ByAdetokunbo Abiola: IBM (IBM) has announced the plan to support the Kernel-based Virtual Machine Technology. The initiative is to speed up the adoption of the open cloud and the open virtualization network across the enterprise sector. Show More Summary
IBM to Support Linux KVM Virtualization on Power Systems (eWeek) International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE:IBM) officials are looking to accelerate the adoption of Linux in the data center and are taking a number of new steps to push along the effort. At the Red Hat Summit in Boston, IBM officials said the company will support the [...]
CiRBA has just released an API that communicates with your cloud management platform telling it the most efficient spot for that next virtual machine (VM). The API could make for a good marriage between platforms. While cloud management solutions are ideal for provisioning VMs, they don’t always have controls in place for managing capacity.
Realizing the value proposition of Java Virtual Machine (JVM), IBM is trying to bring JVM to the cloud environment for the benefit of that platform in mobile and cloud devices. For those who are not aware about Java Virtual Machine, … Continue reading ?
Bromium's small virtual machines have been updated to protect users who send documents or connect to public wireless hotspots when on the move. The core of Bromium's vSentry software uses Intel CPU hardware features to isolate untrustworthy...Show More Summary
Developers start reverse engineering Vine App and release unofficial API Clients. CirBA Capacity Control API adds Virtual Machine Placement Logic within internal Cloud Management Platforms. Plus: Parasoft introduces an API Testing Solution and 10 new APIs.
The new Linux and Windows Server virtual machines on Windows Azure is attracting more customers to Microsoft's public cloud..
"And and every corner has a schoolgirl panty vending machine and samurai are so cool and hundreds of thousands of people adore a synthesised popstar!" that odd otaku acquaintance of yours urges. They're not entirely wrong, factually and morally--just mostly. Show More Summary
Monitoring performance on a single system is complicated enough, but what should you do when you’re tracking virtual machines? Here are four basic principles to apply before choosing. More »
Informatica has given its virtual data machine technology a proper name and is planning to create versions of it that can run on anything from high-end servers in private data centers to small devices and sensors. Dubbed Vibe, the "VDM...Show More Summary
Microsoft is satiating customers' appetite for ever more affordable pricing with news today of per-minute billing, no charge for stopping virtual machines (VM) and discounted developer and test rates. Paying by the minute allows a customer to run a VM, cloud service, website or mobile service for only the minutes used in an hour. Show More Summary
What scored the biggest applause from the audience at TechEd 2013 North America during the opening keynote? The news that users will no longer be charged for virtual machines running on Azure once they’ve been stopped, charging is now per-minute, and and that MSDN service licences can be used to deploy machines on Azure. Show More Summary
The provisioning of virtual machines is a promising effort to make the data center more efficient, but it also presents a few operational difficulties. Monitoring the ability of databases and I/O load is very difficult and often overlooked. Data from … Continue reading ?
Learn how to manage windows azure virtual machines (IaaS) using C# code
Joe Armstrong(of Erlang) while reviewing Elixir(Ruby like language that compiles to Erlang Virtual Machine) states his Three Laws of Programming Language Design. What you get right nobody mentions. What you get wrong, people bitch about. What...Show More Summary
Install Windows software on your Mac without the need for a virtual machine, an emulator or dual-booting. Wineskin is a Mac app that brings Wine to your Mac, OS X style, allowing you to create custom packages including everything your favorite Windows programs need to run on your Mac (well... Show More Summary
A buddy of mine was thinking to move some of his Linux-based website to Azure. If you're running a Web Site that this node.js, ASP, ASP.NET, or PHP, it's easiest to use Azure Web Sites. I showed how to do setup Azure Web Sites in minutes with Git in this post. Show More Summary
OpenStack, Puppet used to build cloud for world's largest particle accelerator.
Install XAMPP on a Ubuntu 13.04 virtual machine running on Windows Azure.
I've posted videos of folks trying the Oculus Rift virtual reality headset before. Have a look at the hilarity (and potential hazards) that ensue when Brandon gives a roller coaster a try on the machine. Perhaps it's safer to just.....