Interest in server virtualization among US medium businesses (MBs, firms with 100-1000 employees) increased significantly in the past year, according to AMI’s latest MB tracking study. The percentage of U.S. MBs that consider server virtualization strategically important has increased from 46% to 75%.
Author: Haroon Mohammad
VMware Update 2 Released for ESX 4.0 and vCenter Server 4.0
Vmware has released update 2 for its virtualization software ESX 4.0 and vCenter Server 4.0. Below are some of the key enhancements for each product. Be sure to check the Vmware compatibility guide for supported hardware. VMware ESX 4.0 Update 2 Release Notes The following information provides highlights of some of the enhancements available in… Continue reading VMware Update 2 Released for ESX 4.0 and vCenter Server 4.0
Rumor: VMware in Talks to Acquire EngineYard
According to GigaOM.com, Vmware is considering acquiring EngineYard, a Rails in the Cloud products and technology services company. EngineYard develops products such as Rails Application PaaS, Enterprise-grade Rails PaaS and has raised over $36 million from the likes of Amazon, Benchmark, DAG Ventures and Bay Partners.
R1Soft Brings Pain Relief to XenServer Backups at Citrix Synergy 2010
R1Soft, the developer of Continuous Data Protection® (CDP) for Windows and Linux Xen Virtual Machines, announced today it will exhibit high-performance backup software for Xen at the Citrix Synergy conference
Budget iSCSI NAS/SAN option for your Home Lab
In my previous blog on building a home virtualization lab, I mentioned about buying a budget Network Attached Storage (NAS) solution with iSCSI capability. I made a decision and bought the Thecus N7700PRO NAS.
Samsung Introduces PCoIP, All-in-One Monitors for Ultra-Secure Remote Network Access
Samsung Electronics America Inc., a subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Corporation, has launched the NC190 and NC240 monitors to allow secure access to remote servers and data centers.
Building Home Virtualization Lab on a Budget
Dell-PowerEdge-SC440After starting couple of projects at work which involved saving money in the long run as well as server consolidation, I went on a quest to transform my home lab into a virtualization lab. Since I already had a Dell Poweredge SC440 server as a domain controller along with mixture of windows 7 and windows XP Professional workstations, I decided to purchase similar dell server and a Network Attached Storage (NAS) central storage to simulate iSCSI Storage Area Network (SAN).
Citrix Unveils Next XenServer Release
Today at Citrix Synergy, the event where virtualization, networking and cloud computing meet, Citrix Systems, Inc. announced the availability of the latest Citrix XenServer release, which delivers additional features across the product line, enhancing the enterprise-ready, cloud-proven virtualization platform with all the capabilities needed to create and manage a virtual infrastructure at a fraction of the cost of competing products.