The iPhone gained another free sync option following news from web based sync specialist Soocial that it has finished the first version of its sync app for the iPhone. Stefan Fountain, Soocial chief executive officer, told The Hypervisor, “We submitted our iPhone app to Apple’s App Store so it might take a few weeks before […]

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Virtualization management specialist VKernel today announced a new Optimization Pack, which combines three of its recently released tools into a single bundle. VKernel’s Wastefinder identifies underutilized CPU, RAM and storage resources. VM Rightsizer helps tune VM configurations so they use resources optimally, and can recommend and implement changes automatically. Finally, Inventory helps keep track of […]

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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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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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Microsoft Windows and Office software licenses are likely to be the most expensive elements in any virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) roll-out, according to The Hypervisor research. VDI systems replace traditional PCs with virtual machines running desktop software. Each user has their own dedicated virtual machine (VM), and users connect to their VM using one of […]

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Last week VMware showed some impressive hypervisor benchmark figures at the VMworld Europe 2009 conference in Cannes. The numbers suggest it makes more sense to run applications like Microsoft Exchange or Oracle databases in a virtual machine than on physical servers. VMware says this is because such enterprise applications are not designed to run efficiently […]

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Having seen a demonstration of how an iPhone could be used to manage virtual machines at last year’s VMworld conference in Las Vegas, I was disappointed that VMware executives didn’t have any news on the matter at this week’s VMworld Europe 2009 in Cannes. However, when I asked VMware vice president of emerging products, Dan […]

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VMware president and chief executive Paul Maritz announced a new suite of products at the VMworld Europe 2009 conference that he said would enable firms to run all their applications using virtual machines. In a briefing to press and analysts, VMware vice president of emerging products and markets, Dan Chu, said VMware’s vCloud API  will […]

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Users of the Apple iPhone and iPod Touch can now use the free Truphone app to chat and call their Skype buddies. Truphone announced the capability some time ago but until today the Skype option was not actually available to Truphone users. Users can now add details of their Skype account to the Truphone app. […]

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