• Introducing the VMware Express: a Mobile Datacenter Coming to your Town
• UShareSoft Introduces UForge Appliance Factory, a NEW On-Demand Application Delivery Platform to the Cloud
• INX Announces VMware Book Release at 2010 VMware Partner Exchange in Las Vegas
• Xsigo Partners With CTC and Hitachi for I/O Virtualization
• Exar Corporation Signs Definitive Agreement to Acquire Neterion, Inc.
• Liquidware Labs Delivers Detailed Application Virtualization Assessment Capabilities in Stratusphere v4.5.4
• Virtustream Executives Stand Out Among Most Accredited Technical Industry Experts By Earning VMware VCDX Certification
• FrontRange Solutions Launches Discovery 9 to Improve the Visibility of Physical and Virtualized IT Assets
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• Introducing the VMware Express: hands-on virtual desktops coming to your town
• Virtual machine does not power on and there is high CPU reservation (1001637)
• Boot volume goes read-only on failover (1002983)
• Enhanced VMotion Compatibility (EVC) processor support (1003212)
• Differences in supported networking features between ESX 3.5 and ESXi 3.5 (1003345)
• Slow reboot of vSMP virtual machines on ESX when a lot of guest memory is page-shared (1004901)
• vCenter client connection to VirualCenter using SSL fails with the error: SSL Handshake on client connection failed (1005192)
• Changing the vCenter database user ID and password (1006482)
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• Xsigo Teams Up With Hitachi, CTC for I/O Virtualization
• DynamicOps Launches Automated Virtual Desktop Solution
• China VoIP & Digital Telecom Subsidiary Signs Virtualization Agreement with Shandong University of Finance
• Virtustream Executives Earn VMware VCDX Certification
• VMware Partner Exchange 2010 Kicks Off: 2,600+ Attendees and 55 Sponsors
• Release: Leostream Connection Broker 6.3
• Vizioncore Ends 2009 With Close To 20,000 Customers, Stellar Q4
• Citrix Improves Economics of Desktop Virtualization to Drive Mainstream Adoption
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• At Partner Exchange next week? Unlock the secrets of the vSphere API with “Project Onyx”!
• Your best PowerCLI script could win you $2,500 cash!
• 5 PowerCLI how-to videos for your viewing pleasure.
• Troubleshooting: Slow startup with PowerCLI 4.0 U1
• PowerCLI 4.0 U1 is out!
• “Project Onyx” is here.
• San Diego VMUG October 2009 Recap
• Come see PowerCLI at the San Diego VMUG, October 22 2009
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• What’s Citrix’s stack attack?
• Oracle-Sun Q&A with Jack Kaiser
• Citrix profits skyrocket; is free XenServer strategy working?
• Oracle vs. VMware feud simmering
• IT manager calls on HP and Microsoft to collapse SIM, SCOM
• Xen 4.0 Release Candidate available
• Oracle-Citrix acquisition hits the rumor mill
• All I want for Christmas is … a clustered file system?
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• What about the Apps?
• Is VDI Stagnating?
• Seen and Heard at Wanova Customer Beta Sites
• Desktop Virtualization at 30,000 Feet
• Vive la Desktop Virtualization!
• Survey Says: Desktop Virtualization Needs a New Approach
• Leverage What You’ve Got
• Too much Hype in the Client Hypervisor?
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• Inner Workings of VMware PC-over-IP
• Performance comparisons of FC, iSCSI, and NFS for VMware vSphere
• Microsoft System Center Essentials 2010 Integrates Virtualization Capabilities
• Managing your Hyper-V server remotely
• VMware publishes vShpere 4.0 Hardening Guide
• Microsoft to modify VECD licensing in 2010
• Best Practices for Virtualizing Terminal Servers
• Free Tool: VKernel VM Stats
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• 01/27 Host.net Combines DataCore Software, VMware and Cisco to Deliver an Innovative Software-Based Enterprise Cloud Computing Service
• 01/20 North American Stainless Deploys DataCore Storage Virtualization Software with VMware for a Completely Virtual Infrastructure
• 01/14 DataCore Appoints ACW Distribution to Deliver Cost-Efficient Storage Virtualization Solutions in Asia
• 01/05 DataCore Software Adds Advanced Site Recovery (ASR) Option for SANmelody to Better Address Business Continuity and DR Needs for Remote Offices and Branch Offices
• 12/29 DataCore Software Super-Sizes Virtual Disks with Its Latest Storage Virtualization Software Release
• 12/09 The Sweet Smell of Server and Storage Virtualization: Northwest Wholesale Florists in Seattle Deploys DataCore Storage Virtualization Software and Microsoft Hyper-V
• 12/01 Barren County Schools Deploys DataCore Storage Virtualization to Support VMware and Provide a Complete Virtual Environment
• 11/18 DataCore Storage Virtualization Software Proves to Be a Great Fit for Microsoft Hyper-V and Cluster Deployments; Case in Point - Law Firm McNamee, Lochner, Titus & Williams
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• Virtualization.com: Avaya Selects Xsigo Systems for Virtual I/O Scalability and Performance Xsigo Systems today announced that Avaya, a global enterprise communications systems provider, has deployed Xsigo virtual I/O as part of a recent virtualization deployment that supports the company’s software development …full story

• The new economics of a virtualized datacenter: moving towards an application-based cost model
• Who’s going to Run Linux Workloads on Microsoft Hyper-V Now?
• Considering XenServer for XenApp? It might be time for a "Virtual Reality Check".
• Did Microsoft just agree with us that Hyper-V is NOT 1/6th the cost of vSphere?
• VMware Safe Passage Program for Virtual Iron Customers – Two Weeks Left!
• Our position on hypervisor footprints, patching, vulnerabilities and whatever else Microsoft wants to throw into a blog post
• VMware Safe Passage for Virtual Iron: Where do my Virtual Iron Licenses Go?
• UPDATE: Chris Wolf Blog Post – Oracle Now Fully Supports Non-Oracle x86 Hypervisors
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• Mental Ward: Hyper-V R2 Promises Big Changes
• Everyday Virtualization: Expanded OS Support With vSphere
• Mental Ward: Oracle Buys Virtual Iron
• Mental Ward: My Virtual Outlook
• Mental Ward: Windows XP Mode: Boon for AMD?
• Everyday Virtualization: Virtual Appliance Grazing
• Mental Ward: Slinging the YouTube Mud
• Everyday Virtualization: Decision Time: ESX vs ESXi
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• VMWare - Virtual Reality: Do I really need to upgrade all my Windows Server 2003 CALs in order to run on Windows Hyper-V?
• A partner brought something to my attention recently that seemed odd regarding Microsoft licensing ?? and potentially expensive.
• Here??s the scenario: Say someone??s got existing Windows Server 2003 licenses (non-OEM versions) and CALs. He wants to use these licenses and CALs to run a Windows Server 2003 virtual machine. Seems pretty straight forward ?? as a 2003 CAL is being used to access a Windows Server 2003 environment - and a good way to save money since he??s already paid for the …full story

• VMWare Networking Blog: Beaconing Demystified: Using Beaconing to Detect Link Failures
• Beaconing is one of those features that often confuses even the most experienced networking admin.
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• Shudong Zhou, one of our senior engineers, recently posted an entry on the internal blog explaining how it works and how you might use it. He gave me permission to cut and paste his entry. Here …full story