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Virtualization Journal Opens "Readers' Choice Awards" Nominations

Thu, 09 Jul 2009 12:45:00 EDT

SYS-CON's Virtualization Journal announced today that nominations are now open for its second annual Virtualization 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 more than a decade. This year's virtualization awards will be given in 18 categories and award-winning products and services will be selected by Virtualization Journal readers.

Enterprise Desktop Virtualization Reaches Turning Point with MokaFive

Sun, 05 Jul 2009 11:30:00 EDT

MokaFive has announced the 2.0 version of its desktop virtualization technology in the form of MokaFive Suite, a Desktop-as-a-Service platform for the enterprise. MokaFive Suite extends the company's existing cross-platform, self-healing hosted desktop service, giving organizations of any size the ability to host a secure desktop management solution within their premises. MokaFive Suite marks a turning point in desktop virtualization, offering an enterprise-ready platform that provides persistent user personalization while giving IT organizations complete policy-based control.

SYS-CON Announces Virtualization Conference & Expo Show Awards

Wed, 01 Jul 2009 12:15:00 EDT

Virtualization, viewed as one of the most promising technology investments in an economic downturn, is of great interest to enterprises seeking to build a flexible IT infrastructure that can keep pace with rapid business change. Investments are being made in proven products for infrastructure virtualization management, dynamic workload management, moving edge applications to cloud computing service providers, and tools for power management - to name just a few.

Virtualization Conference & Expo 2009 West: Call for Papers Closing

Mon, 29 Jun 2009 06:00:00 EDT

Now held three times a year, in New York, Prague, and Silicon Valley, the organizing principle of each International Virtualization Conference & Expo remains the same: our aim is to ensure, through an intense and carefully chosen program of technical and strategic breakout sessions, that attending delegates leave each Conference with abundant resources, ideas and examples they can apply immediately to leveraging Virtualization, helping them to maximize performance, minimize cost and improve the efficiency and flexibility of their Enterprise IT endeavors.

Pixorial Turns to Dell Systems & Xsigo Virtual I/O

Tue, 23 Jun 2009 07:57:00 EDT

Xsigo Systems, a provider of data center I/O virtualization, has announced that Pixorial has deployed Dell(TM) PowerEdge(TM) servers and Xsigo virtual I/O in support of its ground-breaking online video service where home movies and people interconnect. This architecture enables Pixorial to double its bandwidth, decrease deployment times from days to hours, and increase overall server utilization by 33 percent.

Saudi Telecom Becomes First Cisco WebEx Authorized Partner in Middle East

Sat, 20 Jun 2009 08:00:00 EDT

WebEx is an easy way to exchange ideas and information by connecting people around the world. It combines real-time desktop sharing with phone conferencing. As a result, it is often referred to as web conferencing -- due to the combination of web plus phone interaction -- or an online meeting -- due to the fact that everyone participating in the meeting can see a shared desktop presentation, giving the interaction the same feeling as in-person meetings.

Mitel Extends Virtualization Strategy with VMware

Thu, 18 Jun 2009 11:00:00 EDT

Mitel has announced a new relationship with VMware to strategically collaborate on solutions that improve efficiencies of real time voice applications and computing resources for organizations of all sizes. This is the next step in Mitel's virtualization strategy by enabling customers to leverage industry standard servers to maximize space, optimize IT resources, reduce power, and deliver business continuity.

Kerio MailServer Virtual Appliance Now Available for Parallels Server on Mac

Wed, 17 Jun 2009 09:00:00 EDT

Kerio Technologies has announced the availability of Kerio MailServer Virtual Appliance for Parallels' server and desktop virtualization software for the Mac platform. Parallels, a global leader in virtualization and automation technology, was the first to market with a server virtualization solution for the Mac platform. With this partnership, customers will benefit by having the ability to utilize shared CPU, hardware, memory, network, and have lower cost of maintenance.

Federal IT Managers Identify Significant Potential in Virtualization

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 18:15:00 EDT

CDW Government, Inc. (CDW-G), has released its 2009 Federal Virtualization Report, an assessment of client, server and storage virtualization in Federal civilian and defense agencies. The report, based on an April survey of 377 Federal IT managers, reveals that while 73 percent say the technique, a broad term used to describe the abstraction of computer resources, is integral to improved efficiency in IT operations and reduced costs, just 20 percent indicate that their agencies are harnessing virtualization to the fullest extent.

