Virtualization News

Citrix is asking the questions, "are you being asked to do more with less, like trying to overcome legacy VPN deployment barriers while reducing costs? Is providing remote access for some users simply too expensive?" The company is holding an interactive Webinar featuring security analyst Lisa Phifer discuss how companies can deliver more effective access by augmenting traditional VPNs with Citrix GoToMyPC Corporate. Lisa has years of experience developing remote-access implementation strategies, according to Citrix. Key points to be made during the seminar, according to Citrix include: • Requires no capital investment and very little IT support • Can be used with existing VPNs to expand remote access • Can be a convenient alternative to in-house VPNs for companies just getting started with secure remote access Relevant info follows: Topic: Maximize Your VP... (more)

SYS-CON Announces Virtualization Journal Readers' Choice Awards Winners

SYS-CON Media, the world's leading i-technology media and events company, has announced the winners of its Virtualization Journal Readers' Choice Awards. SYS-CON's Readers' Choice Awards, also known as the "Oscars of the Software Industry," has been one of the most prestigious industry award programs for over a decade. Virtualization takes the cost and complexity out of IT, and can even help us reduce the CO2 footprint. IDC has stated that the virtualization services market alone is going to reach $11.7 billion by 2011 and in general this technology, which has been around for a ... (more)

AMD Promises Memory Extender

AMD says it's developing DDR3-based Socket G3 Memory Extender (G3MX) technology planned for the next-generation Opteron platform in 2009 that will extend its total memory footprint and increase the performance of enterprise-class servers. How much it didn't venture to say but it's thinking virtualization and pervasive multi-cores. The widgetry is being developed with IC houses IDT and Inphi, which are planning to sell G3MX components and should allow the use of bigger memory capacities with standard DIMMs. ... (more)

IBM-thwarted Mainframe Virtualization Vendor Wannabe Complains to EC

Well, it appears that Platform Solutions Inc, the IBM-thwarted mainframe wannabe, has taken its list of grievances against Big Blue to the European Commission, as we've suggested it would, and lodged a formal antitrust complaint against the company with the regulators. The complaint was quietly made on October 19, according to Bloomberg, which broke the story Tuesday. The EC says it is in the preliminary stages of examining it. PSI has charged IBM with violating Article 82 of the EC Treaty by refusing to supply interface information on its mainframes and refusing to license its ... (more)

Virtual Cloud Computing

Virtual Cloud Computing represents the next wave of virtualization and offers significant market opportunities by providing a new, simpler, and much more pervasive platform for on-demand, desktop and application service delivery. While server-side virtualization helps enterprises optimize data center resources, the use of a universal dialtone technology offers a significantly larger market for desktop users in both commercial and consumer segments. The key to virtual cloud computing is in the universal dialtone which securely links users to desktop applications and content resour... (more)