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Server Virtualization: (1) Running applications in separate, isolated partitions within a single server. The "virtual machine" method can run different operating systems simultaneously, whereas the "OS virtualization" method runs applications for...; Full Server Virtualization Definition >>

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Wells Fargo team shares green tech tips for the data center: In my quest to uncover practical information about what real data center managers are doing to decrease their energy consumption, for real, I recently spoke with two executives from Wells Fargo's Technology Information Group TIG. Scott Dillon, executive vice president and CTO for Enterprise Hosting...; Tags: Team, Data Center, Green Technology, Wells Fargo & Co., Data Centers, Server Virtualization, Virtualization, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Servers, Heather Clancy; Blog posts 2008-11-20
What's next after server virtualization? Desktop virtualization: There are a number of steps an organization could take after successfully executing a server consolidation strategy. One of them is to embark on the journey to client consolidation or desktop virtualization. The goal here is to reduce the costs of hardware, software and to reduce administrative and operational expenses....; Tags: Desktop, Environment, Citrix Systems Inc., Server, Supplier, Client System, Server Virtualization, Parallels, Channel Management, Desktop Virtualization, Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Marketing, Hardware, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-11-11
What's next after server virtualization? Orchestration: What's next after server virtualization? OrchestrationWhy not use... Grid based computing via VMsMost of those items you ask/declare ARE available, with a bit of glue effort and getting APIs to talk together.http://www.3tera.com/ has a few neat items.Its not JUST Cloud computing...For instance: http://www.3tera.com/AppLogic/My work has some very neat things...; Tags: cloud computing, Utility computing, Storage management, provisioning, virtualization, Orchestration, server virtualization, AppLogic, server; Discussion threads 2008-11-10
What's next after server virtualization? Orchestration: There are a number of steps an organization could take after successfully executing a server consolidation strategy. One of them is to orchestrate workloads to make maximum use of physical server capacity, reduce power consumption, reduce administrative and operational expenses and create an environment which can assure that each and...; Tags: Data Center, Server, Resource, Server Virtualization, Data Centers, Virtualization, Storage, Productivity, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Data Management, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-11-10
F5 Case Study: BlueLock.com: Read this study to see how BlueLock launched a unique virtual Cloud Computing platform with VMware Virtualization and F5 BIG-IP LTM to reap benefits like: Seamless traffic delivery during very rapid provisioning of virtual servers Detailed network data for accurate provisioning Highly competitive service offerings...; Tags: F5 Networks Inc., Virtualization, Server Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Hardware, Servers; Case studies 2008-11-10

What's next after server virtualization: What's next after server virtualizationWell writtenVirtualization has definately resulted in increased server sprawl and less incentive to retire legacy applications. Historically, in the SMB space, we have seen servers loaded with more than one application. But, do to the cost and time consumption of the necessary regression testing, virtualization...; Tags: Virtualization, Servers, server, server virtualization; Discussion threads 2008-11-07
What's next after server virtualization: Virtualization in the form of the use of virtual machine software isn't the panacea that many seem to believe. While the use of this technology is very helpful if an organization's goal is consolidation to achieve some level of cost reduction, cost avoidance or, on occasion a more agile environment,...; Tags: Virtual Machine, Organization, Virtual Machine Software, Desktop Virtualization, Data Centers, Server Virtualization, Virtualization, Storage, Hardware, Data Management, Servers, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-11-07
Live Webcast: HP Server Virtualization is More than Failover: Managing Virtualization with Insight Dynamics-VSE: Virtualization is an approach to pooling and sharing IT resources so supply meets business demand. When talking to customers about virtualization and business outcomes, the conversations often turn to failover and the business context is lost. The questions faced center around how and where to move a server--when it fails....; Tags: HP Server, Hewlett-Packard Co., Webcast, Failover, Server, Server Virtualization, Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Storage; Webcasts 2008-10-30
Making the cloud accountable: Enterprise IT folk will like CohesiveFT's new VPN-Cubed secure infrastructure for cloud deployments. It hands them back control over security and privacy, and lets them bridge across clouds for resilience. So who says cloud users are stupid? by Phil Wainewright; Tags: Cloud, Security, Strategy, Management, Phil Wainewright, Cloud Computing, Server Virtualization, Financial Accounting, Servers, Hardware, Finance; Blog posts 2008-10-28
Choosing the Right Hardware for Server Virtualization: Currently, virtualization is one of the most talked about new technologies in IT infrastructure. The ability to virtualize servers and reclaim, up until now, excess capacity has caught the interest of datacenter managers who are facing difficult power and cooling problems, the need to add more IT capacity to react...; Tags: Server Virtualization Marketplace, Virtualization, Server Virtualization, Cloud Computing, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Hardware, Servers, Storage; White papers 2008-10-22
