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“Benchmarking” The Citrix / XenServer Combo with Ian Pratt (Video Interview - Part 4)
Some time ago, we had a chance to sit down (on a bench) for a video interview with Xen Guru Ian Pratt, well known for co-founding and ultimately selling XenSource - the company behind the open-source Xen project - to Citrix in October 2007.
15Jun2008 | Robin Wauters | 0 comments | ContinuedLarge Majority of Applications Don’t Work In Virtual Environments
According to application compatibility tools developer Changebase AOK, a staggering 87% of applications may have issues when deploying in a virtualized environment. Evidently, the source implies that the results may have to be taken with a grain of salt, but still.
13Jun2008 | Robin Wauters | 2 comments | ContinuedA Conversation About Virtualization Security, The Quotes
Last week, an interesting conference call took place with several industry leaders in the virtualization security (virtsec) area, initiated by Virtualization.com. Here are some of the most interesting quotes from that conversation.
11Jun2008 | Kris Buytaert | 1 comment | ContinuedSymantec Teams Up With Citrix, Enhances Veritas Virtual Infrastructure Suite
Symantec has announced Veritas Virtual Infrastructure, which it claims to be the first solution to offer advanced storage capabilities for virtual server environments that effectively manage storage in large scale, x86 production environments.
11Jun2008 | Robin Wauters | 0 comments | ContinuedVMware Stock Drops As Employee Grants Expire
On a generally down day for tech stocks, VMware slipped on news that a large number of employee share grants may begin trading this week. The stock was down $4.19, or 6.2 %, to $63.70 in recent trading, or 61 times 2008 earnings and 43 times 2009 earnings.
10Jun2008 | Robin Wauters | 0 comments | ContinuedBuild Your Own Cloud!
Given enough hardware, you can now build your own Amazon Elastic Cloud or similar platform. And all in Open Source. A group of developers from the Department of Computer Science at the University of California, Santa Barbara has recently released EUCALPYTUS, a tool that can make your personal Cloud dreams come true!
6Jun2008 | Kris Buytaert | 0 comments | Continued“Benchmarking” The Citrix / XenServer Combo with Ian Pratt (Video Interview - Part 3)
Some time ago, we had a chance to sit down (on a bench) for a video interview with Xen Guru Ian Pratt, well known for co-founding and ultimately selling XenSource - the company behind the open-source Xen project - to Citrix in October 2007.
1Jun2008 | Toon Vanagt | 0 comments | ContinuedVMware Rolls Second FUD Wave Over Citrix Xenserver
Is marketing inherently manipulative, superficial, annoying and therefore evil? Do software marketing departments communicate the opportunities and advantages of their products in a honest way? Does it help to engage in FUD tactics against competitors?
1Jun2008 | Toon Vanagt | 2 comments | Continued“Benchmarking” The Citrix / XenServer Combo with Ian Pratt (Video Interview - Part 2)
Some time ago, we had a chance to sit down (on a bench) for a video interview with Xen Guru Ian Pratt, well known for co-founding and ultimately selling XenSource - the company behind the open-source Xen project - to Citrix in October 2007.
28May2008 | Toon Vanagt | 2 comments | ContinuedBreaking: VMware To Acquire B-hive Networks
VMware today announced it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire B-hive Networks, a privately-held application performance management software company with headquarters in San Mateo, California and principal R&D facilities in Herzliya, Israel.
28May2008 | Robin Wauters | 0 comments | Continued“Benchmarking” The Citrix / XenServer Combo with Ian Pratt (Video Interview - Part 1)
Some time ago, we had a chance to sit down (on a bench) for a video interview with Xen Guru Ian Pratt, well known for co-founding and ultimately selling XenSource - the company behind the open-source Xen project - to Citrix in October 2007.
26May2008 | Robin Wauters | 2 comments | ContinuedGartner: Server Market Still Growing, Despite Virtualization
Gartner said server sales and shipments showed strong growth in the first quarter of this year compared to last year despite continued growth of the use of server virtualization technology. Jeffrey Hewitt, VP Research at Gartner said that certain factors are “masking” the impact of server virtualization.
23May2008 | Robin Wauters | 1 comment | Continued
