Windows 7 isn’t the only big thing coming out of Microsoft on October, not for eco-techies at least. VIrtualization Review spotted this little nugget about Hyper-V that nearly got lost in the excitement.At the very end of the Windows 7…
Green IT News Roundup – Wednesday, June 3
The Hidden Challenges of Virtualization – Part 2 – Virtualization.info Make sure there is a standard and consistent model for how these metrics are obtained. For example, if metrics are captured 7 days a week and 24 hours a…
AMD Opteron 2435 – Six Cores Made for Virtualization
Reviewers are starting to get their mitts on AMD’s six-core “Istanbul” server chip and the news looks good from a virtualization standpoint. Anandtech found that while slower than some Intel Xeons, the platform’s affinity to virtualization, power savings and cost…
Green IT News Roundup – Thursday, May 28
Security and regulatory concerns slow some server virtualization efforts – Network World There’s awe in the instantaneous speed that VMware offers in set up and tear down of VMs but worry about potential abuse of that power, too, deliberate or…
Green IT News Roundup – Wednesday, May 27
Virtualizing the server is great, but what about network I/O virtualization? – InfoWorld InfoWorld: For those of us who are new to this, tell us what are the current approaches to performing network I/O virtualization? Neugebauer: Methods traditionally include using…
Virtualization and IPTV Meet at Microsoft Mediaroom
Datacenters as broadcasters? Not as far-fetched as it would have seemed a scant couple of years ago. If Internet Protocol Television (IPTV) services like AT&T U-verse take off in the U.S., where subscribers expect home theater quality HD video and…
Windows Server 2008 SP2 Brings Hyper-V Integration
Today Microsoft released the second service pack for both Server 2008 and Vista. Along with a slew of patches and a handful of compatibility updates, SP2 brings an exciting new capability: SP2 provides the Hyper-V virtualization environment as a fully…
Green IT News Roundup – Friday, May 22
Happy Memorial Day weekend! Between the barbecues and all that running around, remember why we celebrate this holiday. Survey queries virtualisation benefits and cost savings – Techworld.com However, 55 percent admitted to the network analysis vendor that they experienced more…
Green IT News Roundup – Wednesday, May 20
IT Pros to the Feds: Don’t Regulate Green IT – Reuters A survey by data center operator Digital Realty Trust found that 69 percent of IT pros surveyed “were extremely or very concerned about government regulation.” The study was…
Government IT: Open Source, Virtualization and Clouds on the Rise
The U.S. Government, despite its massive appetite for IT, doesn’t conjure images of a forward thinking or nimble entity when it comes to adopting technology – cutting-edge research arms notwithstanding. But things are changing. Kim Hart of The Washington Post…
