Virtualization
A weekly newsletter covering all the news, analysis and research on Virtualization and Cloud Computing.
News articles
Top User Companies Accelerating Cloud Adoption, Says User Group
Mon, November 07, 2011 - The Wild West era of cloud computing is ending. So says cloud computing's new sheriff, a user group called the Open Data Center Alliance.
Simon Crosby, the Godfather of Xen, on Virtualization, Security and Wimpy Private Clouds
Thu, November 03, 2011 - Bromium is a well funded startup that promises to tap some little-used inherent strengths of Xen virtualization to secure public clouds, opening up the possibility of greater cost savings for businesses that will be able to trust more data to these services.
Virtualization Vs. Native Apps
Thu, November 03, 2011 -
Godfather of Xen: Virtualization Holds a Key to Public-Cloud Security
Thu, November 03, 2011 - While conventional wisdom says virtualized environments and public clouds create massive security headaches, the godfather of Xen, Simon Crosby, says virtualization actually holds a key to better security.
HDS to Release Converged Computing Platform for SAP
Wed, November 02, 2011 - Hitachi Data Systems plans to release its latest flavor of Converged Platform data center offerings aimed at analyzing massive amounts of data in SAP environments.
Virtualization Wars: VMware Vs. Hyper-V Vs. XenServer Vs. KVM
Wed, November 02, 2011 - Ten years ago the argument over virtualization would have been a short one because VMware was the only game in town, but that early dominance is now being significantly challenged by Microsoft, Citrix and Red Hat (KVM).
IaaS Vs. PaaS Vs. SaaS
Wed, November 02, 2011 - Several different flavors have sprung up in cloud computing and each has their pros and cons. Add to these the plethora of vendor-created acronyms and it can be confusing to figure out the best option.
Optimizing License Management for the Data Center
Mon, October 31, 2011 - Optimizing data center license management is a key to decreasing application costs, but meeting the challenge requires technology and processes that can deal with heterogeneous, complex license environments that are made all the more complicated by adoption of virtualization.
Microsoft Claims Hyper-V Will Leapfrog VMware
Thu, October 27, 2011 - After years of playing catch-up to VMware the upcoming version of Hyper-V is wowing the Microsoft faithful with unique new features -- and gaining the attention of VMware users, too, one consultant says.
U.S. CIO: Changing the Culture of Federal IT
Thu, October 27, 2011 - U.S. CIO Steven VanRoekel hopes cloud computing, Web services and a new IT culture of sharing can reap huge savings and prop up Uncle Sam.
