Reviews

Virtualization and shared storage pave the way for affordable business continuity and disaster recovery

root — Sun, 02 May 2010 15:45:48 -0600

As recently as five years ago, business continuity and disaster-recovery topics would make IT executives in small to midsize enterprises grumble that neither was affordable. Now companies of all sizes are realizing they can have both using virtualization technology.

Cisco iPhone Security App Reaches Across the Network

root — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 08:45:07 -0700

iPhones are becoming a standard in the enterprise. And with the the iPhones, we are seeing a number of applications for a variety of different uses. The latest is an application for security managers made by Cisco. The application alerts managers to threats in the enterprise so they may respond in real-tme to incidents that merit attention. It's now available in the iTunes store. Sponsor

Test Center: SANs tuned for virtualization pack nice surprises

root — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 19:45:13 -0600

Compellent, Dell, HP, Pillar Data, and roll-your-own Pillar/DataCore bring strong storage management features to XenServer, VMware, and Hyper-V environments

CA Ties Management Suites to Amazon's Cloud

root — Thu, 13 Aug 2009 11:45:22 -0600

There's no question that cloud-computing infrastructures will become a significant part the IT plans of large corporations, according to analysts. The question, at least right now, is how well those hybrid internal/external infrastructures will be managed.

Emulation or Virtualization?

root — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 05:45:22 -0600

Don't be confused. Virtualization and emulation aren't the same thing. Here we sort out the differences.

VMware I/O queues, micro-bursting, and multipathing

root — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 19:45:06 -0600

Was in Singapore this last week and was talking with the VMware SEs and Cisco SEs there – sharing best practices, tools, and “dos and don’ts”. There was an interesting discussion/whiteboard around the topic of storage network design around FC/FCoE (though this applies to iSCSI as well). The Cisco folks made some really interesting analogies with VoIP and TP “micro-bursting” that I thought were awesome and I wanted to share.

Cloud Computing Journal: Book Review

tludwig — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 22:30:00 -0700

Cloud Computing: Web-Based Applications That Change the Way You Work and Collaborate Online by Michael Miller is an excellent introduction to this phenomenon within the software industry. Written using a style that takes the reader on a gentle journey through a "brief history of computing," explaining where we have been and why we'll be living and working in the clouds in our future, the book is an excellent introduction.read more

Review: Dell Primes Servers for Virtualization

root — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 10:45:37 -0600

Dell's new machines are distinguished by extensively scalable RAM, substantial network I/O, and embedded virtualization software options that simplify setup. Here's how their virtualization-optimized servers stack up.

Fortisphere's Virtual Essentials Named a "Must Have Virtualization Tool" by Network World

Mon, 25 Aug 2008 15:45:40 -0600

Fortisphere announced that Network World Magazine, one of the networking industry's premier publications, selected Fortisphere Virtual Essentials(TM) as one of its top 10 "Must Have Virtualization Tools." The Fortisphere Virtual Essentials product suite was selected for its policy-based management solutions that enable enterprises to track and control their virtualized infrastructures. ...

Virtualization Management: vmSight Detailed Product Review

root — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 13:45:33 -0600

Detailed product review of vmSight, a performance and access management solution for virtualized desktops on the VMware, Citrix Xen and soon Microsoft Hyper-V platforms. ...