Cisco Project California [Part III - the release] February 18, 2009
Posted by Roel Gydé in Server Virtualization.Tags: Cisco, EMC, HP, i7, IBM, VMware
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Cisco has been working on entering the servermarket for over the past months with their project California. The final product will probably be released to the public on March 16th in the States, this news surfaced in the shades of rumours about Cisco taking over EMC or VMware (recently Cisco has increased it capital with 4 billion USD through external financing).
Specs of the new blades servers that surface: include Intel Core i7 processors, 192GB Memory, PCI Express connectivity (providing access to Cisco Unified Fabric Architecture with direct communication between the blades and the storage servers. There will be a tight integration with VMware (Cisco owns around 1,6% of VMware at present), but it remains unclear if the VMware solution would be OEMed in the product
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Virtualization & Cloud Industry News [03.02.09] February 3, 2009
Posted by Roel Gydé in Application virtualization, Cloud Computing, Data Center Management, File Virtualization, I/O Virtualization, Memory Virtualization, Server Virtualization, Storage Virtualization & Storage, datacenter, desktop virtualization.Tags: Citrix, EMC, Gartner, Independence, Lanamark, Memory Virtualization Platform, Microsoft, mRemote, Netapp, Parallels, Remote Desktop, RNA networks, RNAmessenger, Solid State Disk, View Open Client, Visionapp, VMware, Xenocode
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It has been a while since we posted the last ‘virtualization & cloud industry news”, our excuses for this, here are the most important announcements:
Following project Independence of Citrix (a baremetal client hypervisor in collaboration with Intel), VMware released its open source VDI client: VMware View Open Client. VMware hopes to maximize its return by focussing thin client vendors, these thin clients will form an important number of all installed devices according to Gartner. So the battle moves from the server-side to the desktop. (more)
EMC and Microsoft extend their collaboration into 2011 (more)
Following the European Code of Conduct for Data Centers, the Green Grid initiative will be announcing on the 4th plans to develop a new metric for data center productivity and a data center 2.0 design guide.
RNA networks specializing in memory virtualization software (transforming server memory into a shared network resource) announced the launch of its Memory Virtualization Platform (MVP) and first product, RNAmessenger, based on the MVP (more)
The partnership between Xsigo and Dell will result in additional I/O ports on PowerEdge servers on the fly without the need for extra network interface cards, providing increased I/O virtualization. (more)
Parallels will preview its new hypervisor which was initailly scheduled for 2006 on its Summit 2009, furthermore its new orchestration product (Virtual Automation) will also be previewed.
Visionapp has released Remote Desktop 2009 with additional support for Citrix ICA, VNC, SSH, Telnet and HTTPS furthermore there are features of mRemote included in the new release (more)
Lanamark specializing in virtualization capacity planning and IT assessment software, the availability of Lanamark Suite 2009, including support for monitoring Citrix XenServer and VMware ESX, supplements server information with power consumption, form factor, age and warranty metrics, and simplifies capacity planning with significant user experience and reporting automation enhancements. (more)
XenoCode has released Virtual Application Studio 2009 building further in the application virtualization market (more)
Texas Memory Systems and NetApp partner on solid state disk
Virtualization & Cloud Industry News [29.01.09] January 29, 2009
Posted by Roel Gydé in Application virtualization, Cloud Computing, Data Center Management, File Virtualization, I/O Virtualization, Server Virtualization, Storage Virtualization & Storage, datacenter, desktop virtualization.Tags: 6fusion, CiRBA, Double Take, EMC
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6fusion Launches Virtualization Utility Computing Node — The Infrastructure Node consists of an enterprise class hardware architecture that is federated by 6fusion’s Utility Computing software, UC6. UC6 turns any virtualized computing infrastructure into a fully accessible utility computing system (more)
EMC reports 45% drop in profits in fourth quarter (more)
Double-Take Software announced that it is extending its GeoCluster offering to support failover clustering and the hypervisor-based virtualization in Windows Server 2008. GeoCluster is a software-based replication solution designed to integrate seamlessly with failover clustering (more)
Citrix shows nice results, 10% of the workforce has to go
Virtualization & Cloud Industry News [15.01.09] January 15, 2009
