<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" version="2.0"><channel><title>Latest News from VIRTUALIZATION JOURNAL</title><link>http://virtualization.sys-con.com/</link><description>Latest News from VIRTUALIZATION JOURNAL</description><copyright>Copyright 2008 SYS-CON Media Inc.</copyright><generator>VIRTUALIZATION JOURNAL</generator><lastBuildDate>Sun, 11 May 2008 23:28:00 EST</lastBuildDate><image><title>Latest News from VIRTUALIZATION JOURNAL</title><url>http://res.sys-con.com/section/75/virt-mag-logo-145.jpg</url><link>http://virtualization.sys-con.com/</link></image><ttl>360</ttl><docs>http://backend.userland.com/rss</docs><item><title>Altor Applies Network-Think to Virtual Security</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/563147.htm</guid><link>http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/563147.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 11 May 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/563147_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[Altor Networks, a 14-month-old start-up backed by $6 million in funding from Accel Partners and Foundation Capital, says the kind of security used on physical machines flat-out doesn't work in the virtual world and that you've got to think of virtualized machines as a network unto itself. Altor's thinking that way and claims to be able to make a virtual environment more secure than a physical one by putting the security at the network level, specifically on the virtual (software) switch.]]></description></item><item><title>Federal Circuit Hears Case That Could Stem Software Patents</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/563106.htm</guid><link>http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/563106.htm</link><pubDate>Sun, 11 May 2008 09:00:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/563106_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[The US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit en banc heard oral arguments Thursday in the Bilski case, which, if their honors get to feeling radical and rule broadly, could outlaw not only business methods patents in the United States but - by extension - void all existing software patents and patent applications. It could take the court maybe nine months and into a new administration to decide.]]></description></item><item><title>ManageIQ Nominated for SYS-CON&apos;s &quot;Virtualization Journal Readers&apos; Choice Awards&quot;</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/561894.htm</guid><link>http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/561894.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 15:15:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/561894_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[Virtualization stresses existing management systems by introducing increases in the speed, scale, and complexity of the information technology environment. With its EVM Suite, ManageIQ enables enterprises to overcome these challenges with management and automation designed for virtualized environments. ManageIQ's agent free, non-invasive solution assures comprehensive discovery of virtual resources, without the time, expense, and disruption of agent and driver-based approaches. Continuous tracking of virtual resources, and EVM's in- depth analytical capabilities speed problem resolution and help eliminate resource management issues like VM sprawl.]]></description></item><item><title>FastScale Founder &amp; CEO to Present at Virtualization Conference &amp; Expo</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/557942.htm</guid><link>http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/557942.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 14:30:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/557942_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[SYS-CON Events announced today that the Founder & CEO of FastScale, Lynn LeBlanc, will be giving a top breakout session at SYS-CON's 4th International Virtualization Conference & Expo in San Jose, CA (20-21 November, 2008).]]></description></item><item><title>VMware and Lenovo Announce Agreement to Increase Adoption of VMware Virtualization in China</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/551239.htm</guid><link>http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/551239.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 14:30:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/551239_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[VMware and Lenovo announced an agreement to increase the adoption of VMware virtualization in China. Lenovo will sell, distribute and support the VMware Infrastructure 3 platform on Lenovo server systems. This partnership enables businesses and organizations in China to leverage both the performance and scalability of Lenovo servers with VMware virtualization to reduce operating expenses, improve business continuity, strengthen security and reduce their power consumption and carbon footprint.]]></description></item><item><title>Composite Software to Exhibit at SYS-CON&apos;s Virtualization Conference &amp; Expo</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/549341.htm</guid><link>http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/549341.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 14:00:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/549341_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[Composite Software provides a virtual approach to data integration. Hundreds of enterprises including five of the top six U.S. investment banks as well several Government agencies, such as the Office of Secretary of Defense and Intelligence, and software vendors including Cognos, Informatica and BMC, rely on the Composite Information Server to virtualize, abstract and federate data from multiple, disparate sources and deliver this real-time information to their applications. Composite Software's technology fulfills real-time information requirements, enabling enterprises to respond faster to business requests, reduce their data integration costs, and keep pace with ever-changing business needs.]]