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Micron to acquire PCIe virtualization vendor Virtensys

Posted: January 21st, 2012 | Author: | Filed under: Hardware Systems | Tags: , , , , , | No Comments »

SSD-maker Micron Technology announced it has signed an agreement to purchase Virtensys, a maker of PCIe virtualization appliance.

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Google adds virtualization queen Diane Greene to its board

Posted: January 17th, 2012 | Author: | Filed under: Virtualization | Tags: , , , , , , | No Comments »

Google has appointed Diane Greene, a co-founder and former CEO of VMware, to its board of directors and audit committee.

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Storage vexations of server virtualization

Posted: October 11th, 2011 | Author: | Filed under: Virtualization | Tags: , , , | No Comments »

Server virtualization offers a host of efficiencies, but storage administrators say it may open a can of worms on the storage side. Resulting headaches can include huge I/O bottlenecks for primary and backup storage, as well as complicated disaster and recovery efforts, among other things.

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Parallels Desktop 7 adds Lion virtualization, more

Posted: September 6th, 2011 | Author: | Filed under: Virtualization | Tags: , , , , , | No Comments »

Parallels has announced the release of Parallels Desktop 7.0, its popular virtualization solution for OS X. The new version introduces a number of features designed to make the product run better under Lion.

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VMworld: Security, regulatory concerns still a challenge in virtualization

Posted: August 30th, 2011 | Author: | Filed under: Virtualization | Tags: , , , , , , | No Comments »

While VMware users harbor little doubt about the cost savings and productivity gains brought by virtualizing their networks, security concerns still exist on many fronts, whether it’s figuring out how to meet regulatory compliance with auditors, or evaluating cloud services.

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EBay attacks server virtualization with 100TB of SSD storage

Posted: August 2nd, 2011 | Author: | Filed under: Virtualization | Tags: , , , , , | No Comments »

EBay has deployed 100TB of SSD storage to deal with performance issues related to deploying new virtual machines in its Quality Assurance Division.

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Gartner: New security demands arising for virtualization, cloud computing

Posted: June 28th, 2011 | Author: | Filed under: Virtualization | Tags: , , , , , , | No Comments »

The rush toward virtualization of internal enterprise computing resources and cloud computing can have many advantages, such as server consolidation, but it’s largely outracing traditional security and identity management practices.

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Dell plugs hole in virtualization stack

Posted: June 22nd, 2011 | Author: | Filed under: Virtualization | Tags: , , , , | No Comments »

Dell has filled the last big hole in its virtualization stack through a partnership with Netuitive, which makes analytics software for managing virtual infrastructure, Netuitive and industry analysts have confirmed.

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Data center startups emerging to solve virtualization and cloud problems

Posted: June 15th, 2011 | Author: | Filed under: Virtualization | Tags: , , , , , , , | No Comments »

A host of new data center startups are coming on the scene to help IT shops handle the challenges posed by virtualized infrastructures and cloud computing.

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Desktop Virtualization Coming of Age for Small Business

Posted: May 25th, 2011 | Author: | Filed under: Virtualization | Tags: , , , , | No Comments »

The acquisition of Kaviza, a maker of simple desktop virtualization software for small businesses, by Citrix Systems is all the buzz at this week’s Citrix Synergy event at San Francisco’s Moscone Center West.

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