I’ve been working through a project for a KG client that involves running through the same script on Windows (XP), Mac OS X (10.5) and Linux (SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop). I mentioned the overall parameters of that effort in the post Off Topic: Desktop evaluation - Linux, Mac OS and Windows. The project is going [...]
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It’s easy to spot market trends when many vendors call to schedule meetings and all of them want to speak about the same topic. The topic du mois is security in virtualized environments. Some of the suppliers are taking a very broad view of both security and virtualized environments. Others still see virtualization as being [...]
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I recently read the post, When Is the Right Time to Launch Your Own Cloud? and thought Alistair Croll was on to something. We’re all hearing quite a bit of media chatter about “cloud computing.” Sometimes suppliers may use other terms such as “Mesh computing” or “Elastic Cloud Computing.” All of these terms really boil [...]
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VMware has released two new virtualization management services and bundles to advance its technical lead in the market.
To that end, the Palo Alto, Calif. announced Tuesday plans to deliver the VMware Site Recovery Manager, VMware Stage Manager and a number of bundles combining those with existing products within a month.
The VMware Site Recovery Manager features integrated [...] ...
A while ago, I spoke with the folks of Apani about security in virtualized environments. Although this isn’t a topic that is getting as much media attention as virtual machine software, virtual access software or virtual application environment software, it is a very important topic. Security risks still exist even though an organization has moved [...] ...