></description></item><item><title>VMware CTO Stephen Herrod to Keynote at SYS-CON&apos;s Virtualization Conference in New York City</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/551757.htm</guid><link>http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/551757.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 14:00:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/551757_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[SYS-CON Events has announced that VMware CTO Stephen Herrod is to give the Morning Keynote on June 24 at the 3rd International Virtualization Conference & Expo being held June 23-24, 2008, in New York City. Herrod will be taking a 35,000 foot view of the fast-expanding virtualization space, and the lasting role that software that creates and manages virtual machines is now destined to play in the Enterprise IT landscape.]]></description></item><item><title>Taneja Group Forecasts Next-Generation Virtualization Storage Market</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/562326.htm</guid><link>http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/562326.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 13:45:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/562326_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[3PAR announced that a recently released report by the Taneja Group defines and analyzes a new category of next-generation Fibre Channel storage systems from vendors including 3PAR. The report forecasts revenue growth for next-generation Fibre Channel storage systems for the period between 2007 and 2011 and identifies shifts in the Fibre Channel storage market that Taneja believes are largely responsible for driving revenue growth for this new segment.]]></description></item><item><title>Emulex 8Gb/s HBAs Provide Advanced Virtualization Features</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/562323.htm</guid><link>http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/562323.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 13:45:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/562323_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[Emulex announced that EMC has qualified the Emulex LightPulse LPe12000 family of 8Gb/s Fibre Channel host bus adapters (HBAs) for the EMC CLARiiON, EMC Celerra and EMC Symmetrix networked storage system families. Emulex 8Gb/s HBAs, which are available from EMC through EMC Select, provide customers with new performance, advanced virtualization and security features, while maintaining backward compatibility with existing 4Gb/s and 2Gb/s Fibre Channel products.]]></description></item><item><title>JMR Builds Virtual Infrastructure with DataCore Storage Virtualization and VMware</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/562262.htm</guid><link>http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/562262.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 13:45:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/562262_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[DataCore announced that JMR Construction has become a DataCore SANmelody customer courtesy of DataCore partner Integral Networks. VMware and DataCore serve as a way forward for the DataCore partner and customer alike. The combination provides a cost effective alternative that made it practical for JMR to save by not having to invest in additional, physical servers.]]></description></item><item><title>Dell Unveils Virtualization Lineup</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/561525.htm</guid><link>http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/561525.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 13:45:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/561525_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[Dell announced its broadest lineup of dedicated virtualization solutions ever. More than a dozen new servers, tools, and services simplify the deployment and management of virtualization in Enterprises of any size.]]></description></item><item><title>SunGard Announces Virtualization Partnership With VMware</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/559185.htm</guid><link>http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/559185.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 13:45:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/559185_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[SunGard announced a partnership with VMware. This strategic partnership will help organizations leverage VMware's proven virtualization platform with open access to SunGard's vast infrastructure, providing secondary data center facilities. Ensuring availability and recoverability of applications, systems and technology in the face of disruptions is a requirement for today's organizations. While 24-48-hour recovery windows were commonplace five years ago, many business leaders now require IT to recover systems in less than eight hours, with even more aggressive recovery time objectives (RTOs) coming soon.]]></description></item><item><title>Virtualization - Dell&apos;s Peddling a Low-End Appliance to OEMs</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/558148.htm</guid><link>http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/558148.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 13:45:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/558148_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[Dell builds appliances that it sells to OEMs like Google's search box. Its latest effort is the OEM CR100 server, a simple, stripped-down, entry-level platform, built with PowerEdge R200 technology. The short-depth 1U is good for a two-year lifecycle.]]