
A VMware win against Microsoft simply requires VMware to turn the pricing tables on Microsoft, and to leverage its highly differentiating functionality in its Software Defined Data Center strategy. VMware could re-establish technical dominance in the data center virtualization space as early as the end of this year by leveraging its software defined networking, software…
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Host deployments in a Software Defined Data Center (SDDC): How do you deploy the hypervisors in your company? There are several different choices from installing from a CD, network install and/or PXE, to name a few methods currently available. When there are not a lot of physical hypervisors to worry about the CD installation works…
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Data Protection and patch management of virtual desktops, while not a sexy topic, is one that should happen on a regular basis within any organization implementing or working to implement virtual desktops. Recently, we have been testing virtual desktop software and there is a huge difference between patching and protecting data in a small number…
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The Virtualization Practice has released a major update to its Operations Management White paper. This paper covers both Operations Management of Virtualized and Cloud environments, and Infrastructure Performance Management of Virtualized and Cloud environments.
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The future of OpenStack looks bright, and with the all the software-defined data center (SDDC) features contained in the recent release of "Grizzly" they are now ready to compete toe-to-toe with heavyweights like VMware, Nutanix, Dell, and HP. Whether they can start unseating VMware products in the enterprise remains to be seen, though. Despite the…
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Last week HP announced their "second generation" HP Moonshot 1500 enclosure and Intel Atom S1260-based Proliant Moonshot systems, a high-density computing solution targeted at hyperscale computing workloads. They're billing it as the first "software defined server" and claiming that it can save 89 percent of energy, 80 percent space, and 77 percent of the cost…
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As the first SDDC is delivered later this year, infrastructure performance management solutions will be an essential part of SDDC Infrastructure Performance Management. The good news is that a robust set of vendors already exist who can readily enhance their offerings to address the incremental requirements of the SDDC.
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Tintri is VM-aware storage, designed and optimized specifically for virtualization — delivering unprecedented performance and ease of use. Overview Technology Tintri Advantage Overview Storage for your VMs without the complexity NEW: Per-VM, customizable data protection policies with highly WAN-efficient replication. Advanced per-VM cloning and snapshots saves time and uses less storage. Set-up in minutes. No…
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Xceedium Xsuite® controls access, monitors, and records the activities of privileged users across the hybrid cloud. You can easily define, apply, and enforce security policies to sensitive systems across traditional data centers, virtualized infrastructure, and public and private clouds. Xsuite manages passwords and protects servers regardless of where they’re located, helping to reduce risk, ensure…
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