Microsoft RemoteFX: Virtualization Goes Visual
For years, something had to give. For businesses making the leap to desktop virtualization, which Gartner called the “hottest trend among its customers” in March 2010, the anticipated benefits – lower PC operating & management costs, better security, and lower … Continue reading
Simply Spectacular Virtualization – The Value 4P “Magny Cours” Edition
Servers and blades based on the AMD Opteron™ 6000 Series platform (formerly known by the code name “Magny Cours”) are popping up all around “ the cloud.” The Cray XE6 supercomputer is making headlines with new customers wins. The mainstream … Continue reading
AMD Best Practices Series: The Times They Are a-Changin’
Tackling the third leg of server virtualization – the network Dylan had it right in 1963 when he recorded this classic that some say captured the spirit of social and political unrest of the times. Today, the times certainly are … Continue reading
Summer School with AMD at Microsoft Tech Ed
At AMD, we’re gearing up for a summer packed full of events. Just as we wrapped up Computex in Taipei, we headed to New Orleans for Microsoft’s Tech Ed conference. I’ve always been a big fan of the Big Easy … Continue reading
AMD Best Practices Series: Understanding the Bigger Picture of VMmark Benchmarks
(also read this post at VMblog.com here) At AMD, we constantly hear from customers about different issues they are grappling with. It’s not to say that all customers face the same issues, but we certainly see a few common themes … Continue reading
Xen and the Art of Virtualization – 2010 Edition
Virtualization software reached another milestone on its road to becoming a pervasive technology with the release of Xen 4.0 by Xen.org (you can find the full announcement here). It was just 7 short years ago in 2003 that the Xen … Continue reading