></description></item><item><title>Microsoft Virtualization Takes Management Cross-Platform</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/558074.htm</guid><link>http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/558074.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 13:45:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/558074_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[Microsoft is making System Center, its central management scheme, natively manage Linux, Unix and VMware virtual servers. The widgetry has always been a Windows-only affair, but now there are betas available showing off Microsoft's cross-platform prowess, important to Microsoft's place in the data center. Microsoft has released a public beta of so-called Cross-Platform Extensions to its System Center Operations Manager 2007, which for the first time can manage HP-UX, Red Hat, Solaris and SUSE out-of-the-box.]]></description></item><item><title>Microsoft To Keynote 4th International Virtualization Conference &amp; Expo</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/551735.htm</guid><link>http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/551735.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 13:45:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/551735_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[Mike Neil is general manager for virtualization strategy in the Windows Server Division at Microsoft. Mike is focused on the delivery of the Windows virtualization technology, including Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V, Microsoft Hyper-V Server and Virtual PC 2007. Mike also directs the technical enablement of Microsoft's broader vision for virtualization, to include virtualization management tools and virtualized desktop infrastructure. Prior to this role, Mike was responsible for Microsoft?s server and PC virtualization efforts since 2003.]]></description></item><item><title>SYS-CON&apos;s 4th International Virtualization Conference &amp; Expo Call For Papers Open</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/540703.htm</guid><link>http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/540703.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 13:45:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/540703_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[Virtualization is quickly becoming a staple technology for enterprise IT. The theme of this November's 4th International Virtualization Conference & Expo is 'The Next Generation of Virtualization.' The Call for Papers, which is now open, welcomes submissions from exceptional speakers with high-quality use cases not only of how virtualization maximizes the use of resources and thus saves companies money, but also of how it is fundamentally altering the way that businesses run IT.]]></description></item><item><title>Dell Steals Virtualization March on HP &amp; IBM</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/525932.htm</guid><link>http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/525932.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 13:45:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/525932_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[Dell will take a big giant step out ahead of HP and IBM in the virtualization sweepstakes when it announces that it is OEMing PAN, Egenera's data center virtualization and management software. Egenera, which has been doing virtualization way longer than most people, claims PAN is the epitome of what IDC calls 'Virtualization 2.0,' the next step beyond simple VMware-style single server virtualization replete with scalability, faster provisioning, high availability, disaster recovery and resource balancing.]]></description></item><item><title>Virtutech Simics Virtualization Selected by General Dynamics for U.S. Navy MUOS Project</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/562589.htm</guid><link>http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/562589.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 13:30:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/562589_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[Virtutech announced that General Dynamics C4 Systems, a business unit of General Dynamics, is deploying Virtutech Simics for the ground segment of the U.S. Navy's Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) program. The ground system will be provided by Lockheed Martin, prime contractor for the MUOS program.]]></description></item><item><title>MonoSphere New Release With Enhanced Support for VMware Virtualization</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/560691.htm</guid><link>http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/560691.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 13:30:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/560691_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[MonoSphere announced Storage Horizon 3.7 with a range of analytical capabilities, which reduce the complexity and time required to manage today's heterogeneous storage environments. Storage Horizon 3.7 includes enhanced support for VMware environments, a new automated chargeback capability, advanced analytics, advanced analysis of storage consumed by databases, and adds support for EMC Celerra and IBM DS and ESS arrays.]]></description></item><item><title>VDIworks and ClearCube to Capitalize on Growing Demand in Desktop Virtualization</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/560356.htm</guid><link>http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/560356.