FalconStor: FalconStor's product marketing manager, Peter Eicher, and I had a chat recently about Hyper-V, storage virtualization, life and the universe recently. The news is that FalconStor is supporting Microsoft's Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Multi-Site Clustering and Microsoft Hyper-V Virtual Servers. FalconStor' NSS enables automated, application-consistent failover in geographically dispersed clusters...; Tags: Storage Virtualization, FalconStor, Virtualization, Server Virtualization, Storage Management, Ip storage, Cloud Computing, Utility Computing, Storage, Hardware, Servers, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-10-20
Microsoft Hyper-V Server: Microsoft was kind enough to let me know that the Hyper-V Server, that is a dedicated, minimal Windows 2008 Server platform dedicated to being a bare metal, type-1 hypervisor, is now available. It joins products of this type available from VMware, Citrix and several Linux distributions. ...; Tags: Industry Standard, Supplier, Microsoft Corp., Virtual Machine, Virtualization, Microsoft Windows, Server Virtualization, Tools & Techniques, Channel Management, Desktop Virtualization, Servers, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, Management, Marketing, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-10-03
SAN Deployment on Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V Using Emulex HBAs and CNAs: With the unrelenting escalation of costs for power, cooling and data center footprint, IT managers are under pressure to extract even more performance from their hardware and software. Server virtualization never made more sense. Microsoft's Hyper-V is the next-generation hypervisor technology that provides highly efficient server virtualization fully integrated with...; Tags: Hypervisor, Microsoft Windows Server, Emulex Corp., SAN, Microsoft Corp., Virtualization, Server Virtualization, Data Centers, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows, Storage, Servers, Hardware, Data Management, Operating Systems, Software; White papers 2008-10-01
Phitek Flying High After Infrastructure Upgrade: Since its modest beginnings in 2003, Phitek Systems Limited Phitek has established itself as a leader in audio technology in New Zealand and around the world. Phitek now has a presence in Auckland, China, America, Canada, Japan and Taiwan, employing around 90 people. Phitek's growth has created the need for...; Tags: Microsoft Corp., Phitek Systems Ltd., Server Virtualization, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Virtualization, Intellectual Property, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office, Servers, Hardware, Operating Systems, Software, Research & Development, Business Operations, Office Suites; Case studies 2008-09-29
Citrix launches XenServer 5.0 and Citrix Cloud Center (C3): Citrix fired a one-two punch at VMware today by launching XenServer 5.0 and Citrix Cloud Center (C3). Let's look at each of the announcements separately. In short, Citrix is taking the open source Xen hypervisor and making it sing and dance. What Citrix had to...; Tags: Citrix Systems Inc., XenServer 5, Citrix C3 Solution, Server Virtualization, Virtualization, Servers, Hardware, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-09-16
Bluestripe to tackle application management in virtual environments: Today marks the launch of Bluestripe, a Research Triangle Park, NC startup focused on application service management in virtualized data centers. The founders, former execs from Wily and IBM/Tivoli, maintain that most virtual servers deployed today support "non critical" applications such as file and print servers because...; Tags: Application, Virtual Server, Application Management, Virtual Environment, Tier, FactFinder, Server Virtualization, Virtualization, Data Centers, Ip storage, Mainframes, Servers, Hardware, Storage, Data Management, Paula Rooney; Blog posts 2008-09-08
Unlock the Power of Server Virtualisation: Citrix XenServer is the simplest and most efficient way to virtualize and provision servers to deliver a dynamic datacenter - a flexible aggregated pool of computing and storage resources. Citrix XenServer enables IT organizations to break the bonds between servers and workloads, giving them the ability to create dynamic datacenters....; Tags: Citrix Systems Inc., Citrix XenServer, Data Centers, Storage, Server Virtualization, Virtualization, Servers, Hardware, Data Management; White papers 2008-09-03
Hosting Company Expands Services and Reduces Costs With Server Virtualization: Hostbasket is a Belgian hosting company that strives to keep its services fresh, innovative, and price-competitive. With success and growth, the company acquired a burgeoning number of servers, which required significant staff time to deploy and maintain. Hostbasket turned to virtualization to reduce its servers and server management workload. Using...; Tags: Server Virtualization, Hostbasket, Servers, Hardware; Case studies 2008-09-01
Download Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V to support server virtualization: Server virtualization, also known as hardware virtualization, is a hot topic in the IT world because of the potential for serious economic benefits. Server virtualization enables multiple operating systems to run on a single physical machine as virtual machines VMs. With server virtualization, you can consolidate workloads across multiple underutilized...; Tags: Microsoft Windows Server, Server Virtualization, Virtualization, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Servers, Hardware, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software; Resource centers 2008-08-30
Vkernel's catchphrase "performance lifecycle management": I recently was introduced to a new catchphrase during a discussion with Vkernel. The phrase was "performance lifecycle management." Although at first, it seemed the result of running one of those buzzword generators. I'm sure you know what I mean - software that selects three random words from a list...; Tags: Catchphrase, Performance, Lifecycle Management, Virtual Server, Vkernel, Performance Lifecycle Management, Server Virtualization, Virtualization, Business Structures, Performance Management, Ip storage, Desktop Virtualization, Servers, Hardware, Finance, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Dan Kusnetzky; Blog posts 2008-08-26