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Cisco’s Blades Might Cut Both Ways

On March 17, 2009 by Cameron Sturdevant eWEEK USA 2012. Ziff Davis Enterprise Inc. All Rights Reserved. 0

Cisco's Unified Computing System could be a chance for IT departments looking to rebuild their data centres in the rubble of the recession - but there will be upfront costs, warns Cameron Sturdevant

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The Truth About Green IT

On March 13, 2009 by Cameron Sturdevant eWEEK USA 2012. Ziff Davis Enterprise Inc. All Rights Reserved. 0

There are plenty of green products available on the market, but what's the real return on green IT investment ?

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New VMware Open-Source Client Heralds New Devices

On February 5, 2009 by Cameron Sturdevant eWEEK USA 2012. Ziff Davis Enterprise Inc. All Rights Reserved. 0

VMware View Open Client, released 3rd February, will most likely boost the number of thin-client devices from Wyse, HP and Sun.

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CIRBA Virtual Machine Capacity Planning Tool Gets Upgrade0

On January 30, 2009 by Cameron Sturdevant eWEEK USA 2012. Ziff Davis Enterprise Inc. All Rights Reserved. 0

CIRBA announced Version 5.1 of its virtualization capacity management tool on the 28th January, 2009. I'll be reviewing CIRBA 5.1, and here's why. As virtual infrastructure pervades the data centre, capacity planning--along with other management tasks--will rise in importance for maintaining cost-effective operations.

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Microsoft Virtualization Goes Cross-Platform with VMware Support

On January 20, 2009 by Cameron Sturdevant eWEEK USA 2012. Ziff Davis Enterprise Inc. All Rights Reserved. 0

With System Centre Virtual Machine Manager 2008, Microsoft adds support for VMware ESX Infrastructure virtualization technology. With Hyper-V virtualization technology, now Microsoft can manage VMware virtualization technology.

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Novell Adds Application Virtualization to Portfolio

On January 19, 2009 by Cameron Sturdevant eWEEK USA 2012. Ziff Davis Enterprise Inc. All Rights Reserved. 0

Novell ZENworks Application Virtualization does a good job of virtualising software on Microsoft Windows desktop PCs. It is also a worthy competitor to Symantec Altiris SVS, Microsoft Application Virtualization and VMware ThinApp 4.

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VMware Workstation 6.5 Is a Top Virtualization Tool

On January 19, 2009 by Cameron Sturdevant eWEEK USA 2012. Ziff Davis Enterprise Inc. All Rights Reserved. 0

VMware Workstation 6.5, the latest version of VMware's PC or laptop virtualization tool, continues the company's trend of offering top-notch technology to developers and power users. Other vendors are following VMware's lead in this area.

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VKernel Capacity Analyzer a Strong Tool in VMware Environments

On January 16, 2009 by Cameron Sturdevant eWEEK USA 2012. Ziff Davis Enterprise Inc. All Rights Reserved. 0

VKernel's Capacity Analyzer 2.0 can use VMware VirtualCentre statistics to offer clarity in virtualization deployments. However, the virtualization tool is not a cross-platform product; it doesn't address Microsoft's Hyper-V virtualization technology. But in VMware environments, the virtualization tool will help IT administrators get the most out of their ESX installations.

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