Virtualization tool specialist Vizioncore this week announced the latest version of its vOptimizer Pro suite. The update enables the suite to work with Linux-based and VMware Thin Provisioned virtual machines (VMs). Previously vOptimizer Pro could only be used to manage Windows-based VMs. In a long term lab evaluation of virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI), The Hypervisor […]

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It doesn’t take long to realize it’s one thing to schedule automatic backups, but quite another to verify those backups actually work when you need them. All sorts of things could go wrong, from simple things like running out of backup storage space, to more tricky problems such as data corruption. When it comes to […]

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On October 12 The Virtualization EcoShell Initiative (Vesi) will release version 1.2 of its free Virtualization EcoShell software. Focussed on helping people running VMware virtualization, the new suite runs on Windows and includes a graphical editor for handling PowerShell scripts. The new Virtualization EcoShell editor adds a new integrated search tool to find free PowerShell […]

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One of the best features in VMware’s newest set of server virtualization suite may be the new integrated Data Recovery backup tools. Unlike current third party backup offerings for VMware’s virtualization tools, the latest version of vCenter Server have built in de-duplication capabilities to reduce to the absolute minimum the amount of storage used when […]

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VMware’s vision of cloud computing is one step nearer following news that USA hosting specialist iland opened a datacenter in London and launched a range of hosting offerings for virtual servers. Dante Orsini, iland’s Channel Director, told The Hypervisor iland had struck a partnership with virtualization tools specialist Vizioncore that combines Vizioncore’s vReplicator software with […]

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A recent fire in London’s Soho district meant some businesses were locked out of their offices for several days. The Buncefield Oil depot fire had a similar effect on many more businesses for much longer. How would your business cope if a nearby incident or disaster meant you couldn’t access vital IT systems for days […]

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Last week Microsoft released Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 to manufacture. This is the free version of Microsoft’s server virtualization engine, and the same updated software is also included in Windows Server 2008 R2, which was also released to manufacturing last week. Firms could download and install as many copies of the free Hyper-V 2008 R2 […]

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Microsoft’s move to add its Hyper-V driver software into the Linux kernel is not a sinister ploy to sink open source software. Rather it’s a sign of how vitally important virtualization is to the server software market place.  Few customers would take Hyper-V seriously until it runs Linux software as well as competing hypervisors. Without […]

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Hoping to build on the success of VMware’s vCloud initiative, configuration control specialist Tripwire today announced a new tool to help manage virtual server environments running VMware ESX Server. Tripwire’s new vWire tool can either be used as a standalone console or as a plug-in that provides a new tab within the VMware vServer client […]

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Virtualisation tools specialist Vizioncore announced availability of its vControl multi-hypervisor virtual machine management tool this week. vControl will turns heads for two reasons. Firstly, it will save time for busy IT staff because it can combine various Windows PowerShell scripts into a workflow to automate complex repetitive tasks, such as commissioning or decommissioning VMs. vControl […]

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