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Virtualization and IPTV Meet at Microsoft Mediaroom

May 27, 2009 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

Datacenters as broadcasters? Not as far-fetched as it would have seemed a scant couple of years ago. If Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) services like AT&T U-verse take off in the U.S., where subscribers expect home theater quality HD video and…

Filed Under: Green IT, Virtualization Tagged With: Hyper-V, IPTV, Microsoft, server, server virtualization, video, Virtualization, Windows Server 2008

Windows Server 2008 SP2 Brings Hyper-V Integration

May 26, 2009 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

Today Microsoft released the second service pack for both Server 2008 and Vista. Along with a slew of patches and a handful of compatibility updates, SP2 brings an exciting new capability: SP2 provides the Hyper-V virtualization environment as a fully…

Filed Under: Virtualization Tagged With: Hyper-V, Service Pack 2, SP2, Virtualization, Windows Server 2008

Government IT: Open Source, Virtualization and Clouds on the Rise

May 17, 2009 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

The U.S. Government, despite its massive appetite for IT, doesn’t conjure images of a forward thinking or nimble entity when it comes to adopting technology – cutting-edge research arms notwithstanding. But things are changing. Kim Hart of The Washington Post…

Filed Under: Green IT, Stats & Figures, Virtualization Tagged With: Cloud Computing, government, Green IT, open source, spending, Virtualization

Virtuals Machines to Outnumber Physical Servers in EU

May 17, 2009 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

Virtualization is poised to help crowd out physical servers in Europe in 2009 according to IDC. iTWire reports: According to IDC the number of server systems shipped with a virtualization platform reached 358,000 units in 2008 and, it says, “the…

Filed Under: Stats & Figures, Virtualization Tagged With: server, server virtualization, statistics, virtual server, Virtualization

Event Watch: SANS WhatWorks in Virtualization Security Summit

May 13, 2009 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

If you have lingering questions and concerns about the state of virtualization security, SANS is putting on just the conference for you. SANS WhatWorks in Virtualization Security Summit takes place in August 17-18 at the Fairmont in Washington DC. Here’s…

Filed Under: Virtualization Tagged With: conference, event, SANS, security, summit, Virtualization

Have the Virtualization Wars Begun?

May 11, 2009 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

That technology companies wage marketing wars is nothing new. Microsoft vs. Apple, Intel vs. AMD… the list goes on. The virtualization market hasn’t been affected by the FUD bug, largely because the market is viewed as VMware and everyone else….

Filed Under: Virtualization Tagged With: crash, FUD, Hyper-V, Microsoft, Virtualization, VMware

Nimbus: Open Source and Virtualization for Data Crunching Clouds

May 10, 2009 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

Science Daily has a neat article on Nimbus, a cloud computing platform that the project’s team describes as an “infrastructure-as-a-service” (IaaS). To date, organizations are largely adopting the cloud computing model to offload storage and host applications with Web-based front…

Filed Under: Virtualization Tagged With: Cloud Computing, IaaS, infrastructure as a service, Nimbus, open source, software, virtual server, Virtualization

Virtualization Pays Off

May 8, 2009 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

…or at least IT managers that have implemented the technology in their datacenters seem to think so. This TechRepublic blog post offers us these encouraging words: Even in these fragile economic times, CIOs are investing in virtualization. A 2008…

Filed Under: Green IT, Stats & Figures, Virtualization Tagged With: CIO, Data Center, datacenter, IT Manager, management, server, virtual server, Virtualization

Microsoft Also Envisions Cloudy, Virtualized Future

April 29, 2009 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

Well, that didn’t take long. VMware made a splash last week by outlining its private cloud vision. Today, Microsoft got in on the act. During the Microsoft Management Summit this week, Microsoft reiterated the role of cloud computing and virtualization…

Filed Under: Cloud Computing, Green IT, Virtualization Tagged With: Azure, Cloud Computing, Dynamic Datacenter Toolkit, Hyper-V, Microsoft, private cloud, virtual server, Virtualization, VMware

Windows 7 Enlists Virtualization for XP Compatability

April 25, 2009 by Pedro Hernandez Leave a Comment

Backward compatibility has been a boon for Microsoft, but also a thorn in its side when it comes to advancing the OS. Thanks to everyone’s favorite green IT technology, virtualization, not to mention capable multi-core processors and oodles of RAM,…

Filed Under: Virtualization Tagged With: application, Virtualization, Windows 7, Windows XP

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