provides breaking news updates from the Virtualization Conference & Expo.
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Virtualization on Wall
Street Conference & Expo
Will Be a Leading
Technology Event in New
York By Virtualization News Desk  SYS-CON Events announced
today that the
Virtualization on Wall
Street Conference & Expo
will take place on March
22-24, 2009, in New York
City. The event is
expected to attract over
1,000 developers,
architects, IT managers,
and software
professionals of every
s... Jul. 18, 2008 08:45 PM Reads: 12,046 | "Virtualization Power
Panel" Live on SYS-CON.TV By Virtualization News Desk Red Hat CTO Brian
Stevens, Citrix CTO Simon
Crosby, Egenera CTO Pete
Manca, Allen Stewart,
Group Manager, Windows
Virtualization at
Microsoft, and Brian
Duckering, Sr. Director
of Products and Alliances
at Symantec were the top
industry executives who
joined Jerem... Jul. 18, 2008 08:45 PM Reads: 6,076 | SYS-CON's Virtualization
Journal Opens Its
"Readers' Choice Awards"
Nominations By Virtualization News Desk 2008 will be the year of
Virtualization with many
companies offering their
products and services,
including: 3 Leaf,
Acronis, Agilysys,
Akorri, AMD, APC,
Appistry, AppStream,
Attune Systems, Avanade,
BEA Systems, Blue Lane,
Brocade, CA, Cassatt,
Certeon, CiRBA, Ci... Jul. 18, 2008 08:15 PM Reads: 89,171 Replies: 2 | SYS-CON's Virtualization
Expo Was Larger Than Any
Gartner Event in Two
Years By Virtualization News Desk  Virtualization has
quickly become a staple
new concept for
enterprise IT. At
SYS-CON's 3rd
International
Virtualization Conference
& Expo, held at the
Roosevelt Hotel in New
York City, June 23-24, we
had exceptional speakers
with high-quality use
cases not only ... Jul. 18, 2008 08:15 PM Reads: 16,622 Replies: 2 | SYS-CON's "Cloud
Computing Expo" Call for
Papers Open Through July
31 By Virtualization News Desk The future model for
providing IT
infrastructure and
services in large
organizations is what
many today are calling
'Cloud Computing' - a
concept popularized by
Amazon through its web
services efforts. Merrill
Lynch analysts for
example reckon that by
2011 the v... Jul. 18, 2008 08:15 PM Reads: 5,890 | SYS-CON Launches Another
Worldwide First: "Cloud
Computing Journal" By Virtualization News Desk  The world's first journal
devoted to the delivery
of massively scalable IT
resources as a service
has been launched by
SYS-CON Media, the latest
in a series of
leading-edge additions to
its 25-plus stable of
online and print
publications such as Web
2.0 Journal, A... Jul. 18, 2008 08:00 PM Reads: 3,613 | Clouds Are No Substitute
for Competence By Virtualization News Desk  Just as people begin to
understand the difference
between web ops and IT,
we are entering a period
where clouds promise
'Ops-Free' computing.
Because it's easy,
scalable, available and
disposable, the cloud is
well on its way to
becoming 'technology's
next big thi... Jul. 18, 2008 03:00 PM Reads: 1,199 | RingCube Managed
Virtualization Workspaces
to be Delivered on MXI
Security Biometric USB
Drives By Virtualization News Desk RingCube and MXI Security
have partnered to deliver
MojoPac Enterprise on MXI
Security's Stealth MXP
Biometric USB drives. The
integrated mobile virtual
desktop solution enables
users to securely carry
their entire desktop
environment including
applications, files a... Jul. 18, 2008 03:00 PM Reads: 1,163 | Policy-Based Management:
Leading Practices and
Pitfalls in a Virtualized
Environment By Virtualization News Desk  With the adoption of
virtualization, virtual
machines are replacing
physical servers in the
data center and
introducing a unique set
of management
requirements.
Policy-based management
in the virtualized
infrastructure is an
approach that is used to
simplify and... Jul. 18, 2008 02:45 PM Reads: 1,310 | Deploying into the
Clouds: Concepts,
Benefits, and Experiences By Virtualization News Desk  Cloud Computing offers
significant benefits over
traditional solutions for
deploying production
systems as well as for
conducting development
and testing activities.
