Photo Credit: Flickr user SunGardAvailabilitySvcs – Creative Commons I’ve been covering Green IT for a while now, but this is the first year I that recall not being able to keep track of all the new green data center…
Dell's Dithmer to SMBs: Virtualization? Not so fast
Mind you, he has servers to sell, so salt, grains and all that good stuff… Erik Dithmer, general manager of Small Medium Business Americas for Dell is telling SMB’s to hold their horses on virtualization. Gene Marks, author of “Penny…
VMware Courting Virtual Iron Customers with Price Breaks
Reuters is reporting that VMware is offering a 40 percent discount to Virtual Iron customers if they make the switch. Virtual Iron, which tailored virtualization solutions toward SMBs, was bought by Oracle in May and was promptly shuttered as a…
Virtualization Anchors FAA Air Traffic System Modernization
The FAA is nearly finished with a modernization project that relies heavily on virtual machines to process messages for the National Airspace Data Interchange Network, segmenting data for federal and civil air traffic and bringing legacy functionality and newer IP…
Virtualization and the Game Developer
Games are taxing enough on PC hardware, why would you want to add virtualization’s overhead? Over at Gamasutra, Neil Gower writes that capable, modern-day hardware makes virtualization something game developers should consider for their development environments and all but the…
Virtualization 101: Emulation and Virtualization, Apples and Oranges
For the uninitiated, it may be hard to tell the difference between emulation and virtualization. The overarching concept is similar to a degree, but as you can probably already tell, they are worlds apart when talking about their purpose and…
Must-Read: Desktop Virtualization Pros and Cons
Desktop Virtualization seems like a great way to save energy and reduce desktop support. But experts warn that technology that can streamline the datacenter doesn’t necessarily translate into a cure-all for the topsy-turvy world of desktop support. Denise Dubie of…
Virtualization Optimization Guide from AnandTech
Liz van Dijk over at AnandTech has written the first part of a fantastically informative primer on virtualization and the hardware required to run VMs smoothly based on their own first-hand research. A must-read if your shop is eyeing VMware…
Does Energy Star for Computer Servers Hate Virtualization?
Well, maybe not hate but a seething indifference definitely. First, some perspective.If you buy a new household appliance and power consumption is a concern, you look for the Energy Star label. Simple.For IT managers, it’s not that easy.The EPA expanded…
Windows 7 (and Hyper-V) to Make for Momentous October
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…
