Articles by Virtualization News Desk

ExaGrid Functionality Streamlines Backup for VMware Virtualization Environments

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:45:00 EDT

ExaGrid Systems announced support for Vizioncore’s backup and recovery solution, vRanger Pro. Both ExaGrid and Vizioncore offer products and solutions that streamline the management of data backup and recovery processes for VMware users.

DataCore Incorporates Emulex HBAs Into Storage Virtualization Solutions

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 10:06:00 EDT

DataCore announced that it has integrated the latest generation of Emulex high speed 8Gb/s Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters (HBAs) into its SANmelody and SANsymphony products. These new HBAs provide the I/O scalability necessary to handle growing numbers of simultaneous applications hosted on virtualized servers. Additionally, Emulex LightPulse LPe12000 and LPe12002 8Gb/s HBAs provide the increased I/O processing speed and throughput needed by large business-critical databases and transaction processing applications. Emulex 2Gb/s and 4Gb/s HBAs have been previously qualified for use with DataCore’s solutions.

SYS-CON Webcast - Workspace Virtualization: A low-cost, High-performance Approach to Deploying Enterprise Computing

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 16:20:00 EDT

Desktop and application virtualization technologies are increasingly being used throughout the enterprise to improve manageability and ease deployment of corporate environments on PCs. While application virtualization solutions are typically limited to a single application, desktop virtualization solutions enable deployment of a full desktop environment. The inclusion of a full operating system in the virtualized desktop image creates solutions with high licensing costs, large footprint and deteriorated performance on end users’ PCs.

SYS-CON Webcast - Effective Planning for Virtual Infrastructure Growth

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 16:11:00 EDT

As the adoption of virtualization technology in the data center increases, organizations are encountering new challenges associated with planning and managing rapid growth in virtual infrastructure. Without effective planning and forecasting, organizations often fail to realize the full benefits of virtualization and achieve a sub par return on investment. After investing in virtualization, some organizations learn the hard way that they have merely replaced their physical server sprawl with a virtual sprawl. This session will discuss the important role of ongoing capacity and workload planning, forecasting and reporting in helping organizations successfully manage future growth.

SYS-CON Webcast - IT Security in a Hostile World

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 15:32:00 EDT

Computer systems manage and protect increasingly high value information and assets across the enterprise. Meanwhile, hackers grow in number and resourcefulness. Commercial virtualization solutions add to the already fertile attack surface of enterprise operating systems. Green Hills discusses the state of enterprise security threats and presents a secure operating environment that can guarantee the security of the world’s critical infrastructure, financial systems, medical records, and corporate intellectual property. This solution uses technology adopted in the military and intelligence community to protect sensitive national secrets.

SYS-CON Webcast: Virtualization - Path to Predictive Enterprise

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 14:18:00 EDT

Success in business increasingly relies on proactively harnessing the power of advanced technologies to manage processes, information, and relationships. Today’s IT intensive enterprise must always be on the lookout for the latest in innovation that allow businesses to run with fewer resources while providing the infrastructure to meet today and future customer needs. Virtualization technologies are driving a top to bottom overhaul of the computing industry. The growing awareness of the advantages provided by agile virtualized environments is brought about by economic factors of scarce resources, government regulation, and more competition. Many leading corporations are embarking on virtualization initiatives on their path to predictive enterprise.

A State of Xen: Virtualization from PDAs to Super Computers

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:55:00 EDT

Xen.org, the home of the open source Xen project, has announced the release of Xen 3.3 engine, the latest version of the open source hypervisor. The release is now available for download from the Xen.org community site and is the product of a distributed development effort by senior engineers from more than 50 leading hardware, software, and security vendors. Xen 3.3 includes enhancements that further advance its position as a fast, scalable, secure virtualization engine for the industry’s broadest range of server and PC chipsets - from super computers to PDAs.

SYS-CON Webcast - The Opening of Virtualization

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:13:00 EDT

Open Source. Open Standards. Open Collaboration. For the past 15 years, Linux has served as the benchmark of a successful global open source project. The impact has been far reaching: today it powers the Internet, a significant portion of the datacenter, is the emerging market choice for the desktop, and soon will likely be on your phone. Over the last 5 years, this open community has turned its attention to virtualization.

Symantec Virtualization Survey

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:52:00 EDT

Symantec announced the global results of its fourth annual IT Disaster Recovery survey, which demonstrates a decline in executive involvement in disaster recovery planning and an increase in the number of organizations reevaluating their disaster recovery (DR) plans due to virtualization. As more applications and data are managed in a virtual environment, organizations are evaluating the most efficient ways to manage applications and data in both physical and virtual environments.

