NComputing announced that over 250 colleges and universities across the country have deployed NComputing solutions to get the most out of their PC investment, cut support and maintenance costs by as much as 80%, and save electricity to help comply with aggressive green initiatives.

IdentiPHI announced its flagship enterprise security software product, SAFsolution 5, has been verified as Citrix Ready. The Citrix Ready program helps customers identify third-party solutions that add the greatest value in Citrix Application Delivery Infrastructure solutions. SAFsolut...

ClearCube announced the Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) Solutions Suite, a virtual desktop hardware and software solution that manages multiple desktops from a PC blade infrastructure. The VDI Solutions Suite reduces the cost of centralized computing without sacrificing the securi...

Ceedo announced the availability of Ceedo Enterprise for Citrix XenApp, a solution that will give customers using XenApp (formerly Citrix Presentation Server) portable and secure access from any PC without the need to install client software and without requiring administrative rights....

Currently, an overwhelming majority of organizations are migrating and consolidating servers from physical to virtual environments. While the savings of the virtualized data center are extremely compelling, there is a new set of challenges that IT staffs didn’t have to deal with in t...

This session describes how the wave of virtualization technology in the data center can be extended beyond hypervisors to embrace complete IT infrastructure management resulting in significant business value. It will commence by summarizing the fundamental problems that are holding bac...

Xenocode announced the availability of Postbuild 2008 for .NET, a major update to its code obfuscation and deployment solution for Windows developers.Xenocode Postbuild allows software developers to deploy .NET applications in a single, secure executable that runs anywhere, with or wit...

SYS-CON Media's Virtualization Journal announced today that the polls have opened for its first annual Virtualization Readers' Choice Awards. Readers will be casting their votes until November 8, 2008. Winners and finalists will be announced at the 4th International Virtualization Conf...

VMware, Inc. announced new educational services and certification programs designed to help IT professionals build world-class virtual environments. The programs are designed for varied positions, including systems administrators, design architects, operators and managers who are inter...

With the Internet increasingly taking on the role of the PC operating system and the growing prevalence of virtualization technologies, there will be a day when the Microsoft Windows client OS as it's been developed for the past 20-odd years becomes obsolete. Microsoft seems to be prep...

As more enterprises embrace virtual infrastructure for part or all of their compute infrastructure, tools are needed to effectively control both physical and virtual. Few large organizations seek to virtualize all of their servers due to the performance hit of virtualization layers. Dy...

Virtualization carries the promises of flexibility, lower costs, ease of deployment and simplified server management. However, when condensing the physical resources of your enterprise, are you considering how to make applications easily accessible to the growing number of remote users...

Currently most desktop productivity software including browsers, mail clients, Office suites, IM, and media players make direct connections to the Internet and/or run untrusted content. As a result, these applications, which are core to office productivity, are also the primary vector ...

Virtualization enables strategic benefits, but significantly impacts infrastructure, operations and configuration management. Virtualization’s additional complexity and new management challenges can adversely affect TCO, reduce service levels, threaten security and pose compliance is...

While the hypervisor market is dominated by VMware and other large companies, Opus Capital believes that startup opportunities abound. For example, several companies have enjoyed some early successes in desktop virtualization. Since no dominant player has emerged, this market still sho...

Shunra Software announced it has joined the VMware Technology Alliance Partner (TAP) program. The VMware TAP program helps technology vendors integrate their products with VMware virtualization software and deliver timely, joint solutions to mutual customers.

Qumranet announced that Craig Bauman has joined the company as the vice president of sales and channels. Bauman will be responsible for launching the Qumranet Partner Program and leading the sales organization through its recent growth stage.

InstallFree announced it has received $8.5 Million in financing to drive the expansion of its product development and go-to-market teams including sales and customer support and extended its board of prominent technology veterans. Dynamic Desktop Computing is an innovative approach tha...

Pillar Data Systems unveiled the Pillar Axiom 300. Ideally suited for small-to-medium size enterprises (SMEs), the Axiom 300 drives down infrastructure and operational costs while reducing business risk and complexity of data storage. The Axiom 300 is easy and quick to configure and de...

StackSafe announced that StackSafe Test Center now includes automated import of virtual infrastructure components. Users can import virtualized production environments into Test Center, enabling them to stage both virtualized and physical production environments for testing activities....

