All posts tagged hardware

June 16, 2008 · No comments

Wind River Releases Proprietary Hypervisor For Hardware Virtualization

Wind River Systems, the Canadian provider of Device Software Optimization (DSO), today introduced a multicore software solution for device development, which aims to help companies solve complex business challenges by taking advantage of multicore processing and virtualization.

The Gap Between Hardware and Software

April 7, 2008 · 1 Comment

Interesting read over at EE Times Asia, titled "IC industry addresses multicore, programming software gap". An excerpt: "The semiconductor industry is starting to address what's being called a

Dell Reportedly Plans To Give Away VMware ESX Server 3i For Free, World Keeps Turning

March 15, 2008 · 4 Comments

According to The Inquirer, it appears Dell is considering to stop charging VMware ESX Server 3i licensing fees on its PowerEdge servers to its customers. This

Microsoft’s Ray Ozzie On Cloud & Utility Computing

March 10, 2008 · No comments

Interesting interview up on GigaOM today, featuring Microsoft's Chief Software Architect and industry luminary Ray Ozzie talking about MS's strategy, the economics of cloud

BT Global Services To Virtualize Its Data Centre Network

February 27, 2008 · 2 Comments

Interesting case-study from BT, delivered by Stefan Overtveldt, BT Global Services Vice President and Head of IT Transformation Practice at VMworld Europe (check our video coverage)

VMWare To Embed VMware ESX 3i Hypervisor Across Dell, Fujitsu-Siemens, HP and IBM Servers

February 27, 2008 · 2 Comments

Today at VMWorld Europe 2008 (watch our video reports), VMware announced agreements to embed the VMware ESX 3i hypervisor in servers from Dell, Fujitsu Siemens Computers,

Gartner: Server Market Doing Fine Until Further Notice

February 22, 2008 · 1 Comment

A new report from Gartner shows the server market did great during all of 2007, including the fourth quarter. Server shipments rose 11 % during the fourth