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- Virtualization smackdown: Sun xVM VirtualBox 1.6 vs. VMWare Server 2.0 Beta 2
- Once strictly the domain of software developers and QA engineers, personal and small-business virtualization products are now becoming an attractive solution for entry-level systems consolidation and foreign OS compatibility applications. These solutions run on host operating systems which do not require the overhead or usual high entry cost of professional...
- Tags: Innotek VirtualBox, Version, Operating System, Sun Microsystems Inc., VMware Inc., Beta, Sun xVM VirtualBox 1.6 xVM VirtualBox, Linux Setup, VMWare Server 2.0 Beta 2 VMWare Server 2.0, VMWare 2.0, Linux, Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Operating Systems, Open Source, Servers, Software, Hardware, Storage, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-05-21
- Virtualization smackdown: Sun xVM VirtualBox 1.6 vs. VMWare Server 2.0 Beta 2
- Virtualization smackdown: Sun xVM VirtualBox 1.6 vs. VMWare Server 2.0 Beta 2VMware has even more managabilityYou have the additional capability of managing VMware Server (2.0 beta) with their enterprise-class tools in the Virtual Infrastructure suite. (That means no web front-end!) You can also automate actions without purchasing VI...
- Tags: Utility computing, Storage management, VMware Inc., VMware Server, VMWare Server 2.0, VMWare Server 2.0 Beta 2, Sun xVM VirtualBox 1.6, Sun xVM Virtualbox, VMware Server 2.0 Beta, Sun xVM, virtualization, Sun Microsystems Inc.
- Discussion threads 2008-05-21
- VMware takes an unjustified hammering
- VMware takes an unjustified hammeringMessage has been deleted.VMware Rocks the CasbahJust the other day I was looking for a way to resize one a VM image file's virtual ntfs primary partition. After resizing the image file with the vmware-vdiskmanager, you still need to tell the VM's O/S to claim...
- Tags: OPEN SOURCE, Investment, Microsoft Windows XP, Financial accounting, Apple Inc., VMware Inc., unjustified hammering, Knoppix Linux
- Discussion threads 2008-01-29
- VMware's R&D chief quits after 9 months
- VMware said Tuesday that its executive vice president of research and development has resigned after nine months on the job. In a terse statement, VMware said that Richard Sarwal quit to go back to Oracle. Sarwal joined VMware in December 2007. VMware CEO Paul...
- Tags: Stock Option, Security, Amount, R&D, Stock, Employment, Agreement, VMware Inc., Company, RSU, Control, Change, Cause, Person, Stock Options, Investment, Benefits, Human Resources, Stock Options & Grants, Finance, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-09-02
- VMware's SpringSource purchase sparks head scratching; Still doesn't solve the Microsoft problem
- VMware's purchase of SpringSource for $420 million has sparked a fair amount of head scratching among analysts who argue the virtualization software company paid too much and still failed to solve its Microsoft problem. Global Equities analyst Trip Chowdhry noted that SpringSource had roughly $10 million in...
- Tags: VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp., SpringSource, Virtualization, Hardware, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-08-11
- The facts on VMware vs. Microsoft
- Last week saw the opening rounds of a new war between incumbent virtualization player VMware versus Microsoft. VMware fired the first shot in a New York Times story and immediately followed up with a whitepaper attacking Microsoft with a list of complaints and Microsoft responded with this blog. ...
- Tags: Virtualization, Desktop, News, Infrastructure
- Blog posts 2007-03-05
- VMWare puts the pressure on Microsoft
- VMWare puts the pressure on MicrosoftMS will stomp itAaah, the good old trick of pushing your competitor to the brink of nonrelevance. Make it 'free' and bundle with Windows - works every time, easy as pie. Except MS still makes money out of 'free' by hiding the cost to the...
- Tags: Microsoft Windows, Virtualization, Operating systems, irony, VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp.
- Discussion threads 2005-10-26
- VMware debuts premium Recovery, Stage Manager services
- VMware has released two new virtualization management services and bundles to advance its technical lead in the market. To that end, the Palo Alto, Calif. announced Tuesday plans to deliver the VMware Site Recovery Manager, VMware Stage Manager and a number of bundles combining those with existing products...
- Tags: Recovery, VMware Inc., Disaster Recovery, Virtualization, Storage Management, Utility Computing, Data Management, Hardware, Storage, Paula Rooney
- Blog posts 2008-05-13
- Can VMWare stay closed while buying open?
- How do I make contact with these guysI don't mind if they are campers or dirt trackers. How do I make contact with them? I fill out the forms on their web site and .... nothingAt TurboCASH Accounting we have both Cloud and Desktop apps. We are in a key...
- Tags: Virtualization, Copyright Owner, VMware Inc., open source, OSS
- Discussion threads 2010-01-19
- VMware starts road show ahead of planned IPO
- VMware starts road show ahead of planned IPOTIPBuy all the stock you can on opening day. This one is a winner.Success Story involving VmWareYesterday, after 6 months of trying, decision makers finally gave the go ahead to install the free server version of VMware at one of my shops....