Posted by Yves Peeters in Application virtualization, Cloud Computing, Data Center Management, File Virtualization, I/O Virtualization, Server Virtualization, Storage Virtualization & Storage, datacenter, desktop virtualization.Tags: Datacore, EMC, NeoAccel, SANmelody, Sun, ToutVirtual, VirtualIQ, Vizioncore, VMware, vOptimizer Pro, VPN, xVM Ops Center, xVM Server
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DataCore’s SANmelody solution has won the SNS Achievements in Technology Award for the “Storage Virtualization Project of the Year” for the installation at Volkswagen Financial Services. (more)
David Marshall shares his reflections on “VMware’s aggressive product road map for 2009″ and concludes with “I started this post by remembering a question I had asked myself during VMworld 2008: “What aren’t they going to do?” (more)
Sun released earlier this weeks document regarding xVM Server 1.0 and xVM Ops Center 2.0, however they have removed the documents as senior management decided not to release the docs until “General Availability” of the products. Most important changes are live migration, resource pools, support for Solaris 10 – RHEL 5.2 – Windows XP – Windows 2003
VMware has always been in the market as an independent EMC daughter, today EMC steps up the integration and gives the sign to the market, we are the best for VMware. What about other storage vendors? (more)
Vizioncore releases vOptimizer Pro 2.0, a utility to reclaim unused space in Windows virtual machines. Not so long ago Vizioncore announced vOptimizer 4.0, which has been removed from the product portofolio as vOptimizer Pro 2.0 has been released. (more)
NeoAccel has recently introduced the VMware version of its flagship SSL VPN product called the SSL VPN-Plus. (more)
ToutVirtual announced the availability of VirtualIQ Pro 3 (VirtualIQ Pro). VirtualIQ Pro is a management and automation program designed to support customers in every stage of virtualization deployment. (more)
Virtualization & Cloud Industry News [08.01.09] January 8, 2009
Posted by Roel Gydé in Application virtualization, Cloud Computing, Data Center Management, File Virtualization, I/O Virtualization, Server Virtualization, Storage Virtualization & Storage, datacenter, desktop virtualization.Tags: Aranxa, Artifact, Citrix, CohesiveFT, EMC, Fujitsu, Lighthouse, PalmSecure LogonDirector, VMware, Windows
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Fujitsu announces availability of PalmSecure LogonDirector, the enterprise edition seamlessly integrates with Citrix Password Manager and has therefore received the Citrix Ready Status (more)
Altough EMC has bought parts of SourceLabs and has an increased focus on ‘the cloud’, they will cut another 2400 jobs (7% of the total workforce), apparently there would be no impact on VMware.µ
Windows server 2008 R2 is publicly available as beta (more)
CohesiveFT adds kernel-based VM-format to its automated Elastic Server Platform.
Artifact updates virtualzation platform with “project portofolio” and “lifecycle management” in their SaaS Lighthouse product. (more)
Nominations for this year’s Data Centres Europe Awards are higher than ever say the organisers, BroadGroup. With entries closing on 31 January, the judging panel look set to consider a wider array of talent and innovation than ever before, with countries across Europe much more significantly represented. (more)
Virtualization according to Dilbert (comic)
Aranxa launches CuroERP Cloud as SaaS, it is aimed at providing sizable economies of scale and vertical solutions to small and medium business.
VirtualLogix appoints Glenda Dorchak as CEO (she comes from Intrinsyc Software)
Virtualization & Cloud Industry News [06.01.09] January 6, 2009
Posted by Roel Gydé in Application virtualization, Cloud Computing, Data Center Management, File Virtualization, I/O Virtualization, Server Virtualization, Storage Virtualization & Storage, datacenter, desktop virtualization.Tags: Atmos, CAS, cloud attached storage, CTERA networks, Decho, EMC, Hulk, SourceLabs, VMware
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CTERA Networks has introduced its Cloud Attached Storage technology. By bundling Network Attached Storage and cloud storage services into a single appliance. (more)
WANdisco has selected the rPath rBuilder and rPath Lifecycle Management Platform to build and maintain its Subversion MultiSite solution as a manageable set of application images for delivery in virtualized and cloud-based environments. (more)
EMC bought parts of SourceLabs (and not the complete company as we posted before), those parts will be integrated in EMC’s Cloud Infrastructure Business (which has 2 offerings: one SMB and one for enterprise). SourceLabs will be integrated in the second offering which combines Atmos and Hulk. Channel Register in the UK, however believes that SourceLabs will be integrated in the SMB segment (Decho), which is consumer oriented with a focus on online backup. A spokesman of EMC clearly confirmed that the purchase is aimed at Atmos, which targets automation of management of huge storage volumes across large distances.
