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Planning for virtualization? Beware of software license costs

BY Kacey Weinberg
Relevancy Score: 100

In the last couple months I’ve heard of a few large investment virtualization projects that were executed without even considering the license/contract management aspects of the software run on the servers. On the one side there were millions of dollars of savings from hardware consolidation, and other there were legal and financial risks in nearly the same amount, because the companies had to compensate for illegal software use/installation. Even transferring an application from a server with 2 CPUs to one with 4 CPUs can be a breach of the license. And for these reason it’s essential that companies review all software license and contracts of the affected hardware. Otherwise, they might be hit with unexpected costs.READ»

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Microsoft Exchange Faces Challenge From VMware-Zimbra Deal

BY Kit Eaton
Relevancy Score: 100

This is going to interest sysadmins the most, but it's also a surprise blow against Microsoft: Virtualization experts VMware have just bought out Zimbra, who make collaboration software. The target is clearly MS Exchange. Zimbra, ...READ»

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SMB Virtualization for Energy Savings

BY Jason Carr
Relevancy Score: 100

Microsoft cited the following information from an EPA report to Congress (August 2007):“The U.S. Department of Energy and the Environmental Protection Agency have reported on the high energy costs of data centers, estimating that ...READ»

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CISCO JOB OPENINGS

BY Brent Rogers
Relevancy Score: 100

System Administrator Location Thornton, Colorado Description Cisco is looking for a System Administrator with 1 to 5 years experience. The ideal candidate will have experience with Linux (redhat), Data Centers and server ...READ»

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Cloud Cover - VMWare's market charge

BY Guy Smith
Relevancy Score: 100

VMWare takes the private cloud (p-cloud) challenge and begins assembling the pieces required to redefine the data center. But are they thinking forward on the partnerships required to dominate the market?READ»

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Brazil Greens-up Educational PC Project by Virtualizing

BY Kit Eaton
Relevancy Score: 100

Brazil's government is about to create the world's largest desktop virtualization project, in schools across the entire country. And it's not just a move to advance educational computing for the country's kids while saving cash--it's ...READ»

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Server 2008- What's In It For Me?

BY Stephen L Rose
Relevancy Score: 100

Microsoft Server 2008 will be launched next week among much fanfare and hoopla. IT professions are asking the same question we ask every time Microsoft releases a new server platform, “Is it worth money to upgrade? And What ...READ»

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Red Hat Buys Virtualization Company

BY Chris Dannen
Relevancy Score: 100

Red Hat [NYSE:RHT], makers of open-source software, has entrenched itself a little deeper into the virtualization market today by purchasing a company called Qumranet, the Israeli-based firm that developed open-source kernel-based ...READ»

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Blue Sunrise

BY Guy Smith
Relevancy Score: 95

IBM contemplates buying Sun, but for what reasons? IBM intends to use Sun's software assets to further commoditized the IT market and drive down the margins of their competitors.READ»

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Dell Pulls Off Green IT Without Sacrifice

BY Ariel Schwartz
Relevancy Score: 88

The phrase "going green" conjures up images of short showers, small houses, tiny cars--basically, minimal consumption. But according to Albert Esser, Vice President of Power and Data Center Infrastructure Solutions at ...READ»

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Intel Releases New Chips for Labor Day

BY Chris Dannen
Relevancy Score: 63

While it's tempting to make a chip-related pun, I'll just go ahead and say that Intel [NASDAQ:INTC] announced a group of new processors this holiday week that should compete well with AMD's [NYSE:AMD] recently-revealed Phenom chips. ...READ»

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Cafeteria 2.0

BY Adam Bluestein
Relevancy Score: 58

Winning high-tech hearts through their stomachs.READ»

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Microsoft Vista’s virtualization limits

BY VJ Misra
Relevancy Score: 47

This past Monday Microsoft ditched virtualization limits on its higher end Vista operating system. Is it a bane or boon for VMware – whose sole business model revolves around virtualization?READ»

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Virtual Reality for Business with Virtual Project Management Software

BY Clint G
Relevancy Score: 46

Virtually anyone who has a basic understanding of virtual reality can understand the concept of workspace virtualization. Virtual project management software allows businesses to create and use a digital workspace, something like a ...READ»

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Perfect Storm Forming for Green IT

BY Anthony & Toby Velte
Relevancy Score: 39

Once we dispel the common misconception that Green IT, the practice of environmentally sound practices in the Information Technology field, is an altruistic pursuit alone and not grounded within the constraints of capitalism, we ...READ»

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Data Center Cost Avoidance

BY Anthony & Toby Velte
Relevancy Score: 38

Last week in the New York Times, Steve Lohr wrote an article, In Tough Times, Build Fewer Data Centers. He makes a compelling case that “The smartest, greenest, most efficient data center is the one that a company decides it ...READ»

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A Second Life for Training

BY Tom Hood
Relevancy Score: 34

Still unsure about Second Life -- the virtual world -- as a tool for helping your business do better? Besides virtual meetings, the platform is also conducive to training. A Second Life for Training is the title of the article ...READ»