Guides
VMware Publishes An Official Guide For Creating VI Client Plugins
VMware has shown a great deal of commitment by publishing an official (yet experimental) guide to creating VI Client plugins.
21Apr2008 | Robin Wauters | 0 comments | ContinuedCisco APX, Network Virtualization The Right Way?
Selena Frye over at TechRepublic talks about an interesting technology from Cisco called APX (Application eXtension Platform), made up of a hardware card, modified Linux software that runs on the card and a program for software developers.
17Apr2008 | Robin Wauters | 0 comments | ContinuedWhat’s The ROI Of Virtualization?
Cost reduction is always mentioned as one of the benefits of virtualization, but there are little case studies featuring actual numbers available to prove it. That’s why this post on Server Virtualization Blog by Eric Siebert was a refreshing read.
16Apr2008 | Robin Wauters | 0 comments | ContinuedArs Technica Directions Symposium - Virtualization And Server Consolidation
The great tech blog Ars Technica announced about two weeks ago that it would host a brand new community program in collaboration with Intel, dubbed ‘Directions: a Web Symposium’. This week’s topic of the Directions Symposium is centered around virtualization and server consolidation. Intel has rounded up ten of their top virtualization experts, including a few Intel Principal Engineers, for participation in the new round of conversations.
15Apr2008 | Robin Wauters | 0 comments | ContinuedSmart Marketing: Marathon Technologies Shares Tips On Server Virtualization
Marathon Technologies, who recently announced availability of its everRun VM virtualization tool set, has issued a press release today, offering “top tips to know before starting with server virtualization”. Smart marketing as far as we’re concerned; we’ll let you be the judge of the quality.
14Apr2008 | Robin Wauters | 0 comments | ContinuedReading Tip: “Do Hypervisors Need A Supravisor?”
Clive Longbottom asks himself and readers if there is a need for a ’supravisor’ on top of existing hypervisors, by which he means a way of providing a high-speed, ultra-transparent means of abstracting the abstraction layer, giving a fully standardized platform under which different hypervisors can operate.
14Apr2008 | Robin Wauters | 0 comments | ContinuedVirtualization and Brain Fitness Don’t Mix
Entrepreneur, investor and Open Source pioneer Brian Berliner discovered that not all applications run on virtual machines. After winning a Posit Science Brain Fitness Program Classic, Brian found out that besides having an unnecessary long name, the program doesn’t run on VMware Fusion, which he installed on his Mac computer.
26Mar2008 | Robin Wauters | 1 comment | ContinuedThe Current State of Open Source Virtualization
We’ve started by looking back at a decade of Open Source virtualization, and in this second part of the series we’ll tackle today’s landscape (last updated in March 2008).
26Mar2008 | Kris Buytaert | 1 comment | ContinuedVMworld Europe 2008: The Sessions
As pointed out by VMblog, the VMworld Session & Labs are now online. You can check out a pile of videos & presentation slides as a nice addition to our own video coverage of VMworld.
17Mar2008 | Robin Wauters | 0 comments | ContinuedTool Tip: Virtualization ROI Calculation Tool
The Microsoft Integrated Virtualization Business Value Analyst was developed independently by ex-Gartner TCO/ROI experts at leading ROI tool developer Alinean. This analysis tool helps customers examine current server, development/qa lab, desktop and application virtualization opportunities, quantifying the potential savings, service level and agility benefits, investment and ROI for implementing Microsoft Integrated Virtualization solutions.
16Mar2008 | Robin Wauters | 0 comments | ContinuedWebsite Tip: VM4All.com
A small pointer to an online resource you may find to be very useful: courtesy of Eric Sloof from The Netherlands, you can browse a complete repository of VMware tools at VM4All.com, including their licensing terms, description, creator credits and link to download / maker.
13Mar2008 | Robin Wauters | 0 comments | ContinuedLooking Back At A Decade of Open Source Virtualization
A deep dive into the history of open source virtualization, its key players and forgotten protagonists from the early days.
10Mar2008 | Kris Buytaert | 3 comments | Continued