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 13:30:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/560356_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[ClearCube announced that its software business is being spun-off and launched as an independent new company called VDIworks. Built on five generations of proven success within enterprise production environments, VDIworks delivers comprehensive, flexible software management platforms for creating, deploying and managing virtual desktop infrastructure. ClearCube, on the other hand, will continue to provide its complete solutions for centralized desktop computing, including end-to-end desktop virtualization. As independent companies, both ClearCube and VDIworks will maximize their business potential and gain the flexibility to meet the rapidly growing demands of their respective target markets.]]></description></item><item><title>Neocleus Unveils Virtualization Strategy</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/560220.htm</guid><link>http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/560220.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 13:30:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/560220_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[Neocleus announced the culmination of 18 months of innovation and research by unveiling its strategy and approach for addressing the security, performance and IT manageability requirements of enterprise endpoints across a distributed network. The Neocleus strategy provides businesses with a new paradigm for endpoints such as desktops and laptops that changes the way business is conducted and resources are secured, to allow IT departments to maintain unprecedented control of their distributed IT assets and to give end users the complete flexibility they need to do their work.]]></description></item><item><title>Neocleus Redefines Endpoint Management and Security with a Virtualization Platform</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/560218.htm</guid><link>http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/560218.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 13:30:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/560218_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[Neocleus announced that it has completed more than 18 months of work to enhance the Xen hypervisor to work on endpoints such as desktops and laptops. Neocleus will contribute these enhancements to the open source community to accelerate the adoption and development of a new generation of enterprise endpoint solutions. To create the hypervisor, Neocleus enhanced the Xen Open Source server-oriented hypervisor and transformed it into an endpoint-oriented hypervisor.]]></description></item><item><title>Motorola Invests in VirtualLogix Virtualization</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/547849.htm</guid><link>http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/547849.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 13:30:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/547849_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[Motorola through Motorola Ventures, its strategic venture capital arm, announced it made an equity investment in VirtualLogix, a maker of virtualization software for communications devices and infrastructure equipment. Financial terms of the investment were not disclosed. VirtualLogix specializes in real-time virtualization - an innovative technology that is shaping the future for communications devices and equipment. Their technology enables the mobility of applications from the desktop to devices, improves quality of service and security in an open mobile world, and will enable a new generation of dynamic individual user experiences.]]></description></item><item><title>3PAR Named &quot;Silver Sponsor&quot; of SYS-CON&apos;s Virtualization Conference &amp; Expo</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/546211.htm</guid><link>http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/546211.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 13:30:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/546211_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[3PAR is a provider of utility storage, a category of highly-virtualized, tightly-clustered, and dynamically-tiered storage arrays built for utility computing. Organizations use utility computing to build cost-effective virtualized IT infrastructures for flexible workload consolidation. 3PAR Utility Storage gives customers an alternative to traditional arrays by delivering resilient infrastructure with increased agility at a lower total cost to meet their changing business needs. As a pioneer of thin provisioning - a green technology developed to address storage underutilization and inefficiencies - 3PAR offers products designed to minimize power consumption and promote environmental responsibility. With 3PAR, customers have reduced the costs of allocated storage capacity, administration, and SAN infrastructure while increasing adaptability and resiliency. 3PAR Utility Storage is built to meet the demands of open systems consolidation, integrated data lifecycle management, and performance-intensive applications.]]></description></item><item><title>Ericom Delivers Desktop Virtualization (VDI) Solution Based on Oracle VM</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/558880.htm</guid><link>http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/558880.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 12:45:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/558880_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[Ericom announced the availability of Ericom PowerTerm WebConnect for Oracle VM, a desktop virtualization (VDI) solution based on Oracle's server virtualization software. Ericom PowerTerm WebConnect for Oracle VM harnesses the power of the companies' respective virtualization products to deliver secure, on-demand, and centrally managed access to virtual desktops and applications.]]