This session will distill
the unique
characteristics of clouds
and describe how to best
think abou... Jul. 18, 2008 02:45 PM Reads: 2,170 | Citrix Unveils Project
Kensho for Creation of
Hypervisor-Independent
Virtualization
Application Workloads By Virtualization News Desk Citrix Systems announced
'Project Kensho,' which
will deliver Open Virtual
Machine Format (OVF)
tools that allow
independent software
vendors (ISVs) and
enterprise IT managers to
create
hypervisor-independent,
portable enterprise
application workloads.
These too... Jul. 18, 2008 02:45 PM Reads: 1,432 | Fortisphere to Support
VMware VMsafe
Virtualization Technology By Virtualization News Desk Fortisphere announced
that it plans to support
VMware VMsafe technology,
expanding the market
reach of its Virtual
Essentials software
suite, which provides
customers with greater
levels of visibility and
control over their VMware
virtualized environments.
VMware ... Jul. 18, 2008 02:45 PM Reads: 1,149 | NetApp and LeaseWeb to
Launch Storage
Virtualization Platform By Virtualization News Desk Hosting provider LeaseWeb
has decided to use a FAS
3040HA mid-range platform
by NetApp so that it will
be able to offer its
customers a complete
storage-on-demand (SOD)
solution. The platform
will allow LeaseWeb to
offer managed back-up and
disaster recovery
services. Jul. 18, 2008 02:45 PM Reads: 994 | Server Virtualization and
the New Data Center
Operating Environment By Virtualization News Desk  As server virtualization
gains mainstream
adoption, it is
increasingly being
deployed to support a
broad range of data
center initiatives that
extend beyond simple
server consolidation and
development and test.
Today, enterprises of all
sizes are realizing the
t... Jul. 18, 2008 01:00 PM Reads: 2,018 | StoneFly Upgrades
StoneFusion Network
Storage Platform to Boost
Server Virtualization
Capabilities By Virtualization News Desk StoneFly unveiled
StoneFusion 6.1, a new
more robust release of
the company's intelligent
network storage platform,
which is integrated into
all StoneFly IP SANs to
provide block-level
provisioning and
centralized storage
management, control and
monitoring of logical
storage volumes. Jul. 18, 2008 12:15 PM Reads: 1,190 | An IT Admin's Dream Come
True: The Promise of
Desktop Virtualization By Virtualization News Desk  Join MokaFive co-founder
and CTO, John Whaley, as
he discusses desktop
virtualization as a
potential dream-come-true
for IT administrators
faced with demanding
users and impending
disasters. Whaley will
cover how desktop
virtualization provides
solutions to accomm... Jul. 18, 2008 12:15 PM Reads: 1,903 | FastScale Launches North
America Virtualization
Channel Program By Virtualization News Desk FastScale announced a new
North America Channel
Program with eight
partners already signed
including Blackhawk
Technology Consulting,
Continental Resources,
International
Computerware, New Age
Technology, SecureTek
Group, VirtaCORE,
Whitewater Data, and
Xcedex. ... Jul. 18, 2008 12:15 PM Reads: 1,388 | FastScale Introduces New
Software Virtualization
Solution By Virtualization News Desk FastScale announced the
newest release of its
flagship product,
FastScale Composer Suite.