- Tags: Word processors, Microsoft Windows, Tools & Techniques, Financial Planning, Investment, Operating systems, IPO, VMware Inc.
- Discussion threads 2007-08-01
- VMware follows in Virtuallogix's footsteps
- My friends at VMware recently sent me a note telling me 1) that they had acquired Trango Virtual Processors and 2) they were jumping into the mobile device virtual machine market.Trago VMware has chosen to rename Trago's product as VMware Mobile Platform. This isn't the only entry into this market,...
- Tags: Phone, Handset Company, Mobile, Operating System, Handset, VMware Inc., Hardware, Virtual Machine, VMware Mobile Virtualization Platform, Mobile Virtualization Platform, Telecom & Utilities, Desktop Virtualization, Advertising & Promotion, Marketing, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-11-13
- VMware launches open source virtual desktop software; Assessing the fallout
-  VMware on Tuesday launched an open source client for virtual desktops in a move that mixes a little bit of offense and defense. In a statement, the company said its VMware View Open Client would allow compnaies to host virtualized desktops in the...
- Tags: Software, Virtual Desktop, VMware Inc., Open Source, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-02-03
- Neverfail and VMware - addressing availability
- A short while ago, VMware and Neverfail inked an agreement in which VMware would deliver Neverfail's availablilty and application server management framework software as part of the new vCenter Server Heartbeat software. VMware's vCenter is a single point of control of many of the capabilities VMware offers that extend their...
- Tags: VMware Inc., Neverfail, Servers, Hardware, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2009-03-06
- Should EMC and VMware separate?
- EMCs acquisition of virtualization software maker VMware completed in January 2004 may have been one of the better deals in the technology sector in the last three years. But perhaps its time for EMC to bid adieu. With NCRs planned spin-off of Teradata--its data warehousing software unit...
- Tags: Storage, VMware Inc., EMC Corp., Bill Shope
- Blog posts 2007-01-08
- So far, so good with VMWare Workstation 6
- After publishing the video this morning to recruit this week's ZDNet Deputy Testers of the Week, I've been working most of the day on setting up some new virtual machines using VMware's recently released VMware Workstation 6.0. I've used VMware Workstation 5.5, but the big deal with VMware Workstation...
- Tags: General, Hardware Infrastructure, IT Management, Legal, Mobile, Personal Technology, Software Infrastructure, Vista
- Blog posts 2007-05-29
- VMware gets what it deserves: Accolades
- VMware gets what it deserves: AccoladesVMPlayer / Browser-ApplianceWindows users should also know that they have another 'option' at their disposal for if and when venturing onto the internet.VMWare Player's 'Browser-Appliance'.Found at:http://www.vmware.com/vmtn/vm/browserapp.htmlWhat does this do?In puts your internet session into a safe 'sand box' running in a 'virtual machine'...
- Tags: Linux, Operating systems, Spyware, adware & malware, Cyberthreats, Spyware, Windows EULA, VMware Player, VMware Inc., Microsoft Windows
- Discussion threads 2006-01-23
- Researcher: Critical vulnerability found in VMware's desktop apps
- Researcher: Critical vulnerability found in VMware's desktop appsShared Folder are enabled by default ?On my VMWare Workstation 6.0.2 build-59824 setup, the option "Shared Folders" is set to DISABLED. I have not changed it, it came that way by default. This contradicts the statement that it is ENABLED by default.what do...
- Tags: Shared Folder, desktop, VMware Inc., CoreLabs
- Discussion threads 2008-02-25
- Diane Greene out, Paul Maritz to lead VMware
- While working in San Francisco, I received quite a number of telephone calls from journalists around the world. Since I was "off the grid" for the project, I had no idea what was going on. I finally returned to my hotel room and could read my messages, I learned that...
- Tags: Board, VMware Inc., Microsoft Corp., Paul Maritz, Corporate Governance, Desktop Virtualization, Open Source, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Dan Kusnetzky
- Blog posts 2008-07-10
- VMware revs up for VMworld; launches new software
- VMware announced Monday a new lineup of products that will be showcased this week. VMware launched VMware ESX Server 3i, a "thin hypervisor" that's integrated in server hardware sans an operating system; Virtual Desktop Manager, a connection broker for virtual desktops; and Site Recovery Manager, an automation system...
- Tags: Software, Virtualization, Goal, Server, VMware Inc., Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2007-09-10
- My Sunday Afternoon: Fun with VMWare ESX 3i
- As soon as I heard the announcement from bright and bushy-tailed VMWare CEO Paul Maritz that the company was shortly going to be releasing their ESX 3i enterprise-class embedded hypervisor for free, I was absolutely thrilled. Given the pace of technology reporting, I knew that I had to get it...
- Tags: VMware Inc., VMWare ESX, Ip storage, Jason Perlow
- Blog posts 2008-07-27
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