SunGard Availability Services announced Virtual Server Replication Services, an AdvancedRecovery solution for organizations using virtualization technology to run their business applications. The offering provides companies an affordable way to implement a comprehensive second site rec...

matrix42 announced the record success of its Empirum product for the small- to medium-sized enterprise (SME), and the addition of automated capabilities to improve IT service delivery and eliminate user down time. Released in May at special market-entry pricing, the Empirum SME "Succes...

InstallFree announced it has been selected by Forrester Research as one of its “Hot Companies to Watch in 2008.” Dynamic Desktop Computing is an innovative approach that seamlessly delivers applications to end-users across a wide variety of usage scenarios without the need to insta...

3Leaf Systems announced the general availability of 3Leaf V-8000 Virtual I/O Server version 2.0, a key component of 3Leaf Virtual Compute Environment. The new software release delivers disaster recovery, streamlined management, and enhanced availability for large x86 server deployments...

VMLogix announced VMLogix LabManager 3.6 with support for Microsoft Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V. VMLogix LabManager is hypervisor agnostic and with the introduction of Hyper-V now supports all standard server virtualization platforms, enabling users to leverage their existing infrastru...

Akorri announced its BalancePoint performance management software now supports Dell EqualLogic PS Series iSCSI Storage Area Networks (SANs). IT organizations can use Akorri's BalancePoint to plan, optimize and manage performance and resource utilization in data centers that are running...

Data Domain announced partnerships with archiving and file virtualization providers, further extending the implementation options available to users wishing to leverage Data Domain's nearline storage capabilities. Data Domain systems can now be used with Mimosa Nearpoint; AXS-One Compl...

Building on its existing standing in virtualization management, Hyperic announced Hyperic HQ for Citrix XenServer enterprise-class management and monitoring software for the popular Citrix XenServer virtualization software. The new software allows XenServer administrators to assess IT ...

VMware announced the general availability of VMware Lab Manager 3, providing even greater automation and control for IT lab environments. VMware Lab Manager has fast become the industry-standard lab automation solution that provides software development and QA engineers with fast and s...

VirtualLogix announced that it has joined the LiMo Foundation, a consortium dedicated to creating a truly open, hardware-independent, Linux-based operating system (OS) for mobile devices. As a provider of embedded virtualization for next-generation mobile handsets, VirtualLogix joins L...

TRANGO Virtual Processors announced that it now supports Windows Embedded CE 6.0. By combining the rich features of the Windows Embedded CE 6.0 kernel with the TRANGO Hypervisor's ability to create separate and highly secure execution environments, designers and developers can now prov...

Tek-Tools announced that it acquired 40 new customers in the second quarter of 2008 further expanding its market presence across every major vertical market. The company reports that virtualization sprawl and ever expanding storage and application management requirements continue to cr...

VMLogix announced that Mark Pileski and Leandra Yanagawa have joined the company as vice president of marketing and vice president of worldwide sales, respectively. The two new executives bring extensive industry experience to VMLogix, and will help build the company's marketing and sa...

Layered Tech announced the availability of Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V-based virtual private machines. The announcement marks one of the first offerings of a hypervisor-based virtual private machine, allowing customers to take advantage of the control, efficiency and overall cost-effec...

NeoAccel announced the VMware version of its flagship product, SSL VPN-Plus. SSL VPN-Plus Gateway is a 3rd Generation VPN able to replace IPSec and to supersede conventional SSL VPNs which suffer from the TCP-over-TCP meltdown and degraded client-server application performance.

Veeam Software announced general availability of Veeam Backup Version 2.0. Veeam Backup is unique in the market because it offers both backup and replication for virtual environments in a single product, as well as the fastest file-level restore. Version 2.0 includes added functionalit...

Carahsoft announced that it has expanded its VMware Complementary Solutions team to include Xsigo Systems. Xsigo's I/O solution can lower server-related operating expenses by up to 80%, cut capital costs by 50%, and use 70% less cabling, resulting in 100x faster server management.

VMware announced the general availability of the VMware Infrastructure (VI) Toolkit (for Windows), a new addition to its scripting toolkit portfolio that enhances automation of virtual datacenters. Offered free of charge, the toolkit is an easy-to-use scripting interface for administra...

LogLogic has joined the VMware Technology Alliance Partner (TAP) Program and PCI Security Standards Council as part of the company’s commitment to secure and protect corporate and payment cardholder data and information in virtual environments. As a member of the VMware TAP Program, ...

Secerno announced the availability of its Secerno.SQL database activity monitoring and blocking solution as a virtualized appliance on the VMware platform. This marks the availability of its appliance-based database protection in a virtualized environment, allowing enterprises the same...