Virtualisation


VMware Workstation 9 available

Got a surprise this morning when opening Vmware workstation to test a clients vm for recovery …. VMware Workstation 9 is now available! VMware Workstation 9 delivers the best-in-class Windows 8 experience and many innovative new features that transform the way professionals work with virtual machines. Key features in VMware Workstation 9: • Windows 8 […]


Zenoss core 4 now available

The open source monitoring solution Zenoss gets a new release with 4.2 New features include An Advanced Message Queuing Protocol (AMQP) message bus New jobs system for asynchronous tasks New high performance event management system (100M + events per day) WMI support ExtJS 4 JavaScript Framework support Advanced monitoring for legacy and cloud platforms with continued support for OpenStack and […]


A virtual battle begins – Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter Solution Accelerator Release Candidate announced!

Microsoft has been hoping to steal some of the thunder from VMWorld announcements so heres the latest Announcing the Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter Solution Accelerator Release Candidate! Download The Release Candidate We are very excited to announce the release candidate of Microsoft Virtual Machine Converter. Clickhere to join the connect program. If you have already […]


Vmware vSphere 5.1 – what might be new ?

As leaks and rumours start to grow prior to VMWorld 2012 – the one that most appeals to me is shared-nothing live migration. Boot from Fibre Channel over Ethernet, or FCoE, storage and official support for virtualized Active Directory domain controllers are also expected in vSphere 5.1, though these features are hardly earth-shattering. This is […]


HyperV3 for free

Microsoft have announced the release candidate for HyperV server 2012 here. Many IT managers will be looking to see what features made it and which didn’t. So if you are interested  head on over for your 1.5GB download of the ISO image. From what I’ve seen of the interest around the release condidate – it […]