virtualization

Microsoft Helps Customers Overcome Barriers to Virtualization

harminka — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 13:03:44 -0500

Following the broad product, partner and customer announcements from its “Get Virtual Now” launch last month, Microsoft Corp.’s CEO Steve Ballmer today announced the final release and availability of Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008 in front of a crowd of 700 IT professionals during a TechNet Server and Tools event keynote address in London.

Using Aspen Memory Modules To Reduce Data Center Server Power Consumption

harminka — Mon, 12 May 2008 13:42:45 -0500

Micron Technology, Inc. today announced that Egenera Inc., a global leader in Infrastructure Virtualization solutions, has designed Micron’s line of energy-efficient Aspen Memory products into its Egenera® BladeFrame® platforms to reduce data center power consumption. Egenera is experiencing up to a 17 percent reduction in server memory power consumption by utilizing Micron’s 1 Gb-based 1.5-volt DDR2 Aspen Memory modules in its platforms.

Dell Virtualization Servers Featuring Quad-Core AMD Opteron Processors Now Available

harminka — Fri, 09 May 2008 10:34:43 -0500

One of the industry’s most scalable virtualization servers is now available from Dell and based on the Quad-Core AMD Opteron™ processor, AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced. Enterprise customers interested in consolidating server infrastructure may turn to two new virtualization servers from Dell utilizing Quad-Core AMD Opteron processors, including the Dell PowerEdge R905 which set a new standard in VMmark performance testing with 60 virtual machines.

Microsoft Expands Datacenter Management Offerings

harminka — Tue, 29 Apr 2008 12:18:01 -0500

New Microsoft System Center solutions for management of multivendor virtualization, operating systems and applications available for customer evaluation.

IBM Simplifies Virtualization Adoption, Drives New Business for Partners

harminka — Wed, 31 Oct 2007 14:56:01 -0500

Today IBM (NYSE: IBM) announced the availability of a new analysis toolset to help IBM and its business partners identify opportunities for small businesses to consolidate and virtualize infrastructure resources to improve IT economics.

VMware CTO Sees Linux Advantage In Virtualizing Data Center

harminka — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 03:36:39 -0500

Two LinuxWorld speakers in San Francisco have made back to back predictions that Linux will play an increasingly commanding role in the rapid growth field of server virtualization, but it's not immediately clear why that should be so.