virtualisation
RSS virtualisationIBM zeroes in on storage software
News Colby highlighted his company's efforts to develop storage "virtualisation" software, which can allow an organization to make data contained in multiple systems look and act like a single pool of information. [30 Jul 2003]
The Bloor Perspective: Linux in utility computing, Ellison the visionary and hotspot models
Comment However, if you talk the talk you are also going to have to walk the walk and, right now, what can be delivered doesn't amount to wall-to-wall virtualisation - or anything like it. The momentum is building and Linux is... [22 Jul 2003]
IBM in £6.5bn 'on-demand' computing push
News It will also display a "virtualisation" technology that pools storage systems, so more of their total capacity can be used, and software that automatically changes the tasks assigned to low-end servers. [01 May 2003]
IBM gets set for computing 'on-demand'
News Wladawsky-Berger said the on-demand technologies will focus on helping companies to integrate processes, to automate IT operations and to better use their resources by combining the capacity of multiple servers or storage devices, a... [14 Apr 2003]
Storage virtualisation virtually here
News There is room for various storage standards and architecture types as European users move steadily toward the industry's Holy Grail - virtualisation. That is the overriding finding of research commissioned by the Storage... [19 Mar 2003]
IBM wins big grid server and storage deal
News The University of Florida is combining grid technology with virtualisation technology that lets several operating systems run simultaneously on one computer. IBM's mainframes have had this virtualisation... [06 Mar 2003]
CIOs and utility computing - getting closer
News Sun's N1 plan aims to make servers, storage and network equipment work better together and includes a "virtualisation engine". Virtualisation lets customers pool together similar equipment such as... [14 Feb 2003]
Sun gets sparky with Sparc critics
News This is the first significant part of Sun's N1 virtualisation strategy, and is based on a product from Terraspring, a company founded by ex-Sun employees. The next part of the N1 strategy will be storage... [11 Feb 2003]
The Bloor Perspective: IPR rules in the UK, HDS gets busy and PC trading investigations
Comment The new platform also brings some of the features found on the 9900 Lightning high-end storage platform to the mid-range, including the virtualisation layer. Through a consultation paper issued by the UK's Department of... [16 Dec 2002]
Sun asks industry to back N1
News This layer of "virtualisation" makes it easier, for example, to allocate more processing power or reduce storage capacity as demands from computing jobs fluctuate. Sun Microsystems will need to seek a little help from... [19 Nov 2002]
What's the fuss about... virtualised IT infrastructure?
Comment From applications to storage to that all-encompassing future we know as web services, virtualisation is making strides. Quocirca's Jon Collins explains. Given the current downturn in the technology market - and the... [20 Sep 2002]
More details this week on Sun's Big Idea - N1
News Under the planned schedule, 2002 and 2003 will see Sun provide the infrastructure for N1, 'virtualisation' software that is used to join multiple servers or storage devices into a single pool. By Stephen Shankland [18 Sep 2002]
What's the fuss about... storage networking?
Comment Technologies such as storage virtualisation are being discussed and implemented as ways of managing and using storage assets. However, the definition of virtualisation varies from manufacturer to... [06 Sep 2002]
HP readies Itanium part two
News HP talks storage virtualisation http://www.silicon.com/a53554 Hewlett-Packard is expected to reveal its second Itanium version of HP-UX operating system later this evening but won't start shipping until July. [10 Jun 2002]
Cheat Sheet: Storage virtualisation
Cheat Sheet Virtualisation? Users can implement virtualisation with software, as a hardware-software hybrid appliance that sits somewhere in the fabric and redirects all the input/output traffic to the appropriate... [27 May 2002]
