Virtualization
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Virtualization
EMC Adds Desktop, Laptop and Virtualization Support to Avamar Deduplication Technology
Storage and security giant EMC has updated its deduplication software Avamar to now support laptops and desktops. Plus, Avamar Version 5.0 exploits the APIs available in VMware's new vSphere 4 architecture to leverage the full deduplication capabilities within virtualized storage.
Applications On the Go
The vision of unbound applications is compelling, and has me thinking about virtualized desktops and applications more and more as I design systems.
Virtualization Will Be a Driver for 2010 Server Refresh
A server refresh cycle is coming if it's not already here, spurred by virtualization, according to IDC. The market research company says as the server installed base has aged, virtual machine densities on those systems have increased sharply, and new infrastructure is needed to handle the loads.
HP to Acquire 3Com for $2.7B, Upping Ante Against Cisco
HP says its $2.7 billion acquisition of 3Com will create a networking industry powerhouse and give customers and VARs a choice in a networking space that has been dominated by a single vendor. HP's move ups the ante in its growing rivalry with Cisco. Both HP and Cisco have tread in each other's technology territories in their efforts to create converged data center solutions that include networking, servers and storage.
Solution Providers Call VMware View 4 Disruptive, Game-Changing
VMware View 4 delivers PC over IP protocol -- delivering virtualized PC desktops to the client side for the first time. The technology promises to provide cost reductions in the form of simplified IT management as well as quick and easy disaster recovery.
HP, Cisco Initiatives Highlight Data Center Convergence
While Cisco and HP keep putting more muscle behind their converged data center solutions and messages, VARs and competitors say solutions like that have been around for a while. But HP's and Cisco's attention to them now will help boost their mind share in the enterprise and among other IT buyers.
Virtualization Is No Fad
Virtualization is an investment in the future, reducing the total cost of ownership, making an environment more flexible and capable, and offering the ability to migrate and control workloads with much greater precision.
New Data Center Infrastructure Approaches
Many organizations are doing all they can to reduce the number of small or remote data centers that need to be supported. However, in some cases these cannot be consolidated into larger data centers or centralized data centers. So how can you reduce the costs of these satellite facilities? One of the key ways to do this is to move from unique and proprietary data center physical infrastructure to standardized products. This approach provides key benefits that will save you money.
CA Adds Virtualization Dashboard, Capabilities
Even as other technologies have seen dramatic declines in sales in 2009, virtualization has remained at the top of many IT spending lists this year. With that in mind and by customer request, CA has introduced a new dashboard and enhanced several of its existing technologies to help customers and solution providers get the most out of their virtualization investments.
Virtualization: Growing Fast But Still Not Widespread
While virtualization may be generating a lot of buzz this year, it's not as widespread as you think. Yet. In the next few years workloads running on virtual machines will increase by many fold.
GreenPages Targets Fortune 500 with Veeam Virtualization Tools
The regional software integrator is looking beyond its traditional SMB customer base by adopting Veeam Monitor 4.5, a tool designed to help enterprises monitor and manage their virtualized infrastructure.
Citrix Touts Virtual Desktops
The company released Citrix XenDesktop 4, the first product in the industry to support every major desktop virtualization model in a single, integrated solution.
VMware Updates Disaster Recovery Software for Virtualization
VMware releases vCenter Site Recovery Manager 4, which adds support for VMware vSphere 4 and Network File System (NFS)-based storage replication to the virtualization vendor's disaster recovery solution. VMware says disaster recovery can help reseller channel partners with add-on sales.
Virtualization's Impact on Managed Services
Does shifting your customers infrastructure to the cloud obviate the need for systems management and monitoring services that lie at the core of what MSPs do?
Trust No Site: Web-Borne Threats Continue to Skyrocket
This week Websense Security Labs revealed the results from research conducted thus far in 2009 within its State of Internet Security report. Channel Insider dives into the stats and examines the report highlights.
MSPs ID Lack of Network Visibility as Top Problem
Users hitting YouTube, Pandora and other high-bandwidth sites can bring mission-critical network traffic down to a crawl. A new survey shows that MSPs identified lack of visibility into network traffic as their No. 1 pain. But channel-friendly vendors are rushing to the rescue with solutions that identify problems and help prioritize traffic.
VMworld Marked by Partnership Announcements
VMware used its annual user and partner conference to announce new technology and standards partnerships with allies including Hewlett-Packard, Dell, EMC and RSA.
Five Fundamentals to Secure Virtualization
According to a new survey released Centrify, security is the leading roadblock to virtualization, with 46 percent of respondents reporting security as the most likely cause for a virtualization adoption slowdown. Read on for ways to safeguard.
VMware Puts Partner Opportunity Front and Center
Since VMware launched its vCloud initiative a year ago it has seen some interesting traction, including an explosion in service partners wanting a piece of the action, surging from 150 to more than 1,000.
Some Friend, Some Foe: Virtualization Vendors Join Fray at VMworld
A number of VMware partners and competitors had their own virtualization-based news to spread this week. Here's a sampling. >> Read More From Our Virtualization News Archive
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