FastScale Composer Suite
fully automates the
process of building,
managing and deploying
server software
environments for
enterprise class data
centers and Web farms,
wheth... Jul. 18, 2008 12:15 PM Reads: 1,405 | Imera Systems Announces
Next Generation Network
Virtualization Solutions By Virtualization News Desk Imera Systems announces
next generation network
virtualization solutions
for cross-enterprise
e-Diagnostics and
equipment knowledge base
access. The solutions
connect manufacturers and
equipment vendors to
maximize productivity and
reduce unscheduled
equipment dow... Jul. 18, 2008 12:15 PM Reads: 967 | Hyper9 Unveils Key
Virtualization Product
Architects By Virtualization News Desk On the heels of emergence
from stealth mode, Hyper9
revealed the identities
of two key product
architects. Hyper9 search
guru Jim Snyder and data
aggregation expert Brian
Baker share large roles
in the development of the
company's recently
announced virtualization
management solution. Jul. 18, 2008 12:15 PM Reads: 774 | 3PAR and SYSDBA Launch
Utility Storage
Virtualization in South
Africa By Virtualization News Desk 3PAR announced a new
partnership with SYSDBA
in South Africa to
deliver innovative
utility computing
solutions built on 3PAR
Utility Storage. SYSDBA
offers a portfolio of
products that
collectively optimize and
consolidate their
clients' data centers by
reducing... Jul. 18, 2008 12:15 PM Reads: 830 | StoneFly Upgrades
StoneFusion Network
Storage Virtualization
Platform By Virtualization News Desk StoneFly unveiled
StoneFusion 6.1, a new
more robust release of
the company's intelligent
network storage platform,
which is integrated into
all StoneFly IP SANs to
provide block-level
provisioning and
centralized storage
management, control and
monitoring of logical
storage volumes. Jul. 18, 2008 12:15 PM Reads: 592 | Virtualization from
Desktop to Datacenter By Virtualization News Desk  Virtualization comes in
many forms, and by
combining multiple
technologies, enterprises
can transform the way
they deploy and manage
their software. This
session will examine how
an enterprise can combine
the use of layer-2
'desktop' hypervisor
technology, layer-1... Jul. 18, 2008 12:00 PM Reads: 1,684 | Juniper Networks Selects
IBM For Virtualization
Data Center Hosting
Agreement By Virtualization News Desk IBM and Juniper Networks
announced they have
signed a five-year, data
center hosting agreement
with IBM to support
Juniper's global
operations. As part of
the agreement, IBM will
provide Juniper with a
next-generation, global
hosting environment to
support its ent... Jul. 18, 2008 12:00 PM Reads: 1,584 | ScaleMP Announces
Availability of Its
Virtualization
Aggregation Software for
Dell PowerEdge Servers By Virtualization News Desk ScaleMP announced the
availability and support
of its vSMP Foundation
Standalone software on
the Dell PowerEdge server
platforms. ScaleMP
customers can now take
advantage of ScaleMP's
aggregation solutions
using Dell's PowerEdge
server platforms. The
vSMP Foundati... Jul. 18, 2008 12:00 PM Reads: 574 | Carbonite Announces
Virtualization
Partnership Agreement
with Lifeboat
Distribution By Virtualization News Desk Carbonite announced a
partnership agreement
with Lifeboat
Distribution. The
agreement will enhance
distribution coverage
within North America.
Carbonite will have
access to Lifeboat's
North American network of
more than 4,500
resellers, value-added
resellers, co... Jul. 18, 2008 12:00 PM Reads: 390 Replies: 1 | BRU Server from TOLIS
Group Certified to
Support Parallels
Virtualization Software By Virtualization News Desk TOLIS Group announced a
partnership with
Parallels. TOLIS' BRU
Server network backup
solution has been
successfully tested for
compatibility with
Parallels Server for Mac
virtualization software.
TOLIS Group is the
developer of the
ultra-reliable BRU brand
of da... Jul. 18, 2008 12:00 PM Reads: 586 | SYSGO's PikeOS
Virtualization Platform
Selected by DIANA
European Project By Virtualization News Desk SYSGO announced that
their PikeOS safe and
secure virtualization
platform has been
selected to support the
ARINC-653 test
application ported on
AIDA, the new platform
defined by the DIANA
project. This test
application is a Flight
Management System (FMS). Jul. 18, 2008 12:00 PM Reads: 154 | Peer Software Partners
With Parallels To Provide
Continuous Data
Protection On
Virtualization Platforms By Virtualization News Desk Peer Software announced a
partnership with
Parallels. The companies
are collaborating to
enable customers to
realize cost-savings
through simplified IT
infrastructures, using
virtualization platforms
and disaster recovery
solutions with certified
data protection, ... Jul. 18, 2008 11:45 AM Reads: 286 | Xeround Accelerates Cloud
Computing Space with
Intelligent Data Grid
Solution By Virtualization News Desk Xeround announced the
Company has closed a $16
million round of Series B
funding led by Ignition
Partners and Trilogy
Partnership. Also
participating in the
round were existing
investors Benchmark
Capital and Giza Venture
Capital. The newly
acquired funds will be ... Jul. 18, 2008 10:30 AM Reads: 1,349 | On the Path to Cloud
Computing Nirvana By Virtualization News Desk  Today, offerings such as
Amazon Web Services'
Elastic Compute Cloud
(EC2) are providing a new
model for on demand
compute resources based
on virtual machines.