Centrify Supports Virtual Computing Environments

Tue, 16 Jun 2009 10:01:00 EDT

Centrify Corporation has announced extensive support for heterogeneous, virtualized data centers with the general availability of the Centrify Suite update 3. With this release, Centrify facilitates an organization's ability to securely and efficiently transition from a traditional, physical infrastructure to a dynamic, virtualized computing environment. Centrify enables organizations to leverage their existing Microsoft Active Directory infrastructure for centralized identity management, access control, privilege management and auditing across the industry's broadest range of platforms - with newly released support for over a dozen hypervisor platforms and over 190 UNIX and Linux operating systems running as guests on hypervisors or on physical servers.

Getting Started with Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V on Dell Servers

Fri, 12 Jun 2009 12:15:00 EDT

Your solution to a simplified virtualization platform is here. Learn about the benefits of Microsoft Hyper-V technology integrated directly into Microsoft Windows Server 2008 OS. Get the facts on Hyper-V virtualization, discuss the architecture and technologies, and receive guidance on best practices for deployment on Dell PowerEdge servers.

Highly Available Virtualization with Microsoft Hyper-V and SCV MM 2008

Fri, 12 Jun 2009 12:00:00 EDT

Learn how to create your own highly available virtualized system while offering simplified management, dynamic performance, workload optimization, and reduced costs. Combining Microsoft Hyper-V technology with Microsoft System Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM) 2008 on Dell PowerEdge servers can help to avoid lost revenue, maintain productivity, and protect data from system failure.

IBM’s Session on Smarter Business Solutions at Virtualization Conference

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 14:00:00 EDT

In these difficult economic times, IT leaders are re-evaluating their one-server-per-application strategy and looking for new solutions to help increase responsiveness, scalability, and agility while reducing energy costs and improving resource utilization. In this session at Virtualization Conference & Expo 2009 East, Jim Rymarczyk showed how IBM's new Dynamic Infrastructure vision and evolutionary approach can help customers achieve these objectives through the implementation of virtualized IT environments.

CA Presents the Business Value of Virtualization on SYS-CON.TV

Thu, 11 Jun 2009 13:45:00 EDT

Enterprise IT organizations are increasingly becoming service provider organizations, creating internal clouds of IT and computing resources to serve customers and business units. Cost savings objectives are no longer enough; IT organizations are adopting virtualization as an architecture to reliably capitalize on the promised business and operational transformation, efficiencies, and extended cost reduction without risking performance, business continuity, security, compliance or control.

Devon IT to Support University System of Ohio Virtualization Efforts

Tue, 09 Jun 2009 11:14:00 EDT

Devon IT has announced its O-VDI program that offers deeply discounted pricing on Devon IT thin client desktop devices to participants in the University System of Ohio Virtualization Program. The University System of Ohio Virtualization Program, announced in January 2009, is a three-year purchasing aggregation initiative with the potential of saving Ohio colleges and universities more than $130 million.

EMC CEO Sends Open Letter to Data Domain Employees

Tue, 09 Jun 2009 09:00:00 EDT

"We stand ready to welcome the talented people of Data Domain to EMC with open arms," writes Joe Tucci - Chairman, President and CEO of EMC - in an open letter to EMC employees just released this morning. "We believe that bringing Data Domain into the EMC family would be the best way for you to continue building your careers and accelerating the success you've already achieved in the marketplace," Tucci also writes.

Free VMware Data Center Health Check and Software Download

Thu, 04 Jun 2009 16:15:00 EDT

VKernel's patent-pending Capacity Analyzer technology enables you to achieve maximum VMware ESX performance with the right amount of resources. Capacity Analyzer is the only VMware monitoring software that actually predicts problems days before they occur so you can avoid critical issues.

Securing Code Transfer with Signing: A Technical Overview

Thu, 04 Jun 2009 15:15:00 EDT

Learn about the technologies behind code signing as a way to create a trusted "digital shrink-wrap" for downloaded software such as software objects, macros, device drivers, firmware images, virus updates, configuration files and mobile applications in this white paper from VeriSign.

SYS-CON White Paper: The Essentials Series: Code-Signing Certificates

Thu, 04 Jun 2009 14:30:00 EDT

In this white paper from VeriSign, learn how code signing mitigates the risks of transferring code over the Internet or wireless networks, as well as allows end users to take advantage of the ease and convenience of content distribution without worrying about security consequences.

SYS-CON White Paper: To Increase Downloads, Instill Trust First

Thu, 04 Jun 2009 13:45:00 EDT

Code Signing certificates can make your enterprise more secure, make your software more accepted, and even stop malware in its tracks. In this white paper from VeriSign, learn about the many ways in which code-signing certificates are being used.

