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Podcast Summary: Length: 21:39 * Introduction * Scott Farrand, VP for Infrastructure Software and BladeSystem, HP (:10) * Scott’s background with virtualization and his role at HP (:27) * What steps organizations should take to apply the principles of virtualization across the infrastructure -where they should start when building the ultimate virtual infrastructure (1:46) * How much infrastructure provisioning can be automated once the connections have been virtualize ...

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Past, Present and Future of VDI: A Discussion with Citrix and Microsoft

Podcast Summary: Length: 25:32 * Introduction * Sumit Dhawan, Citrix VP of Product Marketing for Desktop Virtualization Products & Manlio Vecchiet, Microsoft Director of Product Management - Windows Server Marketing Team (:10) * VDI landscape – past, present, future - for Citrix, Microsoft and VMware (:37) * VMware’s VDI approach - the right one or not? How Microsoft/Citrix approach differs (4:12) * Where VDI fits into IT’s future, and the future of the virtualiza ...

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Enterprise Virtualization's Latest Contender

Podcast Summary: Length: 15:38 * Introduction * Jim Brennan, Senior Product Marketing Manager, Red Hat (:10) * His role at Red Hat and work with virtualization (:20) * Recent announcement - Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization Portfolio in beta - highlights of the portfolio, and response to the beta program (:35) * How the portfolio supports Red Hat’s mission to expand its virtualization technologies (2:58) * Virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) - what it is and what ...

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Planning Your DR and Compliance Strategies

Podcast Summary: Length: 13:52 Introduction Lew Smith, Practice Manager for Virtualization Services, Interphase Systems (:10) History of Interphase Systems (:23) Interphase’s strategy around virtualization, business continuity and disaster recovery (1:53) Biggest pain points for customers when choosing a DR strategy (3:27) CHow Interphase helps businesses bridge the gap between virtualization and compliance (7:25) The impact this rough economy has had on Interphase’s business an ...

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An Eye on IT: EMC Launches Ionix

Podcast Summary: Length: 18:46 * Introduction * Bob Quillin, Senior Director of Marketing, EMC (:10) * Today EMC is releasing Ionix - details (:18) * EMC’s acquisition of Configuresoft played a big part in this new offering – details (3:12) * How EMC’s and VMware’s technologies work together on Ionix (5:10) * How Ionix stands out from other products on the market today (8:17) * Customers/businesses where this solution is most appropriate (12:08) * Wi ...

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Increase Your Speed with the Virtual Desktop Accelerator

Podcast Summary: Length: 18:20 * Introduction * Jeff McNaught, CMO, Wyse (:10) * Today Wyse is releasing its Virtual Desktop Accelerator - details (:20) * Highlight of the Wyse VDA - helping companies save money - expected ROI (4:20) * Wyse VDA helps companies go green - details (5:47) * Accelerator software is key to success (7:29) * Sizes and types of companies this solution is most appropriate for (10:38) * With budget currently top of mind for most organ ...

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BYOC - Build Your Own Cloud

Podcast Summary: Length: 33:16 * Introduction * Ken Ziegler, President and Chief Operating Officer, Logicworks (:10) * History of Logicworks (:19) * Logicworks private cloud service - details (2:24) * Notable features of the private cloud service (10:14) * How cloud service compliments other Logicworks offerings (12:44) * What is unique about how Logicworks partners with their clients (15:54) * How customer requests have changed in this time of layoffs and b ...

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Bundle Up with HP

Podcast Summary: Length: 16:21 Vizioncore * Introduction * Paul Gottsegen, Vice President of Integrated Marketing for HP Enterprise Servers and Storage, HP (:10) * HP Virtualization Bundles - details (:25) * Types of businesses HP Virtualization Bundles are appropriate for (1:18) * Why SMBs should consider virtualizing (2:57) * Reasons SMBs would choose HP Virtualization Bundles rather than assemble the various components themselves (5:25) * Bundles that are ap ...

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Next-Gen VMware Monitoring and Reporting by uptime software

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Seanodes Announces First-on-the-Market Capability in its VM Edition

Podcast Summary: Length: 14:48 * Introduction * Christophe Guittenit, Chief Technology Officer, Seanodes (:10) * History of Seanodes and how it plays in the virtualization space (:18) * Exanodes product details (1:38) * Seanodes announcement - first-on-the-market capability – details (4:42) * Importance of shared internal storage (6:05) * Seanodes’ relationship with VMware (8:18) * How Seanodes’ offerings stand out from others on the market today (9:24 ...

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DynamicOps VRM Touts New Features, Strong Capability

Podcast Summary: Length: 9:45 * Introduction * Rich Bourdeau, Vice President, DynamicOps (:10) * History of DynamicOps (:20) * New version of DynamicOps’ Virtual Resource Manager and key new features (1:13) * How automated resource reclamation works (1:41) * Why reclamation of resources is important (2:42) * Savings that can be achieved by ‘reducing, reusing and recycling’ through automated virtualization management (3:27) * VRM’s Software Developer ...

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iTKO Rolls With the Punches, Releases New Version

Podcast Summary: Length: 13:17 * Introduction * Derick Townsend,Vice President of Marketing, iTKO (:10) * History of iTKO and how it plays in the virtualization space (:21) * iTKO releases LISA 4.6 Product Suite - details and initial feedback (2:24) * Biggest benefits of this new version (4:38) * How a customer determines if the LISA solution is the best for its environment (5:32) * Number one differentiator of iTKO’s offerings from others on the market (8:37) ...

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Walking the vWire of Virtual Management

Podcast Summary: Length: 11:25 * Introduction * Ted Gary, Senior Product Manager, & Stephen Beaver, Virtualization Evangelist, Tripwire (:10) * History of Tripwire (:25) * vWire announcement - What it is and why it’s important to the virtualization industry (1:05) * vWire association with vCenter, and Tripwire’s relationship with VMware (2:46) * The ideal vWire customer (4:43) * What makes vWire stand out from other offerings on the market (5:14) * How ...

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Why Being Application Aware is a Good Thing

Podcast Summary: Length: 21:31 * Introduction * Bob Maness, Vice President -Worldwide Marketing & Channel Sales, Pillar (:10) * History of Pillar (:23) * Recent announcement - availability of Citrix XenServer profiles on Pillar Axiom (2:07) * Pillar’s focus on “application-aware” storage systems and what it means for the virtualization industry (3:36) * How this strategy can be monetized (7:37) * Challenges associated with the “application-aware” strat ...

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Managing Hybrid Environments with Fujitsu

Podcast Summary: Length: 12:24 * Introduction * Richard McCormack, Senior Vice President, and Manuel Martull, Senior Director of Server Product Marketing, Fujitsu America (:10) * How Fujitsu plays in the virtualization space (:23) * Recent announcement - Dynamic Cube: PRIMERGY BX900 Blade Server System - details and what it means for the virtualization industry (1:13) * Fujitsu’s take on Cloud Computing (3:15) * Fujitsu’s ServerView Resource Coordinator VE manag ...

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Improving Business Continuity with SunGard

Podcast Summary: Length: 22:14 * Introduction * Rick Engstrom, Product Manager, Advanced Recovery Product Management, SunGard Availability Services (:10) * History of SunGard (:23) * Details of SunGard’s Virtual Server Replication, released last year (1:54) * Improvements or changes that have been made since the initial release (6:14) * What makes the SunGard solution stand out from other offerings on the market (8:30) * Where Green initiatives fit into the Su ...

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Double-Take Teams with Microsoft

Podcast Summary: Length: 12:33 * Introduction * Dean Goodermote, CEO, Double-Take Software (:10) * History of Double-Take (:19) * Announcing joint solution with Microsoft – details (2:48) * Advantages customers will see resulting from this collaboration (4:31) * The kind or size of environment where this solution is most effective (5:50) * How Double-Take’s solutions stand out from others on the market (6:45) * Budget is key concern for most organization ...

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Risk Reduction with Integralis

Podcast Summary: Length: 10:52 * Introduction * Eric Greenberg, VP of Security and Risk Solutions, Integralis (:10) * History of Integralis (:20) * What the biggest risks are in virtualization security and why (1:12) * The most difficult part of determining risk factors in a virtual environment (2:27) * Where Eric sees the weakest security (4:26) * AThe steps and considerations a company should take when choosing a security solution (6:34) * In this tough fi ...

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Monitoring Your Environment with eG Innovations

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F5 Networks on Application Delivery

Podcast Summary: Length: 15:15 * Introduction * Nigel Burmeister, Director of Product Marketing, F5 Networks (:10) * History of F5 Networks (:20) * Announcement - update to award winning ARX file-virtualization system and Data Manager storage management software (1:54) * Changes made from previous releases (4:24) * Kind or size of environment where these solutions are most effective (8:01) * How F5’s solutions stand out from others on the market (8:39) * I ...

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Opt In to OpTier BTM

Podcast Summary: Length: 13:30 * Introduction * Motti Tal, EVP of Marketing, Product & Business Development, OpTier (:10) * History of OpTier (:21) * What is BTM and how it differs from APM or BSM (1:24) * Why companies using virtualization should consider implementing BTM (3:30) * How a company determines if BTM would work for their virtualized IT environment (4:49) * What makes OpTier’s offerings stand out from others on the market today (6:22) * In this ...

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BDNA: Insight to Your Virtual Environment

Podcast Summary: Length: 12:01 * Introduction * Walker White, VP of technology, BDNA (:10) * HWhat BDNA does and how it plays in the virtualization space (:22) * Introducing an update to Insight – Version 6.0 - details (2:50) * Insight is easy to manage - why and how (4:57) * What kind or size of company would most benefit from a BDNA solution (6:29) * In this tough financial climate, what makes BDNA solutions accessible (7:46) * What’s next for BDNA ( ...

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Managing the Cloud with Tap In

Podcast Summary: Length: 29:50 * Introduction * Peter Loh, Founder and CEO, Tap In Systems (:10) * History of Tap In (:19) * Tap In’s recently unveiled Cloud Management Service - details about the service (1:41) * How this solution stands out from others on the market (4:37) * What technologies the Cloud Management Service works with (9:34) * Types and sizes of companies that are most appropriate for this solution (15:45) * How this Cloud solution addresse ...

