Posted: 02 Aug 2012 09:00 PM PDT

Cloud Computing Team

The Deltacloud Project Reaches 1.0

Posted: 08 Aug 2012 09:00 PM PDT

Cloud Computing Team

VMware acquires Log Insight

Posted: 08 Aug 2012 05:51 AM PDT

Yesterday Pattern Insight, a company located in Mountain View, CA and specialized in data mining and search platforms, announced to have reached an agreement with VMware to sell its Log Insight product together with its team and technology.

Log Insight is an analytics and log management platform that has the ability to analyze large amounts of machine-generated data in real time. It is used for operational analytics in traditional data center and cloud environments. It has the ability to discover emerging patterns and guide administrators to the root cause of problems.

The acquisition, alongside with those of DynamicOps and Nicira defined in July, outlines VMware's plan to gain the leadership in the Enterprise Cloud Management scenario.

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Labels: acquisition, VMware

Microsoft publishes online virtualization comparison tool targeting VMware

Posted: 09 Aug 2012 01:38 AM PDT

Microsoft has released an online virtualization comparison tool, targeted directly against VMware. The website hosting the Microsoft Server Virtualization Tool compares the software acquisition and support costs between Windows Server 2012 Hyper-V and vSphere 5 based on published list prices.

Even though the website comparing Hyper-V to vSphere 5 can be considered dubious because it's created by Microsoft self, it contains some good information and references to documentation which can help organizations make the comparison for themselves. On the other hand VMware already has a website, where it directly targets Microsoft, called Get the Facts, not the Microsoft Hyper-Bole.

The tool allows you to specify the amount of Virtual Machines in your environment, and the average consolidation ration in your environment: Low (3VMs/Proc), Medium (6 VMs/Proc) and high (12 VMs/Proc). Based on this input a cost comparison is made and presented to the user.