August 26, 2013
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Everyone uses virtualization, but almost no one talks about benchmarking it. It’s easy to understand why. It’s hard to do. Fortunately, the Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation (SPEC), recently released a new benchmark for datacenter-level virtualization, SPECvirt_sc2013. New virtualization benchmark for … Continue reading
August 16, 2013
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It’s a computing truism that when it comes to delivering the fastest possible speeds with high-performance computing (HPC), you must use native computing instead of virtualization. Recent studies have shown that, in some configurations, VMware’s vSphere can actually deliver faster … Continue reading
August 1, 2013
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When I wear my IT hat, I like Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI). With it you can easily and securely deploy complete desktops from servers to your users. Well, in theory, I like it. In practice, it’s often another matter. I … Continue reading
July 15, 2013
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Oracle has decided to stop development on its Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI), Sun Ray Software and Hardware, and Oracle Virtual Desktop Client product lines. Some Oracle partners, which received the news over the weekend, are not happy with this change. … Continue reading
July 11, 2013
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Without virtualization, we wouldn’t have cloud computing. It’s that simple. Virtualization, however, isn’t the same thing as cloud computing. For starters, virtualization came long before cloud computing appeared. Virtualization: Cloud Computing’s Foundation. More >
July 9, 2013
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The Linux Foundation used to be just about, well, Linux. Now, it also manages an open software defined network alliance, OpenDaylight, and the open-source Xen virtualization manager. On July 9th, the first fruit of these new efforts arrived: Xen 4.3. … Continue reading