New VCE VxRack Hyper-Converged System Simplifies Path To VMware SDDC

VCE, the pioneer and worldwide leader in converged infrastructure, today announced it has expanded its innovative hyper-converged rackscale systems family with a new VCE VxRack System based on VMware EVO™ SDDC™. This new persona of VxRack enables IT organizations to quickly and cost effectively build and operate their cloud to realize the full benefits of… Continue reading New VCE VxRack Hyper-Converged System Simplifies Path To VMware SDDC

Tegile Unveils IntelliFlash HD Flash Platform for Workload Hyper-Consolidation at VMworld

Tegile Systems, the leading provider of all-flash and hybrid storage arrays for database, virtualized server, and virtual desktop environments, today announced that it will be unveiling its new IntelliFlash™ HD flash storage platform, another industry first for Tegile, on August 30th, 2015 at VMworld US at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. IntelliFlash HD is… Continue reading Tegile Unveils IntelliFlash HD Flash Platform for Workload Hyper-Consolidation at VMworld

Unitrends Free Extends Enterprise-Class Data Protection to Free VMware ESXi Hypervisor

Unitrends, a leader in enterprise-level cloud recovery, today announced Unitrends Free™ support for the Free VMware vSphere® Hypervisor (ESXi). This radically easy-to-use virtual appliance delivers enterprise-class backup and recovery capabilities for free ESXi environments as well as protection for both physical Windows and virtual systems – for up to 1 terabyte (TB) of data. Unitrends… Continue reading Unitrends Free Extends Enterprise-Class Data Protection to Free VMware ESXi Hypervisor

VMware Extends Unified Hybrid Cloud Platform

Today at VMworld® 2015, VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW) announced new innovations for the company’s unified hybrid cloud platform. These new public cloud services and software-defined solutions will enable customers to build applications faster, improve IT security, rapidly recover from disasters and drive meaningful business value. “Digital business transformation is creating new opportunities and new risks… Continue reading VMware Extends Unified Hybrid Cloud Platform

The Multi-hypervisor OpenStack Cloud: Are We There Yet?

The Multi-hypervisor OpenStack Cloud: Are We There Yet? One of the visions for OpenStack is for it to be the unifying common fabric for all cloud and infrastructure components in the enterprise. Literally, this would mean that all hypervisors, storage systems, and networking services from different vendors could be offered to users and orchestrated under… Continue reading The Multi-hypervisor OpenStack Cloud: Are We There Yet?

How to Fix vCenter 5.5 upgrade to 6.0 VCSServiceManager failed with error code 1603?

I decided to upgrade my home lab‘s vcenter 5.5 to 6.0 few days ago and what I thought would be a straight forward process turned into a 3 days of researching and scratching my head as to what was wrong with the upgrade and more troubling, what was I doing wrong? I knew that with… Continue reading How to Fix vCenter 5.5 upgrade to 6.0 VCSServiceManager failed with error code 1603?