Larry Barrett, Author at ServerWatch https://www.serverwatch.com/author/larry-barrett/ ServerWatch is the leading IT resource on all things server. Wed, 16 Aug 2023 18:46:30 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.3.2 Virtualization Craze Brings the Bad With the Good Page 2 https://www.serverwatch.com/guides/virtualization-craze-brings-the-bad-with-the-good-page-2/ Tue, 01 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.serverwatch.com/2020/09/13/virtualization-craze-brings-the-bad-with-the-good-page-2/ On Dec. 11, SAP announced it will now begin supporting its virtualized enterprise resource planning (ERP) software running on VMware and 64-bit Windows, Linux and Solaris platforms. It’s a sign of the virtualized times. Unsure About an Acronym or Term? Search the ServerWatch Glossary   After all, it’s one thing to have the corporate e-mail […]

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]]> HP Streamlines Blade Automation https://www.serverwatch.com/guides/hp-streamlines-blade-automation/ Tue, 01 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.serverwatch.com/2020/09/14/hp-streamlines-blade-automation/ HP Monday released Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager, software designed to speed up the tedious tasks of adding, moving or replacing blade servers in the data center. With Virtual Connect Enterprise Manager, managing and controlling as many as 1,600 blade servers from a single console is a snap. Need a Definition? As IT managers increasingly turn […]

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]]> Virtual Infrastructure 3 Goes Gold https://www.serverwatch.com/guides/virtual-infrastructure-3-goes-gold/ Tue, 01 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.serverwatch.com/2020/09/14/virtual-infrastructure-3-goes-gold/ VMware on Tuesday released its Virtual Infrastructure 3 software with several new features it says will make life much easier for data center managers. Virtual Infrastructure 3 consists of the VMware ESX Server 3.5 and VirtualCenter 2.5 modules. As promised, VMware stamped Virtual Infrastructure 3 gold. Will the new release change how storage is managed? […]

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]]> VMware to Broaden Reach With Thinstall Purchase https://www.serverwatch.com/guides/vmware-to-broaden-reach-with-thinstall-purchase/ Tue, 01 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.serverwatch.com/2020/09/14/vmware-to-broaden-reach-with-thinstall-purchase/ VMware Tuesday announced it had agreed to acquire Thinstall as it looks to expand its tentacles beyond data center virtualization to help customers better deploy and update desktop applications. With its announced acquisition of Thinstall, VMware is expanding into the application virtualization space. Unsure About an Acronym or Term? Search the ServerWatch Glossary   Thinstall […]

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]]> IBM Releases Virtual Server Security App https://www.serverwatch.com/servers/ibm-releases-virtual-server-security-app/ Tue, 20 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.serverwatch.com/2020/09/13/ibm-releases-virtual-server-security-app/ IBM on Friday jumped on the virtualization security bandwagon with the release of Virtual Server Security for VMware vSphere, an application designed to secure workloads running on virtual servers. New software from Big Blue promises better security, visibility and scalability for virtual data centers. Enterprise as well as small and midsized businesses continue to embrace […]

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]]> Virtualization Craze Brings the Bad With the Good https://www.serverwatch.com/servers/virtualization-craze-brings-the-bad-with-the-good/ Tue, 20 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.serverwatch.com/2020/09/14/virtualization-craze-brings-the-bad-with-the-good/ Although the technology required to virtualize data centers has been around for more than 40 years, 2007 will go down in history as the end of the beginning — the year the technology vaulted into mainstream consciousness and hurtled to the top of every CIO’s “must-do” list. The oft-mentioned upside of virtualized data centers is […]

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]]> NetApp Debuts New Cloud Computing Management Tools https://www.serverwatch.com/servers/netapp-debuts-new-cloud-computing-management-tools/ Tue, 20 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.serverwatch.com/2020/09/14/netapp-debuts-new-cloud-computing-management-tools/ NetApp this week unveiled a series of new design guides and management tools to help service providers build private and public clouds for their virtualization and storage customers. New design guides and services are being aimed at service providers looking for faster and less-expensive ways to help enterprise customers build and manage both private and […]

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]]> CA Expands Cloud Computing Portfolio With 3Tera Buy https://www.serverwatch.com/server-news/ca-expands-cloud-computing-portfolio-with-3tera-buy/ Thu, 25 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0000 https://www.serverwatch.com/2020/09/14/ca-expands-cloud-computing-portfolio-with-3tera-buy/ CA on Wednesday added another piece to its growing cloud-computing portfolio when it announced the acquisition of 3Tera, a developer of software applications used to build and deploy apps for public and private clouds. The cloud computing startup’s AppLogic software helps companies build and deploy applications to public and private clouds. Financial terms of the […]

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