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Taking a Look at 2012 Green IT Trends

April 26, 2012 By Editor Leave a Comment
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One of the first posts we wrote when we launched this blog back in early 2011 was about Green IT trends and tips. Given how much time has passed, we thought it was time to take another look at current trends in Green IT. Server Virtualization Rolls On Then as now, server virtualization is still a big one. But as we noted in a recent post based on a conversation with Phil Magnuszewski, director of data center technologies at Carousel Industries, it’s not just big companies virtualizing their servers any more. Now small and medium size businesses are getting in… Continue Reading ›

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Tracking Virtualization Trends

April 13, 2012 By Editor Leave a Comment
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Virtualization software has been with us for some time now, so long that it’s almost hard to believe. Consider that VMware’s first product, VMware Workstation, shipped nearly 13 years ago, in May 1999. Where does the time go? But the point of this post isn’t to make everyone feel old. Rather, it’s to assess where virtualization is today and what trends we’re seeing now that the technology is “mature,” as they say. To do that we talked with talked with Phil Magnuszewski, director of data center technologies at Carousel Industries, who quickly rattled off a number of trends he’s seeing… Continue Reading ›

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Addressing the Security Issues that Virtualization Presents

January 12, 2012 By Editor Leave a Comment

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Virtualization technology is helping companies save money by consolidating data center infrastructure while increasing their agility in terms of being able to meet business requirements. But the more companies delve into virtualization, the more they realize it’s also creating substantial new challenges in terms of security. Limited Visibility with Virtual Servers The problem stems from the fact that much of the data traffic in a highly virtualized environment is completely invisible to traditional network monitoring and security tools. As Peter Peter McMullen, Cloud Security Specialist at Juniper Networks explained during a recent conversation, “The reason is these tools – whether… Continue Reading ›

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Differences Between Virtualization and Cloud Environments

January 10, 2012 By Editor Leave a Comment
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Virtualization Does Not Equal Cloud, But They Are Related As Director of Cloud and Virtualization Solutions at Carousel Industries, Phil Magnuszewski gets asked lots of questions about IT architectures and technologies. One question he gets frequently of late, he says, is something to the effect of, “Is cloud technology essentially the same as virtualization?” The short answer is, “no,” Magnuszewski says, although virtualization does enable a cloud environment. To shed light on the subject, today we’re going to offer our perspective on what constitutes virtualization and how it relates to private cloud, public cloud and hybrid cloud technologies.  (For information… Continue Reading ›

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Carousel Industries Partner, Westcon Group, Goes All-In On Virtualization

December 12, 2011 By Bill Hurley Leave a Comment
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——————————————— Guest Post:  Today we are pleased to welcome Bill Hurley, the CTO of our partner Westcon Group, speaking to the passion and philosophy our businesses share around the topic of server virtualization. ——————————————— One of the best things about my job is I get to have some great conversations with partners.  Working together, we float potential ideas, collaborate, and share best-practices.  It’s also a nice way to validate some of our own strategies. I love talking with the team at Carousel, because we have very like-minded philosophies and ideas.  That’s why I wasn’t surprised to hear about their own virtualization… Continue Reading ›

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How to Build a Business Case for a Server Virtualization Project

December 9, 2011 By Editor Leave a Comment
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Chance are you’ve heard about all the benefits that server virtualization technology promises, from increased resource utilization to improved agility. But as with any IT project, you’ve got to build abusiness case for it before you get the green light for your own initial or expanded virtualization project. The good news is the case is not terribly hard to make, as IT projects go. That’s because virtualization is one of those rare technologies where the benefits are readily quantifiable and offer a rapid return on investment. Here are some of the criteria you can use to build your own case.… Continue Reading ›

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Beyond Consolidation: Mining the Many Benefits of Server Virtualization

September 14, 2011 By Editor 1 Comment

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While seemingly every company is considering taking advantage of virtualization technology to some degree, it seems many aren’t getting as much out of it as they could – or should. According to a recent “Magic Quadrant” report by Gartner on the x86 Server Virtualization Infrastructure market (PDF): As of mid-2011, at least 40% of x86 architecture workloads have been virtualized on servers; furthermore, the installed base is expected to grow five-fold from 2010 through 2015 (as both the number of workloads in the marketplace grow and as penetration grows to more than 75%). Virtualization lays the foundation for cloud Considering… Continue Reading ›

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4 Tips for a Successful Server Virtualization Project

September 8, 2011 By Editor 1 Comment

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Like many growing companies, Carousel Industries in early 2010 was faced with the stark reality that our data center was getting overcrowded, with some 100 standalone servers taking on ever-greater processing loads. Rather than expand the data center, however, we decided to virtualize as much as we could. The project was a resounding success, as more than 100 servers now run as virtual machines on just five physical server platforms. As a result, we’re saving money on power, cooling and maintenance. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Best Practices:  Data Center Virtualization.  Download the Free Whitepaper Now! ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ As our project moved along, we learned some… Continue Reading ›

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