EMC has confirmed that it has become Gold VMware Authorized Consultant (more)
Virtualization Industry News [18.11.2008] November 18, 2008
Posted by Roel Gydé in Application virtualization, Cloud Computing, Data Center Management, Server Virtualization, Storage Virtualization & Storage, desktop virtualization.Tags: AMD, Arista, Citrix, Embotics, EMC, Foundation Community, i7, IBM, Intel, LynuxWorks, LynxSecure, Netapp, PlateSpin, Symantec, Tideaway, Transitive Corporation, Verari System, Virtual Computer, Yahoo
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Product-news:
- IBM announced it plans to acquire Transitive Corporation a specialist in cross-platform virtualization and a pioneer in developing technologies that allow applications written for one type of microprocessor and operating system to run on multiple platforms.
- Arista a nnounced interoperability with host adapters from industry leading vendors: Chelsio Communications, Intel, Mellanox Technologies, Myricom, Neterion, NetXen, and ServerEngines
- NetApp releases 2 new systems to the midrange storage FAS3160 and V3160,furthermore it will support 8Gb FC
- VMware, Intel dismiss AMD cross-platform live migration plan (more)
- LynuxWorks has announced the immediate availability of LynxSecure 2.0, a next-generation separation kernel and embedded hypervisor for high assurance systems (more)
- CA and VMware Expand Relationship with Integrated Management Solution for Enterprises and Cloud Service Providers (more). CA and VMware have signed an agreement to make CA Data Center Automation Managerinteroperable with VMware Stage Manager
- Microsoft will be using SCVMM and Visual Studio 2010 for Lab Automation
- Intel has reveiled the i7 CPUs with Intel Virtualization Technology
- Tidewaylaunched the beta version of Tideway Foundation Community Edition
- Verari Systems Incorporates Quad-Core AMD Opteron Processors in BladeRack 2 X-Series Platforms
- EMC Updates Storage Management Software (more)
HR-news:
- Stephen Pollack, founder of PlateSpin joins Advisory Board of Embotics
- Symantec CEO, John Thompson, will retire at the end of the fiscal year in March
- Yahoo CEO, Jerry Yang is stepping down, a new CEO has not yet been found (more)
- Rick Faulk joins Virtual Computer
Virtualization Industry News [17.11.08] November 17, 2008
Posted by Roel Gydé in Application virtualization, Cloud Computing, Data Center Management, I/O Virtualization, Server Virtualization, Storage Virtualization & Storage, desktop virtualization.Tags: 3Lear, Adaptec, Azure, CentriServ, Cisco, Citrix, Computer Associates, devonIT, EMC, Emulex, Hitachi, HP, IBM, iSeries, Marvell Technologies, Mozy, OpenQRM, Pano Logic, Pano VDI, Parallels, Pi, Prestera CX, SaaS, Sun, Supermicro, Virtual Connect, Virtuozzo, VMware
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News:
- DevonIT and CentriServ announce the genearl availability of the Virtualization Starter Kit. The kit comes with DevonIT thin clients, connects to XenDesktop or VMware VDI and CentriServ enterprise assessment and consolidation services
- Microsoft is preparing new virtualization certifications – general Windows Server Virtualization exam is available now, while the exam for SCVMM will come available mid-December
- 3Leaf Systems announced that the company will showcase new silicon enabled virtualizationtechnology enabling dynamic resource utilization using commodity servers from SuperMicro Computer
- VMware ESX is going exclusively 64bit (more)
- OpenQRM 4.2 has been released
- Cisco will start Nexus 1000V beta program in December
- Adaptec RAID Controllers with Intelligent Power Management Matched with Hitachi Ultrastar Hard Drives and Supermicro Server Deliver Green Enterprise-class Storage Performance, savings up to 40% (more)
- Computer Associates expands Software-as-a-Service offering with 3 new offerings: CA Clarity PPM On Demand, CA GRC Manager On Demand and CA Instant Recovery On Demand. (more)
- Marvell Technologies introduced the Marvell Prestera CX family of high performance 40GbE and 100GbE switches. The Marvell Prestera CX family is designed to break new ground in integration, performance and features by providing 40GbE support, fiber channel over Ethernet (FCoE) support, Data Center Bridging (DCB), Converged Enhanced Ethernet (CEE) features and a low latency mode. (more)
