Watching virtualization and virtual appliances with a focus on applications in small business and the Mac
Parallels has launched their new virtual appliances directory and the Parallels Developer Network.
Parallels, Inc., maker of award-winning desktop virtualization solutions for Windows, Linux and Mac OS X, announced today the Parallels Technology Network (PTN) – an online community for users, as well as developers using Parallels virtualization technology to deliver their software in self-contained virtual […]
Over at JumpBox we just posted the first release candidate for the JumpBox virtual appliance platform and along with it new releases of all of our virtual appliances.
JumpBox virtual appliances aim to bring ease of use to the deployment and management of Open Source server based applications. They’re completely focused on delivering a simple […]
Computer Technology Review is taking a look at virtualization from the perspective of the small to mid-size business. This is good to see as most articles are very focused on the enterprise space even though virtualization can bring some really big benefits to smaller companies as well.
It is all too tempting to look at the […]
Thanks to some generous help for the folks at rPath, the Gallery virtual appliance has been updated to version 1.1. Changes in the release include.
1. Updated Gallery 1 and Gallery 2 versions
The new version includes Gallery 1.5.6 and Gallery 2.2.1
2. More Gallery 2 modules enabled, and Downloadable Plugins are also available.
3. SCSI emulation instead of […]
Innotek has announced the availability of the first beta of VirtualBox for Mac OS X. VirtualBox is a new entry in the virtualization space and is particularly interesting because it has been Open Sourced under the GPL license.
This makes the Mac OS X virtualization space a three way race with Parallels, VMWare Fusion […]
From Network World, “Virtual appliances cure appliance bloat”. The article outlines some solid benefits to virtual appliances from the perspective of the enterprise.
* Streamlined product evaluations: Instead of waiting to get hardware in-house for evaluation, you can download a trial virtual appliance and begin using it in a matter of hours without having to […]
TechWorld has a good article looking at some of the common mistakes people make when deploying virtualization.
Too much, too quickly
Stumbling on security
Failure to sell the benefits
Falling into the departmental divide
The licensing trap
Read the original article to get the details on these items. There were a couple things in there that I’d never considered before.
Bruce Richardson from AMR research has posted some of this thoughts from last weeks Virtual Appliance thought leaders summit. His conclusions:
The idea of being the “Southwest Airlines of software” is very appealing—despite the lack of first class seating. Software appliances may rival SaaS as the preferred deployment for small and mid-sized customers. Both appeal to […]
The results are in for the “How many virtual machines do you have running?” poll.
1-10 60%
> 100 18%
10-50 13%
0 6%
50-100 3%
What was interesting about this poll (other than the 6% of readers who don’t have any virtual machines) was how it changed over time. When I first posted it, it appeared on the VMWare site […]
The latest Virtualization Daily poll is now online. This time I’m wondering, “What do you see as the biggest barrier to adoption for virtual appliances”.
You can contribute your answer and see all previous poll results on the Polls Archive page.
Also, if you think there are barriers in areas that I didn’t list, I’d love to […]
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