10 virtualization companies to watch; Virtualization security needed - now!

Data Center News Alert This newsletter is sponsored by Force10 Networks, Inc. Is Your Network Ready for the Future? Join Force10 Networks as we explore Data Centers and Wiring Closets, two of today's most demanding IT environments that can impact your network's future readiness. Gain insight into what trends are driving changes within the corporate data center and LAN and learn how to exploit the relationship between the network, voice, security and wireless tools to increase the value of your network. To register for Webinars September 12 and 25 click here. Network World's Data Center News Alert, 08/21/07 10 virtualization companies to watch, 08/20/07: These technology innovators promise products that boost performance, make management easier or otherwise enhance your virtualization experience. Virtualization security needed – now!, 08/20/07: Experts say it’s only a matter of time before malware writers weasel their way into the core of a virtual server platform. Here’s how to stop them. Cisco has green credentials: An Environmental Protection Agency report lists Cisco as the leading hi-tech company that uses green power. Network World Buyer's Guides Find the right products for your enterprise - fast. With seven categories - security, storage, convergence and VoIP, network infrastructure, network applications, wireless and LAN/WAN management - you can quickly pinpoint the hardware or software you need. With the side-by-side comparison tool you can evaluate product features and make the best purchase decisions for your enterprise. Click here to go to the Buyer's Guides now. Brocade, Cisco agree on Ethernet standard: Brocade and Cisco have agreed on a frame format for running Fibre Channel over Ethernet. Management tool vendors gear up for virtualization, 08/20/07: BMC, CA, Network General and others combine specialized server management with traffic-flow analysis to track application performance across a virtual infrastructure. Podcast: A trio of technology for disaster recovery: Silver Peak Systems’ Craig Stouffer tells how virtualization, WAN optimization and data deduplication are coming together in next-generation disaster recovery plans. Citrix/XenSource union raises virtualization ante; challenges will grow, 08/15/07: Underneath the dollar signs of Wednesday’s Citrix acquisition of virtualization vendor XenSource, are the shifting motives of a complex web of vendor alliances aiming to provide corporate users with virtual environments and the tools needed to manage them. XenSource CEO: Citrix will enhance relationship with and provide alternative to Microsoft, 08/15/07: Citrix acquired XenSource today for $500 million. With the acquisition, Citrix will also acquire the virtualization talent of XenSource, among them CEO Peter Levine. Network World Senior Editor Deni Connor caught up with Levine today and talked about the acquisition and how the combination of Citrix’ and XenSource’s technologies will benefit customers going forward. Moore’s Law meltdown fueling efficiency, panelists say, 08/15/07: It’s a popular theory that energy inefficiency in data centers is causing an economic meltdown of Moore’s Law. The dramatic increase in computational performance of processors and servers is not being matched by a corresponding rise in energy efficiency, Bruce Taylor of the Uptime Institute consulting group said Tuesday. Poll: Does the Citrix/XenSource union raise the virtualization ante?: Take the poll and tell us your thoughts.

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