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Scenes from VMworld 2010

11 hours 8 min ago
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
Categories: Server Virtualization

Virtualization, 10 GbE meet at VMworld 2010

September 2, 2010 - 12:39am
At VMworld, 10 Gigabit Ethernet is touted as a complement to I/O-intensive virtual environments.



Ethernet - VMworld - Data Communications - Gigabit - VMware
Categories: Server Virtualization

Users wrestle with virtualizing Tier 1 applications

September 2, 2010 - 12:34am
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
Categories: Server Virtualization

Xsigo makes way for I/O virtualization over Ethernet

August 31, 2010 - 3:46pm
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
Categories: Server Virtualization

VMware announces Integrien acquisition at VMworld 2010

August 31, 2010 - 1:57pm
VMware is acquiring Integrien, an infrastructure management vendor.



VMware - Emulators - Intel x86 Architecture - Business - Virtualization
Categories: Server Virtualization

VCloud Director unveiled at VMworld 2010

August 31, 2010 - 1:48pm
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
Categories: Server Virtualization

VMworld 2010 by the numbers

August 31, 2010 - 1:10pm
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
Categories: Server Virtualization

VMworld 2010: Isilon ships clustered NAS with iSCSI

August 31, 2010 - 11:50am
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
Categories: Server Virtualization

VCloud Director partners strut their stuff: VMworld 2010 news in brief

August 31, 2010 - 9:11am
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
Categories: Server Virtualization

VMware vCloud Director only part of the puzzle

August 31, 2010 - 8:26am
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
Categories: Server Virtualization

VMware vCloud Director: Ready for launch

August 31, 2010 - 8:25am
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
Categories: Server Virtualization

Enterprise IT responds cautiously to VMware vCloud Director

August 31, 2010 - 8:19am
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
Categories: Server Virtualization

Can a cloud replace a cluster?

August 30, 2010 - 1:04pm
Users weigh in about their experience with the Hewlett-Packard CloudStart bundle announced at VMworld 2010.



VMworld - Hewlett-Packard - Hardware - HP - VMware
Categories: Server Virtualization

Citrix to acquire VMLogix

August 30, 2010 - 11:26am
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
Categories: Server Virtualization

Virtual machine backup plays prominent role at VMworld 2010

August 30, 2010 - 11:03am
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
Categories: Server Virtualization

Veeam Backup and Replication gains quick VM restore

August 30, 2010 - 10:44am
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
Categories: Server Virtualization

HP CloudStart bundle supports Project Redwood: VMworld 2010 news in brief

August 30, 2010 - 10:22am
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
Categories: Server Virtualization

VMworld 2010 conference coverage

August 30, 2010 - 9:57am
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
Categories: Server Virtualization

Users prefer third-party management tools over VMware management

August 27, 2010 - 2:27pm
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
Categories: Server Virtualization

What to expect at VMworld 2010

August 26, 2010 - 2:26pm
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
Categories: Server Virtualization