Stephen Herrod, a writer for Forbes wrote a very good article that outlines the 5 steps, or rather stages to a successful virtualization rollout. It’s definitely worth the read and puts things into perspective regardless of where in your rollout you currently are.
Read it here: http://www.forbes.com/2008/05/21/virtualization-vmware-opinion-tech-virtualization08-cx_
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Today Citrix has launched their new line of desktop virtualization product. It is available in 5 different editions: free express, standard, advanced, enterprise, and platinum editions. The free Express Edition offers virtualization for upto 10 users, and each edition adds more functionality. You can read more about these editions here. Definitely check out the free [...]
I just read a good article about how jobs wanting virtualization experience have risen approximately 40%. Having experience with virtualization is becoming a demanded skill because it can save so much time and money for a company. A significant number of companies have some servers virtualized so it’s not wonder that the skill set is [...]
Microsoft Corporation has released SP1 for both Virtual PC 2007 and Virtual Server 2005 R2. Why, you may ask with the final release of Hyper-V quickly approaching? After all, isn’t that going to be the Flagship for Microsoft’s virtualization strategy? The main reason for these updates is to add support for Microsoft’s current operating systems [...]
Patch management is a hot topic in the virtual community right now. VMWare has its new Update Manager tool which starts to address how to keep VM libraries patched and up-to-date with the same ease as physical, always-on hardware.
Microsoft has debuted Beta 1 on Microsoft Connect of its solution to address the same problem [...]
Citrix Systems, Inc. announced today the availability of Citrix XenServer virtualization software factory integrated on Dell PowerEdgeTM servers. It will be available in the Express and Enterprise Editions and will be the only virtualization solution to be fully integrated with the Dell OpenManage System Management software. For full details check out http://www.citrix.com/dell or http://www.dell.com/xenserver.
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VMware, Inc. has announced the first Beta release of its next generation of Mac virtualization. That, of course is Fusion 2.o. So what new features have made their way into the first Beta?
True Support for Multiple Displays
Virtual Printing to your Mac printer
New High Resolution icons (we’ve all been waiting for this one!)
Improved Virtual [...]
Make plans now to attend the 5th annual VMworld in Las Vegas and save some money! The largest conference in the world dedicated to virtualization will take place September 15-18 and if you register before July 11, you can get your full conference pass for only $1395. Not a bad deal.
This years [...]