VDIworks Desktop Virtualization to Provide Management and Connection Brokering for HP RGS

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:27:00 EDT

VDIworks announced that the latest release of VDIworks' Virtual Desktop Platform (VDP), version 1.2, will provide connection brokering and management for the HP Remote Graphics Software (RGS) protocol to deliver a high performance virtualized desktop solution to the industry. This integrated offering will allow customers to leverage VDIworks' sophisticated virtual desktop management capabilities and HP's RGS protocol to enable a high grade visual experience in a virtualized environment.

Persystent Technologies Introduces Desktop Virtualization Solution

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:06:00 EDT

Persystent Technologies introduced Persystent Virtualization. Persystent Virtualization is a powerful new solution that eases deployment, maintenance and control over virtual desktop environments, while providing end users with greater personalization of their virtual desktops.

Aternity Announces Virtualization Partnership with Ness Technologies

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 08:58:00 EDT

Aternity announced an exclusive partnership agreement in Israel with Ness Technologies, a global provider of information technology services and solutions and Israel's leading IT services company. The agreement signals the rising global demand for real end user experience and Aternity's Frontline Performance Intelligence solutions. Ness Technologies will sell, implement, train and support the Aternity Frontline Performance Intelligence (FPI) Platform in Israel, enabling enterprises to dramatically reduce business disruption, increase user productivity, and optimize hardware and software expenses.

Ingram Micro Named VMware Authorized Training Center

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 08:45:00 EDT

Ingram Micro announced it has been named a VMware Authorized Training Center (VATC). The distributor also announced it is increasing its VMware-certified technical, sales and marketing support and introducing a new partner program called Smart Enablement for VMware Partners, which helps solution providers offset the costs of training and education, further strengthening its role as a value-added partner for mid-market IT Solutions.

Terremark Selects Cisco's Virtualization Technology

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 08:34:00 EDT

Cisco announced that Terremark has launched its Infinistructure utility-computing platform in Europe with Cisco virtualization technology deployed on a Cisco Internet Protocol Next-Generation Network architecture. Terremark has just completed the deployment of the new platform in its facilities in Madrid and Amsterdam, which follows the recent launch of the Infinistructure platform based on Cisco solutions in the United States.

TBD Networks Extends Proven Network Virtualization Solution to Physical and Virtual Firewalls

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 08:27:00 EDT

TBDVirtualFabric-VMware Edition (VME) provides the missing pieces for companies to realize the full benefits of Datacenter Virtualization by unifying physical and virtual firewalls and network infrastructure. Based on the proven Network Virtualization solution scaleable to over 30,000 Virtual Network endpoints, TBDVirtualFabric-VME was specifically designed to provide a virtual fabric of networking, security, and firewall capabilities to scale VMware environments beyond current limitations.

SYS-CON's Virtualization Expo Was Larger Than Any Gartner Event in Two Years

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 08:00:00 EDT

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 of how virtualization maximizes the use of resources and thus saves companies money, but also of how it is fundamentally altering the way that businesses run IT. The two content-packed days emphasized value with a rich array of sessions about the business and technical value of virtualization.

Application Virtualization: Citrix XenApp 5 Released

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 04:30:00 EDT

“XenApp is a cornerstone of our Citrix Delivery Center product family and allows our customers to move beyond merely deploying applications to delivering them to users in a flexible, cost-effective, scalable manner," said Gordon Payne, SVP and GM of the Delivery Systems Division at Citrix Systems, as Citrix announced Citrix XenApp 5, the next generation of what Payne described as "the world’s most widely-deployed application virtualization solution."

Virtualization and Cloud Computing with IBM's Jazz Technology

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 18:00:00 EDT

Surgient announced it will offer integrated solutions with products built using IBM Jazz collaborative technologies. As a result, IBM quality assurance users can use Surgient's Virtual Automation Platform to allocate IT resources and set up and tear down virtual labs on-demand for software testing and quality assurance, introducing new efficiencies to the application development lifecycle.

Xiotech's Storage Virtualization Solutions

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:48:00 EDT

Xiotech announced more than 30 organizations purchased either the Emprise 7000 system or Emprise 5000 system in the company's second quarter, which ended June 27, 2008. New Emprise customers include Argus Information & Advisory Services; Bowman and Brooke; Capital Institutional Services (CAPIS); City of Corona (California); Department of Transportation: State of Kansas; Forbes Energy Services; Long Beach Unified School District (LBUSD); Nuconsteel; University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio; and YMCA of Metropolitan Minneapolis and Greater St. Paul.

eG Innovations Extends Multi-Platform Virtualization Management

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:07:00 EDT

eG Innovations announced that its eG VM Monitor now supports CitrixXen Server and Sun Solaris Logical Domains (LDOMs). The enhancements are part of v4.2 of the company’s eG Enterprise Suite, which already supports VMware ESX and ESX 3i servers as well as Solaris Containers.

