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Over at UbuntuGeek.com is a fresh HOWTO on installing VirtualBox 1.6 in an Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron setup, including USB Support. Over at the other side of the Linux Distribution Spectrum, Falko Timme at How to Forge documents how to install and use OpenVZ on Centos 5.2.
1Aug2008 | Kris Buytaert | 0 comments | ContinuedVirtualization Pretty Big Down Under
Twice as many Australian businesses are using virtualization than the rest of the world, according to analysts, reports Techworld. Gartner says between 8 and 9 % of medium to enterprise businesses are virtualizing their x86 servers, while global uptake remains at about 4 to 5 %.
24Jul2008 | Robin Wauters | 0 comments | ContinuedAvnet Launches VirtualPath University
Avnet Technology Solutions, an operating group of Avnet, announced a dedicated training program called VirtualPath University for value-added resellers in the United States.
22Jul2008 | Robin Wauters | 0 comments | ContinuedExclusive Video: VMware In A Nutshell, By Product Marketing Manager John Gilmartin
So what’s VMware all about now on a technology level, now that their stock is tumbling and their CEO has been replaced? John Gilmartin, Group Manager, Product Marketing at VMware answered our questions on virtualization in general and their strategy and product portfolio in particular.
8Jul2008 | Toon Vanagt | 0 comments | ContinuedVirtual Iron Wants To Educate You In A Virtual Classroom
Virtual Iron Software today announced the immediate availability of a new, dedicated eLearning portal called the “Virtual Classroom”, which intends to expand upon Virtual Iron’s existing online training offerings to help technical personnel quickly learn about their solutions.
26Jun2008 | Robin Wauters | 0 comments | ContinuedDavid Coyle, Gartner Researcher: The 7 Side Effects Of Lousy Virtualization
David Coyle, research VP at Gartner, detailed the seven side effects at the research firm’s Infrastructure, Operations and Management Summit, which drew nearly 900 attendees. While virtualization promises to solve issues such as underutilization, high hardware costs and poor system availability, the benefits come only when the technology is applied with proper care and consistently monitored for change, Coyle explained.
24Jun2008 | Robin Wauters | 0 comments | ContinuedApplication Virtualization Comparison Chart
Sven Huisman and his coworker Matthijs Haverink were unable to find a good comparative list of application virtualization solutions, so they mocked up a useful chart of their own.
20Jun2008 | Robin Wauters | 0 comments | ContinuedTool: Check VMware ESX Security Configuration With Tripwire ConfigCheck
Tripwire ConfigCheck is a free utility that rapidly assesses the security of VMware ESX hypervisor configurations compared to the VMware Infrastructure 3 Security Hardening guidelines.
4Jun2008 | Robin Wauters | 1 comment | ContinuedMicrosoft Publishes Guide for Testing Hyper-V and Failover Clustering
Microsoft has published a new 18-pages guide to setup virtual machines fail-over between two Hyper-V (now in Release Candidate 1) virtualization hosts. The step-by-step guide shows you “how to make a virtual machine highly availableby creating a simple two-node cluster and a virtual machine, and then failing over the virtual machine from one node to the other”.
26May2008 | Robin Wauters | 0 comments | ContinuedVMware 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 | Continued
