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 [...]
Virtualization is obviously going to be part of the IT industry for the forseable future. VMware has always had ties to academia as a pioneer in the field, but they recently have taken it a step further by launching govirtual.org. This new website was created specifically for virtualization researchers and academics.
From VMware’s Academic Programs Team:
“Govirtual.org [...]
VMworld 2008 has come and gone and it was a great experience. The IT industry has more than a few conferences and each one has its own unique hallmarks. I wanted to share some of my observations from VMworld in Las Vegas…
1) It felt interactive. Instead of feeling like I was sitting in one [...]
As mentioned in our live coverage post at VMworld 2008’s keynote presentation, Cisco and VMware now have a partnership.
In close collaboration with VMware, Cisco has produced an intelligent software switching implementation to be run on the ESX hypervisor. It is known as the Nexus 1000V Virtual Switch. It is a powerful switching architecture providing improved [...]
One of the marks of these types of conferences is the attendee party. VMware truly went over the top on their attendee party this year. held at the Las Vegas Motor Speedway. The event was what I like to call a “3-ring circus” event with about 600 things going on at once. However, it provided [...]
I didn’t get a chance to spend time in the session covering this topic, but Scott Lowe has a great synopsis on his blog on the session which covers the upcoming developments in this area:
http://blog.scottlowe.org/2008/09/18/ta2644-networking-io-virtualization/
One of the big hot topics around VMworld this year is Lab Manager 3. There is no doubt in my mind that this is a great tailored solution for any QA and Development environment. One thing that came to the forefront in many of the discussions around Lab Manager was the need for some up-front [...]