></description></item><item><title>VirtualLogix Delivers Integrated Virtualization Solution for Communications Equipment</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/558771.htm</guid><link>http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/558771.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 12:45:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/558771_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[VirtualLogix introduced VLX vHA, a solution that enables high-availability (HA) assurances for communications equipment utilizing virtualization. Tightly integrated with its real-time virtualization solution for network equipment, VLX for Network Infrastructure, VLX vHA increases system availability without the cost and scalability restrictions of traditional solutions. VLX vHA also meets the needs of high-end systems with demanding availability requirements that want to overcome the design challenges presented by new multicore processor-based systems.]]></description></item><item><title>Storage Virtualization Company DataCore Gets $30 Million</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/553296.htm</guid><link>http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/553296.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 12:30:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/553296_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[DataCore announced that it has accepted a $30 million equity investment from Insight Venture Partners and Updata Partners. Insight Venture Partners is a private equity and venture capital firm focused on the global software and Internet industries. Updata Partners is an information technology-focused venture capital firm whose general partners have been active as investors and operators in the IT industry for more than two decades.]]></description></item><item><title>Egenera in Dell Virtualization Solutions</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/561527.htm</guid><link>http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/561527.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 12:15:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/561527_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[Egenera announced the Dell PAN System as a key component of Dell's virtualization solutions portfolio. Dell and Egenera are partnering to deliver the dynamic data center to customers -- making virtualization and data center automation a reality beyond the blade chassis. The Dell PAN system is built on proven PowerEdge 1950 and 2950 servers, Dell|EMC storage, and Citrix XenServer -- all factory-integrated as a complete, turn-key solution that virtualizes and pools compute, networking and storage resources into scalable, changeable assets that can be applied and managed based on business requirements.]]></description></item><item><title>Quest Software Does Microsoft Virtualization</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/555213.htm</guid><link>http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/555213.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 12:15:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/555213_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[Quest Software has expanded its set of solutions to help organizations plan, deploy and manage their IT infrastructures by maximizing their investment in the Microsoft System Center Platform. Quest will unveil its comprehensive solutions, including the availability of Quest Management Extensions - Configuration Manager 2007 Edition and the Quest Management Pack for Oracle - Operations Manager 2007 Edition. Quest is also announcing dedicated initiatives supporting Microsoft's System Center Operations Manager 2007 Cross-Platform Management Extensions and System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 Performance & Resource Optimization (PRO) feature.]]></description></item><item><title>Virtualization - Dell Goes to the Well, So To Speak</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/540636.htm</guid><link>http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/540636.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 12:15:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/540636_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[Dell is talking with Tecom Investments, an investment arm of the Dubai government, about a joint venture that could raise Dell's sales profile in the Middle East. Michael Dell mentioned it at a press conference in Dubai but offered no details and early reports suggested Dubai was going to make a direct investment in Dell a la AMD, which may be what happens. Both Dow Jones and Bloomberg quote Michael Dell as saying he'd welcome an investment from the oil-rich emirate. Local papers quote Telcom CEO Abdulatif Almulla as saying, 'We are considering some strategic initiatives.']]></description></item><item><title>SYS-CON&apos;s Virtualization Conference &amp; Expo Europe to Debut in London</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/557621.htm</guid><link>http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/557621.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 11:45:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/557621_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[International Virtualization Conference & Expo faculty alumni include such notable speakers as: Brian Stevens, CTO of Red Hat; Stephen Herrod, CTO of VMware; Vern Brownell, founder and CEO of Egenera; Simon Crosby, founder and CTO of Citrix XenSource; Hubert Yoshida, vice president and CTO of Hitachi Data Systems; Jeffrey Nick, CTO of EMC; David Greschler, director of Virtualization Strategy for Microsoft; Hal Stern, vice president and distinguished engineer for Sun Microsystems; Andrew Hillier, founder and CTO of CiRBA; Alex Vasilevsky, founder and CEO of Virtual Iron; Jack Zubarev, founder and COO of SWsoft; Stephen Pollack, founder and CEO of PlateSpin; Brett Adam, founder and CEO of rPath; Kevin Brown, founder and CEO of Kidaro; Bob Lozano, founder and CEO of Appistry; and Harry Ruda, founder and CEO of Desktone.]]