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VMware sees the value of working with Microsoft

Microsoft Subnet — Wed, 20 Aug 2008 21:40:20 -0400

VMware can't pretend it has got the wherewithal to face down a direct attack by Microsoft and survive. So it has done the smartest move available -- cooperation. Earlier this week Microsoft said it was revamping its licensing fees for products on virtualized servers but would not support products running on VMware. That, coupled with VMware's other missteps, obviously put the pressure on VMware to come to Microsoft's table. But why shouldn't VMware join the other hypervisors and get its hypervisor certified by Microsoft as compatible with Microsoft server products? Leaving itself out of that party only gives users even more reason to check out Hyper-V or Citrix Xen. They have plenty of reasons already given the price of the younger hypervisors.

Virtualization - Breaking up is hard to do

Mitchell Ashley — Mon, 18 Aug 2008 00:29:52 -0400

Desktop virtualization concepts and benefits have already been proven out, largely through old-school remote-desktop products from companies like Citrix Systems and Microsoft. We know the benefits of standardization, managing better desktop change control, remote desktop access, desktop and data storage, and business continuity. Desktop virtualization has already begun the march to take over previous remote-desktop technologies.

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"IT" Far From Problem-Free

Matthew Nickasch — Fri, 15 Aug 2008 14:32:22 -0400

If you've been following the general IT industry news for the last week or so, you've noticed some major stories that have hit the wire. From the VMWare ESX/ESXi bug that brought some virtualization infrastructures to a halt, to the multiple instance Google Apps / Gmail outages, it has been recently quite busy. On a lighter note, and since it is Friday afternoon, let's reflect on what these outages and problems mean to IT managers, corporate leaders, and the end users.

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Paul, Welcome to VMWare

Thu, 14 Aug 2008 19:58:50 -0400

Looks like Diane left you a little going away gift.

why chen is criticizing so much?

Tue, 12 Aug 2008 14:29:57 -0400

why chen is criticizing so much? why don't he think virtualization has reduced the load of physical server and thereby power consumpton and VMware has gurnatee that they will fix all the issue without any data loss. As you know mistakes often happen... if you buy any software it should have some bug... but always think that how this software has made us task easy. I know it is frustrating... In this modern world nothing is perfect. so please don't try to criticize so much. if you can't handle then don't buy no software and do it everythingmanual....

VMware Infrastructure Toolkit emerges and more…

tkopczynski — Thu, 31 Jul 2008 01:45:17 -0400

Hey now... I blogged about VMware's foray into the PowerShell realm last year. Looks like earlier this week VMware finally "released" their Infrastructure Toolkit. You can download the toolkit here: Link

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"openQRM is not dead" by Kris B.

MattR — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 02:21:39 -0400

Kris Buytaert is talking about "openQRM is not dead" at the Linuxsymposium 2008 in Ottawa ! He is talking about the next generation of openQRM ported from java to php. Please find the slides of his talk at http://www.krisbuytaert.be/blog/node/688 Many thanks to Kris for pushing the openQRM Project to the next level. Also big thanks to Aland for organising the virtualization miniconf on behalf of Linuxsymposium ! Enjoy !

The lowered estimates are due to Hyper-V

Microsoft Subnet — Wed, 23 Jul 2008 01:00:01 -0400

VMware is blaming the slow economy for its reduced estimates, but that doesn't make a whole lot of sense given what its product does (reduces ROI). (Check out

VMware: quarter not bad; outlook not good and (ironically) wins a Tech Ed award
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VMware: quarter not bad; outlook not good and (ironically) wins a Tech Ed award

Microsoft Subnet — Tue, 22 Jul 2008 19:40:20 -0400

Given that VMware ditched its founder in favor of a Microsoft executive two weeks before reporting its Q2 results, one would have thought that the quarter would have shown a company bleeding red. Not so. VMware reported healthy revenue growth, healthy profits and increases in both U.S. and international software licenses. Plus, it is sitting on $1.5 billion in cash. From an enterprise's point of view, there is no urgent reason to worry about the company's financial standing.

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Women CEOs in Silicon Valley ... and then there were none

Microsoft Subnet — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 17:52:44 -0400

(Fair warning: this is an off topic post). Here's an interesting, if somewhat sad, fact from the San Jose Mercury News. With this week's ouster of Diane Greene from the company she founded 10 years ago, there are now exactly zero women CEOs at the largest Valley tech firms. Now there are women in powerful positions (Cisco's CTO Padmasree Warrior, Oracle co-president and Chief Financial Officer Safra Catz, and HP Executive Vice President Ann Livermore).