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Red Hat's Role in Virtualization

Podcast Summary: Length: 14:29 * Introduction * Navin Thadani, Senior Director of Virtualization Services, Red Hat (:10) * History of Red Hat (:21) * Recent announcement - Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization - details on portfolio (1:20) * The response to this initiative (3:18) * Benefits customers see when implementing Red Hat’s Enterprise Virtualization portfolio (4:41) * Types and sizes of companies that are most appropriate for this solution (7:30) * Adv ...

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BlueStripe Enables Emerging Technologies

Podcast Summary: Length: 7:44 * Introduction * Chris Neal, Co-founder and CEO, BlueStripe (:10) * History of BlueStripe (:21) * Newly announced FactFinder product - how it works and who it is appropriate for (1:03) * How products and analytical tools like BlueStripe’s help in the further adoption of emerging technologies such as cloud computing (2:49) * How BlueStripe stands out from other offerings and companies in the industry (4:00) * What plans are for Blu ...

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NIT Connect Talks Virtualization and Green IT

Podcast Summary: Length: 26:07 * Introduction * Lior Blik, President and CEO, NIT Connect (:10) * History of NIT Connect (:19) * How NIT Connect works in the virtualization space (1:21) * NIT Connect has expertise throughout IT - some highlights (4:30) * What makes NIT Connect’s offerings stand out from others on the market (11:50) * Types or sizes of businesses that are best suited to be an NIT Connect customer (16:27) * Insights into the Green Movement ...

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The X-Factor - Crossbeam Debuts 4th Gen X-Series

Podcast Summary: Length: 14:29 * Introduction * Jim Freeze, CMO, Crossbeam (:10) * History of Crossbeam (:19) * The Next Generation Security Platform (1:15) * Crossbeam’s relationship to Check Point (3:14) * Crossbeam’s announcement of the 4th generation of its X-Series security platform -- background on the X-Series and outline of the new features (4:38) * How the X-Series responds to a rapidly-changing security landscape (8:02) * Types and sizes of com ...

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Verizon - All Business On Virtualization

Podcast Summary: Length: 7:33 * Introduction * Jeff Deacon, Virtualization Principal; & Abby Gregory, Manager of Global Services, Verizon Business (:10) * History of Verizon Business (:24) * Recently announced Verizon Business’ Virtualization Consulting and Management Services - details (1:41) * Why news is notable for those in the virtualization industry (2:33) * Virtual environments Verizon Business works in (3:17) * AWhat makes Verizon Business’ virtualiz ...

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Universite de Rennes 2 Relies on Leostream

Podcast Summary: Length: 11:55 * Introduction * Mike Palin, CEO, Leostream and Humberto Duarte, IT Department Co-Director, Universite de Rennes 2, Brittany, France (:10) * History of Leostream (:28) * Universite de Rennes 2 engaged with Leostream on a huge campus-wide virtualization project that allows 17,000+ students and faculty members virtual desktop access (1:53) * Why the school choose to implement such a solution & what issues were addressed by virtualizing the u ...

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Workload Optimization by Double-Take

Podcast Summary: Length: 20:41 * Introduction * Bob Roudebush, Director of Solutions Engineering, Double-Take Software (:10) * History of Double-Take Software (:28) * Announcing Double-Take’s Workload Optimization Suite (1:53) * Suite includes new products as well as enhancements to existing Double-Take products - details (5:04) * How Double-Take’s offerings differ from others on the market (12:15) * When the Workload Optimization Suite will be available and ...

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APTARE's StorageConsole Platform Receives Enhancements

Podcast Summary: Length: 21:58 * Introduction * Rick Clark, President and CEO, APTARE (:10) * History of APTARE (:22) * APTARE’s StorageConsole, a reporting and management platform for storage environments - how it works (2:30) * Just announced Virtualization Manager, an addition to the StorageConsole platform (6:18) * Virtualization Manager’s plans for supporting other virtual platforms, in addition to VMware ESX 3.0+ (11:20) * What differentiates APTARE ...

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DR & Failover in the Cloud - the Doyenz Solution

Podcast Summary: Length: 7:08 * Introduction * Ashutosh Tiwary, CEO, Doyenz (:10) * What has transpired since VSM last spoke with Doyenz (:20) * Doyenz has disaster recovery and failover in the Cloud - how that works (:43) * What is migration in and to the Cloud and what are the advantages (1:45) * What makes Doyenz’ offerings unique (3:03) * What customers are saying (4:14) * How Doyenz’ solution fits into a restricted budget (4:46) * What’s next ...

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KACE Talks Virtual Kontainers

Podcast Summary: Length: 10:13 * Introduction * Bob Kelly, Senior Product Manager, and Lubos Parobek, Vice President of Product Management, KACE (:10) * History of KACE (:25) * KACE announcement - KACE Virtual Kontainers (1:37) * Challenges in a virtual environment that the Virtual Kontainers address (3:01) * Virtual Kontainers 4 distinct capabilities: application isolation, simplified creation, centralized management, and complete control (3:57) * How KACE Virt ...

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Network Instruments Closes the Gap

Podcast Summary: Length: 9:34 * Introduction * Charles Thompson, Product Manager, Network Instruments (:10) * History of Network Instruments (:22) * Network Instruments announcement (:51) * How Network Instruments’ different product areas work together on enterprise -wide reporting (1:42) * Visibility gaps that exist when monitoring virtual environments (4:19) * How NI’s products interface with virtual environments from VMware, Microsoft and Citrix (5:49) ...

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Neverfail at the Heart of vCenter

Podcast Summary: Length: 13:49 * Introduction * Andrew Barnes, Sr. VP of Corporate Development, Neverfail (:10) * History of Neverfail (:22) * Recent announcement - VMware vCenter Server Heartbeat Solution featuring Neverfail (2:46) * How integration with VMware benefits VMware’s customers (5:35) * As a Microsoft partner, how Neverfail’s products work in a Hyper-V environment (7:13) * How Neverfail’s products and solutions compare to other offerings on the ...

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Be Secure with RedCannon

Podcast Summary: Length: 20:42 * Introduction * Vimal Vaidya, CEO and Chairman of Red Cannon (:10) * History of Red Cannon (:23) * RedCannon products and solutions that focus on virtual security (2:06) * VMFW Suite - RedCannon’s flagship product - its components and how do they work together (5:17) * Industries and environments where RedCannon’s solutions are most appropriate (10:49) * How RedCannon’s offerings compare to others on the market (13:35) * ...

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IPAM Goes Virtual with BlueCat Networks

Podcast Summary: Length: 6:50 * Introduction * Branko Miskov, Director of Product Management, BlueCat (:10) * History of BlueCat (:22) * New announcement from BlueCat (:45) * Importance of IP Address Management and DNS/DHCP in a virtual environment (1:22) * BlueCat is a VMware Technology Partner - what that means for customers (2:41) * Industries and environments where BlueCat’s solutions are most appropriate (3:20) * How BlueCat’s offerings stand out fr ...

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Asempra - Recovery With One Click

Podcast Summary: Length: 9:04 * Introduction * Gary Gysin, CEO, Asempra (:12) * History of Asempra (:25) * Asempra’s new release of Business Continuity Server (BCS) - How it works (1:10) * How BCS fit into Asempra’s Business Continuity Appliance (2:15) * Advantages customers would see using an Asempra solution over others on the market (3:43) * Types of environments where Asempra is most appropriate (5:51) * What's next for Asempra (7:27) * Close

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Virtual Computer Talks NxTop

Podcast Summary: Length: 13:17 * Introduction * Dan McCall, president and CEO, Virtual Computer (:10) * History of Virtual Computer (:23) * Virtual Computer’s flagship offering - NxTop (1:55) * What the experience is like for the end user (2:32) * How NxTop compares to other offerings on the market (5:10) * Advantages and challenges to implementing this solution (8:18) * NxTop in beta and accepting users into the beta program (10:18) * When it will be ...

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Emulex Announces OneCommand, and More

Podcast Summary: Length: 12:31 * Introduction * Shaun Walsh, VP of Corporate Marketing, Emulex (:10) * Emulex 30th Anniversary - History of Emulex (:19) * 4 new product & partnership announcements (2:27) * Partnership with RSA should not change customers’ experience (8:18) * Advantages & challenges in implementing OneCommand Management Framework (9:06) * When new offerings will be available (10:05) * What's next for Emulex (10:23) * Close

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Xenocode Launches New Edition of VAS

Podcast Summary: Length: 8:51 * Introduction * Kenji Obata, Founder and CEO, Xenocode (:10) * History of Xenocode (:20) * What’s new in the 2009 edition of Xenocode (1:13) * How an organization would use Xenocode (3:05) * Running different versions of Internet Explorer at the same time using Xenocode (4:39) * Desktop management solutions that work with Xenocode (5:29) * How difficult is it to virtualize applications? (6:37) * For more information about ...

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Doyenz Makes Its Debut

Podcast Summary: Length: 12:52 Vizioncore * Introduction * Ashutosh Tiwary, CEO, Doyenz (:10) * History of Doyenz (:25) * Doyenz solutions focus on eradicating SMB IT challenges (2:56) * What the end user experience is like (4:13) * How Automated Virtual IT compares to other offerings on the market (5:01) * Advantages and challenges to implementing this solution (7:42) * Doyenz solution available February 9, 2009 (10:02) * What's next for Doyenz (10:30) ...

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Optimize with Wind River

Podcast Summary: Length: 11:04 * Introduction * Cory Bialowas, Director of Product Management, Multicore & Virtualization, Wind River (:10) * History of Wind River (:25) * Device Software Optimization (:58) * Wind River’s multicore software solution – what it is, how it works, advantages and challenges (1:47) * Customer response to Wind River’s recently released hypervisor (4:01) * How Wind River’s hypervisor technology compares to other offerings on the ...

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Double-Take's GeoCluster Expands

Podcast Summary: Length: 14:48 * Introduction * Bob Roudebush, Director of Solutions Engineering, Double-Take Software (:10) * History of Double-Take (:23) * Double-Take’s recent announcement of expansion to its GeoCluster offering (1:34) * GeoCluster disaster recovery capabilities (5:19) * Advantages and challenges to utilizing this solution (7:12) * How GeoCluster compares to other offerings on the market (10:51) * What's next for Double-Take (13:13) ...

