I have already talked about the new Replay Debugging functionality that is now a part of VMware Workstation 6.5 in my previous article (”Replay Debugging: The Future of Software Development“). I truly do believe that this represents the new way that things will be done in the years to come and we will look back [...]
Possibly one of the coolest, and most relevant to the future of my field (software development) features that I had the opportunity to see at VMworld was Replay Debugging. The feature is new and included as part of the just released VMware Workstation 6.5. The feature is considered “experimental” and currently has its limits, but [...]
Alistair Croll of GigaOM wrote a great article yesterday about a new tool released for free from Embotics to help “fight” VM Sprawl called ‘V-Scout’.
http://gigaom.com/2008/09/03/embotics-releases-free-tool-to-fight-vm-sprawl/
Why free? According to the Embotics web site, awareness of sprawl is merely the first step. They sell several tools to help get it under control and prevent it in the [...]
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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Microsoft is ready to ramp up its VDI game and it just bought Calista Technologies to help get it there. Calista owns the industry-first and patent pending virtual GPU technology that takes the end-user experience on virtual desktops to the next level. Calista provides support for all file and streaming [...]
VMware announced today the release of the Public Beta of their latest management/automation tool called “VMware Stage Manager.” The new product is intended to provide administrators a new platform to “stage” new application role outs before putting it live into production. Essentially, this addresses the burden of maintaing “test”, “development”, and “test” environments and trying [...]
Happy New Year! What does the virtualization industry have in store for 2008? Who knows. But one thing is for sure… virtualization is maturing at a fast pace and security, patch management, and consolidation are going to be hot on every virtual shop’s mind in 2008.
Two companies that we have been [...]