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Is virtualisation the most revolutionary technology to hit enterprise computing, a management nightmare, or both? iTnews tracks the technology plays of VMware, Microsoft, Citrix, Cisco et al and talks to CIOs about their experience with the technology.

Capacity planner dearth could stunt virtualisation growth

Capacity planner dearth could stunt virtualisation growth

Firms thinking about increasing their virtualisation deployments, turning them into business critical production applications could run up against a skill shortage, according to the latest survey from market intelligence group IDC.
Dave Bailey Jul 10 2008 3:07PM Software
VMware ousts boss as forecasts not met

VMware ousts boss as forecasts not met

The chief executive and co-founder of VMware has been ousted from the board after the company warned that it would not hit its sales forecasts.
Iain Thomson Jul 10 2008 9:05AM Software
HP and VMware get cosier with packages

HP and VMware get cosier with packages

HP and VMware are collaborating to make it easier for their customers to manage both virtual and physical IT systems.
Staff Writers Jun 23 2008 2:11PM Software
Red Hat unveils virtualisation plans

Red Hat unveils virtualisation plans

Open source software firm Red Hat is to release its own virtualisation hypervisor, capable of hosting both its Enterprise Linux and Microsoft Windows environments.
Gareth Morgan Jun 20 2008 11:47AM Software
Microsoft steps up virtualisation push

Microsoft steps up virtualisation push

Microsoft stepped up the pressure on competing virtualisation vendors at its North American 2008 Tech Ed. Conference, where the software giant disclosed several updates it said would help customers prepare to deploy virtualised infrastructure.
Dave Bailey Jun 12 2008 2:22PM Networking
Desktop and application virtualisation advances

Desktop and application virtualisation advances

VMware is preparing a new release of its application virtualisation technology, adding the ability to remotely update virtual applications after deployment. The company also announced an update of its connection broker for virtual desktops.
Daniel Robinson Jun 12 2008 2:22PM Networking
VMware patches software flaws

VMware patches software flaws

VMware has released updates to its hosted virtualisation software products that shore up a variety of vulnerabilities.
Jim Carr Jun 3 2008 11:52AM Security
Virtualisation fails to dent server demand

Virtualisation fails to dent server demand

Worldwide server sales grew 3.5 percent year over year to US$13 billion in the first quarter of 2008, according to IDC..
Robert Jaques May 29 2008 10:06AM Networking
VMware buys B-hive Networks

VMware buys B-hive Networks

VMware has announced its acquisition of B-hive networks, a privately-held application performance management software company.
Sylvie Barak May 29 2008 7:55AM Networking
Citrix touts the desktop as the next big wave in virtualisation

Citrix touts the desktop as the next big wave in virtualisation

Although server virtualisation has historically led the way in the virtualisation market, Citrix says desktop virtualisation is now emerging as the new hot thing.
Ashley Clark May 28 2008 12:15PM Networking
Fujitsu A/NZ and VMWare agree on OEM servers

Fujitsu A/NZ and VMWare agree on OEM servers

Virtual software vendor VMware and Fujitsu A/NZ have combined forces to bring out a VMware bundled product with Fujitsu’s Primergy Servers.

Lilia Guan May 22 2008 2:35PM Networking
SAS offers VMware management

SAS offers VMware management

Business intelligence vendor SAS this week launched an IT management system able to span both physical and virtual environments.
Dave Bailey May 13 2008 3:10PM Software
VMware bundles datacentre management tools

VMware bundles datacentre management tools

VMware has announced two bundles of management and automation tools for datacentres operating numerous virtual machines.
Daniel Robinson May 13 2008 3:10PM Networking
Sun open sources Mac OS X virtualisation tool

Sun open sources Mac OS X virtualisation tool

Sun Microsystems has unveiled a useful update to its xVM VirtualBox, open source desktop virtualisation, which now has support for both Solaris and Mac OS X.
Sylvie Barak May 12 2008 7:45AM Software
Dell’s building-block approach to virtualisation needs software support

Dell’s building-block approach to virtualisation needs software support

Dell has launched two new servers that have been designed to simplify virtualisation.
Liz Tay May 7 2008 12:01AM Hardware
VMware first quarter revenue up by 69 percent

VMware first quarter revenue up by 69 percent

Virtualisation vendor VMware has released its first quarter revenues for 2008. The strong financial results are attributed to increased adoption of server virtualisation as the technology gains momentum in the global market, claimed VMware.
Leanne Mezrani Apr 23 2008 3:58PM Software
Asia-Pacific markets take to virtualisation

Asia-Pacific markets take to virtualisation

Virtualisation software and service vendors will be making US$1.35 billion a year in the Asia-Pacific region within two years, analysts report..
Simon Burns Apr 8 2008 7:54AM Networking
Hot or Not: Virtualisation Security

Hot or Not: Virtualisation Security

What are the potential security implications of virtualisation? The answer is: they are considerable.
Amol Sarwate, Apr 8 2008 3:21AM Security
VMware tools provide virtual lifecycle controls

VMware tools provide virtual lifecycle controls

VMware today announced the general availability of its Lifecycle Manager tool, which provides users with cradle-to-grave control over the deployment of virtual machines.
IT Week Apr 2 2008 3:38PM Networking
Bulletproof offers clients ability to control time with VMware

Bulletproof offers clients ability to control time with VMware

Australian hosting provider, Bulletproof Networks, is offering clients the ability to control time on their virtual machines (VM) with the launch of dedicated virtualised hosting.
Lilia Guan Apr 1 2008 3:32PM Software

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