How to Digitally Sign Downloadable Code for Secure Content Transfer

Thu, 04 Jun 2009 12:45:00 EDT

Learn how VeriSign Code Signing Certificates allow you to digitally sign your content for unprecedented secure delivery over the Internet and safely transport it from your site.

VeriSign Code Signing Digital Certificates for Adobe AIR Technology

Thu, 04 Jun 2009 12:00:00 EDT

Learn how to digitally sign your applications on Adobe® AIR™ with a VeriSign® Code Signing Digital Certificate, which verifies the authenticity of the publisher and the integrity of the product.

Harnessing Cloud Computing and Virtualization for the Virtual Data Center

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 23:00:00 EDT

Many IT organizations have inadequate governance processes to control the provisioning of virtual servers, resulting in problems including virtual server sprawl. Some IT organizations are building private or internal cloud environments to capture the benefits of cloud computing, yet they lack management tools to provide visibility into usage and costs. Successful IT service management, including the use of a Service Catalog, is critical to realizing the benefits of virtualization.

Service Virtualization in Enterprise Application Development

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 22:00:00 EDT

Many large organizations are in the process of adopting hardware virtualization technology for the development of their dynamic enterprise applications. However, hardware virtualization is not appropriate or feasible in all circumstances, and by focusing solely on hardware virtualization we could be leaving opportunities to save significant time and money on the table.

VMware vSphere 4 Powers SaaS Solution for TradeBeam

Tue, 02 Jun 2009 11:45:00 EDT

VMware has announced that TradeBeam, Inc. is using VMware vSphere 4 to power its software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution. TradeBeam's SaaS offering provides over 6,000 organizations with import and export compliance, inventory management, shipment tracking, supply-chain event management, and global trade finance solutions.

Analyst Report: Butler Group View – LISA 4.6 Technology Audit

Mon, 01 Jun 2009 17:30:00 EDT

A third-party technology audit on iTKO LISA 4.6 Suite performed by Butler Group, a UK-based IT analyst firm, which covers product functionality, operation, and deployment along with commentary on product strategy and future directions. The iTKO LISA Suite, comprising LISA Test, LISA Validate, and LISA Virtualize, provides capabilities around testing, validation, and simulation of services in a distributed, multi-tier, component-based infrastructure.

Quest Captures Two SYS-CON Virtualization Journal Readers’ Choice Awards

Thu, 28 May 2009 14:00:00 EDT

Quest Software, Inc. (Nasdaq: QSFT) announced that Quest vWorkspace, formerly Provision Networks Virtual Access Suite, received two SYS-CON Virtualization Journal Readers’ Choice Awards in the categories of “Best Desktop Virtualization Platform” and “Best VDI – Virtual Desktop Infrastructure.” Known as the “Oscars of the Software Industry,” the SYS-CON Readers’ Choice Awards has been one of the industry’s most prestigious award programs for more than a decade.

Advocacy Inc. Deploys DataCore Storage Virtualization Software

Thu, 28 May 2009 08:29:00 EDT

DataCore Software has announced that its SANmelody storage virtualization software has been deployed by Advocacy Inc. The network administrator at Advocacy Inc. was confronted with disk space issues after allowing employees to scan relevant documents onto shared drives. The organization was compelled to find a better solution to enable users to use the system without interruption. The objective was to find a solution to the organization’s capacity issue that would enable the business – and its data – to grow. Federally-funded, there is an “Advocacy” in every single state. The organization is mandated by the federal government to provide legal services to people with disabilities.

Promise Technology Announces SmartStor NS4600

Thu, 28 May 2009 07:44:00 EDT

Promise Technology® Inc., a leading supplier of cutting edge RAID storage solutions for enterprise, SMB, SOHO and consumer customers has announced the availability of the SmartStor(TM) NS4600 Next-Generation High Performance Network Attached Storage and Digital Media Server for Home, SOHO and Small Business. The SmartStor(TM) NS4600 boasts support for up to 4 SATA 3G Hard Drives (not included) and is built on Intel's EP80579 Processor running at 600 MHZ, includes 256MB of DDRII Memory, 1 Ethernet, 2 USB 2.0 Ports and 1 eSATA Port. With Jumbo Frames disabled consumers and end-users can expect sequential write performance to average in the mid 30's (MB/s) and sequential read performance to average in the mid 40's (MB/s).

AMR Research Releases Its 2009 Supply Chain Top 25

Thu, 28 May 2009 04:00:00 EDT

AMR Research has released its Supply Chain Top 25 today, an annual ranking that highlights companies that display superior supply chain performance, capabilities, and leadership.

