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The Rise of Virtual Appliances
Virtual appliances deliver focused services in a lightweight package. With all of the talk around virtualization being large system optimization, why single-purpose machines getting so much attention?
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ToutVirtual Announces Support for Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V Virtualization
Carlsbad, Calif. – October 27, 2008 – ToutVirtual, an emerging leader in optimization and performance-management software for virtual computing infrastructures, today announced that its VirtualIQ suite of products now also supports Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V virtualization.
The VirtualIQ suite of products is designed to support virtual server room operations through three stages of virtualization — design, deploy, and deliver stages — helping users make correct decisions for virtualization optimization along the way. The suite of products allows users to compare how various virtualization platforms, such as Hyper-V, perform running different applications and then provides visibility and policy-based control in managing the Hyper-V based environment. VirtualIQ suite of products supports multiple virtualization platforms for an apple-to-apple comparison and provides all essential decision-making data in a single, integrated web console that is simple to install and use.
ToutVirtual is partnering with Microsoft as an Independent Software Vendor (ISV). Users of Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V can get more information about ToutVirtual VirtualIQ at:
Microsoft Hyper-V Partner page
“We are pleased that ToutVirtual is delivering support for Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V,” said Jim Schwartz, Director for Virtualization Solutions at Microsoft Corp. “ToutVirtual’s VirtualIQ products help our customers running Hyper-V assess and optimize applications for their environments, assisting them in making the right planning decisions.”
“ToutVirtual is excited to strengthen its relationship with Microsoft with the support of Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V,” said Vipul Pabari, chief technology officer for ToutVirtual. “Hyper-V users can use our products to compare the performance of applications on multiple virtualization platforms. Whether the user is just getting started in the design phase or further along in deployment or delivering advanced services, VirtualIQ suite of products is simple and cost effective.”
12 November 2008
VMware Cost, Red Hat Flaws Spur Customer Switch to Oracle VM
New York-based Interactive One LLC, the digital division of the radio network Radio One, has abandoned the Xen-based virtualization included in Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) and shunned VMware Inc. in favor of Oracle VM server virtualization software for its growing social networking and media properties.
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12 November 2008
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