- Emulex has announced that its LightPulse LP21000 family of Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE) Converged Network Adapters (CNAs) have been tested and found to be compatible for use with IBM Systems x3650(, x3655 and x3755 series servers. (more)
- Pano Logic announced Pano Virtual Desktop Solution (VDS) 2.5 (more)
- Parallels announced Virtuozzo Containers supports the new HP Virtual Connect Flex-10 10Gb Ethernet module and HP ProLiant BL495c virtualization blade server (more)
- EMC has taken its Mozy and Pi holdings – Pi being the stealth-mode mystery start-up it bought to acquire ex-Microsoft kingpin Paul Maritz before it fired Diane Greene and put him in charge of VMware – and Mozy being its year-old $76 million online consumer backup acquisition – and put them in a new cloud concern called Decho Corporation. Decho promises to introduce “new cloud-based services for individuals over time.” (more) and (more)
- Windows Azure has been in CTP sinds PDC2008, the solution is still in PDC but available to take the load. Pricing remains a mystery as well as the fact that only .NET applications can be ported to Azure. Furthermore the solution keeps on focussing on developpers, altough that there is information for business use (more).
HR news:
- Rich Green (Head of Software) leaves Sun
- James Urquhart becomes Marketing Manager/Technology Evangelist for Data Center Virtualization at Cisco Systems
- At Sun, Senior Vice President, Dave Douglas, has been appointed to lead the Company’s cloud computing efforts.
Virtualization Industry news November 11, 2008
Posted by Roel Gydé in Application virtualization, Cloud Computing, Data Center Management, I/O Virtualization, Server Virtualization, Storage Virtualization & Storage, desktop virtualization.Tags: Asigra, Atmos, BlueStripe, Citrix, Egenera, EMC, FactFinder, Hulk, IBM, Lanamark, Lotus Foundation, Oracle, Veeam, VirtualIron, vmBuilder, VMware, vReady, XenServer
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Product news:
- BlueStripe software releases FactFinder 1.1 enabling enterprises to stage, deploy and manage business critical applications. (more)
- EMC shows the next generation of storage in the cloud as ”Atmos,” the software portion is designed to manage petabytes of information across tens or hundreds of geographic location. It runs with VMware or with EMCs Hulk (x86 server with high-capacity-low-cost SATA discs) (more)
- IBM will release IBM Lotus Foundation that can integrate with VMware
- Lanamark releases VReady, a virtualization readiness assessment service without upfront costs. The service enables customers to capture desktop and server workload trends, measure data center utilization and determine warranty coverage of existing servers (more). The free service is limited to 500 nodes (desktops running MS or LX and MS servers) per customer
- Veaam releases Veaam Configurator 2.0, helps to ensure that an ESX server configuration complies with corporate policies and standards across a VI3 (more). The product is licenses per socket with a maximum of 4 cores per socket. Pricing starts at 250 USD with a special release price of 150 USD till the end of 2008
- Asigra Televaulting Teams with Virtual Iron’s Server Virtualization Software, bringing agentless information recovery to virtual server environments
- Egenera ships PAN vmBuilder 2.1 – the software seamlessly integrates with Citrix XenServer virtual machine (VM) management technology, allowing administrators to fully manage virtual and physical server environments unencumbered by the complexities of individual management tools. The software is available as an add-on to PAN manager
Rainfinity File Virtualization Appliance – Transparent, Heterogeneous File Storage Mobility November 3, 2008
Posted by Roel Gydé in Storage Virtualization & Storage.Tags: EMC, Rainfinity
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Rainfinity is a family of file virtualization solutions from EMC that customers utilize to optimize storage across their file sharing environment. ESG Lab validated the Rainfinity File Virtualization Appliance and its ability to non-disruptively move datasets between NAS devices and file servers in a heterogeneous, multi-protocol environment.
Full report here.