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GlassHouse Continues Building

Podcast Summary: Length: 20:50 * Introduction * Robbie Higgins, VP of Security Services, Scott Shepherd, Principal Consultant, and Natalie Hahn-O’Flaherty, VP of Marketing for GlassHouse (:10) * History of GlassHouse (:28) * GlassHouse acquisition of CSSG (3:29) * Focus of GlassHouse’s security services division (6:22) * Benefit for customers (7:28) * GlassHouse virtualization services (9:23) * How customer ROI is improved (11:44) * Advantages to eng ...

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Virtual Management by Reflex Systems

Podcast Summary: Length: 13:10 * Introduction * Hezi Moore, President, Founder and CTO, Reflex Systems (:10) * History of Reflex Systems (:23) * New features for Virtualization Management Center (VMC) - product highlights (1:43) * Why Reflex Systems has made changes to VMC (4:04) * How enhanced version of VMC compares to other offerings on the market (4:47) * How VMC interacts with Reflex’s Virtual Security Appliance (6:03) * Advantages and challenges to i ...

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Clearing the Skies: VMware's vCloud

Podcast Summary: Length: 23:55 * Introduction * Dan Chu, Vice President Emerging Products and Markets, VMware (:10) * History of VMware and virtualization (:21) * What the term cloud computing means to VMware (4:53) * How vCloud works (7:27) * How it compares to other offerings on the market (10:55) * How vCloud addresses security issues (14:20) * Advantages and challenges of cloud computing (16:49) * What's next for VMware (20:12) * Close

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Building Business with Virtual Blocks

Podcast Summary: Length: 18:22 * Introduction * Stuart Levinsky, President, Virtual Blocks (:10) * History of Virtual Blocks (:22) * Virtual Blocks products – Virtual Server Grid (VSG) and VIBE, Virtual-in-a-box environment (:56) * How Virtual Server Grid compares to other offerings on the market (4:11) * Why VIBE was created (7:37) * Advantages that come from using VIBE (10:18) * What's next for Virtual Blocks (13:14) * Viewpoint: the future of virtua ...

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Marathon and Microsoft Team Up

Podcast Summary: Length: 16:21 * Introduction * Gary Phillips, President & CEO; and Jerry Melnick, CTO, of Marathon Technologies (:10) * History of Marathon Technologies (:24) * Marathon’s new collaboration with Microsoft (2:24) * How this expanded partnership will benefit customers (5:07) * Challenges associated with implementing the availability solution (8:57) * Appropriate customer for this solution (11:27) * What's next for Marathon (14:08) * For ...

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Virtualization: Changing the Culture of Information Technology

In A Special Virtual Strategy Magazine Roundtable, VSM Speaks With Bob Gill, Managing Director Of Server Research; Bill Trussell, Managing Director Of Security & Networking Research; And Robert Stevenson, Managing Director Of Storage Research, At The Infopro. The Focus - Virtualization: Changing the Culture of Information Technology. Length: 41:12 • Introduction & Welcome (:10) • History of The InfoPro and what they do (1:15) • Benefits that come from participating in their su ...

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Analyze This: Replicate Technology's RDA

VSM speaks with Rich Miller, CEO of Replicate Technologies, about the Replicate Datacenter Analyzer Length: 25:43 • Introduction • Rich Miller, CEO, Replicate Technologies (:10) • History of Replicate Technologies (:22) • A look inside Replicate Datacenter Analyzer (1:02) • Predictive Fault Management (5:26) • Four facets to RDA – Active Discovery, Predictive Analysis, Resolution Guidance, and Knowledge Modules. (7:55) • How RDA stacks up against other offerings on the ...

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Systems Management by KACE

VSM Speaks with Marty Kacin, Co-Founder, President and Chief Technology Officer at KACE, about KBOX and their Systems Management Appliances Length: 18:26 • Introduction • Marty Kacin, Co-founder, President and Chief Technology Officer, KACE (:10) • History of KACE (:20) • Why KACE acquired Computers in Motion and what that has added to the KACE family of products (1:52) • The technical advantages of KBOX over other market offerings (4:04) • Differences he sees working with ...

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PERFMAN Makes its Virtual Mark

VSM Speaks with Jerry Valentine, Project Manager - Capacity Planning and Disaster Recovery at Grange Insurance; and Derek Rodner, Vice President - Product Strategy at PERFMAN, about Management Tools for Virtualized Environments Podcast Summary: Length: 12:36 Introduction Jerry Valentine, Project Manager - Capacity Planning and Disaster Recovery - Grange Insurance; And Derek Rodner, Vice President - Product Strategy - PERFMAN (:10) History of PERFMAN (:27) History of Grange Insurance (1 ...

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Power IT Down Day - The Recap Roundtable

Podcast Summary: Length: 22:59 * Introduction * What Citrix, HP, and Intel are doing individually to go green (:43) * Where the idea for Power IT Down Day came from (4:37) * What went into the planning for Power IT Down Day (6:28) * How the participating companies were chosen (7:18) * Future expansion of the initiative to include other sectors (7:55) * Goal for this first event, and the resulting savings (9:20) * The goals for next years event (11:07) ...

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As uptime says, downtime isnt an option

VSM speaks with Chris Knowles and Alex Bewley of uptime software about up.time 5. Podcast Summary: Length: 15:10 * Introduction * Chris Knowles and Alex Bewley, uptime software * History of uptime software * What Uptime has to offer * How uptime software compares to other offerings on the market * What makes uptime sociable software * Whats next for uptime * Viewpoint: the future of virtualization * For more information about uptime and its offerings ...

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The Suite Life: CommVault Talks Simpana

VSM speaks with Brian Brockway, Vice President of Product Management for CommVault, about their Simpana Suite. Podcast Summary: Length: 10:34 * Introduction * Brian Brockway, Vice President of Product Management, CommVault (:10) * History of CommVault (:19) * CommVault announcement (:57) * Simpana Suite - details and benefits to customers (1:29) * How Simpana functions in a virtual environment (2:39) * CommVault strategic partnership with VMware (3:27) * Wh ...

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PlateSpin Forges Ahead with 2.0

VSM speaks with Stephen Pollack, CEO and founder of PlateSpin about Forge 2.0, the newest release of their Disaster Recovery product Podcast Summary: Length: 16:44 * Introduction * Stephen Pollack, CEO and founder, PlateSpin (:10) * Notable changes at PlateSpin since joining forces with Novell (:23) * PlateSpin announcement - Forge 2.0 disaster recovery product release (1:11) * Changes in PlateSpin Forge product in this new version (1:45)/li> * How the new Forge re ...

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Print Without Limits - UniPrint's VDI Edition

VSM speaks with Arron Fu, Vice President of Software Development at UniPrint about their VDI edition. Podcast Summary: Length: 14:38 * Introduction * Arron Fu, Vice President, Software Development, UniPrint (:10 * History of UniPrint (:19) * How UniPrint fits into the virtualization space (2:16) * How UniPrint has addressed security in its VDI edition (3:47) * Virtualized printing challenges the VDI edition solves (4:43) * How UniPrints products stack up to ot ...

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Certeon Goes Green with aCelera

VSM speaks with Gareth Taube, VP of Marketing for Certeon, about aCelera and Application Acceleration in a virtualized environment. Podcast Summary: Length: 21:09 * Introduction * Gareth Taube, VP of Marketing; Certeon (:10) * History of Certeon (:20) * How Certeon is contributing to the Green movement (3:01) * Certeon secure acceleration technology (4:24) * Certeon primary products aCelera Virtual Appliance & S-Series Application Acceleration Appliance (8:31) ...

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VDIworks: No Longer Bound To The Box

VSM speaks with Rick Hoffman, CEO, and Amir Husain, CTO of VDIworks about their VDI solutions. Podcast Summary: Length: 21:38 * Introduction * Rick Hoffman, CEO, and Amir Husain, CTO, VDIworks (:10) * History of VDIworks (:26) * How their relationship with ClearCube has changed (2:14) * VDIworks virtual desktop solution. - features, benefits and challenges (3:44) * How the VDIworks solution differs from others on the market (6:47) * When it will be available, a ...

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Pillar's Next Generation

VSM speaks with Bob Maness, Vice President of Marketing for Pillar Data Systems, about the Axiom 600 Podcast Summary: Length: 17:01 * Introduction * Bob Maness, Vice President of Marketing, Pillar Data Systems (:10) * History of Pillar Data Systems (:23) * Pillars Axiom 600 - features and capabilities in the virtual environment (2:23) * Impact Axiom 600/MC will have in the marketplace (6:07) * Enhancement to the virtual profiles in the Axiom 600/MC (7:15) * How the Pillar solution is dif ...

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Netuitive Automates Better Performance

VSM speaks with Daniel Heimlich, Vice President of Netuitive Software about their Self-Learning Performance Management Software Podcast Summary: Length: 10:28 * Introduction * Daniel Heimlich, Vice President, Netuitive (:10) * History of Netuitive (:19) * What is self-learning performance management software? (1:00) * Details about the Netuitive Service Analyzer (2:19) * Benefits and challenges of this solution (3:36) * How the Netuitive solution differs from other offerings on the ...

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Virtual Iron Powers UP

VSM speaks with Chris Barclay, Director of Product Management at Virtual Iron about their new software release. Podcast Summary: Length: 9:06 * Introduction * Chris Barclay, Director of Product Management, Virtual Iron (:10) * About Virtual Iron (:20) * Virtual Iron Announces Release version 4.4 (1:24) * Virtual Iron support for Intel Node Manager & how Live Power and Node Manager will work together (2:23) * How the Virtual Iron solution differs from other offering ...

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CA's Management Solution

VSM speaks with John Gilmartin, VMware Group Manager of Product Marketing, about the company's historic and current work in virtualization. Podcast Summary: Length: 15:15 * Introduction * Nasser Ansari, director of product management, and Lakshmi Pedda, senior product marketing manager, CA (:10) * History of CA (:24) * Addressing management challenges associated with a virtualized environment (1:37) * How CAs ASM compares with other offerings on the market (3:14) ...

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VMware Gives Diane Greene the Boot

VSM talks with David Marshall about the recent announcement that VMware replaced Diane Greene (CEO and co-founder) with Ex-Microsoft executive, Paul Maritz. Podcast Summary: Length: 14:22 * Introduction * David Marshall, VMBlog (:10) * Announcement about Diane Greene (:40) * Paul Martiz background (1:30) * Why did VMware make this move? (2:05) * VMware stock drops 25-30% (2:40) * Microsoft announcing Hyper-V, did this play a role? (4:08) * EMC - VMware Love ...