VMware Expands VMware Ready Program

Wed, 27 May 2009 17:00:00 EDT

The VMware Ready Data Protection program enables partners to integrate new and existing solutions with VMware vSphere 4 using certain VMware vStorage APIs and integration technologies that simplify protection of virtualized workloads. The program adds qualification criteria for data protection products to help validate that partner solutions have passed VMware-specified integration or interoperability criteria and are technically ready for optimal use with VMware vSphere 4. Key data protection vendors are expected to validate their products for VMware vSphere 4 including CA, CommVault, EMC, Symantec and Vizioncore.

Tranxition's Amy Hodler on Managing VDI - SYS-CON.TV Interview

Wed, 27 May 2009 10:30:00 EDT

View Amy Hodler, Director of Product Management at VDI experts Tranxition, in discussion with Virtualization Conference & Expo chairman Jeremy Geelan, on SYS-CON.TV - recorded live at the 5th International Virtualization Conference & Expo held in New York City, March 2009.

Dell Delivers Integrated Systems Management with Microsoft Offerings

Wed, 27 May 2009 09:01:00 EDT

Through extensive OpenManage integration, Dell now offers a comprehensive solution for managing Microsoft applications, multi-vendor hypervisors including Microsoft Hyper-V and VMware ESX, and a span of Dell hardware with the Microsoft System Center product portfolio.

Quest Software Forms New Distribution Relationship with Ingram Micro

Thu, 21 May 2009 08:06:00 EDT

Quest Software solutions and increase Quest’s presence in the reseller channel. Under terms of the agreement, Quest has granted Ingram Micro and its affiliates the non-exclusive right to distribute, market and resell the complete line of Quest Software products to channel partners throughout North and Latin America.

Cisco Completes Acquisition of Tidal Software

Wed, 20 May 2009 13:00:00 EDT

Cisco has announced it has completed its purchase of Tidal Software, Inc. Based in Palo Alto, Calif., and Houston, Tidal Software is the creator of intelligent application management and automation solutions. Tidal Software's intelligent solutions will advance Cisco's data center strategy by providing timely, accurate and cost-efficient management and automation of application performance across entire business operations, from the server through the network to the desktop. The acquisition will also create significant opportunities for Cisco and its partners through the delivery of partner-led services, leveraging Cisco's application management capabilities.

BLADE Delivers Cloud Ready, VM-Aware Networking for HP BladeSystem

Wed, 20 May 2009 11:00:00 EDT

the first networking solution that supports thousands of virtual switch ports. VMready is part of BLADE's Cloud Ready Network Architecture designed for the massive virtualization required by today's cloud computing environments.

IT Increasingly Turns to Storage Virtual Appliance to Control Costs During Economic Downturn

Tue, 19 May 2009 08:35:00 EDT

Considering the economic hardships today and the necessity to invest in expensive networked storage to get the full benefits of server virtualization, advancements in virtual appliances have hit the market at an ideal time. Storage Virtual Appliances leverage the storage resources of VMware ESX servers (internal disks, DAS) and turn them into a powerful virtual SAN in minutes.

Hitachi Expands and Enhances BladeSymphony Blade Server Line

Tue, 19 May 2009 08:12:00 EDT

Hitachi Server Group today unveiled BladeSymphony 2000, its new high-end, enterprise-class blade server, together with major enhancements and new blades for its mid-range BladeSymphony 320 system. For organizations that are interested in consolidating infrastructure, optimizing workloads, and reducing the cost, risk, and complexity of IT, today’s announcement represents a significant advance.

Axxana and International Computerware Announce “Go-to-Market” Alliance

Mon, 18 May 2009 07:07:00 EDT

EMC reseller, International Computerware, and Axxana have announced a partnership to market Axxana’s Enterprise Data Recording (EDR) solutions in the New England area, beginning with Axxana’s first product, the Phoenix System. Axxana’s Phoenix EDR solution is the first to enable 100% disaster recovery with no data loss (RPO=0), without distance limitation between the primary and backup data centers, and for significantly less than the cost of traditional data mirroring alternatives. The Phoenix System complements the asynchronous replication solutions offered by the major storage vendors, enabling the enterprise to protect a local synchronous copy of the most important information - recent write operations - in a next-generation storage device designed to withstand a wide number of extreme conditions. Following a disaster or loss of communication with the primary data center, the Phoenix System EDR enables the rapid extraction of the protected data and reintegration with the asynchronous backup copy at the remote data center, thus fulfilling RTO and RPO objectives.

Europe's Virtualization Experts Head to Prague for Virtualization Expo 2009

Sun, 17 May 2009 01:30:00 EDT

From tomorrow Virtualization and Cloud Computing are going to be center stage, 18-19 May, at the Prague Hilton as the Czech Republic plays host to Virtualization Conference Europe 2009, co-located with Cloud Computing Expo Europe 2009 - the first conference outside the USA in SYS-CON's world-beating series of events devoted to the two hottest interlinked topics in Enterprise IT today.

