Tag Archives: Virtualization

VMTurbo Releases Operations Manager version 5.3

Posted on 28 August 2015 by GeekFluent

This week, VMTurbo released version 5.3 of their Operations Manager monitoring / management / automation / Quality of Service (QoS) tool. Yes, I’ll admit that previous sentence is a little confusing, but Operations Manager has so many features and capabilities … Continue reading →

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SimpliVity Announces OmniStack 3.0, New OmniCube for ROBO, and a HyperGuarantee

Posted on 26 August 2015 by GeekFluent

Today, SimpliVity announced three new improvements to their hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) solution offering. The improvements can categorized as software, hardware, and programatic: Software: version 3.0 of their OmniStack software-defined HCI Hardware: a new, smaller OmniCube, the CN-1200, designed specifically as part of … Continue reading →

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VMware releases NSX 6.2

Posted on 25 August 2015 by GeekFluent

Last week, VMware released version 6.2 of their software-defined networking (SDN) product, NSX. One of the things that’s interesting to me is that VMware no longer refers to NSX as an SDN solution. Instead, they’re playing a bigger game with … Continue reading →

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SimpliVity and Lenovo Announce Hyperconverged Partnership

Posted on 24 August 2015 by GeekFluent

Last week, SimpliVity, a leader in the hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) space, announced that their OmniStack HCI solution will be available on Lenovo hardware. Prior to this announcement, the SimpliVity HCI solution could be deployed in two ways: by using the … Continue reading →

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SimpliVity Closes $175 Million D Round of Funding

Posted on 11 March 2015 by GeekFluent

Yesterday, hyperconverged infrastructure vendor SimpliVity announced that they had raised $175 Million in series D funding. Waypoint Captial led the round, with previous investors Accel Partners, Charles River Ventures, DFJ Growth, Kleiner Perkins Caufield and Byers (KPCB), and Meritech Capital … Continue reading →

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Top VMware and Virtualization Blog Survey 2015

Posted on 3 March 2015 by GeekFluent

The blog vSphere-land is holding its annual contest / voting survey for the top 50 VMware- and virtualization-related blogs of 2015. All blogs listed on the vLaunchPad site are eligible. This blog was added to the vLaunchPad after the nominations … Continue reading →

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PernixData Announces Version 2.5 of Their FVP Software

Posted on 25 February 2015 by GeekFluent

Today, PernixData announced version 2.5 of their FVP software product. This product can provide huge storage performance benefits in VMware environments. Since it’s not something I’ve written about before, and it seems that not everyone has heard of PernixData and … Continue reading →

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VMware Announces vExperts for 2015

Posted on 5 February 2015 by GeekFluent

Today, VMware announced the list of 2015 vExperts. The “vExpert” designation is not a technical certification, but instead a recognition of community engagement and personal influence within the various VMware and virtualization communities. I am simultaneously happy, honored, proud, and … Continue reading →

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EMC Enters Hyperconverged Infrastructure Market with VSPEX Blue

Posted on 3 February 2015 by GeekFluent

Today EMC announced their entrance into the hyperconverged infrastructure space with a new product named VSPEX Blue. The product is based on the EVO:Rail configurations supported by VMware. The EVO:Rail specifications were announced at VMworld 2014. At that time, only … Continue reading →

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GeekFluent Round-up of VMware Announcements from Monday of Partner Exchange

Posted on 3 February 2015 by GeekFluent

I’m at the VMware Partner Exchange conference now. The pre-conference boot camps have finished up, and the “main” conference is starting. As part of the pre-conference events, VMware made several product announcements, including: vSphere 6.0 vCloud Air Hybrid Cloud Extensions … Continue reading →

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