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Improve Operational Efficiency with DynamicOps

VSM speaks with Leslie Muller, CTO of DynamicOps about their product management solutions. Podcast Summary: Length: 26:08 * Introduction * Leslie Muller, CTO, DynamicOps (:10) * History of DynamicsOps (:30) * What Credit Suisse was looking to achieve by developing this solution (1:32) * Comparing DynamicOps to other offerings in the market (2:46) * How DynamicOps treats customers existing management solutions (6:01) * Whats required for a customer to evaluate ...

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Embotics Takes Command

VSM speaks with David Lynch, Vice President of Marketing for Embotics, about their new release, V-Commander 2.0. Podcast Summary: Length: 15:53 * Introduction * David Lynch, VP of Marketing, Embotics (:10) * History of Embotics (:25) * Release of V-Commander 2.0 (1:10) * V-Commander and lifecycle management of virtual machines (2:25) * How it differs from other products in the market (4:05) * Benefits and challenges of implementing this solution (5:26) * ...

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Kusnetzky Talks Virtualization

VSM speaks with Dan Kusnetzky, VSM Columnist and founder for the Kusnetzky Group, about the evolution of Virtualization

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Quest Software and Parallels Inc. Deliver VDI Solution

VSM Speaks with Paul Ghostine, VP & General Manager at Quest Software Provision Networks Division & Corey Thomas, VP of Marketing at Parallels Inc., about their Partnership and VDI Solution. Podcast Summary: Length: 11:54 * Introduction * Paul Ghostine, VP & GM, Quest Software Provision Networks Division, and Corey Thomas, VP Marketing, Parallels Inc. (:10) * History of partnership between Quest Software and Parallels (:27) * Bundled VDI solution resulting from the partner ...

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IDC's Desktop Virtualization Insights

VSM Speaks with Mike Rose, Research Analyst for IDC's Enterprise Virtualization Software Program, about Desktop Virtualization Podcast Summary: Length: 21:05 * Introduction * Michael Rose, Research Analyst, IDC (:10) * Desktop virtualization defined (:47) * Business drivers behind desktop virtualization ( 1:57) * ROI for desktop virtualization(3:13) * Security aspects/benefits of desktop virtualization (6:20) * Current implementation of this technology within e ...

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Desktop Virtualization, The Sun Way

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Desktop Virtualization, The Sun Way

VSM speaks with Vijay Sarathy, Senior Director of Marketing for Sun Microsystems XVM, about Suns Desktop Virtualization Solution. Podcast Summary: Introduction Vijay Sarathy, senior director of marketing for Sun xVM (:10) History behind Sun Microsystems (:21) Suns newest virtualization offering announcement (1:40) The Sun xVM portfolio and Virtual Desktop Infrastructure Software 2.0 (5:02) Highlights of both VirtualBox 1.6 and xVM Server, and their appeal to the open source communi ...

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Xsigo and Verari Team Up

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Xsigo and Verari Team Up

VSM Speaks With Jon Toor Xsigos VP of Marketing, Kevin McGrath Verari Systems VP and General Manager, Storage Group, and Dan Gatti Senior VP of Marketing, Verari Systems, about their new partnership. Podcast Summary: Introduction Jon Toor Xsigos VP of Marketing, Kevin McGrath Verari Systems VP and General Manager, Storage Group, and Dan Gatti Senior VP of Marketing, Verari Systems (:10) History of Xsigo and Verari Systems (:30) Announcing special partnership between X ...

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Xenocode's Flagship Hits the Market

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Xenocode's Flagship Hits the Market

VSM speaks with Kenji Obata, CEO and founder of Xenocode, about their new product, Virtual Application Studio. Podcast Summary: Introduction Kenji Obata, CEO and founder, Xenocode (:10) History of Xenocode (:19) Xenocode launching flagship offering Virtual Application Studio (1:36) How this application differs from other offerings in the marketplace (2:18) Environments that would most benefit from Xenocodes Virtual Application Studio (3:02) Xenocode advantage over other companies ...

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NComputing Maximizes Desktops While Reducing Costs

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NComputing Maximizes Desktops While Reducing Costs

VSM Speaks With Stephen Dukker, Chairman And CEO Of Ncomputing, About Their Desktop Virtualization Solution. Podcast Summary: Introduction Stephen Dukker, Chairman and CEO, NComputing (:10) History behind NComputing (:18) How Ncomputings virtualization software multiplies PC access while reducing cost (2:06) The benefits of creating a desktop virtualization solution (3:36) How the NComputing solution differs from other offerings in the market (7:38) Why schools have shown such an in ...

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Aspentech Announces AspenOne Solution

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Aspentech Announces AspenOne Solution

VSM Speaks With Chris Colyer, Director of Worldwide Manufacturing Operations at Microsoft, and Blair Wheeler, Senior VP of Marketing at AspenTech, about their new partnership. Podcast Summary: Introduction Chris Colyer, Director of Worldwide Manufacturing Operations, Microsoft & Blair Wheeler, Senior VP of Marketing, AspenTech (:10) History behind AspenTech (:29) AspenTechs AspenONE solution and its partnering with Microsoft (2:20) How the relationship with Microsoft came about (4 ...

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VMsafe and Sound

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VMsafe and Sound

VSM speaks with Parag Patel, VP of Alliances at VMware, about VMsafe and security for a virtualized environment. Podcast Summary: Introduction Parag Patel, VP of Alliances, VMware (:10) VMsafe VMwares new security product (:19) Benefits of VMsafe (:58) What it protects (2:02) How VMsafe interacts with other technologies on the market (2:51) The VMsafe Partner Program (3:35) How VMsafe differs from other solutions on the market (4:22) When it will be available to the public ( ...

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10 Minutes to Xen - 006

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10 Minutes to Xen - 006

VSM speaks with Simon Crosby, Chief Technology Officer, Citrix XenServer, about Citrix XenServer development and release of XenServer 4.1 Podcast Summary: Introduction Simon Crosby, Chief Technology Officer, Citrix XenServer (:10) New announcements and news about the release of XenServer 4.1 (:18) Citrix XenServer partnership with Netapp (2:13) XenServer 4.1 shipping now and available for download (5:35) Management of physical & virtual server environment from one location (6:30) Whe ...

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MokaFive Makes It Easy

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Go with the AccessFlow

VSMspeaks with Bill Demas, President&CEO, and John Whaley, Founder, of MokaFive about Desktop Virtualization and LivePC.Podcast Summary:IntroductionBill Demas, President&CEO, and John Whaley, Founder, MokaFive (:10)History behind the company (:28)Origin of the company name (1:41)Launch of MokaFive and announcement of new product (1:58)How MokaFives Virtual Desktop Solution differs from others in the market (3:45)MokaFives LivePC technology (5:17)Throwing Away your desktop (7:27)When thi ...

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Go with the AccessFlow

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Monitoring Virtual Traffic with Altor Networks

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CA Talks About Consolidation and Consumption

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CA Talks About Consolidation and Consumption

VSM speaks with Vince Re, SVP and chief architect for CA about consolidation on the mainframe and energy consumption in IT organizations. Podcast Summary: Introduction Vince Re, SVP and chief architect, CA (:10) History behind CA (:22) Why energy consumption has become a big issue for IT organizations (:52) Forces driving energy consumption upwards (3:18) Energy consumption in the coming years (6:54) What IT organizations can do to address rising energy costs & energy consumption (9 ...

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Montego Networks Launches!

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Montego Networks Launches!

VSM speaks with Bob Durabant, Co-founder and CEO, and John Peterson, Co-founder and CTO, of Montego Networks about their virtual security solutions. Podcast Summary: Introduction Bob Durabant, Co-founder & CEO, and John Peterson, Co-founder & CTO, Montego Networks (:10) History behind Montego Networks (:25) The origin of the name Montego Networks (1:07) How their security solutions differ from those of Reflex Security (1:52) Details about Montego Networks solutions (3:17) How they ...

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HP Adds to Its Virtualization Portfolio

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HP Adds to Its Virtualization Portfolio

VSM speaks with Nick Van Der Zweep, Director of Virtualization and Product Development for the HP infrastructure software group, about HPs virtualization strategy and products. Podcast Summary: Introduction Nick Van Der Zweep, Director of Virtualization & Product Development, HP (:10) What HP is doing in virtualization space (1:13) Announcements at Barcelona event new services for datacenter transformation, new HP Proliant Servers and updated virtualization software (2:03) H ...

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everRun VM Hits the Ground Running

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everRun VM Hits the Ground Running

VSM speaks with Steve Keilen, VP of Marketing and Michael Bilancieri, Director of Products, at Marathon Technologies about automated High Availability, Fault Tolerant and Disaster Recovery Software. Podcast Summary: Introduction Steve Keilen, VP-Marketing & Michael Bilancieri, Director-Products, Marathon Technologies (:10) History behind Marathon Technologies (:23) New product announcement everRun VM and how it works (1:28) Benefits and value of everRun VM (2:32) How everRun VM d ...

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10 Minutes to Xen - 005

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10 Minutes to Xen - 005

VSM speaks with Simon Crosby, CTO of Citrix XenServer, about a new product from HP called the Citrix XenServer HP Select Edition. Recorded March 19, 2008. Podcast Summary: Introduction Simon Crosby, Founder and CTO, XenSource (:05) Citrix XenServer HP Select Edition and Enterprise Edition (:40) Proliant Virtual Console (1:08) Full Turn Key Virtualization (2:00) Product will ship on 3/31 (4:17) Also available as an upgrade for existing Proliant Servers (4:4 ...

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The Next Wave of Virtualization with VirtualLogix

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The Next Wave of Virtualization with VirtualLogix

VSM speaks with Mark Milligan, Vice President of Marketing for VirtualLogix, about virtualization trends and the future of the industry. Podcast Summary: Introduction Mark Milligan, Vice President of Marketing, VirtualLogix (:10) History of VirtualLogix (:22) How virtualization will deploy in embedded systems & non-server infrastructure (:56) Virtualization of embedded systems is happening now but in early stages (3:12) Applications that will benefit most from this form of virtualiza ...

