Tag: virtualization
Database Virtualization – Driving the Next Big Transformation
Data is both the most important asset and the biggest challenge for most corporations. It impacts every aspect of the business from financial considerations to AI/ML training. Data is used by development ...
VMware Backup Guide for Hyper-V Admins
At first glance, the Hyper-V and VMware virtual environments may seem similar, but upon closer inspection, a number of important differences between these two virtualization platforms become apparent. Initially, performing administration for ...
Broadcom’s Software Strategy: Milk the Cash Cow, Exploit ‘Synergies’
The week began with rumors that Broadcom would acquire VMware and ended with the news that the deal is all but done. The VMware board, along with Michael Dell (who still owns ...
Database Virtualization: Breaking Vendor Lock-In
Every enterprise is battling vendor lock-in—constantly. Ask any IT leader about what keeps them up at night and vendor lock-in is certainly near, if not at, the top of the list. And ...
VMware Brings Hybrid Cloud Computing to Virtual Desktops
VMware has updated its desktop and application virtualization platform to make it easier for IT teams to support end users who need to regularly shift between working in the office and from ...
Red Hat Updates Virtualization Platform
Red Hat today announced an update to its virtual machine platform that now can run on the latest version of Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL). Version 4.4 of Red Hat Virtualization can ...
How to Secure the Intangible — Cloud Native Security in the New Age
Igor Livshitz | | Cloud Computing, Cloud Security, cloud-native, serverless computing, threat modeling, virtualizationPeople don’t want to buy a quarter-inch drill. They want a quarter-inch hole. Companies aren’t interested in managing IT; they’re more interested in results. They want to deliver software quickly and focus ...
Rackn Extends Reach of IT-as-Code Framework
Mike Vizard | | automation, bare-metal infrastructre, infrastructure as code, IT management, virtualizationRackn announced the Digital Rebar platform it created to automate the provisioning of bare-metal infrastructure now can be applied simultaneously across multiple physical sites. Company CEO Rob Hirschfeld said Digital Rebar 4.3 ...
Mainframes: The Cloud Before the Cloud
Bob Reselman | | Cloud Computing, ibm, mainframe computers, mainframe technology, mainframes, virtualizationHere’s something to think about: Despite the fact that IBM stopped manufacturing personal computers in 2005, deciding instead to focus on higher margin business services, the company continues to produce mainframes and ...
Red Hat Takes Virtualization Aim at VMware
Red Hat, as part of on going drive to wean enterprise IT organizations off proprietary virtualization technologies, today launched a set of Red Hat infrastructure migration tools and services. Joe Fernandes, vice ...
Containers: Secure or Not, Here They Are
Containers are here. And it doesn’t mater whether or not containers are a transitional technology (they are, as our JP Morgenthal covered in Containers are designed for an antiquate application architecture) until ...
Trust & the trusted image
What is Your Trust Model? Information security conversations often start with the question “What is your threat model?” This blog asks: “What is your trust model?”. Trust is a complex subject and ...
