This slideshow captures all the different aspects of VMworld 2010, from the keynotes to the Solutions Exchange to the parties.



VMware - VMworld - Business - Groupware - Microsoft Exchange

At VMworld, 10 Gigabit Ethernet is touted as a complement to I/O-intensive virtual environments.



Ethernet - VMworld - Data Communications - Gigabit - VMware

While VMware's head is in the clouds, enterprise users are battling technical and organizational challenges to adding high-end apps to server virtualization environments.



VMware - Hardware virtualization - Server - Emulators - Intel x86 Architecture

New Ethernet-based I/O Director is seen as tacit admission that Infiniband hasn't won over enterprise data centers.



InfiniBand - Ethernet - Xsigo - Data Communications - Manufacturers

VMware is acquiring Integrien, an infrastructure management vendor.



VMware - Emulators - Intel x86 Architecture - Business - Virtualization

VMware officially announced vCloud Director at VMworld 2010. VCloud Director lets you manage multiple instances of vCenter across multiple data centers and even in external service providers' data centers.



VCloud - VMware - Data center - Emulators - Intel x86 Architecture

Rick Jackson, VMware's chief marketing officer, shared some stats about VMworld and the show's history in his VMworld 2010 keynote.



VMware - VMworld - Business - VMworld 2010 - Cloud computing

Isilon adds iSCSI for block storage to go with legacy file-based clustered NAS architecture; will it need Fibre Channel to be a mainstream storage array player?



Fibre Channel - Hardware - ISCSI - Network-attached storage - Storage

VMware partners including HyTrust and HP now offer products to support VMware'svCloud Service Director; and other news in brief.



VMware - VCloud - Emulators - Intel x86 Architecture - Cloud computing

Thought to be a conglomerate of all things good about cloud, VMware's vCloud Director turns out to require both Oracle and Red Hat systems, along with relying heavily on features from third-party vendors.



VMware - Red Hat - VCloud - Oracle - VMware vSphere

VMware has launched vCloud Director, its oft-discussed cloud computing offering. In this three-part series, our expert examines every available inch of the new service.



VMware - Cloud computing - VCloud - SpringSource - VMware vSphere

A new cloud management offering from VMware is meant to help users create virtual data centers with self-service provisioning features. But it will take time for enterprise IT to be ready for it.



VMware - VCloud - Data center - Emulators - Intel x86 Architecture

Users weigh in about their experience with the Hewlett-Packard CloudStart bundle announced at VMworld 2010.



VMworld - Hewlett-Packard - Hardware - HP - VMware

Citrix announced the first day of the VMworld 2010 conference that it will acquire VMLogix later this quarter.



Thin client - Networking - Cloud computing - Citrix Systems - VMworld

Storage product news leans heavily toward data protection on first day of VMworld 2010, with Veeam previewing virtual machine backup upgrades and Neverfail extending continuous availability OEM deal with VMware.



VMware - Virtual machine - Backup - Site Management - Storage

With vPower, Veeam users can run virtual machine instances directly from compressed backup copies during a restore to save time, but other basic features are still missing.



Virtual machine - Backup - VMware - Ratmir Timashev - Operating system

Hewlett-Packard Co. has launched the new hardware, software and services bundle CloudStart to get a private cloud up and running quickly; and other news in brief.



VMworld - Hardware - Hewlett-Packard - HP - HP 3000

VMworld 2010 takes place Aug. 30 through Sept. 2 in San Francisco. Check out our complete news coverage and analysis from the VMworld conference.



VMworld - San Francisco - United States - California - San Francisco Bay Area

While VMware tries to boil the ocean with its vCenter suite, IT managers often still turn to third parties for virtualization management.



VMware - Emulators - Intel x86 Architecture - Hardware virtualization - VMware vSphere

Expert Mike Laverick and VMware's John Troyer discuss the news, issues and events that will have everybody talking at VMworld 2010.



VMware - VMworld - Microsoft - United States - Citrix Systems