Northrop Grumman: Virtualizing or retiring approximately 3,000 servers

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	Northrop Grumman: Virtualizing or retiring approximately 3,000 servers Northrop Grumman's "greeNG" sustainability program aims to reduce the firm's greenhouse gas emissions, manage automatically its desktop power and migrate some 100 server rooms and data centers to just three enterprise data centers. Read More WHITE PAPER: Intel Boost virtualization w/ HP & Intel 10GbE This paper describes why the Intel® Ethernet X520 SFP+ Direct Attach (DA) Server Adapter for HP ProLiant Rack and Tower servers is one of the most flexible and scalable Ethernet adapters for today's demanding data center environments. Click to continue In this Issue EMC to put hardware in servers, VMs in storage EMC, VCE announce tighter Vblock integration Linux kernel now supports OpenRISC, nested virtualization HP's new virtualization servers provide path to cloud On CIO.com: At Houston bank, disaster recovery goes virtual Citrix: Virtual desktops about to become cheaper than physical ones Prudential Financial: 1,000 servers moved into a virtual environment Virtual data centers on the way: Poll results VMware hopes to boost VDI popularity with new program VMware demos Operations for View tool VMware, Nvidia jointly boosting virtual desktop performance VMware aims to simplify management with new suites Nixon Peabody: 300 physical servers were swapped for 30 VMware ESX servers JM Family: Works to eliminate more than 1,400 physical servers WHITE PAPER: Intel Optimize virtualization with HP & Intel Virtualization has become a powerful enabler for consolidating servers, running applications in multiple operating system environments, simplifying administration and lowering operating costs. This paper describes how to optimize server virtualization using enterprise-class HP Multi-Port Server Adapters and Intel® Ethernet technology. Click to continue EMC to put hardware in servers, VMs in storage At EMC's recent user forum, president and chief operating officer Pat Gelsinger expounded on EMC's plans to enter the application server hardware market and begin porting VMware virtual machines onto storage arrays. Gelsinger also said EMC didn't want its 10-year partnership with Dell to end. Read More EMC, VCE announce tighter Vblock integration EMC and the Virtual Computing Environment alliance announced upgrades that more tightly integrate its management interface with VMware's vCloud director and vCenter Server tools. Read More Linux kernel now supports OpenRISC, nested virtualization Linus Torvalds has released the next version of the Linux kernel, and with it come virtualization enhancements and support for the emerging OpenRISC processor architecture. Read More HP's new virtualization servers provide path to cloud Hewlett-Packard announced new servers that come pre-configured with Microsoft software to help companies deploy virtualized workloads more quickly. Read More On CIO.com: At Houston bank, disaster recovery goes virtual Woodforest National Bank implements a replication system for its virtualized data center in the Gulf Coast. Read More Citrix: Virtual desktops about to become cheaper than physical ones Citrix says it's driven down costs to the point that next year it will be cheaper to deploy virtual desktops than traditional desktops. Read More Prudential Financial: 1,000 servers moved into a virtual environment Prudential's green-IT initiatives include using alternative energy sources to help power its data centers. In a project expected to be completed this year, solar panels are being installed at its Roseland, N.J., data center. Read More WHITE PAPER: PC Mall Securing the Enterprise Wireless LAN According to the Department of Homeland Security's national vulnerability database, an average of 19 new vulnerabilities are posted to the Internet every day. Download this HP White Paper to learn the best practices to secure your wireless LAN. Read Now! Virtual data centers on the way: Poll results We polled IT and business leaders about how they're using public and private clouds. The respondents to our pair of surveys who say they are well on the way to a completely virtual data center outnumber those who haven't started using the cloud at all. Read More VMware hopes to boost VDI popularity with new program VMware is launching the Rapid Desktop Program, which allows OEMs to build pre-configured appliances for desktop virtualization, making it easier for enterprises to start using the technology, the company said at VMworld in Copenhagen. Read More VMware demos Operations for View tool At VMworld, VMware demonstrated vCenter Operations for View, an upcoming management tool that will allow enterprises that have rolled out virtual desktops to get more insight into how their environment is performing and possible problems. Read More VMware, Nvidia jointly boosting virtual desktop performance VMware and Nvidia will work together to implement the graphics company Quadro's Virtual Graphics platform on VMware's View virtual desktop platform to allow more users to ditch the traditional workstation. Read More VMware aims to simplify management with new suites VMware hopes to simplify management and help enterprises virtualize more of their infrastructure, with new and updated software suites announced at VMworld Europe in Copenhagen. Read More Nixon Peabody: 300 physical servers were swapped for 30 VMware ESX servers Nixon Peabody's IT department centralized its data centers, consolidated its storage assets and virtualized its servers. Its work cut power consumption by approximately 30%. Read More JM Family: Works to eliminate more than 1,400 physical servers JM Family first started to virtualize its data center servers in 2006, and since then, it has eliminated more than 1,400 physical servers and has avoided using more than 5.5 million kilowatt-hours of electricity annually. Read More
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