Archive for Eric Henderson
VMworld News
Posted by: | CommentsVMworld hasn’t officially started yet for the masses, but there are numerous internal partner and VMware events and discussions going on. This is building up to be a landmark event for the virtualization community, which is no surprise. Aside from VMware, many 3rd party vendors both hardware and software have major announcements that will be surfacing this week.
A couple of items that are gaining steam and will flood communication lines the next few days: Read More→
New Microsoft Licensing and Support Eases Path to Virtualization
Posted by: | CommentsGreat news coming for the virtualization world by way of Microsoft. Microsoft Server Virtualization Validation Program (SVVP) will now provide for joint support for all customers running Microsoft server operating systems and applications on 3rd party (non-MS) hypervisors. VMware has signed an agreement to be a part of the SVVP and is working on validating VMware ESX3i/3.5 Update 2 as a supported hypervisor.
Other participants in the SVVP include Citrix, Novell, Sun, Cisco and Virtual Iron. Even with the agreement in place, Microsoft still reserves the right to ask customers that need support to reproduce issues on Microsoft Hypervisors or physical servers. With that said, this is a step forward and will most likely make this more the exception than the rule. Read More→