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Virtual Lab Management by Surgient

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Virtual Lab Management by Surgient

VSM speaks with Erik Josowitz, VP of Product Strategy at Surgient, about Virtual Lab Management. Podcast Summary: Introduction Erik Josowitz, Vice President of Product Strategy, Surgient (:10) History of Surgient (:21) What virtual labs are & why theyre necessary (1:11) Surgient Virtual QA/Test Lab Management System & how it works (4:13) How VQMS compares with products on the market, such as VMware Lab Manager (9:23) Relationship between virtual test lab management & automated test m ...

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Get Higher than High with xkoto's GRIDSCALE

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Get Higher than High with xkoto's GRIDSCALE

VSM Speaks with David Patrick, CEO; and Albert Lee, Chief Strategy Officer & Co-Founder of xkoto, about data virtualization. Podcast Summary: Introduction David Patrick, CEO; and Albert Lee, Chief Strategy Officer & Co-Founder, xkoto (:10) History of xkoto (:21) The need for data virtualization and how it differs from other technology solutions (1:52) How data virtualization relates to other virtualization tools like application and server virtualization (4:05) xkotos GRIDSCALE solut ...

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Utilize, Simplify and Scale with Pillar Storage

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Utilize, Simplify and Scale with Pillar Storage

VSM Speaks With Bob Maness, Vice President Of Marketing At Pillar Data Systems, About Application-Aware Storage Systems Podcast Summary: Introduction Bob Maness, Vice President of Marketing, Pillar Data Systems (:10) History of Pillar Data Systems (:18) What application-aware means for virtual environments (3:31) How virtualization applies to storage and where Pillar Data fits in (5:04) How Pillar Data works with VMware, Oracle, Citrix and their virtualization products (8:32) Whats n ...

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Life After Acquisition - An Interview with Dell EqualLogic

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Life After Acquisition - An Interview with Dell EqualLogic

VSM Speaks with John Joseph, VP of Marketing, Dell EqualLogic Storage Solutions, about the recent acquisition by Dell. Podcast Summary: Introduction John Joseph, VP of Marketing, Dell EqualLogic Storage Solutions (:10) History of EqualLogic (:21) EqualLogics recent acquisition by Dell changes and advantages that will result (2:00) How the two companies products and solutions will integrate (5:28) Dell EqualLogic PS5000 Series features (7:41) Next focus for EqualLogic (13:22) View ...

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Don't Run Naked

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Don't Run Naked

VSM Speaks with Edmundo Costa, Catbird COO and VP of Sales, about comprehensive security solutions for virtual and physical networks. Podcast Summary: Introduction Edmundo Costa, COO and VP of Sales, Catbird (:10) History of Catbird and its name (:20) V-Agent virtualization security product & how it works (2:33) HypervisorShield dedicated hypervisor security solution (4:33) Upcoming announcement at VMworld Europe VMShield (6:33) How VMShield differs from other products on the mark ...

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VMworld Europe Report - 2008/02/27

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VMworld Europe Report - 2008/02/27

VSM speaks with David Marshall of VMBlog as he reports live from VMworld Europe 2008 at the end of Day Two. Podcast Summary: Introduction David Marshall, VMBlog (:10) Second Day of VMworld Europe (:34) Keynote with Mendel Rosenblum (1:15) The Phases of Innovation (2:06) vServices: Phase II for VMware (2:36) How Virtual Appliances fit into vServices (3:30) VMsafe™ Demonstration (4:30) Vendor Booths (6:20) New Product Updates coming (7:02) New P ...

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VMworld Europe Report - 2008/02/26

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VMworld Europe Report - 2008/02/26

Podcast Summary: Introduction David Marshall, VMBlog (:10) 4000+ Attendees (:32) Differences between VMworld Europe and VMworld (USA) (1:17) Product Highlights (2:30) Keynotes with Diane Greene (3:49) British Telcom (4:10) Hardware Platforms with 3i Embedded (5:00) Whats Hot (5:40) Diane Greene demonstrates Application Virtualization (6:22) Mendel Rosenblum Keynote on Security tommorow (8:15) Close

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The Missing Piece of Virtualization

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Kidaro's Desktop Virtualization at Work

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The Missing Piece of Virtualization

VSM Speaks with Dave Zabrowski, CEO and President of Neterion, about IO Virtualization. Podcast Summary: Introduction Dave Zabrowski, CEO and President, Neterion (:10) History of Neterion (:21) The missing piece of virtualization- IO Virtualization (2:12) IOVs advantages and challenges (5:17) How 10gig Ethernet fits into the future of virtualization (7:02) Neterion to announce industrys first IO virtualized solution (8:19) How the x3100 differs from Neterions earlier products and ...

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Kidaro's Desktop Virtualization at Work

VSM Speaks with Kevin Brown, CEO of Kidaro, about desktop virtualization. Podcast Summary: Introduction Kevin Brown, CEO of Kidaro (:10) History of Kidaro (:18) How desktop virtualization fits into the virtualization landscape (:51) Benefits of desktop virtualization (1:58) Risks involved (3:04) Kidaros approach to disaster recovery (6:12) Next focus for Kidaro (8:49) Viewpoint: The future of virtualization (9:43) For more information about Kidaro and its products (11:30) Close

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VMware - Past, Present and Future

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VMware - Past, Present and Future

VSM speaks with John Gilmartin, VMware Group Manager of Product Marketing, about the companys historic and current work in virtualization. Podcast Summary: Introduction John Gilmartin, Group Manager of Product Marketing, VMware (:10) How VMware has become the most prominent company in virtualization (:20) The evolution of VMwares product lines, and the new ESX Server 3i (2:05) The differences between ESX server 3 and ESX server 3i, and the advantages and challenges associated with ea ...

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Keep it Protected with Reflex Security

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Keep it Protected with Reflex Security

VSM speaks with Hezi Moore, Founder and CTO of Reflex Security, about security for the virtualized environment. Podcast Summary: Introduction Hezi Moore, Founder and CTO, Reflex Security (:10) About Reflex Security and Hezis role (:22) Visibility, compliance, server mobility are security concerns in a virtualized environment (1:45) Reflex Securitys Virtual Security Appliance (VSA) (3:23) How Reflex Securitys VSA differs from other offerings in the marketplace (4:10) Focus on add ...

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Go With the Workflow

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Go With the Workflow

VSM Speaks with Sumit Dhawan, Director of Product Marketing for the Desktop Delivery Group at Citrix, about virtualization product announcements. Podcast Summary Introduction Sumit Dhawan, Director of Product Marketing, Desktop Delivery Group, Citrix (:10) New announcements from Citrix (:20) Citrix Delivery Center product family (1:55) Why Citrix is introducing this new brand (3:59) Change in name from Citrix Presentation Server to XenApp (5:55) Citrix Workflow Studio What it does ...

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AMD's Virtualization Strategy

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AMD's Virtualization Strategy

VSM Speaks with Tim Mueting, Manager of AMDs Virtualization Strategy, about the companys work with virtualization. Podcast Summary Introduction Tim Mueting, Manager of Virtualization Strategy, AMD (:10) Importance of hardware when determining a virtualization solution (:20) Benefits of implementing a virtualization solution in a data center (2:10) Why 2007 was a hot year for virtualization (4:32) Details about AMD-V technology (5:42) Rapid Virtualization Indexing (6:55) What AMD i ...

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Controlling the Sprawl with Embotics

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Controlling the Sprawl with Embotics

VSM speaks with David Lynch, VP of Marketing for Embotics, about V-Commander and VM Lifecycle Management. Podcast Summary Introduction David Lynch, VP of Marketing, Embotics (:10) About Embotics and Davids role at the company (:20) V-Commander explained centralized policy-based management and control system for virtual machines (1:38) Differences in managing physical and virtualized environments, and how Embotics has addressed the challenges posed by virtualization (6:15) Embotic ...

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Taking Charge with Akorri

VSM speaks with Thomas Joyce, CEO and President of Akorri, about Management Software for Virtualized Datacenters. Podcast Summary Introduction Tom Joyce, CEO and President of Akorri (:10) The focus at Akorri (:22) Akorris work with Cross-Domain Performance Management (:50) Typical usage case for Akorris BalancePoint product (3:07) How BalancePoint is different from system management tools (5:57) Whats next at Akorri (7:23) For more information (8:47) Close

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Hyperic Works for Mosso

VSM speaks with Javier Saltero, CEO of Hyperic, and Jonathan Bryce, Co-founder of Mosso, about Hyperic HQ in action at Mosso. Podcast Summary Introduction Javier Saltero, CEO of Hyperic, and Jonathan Bryce, Co-founder of Mosso (:10) Hosting work that Mosso performs (:30) Mossos search for a monitoring system that works with multiple technologies(1:12) Solutions that Mosso considered (2:08) Why Mosso selected Hyperic HQ (2:54) Implementation timeframe (4:02) Hyperic HQ key features ...

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10 Minutes to Xen - 004

VSM speaks with Simon Crosby, Founder and CTO of XenSource, about XenSources integration into Citrix. Recorded December 12, 2007. Podcast Summary: Introduction Simon Crosby, Founder and CTO, XenSource (:05) Busy integrating XenSource into Citrix (:13) Virtualization Management Division delivering entire solutions (:37) XenServer optimized to run Presentation Server (1:00) XenServer OEM component of Citrix XenDesktop VDI Broker (1:15) XenServer and Provisioning Server (1:37) Ho ...

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Backup Your Virtual Machines with esXpress

VSM speaks with Ken Harbin, President of PHD Technologies, about esXpress backup software for the virtualized environment. Podcast Summary: Introduction Ken Harbin, President of PHD Technologies (:10) His role at PHD Technologies and history of the company (:22) esXpress and how it differs from other backup tools (:50) New capabilities and efficiencies, including file level restore, in esXpress v3.1 (1:22) Partnerships with Virtual Iron, VMware, and Xen, plus porting esXpress to their ...

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The Power of Partnership

VSM speaks with Henrik Rosendahl, CEO of Thinstall, and Kingsley Wood, Director of Business Development for Macrovision, about their products and new partnership. Podcast Summary: Introduction Henrik Rosendahl, CEO of Thinstall, and Kingsley Wood, Director Of Business Development for Macrovision (:12) Thinstall technology enables packaging of windows applications into executable file (:24) Macrovision InstallShield & AdminStudio product line help manage applications (1:22) New partnersh ...

