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Virtualization Review today announced that cloud client computing products from Wyse Technology have been named Winner and Preferred Products in the 2012 Virtualization Review Readers Choice Awards. Wyse Z90 is Winner in the Thin/Zero Client Computing category, and Wyse Xenith Pro was named Preferred Product. This is the second year in a row that Wyse has received recognition as the winning product in the thin and zero client computing category. Wyse PocketCloud also was named as a Preferred Product in the Virtual PC category. The 2012 Winner and Preferred Product awards are presented to vendors in 14 different categories of products, ranging from desktop and storage virtualization to application virtualization and cloud computing solutions. The Wyse Z90 was recognized as the winning product in the thin and zero client computing category. The Wyse Z90 is a high-perfo... (more)

IGEL Supports Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.0

IGEL now supports Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.0. IGEL customers will now be able to leverage IGEL's support of Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.0 to deploy distributed high-performance, scalable and secure Virtual Desktop solutions. Reading, UK January 19, 2012 - IGEL Technology, the world's leading provider of Linux-based thin clients, today announced its support of Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.0. The powerful remote-display protocol SPICE in Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization has already been available in IGEL thin client hardware and software for some time. N... (more)

Connectria Hosting Achieves "Off the Chart" Operational Efficiency With Cloud-Based Storage Solution From Nexsan and CommVault

THOUSAND OAKS, CA -- (Marketwire) -- 01/26/12 -- Nexsan®, a leading independent provider of disk-based data storage systems, today announced that Connectria Hosting, a global managed hosting company, has deployed the Nexsan Flexible Storage Platform™ in support of the company's cloud-based backup and recovery services for enterprise clients. In combination with CommVault® Simpana® data and information management software, Nexsan's storage systems have dramatically improved Connectria's backup and recovery efficiency when compared to the previously deployed solution. Connectria H... (more)

How much can virtualization really do? (So many questions. So little time. Part 8.)

In our Saint Louis TechNet Event last week, Kurt asked several questions relating to virtualization and Hyper-V: “Any issues with running SBS, SQL, and application server on same machine?” “How do I set up multiple drives within a virtual server?” “What is the best base core for virtualization? (Enterprise, File Server, etc.)” To your first question, Kurt, there is really no one correct answer.  “It depends.”, is really qutie appropriate, here.  If you have a pretty decent server with lots of memory and processors / cores, and you’re not supporting a huge enterprise (your menti... (more)

Nexica Powers Its Cloud Computing Service with EMC VNX Unified Storage

MADRID, Jan. 26, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- EMC Corporation (NYSE: EMC) today announced that Nexica, a Spanish provider of ICT infrastructure managed services including cloud computing and critical application hosting, has selected EMC® VNX™ unified storage, together with Cisco UCS and VMware virtualization and cloud infrastructure technologies, to power its newly launched public cloud services for its exceptional performance, efficiency, simplicity and data protection. Customer Benefits: Improved Performance and Scalability - With EMC VNX unified storage, Nexica has increased the av... (more)