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2009: Year of the Green Data Center

December 31, 2009 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

Photo Credit: Flickr user SunGardAvailabilitySvcs – Creative Commons I’ve been covering Green IT for a while now, but this is the first year I that recall not being able to keep track of all the new green data center…

Filed Under: Green IT, Virtualization Tagged With: AISO, AISO.Net, Data Center, datacenter, Fortune Data Centers, Google, green data center, green datacenter, i/o Data Centers, IBM

Dell's Dithmer to SMBs: Virtualization? Not so fast

November 1, 2009 by Pedro Hernandez 1 Comment

Mind you, he has servers to sell, so salt, grains and all that good stuff… Erik Dithmer, general manager of Small Medium Business Americas for Dell is telling SMB’s to hold their horses on virtualization. Gene Marks, author of “Penny…

Filed Under: Virtualization Tagged With: Dell, small business, SMB, Virtualization

VMware Courting Virtual Iron Customers with Price Breaks

July 7, 2009 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

Reuters is reporting that VMware is offering a 40 percent discount to Virtual Iron customers if they make the switch. Virtual Iron, which tailored virtualization solutions toward SMBs, was bought by Oracle in May and was promptly shuttered as a…

Filed Under: Virtualization Tagged With: Oracle, Virtual Iron, VMware

Virtualization Anchors FAA Air Traffic System Modernization

July 6, 2009 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

The FAA is nearly finished with a modernization project that relies heavily on virtual machines to process messages for the National Airspace Data Interchange Network, segmenting data for federal and civil air traffic and bringing legacy functionality and newer IP…

Filed Under: Green IT, Virtualization Tagged With: FAA, Stratus Technologies, virtual server, Virtualization

Virtualization and the Game Developer

June 23, 2009 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

Games are taxing enough on PC hardware, why would you want to add virtualization’s overhead? Over at Gamasutra, Neil Gower writes that capable, modern-day hardware makes virtualization something game developers should consider for their development environments and all but the…

Filed Under: Green IT, Virtualization Tagged With: game development, virtual server, Virtualization

Virtualization 101: Emulation and Virtualization, Apples and Oranges

June 22, 2009 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

For the uninitiated, it may be hard to tell the difference between emulation and virtualization. The overarching concept is similar to a degree, but as you can probably already tell, they are worlds apart when talking about their purpose and…

Filed Under: Green IT, Virtualization Tagged With: emulation, Online Resources, software, virtual server, Virtualization

Must-Read: Desktop Virtualization Pros and Cons

June 19, 2009 by Pedro Hernandez 1 Comment

Desktop Virtualization seems like a great way to save energy and reduce desktop support. But experts warn that technology that can streamline the datacenter doesn’t necessarily translate into a cure-all for the topsy-turvy world of desktop support. Denise Dubie of…

Filed Under: Green IT, Virtualization Tagged With: desktop virtualization, Online Resources

Virtualization Optimization Guide from AnandTech

June 16, 2009 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

Liz van Dijk over at AnandTech has written the first part of a fantastically informative primer on virtualization and the hardware required to run VMs smoothly based on their own first-hand research. A must-read if your shop is eyeing VMware…

Filed Under: Virtualization Tagged With: guide, virtual server, Virtualization, VMware

Does Energy Star for Computer Servers Hate Virtualization?

June 4, 2009 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

Well, maybe not hate but a seething indifference definitely. First, some perspective.If you buy a new household appliance and power consumption is a concern, you look for the Energy Star label. Simple.For IT managers, it’s not that easy.The EPA expanded…

Filed Under: Green IT, Servers, Virtualization Tagged With: computer, Energy Star, multi-processor, server, standard, Virtualization

Windows 7 (and Hyper-V) to Make for Momentous October

June 3, 2009 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

Windows 7 isn’t the only big thing coming out of Microsoft on October, not for eco-techies at least.  VIrtualization Review spotted this little nugget about Hyper-V that nearly got lost in the excitement.At the very end of the Windows 7…

Filed Under: Virtualization Tagged With: Hyper-V, Microsoft, Virtualization, Windows 7, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2

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