Stonesoft Virtual Appliances Suited for Virtualization Environments

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 11:45:00 EDT

As organizations chart out their virtual architectures, security still remains an afterthought, putting these networks at unprecedented risk. Stonesoft is an innovative provider of integrated network security and resilient connectivity solutions that are architected to work within a virtual environment. Unlike many of its competitor’s products, the software-based architecture of StoneGate Firewall/VPN can be deployed between virtual machines to monitor the traffic moving back and forth, providing security within the virtual environment.

Stonesoft to Support VMware VMsafe Virtualization Technology

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 11:38:00 EDT

Stonesoft announced that it plans to support VMware VMsafe technology. By using VMsafe technology, Stonesoft’s virtual StoneGate appliances can provide an even deeper level of visibility and manageability to ensure the security of virtual environments.

Progress Software and rPath to Deliver Cloud Computing via Virtualization

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 11:15:00 EDT

rPath announced that Progress Software has certified rPath's rBuilder for its OpenEdge platform. This allows independent software vendors (ISVs) to use rPath technology to create Software as a Service (SaaS) applications as virtual appliances that include/leverage the Progress OpenEdge business application development platform.

Infosys Plans to Acquire Axon Group

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 10:22:00 EDT

Infosys Technologies announced that it has agreed terms for a recommended cash offer for Axon Group in a deal valued at £407.1 million. The transfer of ownership to Infosys is expected to be completed by November 2008, subject to the Scheme of Arrangement becoming effective.

NetIQ Announces Virtualization Survey Results

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 09:28:00 EDT

As the adoption rate of virtualization technology increases, organizations face new management challenges arising from hybrid physical and virtual infrastructures. While companies turn to virtualization to reduce IT expense and increase service capacity, a recent study conducted by NetIQ revealed that very few companies are taking the necessary steps to extend systems management basics to ensure application performance, service availability and end-user experience across this complex hybrid environment. As a result, they risk offsetting the many benefits and ultimate cost savings virtualization technology promises.

NextIO Announces I/O Virtualization Platform - Adaptive Connect

Tue, 26 Aug 2008 08:30:00 EDT

NextIO announced its Adaptive Connect platform providing a comprehensive I/O solution for today’s dynamic data center. The Adaptive Connect platform gives organizations the largest breadth of choice for any-to-any connectivity without the need to change existing infrastructure and lays the foundation for “cloud compute and storage” environments. Giving customers “I/O choice without infrastructure change,” provides savings, flexibility and manageability, while protecting existing infrastructure investments.

Entisys Wins Trademark for Virtualization Oriented Architecture

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 12:42:00 EDT

Entisys Solutions commemorates 20 years in business by announcing that the United States Patent and Trademark Office has granted the company a trademark for its Virtualization Oriented Architecture (VOA) methodology. Founded in 1988 as a computer and software training center, today Entisys Solutions specializes in enterprise virtualization solutions, working in partnership with organizations such as Citrix, Microsoft, NetApp and VMware to provide consulting and engineering services to mid-tier and enterprise organizations and government agencies.

Citrix XenApp 5 Breaks Performance Barriers to Expand Application Virtualization Adoption

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 12:30:00 EDT

Citrix Systems announced Citrix XenApp 5.. The new release of Citrix’s flagship product breaks through performance and operating-cost barriers, making application start times up to 10 times faster, improving end-user experience and lowering application management costs by more than 25 percent over previous versions. XenApp 5, when used alone or in conjunction with Citrix XenDesktop, now makes it even easier for customers to centralize applications in the datacenter and deliver them as an on-demand service to both physical or virtual desktops for either online or offline usage – an approach that improves security, enhances user productivity and can save millions of dollars over traditional methods of installing and managing applications.

VMware Appoints President of Greater China Region

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 11:47:00 EDT

VMware announced the appointment of Mr. David Sung (Song Jiayu) as president of VMware’s Greater China region. Sung is responsible for strategic planning, business operations and management of key functions, including sales, channels, services and marketing, for the Greater China region. The Greater China region covers mainland China, Hong Kong SAR, Macau and Taiwan.

