server virtualisation
Virtualisation: Real-life tales of how to get it right
Comment Trinity Mirror, publisher of The Daily Mirror and The Daily Record, has been using virtualisation for nearly two years as part of a process to consolidate computing infrastructure from multiple server... [20 Nov 2009]
Westminster computing put on size-zero diet
News Measures being implemented under the green ICT action plans include server virtualisation, the use of thin client computers, using power management software to shut down unused machines, efficient... [13 Nov 2009]
Cheat Sheet: Virtualisation
News We're talking about virtualisation in terms of the creation of a virtual version of something - such as a server or storage device. The virtualisation world is also more flexible - IT... [11 Nov 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 06.11.09
Round-Up Coming soon: cold-calling IT managers offering bespoke network virtualisation solutions and social media consultants on street corners holding up cardboard signs stating: "Will tweet for money. Likewise, do techies... [06 Nov 2009]
Green IT: Thrifty CIOs should make it a priority
News Server virtualisation, storage consolidation, upgrades to cooling systems and purchasing energy-efficient servers are all top priorities. These could include reconfiguring datacentre equipment to improve... [29 Oct 2009]
CIOs waste energy and budget as one in six servers go unused
News He said in a statement: "While we expect server capex to shrink yearly by eight per cent through 2013, following consolidation and the adoption of virtualisation, datacentre expenses are projected to... [19 Oct 2009]
Jim Whitehurst
AS Profile Following this theme, Red Hat invested in server and desktop virtualisation maker Qumranet to the tune of $107m just over a year ago in order to compete more effectively with Citrix, Microsoft and VMware. [29 Sep 2009]
IT chiefs ignoring datacentre energy use
News He said that even if more energy efficient servers or energy management tools were available, datacentre and IT managers are far more interested in internal projects like consolidation, rationalisation and virtualisation. [25 Sep 2009]
Intel: How chip maker is tackling the changing datacentre
News But Maloney pointed out that each of these datacentre types have common requirements - performance, energy efficiency and virtualisation. As Westmere moves in, the infrastructure will be there to do more secure... [23 Sep 2009]
More of a whimper than a bang: Whitehall's green tech drive
News Server optimisation: implement storage virtualisation and capacity management Recommendations include turning off all machines at night, extending the lifecycle of hardware, reusing as much IT equipment... [16 Sep 2009]
Virtualisation: Forget datacenters, think ordinary people
News Many of these are closer to VMware's core server virtualisation business. The company is gradually expanding from its initial phase of adoption, in which virtualisation was used to... [04 Sep 2009]
Dell's secret to riding out the recession
Comment Now, thanks to virtualisation, the company has boosted processor utilisation rates beyond the 20 per cent it was getting previously and it plans to decommission about 8,000 servers by January 2010 - just under a third of... [04 Sep 2009]
Cisco and EMC planning to partner up and go after large datacentres
News Cisco also owns a stake in virtualisation software company VMware, which operates as a unit of EMC. Citing unnamed sources who have been briefed on the plans, the Journal story said the new joint venture, codenamed... [04 Sep 2009]
Oracle celebrates 11g's second birthday with database overhaul
News Oracle Database 11g Release 2 is heavily focused on consolidating hardware and virtualisation, according to Mark Townsend, vice president of database product management at the software company. This provides... [02 Sep 2009]
Bank of Shanghai Reforms Its Core Banking System With HP Superdome Servers, HP XP Storage, HP Virtualisation Solutions and T24 Core Banking Solution
White Paper Bank of Shanghai leverages the strategic partnership between HP and Temenos and installed a new core IT architecture based on HP Superdome servers, HP XP128/XP24000 storage and HP Virtual Server Environment. [01 Sep 2009]
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