Displaying items by tag: Virtualization technology
Tuesday, 19 January 2010 05:37
VMware to acquire Zimbra
Virtualisation specialist VMware has agreed to acquire Yahoo!'s Zimbra email and collaboration subsidiary.
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Thursday, 14 January 2010 08:44
Microsoft, HP betting $US250 million on IT simplification partnership
Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard have announced a $US250 million investment in their new 'infrastructure to application' model aimed at simplifying IT in small to big businesses.
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Tuesday, 12 January 2010 17:39
The best VPN for Windows is Linux
The problem with corporate networks is they not only stop the bad guys coming in but also your users who want to work remotely, whether at home, at a client site or on the road. Here is where a VPN product comes in, and the simplest to deploy on Windows is a Linux virtual appliance called OpenVPN.
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Wednesday, 23 December 2009 06:03
Quick update to Parallels Desktop squashes bugs
A new build of Parallels Desktop 5 for Mac fixes a laundry list of bugs and delivers various improvements.
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Tuesday, 15 December 2009 06:06
Speed boost and more from VMware Fusion 3.0.1
Despite the minor update status implied by the 3.0.1 version number, an update to VMware Fusion delivers new features and improvements as well as bug fixes.
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Wednesday, 02 December 2009 04:01
VirtualBox 3.1 includes Windows 2D acceleration
Sun has released a major update to its VirtualBox cross-platform virtualisation software. Changes include support for 2D video acceleration for Windows guests.
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Thursday, 05 November 2009 03:03
Parallels Desktop 5: fastest Mac virtualisation?
Parallels claims its new Desktop 5 for Mac virtualisation software for Mac OS X is significantly faster than competing products.
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Wednesday, 28 October 2009 08:04
Virtualization 'cornerstone technology' post-recession: IDC
The global server market has endured a rocky road during the worldwide recession but there are now signs of the market stabilising, with virtualization forecast to be the cornerstone technology as medium and large enterprises accelerate the need for more dynamic and converged infrastructure designed to support the business needs of the next economic cycle.
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Wednesday, 28 October 2009 06:55
Fusion 3 arrives, putting Aero on Mac screens
Graphics improvements - including the ability to display Windows' Aero user interface - are among the changes delivered by Fusion 3, VMware's latest virtualisation product for Mac OS X.
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Wednesday, 21 October 2009 11:20
Windows 7 to be the end of the line?
An academic has predicted that Windows 7 - which ships later this week - may be Microsoft's desktop OS swan song.
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Wednesday, 21 October 2009 08:25
Windows 7 to be the end of the line?
An academic has predicted that Windows 7 - which ships later this week - may be Microsoft's desktop OS swan song.
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Tuesday, 13 October 2009 17:15
Convert any computer to a virtual machine with Linux and Clonezilla
Last week Microsoft released Disk2VHD, a utility produced by its Sysinternals acquisition to convert a physical Windows hard disk into a Virtual PC disk image. While handy, Microsoft is treading ground Linux already covered in the form of open source program Clonezilla, which handles a far richer variety of disk formats and platforms.
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Friday, 09 October 2009 10:26
Parallels goes Bare Metal for servers
Parallels has extended its hypervisor technology to the virtual server market. Along with the introduction of Parallels Server 4 Bare Metal, the company has updated Parallels Virtuozzo Containers 4.5 for Windows.
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Thursday, 01 October 2009 13:23
Open Source software growing in importance
The increasing ease of integration and compatibility with different platforms has seen businesses in the Asia Pacific region increasingly evaluating Open Source software as a viable alternative as they continue to look for ways to reduce operational expenses.
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Thursday, 01 October 2009 12:37
NetApp takes Suncorp to the cloud
Queensland-based national banking and financial services group, Suncorp, has consolidated its storage environment and implemented an IT as-a-service model based on a dynamic data centre concept developed by NetApp.
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Friday, 11 September 2009 12:08
We eat our own cooking, says Symantec CIO
Symantec believes IT can be used to meet business objectives, and "we eat our own cooking" to prove it to customers, group president and CIO, Symantec Services Group, David Thompson has told iTWire.
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Tuesday, 01 September 2009 06:12
IBM puts business desktop in the cloud
There are plenty of business applications available in the cloud, but now IBM is offering a complete desktop service. The IBM Smart Business Desktop incorporates components from multiple developers.
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Tuesday, 28 July 2009 17:30
Microsoft claims no GPL violation in Linux submission after all
Seattle software giant, Microsoft, has asserted despite press saying otherwise last week's 22,000 line submission to the Linux kernel was not motivated by any perceived GPL violation. Yet, do the facts bare out? Does the argument really stand to scrutiny?
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Tuesday, 28 July 2009 13:30
Citrix Receiver spreading to Android
Citrix has previewed a version of Citrix Receiver for Android, widening the range of devices that can be used with virtual desktops.
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Tuesday, 28 July 2009 09:51
AMD hails Windows 7 RTM
One for the "he would say that, wouldn't he?" department: AMD has welcomed Microsoft's announcement that Windows 7 has been released to manufacturing (RTM).
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