Leading technologists–from Layer 7, Oracle, Thinstall, Nastel, Solstice Software, and iTKO–joined SYS-CON.TV Founder and Host Roger Strukhoff in a discussion on SYS-CON.TV about the state of SOA among enterprise customers, the challenges they face in solving their customer needs, and the recent success they and their customers have experienced.
There’s a fabless semiconductor start-up hidden away out of sight in Vancouver, British Columbia that been rethinking the problem of thin clients and the so-called PC Blade for the last three years. And now that it’s got the necessary silicon, firmware and fancy signal processing algorithms in hand - along with a couple of early adopters like IBM and ClearCube - and it’s shipping pre-production product ahead of initial volumes in August - it’s ready to come out from under the radar and lay its cards on the table, so to speak. The name of this prodigy is Teradici Corporation and it calls its widgetry PC-over-IP technology, meaning it can physically separate the computer from the user long distance.
Xyratex announced that CorData, a leading storage networking solutions provider, has chosen the Xyratex F5402E 4Gb RAID system as a component in its line of networked storage solutions. Serving a broad range of private and public sector clients, including the U.S. military and large financial services institutions, CorData provides advanced storage networking solutions that help organizations deploy highly optimized, cost-effective storage platforms. CorData will utilize the Xyratex F5402E as a key component for many of its customized end-user solutions.
Kidaro facilitates various enterprise IT scenarios. Extending the enterprise perimeter, Kidaro Managed Workspace enables offshore offices, subsidiaries and remote-users flexible, secured use of enterprise applications and resources. For corporate internal and mobile users, Kidaro offers unmatched data protection solution, isolating and encrypting sensitive information on their machines. Kidaro’s unique set of technologies go one step beyond any other virtualization platform for enterprise desktops. Leveraging standard, vendor-independent machine virtualization technologies (e.g., VMware Player, VMware Workstation, Microsoft Virtual PC, Microsoft Vista), Kidaro brings the essential elements required to successfully deploy a complete virtualization solution for enterprise end-users.
Corporate ‘to-go’ joins the Kidaro Managed Workspace family of client-hosted virtualization solutions. Kidaro provides enterprise-grade provisioning, deployment, management and security on top of standard desktop virtualization products, and is the only vendor that works with common virtualization platforms (VMware or Microsoft).
Industry-leading Desktop Virtualization Software Wins 2007 Visual Studio Magazine Readers’ Choice Award. PALO ALTO, Calif., June 18, 2007 — VMware, Inc., the global leader in software for industry-standard virtualized desktops and servers, today announced that VMware Workstation has won the 2007 Visual Studio Magazine Readers’ Choice Award in the Development Tools category. Winners were announced in the June 2007 issue of Visual Studio Magazine: http://www.ftponline.com/vsm/2007_bg/magazine/features/readerschoice/.
“The Readers’ Choice Awards are special because it is an accolade from the person most qualified to say whether a product is great: the person who uses it,” said Patrick Meader,…
Kevin Epstein, vice president of Scalent Systems, will host an interactive presentation on ‘The Adaptive Infrastructure — Dead Bare Metal to Live Connected Servers in Five Minutes or Less’ at the 2007 Virtualization Conference & Expo, Roosevelt Hotel, New York City, June 27, 2007, from 12:55 p.m. to 1:25 p.m.
Application virtualization is a technologically elegant solution that isolates applications and reduces conflicts. That’s good for IT management and has the additional virtue of being financially alluring. From legacy to the latest enterprise business applications, virtualized deployment eases management and supports secure access. Companies save money and boost efficiency using application virtualization within any IT infrastructure. Attendees will learn details of how, when and why application virtualization is a best practice for enterprise IT. This talk covers the fundamentals of application virtualization and technical issues from terminal server to desktop. Using case instances to illustrate benefits in various architectures, the discussion includes scenarios that detail migration and IT architectural shifts incorporating application virtualization.
Mackay and Bayliss started off the conversation with an overview of testing, or as Mackay prefers to call it, ‘functional validation.’ Bayliss agreed with this fundamental point, noting that enterprise customers have serious overall needs that go well beyond a single aspect of the picture. Lucien took up this insight, noting that although his company is known as an XML appliance vendor, he needs to be thinking of the overall challenges his company’s customers face.
Combines Mac User Interface with Industry-leading Virtualization Technology and Introduces Unity Feature for Seamless Windows Application Integration. PALO ALTO, Calif., June 12, 2007 —VMware, Inc., the global leader in software for industry-standard virtualized desktops and servers, today announced pre-order availability and pricing for VMware Fusion, which enables Mac users to simultaneously run Mac, Windows, Linux, NetWare and Solaris-based applications without rebooting. Starting today, through a special promotion, customers can pre-order VMware Fusion for $39.99 from www.vmware.com/mac until the product is generally available.VMware currently plans to make VMware Fusion generally…