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VMware ties disaster recovery to vSphere, lifting obstacle to adoption

VMware's Site Recovery Manager is now supporting vSphere, eliminating one of the obstacles preventing customers from upgrading to the latest version of VMware's virtualization platform.

| News | Virtualization | 10/05/09 at 12:22 pm |


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VMware’s vSphere brings storage flexibility, greater speed to SaaS provider

When VMware launched its latest virtualization platform, vSphere, it introduced the phrase “cloud operating system” to the IT industry. The terminology may seem like a marketing gimmick, but there are real-world benefits in the over-hauled virtualization software, as one early user of vSphere has found.

| Feature | SaaS | Storage | Virtualization | 06/16/09 at 3:45 pm |


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VMware pulls trigger on vSphere 'cloud OS'

After eight months of hype VMware has finally delivered the update to its core virtualization platform, announcing Thursday that vSphere 4 is generally available worldwide.

| News | Virtualization | 05/21/09 at 8:38 am |


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VMware, ISVs Square Off on Fault Tolerance

Among the consequences of VMware's battery of vSphere 4 announcements Tuesday about its new virtualization infrastructure and add-on components, third-party software vendors specializing in fault-tolerance and high-availability are feeling new pressure now that VMware has added basic versions of those functions to its core product.

| Analysis | Virtualization | 04/27/09 at 10:06 am |


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Does VMware vSphere solve IT's worries about Cloud?

For all the hype about cloud computing in the enterprise, IT professionals continue to tell cloud-related vendors that the cloud will not be practical until several serious concerns are addressed. So, how well does vSphere address these key worries?

| Feature | Virtualization | 04/27/09 at 9:32 am |


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I heard mention that the Chrome OS will have some sort of encryption available a la bitlocker. If it's possible to encrypt personal data using another password or key, then it may have potential for very secure data.... And Ubuntu has an 'encrypt home directory' option, perhaps google should follow suit.
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