Latest virtualization news.
Using virtualization to boost efficiency, 09/20/07: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently proclaimed that data centers consumed 61 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity in 2006. That’s roughly 1.6% of total U.S. electricity consumption and is worth about about $4.5 billion.
Qumranet tackles desktop virtualization, 09/24/07: Qumranet, the company responsible for the development of the open source KVM, introduced Solid Ice desktop virtualization software at DEMOfall 2007. The software allows the hosting of desktop images for users on Linux servers.
13 free tools ease IT management, 10/01/07: Finding the perfect tool to relieve a pain point or fill a gap can be invaluable to network managers. When the tool is free? Even better.
Q&A: SQL Server 2008 will pressure database rivals, says Microsoft executive, 09/21/07: Ted Kummert, corporate vice president for the data and storage platform at Microsoft, came over nine months ago from Microsoft’s security, access and solutions division to lead the SQL Server effort and usher the 2008 version into general release. Kummert says performance and scalability improvements will continue to put pressure on rivals like IBM and Oracle. In an interview with Network World senior editor John Fontana, he also discusses goals around a new release timetable, prescribed upgrade paths for users, a services element and virtualization.
Red Hat faces stiff challenges to move beyond its core technology, 09/26/07: Middleware, virtualization, developer tools, software exchange all signal the Linux vendor wants to put another mark on enterprise infrastructure.
IT grapples with overcrowded, energy-guzzling data centers, 09/20/07: At AFCOM Data Center World, Andrew Fanara of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Energy Star Program talked about how the EPA is working to help reduce energy consumption in data centers.
VMware bugs shine spotlight on virtualization security, 09/20/07: A set of newly discovered flaws in components of VMware’s virtual machine software has called attention to some of the security risks associated with the practice of running virtual computers on a single system.
Virtualization varieties, variants are vetted, 09/17/07: A primer on the varieties of virtualization.