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Capitalistic Utopia

Matt Larson — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 14:18:52 -0400

VMware is definitely in a rough spot, but not necessarily a bad one. I hear all this talk about wallstreet being upset. The greed aspect might be upsetting if you're greedy, but to me this is more of a realistic market correction. VMware was the Zar of the virtual world, and now there are competing kingdoms. If they want to survive they will most definitely have to address their pricing, and application virtualization for that matter. Still, VMotion rocks. VMware has great managment tools, and in my opinion, doesn't talk about that enough.

Greene out at VMware

Denise Dubie — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 14:18:46 -0400

VMware this week ousted co-founder and CEO Diane Greene and replaced her with Paul Maritz, who has served as president of parent company EMC's Cloud Division. Maritz is also a former Microsoft executive who managed marketing and development for products such as Windows 95 and Windows NT.

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EMC Puts Microsoft Exec In VMware CEO Seat

Mitchell Ashley — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 19:47:02 -0400

News from Microsoft WPC, Houston, TX: What happens when your over inflated stock price of $120 per share dips down to 1/3rd its value (and still might be over inflated)?

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Bad for Diane, perhaps good for VMware users

Microsoft Subnet — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 13:35:35 -0400

It is a shame that Diane Greene is being put through the wringer like this. But it may be good for users and VMware that a Microsoft exec is being asked to lead. Microsoft's release of Hyper-V will almost certainly lead to eventual doom for VMware unless VMware can come up with some kind of technological angle that will make vast numbers of Windows users want to stick with it (and pay big bucks for it) instead of moving to Hyper-V.

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Microsoft vs. VMware: analyst says Microsoft has a performance leg-up

Microsoft Subnet — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:30:11 -0400

Microsoft this week released its Hyper-V virtualization server, which has been years in the making. Today the technology lacks the breadth of functionality VMware offers, but now that the technology is readily available, could Microsoft wrest market share from VMware with its no-cost entry point and by shipping the technology with Microsoft Server 2008? Forrester Research Analyst Christopher Voce weighs in on the topic. (14:39)

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openQRM 4.0 VMware-appliance for easy-testing

MattR — Wed, 02 Jul 2008 09:27:48 -0400

For easy-testing openQRM 4.0 the openQRM-Team created an openQRM VMware-appliance which provides a complete openQRM-Server out-of-the-box based on Debian (Etch). Here the direct link to download it : http://www.openqrm-ng.net/downloads/openqrm-4.0.vmware-appliance.bz2 (1,2GB download size, all usernames and passwords on this appliance are "openqrm") Just unzip, put it in your e.g. free VMware-player, click start, that's it. Enjoy !

Diane Greene forgot about IBM's 40 year history with z/VM

Tue, 01 Jul 2008 13:30:05 -0400

I suggest readers compare the statements made by Diane to the security, and robustness of z/VM, the worlds first hypervisor.

7 skills for IT fame and fortune

Mitchell Ashley — Tue, 01 Jul 2008 11:52:18 -0400

With the economic downturn on everyone's mind, assumptions about job security come under question, and everyone starts reexamining their skills. There are lots and lots of valuable jobs performed in IT, but some skills are valued even more highly than others. With all the upheaval we're experiencing in IT, many new skills are in high demand or rapidly increasing in value. Here are my Top 7 skills that could help you not only keep that job, but secure an even better new job, positioning you to work on the next generation of IT applications and software products in the era of Web-delivered online applications.

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Limitations Won't Dampen Hyper-V

Mitchell Ashley — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 07:33:24 -0400

Thursday was Hyper-V "hyperventilate day" as everyone reported about Hyper-V's release. I'm sure Windows Server 2008 machines all over the world will be downloading Hyper-V via Windows Update come the 2nd week in July. You can manually download Hyper-V until then. I'm excited to start working with the final bits on my servers as well, something I'll be doing after finishing this blog post.

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I for one welcome our new Hyper-V overlords…

tkopczynski — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 00:50:38 -0400

Hurray, Hyper-V has been released. Yes, I'm sure every blogger and newsy person on the planet is posting something about Microsoft's release today (as they should). But... how many of those posters have been testing Hyper-V since the fall of last year. :>)

Anyhow, as a general rule, I don't talk about (beta and RC) products I'm currently testing. That way I don't violate any NDAs. However, now that Hyper-V has been released to the masses the veil of non-communications can finally be removed.

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