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Virtualization Goes to College

VSM speaks with Jonathan Mark Nelson, Chief Technology Officer for the American Association of Community Colleges, about the AACCs experiences using virtualization. Podcast Summary: Introduction Jonathan Mark Nelson, Chief Technology Officer, AACC (:10) What the Association does and his role with the organization (:22) What led the AACC to consider virtualization (1:50) Virtualization products the Association chose to implement when they began and why (3:08) What has changed at the ...

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Backup and Restore with Vizioncore

VSM speaks with George Pradel, Senior Systems Engineer of Vizioncore, about virtualization and Vizioncores vRanger Pro backup software. Podcast Summary: Introduction George Pradel, Senior Systems Engineer, Vizioncore (:10) What Vizioncore does and his role at the company (:20) Vizioncores partnerships with key companies involved in virtualization (1:06) Greatest challenges to managing virtual environments (2:07) Capabilities of Vizioncores vRanger Pro (4:45) P2VDR option in vRang ...

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The Utility Company

VSM speaks with Mark Scott, President and Founder of The Utility Company Podcast Summary: Introduction Mark Scott, President of The Utility Company (:10) Technology industry issues The Utility Company looks to solve (:22) How The Utility Company differs from other managed service providers (1:25) The Utility Company franchising model (3:20) The Connected Office (5:40) The Utility Service Center web portal (8:17) Next event and software release for The Utility Company (10:08) Marks view ...

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NEC introduces Fault-Tolerant servers for Virtualization

VSM speaks with Mike Mitsch, General Manager, Alliances, IT Platform Group of NEC, about what NEC is doing in the area of Virtualization. Podcast Summary: Introduction Mike Mitsch, General Manager, Alliances, IT Platform Group of NEC (:10) Mikes role at NEC (:25) Fault tolerant servers (:49) How fault tolerant servers fit into server consolidation and virtualization projects (1:46 ) Industries seeing the greatest benefit from fault tolerant servers, consolidation and virtualization (2: ...

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PanoLogic Server-Based Desktop Virtualization Solution

VSM speaks with Nick Gault, CEO of Pano Logic, about their purpose-built server-based desktop virtualization solution. Podcast Summary: Introduction Nick Gault, CEO of Pano Logic (:10) Pano Logic history and recent launch of desktop virtualization solution (:25) Difference between Pano and thin clients (1:00) Pano Logics claim of close to 70% reduction in TCO (6:48) Description of Pano Mangement Server (8:55) Pano may eliminate some barriers to VDI solution and encourage a wider adopti ...

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10 Minutes to Xen - 003

VSM speaks with Simon Crosby, Founder and CTO of XenSource, about XenExpress OEM Edition and the Citrix acquisition. Recorded September 27, 2007. Podcast Summary: Introduction Simon Crosby, Founder and CTO, XenSource (:05) XenExpress OEM edition announced at VMWorld (:15) Product boots using read-only flash memory sitting on hardware (1:22) XenSource acquisition by Citrix and how it will affect customers (2:32) Integration with Citrix (4:35) Partnership with Platform Computing ...

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Success of Kichler Lighting, Sun Customer

VSM speaks with Mike Sink, Director of IT Infrastructure for Kichler Lighting, a Sun Virtualization customer, about their implementation of Solaris containers. Introduction Mike Sink, Kichler Lighting, a Sun virtualization customer (:10) Description of Kichler Lighting and the role IT plays there (:22) Why Kichler chose to utilize virtualization (1:05) What it was like to add the Solaris platform to their existing IT environment (2:00) How including Sun virtualization changed their day t ...

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Virtual Iron Flexes Muscles with Version 4.0

Introduction Mike Grandinetti, Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer, Virtual Iron (:10) Announcing Virtual Iron version 4.0 (:25) New features in 4.0 (1:20) Virtual infrastructure management enhancements (1:32) Commercially supported Linux kernel and drivers (2:55) Synchronization with Xen 3.1 Hypervisor(4:08) Expanded support for most widely distributed operating systems (5:00) Added new higher end package Extended Enterprise Edition (5:35) Relationship between PlateSpin and Vir ...

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Red Hat's View on Virtualization

VSM speaks with Joel Berman, Project Management Director for Red Hat, about integration of virtualization technology in Red Hat software. Introduction Joel Berman, Project Management Director, Red Hat (:10) Reasons for using Red Hat software open source and cost of computing (:20) Why Red Hat chose to integrate Xen virtualization technology (2:12) Xen vs VMware (3:20) Thoughts on Citrixs purchase of XenSource (6:10) Future of virtualization and Xen (8:55) For more information about Red ...

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FalconStor CDP Virtual Appliance

VSM speaks with Diamond Lauffin, Senior Product Strategist at FalconStor, about their new CDP Virtual Appliance for VMware. Introduction Diamond Lauffin, Senior Product Strategist, FalconStor (:10) New CDP Virtual Appliance for VMware (:20) Key components of the new offering (1:32) P2V and V2V capabilities (4:35) Hypertrac functionality (5:40) Why distribute as virtual appliance (6:28) What FalconStor will be showing at VMworld (7:12) Whats next for FalconStor? (7:50) For more informati ...

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10 Minutes to Xen - 002

VSM speaks with Simon Crosby, Founder and CTO of XenSource, about Citrix acquisition and XenSource 4.0. Recorded August 16, 2007. Podcast Summary: Introduction Simon Crosby, Founder and CTO, XenSource (:10) Citrix agreement to acquire XenSource growth opportunity (:25) Citrix and XenSource competitive with VMware in different areas (2:45) XenSource name will probably remain (3:45) XenSource 4.0 Product (4:00) Storage architecture different from VMware open API (4:45) Symantec par ...

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Leostream and Desktop Virtualization

VSM speaks with David Crosbie, CTO of Leostream, about the direction of desktop virtualization and lessons learned in development Introduction David Crosbie, CTO, Leostream (:10 Desktop virtualization (:22) History of Connection Broker software (:40) How it works (1:45) Use of thin clients (3:18) New software release 5.0 (4:25) Thin client acting as fat desktop ( 6:00) How desktop solution works and its components (7:10) Ease of software setup (8:06) For more information about Leostream ...

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A Closer Look: VMware's IPO

VSM speaks with Daniel Kusnetzky, President and Principal Analyst of the Kusnetzky Group, about VMware and its upcoming IPO Introduction Daniel Kusnetzky, President and Principal Analyst, Kusnetzky Group (:10) Factors driving WMware IPO (:35) Why now? Timing of offering (:2:30) Competitive Landscape (3:45) Virtual machine software and Xen ( 4:30 ) Operating system virtualization and Solaris, HP (5:35) Management tools and competition (6:05 ) Virtual machine replication and competiti ...

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Sun's Greener Datacenter

VSM speaks with Tony Kay, Systems Virtualization Manager for Sun, about the greener datacenter and the Sun Blade 6000 Introduction Tony Kay, Systems Virtualization Manager for Sun (:10) Being green is a driving force ( :28) Businesses focus on datacenter energy use (1:17) Virtualization and server consolidation play roles in reducing energy consumption ( 3:02) Coolthreads Technology (4:52) Sun Blade 6000 system ( 9:00) Steps Sun is taking towards greener datacenter ( 12:18) VT ena ...

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10 Minutes to Xen - 001

Join John Bara for this 10 minute update on the latest news from XenSource. Recorded August 17th, 2007. Podcast Summary: OEM Agreement with Symantec 550 New Customers Xen Enterprise product highlights Symantec Partnership Details Other Recent Partnerships XenEnterprise 4.0 Beta

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IDC Research on the Growth of Virtualization

VSM speaks with Stephen Elliot, Research Manager for IDCs Enterprise Systems Management Software Service and Industry Insights IT Management Service, about the dramatic growth of virtualization Introduction Stephen Elliot, Research Manager for IDCs Enterprise Systems Management Software Service and Industry Insights IT Management Service (:10) Key benefits research findings (:48) Cost savings, process side, efficiency (1:10) Creation of virtual computing teams (2:30) Key challenges ...

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VMware Virtual Appliances

VSM speaks with Srinivas Krishnamurti, Director, Developer of Product & Market Development, VMware, about virtual appliances Introduction Srinivas Krishnamurti, Director, Developer of Product & Market Development, VMware (:10) What a virtual appliance is (:25) Software distribution using a virtual machine (1:20) What is needed to run a virtual appliance (4:25) Number of available virtual appliances is growing (6:35) Popular virtual appliances ( 7:35) How to create your own virtual appli ...

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Enomalism and Elastic Cloud Computing

VSM speaks with Reuven Cohen, Founder and CTO of Enomaly, about Enomalism and Elastic Cloud Computing (EC2) Introduction Reuven Cohen, Founder and CTO of Enomaly (:12) Company background and what they do (:27) Enomalism Xen based virtual server management system (1:36) Cloud based computing (2:10) Enomaly and Amazon Elastic Compute Cloud (2:42) Work with Xen Source (3:52) Enomalys approach to computing cloud (5:15) Automatic management of Xen or VMware images (7:02) Innovative uses o ...

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Roundtable 003 - Disaster Recovery and Business Continuity

Panelists: Ed Harnish, VP of Marketing Acronis Poulomi Damany, Senior Director of Product Management Symantec Don Norbeck, Director of Product Development SunGard Availability Services Roundtable Information: Virtual Strategy Magazine is pleased to announce the third VSM Roundtable Discussion, part of an ongoing series where our members can have their questions answered on the virtualization topics. Roundtable 003 Podcast Summary: Length: 21:33 I imagine that my company is ...

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Book Review: Professional VMware Server

VSM speaks with Eric Hammersley author of a new book entitled Professional VMware Server Introduction CIO of the SASSI Institute (00:14) Business driver for Server virtualization (00:42) About the book Professional VMware server (01:34) The book evolved into a beast of Erics creation (01:48) Contorting VMwares software to new limits (02:49) Scripting, coding, automation and how you can.. (03:30) Save money, time and headaches (03:55) Software development was grueling, expensive, ti ...

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Intel explains VT technology

VSM speaks with Jake Smith, Advanced Server Technology Team for Intel about Intels VT technology. Introduction Advanced Server Technology Team (00:12) Intel VT changing the datacenter (00:26) Working with VMware (01:29) Goal of 60 percent utilization for Xeon (01:48) Intell VT was developed to help utilization and resource management (02:21) Simplifying programming for XenSource, SWsoft, Parallels (03:22) What is VTx and VTi (04:02) Business benefits, improved performance and reliabilit ...

