Tests in The Hypervisor lab show that although VMware ESXi is extremely quick and easy to deploy, it currently lacks support by several leading third-party tools. ESXi is the embedded version of VMware’s industry leading ESX Server hypervisor. ESXi is often stored on a Flash memory module fitted in the server chassis. This enables vendors […]

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You only need to look at a few spam messages to see it’s surprisingly easy to make email look like it came from someone else. Likewise, most email is transported over the Internet in plain text, so anyone with network monitoring tools could read your mail — even before you do. These tools are extremely […]

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The hot news from VMware’s VMworld conference in Las Vegas this week is that VMware is developing software to run on the Apple iPhone. Stephen Herrod, VMware chief technology officer, told attendees at the conference today VMware engineers were working on a version of the VMware Infrastructure Client that would run on the Apple iPhone. […]

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A free lunch may not exist, but sometimes if we’re lucky we can find a free ride. After all, if someone provides a free service, why not use it? Firms are beginning to integrate their web sites with those of industry leaders such as Google and Yahoo. I’m not talking about providing better search facilities, […]

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I had a watershed moment recently – I started receiving spam that contained only a single Portable Document Format (PDF) file. I’ve never had this stuff before, but I’ve got a feeling more is on the way. Fortunately the developers of the spam filter I use – called the Anti Spam SMTP Proxy (ASSP) – […]

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Virtualisation specialist VMware today announced details of the forthcoming VMware Server 2. Like its predecessor, the new suite is designed to run on Linux and Windows hosts is available free of charge. A beta version of Server 2 is available for immediate download from VMware by clicking on this link. Highlights of the new release […]

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