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Update: VMware Q2 sales up 48% to $674M, tops forecast Wednesday, July 21, 2010, 4:08:00 AM | (James Niccolai
Update: VMware Q2 sales up 48% to $674M, tops forecast Wednesday, July 21, 2010, 4:08:00 AM | (James Niccolai
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Virtual desktop technology is a promising technology for separating work from play on user systems that permit both types of applications. - When business workloads run on the same hardware that also supports personal-use applications, IT needs to intervene to protect the business. One method of separation that Ive been exploring lately is the use of desktop virtual machines and centrally managed virtual desktop infrastructure. Vir... The NxTop platform uses a bare metal hypervisor on desktop and laptop systems to implement virtual desktops on user systems. The effect of hosting the virtual machine locally enables NxTop users to work untethered to the data center. IT managers should anticipate substantial planning time to ensure that NxTop virtual machine policies and workloads are fine-tuned for your organization. NxTop uses a policy engine and other tools to enable IT managers to customize virtual desktops for individual users or groups of users. NxTop 3.1 will start shipping April 19 and costs $150 per user and requires a Microsoft Windows Server 2008 that is running the Hyper-V role. - The NxTop platform uses open-source, bare metal hypervisor technology on desktop and laptop systems to implement virtual Windows-based user systems. The effect of hosting the virtual machine locally enables NxTop users to work untethered to the data center. While the NxTop platform, which co... Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1 adds RemoteFX and Dynamic Memory to enable high-performance workloads and increase data center VM density. - Three-dimensional graphics, USB redirection, reduced network bandwidth when working with graphics-rich applications, and more flexible memory usage are all included in the first service pack for Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2. The muscular Windows Server 2008 R2 Service Pack 1 is of special ... The company's so-called "performance health engine" automatically alerts administrators in real time about the precise cause of a performance issue. - Xangati, an IT company with a name that sounds like a character from quot;The Lion King, quot; on March 24 launched Xangati VDI Dashboard, which tracks and reports on all infrastructure factors that affect the performance of an enterprise's virtual desktop infrastructure. Xangati, which descr... The idea of deploying processor-less terminals connected to a central enterprise computer system goes way, way back to the dawn of digital IT . Such multi-user enterprise deployments have evolved tremendously through the years driven by broadband connectivity, leaner, faster software code and more efficient network routing have added up to much better service overall. The benefits of a virtual desktop system have long been apparent faster deployment and disconnection of employee desktops as needed, lower licensing costs, less complexity, automatic software updates and security patches, easier and more efficient policy enforcement, and so on. But now, in 2011, with the economy back on its way up and many enterprises planning to refresh their IT infrastructures, many C-level executives are seriously considering switching from client-server to virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI). Economics has a lot to do with it. Operating System and application software licenses aren't getting less expensive. Although VDI can require a substantial up-front investment in hardware and software, is looking more and more practical. The inherent problems that shackled VDI for a long time& mainly latency and security issues& are being solved by market competition in each new product generation. Most systems still have limitations involving number of users and the users geographic location. However, with market demand on the rise, it still looks like the best is yet to come in this sector. In no particular order, this eWEEK slide show examines 10 companies that are leading the transition to this rapidly growing technology sector. - ... Although the VMware vSphere Client for iPad may look good, it lacks management muscle. - The VMware vSphere Client for iPad is disappointing. Although the slick Apple iPad interface shows the promise of power, the vSphere Client for iPad will need to bulk up on the information that IT administrators need before the iPad application will be anything more than eye candy. Missing from thi... Cloud computing is gaining momentum and penetration. But how do organizations smoothly evolve and leverage existing virtualization? Al Gillen, Program Vice President, System Software for IDC, explores big challenges with Ziff Davis Enterprise Market Expert Joe Maglitta. Key topics: State of virtualization adoption, common challenges, application development issues, legacy migration, how "hybrids" set the stage for public cloud adoption. Target uses Microsofts Systems Center and Hyper-V technology to virtualize and manage business-critical systems for its retail operation. - Microsoft announced March 21 that Target is using Microsofts Hyper-V and Systems Center technology to virtualize the machines running its core business-critical applications. At the Microsoft Management Summit 2011 in Las Vegas, Microsoft announced that Target is running business-critical workl... New SpringSource-developed vSphere Client for the iPad is now available for immediate download at the Apple App Store. - VMware has a present for all those data center managers and virtualization admins who would like to do at least part of their work on an iPad. VMware on March 18 announced a new SpringSource-developed vSphere Client for the iPad and made it available for immediate download at the Apple App Stor... VMware View Client for iPad lets mobile workers use the Apple hardware they love while gaining access to the Microsoft Windows desktop applications that they need. - VMware View Client for iPad opens broad vistas for enterprise users who want to use an iPad but require access to a Windows desktop. The no-cost View Client for iPad extends VMwares virtual desktop environment to the popular Apple iPad granting users the ability to run Windows apps without th... Dell's Desktop Virtualization Solutions can be cloud- or locally-based and are comprised of pre-packaged services with pre-tested hardware and software. - Dell and longtime virtualization partners Citrix and VMware unveiled on March 10 some new enterprise desktop virtualization packages. Dell's Desktop Virtualization Solutions can be cloud- or locally-based and are comprised of prepackaged services with pretested hardware and software, Dell Di... vCenter Operations provides visibility and control throughout a private or hybrid cloud system in addition to analytics/reporting on the data that flows through it. - VMware already supplies the world's most popular virtualization layer for IT systems. Now the company wants to become your handy-dandy cloud computing operations provider. VMware on March 9 launched a new platform, VMware vCenter Operations, which centralizes and automates administrative contr... DynaCenter automates movement of entire server images and relocates them with all their connections to another physical or virtual server. - IT departments that have been forced to juggle virtual servers in separate VMware, Citrix Xen and Microsoft Hyper-V deployments now have an option that dispenses with most of that extra work. Provisioning and automation software maker Racemi came out Feb. 23 with a virtual server that can migr... VMware, Wyse and NComputing are pushing offering virtual desktop technologies for schools and universities that are working with tight IT budgets and outdated infrastructures. - For local schools, universities and other academic institutions facing record budget shortfalls, along with outdated IT infrastructures, companies such as VMware, Wyse Technology and Ncomputing are all offering special deals and other programs to help them switch to a virtual desktop environment... Pano client, a small chrome box that resembles a 3.5-inch-square by 2-inch-high paperweight, serves as the plug-in terminal for a workstation monitor, keyboard and mouse. - Pano Logic, which specializes in a variation of desktop virtualization called quot;zero client, quot; has released Pano System 4, a next-generation device designed to replace PCs and thin clients with server-side software that can support the three major hypervisor platforms. The Pano client... |