Virtual appliances are a
natural deployment
vehicle for this type of
infrastructure, allowing
a clean sep... Jul. 18, 2008 10:30 AM Reads: 2,217 | RightScale CTO To Present
at SYS-CON's "Cloud
Computing Expo" November
20-21, 2008, San Jose,
California By Virtualization News Desk  Cloud Computing offers
significant benefits over
traditional solutions for
deploying production
systems as well as for
conducting development
and testing activities.
Dr Thorsten von Eicken,
CTO of RightScale, Inc.,
will be giving a session
at SYS-CON's 'Cloud
Comp... Jul. 18, 2008 10:15 AM Reads: 9,936 | Elastic Computing vs.
Cloud Computing By Virtualization News Desk  Cloud Computing, in its
current incarnation,
falls short on its
promise to make computing
as a whole as simple as
plugging an application
into a utility service.
The 'cloud' model
initially has focused on
making the hardware layer
consumable as on-demand
compute a... Jul. 18, 2008 10:15 AM Reads: 1,348 | Cloud Storage: A Paradigm
Shift in IT By Virtualization News Desk  The demand for storage
has increased
exponentially, placing
significant stress on
current 'in house'
storage architectures and
costly overcapacity
build-outs. Factoring in
pressures of power,
space, large capital
expenditures, global
performance, and
availabilit... Jul. 17, 2008 04:30 PM Reads: 2,446 | 2X Selects Azlan as
Virtualization
Distributor for Central
Europe By Virtualization News Desk 2X Software announced
that it has teamed up
with Azlan. With the 2X
Server Based Computing
software portfolio, Azlan
can now provide a fully
integrated and highly
reliable virtualization
business grade solution
to its customers. Jul. 17, 2008 03:15 PM Reads: 758 | Using Virtualization to
Secure Your Users'
Desktops By Virtualization News Desk  Currently most desktop
productivity software
including browsers, mail
clients, Office suites,
IM, and media players
make direct connections
to the Internet and/or
run untrusted content. As
a result, these
applications, which are
core to office
productivity, are al... Jul. 17, 2008 03:00 PM Reads: 3,275 | Virtualization: Beyond
Hypervisors to Complete
IT Infrastructure
Management By Virtualization News Desk  This session describes
how the wave of
virtualization technology
in the data center can be
extended beyond
hypervisors to embrace
complete IT
infrastructure management
resulting in significant
business value. It will
commence by summarizing
the fundamental problem... Jul. 17, 2008 03:00 PM Reads: 1,820 | How to Adapt Physical,
Virtual & Hybrid
Infrastructures on the
Fly By Virtualization News Desk  As more enterprises
embrace virtual
infrastructure for part
or all of their compute
infrastructure, tools are
needed to effectively
control both physical and
virtual. Few large
organizations seek to
virtualize all of their
servers due to the
performance hit of
v... Jul. 17, 2008 03:00 PM Reads: 1,804 | The World Wide Cloud:
Bridging the Data Center
and The Cloud By Virtualization News Desk  As cloud computing
becomes more commonplace,
creating a secure method
to bridge the gap between
existing data centers and
remote sources of compute
capacity is being more
and more important. The
ability to efficiently
and securely tap into
remote cloud resources is ... Jul. 17, 2008 01:00 PM Reads: 2,833 | Trusting the Cloud:
Timing and Adoption of
Cloud Technologies By Virtualization News Desk  Cloud technologies offer
many benefits over
traditional IT systems,
especially when managing
the size and vastness of
unstructured data and
unpredictable growth in
IT environments. But when
does it make sense to
adopt cloud technologies
and migrate a set of your
I... Jul. 17, 2008 01:00 PM Reads: 2,405 |
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