2009/01/06 -- Sheng Yang

2009/01/06 -- Sheng Yang

2009/01/06 -- Sheng Yang

2009/01/06 -- Sheng Yang

With virtualization, one firm now dynamically provisions servers in its virtual test lab. Next up is the 'holy grail': automated server provisioning in production environments.

2009/01/06 -- Xu, Jiajun

2009/01/06 -- Sheng Yang

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VMworld Europe is coming up soon (February 24-26, 2009) and is once again being held in Cannes, France. The team has just issued a call for papers, deadline January 16th, so if you’re interested in participating don’t hesitate too long to submit.

VMworld Europe is looking for content on the following subjects:

• Networking

• Security
• Storage
• Real World Stories from Customers
• Programming and Scripting
• Business Continuity
• Green Computing and Cost
• Automation

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Parallels today announced the general availability of an updated version of Parallels Desktop 4.0 for Mac (Build 3810), its market-leading desktop virtualization software for running Windows and more than 50 other operating systems on a Mac. Since its launch in November, more than 300,000 copies of Parallels Desktop 4.0 for Mac have been downloaded. All registered users of this version qualify for the free update, which will be available online and via the product’s AutoUpdater feature. The update results from Parallels’ commitment to constantly enhancing this premium solution to meet the growing demands and requirements of its 1.5 million users.

The Parallels Desktop 4.0 for Mac update includes new features and enhancements to offer users the easiest, fastest and most powerful way to run Windows on a Mac.

The new update is available free to all registered Parallels Desktop 4.0 for Mac users. The standard retail price (SRP) of Parallels Desktop 4.0 for Mac is $79.99 for new users and $49.99 for upgraders. New users can test a free, fully-functional copy for 15 days. Parallels Desktop 4.0 for Mac is available in English and localized versions including Chinese, Czech, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Spanish, Polish and Russian. Please check with a Parallels representative for local availability.

2009/01/05 -- SourceForge.net

2009/01/05 -- SourceForge.net

2009/01/05 -- Marcelo Tosatti

2009/01/05 -- SourceForge.net

The virtualization.info’s Virtualization Congress 2009 will take place in May 5-7 at the MGM Grand Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, co-hosted with other three great events (Citrix iForum, Network World Live! and Geek Speak).

On Dec 1st we launched a Call for Papers to deliver some great contents on stage.
In one month, despite the closing quarter and the holidays, we received an amazing 91 submissions.

As promised, today we publish all of them, title and abstract, so you can vote for the most interesting ones and help us to build the event you’d like to attend.
We just removed any reference to the speaker, so there’s an exclusive focus on the topic.

To simplify the whole process we setup a Digg-like interface where you can anonymously promote (up arrow) or demote (down arrow) each presentation.
You can even comment each abstract (and we encourage you to do so), so the speakers can have some early feedbacks and fine-tune their presentations to match your needs.
Last but not least there’s a search if you are looking for something in particular and don’t want to browse all the 91 submissions.

Here we go: http://cfp.virtualizationcongress.com

Some of the proposals you’ll find there:

• Building a Business Case for your virtualization projects
• Cloud Computing Adoption Model
• Designing a Stable Virtual Infrastructure
• Hypervisor Competitive Differences: What the Vendors Aren't Telling You
• iPhone Virtualization
• Power and Cooling in the Datacenter
• Security Architecture for VDI
• Virtual Infrastructures: Scale Up or Scale Out? Rack or Blade form factors?
• Virtualized Storage for Virtualized IT: Best Practices for Maximizing Efficiency, Flexibility, and Data Protection
• VM Sprawl Case Study Findings

Now that commercial options like the XenServer hypervisor include built-in management features, cloud-computing providers may choose out-of the box offerings over open source Xen.

2009/01/04 -- Rodrigo Campos

2009/01/04 -- Avi Kivity

2009/01/04 -- nuitari

2009/01/04 -- Avi Kivity

2009/01/04 -- Hollis Blanchard