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Citrix Acquires Virtual Desktop Provider Kaviza

May 24, 2011 by David Eck Leave a Comment

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By: Chris Preimesberger
2011-05-23

Kaviza, which makes the VDI-in-a-Box product, and Citrix have been strategic partners since April 2010, so it’s not a big surprise to industry insiders that this deal was made.

Citrix Systems (Nasdaq: CTXS) revealed May 23 that it intends to acquire Cupertino, Calif.-based virtual desktop software maker Kaviza. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Kaviza and Citrix, of nearby Santa Clara, Calif., have been strategic partners since April 2010, so the transaction was not a big surprise to industry insiders.

Microsoft Hyper-V Now Supports Linux-based CentOS

May 16, 2011 by David Eck Leave a Comment

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By James Niccolai, IDG News May 16, 2011 2:00 pm

Microsoft has added support for another Linux server distribution with its Hyper-V virtualization software, its latest move to compete better with virtualization market leader VMware.

Customers can now run the CentOS flavor of Linux as a guest operating system in supported Windows Server 2008 R2 Hyper-V environments, Sandy Gupta, general manager for marketing in Microsoft’s Open Solutions Group, was due to announce at the Open Source Business Conference in San Francisco Monday.

CentOS 5.6: A Free Powerhouse for Web Servers (pcworld.com)
CentOS 5.6 Guest on ESXi 4.1 Host unable to connect to internet or internal network (edugeek.net)
Desktop OS revenue and growth outpace servers (go.theregister.com)
Microsoft Shows Why Servers Run GNU/Linux (techrights.org)

Filed Under: News Tagged With: CentOS, Hyper-V, linux, microsoft, Red Hat, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, San Francisco, VMware

The real story behind VMworld 2010

September 6, 2010 by David Eck Leave a Comment

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A ton of product announcements — plus a big marketing push around the private cloud — added up to a major undercurrent of change in the virtualization industry

Last week, I had the opportunity to camp out at VMware’s VMworld 2010 conference in San Francisco. The odd amalgamation of 17,000-plus geeks and suits from around the globe — fleetingly united by the same free conference backpack — was a sight to see.

Xangati Awarded “Virtualization Management” Category Finalist for Best of VMworld 2010 Awards (eon.businesswire.com)
Wyse Executives, Industry Experts and IT Executives from Leading Public and Private Organizations to Discuss Cloud Client Computing and VDI at VMworld 2010 (eon.businesswire.com)
Citrix beefs up VMworld presence (infoworld.com)

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Emulators, San Francisco, VMware, VMworld

Verizon teams with VMware on enterprise cloud service

September 1, 2010 by David Eck Leave a Comment

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The service is designed to help enterprises move workloads between public and private clouds

Verizon Business is tapping into the popularity of VMware technology with a cloud computing service designed to let customers easily move workloads between their own infrastructure and Verizon’s cloud.

VMworld: VMware pushes IT-as-a-service (v3.co.uk)
Verizon Uses VMware for Enterprise Cloud Service (pcworld.com)
VMWare launches six new vCloud products (zdnet.com)

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Business, Business-to-Business, cloud computing, E-Commerce, Infrastructure, VCloud, Verizon Business, VMware

A way out of the private cloud dead end

August 31, 2010 by David Eck Leave a Comment

With the emergence of a few key products, it’s clear that IT’s current focus on private clouds needn’t become a dead end

A trend circulating among both the cloud computing upstarts and their corporate equivalents is the ability to offer a private cloud infrastructure with a clear and easy glide path to public clouds. We’ll see a few of these at VMworld this week, including one from EMC VMware itself.

VMware announcements at VMworld (zdnet.com)
VMworld: HP offers a private cloud in 30 days (v3.co.uk)
Zenoss Announces Monitoring for VMWare’s Cloud Director (readwriteweb.com)
VMware positions Java for the cloud (infoworld.com)
VMworld 2010 Roundup (datacenterknowledge.com)
Cloud.com Offers Support For VMware (diversity.net.nz)

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Business, cloud computing, EMC VMware, Emulators, Intel x86 Architecture, VMware, VMware vSphere, VMworld

3 Vendors on the Relationship Between Cloud Computing and Virtualization

August 31, 2010 by David Eck Leave a Comment

This post is part of our ReadWriteCloud channel, which is dedicated to covering virtualization and cloud computing. The channel is sponsored by Intel and VMware. How one Florida state agency saved a bundle with virtualization. Learn more in this ReadWriteWeb special report, made possible by Intel and VMware: How Virtualization Helps the Water Flow.

VMworld starts in the morning and all eyes will be on what gets announced and how virtualization is extending its reach into the realm of cloud computing.

Virtustream Demonstrates Business Continuity and Virtualization Proficiency at VMworld (eon.businesswire.com)
VMware announcements at VMworld (zdnet.com)
Wyse Unveils Expanded Strategy for Cloud Client Computing, Mobile Cloud Business Unit (eon.businesswire.com)
Microsoft launches VMware lock-in ad to kick off VMworld (zdnet.com)
VMworld: Intel and VMware to Detail Virtualization Strategy (readwriteweb.com)
World Wide Technology to Demonstrate Advanced Virtualization and Cloud Computing Technology at VMworld 2010 (eon.businesswire.com)

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Business, cloud computing, E-Commerce, Florida, Hardware virtualization, Intel Corporation, VMware, VMworld

Microsoft hungry to eat VMWare’s lunch

August 31, 2010 by David Eck Leave a Comment

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As VMWare prepares for this week’s annual conference, Microsoft is looking to steal both the company’s thunder and its customers.

In an advertisement in Tuesday’s USA Today, Microsoft urges VMware customers to think twice before signing a new long-term contract with the virtualization company.

Steven J. Vaughan-Nichols Says VMware Takeover Would Suit Novell (Although Not Sidestep Microsoft) (techrights.org)
Fresh Rumours/Speculations About VMware Buying Novell (techrights.org)
Curtain Raiser: At VMworld, Cloud Will be Center Stage (cloud.gigaom.com)
VMware floats into developer cloud services (go.theregister.com)
VMware positions Java for the cloud (infoworld.com)
Meet Novell’s new best friend: VMware (news.cnet.com)

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Business, Emulators, Intel x86 Architecture, microsoft, Monopolies and Oligopolies, Novell, USA Today, VMware

Citrix Acquires Virtual Desktop Provider Kaviza

Kaviza, which makes the VDI-in-a-Box product, and Citrix have been strategic partners since April 2010, so it’s not a big surprise to industry insiders that this deal was made.

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