Free Training: VMware vSphere 5.1: What’s New Course

This training course explores new features in VMware vCenter Server™ 5.1 and VMware ESXi™ 5.1. Objectives: By the end of the course, you should gain an understanding and should be able to implement the following new functions and features of VMware vSphere® 5.1: Compute and Storage Support for hardware version 9, the latest CPU performance… Continue reading Free Training: VMware vSphere 5.1: What’s New Course

Report: 67% of Organizations Are Using or Considering Private Clouds

InformationWeek Reports, a service provider for peer-based IT research and analysis, announced the release of its latest research report. 2012 State of the Data Center encompasses analysis of results from InformationWeek’s recent State of the Data Center Survey and offers guidance on how far to drive virtualization and how to balance the benefits and drawbacks… Continue reading Report: 67% of Organizations Are Using or Considering Private Clouds

Taking Ownership of VM fails, VM appears to be in use, stuck in state error

While working in Vmware workstation, I lost connectivity to a LUN where I’m hosting virtual machines for workstation. As it turns out, the VMs were powered on and after restoring the connection, I could not get into the VM (windows 7) or power it off/restart it. When trying to open the VM in workstation, it… Continue reading Taking Ownership of VM fails, VM appears to be in use, stuck in state error

Top Considerations for Cloud, Virtualization and Security

Virtualization and cloud computing are all finding their way into today’s IT environments. More than before, small and medium enterprises are now looking into cloud and virtualization solutions to help meet business goals. With this new technological movement come some very important considerations to ensure optimal infrastructure efficiency. Security, sizing, management, and deployment methodologies must… Continue reading Top Considerations for Cloud, Virtualization and Security

Zend Partners with VMware to Run Enterprise Web Applications in the Cloud

Zend, the PHP company, today announced an integrated solution for VMware vFabric Application Director™ that makes it easy for enterprises to move their virtualized PHP applications to a fully-automated cloud environment. The integration of Zend Server, the #1 PHP application platform, with VMware vFabric Application Director equips enterprises to seamlessly deploy and manage enterprise-class PHP… Continue reading Zend Partners with VMware to Run Enterprise Web Applications in the Cloud

Zscaler Secures $38 Million Investment Round, Accelerates Cloud Security Expansion

Zscaler, the Cloud Security Company, today announced that it has secured $38 million in funding from strategic investors, including Lightspeed Ventures. The company, which has until now been exclusively funded by internal investment, is planning to use the new funding to further accelerate its go-to-market strategy with expanded sales and marketing, and further develop its… Continue reading Zscaler Secures $38 Million Investment Round, Accelerates Cloud Security Expansion

VMware vSphere 5.1 New Features and Enhancements

Vmware announced the new release of its virtualization software, vSphere 5. Below is just brief list of new features. VMware vSphere 5.1 Features Setup and Install vSphere 5.1 will introduce two installation methods: vSphere Simple Install – allows you to install required vSphere vCenter server components in a single run. vSphere Custom Install – allows… Continue reading VMware vSphere 5.1 New Features and Enhancements

First Point-and-Click Solution for Accelerating Virtual Workloads over Distance Unveiled

VMWorld US 2012: Silver Peak Systems, the leader in accelerating data over distance, today introduced the first point-and-click solution for accelerating individual workloads directly from VMware vCenter and other virtual infrastructure management consoles. This is part of Silver Peak’s new “Agility” technology initiative that focuses on improving the application owner’s experience through software-defined virtual workload… Continue reading First Point-and-Click Solution for Accelerating Virtual Workloads over Distance Unveiled