Computing

Virtual Box 3.0 released; Reddit fans are excited!

Look at it yourself.
and here are the features

This version is a major update. The following major new features were added:
* Guest SMP with up to 32 virtual CPUs (VT-x and AMD-V only; see chapter 3.7.2.2 of the user manual)
* Windows guests: ability to use Direct3D 8/9 applications [...]

Oracle Fusion Middleware 11g is here

The better alternative, he suggested, is a pre-fabricated environment based on open standards, which can be patched and upgraded together with upgrades offered up and down the entire stack. Instead of requiring administrators to cobble together enterprise IT architecture by improvisation, Oracle intends to offer a pre-fabricated systems in its stead that will include, within [...]

Gartner: Will VMware become the next Novell?

While some comments there [including mine] were re-pondering over the Gartner ponder, I just couldn’t help wondering over the session I just gave on Smart Metering the Clouds about the “stupidity” of us people/humans and how we always tend to choose/make the “right” decisions.
History teaches us just one thing: “A distant memory of pain/defeat experienced [...]

Learn from Jack Welch: Online MBA to launch soon!

Popularized Six Sigma
For Welch, the new educational endeavor is the latest chapter in a long and storied career. As GE’s longtime chief, he developed a management philosophy based on relentless efficiency, productivity, and talent development. He popularized Six Sigma, wasn’t shy about firing his worst-performing managers, and advocated exiting any business where GE wasn’t the [...]

openQRM 4.5 Cloud Platform released with VCD (Visual Cloud Designer) and lots of features!

As you all know, openQRM is my favorite open source data center management product. Look at those new cool features…
Some more highlights of openQRM 4.5 :

A new plugin now integrates with Dell Equallogic Storage to support direct deployment of physical systems or virtual machines from the Equallogic Iscsi Target and to take advantage [...]

VMware Arms for Microsoft Battle

Former Microsoft executives Paul Maritz and Tod Nielsen know a thing or two about how the software giant snuffs out budding threats. They helped Microsoft battle upstart Netscape in the late 1990s. Now they’re on the receiving end.
Maritz and Nielsen run VMware, a software company with $1.9 billion in revenue that has become the standard-setter [...]

VDI joint-venture: Sun and Ringcube integrate desktop virtualization stuff

Sun’s SunRay technology is pretty cool and is definitely the best stuff to look at, after all Sun has been using it for a long time for its corporate employees.

The partnership will bring to enterprises that are using Sun’s Sun Ray VDI technology the ability to more effectively and cheaply roll out personalized virtual desktops, [...]

DARPA’s challenge to computing community: Build us a super petaflop computer that fits in 19” cabinet!

El Reg reporting. While the Bush gov was run by mules, this gov is really taking some daring steps. Take a look at the notional self-aware OS (SAOS) on page 8.
The military boffins say none of that is acceptable. They want a petaflop machine that fits in a single ExtremeScale cabinet and can be powered [...]

HP’s storage blades for the future!

Very interesting indeed. We must not forget HP, IBM are powerhouses that will not take notice of the noises and will work harder on making their vision of being a one-stop-shop a reality. Many others are still trying to find common ground by bunging storage/virtualization/networks together. HP, with it’s ever increasingly popular PODs, will have [...]

Oracle’s InterCloud Initiative: Oracle VM 2.1.5 released with Web Services API

From Oracle’s virtualization blog
We are pleased to announce the availability of Oracle VM 2.1.5, bringing customers and partners the benefits of better interoperability with the new Oracle VM Manager Web Services API.
In addition, the latest Oracle VM 2.1.5 release has integrated accumulated bug fixes, security update, and enhanced hardware drivers to help customers confidently deploy [...]