></description></item><item><title>VMware Fusion 2.0 Beta 1 of VMware&apos;s Desktop Virtualization Solution for the Mac</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/560354.htm</guid><link>http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/560354.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 11:30:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/560354_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[The VMware Fusion team announced the release of VMware Fusion 2.0 Beta 1 for public download. VMware also announced VMware Fusion 2.0 will be a free downloadable upgrade for all VMware Fusion 1.x users. VMware Fusion Beta 1 ships with new features.]]></description></item><item><title>Is Virtualization a Feature or a Platform?</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/552014.htm</guid><link>http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/552014.htm</link><pubDate>Fri, 09 May 2008 07:15:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/552014_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[When it comes to defining the role of virtualization, there are two camps: 1) Virtualization is a platform - represented by VMware; 2) Virtualization is a feature - represented by Parallels, Microsoft, Citrix, IBM, SUN, Novell, Oracle.]]></description></item><item><title>Ceedo Named &quot;Gold Sponsor&quot; of SYS-CON&apos;s Virtualization Conference &amp; Expo</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/549302.htm</guid><link>http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/549302.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 20:15:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/549302_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[Ceedo Technologies has developed patent-pending virtualization technology that takes a suite of standard off-the-shelf Windows applications, and virtualizes them in real-time, creating a portable virtual desktop, which launches on any Windows host PC with no need to pre-install any software, drivers or agents. Ceedo's portable virtual desktop runs on top of and leverages the exiting Windows OS on the host PC, thus eliminating the licensing costs, footprint and performance penalty of a full virtualized OS, and works fully in user mode, enabling operation on locked-down PCs. Ceedo's technology enables the most cost-effective solutions for many enterprise scenarios such as remote access, disaster recovery, and creating a managed enterprise 'island' on employee-owned and subcontractor-owned PCs. Ceedo provides the Enterprise IT with tools to fully customize the user interface, remotely deploy new applications, and update existing applications.]]></description></item><item><title>SYS-CON Media Distributes Collectible &quot;Virtualization Journal Mugs&quot; at JavaOne</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/561943.htm</guid><link>http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/561943.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 18:45:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/561943_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[Virtualization Journal now reaches more than 60,000 online readers with monthly digital editions and weekly newsletters. The premier issue of the magazine's print edition, which debuts on May 6, 2008, at JavaOne in San Francisco, as a media sponsor of this event, will be available on newsstands worldwide. Article submission inquiries can be directed by email to editorial(at)sys-con.com and the world's most targeted advertising opportunities can be explored by contacting advertising(at)sys-con.com, or by phone 201 802-3021.]]></description></item><item><title>Virtualization Conference Keynote Webcast Live on SYS-CON.TV</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/460503.htm</guid><link>http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/460503.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 15:45:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/460503_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[Brian Stevens, the Chief Technology Officer and Vice President of Engineering of Red Hat, delivered his Virtualization Keynote 'The Future of the Virtual Enterprise' at SYS-CON's  Virtualization Conference & Expo 2007 West in San Francisco. 'Virtualization is the hottest subject today,' said Stevens, an industry luminary, who is credited with having pioneered new technologies that contributed to the rise of Linux as an industry-standard operating platform.]]></description></item><item><title>NextIO Standardizes on VMM Methodology and Synopsys VCS for I/O Virtualization Chip</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/562388.htm</guid><link>http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/562388.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 15:45:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/562388_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[Synopsys announced that NextIO has standardized on the VMM methodology, as defined in the Verification Methodology Manual (VMM) for SystemVerilog, and on Synopsys' VCS functional verification product to accelerate the SystemVerilog-based verification of their newest I/O virtualization chip design. Pairing the VMM methodology with the VCS tool enabled NextIO to efficiently build highly accurate system-level and unit-level simulation environments that identify design bugs. This complete verification environment enabled NextIO to achieve first-pass functional silicon success.]]></description></item><item><title>&quot;Virtualization Journal&quot; Debuts This Week at JavaOne</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/548403.htm</guid><link>http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/548403.