Virtualization Industry News and News from StorageWorld October 13, 2008
Posted by Roel Gydé in Application virtualization, Cloud Computing, Data Center Management, I/O Virtualization, Server Virtualization, Storage Virtualization & Storage, desktop virtualization.Tags: Cisco, Clavister, Compellent, CorePlus, EMC, FalconStore, FCIA, HostedApps, Hyper-V, IBM, InMage Systems, LSI, Mellanox, QLogic, RHEL, Scalent Systems, SourceForge, StorageWorld, W2K8, Xiotech
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- Scalent Systems announces provisioning of RHEL on bare metal and Xen
- Compellent to Offer Automated Business Continuity with Live Volume (more)
- Cisco teams up with QLogic to offer end-to-end virtualization (more)
- Clavister releases secure OS CorePlus 9.10 with virtualization (more)
- SourceForge released HostedApps (more)
- FalconStore supports Microsoft W2K8 Server Failover Clustering & hyper-V (more)
- LSI Unveils Powerful Next-Generation Software for Centralized Storage Management (more)
- Mellanox ConnectX 10GigE Mezzanine Adapter for IBM BladeCenter Is Blade.org Compliant (more)
- FCIA to Demonstrate 8GFC and Fibre Channel Over Ethernet (FCoE) At Storage Networking World (more)
- Xiotech Expands Family of Application-Driven Storage Management (more)
- InMage Systems Announces New Version of Flagship DR-Scout Disaster Recovery Software (more)
- EMC Introduces its First Switch for Fibre Channel Over Ethernet (FCoE) (more)
- EMC Announces Support for SNIA SMI-S V1.3 Across EMC Symmetrix and EMC Clariion Storage Platforms (more)
Why Microsoft Virtualization is Different (and possibly better) by IRG September 9, 2008
Posted by Roel Gydé in Uncategorized.Tags: Citrix, EMC, HP, IBM, Microsoft, Parallels, Virtual Iron, VMware
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Internet Research Group (IRG) today announced the release of its latest report on technology infrastructure, “Why Microsoft Virtualization is Different (and possibly better).”
With this summer’s launch of Hyper-V, Microsoft began shipping its long awaited entry into the server virtualization market in competition with VMware’s ESX, the market leader. This new research report compares Microsoft’s quite distinct virtualization strategy to that of VMware as the two companies battle to win enterprise customers.
“As the old saying goes, if all you have is a hammer then everything is a nail,” noted Peter Christy, co-founder of IRG. “VMware has built a very successful business around the hypervisor and virtual machine, and not surprisingly expresses its strategy that way. Microsoft has a much broader set of products, and sees virtualization just as one element in their effort to improve IT effectiveness. Is this all just marketing spin or is there real substance here?”
This report compares the business value focus of Microsoft and VMware as they continue to develop market opportunities for their virtualization products.
Vendors directly impacted by Microsoft’s virtualization market entry include: Citrix, HP, IBM, EMC, Parallels, Virtual Iron and VMware. One step removed most IT participants are impacted by virtualization and this business competition.
More information here
EMC User Conference in Las Vegas … announcing direct sell? … poll June 10, 2008
Posted by Roel Gydé in Uncategorized.Tags: EMC
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During the event, EMC announced virtual provisioning for its network storage product Clariion. Dave Donatelli, president of the firm’s storage division, said EMC plans to bring more and more virtual provisioning capabilities into the file environment. Donatelli said this feature will soon be extended across EMC’s backup and recovery portfolio, and that de-duplication capabilities will also be added to the firm’s storage offerings. He also hinted that the Networker backup and recovery software may be made available as a hosted service.
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Meanwhile, some attendees at the conference were hoping to hear if EMC planned to offer its Networker backup and recovery tool as a managed service. Donatelli conceded that such a move might be on the cards, but declined to elaborate or offer any definite timeframe.
Meanwhile, Vance Checketts, chief operating officer of Mozy, EMC’s software-as-a-service backup operation, revealed that the firm will unveil its first international datacentre within the next two months, and said this will benefit UK customers in particular.
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Question: Which sales-strategy should vendors (specializing in storage and virtualization) follow:
- (a) Fully sales through channel
- (b) Mixed model (some enduser direct, most endusers by channel)
- (c) Direct sales from vendor to enduser
Feel free to post your reply and your opinion by commenting on this post.
