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Stoneridge is saving money and data center space worldwide by simplifying its IT operations with Dell PowerEdge servers supported by Dell EqualLogic Internet SCSI (iSCSI) storage area networks (SANs). Using Dell PowerEdge R900 and Dell PowerEdge 2900 servers, with VMware Infrastructure 3 virtualization software, Stoneridge retired 89 percent of its active servers in the company’s main data center. Stoneridge is using Dell EqualLogic iSCSI SANs to support the virtualized server infrastructure, providing high transactional performance and scalability while simplifying management and administration.
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Making use of its existing networking investments, Dell has unveiled Dell FlexAddress, a patent pending tool for blade chassis virtualization and persistent identity. With this, the company is following up on the successful introduction of its PowerEdge M-Series blade server solution. Any M-Series blade enclosure can now abstract the Fibre Channel World Wide Name (WWN) and Ethernet/iSCSI Media Access Control (MAC) from the blade hardware and, instead, tie it persistently to a slot in the M1000e chassis with the help of Dell FlexAddress.
Citrix Systems has announced Project Kensho, a set of tools that will allow virtual environments to be more independent of hypervisors. The tools allow portable application workloads to be created and run across Citrix XenServer, Microsoft Hyper-V and VMware ESX based virtual environments. This will solve a multitude of issues with interoperability between different platforms, while allowing automated provisioning of applications, rather than just virtual machines, according to Citrix.
VMware Inc., the global leader in virtualization solutions from the desktop to the datacenter, has announced that its industry-leading virtualization and management suite VMware Infrastructure 3 was named the winner of the Best of Tech Ed 2008 IT Professional Award in the virtualization category by Penton Media’s Windows IT Pro and SQL Server Magazine. VMware Infrastructure 3 provides the capability for automatic load balancing, business continuity and power management and the ability to move a virtual machine across physical machines to minimize service interruption.