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3tera Announces New Release of AppLogic

Introduction About 3Tera (00:23) Enabling Utility Computing (00:51) Building and scaling large online services without large capital expense (00:57) Advantages of Utility Computing (01:40) Virtual Private Datacenters (02:15) Using AppLogic to build an online application without co-location (02:20) Grid power without rewriting any code, use your present software as is (03:12) Provisioning new copies of applications in seconds (04:00) About grid computing (05:00) AppLogic enables online bank ...

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OS Virtualization vs Hypervisor Virtualization

VSM speaks with Serguei Beloussov, Chairman and CEO of SWSoft about the differences between OS Virtualization and Hypervisor Virtualization. Introduction About SWsoft products (00:46) What is OS virtualization? (01:28) Disadvantages of OS virtualization (03:00) Same patch level, drivers and low level kernel services (03:30) Advantages include better Density, easier management (03:44) Better performance and scalability (06:00) Hypervisor virtualization is much better in development (07:22 ...

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Roundtable 002 - Chargeback and Other Virtualization Management Issues

Panelists: Kevin Leahy, IBM Director of Virtualization Alan Murray, Novell VP of Product Management Serguei Beloussov, SWsoft Chairman and CEO Roundtable Information: Virtual Strategy Magazine is pleased to announce the first VSM Roundtable Discussion where our members can have their questions answered on the topic of Migrating Physical Servers to a Virtual Environment. Roundtable 002 Podcast Summary: Length: 47:56 Introduction Q: When our company finishes its virtualization p ...

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New England VMware User's Group

VSM speaks with Chris Harney, Head of the N.E. VMware Users Group (VMUG) Introduction Chris Harney, System engineer for LL Bean and head of VMwares user group in New england (00:10) How has virtualization changed (00:30) New England VMware User Group has 250 members (01:15) Instructors and vendor go to meeting to teach (01:32) V-motion and VMware Converter (02:20) SAN sprawl (03:42) Storage Virtualization (04:30) VM world (05:03) Issues with SANs and performance monitoring (05:35) Cha ...

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Deploying iSCSI SANs in a Virtualized Environment

VSM speaks with Scott Wilson, Regional Sales Manager for LeftHand Networks about iSCSI SANs Introduction Pioneer of iSCSI (00:37) Created an iSCSI OS; SAN IQ(01:01) Storage clusters vs Grid storage(02:20) SAN IQ powers 7 Pedabytes of storage (03:00) Partnered with VMvare (03:38) Server virtualization is driving the iSCSI storage market (04:42) LeftHand is like VMware (05:32) SAN IQ creates virtual volumes (06:47) Virtual Volumes can be distributed across multiple physical servers (07:15) ...

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Xen Summit Update

VSM speaks with Simon Crosby, CEO and co-Founder of XenSource about the Xen Summit. Introduction Highlights of the Xen Summit (00:15) Hosted by IBM (00:41) 150 contributors to Xen attended the 2 days (01:02) Samsung is developing Xen for Arm 9 processors (01:32) Use cases for PDAs (01:52) Reduces CPUs and power consumption (01:58) SGI Altix using Xen (02:28) Xen VM on your PDA or cell phone (03:09) Secure XMLR PC based management API (04:15) SDK for venders (04:34) 3D graphics support VMGL ...

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VirtualIron and Provision Networks partnership

VSM speaks with Mike Grandinetti, Vice President and Chief Marketing Officer of Virtual Iron, about Virtual Iron and Provision Networks New Partnership and Bundled VDI Solution. Introduction Pre-integrated, bundled and server hosted virtual desktop solution (00:32) Struggling with ability to manage corporate desktop infrastructure (01:02) Security risks and power consumption (01:53) Microsoft Vista, stop the insanity (02:42) How do I go beyond this waste of resources (03:44) VMware Ace, M ...

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PlateSpin and Unified Workload Management

VSM speaks with Stephen Pollack, founder and CEO of PlateSpin about Virtualization and Unified Workload Management Introduction Fastest growing companies in Canada (00:15) Server consolidation and disaster recovery (00:20) P2V and assessment tools (00:30) How PlateSpin helps companies adopt Data Center infrastructure (00:42) Unified Workload Management (01:55) Virtualization and provisioning (02:10) Planning to have the workload in the right place at the right time (03:30) Provisioning, ...

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SoftGrid Application Virtualization

VSM speaks with Bill Corrigan, Director of Product Management for SoftGrid (formerly Softricity) about Application Virtualization Introduction What is SoftGrid (00:20) Application virtualization Overview (00:45) Application isolation (01:05) On demand streaming (01:40) Suiteing and Efficiency (02:26) Acquisition by Microsoft (03:56) Microsoft is the only complete virtualization and management vendor(04:39) Microsofts virtualization products stack (04:46) Managing physical and virtual ...

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Solaris containers and Sun's view on virtualization

VSM speaks with Paul Steeves, Virtualization Marketing Director : Software Group, Sun Microsystems about Solaris containers and Suns view on virtualization. Podcast Summary: Introduction (00:00) Pauls role at Sun and background (00:20) Server Consolidation (01:46) Power and cooling issues (02:48) Mobility and flexibility (03:20) Load shifting and Disaster Recovery (04:04) Utilization, Provisioning and Business Continuity (04:10) Security with Solaris Containers (04:40) Eliminating We ...

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iSCSI storage in VMware Environments

VSM speaks with Eric Schott, Director of Product Management for EqualLogic about the business drivers and challenges around iSCSI storage in VMware environments. Podcast Summary: Introduction iSCSI EqualLogic Storage Arrays Network considerations Booting ESX from iSCSI SANs Storage vendor performance EqualLogic / VMware partnership Disaster Recovery Replication across physical locations Customer stories Closing

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P2V conversions with Leostream

VSM speaks with David Crosbie, CTO and Founder of Leostream about how to plan for effective p2v conversions and the different tools that are available. Podcast Summary: Introduction problems with virtualization the typical scenario Progress in P2V technology Future directions P>V Direct runs in a vm proxy Supports only VMware currently Supports NT4, 2000, XP and 2003 Differences between P2V tools Hosted Desktop Connection Broker Closing

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v-Available partnership with XenSource

VSM speaks with Steven Keilen, VP of Marketing and Michael Bilancieri, Director of Products for Marathon Technologies Corporation Podcast Summary: Introduction v-Available Initiative Fault-tolerant class availability for virtualization everRun overview product suite based on XenEnterprise XenSource Partnership Reducing cost and complexity Dial-in level of availability Windows and Linux support Clustering and compatibility True Continuous availability Benefits Closing

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Virtualization Changes the Rules on Server Security

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Common Misconceptions of Server Consolidation

Audio version of a written article by Scott Feuless, Senior Consultant for Compass Consulting Podcast Summary: Introduction Common Misconceptions #1: Server consolidation and virtualization save money by reducing personnel requirements. #2: Server consolidation saves money on software licensing #3: Virtualization means increased reliability. #4: Hardware and software vendors will be objective. #5: Server consolidation and virtualization is a one-time IT project. #6: Virtualization is a ...

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Storage Virtualization with SAN Volume Controller

VSM speaks with Tony Owens, Senior Systems Engineer with Arrow Electronics on the topic of Storage Virtualization with IBM SVC. Podcast Summary: Introduction Different types of Storage Virtualization Business Drivers Avoiding Vendor Lock-in Technology Maturity SMB markets Migrating on SVC SVC is an appliance When is SVC not the right choice Customer Feedback For more information Closing

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Using VMware Converter for P2V

VSM speaks with Mark Gabryjelski, Senior Systems Engineer and Mentor for Expert Server Group about VMware Converter P2V Tool. Podcast Summary: Introduction Differences between P2V Assistant and VMware Converter Standard Edition Enterprise Edition Migrating Virtual Machines (V2V) Advantages of Enterprise Edition Support for Symantec Backup Exec Test Setup Results Using Converter for Cloning Best Practices Hot Cloning & Cold Cloning LiveCD Licensing Closing Previous Articles & Podcast ...

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Introduction to FastScale Composer

VSM speaks with Lynn LeBlanc, CEO of FastScale Technology, a new company emerging in the world of software virtualization and provisioning. Podcast Summary: Introduction Company Background FastScale Composer Problems with Server Sprawl and underutilization Software Complexity FastScales Approach Software Blueprinting Provision to bare metal in under a minute DABs(Dynamic Application Bundles) Small footprint images FastScale perfect for virtualized deployment DABs generated at run-tim ...

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Evaluating Storage Virtualization Options

VSM speaks with Patrick Eitenbichler, Director of Marketing, StorageWorks Division, HP, on the topic of storage virtualization. Podcast Summary: Introduction Storage Virtualization overview HP StorageWorks 24/7 Lights-out automation How to decide if Storage Virtualization is right for you Addressing the core problems Virtualizing various types of storage Growth in Storage Virtualization Eliminating Vendor Lock-in SMIS (Storage Management Initiative Specification) Avoiding Complexity Tie ...

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Real-Time Replication and Failover with Double-Take

VSM Speaks with Bob Roudebush, Director of Solutions Engineering for Double-Take Software. Podcast Summary: Introduction Company Background Software Based Real-Time Replication and Fail-over Product Overviews Double-Take for DR Management Console Byte level changes backups Image level replication Biggest Trends in Replication Double-Take for VMware Infrastructures released Closing

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Boosting VM Performance with InovaWave

VSM speaks with Terry Ferose, President and CEO of InovaWave about how DXtreme boosts the performance of virtual machines Podcast Summary: Introduction Company Background DXtreme Enhanced Performance Greater Consolidation Ratios Double the number of VMs Future support for ESX/VI3 Effects on Host OS Closing InovaWave website

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Book Review: Blade Servers and Virtualization

VSM Speaks with Barb Goldworm, founder and president of Focus Consulting, chair of the 2007 Summit on Blades and Virtualization, and author of a new book Blade Servers and Virtualization: Transforming Enterprise Computing While Cutting Costs. Podcast Summary: Introduction Barb Goldworm background Why Blades? Virtualization on Blades Topics covered in the book Handbook for virtualization Server Blades Summit Other resources Closing Buy the Book from Amazon

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Managing your Virtual IT Environment

VSM speaks with Stefan Hochuli, CTO of Dunes Technologies about managing virtual environments with Dunes VS-0 and VD-0. Podcast Summary: Opening Company History VS-O Lifecycle management VD-O Virtual Desktop Template creation Customers Automating Business Processes Open Platform Web interface Product Development API control & modules Challenges and trends Working in a mixed environment Dunes in the US market Closing

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Virtual Iron Announces GA of version 3.5

VSM speaks with Mike Grandinetti, Chief Marketing Officer for Virtual Iron about the GA release of version 3.5 with support for iSCSI and Single Server Installation.

