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Quad-Core AMD Opteron Processor Sets New Benchmark for Virtualization Performance on the VMware Platform

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AMD today announced it has achieved the top spot on the VMware VMmark virtualization benchmark for x86 servers with the Quad-Core AMD Opteron processor-based HP ProLiant DL585 G5. AMD now holds the top three spots on the 16-core VMmark benchmark.

Rapid Virtualization Indexing (RVI) technology is designed to offer near-native performance of virtualized applications while enabling fast switching between virtual machines (VMs.) The VMmark 1.1 consolidation benchmark, released by VMware in May 2008, includes several workloads that take advantage of the benefits of RVI.

VMware VMmark 1.1 benchmark measures application performance in virtualized environments on a wide variety of enterprise workloads running simultaneously in separate virtual machines. Complete results for AMD’s latest VMmark score can be found here (PDF).

Bonus link: Forbes interviews Margaret Lewis, director of commercial solutions and software strategy at AMD.

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Entisys Solutions Trademarks Virtualization Oriented Architecture Methodology

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Founded in 1988 as a computer and software training center, today Entisys Solutions specializes in enterprise virtualization solutions, working in partnership with organizations such as Citrix, Microsoft, NetApp and VMware to provide consulting and engineering services to mid-tier and enterprise organizations and government agencies.

The company announced today that the United States Patent and Trademark Office has granted the company a trademark for its Virtualization Oriented Architecture methodology.

Entisys Solutions’ VOA is a holistic approach to virtualization designed to ensure the best possible infrastructure design. Through a process of comprehensive assessments, Entisys’ architects expertly identify the hard-cost indicators and soft-cost processes that can be replaced or enhanced to realize full utilization, empowering the client organization to better manage IT potential and use resources more efficiently by identifying and eliminating idle technology capacity. VOA also provides a holistic technology platform for today’s critical business operations; meeting the objectives of optimum performance, maximum security, greater flexibility, high availability, broad support and improved return in investment (ROI) and total cost of ownership (TCO).

As part of its VOA offering, Entisys’ provides its clients with a number of best-of-breed technology solutions designed to further extend their strategies for communicating and provisioning of virtual ‘real estate’ within their enterprise environments, including:

* Data Center Infrastructure Virtualization
* Application Delivery Virtualization
* Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI)
* Advanced Infrastructure
* Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity Planning

IntApp Releases Integration Builder 4.1 for VMware ESX

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IntApp (Integration Appliance), a VMware TAP program member, today announced the availability of Integration Builder 4.1.

Integration Builder allows organizations to move information among software applications in real time and to automate a wide range of business processes. With this release, IntApp makes this product available both as a hardware appliance and as a software-only solution.

Additionally, the 4.1 release includes expanded support for communicating international characters across integrated systems, added controls for managing remote Windows file systems, including the ability to create and set access rights for file shares, and improved administrative logging and reporting capabilities.

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XTS Releases Handy Configuration Reporting Utility for Citrix XenApp, Free of Charge

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XTS, a Citrix Ready Partner and a VMware Technology Alliance Partner, has just released their Configuration Report Generator utility that works with XenApp 4.x (meaning any edition).  The company is making this solution a free download via a fully functional virtual machine.

The company is bringing their flexible interface to the Citrix data store in order to make it really easy to use. Leveraging the XTS advanced filters, Citrix customers can generate the configuration reports they need when they need them. In addition to the free configuration reporting utility, the VM also includes a demo of the company’s full Introspect product (released last April) which provides usage reporting and much needed analysis.

Specific benefits of the free configuration reports include:

  • Document Citrix environmental configurations to create baselines for future troubleshooting, disaster recovery or audit requirements.
  • Verify baselines for migrations to XenApp 4.5.
  • Track Citrix hotfixes to ensure consistency across servers
  • Attain more in-depth security insight with user/application assignment reports, leveraging integration with Active Directory.
  • Gain immediate visibility into risks that might exist in their Citrix environment due to misconfigurations
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    DataCore Software Upgrades SANsymphony and Traveller CDP

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    DataCore Software today announced that it has updated its flagship SANsymphony open storage networking platform and its Traveller CDP (continuous data protection) add-on capability.

    The new update releases are available immediately. Notable enhancements include 8GB FC Support, Performance for CDP and Replication, Usability, Improved Thin Provisioning Monitoring, Live Data Migration Services and Better Virtual Server Integration.

    DataCore recently renewed its OEM agreement with NEC Soft to conquer Japan.

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