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ToutVirtual Offers Free Download of VirtualIQ Pro 3
Carlsbad, California – January 13, 2009 – ToutVirtual, an emerging leader in virtualization intelligence, optimization and performance-management software for virtual computing infrastructures, today announced the availability of a free version of its VirtualIQ Pro 3 (VirtualIQ Pro) product. The integrated functionality of VirtualIQ Pro provides server virtualization assessment, asset management, performance management, capacity management, and reporting in one product that is simple to install, deploy and use. VirtualIQ Pro offers a unique value proposition since the same console is capable of supporting Citrix, Microsoft, Oracle, VMware, and open-source Xen virtualization platforms. As a quick-start, ToutVirtual is offering a fully-featured, free version of VirtualIQ Pro which supports up to 5 CPU sockets or 25 virtual machines. To download a free copy of ToutVirtual’s VirtualIQ Pro, please visit http://www.toutvirtual.com/downloads/downloads.php For more detailed information, please see the January 13, 2009 announcement of Virtual IQ Pro 3 available at www.toutvirtual.com20 January 2009
ToutVirtual Announces VirtualIQ Pro 3
Carlsbad, California – January 13, 2009 – ToutVirtual, an emerging leader in virtualization intelligence, optimization and performance-management software for virtual computing infrastructures, today announced the availability of VirtualIQ Pro 3 (VirtualIQ Pro). VirtualIQ Pro is a management and automation program designed to support customers in every stage of virtualization deployment. The wide range of features helps users from the planning phase to established virtual server rooms running hundreds of virtual machines (VMs). VirtualIQ Pro is available as a software solution, and as a quick-start for new users, ToutVirtual is offering a fully featured, free version of VirtualIQ Pro which supports up to 5 CPU sockets or 25 virtual machines.Read more
20 January 2009
10 Virtualization Predictions for 2009
The past year was a busy one for virtualization. VMware experienced a management shakeup and introduced its Data Center OS initiative. Microsoft released the first real products in its virtualization suite and started hyping its cloud platform, Windows Azure.Citrix, Red Hat and Sun all tried to keep pace via acquisitions, and virtualization started to spread beyond the data center to desktops. All of that activity was merely a preamble to what is shaping up to be an even more active virtualization year in 2009. Here are ten trends to watch for:
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Ten Upsides To The IT 2009 Downside For CIOs To Consider
No Pollyannas allowed in the following ten good business tech possibilities from what looks like a very grim 2009. Instead, I'll try a dose of reality. For a fuller, more research driven look at the upside of IT see our research article. We also have a slideshow on top CIO priorities.Read more
Virtual server sprawl kills cost savings, experts warn
Virtual server sprawl can eliminate the cost savings so many IT shops covet when they embrace server virtualization, warns a Boeing IT professional who is leading a virtualization initiative at the company
"We're under the gun to try to find any kind of cost savings we can," says Jett Thompson, a Boeing computing infrastructure architect based in Washington state. "Virtualization has been one of the hot ones because there’s readily identified savings there."
"The next generation of Dynamic Infrastructure Solutions : Download nowBoeing developed a cost model to determine the savings that can be gained through virtualization, taking into account the cost of server and SAN hardware, operating system licenses, virtualization software and management tools, power and cooling, and labor costs.
"Thompson, giving a presentation at Gartner's annual data center conference on Thursday, could not reveal any numbers specific to Boeing. Instead, he detailed a hypothetical model based on the same methods he used to determine Boeing's potential cost savings."
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9 December 2008