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Assessing your Servers with CiRBA

VSM speaks with Andrew Hillier, CTO and co-founder of CiRBA about thier tool for assessing your servers to discover consolidation opportunities. Podcast Summary: Introduction Benefits of CiRBA The Three main pillars Choosing the right strategy The devils in the details Monitoring and Reporting Preventing Image sprawl Our Customers Why use CiRBA? Storage Analysis What Next? Closing

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The Return of User-Mode Linux

VSM speaks with Jeff Dike, author and maintainer of User-Mode Linux and Christopher Aker, president of Linode, a hosting company that offers virtual machines running on UML. Podcast Summary: Introduction UML background Linux within Linux UML started in late 1998 Hired by Intel to work on UML Use cases for UML Differences between Xen and UML KVM and VT extensions Linux adoption of KVM UML and SMP Support Containers Linode Background Why UML? VSM runs on Linode Linode Platform Manager Vir ...

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Kidaro Managed Workspace

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Sentillion vBusiness Releases vThere 2.0

VSM speaks with Paul Roscoe, President of Sentillion vBusiness about the New Release of vThere 2.0 Podcast Summary: Introduction Sentillion Background Increasing Need for Remote Users Business Drivers for Remote Use Telecomputing Business Continuity Remote Branch computing VPN, Enterprise Portal & Citrix Shortcomings vThere virtual Desktop No additional servers needed Currently runs on windows platform vThere image creator Role-based image provisioning Web-based distribution New Featu ...

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Ardence Software Streaming Platform

VSM Speaks with Jeff Hibbard, Vice President of Marketing for Ardence about their Software Streaming Platform Podcast Summary: Introductions Ardence Product Overview Desktop and Datacenter offerings Hardware requirements Repurposing existing hardware Sharing images VMware VDI partnership Ardence and V-Motion Delivering the core image Easing the transition to Vista Changing channels Customer Implementations Booting many PCs from a single image Personality Repository Private Image mode ...

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Ardence Software Streaming Platform

VSM Speaks with Jeff Hibbard, Vice President of Marketing for Ardence about their Software Streaming Platform Podcast Summary: Introductions Ardence Product Overview Desktop and Datacenter offerings Hardware requirements Repurposing existing hardware Sharing images VMware VDI partnership Ardence and V-Motion Delivering the core image Easing the transition to Vista Changing channels Customer Implementations Booting many PCs from a single image Personality Repository Private Image mode ...

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Surgient Virtual Lab 5.0

VSM speaks with Erik Josowitz, Product Manager for Surgient about Virtual Lab 5.0 Podcast Summary: Introductions Announcing Virtual Lab 5.0 Whats New in Version 5 * Complex Lab Configurations * Advanced Management Capabilities Scalability Most popular usages for VQMS * Enterprise Software Test Case usage * Automated patch / regression testing Using Surgient for pre and post production Easing the complexity of software rollouts VM Provisioning Management tools Future plans for sup ...

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Surgient Virtual Lab 5.0

VSM speaks with Erik Josowitz, Product Manager for Surgient about Virtual Lab 5.0 Podcast Summary: Introductions Announcing Virtual Lab 5.0 Whats New in Version 5 * Complex Lab Configurations * Advanced Management Capabilities Scalability Most popular usages for VQMS * Enterprise Software Test Case usage * Automated patch / regression testing Using Surgient for pre and post production Easing the complexity of software rollouts VM Provisioning Management tools Future plans for sup ...

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"User Virtualization" with Propero

VSM speaks with Robin Crewe, CO CEO of Propero about their User-Centric focused Virtualization. Podcast Summary: Introductions Company Background “User Virtualization” Continuous Migration Infrastructure User-Centric focus Moving IT responsibility into the Data Center Application Centralization Handling Remote Users Need for local applications Software as a service Focus on consistent user experience Providing server scalability ...

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"User Virtualization" with Propero

VSM speaks with Robin Crewe, CO CEO of Propero about their User-Centric focused Virtualization.

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"User Virtualization" with Propero

VSM speaks with Robin Crewe, CO CEO of Propero about their User-Centric focused Virtualization. Podcast Summary: Introductions Company Background “User Virtualization” Continuous Migration Infrastructure User-Centric focus Moving IT responsibility into the Data Center Application Centralization Handling Remote Users Need for local applications Software as a service Focus on consistent user experience Providing server scalability ...

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AppStream and Altiris SVS

VSM talks with Brian Duckering, Product Manager for AppStream and Scott Jones, Product Manager for Altiris about how to use their products to create a virtualized application delivery system. Podcast Summary: Introductions Streaming vs Virtualization Altiris SVS Overview AppStream Overview Streaming Performance HTTP Streaming and Management Streaming MSI files Application Re-Packaging Software Management and Licensing Cost Savings through License Pooling Partnership and the ...

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AppStream and Altiris SVS

VSM talks with Brian Duckering, Product Manager for AppStream and Scott Jones, Product Manager for Altiris about how to use their products to create a virtualized application delivery system.

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Interview with Simon Crosby CTO and Founder of XenSource

VSM speaks with Simon Crosby, CTO and Founder of XenSource about Xen Enterprise and the new partnership with Microsoft Podcast Summary: Introductions Xen Enterprise Para-Virtualization vs. Hardware Virtualization? Windows on Xen VT performance benefits Xensource / Microsoft partnership Bad news for VMware Will Xen become the standard? Microsoft and Virtualization

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Interview with Simon Crosby CTO and Founder of XenSource

VSM speaks with Simon Crosby, CTO and Founder of XenSource about Xen Enterprise and the new partnership with Microsoft

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PlateSpin and Virtual Iron Partnership

VSM speaks with PlateSpin and Virtual Iron about their Partnership to Accelerate Virtualization Adoption and ROI Podcast Summary: Introductions Consolidation Challenges Why the Partnership End-to-End Virtualization Windows on Xen 3.0 Reseller distribution PowerConvert & PowerRecon Suite Live P2V Disaster Recovery Scenarios Migrating Virtual Servers to Virtual Iron Virtualization growth

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PlateSpin and Virtual Iron Partnership

VSM speaks with PlateSpin and Virtual Iron about their Partnership to Accelerate Virtualization Adoption and ROI Podcast Summary: Introductions Consolidation Challenges Why the Partnership End-to-End Virtualization Windows on Xen 3.0 Reseller distribution PowerConvert & PowerRecon Suite Live P2V Disaster Recovery Scenarios Migrating Virtual Servers to Virtual Iron Virtualization growth

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PlateSpin and Virtual Iron Partnership

VSM speaks with PlateSpin and Virtual Iron about their Partnership to Accelerate Virtualization Adoption and ROI

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Interview with Mark Gabryjelski about VMware VI3

VSM speaks with Mark Gabryjelski, Senior SE of Expert Server Group about VMware Virtual Infrastructure 3

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Interview with Mark Gabryjelski about VMware VI3

VSM speaks with Mark Gabryjelski, Senior SE of Expert Server Group about VMware Virtual Infrastructure 3 Podcast Summary: Introductions Mark Gabryjelski background Best Practices VI 3 in the Datacenter New features in VI 3 HA and DRS Components VMotion with DRS Moving to VI 3 High Availability Component Using VMware for DR Closing

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Interview with Mark Gabryjelski about VMware VI3

VSM speaks with Mark Gabryjelski, Senior SE of Expert Server Group about VMware Virtual Infrastructure 3 Podcast Summary: Introductions Mark Gabryjelski background Best Practices VI 3 in the Datacenter New features in VI 3 HA and DRS Components VMotion with DRS Moving to VI 3 High Availability Component Using VMware for DR Closing

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Product Release: Virtual Operating Environment 2.0

VSM talks with Kevin Epstein, VP of Marketing for Scalent Systems about the release of Scalent V/OE 2.0

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Product Release: Virtual Operating Environment 2.0

VSM talks with Kevin Epstein, VP of Marketing for Scalent Systems about the release of Scalent V/OE 2.0 Podcast Summary: Introductions Release Announcement Server Infrastructure Repurposing Server Sprawl in Enterprise Data Centers How V/OE is different Latest Features in V/OE 2.0 Scalents role in the Data Center Environment What does not in the data path mean? DR 2.0 Repurpose servers in less than 5 minutes Failover with multiple sites What happens if V/OE goes down? Too many servers ...

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Product Release: Virtual Operating Environment 2.0

VSM talks with Kevin Epstein, VP of Marketing for Scalent Systems about the release of Scalent V/OE 2.0 Podcast Summary: Introductions Release Announcement Server Infrastructure Repurposing Server Sprawl in Enterprise Data Centers How V/OE is different Latest Features in V/OE 2.0 Scalents role in the Data Center Environment What does not in the data path mean? DR 2.0 Repurpose servers in less than 5 minutes Failover with multiple sites What happens if V/OE goes down? Too many servers ...

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Interview with David Marshall and Wade Reynolds

David Marshall and Wade Reynolds discuss their new book Advanced Server Virtualization: VMware and Microsoft Platforms in the Virtual Data Center.

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Interview with David Marshall and Wade Reynolds

David Marshall and Wade Reynolds discuss their new book Advanced Server Virtualization: VMware and Microsoft Platforms in the Virtual Data Center. Podcast Summary: Introductions Author Backgrounds Why they wrote the book Changes in the virtualization market Plans for future books (VI 3) Virtual Machine management tools VMBlog.com and InfoWorld Dave McCrorys involvement Other virtualization (Xen) The future of virtualization The need for Standards Closing comments

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Interview with David Marshall and Wade Reynolds

David Marshall and Wade Reynolds discuss their new book Advanced Server Virtualization: VMware and Microsoft Platforms in the Virtual Data Center. Podcast Summary: Introductions Author Backgrounds Why they wrote the book Changes in the virtualization market Plans for future books (VI 3) Virtual Machine management tools VMBlog.com and InfoWorld Dave McCrorys involvement Other virtualization (Xen) The future of virtualization The need for Standards Closing comments

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