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 15:15:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/548403_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[Founded in 2006, SYS-CON Media's 'Virtualization Journal' is the world's first magazine devoted exclusively to what Gartner has earmarked as the single highest-impact IT trend through 2012: virtualization. And now it will be available on newsstands worldwide, as SYS-CON Media seeks to support the world-beating 'International Virtualization Conference & Expo' series produced by SYS-CON Events with top-quality print collateral, available at newsstands wherever fine-quality technical journals are sold.]]></description></item><item><title>Gear6 Nominated for SYS-CON&apos;s &quot;Virtualization Journal Readers&apos; Choice Awards&quot;</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/562221.htm</guid><link>http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/562221.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 14:45:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/562221_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[CACHEfx appliances deliver high I/O operations per second and low latency to accelerate the performance of data intensive applications. The appliances scale to multiple terabytes of capacity and attach to the network, complementing both traditional Network Attached Storage (NAS) deployments and clustered file systems. Serving requests from high speed memory provides applications a throughput increase and real time access to data. Large files, data sets, and entire databases are reliably cached to accelerate I/O performance.]]></description></item><item><title>Ingres Nominated for SYS-CON&apos;s &quot;Virtualization Journal Readers&apos; Choice Awards&quot;</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/544993.htm</guid><link>http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/544993.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 14:45:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/544993_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[The Ingres Icebreaker BI Appliance is a self contained software stack of o/s, database, and business intelligence tools. The solution is provided in a single stream install enabling a rapid and easy deployment of a complete BI environment within a VM. The software appliance comes with an online web service update mechanism to manage patches and upgrades in a seamless fashion. Users apply updates to the entire multi-component stack with a single click. Users are able to stay current and online with their BI investment at a significantly lower cost. The solution is built from open source technologies from Ingres, JasperSoft, & rPath.]]></description></item><item><title>Novell PlateSpin Named &quot;Gold Sponsor&quot; of Virtualization Conference &amp; Expo</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/519762.htm</guid><link>http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/519762.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 13:45:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/519762_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[PlateSpin provides a unified suite of solutions to help enterprises adopt, manage and extend their use of server virtualization in the data center. PlateSpin's patent-pending workload profiling and portability technology liberates software from hardware and streams server workloads (data, applications and operating systems) over the network between physical and virtual infrastructures. The freedom to drag and drop workloads onto the physical or virtual hosts where they will run most efficiently ensures the best fit between server resource supply and application workload demands. Global 2000 companies use PlateSpin solutions to lower costs, boost operational efficiencies and solve today's most pressing data center challenges including server consolidation, hardware migration and disaster recovery.]]></description></item><item><title>Babya Introduces Application Virtualization Software</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/562479.htm</guid><link>http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/562479.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 13:30:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/562479_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[Babya announced the upcoming release of Virtual Application Platinum. Babya Virtual Application Platinum is a software virtualization solution designed for applications-such as small utilities. It can handle the virtualization of multiple applications.]]></description></item><item><title>5th International Virtualization Conference &amp; Expo in London Will Be the Most Significant Virtualization Event to Date</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/549720.htm</guid><link>http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/549720.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 13:30:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/549720_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[The conference theme of the Virtualization Conference & Expo Europe, to be held in London, England, January 26-27, 2009, is 'Deploying Virtualization in the Enterprise.' The Call for Papers, which is now open, welcomes submissions from exceptional speakers with high-quality use cases not only of how virtualization maximizes the use of resources and thus saves companies money, but also of how it is fundamentally altering the way that businesses run IT.]]></description></item><item><title>ClearCube&apos;s Virtualization Business Grows</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/560476.htm</guid><link>http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/560476.