Catbird Joins the McAfee Security Innovation Alliance

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 11:01:00 EDT

Catbird announced that it has joined the McAfee Security Innovation Alliance (SIA) to provide organizations with the solution for securing virtual infrastructure. Under the SIA program, Catbird will integrate V-Security with the McAfee ePolicy Orchestrator (ePO) software, addressing head-on the security and compliance implications of moving from "P to V" and enabling customers to seamlessly extend their security and compliance enforcement strategies across both companies' platforms and both virtual and physical networks.

Catbird Joins the McAfee Security Innovation Alliance

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 11:01:00 EDT

StoneFly Optimizes IP SANs With Citrix XenServer Server Virtualization Platform

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 10:45:00 EDT

StoneFly announced that all of its IP SAN configurations have completed Citrix Ready compatibility verification testing for use with server virtualization solutions from Citrix Systems. StoneFly's High-Availability Storage Concentrator (HSC), Integrated Storage Concentrator (ISC) and OptiSAN Storage Concentrator product lines have been optimized for Citrix XenServer server solutions, which are designed for virtualizing application workloads across any number of servers in the datacenter.

Integrien Joins VMware Virtualization Technology Program

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 10:36:00 EDT

Integrien Corporation announced that it has joined the VMware Technology Alliance Partnership (TAP) Program. The VMware TAP program helps technology vendors integrate their products with VMware virtualization software and deliver timely, joint solutions to mutual customers.

School Deploys Secure Computing's Secure Web to Utilize Virtualization Technology

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 10:27:00 EDT

Secure Computing announced that Honolulu's prestigious Punahou School has entered a three-year agreement to license Secure Computing's Secure Web (formerly known as Webwasher). Punahou School selected the Web filtering and security solution over the competition because of its environmentally friendly features, best-in-class malware and URL filtering, and built-in reporting capabilities.

California School District Uses NComputing Virtualization

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 10:19:00 EDT

NComputing announced that Dublin Unified School District in California has deployed NComputing low-cost virtual desktops in its classrooms. The school district has embraced NComputing technology as a means of providing affordable computer access to students, which in turn has reduced the effective teacher-to-student ratio in classes and is improving the way teachers engage with students.

IntApp Announces Integration Builder 4.1 for VMware ESX Virtualization

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 10:10:00 EDT

IntApp announced the availability of Integration Builder 4.1. VMware provides TAP program members with tools to develop products that are complementary to VMware virtualization software and help deliver high-value solutions to our joint customers.

GemStone Systems Announces Partnership with Adobe

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 09:50:00 EDT

GemStone Systems, a provider of distributed data management and virtualization solutions announced a new technology partnership with Adobe Systems to provide in-memory data distribution capabilities to Adobe LiveCycle Enterprise Suite (ES). Under the terms of the agreement, Adobe will embed GemStone’s GemFire Enterprise software into LiveCycle ES, an integrated server solution that automates people-centric processes for large enterprises. GemStone’s GemFire Enterprise will be used within the LiveCycle ES Foundation technology to help increase the scalability and performance of LiveCycle and support large clusters that span multiple geographical locations.

VMware Virtualization Platform Enables Tropics Software to Implement Disaster-Recovery Plan

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 09:13:00 EDT

VMware announced that Tropics Software Technologies (Tropics Software) has deployed VMware’s virtualization and management suite, VMware Infrastructure 3, as the foundation of a robust business-continuity solution. Headquartered in Sarasota, FL, Tropics Software offers workers’ compensation software to benefits administrators and insurance companies throughout the U.S.

DataCore Updates Its SANsymphony Storage Virtualization Platform

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 08:30:00 EDT

DataCore announced that it has updated its flagship SANsymphony enterprise-class, open storage networking platform and its Traveller CDP (continuous data protection) add-on capability. The new update releases are available immediately. DataCore's SANsymphony provides manufacturer-independent SAN-wide services designed to virtualize storage and meet the needs of larger scale SAN infrastructures and enterprise storage management. Traveller is a continuous data protection, recovery and time-shifting software that enables SANsymphony based systems to use or recover Virtual Machines or data by going back in time to restore systems to a previous good state.

AMD Sets New Benchmark for Virtualization Performance

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 08:13:00 EDT

AMD announced it has achieved the top spot on the VMware VMmark virtualization benchmark for x86 servers with the Quad-Core AMD Opteron processor-based HP ProLiant DL585 G5. AMD now holds the top three spots on the 16-core VMmark benchmark. This latest result is further proof that Quad-Core AMD Opteron processors provide a high-performance virtualization solution that allows data center managers to make large-scale virtualization deployments and do so at an attractive price point.