Virtualization Expo Power Panel

Fri, 15 May 2009 23:00:00 EDT

Virtualization is changing IT and making it more efficient, more dynamic, and more streamlined. But why exactly has it proven itself to be so crucial a technology for Enterprise IT in particular and what is its trajectory in the future? Jeremy Geelan leads a high-level SYS-CON.TV Virtualization Power Panel discussion with the CTO of Rackspace, John Engates, the CEO of appzero, Greg O'Connor, and Sun's Chief Security Architect, Glenn Brunette.

Virtualization and the Streamlining of Traditional Software Testing

Fri, 15 May 2009 11:00:00 EDT

Todd Kuczaj of Accenture will be presenting atVirtualization Conference Europe 2009 in Prague next week (May 18-19, 2009). Virtualization is quickly spreading throughout every area of IT, causing many of us to rethink the way we work. The software testing space is no different. Virtualization has caused a shift in this area, allowing traditional software testing to occur faster, with fewer resources, for a lower cost while also improving the quality of code released into production.

SYS-CON.TV Virtualization Expo Power Panel

Fri, 15 May 2009 10:54:00 EDT

Adaptec to Present at Virtualization Conference Europe 2009

Fri, 15 May 2009 07:15:00 EDT

With today’s virtual data centers growing at an ever increasing pace and operating around the clock, the demand for innovative data storage management strategies that offer the highest capacity, performance and energy-efficiency, is at an all-time high. Cloud computing IT personnel are continually faced with three main challenges.

VKernel Secures $7M

Wed, 13 May 2009 23:00:00 EDT

The patent-pending VKernel suite of next-generation virtual server management and optimization solutions is designed to quickly solve real world data center challenges that are impacting IT departments. VKernel leverages the virtual appliance format to instantly deploy its products for enhancing performance, lowering operational and capital costs, optimizing virtual environments of all sizes, and delivering instant ROI. Currently, VKernel supports VMware ESX and plans to support Microsoft Hyper-V, Citrix XEN, and others.

iland Internet Solutions and Vizioncore to Offer Virtualization Solutions

Mon, 11 May 2009 17:00:00 EDT

iland Internet Solutions and Vizioncore have announced they have entered into a partnership to leverage each company’s products and services to provide complete virtualization solutions for the small and medium-sized enterprise markets. Vizioncore’s vReplicator, a solution designed specifically for virtualization, will be deployed in iland’s virtual data centers, providing ‘best in class’ replication solutions for iland, iland’s customers and for external clients’ on-premise use. Vizioncore leverages iland’s Hosted VMware platform to enable new technology adopters to achieve high-availability services more cost-effectively.

SSH to Present at Virtualization Conference Europe

Mon, 11 May 2009 08:00:00 EDT

SYS-CON Events announced today that SSH Communications Security is to present at next week's Virtualization Conference Europe 2009 (www.virtualization-europe.com) May 18-19, 2009, in Prague, Czech Republic, the first industry-leading international combined Cloud Computing & Virtualization event outside the USA.

How Does Virtualization Change Storage?

Mon, 11 May 2009 08:00:00 EDT

SYS-CON Events announced today that Stephen Foskett, Director of Consulting at Nirvanix, will be presenting at next week's Virtualization Conference Europe 2009, being held May 18-19, 2009, in Prague, Czech Republic, the first industry-leading international combined Cloud Computing & Virtualization event outside the USA.

Vizioncore to Present at Virtualization Conference Europe in Prague

Mon, 11 May 2009 07:15:00 EDT

SYS-CON Events announced today that Roger Baskerville, VP for EMEA at Vizioncore, will be presenting at next week's Virtualization Expo Europe, May 18-19, 2009, in Prague, Czech Republic, the first industry-leading international combined Cloud Computing & Virtualization event outside the USA.

Cisco Reports Third Quarter Earnings

Wed, 06 May 2009 16:05:00 EDT

"Cisco delivered solid financial performance despite a challenging global economy and period of evolving market dynamics," said John Chambers, chairman and chief executive officer, Cisco. "These results demonstrate our ability to drive operational excellence and manage profitability across varying economic cycles. We will use this period of market transition to align and optimize resources, make strategic investments, move into market adjacencies and enhance relationships with our customers. As we exit the quarter with a compelling financial position and an innovation engine from both a products and business model perspective, we believe we are well-positioned for the eventual economic recovery."