Avastu Blog: Sustainable Global Clouds

Avastu Blog is migrating to IdeationCloud.com; 1st Jan 2009 live

noreply@blogger.com (Tarry Singh) — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 07:41:00 PST

YOU DON'T HAVE TO DO ANYTHING. WITHIN 2 SECONDS YOU WILL BE REDIRECTED TO THE NEW HOME OF AVASTU BLOG. PLEASE DO UPDATE AVASTU BLOG'S URL to : http://www.ideationcloud.com on your website. I will...

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Cloud Security: Eliminate humans from the "Information Supply Chain on the Web"

noreply@blogger.com (Tarry Singh) — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 03:56:28 PST

My upcoming article, part - 3 data center predictions for 2009, has a slideshot talking about the transition from the current age to the cloud computing age to eventually the ideation age- the age...

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OS Virtualization comparison: Parallels' Virtuozzo vs the rest

noreply@blogger.com (Tarry Singh) — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 10:15:33 PST

Virtuozzo's main differentiators versus hypervisors center on overhead, virtualization flexibility, administration and cost. Virtuozzo requires significantly less overhead than hypervisor solutions,...

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Seanode fixes Storage dilemma for Cloud Service Providers

noreply@blogger.com (Tarry Singh) — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 10:09:30 PST

Boston, December 16, 2008 – Seanodes, the creator and leading developer of Shared Internal Storage solutions, today announced that cloud services provider Aenigma has developed a new multi-tiered...

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Data Center spendings in 2009: Which storage vendor will you invest with?

noreply@blogger.com (Tarry Singh) — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 03:35:42 PST

Surveys will start being published on my site and I'll make more customized surveys with cool flash animations. For now, I'm content with the simpler version of LinkedIn surveys. Click here to join

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Which hypervisor, in your opinion, is more secure?

noreply@blogger.com (Tarry Singh) — Mon, 15 Dec 2008 11:53:09 PST

Choose wisely and let us know here

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Top 5 VMware Virtual Appliances

noreply@blogger.com (Tarry Singh) — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 14:48:14 PST

EWeek's labs picked up some neat collection of VMware's virtual appliances. Although I don't seem to read anywhere what the criteria might have been, it is important to note that these appliances are...

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Consumers look at VDI but prefer to wait for Client Hypervisors

noreply@blogger.com (Tarry Singh) — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 10:41:32 PST

Search my older post and you'll find that I had already suggested VMware and other vendors to go for several versions of hypervisors. VMware has taken the stride towards mobile devices, which is...

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Understanding VMware Infrastructure Client Connectivity

noreply@blogger.com (Tarry Singh) — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 13:44:26 PST

Ed has some good tips. Last time I spoke to Ed, I got to understand that he's on to a lot more things such as writing a book and some toolkit. Mike Hoesing has beaten him to it there since his book...

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DynamicOps Adds Desktop Automation, Multi-Vendor Capabilities

noreply@blogger.com (Tarry Singh) — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 10:53:17 PST

New features of VRM include: Extensions that support key virtual desktop components included in Citrix XenDesktop™ and VMware’s virtual desktop infrastructure. Microsoft’s Hyper-V support.The VRM...

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Tripwire gets Beaver to flash their jewels!

noreply@blogger.com (Tarry Singh) — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 10:49:35 PST

It's Saturdays and I'm sure Stephen won't be upset at me for that title :-) good luck at Tripwire, Stephen! "Stephen is the perfect fit for Tripwire as we continue to extend our leadership in the...

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VMware and HP to collaborate to manage Mixed Environments

noreply@blogger.com (Tarry Singh) — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 10:44:23 PST

As a first step in the companies' expanded relationship, VMware would work with HP to integrate HP BTO software with VMware vCenter Lab Manager, which provides self-service access to a library of...

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STOTServer upgrades for VMware's VCB

noreply@blogger.com (Tarry Singh) — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 10:42:35 PST

STORServer introduced an upgrade to its STORServer Agent for VMware Consolidated Backup, designed to increase usability and performance. Highlights of these upgrades include a new license server and...

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Symantec integrate VCS to VMware's vCenter for DR/HA

noreply@blogger.com (Tarry Singh) — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 10:37:37 PST

“VMware is pleased to see Symantec deliver solutions like VCS for high availability that integrate with and complement the value of VMware virtualization for customers and reinforce the importance of...

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NetWrix's Compliance initiative for Virtual Environments

noreply@blogger.com (Tarry Singh) — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 10:35:09 PST

NetWrix has some cool things going with their Change reporter for both VMware and Microsoft's SCVMM. VMware was launched recently. Change auditing is an important process for controlling the...

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HP dead serious about Open Source Virtualization for SMBs

noreply@blogger.com (Tarry Singh) — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 08:17:07 PST

HP today announced the expansion of its virtualized browsing solution across select business desktop products and its plans to introduce Linux as an operating system choice for business desktop...

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FSF sues Cisco

noreply@blogger.com (Tarry Singh) — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 08:13:57 PST

Today, the FSF let Cisco Systems know in no uncertain terms that line had been crossed. The complaint centers on the Linksys brand routers, and the firmware used on those products. Brett Smith, the...

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Data Center Container Move: Microsoft's James Hamilton to join Amazon!

noreply@blogger.com (Tarry Singh) — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 08:09:16 PST

I am assuming that it was not just the experimental excel sheet that John put up on his blog that prompted Amazon to get him over to their shop. Amazon, with its clear strategy to go to the EU are...

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Nortel may file for bankruptcy!

noreply@blogger.com (Tarry Singh) — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 11:11:17 PST

Nortel Networks Corp.'s contemplation of a bankruptcy filing comes after years of strategic missteps, accounting scandals and failed restructurings that have reduced the company, once one of Canada's...

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EU lets Amazon EC2 in!

noreply@blogger.com (Tarry Singh) — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 08:26:08 PST

In a move that will extend the Web's biggest cloud to encompass much of the globe, the company that began as an online bookstore is opening its commercial server hosting platform to the EU. The...

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Virtualization Security Survey: Hurry, 8 days left!

noreply@blogger.com (Tarry Singh) — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 07:25:28 PST

Folks interested in the survey. Please join and let us know what you think!

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JoliCloud and Netbooks: End of the PC, Laptop era in sight?

noreply@blogger.com (Tarry Singh) — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 01:58:08 PST

Michael is running this story about an ex-CEO of Netvibes, who plans to provide a much robust and feature richer netbook, quick-boot OS with all you may need to get on the Cloud. Avastu advisory for...

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Virtualization Security: What do we know about it?

noreply@blogger.com (Tarry Singh) — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 07:20:57 PST

Despite a downturn in the global economy, many organizations are paying a lot of attention to GRC (governance, security and compliance). Virtualization is penetrating in the markets and it is not a...

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IBM, Harvard search organic solar power using Cloud Computing

noreply@blogger.com (Tarry Singh) — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 01:15:03 PST

According to IBM, the software will be programmed to "...discover and isolate organic molecules that when combined can convert more sunlight into electricity and thus produce solar cells much more...

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Sun xVM Server : LiveMigration demo!

noreply@blogger.com (Tarry Singh) — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 11:52:05 PST

Check it out here Saw first at Alessandro's site

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