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 13:15:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/560476_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[ClearCube announced the company's latest successes with strong market demand, technology innovations, customer and partner success. ClearCube's continued high standing in the centralized computing space is demonstrated by the company's momentum in a series of corporate developments over the past year.]]></description></item><item><title>Another Start-up, Another Desktop Virtualization Scheme</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/558114.htm</guid><link>http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/558114.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 13:15:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/558114_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[MokaFive, another me-too desktop virtualization company, this one started in 2005 by three Stanford PhDs and their professor, Moka chief scientist Monica Lam, is in the process of pushing out its widgetry, which works on Windows, Mac and Linux. It started going commercial a few weeks ago with a preview paid for by angel money supplied by Sun founder Vinod Khosla and Sun's old strategy chief Bill Raduchel.]]></description></item><item><title>Skytap Nominated for SYS-CON&apos;s &quot;Virtualization Journal Readers&apos; Choice Awards&quot;</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/560596.htm</guid><link>http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/560596.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 11:15:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/560596_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[Skytap Virtual Lab, is a virtual lab solution available as a service over the Web. It enables application development and test teams to provision lab infrastructure on demand (including servers, software, networking and storage) and utilize a powerful virtual lab management application to automate the set-up, testing and tear down of complex, multi-tiered environments. It also gives distributed teams the capability to collaborate and rapidly resolve software defects using a virtual lab and virtual project environment.]]></description></item><item><title>Egenera Founder Vern Brownell to Present at SYS-CON&apos;s Virtualization Conference</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/538232.htm</guid><link>http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/538232.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 11:00:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/538232_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[Virtualization has taken hold in the data center, addressing some of the most pressing issues customers face including excessive power and cooling, and low server utilization. But this is only the first wave of virtualization and only addresses the server. What's next? Enter 'Virtualization 2.0,' where the benefits extend from capital cost reduction to lower operational expenses, improved service levels, agility and IT simplicity. This next wave virtualizes beyond the server, encompassing data center infrastructure (storage, networking and processing) to unbind applications from servers and create a fully agile data center. This session explores Virtualization 2.0 and what it will mean for bottom line business.]]></description></item><item><title>Embotics CEO to Present at SYS-CON&apos;s Virtualization Conference &amp; Expo</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/554022.htm</guid><link>http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/554022.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 10:45:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/554022_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[Virtualization is not just about server consolidation any more; as virtual infrastructure grows, there's an entire Virtualization Lifecycle for IT to manage. SYS-CON Events announced today that the  President & CEO of Embotics Corporation, Jay Litkey, will be giving a top breakout session at SYS-CON's 4th International Virtualization Conference & Expo in San Jose, CA (20-21 November, 2008).]]></description></item><item><title>3rd International Virtualization Conference &amp; Expo: Themes &amp; Topics</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/544193.htm</guid><link>http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/544193.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 10:45:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/544193_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[From Application Virtualization to Xen, a round-up of the virtualization themes & topics being discussed in NYC June 23-24, 2008 by the world-class speaker faculty at the 3rd International Virtualization Conference & Expo being held by SYS-CON Events in The Roosevelt Hotel, in midtown Manhattan.]]></description></item><item><title>Stoneware Named &quot;Silver Sponsor&quot; of SYS-CON&apos;s Virtualization Conference &amp; Expo</title><guid isPermaLink="true">http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/555242.htm</guid><link>http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/555242.htm</link><pubDate>Thu, 08 May 2008 10:30:00 EST</pubDate><comments>http://virtualization.sys-con.com/read/555242_f.htm</comments><description><![CDATA[Stoneware is a privately held corporation providing innovative software that delivers 'Universal Web Access' to all of an organization's web, Windows, and hosted applications through a 'Virtualized Web Desktop' interface. Based on Web 2.0 technology, Stoneware's webOS is an offering in the virtualization market, focusing on the growth of web applications and the shift from client/server to cloud computing. The company services various sectors including education, manufacturing, medical, and legal industries.]]></description></item></channel></rss>