VMworld arrives; desktop virtualization trends; management challenges

Virtualization management takes center stage; Storage virtualization aides disaster recovery Virtualization Alert NetworkWorld.com | Update Your Profile Sponsored by IBM Webcast: Business Value of Virtualization IBM sponsored webcast with IDC Analyst, Gary Chen presenting new whitepaper comparing the relative costs and business value of traditional x86 physical server installations with those of virtualized environments. Join us Sept 23 to hear how this approach will put you on a path towards maximizing business value from virtualization. Click to continue Spotlight Story VMware plows ahead in face of controversy, increased competition Heading into VMworld, VMware faces controversy and a far more competitive virtualization market than existed when the company began holding the annual conference five years ago. Read full story Related News: Virtualization management takes center stage As virtualization evolves over the next several years, management will play a bigger and bigger role. Storage virtualization aides disaster recovery While most enterprises begin their virtualization foray at the server level, faith-based financial services firm Mennonite Mutual Aid (MMA) came at it from the storage side of the shop. The primary objective was remote disaster recovery, which a growing variety of virtualization capabilities can neatly address. Virtual desktops to the rescue Back in February, while Louisville, Ky., was defrosting after a freak storm buried the city in ice, IT exec Brian Cox was dreaming not of warmer climes but of desktop virtualization. Virtual appliances: Slow on the uptake The idea -- and benefits of -- virtual appliances seem straightforward enough, but IT execs have been slow to adopt the technology. Microsoft, Citrix drop sponsorship of VMworld after dustup with VMware Microsoft and Citrix have decided not to sponsor next week's VMworld virtualization conference and are maintaining only a limited presence at the show due to conflicts with rival VMware. You won't see Microsoft's newest virtualization tool at VMworld Microsoft on Monday put the last bit of polish on the newest edition of its System Center Virtual Machine Manager, but said users won't see it next week in the software giant's booth at VMworld. Virtual systems management vendors gear up for VMworld Embotics and Surgient separately upgrade product suites to showcase at VMworld 2009 in San Francisco. WAN optimization specialist NetEx targets VMware environments As the industry prepares for next week's big VMworld show, one WAN optimization player is highlighting its ability to accelerate a key feature of VMware-virtualized environments. Wyse offers desktop virtualization for the iPhone IPhone and iPod touch devotees can now access their PCs or virtual desktops remotely using PocketCloud from Wyse, released Thursday. EMC adds virtual machine management to Clariion arrays EMC introduced new virtualization-aware capabilities for its Clariion CX4 midrange networked storage systems, which make CX4 software and disaster recovery applications aware of connected virtual machines. August Giveaways Cisco Subnet is giving away training from Global Knowledge and 15 copies of Practical Intrusion Analysis; Microsoft Subnet is giving away training from Global Knowledge and 15 copies of SCCM 2007 Unleashed. Google Subnet is giving away 15 copies of Web Geek's Guide to Google Chrome. Entry forms can be found on the Cisco Subnet, Microsoft Subnet and Google Subnet home pages. Deadline for entries is August 31. Network World on Twitter? You bet we are 10 sports technologies to love, 5 to hate Many technologies help fans enjoy sports. 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