Amy Newman

Virtualization a Bright Spot (Sort of) in Tech Spending

Gartner's latest survey results on IT spending, as reported last week in the Wall St. Journal, predict a decline of 3.8 percent in 2009 (based on U.S....

Hyper-V Gets Fault Tolerance

There was never any doubt it would happen, but the argument that Hyper-V is "just a hypervisor" is fast becoming spurious. Last week, Microsoft added fault tolerance...

News From VMware, Microsoft Portends a Year of Change

It would be hard to argue with the idea that 2008 was the year virtualization went mainstream. No doubt this growth trajectory will continue in the new...

4 Virtualization Predictions for 2009

As 2008 draws to a close, virtualization remains one of the few bright spots in a year mired in financial debacles, a deepening recession and credit crisis...

Is Your iPhone the Next Virtualization Battlefield?

Mobile devices are increasingly finding their way in the server room. As ServerWatch columnist Paul Rubens noted last week, from iPhones to BlackBerries, smartphones are penetrating...

7 Virtualization Survival Tips

Nowhere are the differences between Xen and VMware more clear than in their strategies. Citrix CTO Simon Crosby highlighted the difference in a recent conversation, noting, "Citrix'...

What’s Up With VMware and UBS?

The National Bureau of Economic Research said Monday that the United Stares has been in a recession since last December. We, of course, all suspected this for...

IBM Lands Virtual Gem in Transitive

Somewhat glossed over in the shuffle of last week's supercomputing show was news that IBM had made a big purchase that has the potential to impact the...

Is Virtualization the Future of Supercomputing?

The bi-annual Supercomputing show kicked off Tuesday in Austin, Texas, and with it came the release of 32nd bi-annual TOP500 Supercomputer list. IBM's Roadrunner based out...

Planning Means Real Benefits for Virtualization

Editor's note: Two weeks ago, we quoted Virtual Iron CEO Ed Walsh as saying that Virtual Iron is the most frequently selected virtualization environment for Dell servers....

Virtualization Beyond Microsoft and VMware

Many cliches could be applied to Virtual Iron — dark horse, always a bridesmaid. It doesn't have the market share of VMware and several years ago it...

Xen Delivers on Open Source Enlightenment

It's not surprising that Xen would chose a word synonymous with enlightenment for its open source portability standard. Xen describes Project Kensho as providing a powerful,...

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