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Results tagged "virtualize"

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The Role of Storage in IBM’s New PureSystems

April 27, 2012 09:00 AM
In the PureSystems launch, we saw the opening salvo in IBM’s use of expert integrated systems to reduce IT complexity and reduce costs. PureSystems strengthens an already strong bond between the company’s system "horse," which does the CPU pulling, and the storage "carriage," which carries the information payload.

Smartphone Virtualization: Useful Or Useless?

January 04, 2010 01:00 PM
The virtualization industry has been on fire with news of VMware's latest experimental venture: Smartphone Virtualization. The technology has been targeted at the mobile professional who currently carries two phones, one for personal and one for business use. VMware touts that with a real hypervisor on board, our prototype telecommuter of tomorrow will be able to switch seamlessly between two different installed operating systems on the same phone. With Gigahertz processor cell phones on the market and storage into the 100GB mark, it seems reasonable to virtualize phone technology. Getting deeper into the logistics, however, it starts to sound like more trouble than it's worth.

Intel vPro Update Aims to Virtualize Threats, Sell More Than Just Processors

August 28, 2007 03:22 PM
The new version of vPro adds better protection against rootkits and integration with Cisco NAC, but when will management vendors support it?

Rollout: Thinstall Virtualization Suite (TVS) 3.0

February 15, 2007 05:00 AM
Thinstall lets you take off-the-shelf products and internally developed applications and turn them into virtual apps with very little effort.

Intel Funds Virtualization Upstart

September 26, 2005 07:58 PM
An upstart developer of data center virtualization technologies for the Windows platform on Monday detailed its product and channel plans, as well as investment from Intel.

Sun To Resell VMware Virtualization Software

August 10, 2005 11:31 PM
Sun plans to resell VMware ESX Server, VMware GSX Server and VMware Workstations products to customers and their solution providers who purchase Sun Fire x64 servers or Sun workstations.

Virtualization Big At LinuxWorld

August 09, 2005 10:30 PM
Virtualization is being heard all over the LinuxWorld Expo this week, with several established and startup vendors touting new ways to make the data center more virtual.

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