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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://blogs.technet.com/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>Advanced Monitoring with System Center Operations Manager 2007 and System Center Virtual Machine Manager  : Virtualization</title><link>http://blogs.technet.com/wchomak/archive/tags/Virtualization/default.aspx</link><description>Tags: Virtualization</description><dc:language>en-US</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2.1 SP1 (Build: 61025.2)</generator><item><title>TechRepublic: CIOs Refuse to Buy Virtualization Hype</title><link>http://blogs.technet.com/wchomak/archive/2009/08/24/techrepublic-cios-refuse-to-buy-virtualization-hype.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 18:34:14 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3276375</guid><dc:creator>walterch</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://blogs.technet.com/wchomak/comments/3276375.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.technet.com/wchomak/commentrss.aspx?PostID=3276375</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;h4&gt;&lt;a href="http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=23003"&gt;TechRepublic: CIOs Refuse to Buy Virtualization Hype&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h4&gt; &lt;h5&gt;ZDNet - August 20, 2009&lt;/h5&gt;TechRepublic's CIO Jury has indicated that the vast majority of IT leaders have no plans to adopt desktop virtualization, although a minority group of IT chiefs are enthusiastic about it.&lt;img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3276375" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/wchomak/archive/tags/Virtualization/default.aspx">Virtualization</category></item><item><title>Microsoft Hyper-V Halts Nissan's Server Sprawl</title><link>http://blogs.technet.com/wchomak/archive/2009/08/24/microsoft-hyper-v-halts-nissan-s-server-sprawl.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 24 Aug 2009 18:33:17 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3276373</guid><dc:creator>walterch</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://blogs.technet.com/wchomak/comments/3276373.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.technet.com/wchomak/commentrss.aspx?PostID=3276373</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;h4&gt;&lt;a href="http://cp.llesiant.com/Delivery/ExternalContent.asp?contentId=230651300000000038"&gt;Microsoft Hyper-V Halts Nissan's Server Sprawl&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h4&gt; &lt;h5&gt;Manufacturing Business Technology - August 20, 2009&lt;/h5&gt;Using Microsoft's Hyper-V, Nissan virtualized most of its servers, reduced the number of manufacturing operations servers from 159 to 28, decreased energy usage by 34 percent, simplified systems at each plant, and reduced physical space requirements.&lt;img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3276373" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/wchomak/archive/tags/Virtualization/default.aspx">Virtualization</category></item><item><title>Citrix XenServer Virtualization Popular among Fortune 500 Companies</title><link>http://blogs.technet.com/wchomak/archive/2009/08/19/citrix-xenserver-virtualization-popular-among-fortune-500-companies.aspx</link><pubDate>Wed, 19 Aug 2009 17:15:04 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3274989</guid><dc:creator>walterch</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://blogs.technet.com/wchomak/comments/3274989.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.technet.com/wchomak/commentrss.aspx?PostID=3274989</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;h4&gt;&lt;a href="http://virtualization.sys-con.com/node/1072776"&gt;Citrix XenServer Virtualization Popular among Fortune 500 Companies&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/h4&gt; &lt;h5&gt;Virtualization Journal - August 18, 2009&lt;/h5&gt;Citrix Systems just announced that more than 10 percent of Global Fortune 500 companies have activated its Citrix XenServer virtualization platform in the last four months, with activations among large enterprises spiking significantly.&lt;img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3274989" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/wchomak/archive/tags/Virtualization/default.aspx">Virtualization</category></item><item><title>How to Recycle Virtualization Resources for Improved Data Center Optimization</title><link>http://blogs.technet.com/wchomak/archive/2009/08/16/how-to-recycle-virtualization-resources-for-improved-data-center-optimization.aspx</link><pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2009 20:20:26 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3273969</guid><dc:creator>walterch</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://blogs.technet.com/wchomak/comments/3273969.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.technet.com/wchomak/commentrss.aspx?PostID=3273969</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Green-IT/How-to-Recycle-Virtualization-Resources-for-Better-Data-Center-Optimization/"&gt;How to Recycle Virtualization Resources for Improved Data Center Optimization&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3273969" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/wchomak/archive/tags/Data+Center+Technology/default.aspx">Data Center Technology</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/wchomak/archive/tags/Virtualization/default.aspx">Virtualization</category></item><item><title>Consultant Issues Caveats on Storage Virtualization for Disaster Recovery</title><link>http://blogs.technet.com/wchomak/archive/2009/08/16/consultant-issues-caveats-on-storage-virtualization-for-disaster-recovery.aspx</link><pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2009 20:19:16 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3273967</guid><dc:creator>walterch</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://blogs.technet.com/wchomak/comments/3273967.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.technet.com/wchomak/commentrss.aspx?PostID=3273967</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://cp.llesiant.com/Delivery/ExternalContent.asp?contentId=230611696000000084"&gt;Consultant Issues Caveats on Storage Virtualization for Disaster Recovery&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3273967" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/wchomak/archive/tags/Virtualization/default.aspx">Virtualization</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/wchomak/archive/tags/Storage/default.aspx">Storage</category></item><item><title>Sun Exec: Virtualization Key to Cloud Efficiencies</title><link>http://blogs.technet.com/wchomak/archive/2009/08/16/sun-exec-virtualization-key-to-cloud-efficiencies.aspx</link><pubDate>Sun, 16 Aug 2009 15:17:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3273966</guid><dc:creator>walterch</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://blogs.technet.com/wchomak/comments/3273966.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.technet.com/wchomak/commentrss.aspx?PostID=3273966</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.crn.com/software/219300129;jsessionid=BLYV142XIJYZHQE1GHOSKHWATMY32JVN"&gt;Sun Exec: Virtualization Key to Cloud Efficiencies&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3273966" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/wchomak/archive/tags/Cloud+Computing/default.aspx">Cloud Computing</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/wchomak/archive/tags/Data+Center+Technology/default.aspx">Data Center Technology</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/wchomak/archive/tags/Virtualization/default.aspx">Virtualization</category></item><item><title>Virtualization Videos</title><link>http://blogs.technet.com/wchomak/archive/2009/07/06/virtualization-videos.aspx</link><pubDate>Mon, 06 Jul 2009 23:04:58 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3261677</guid><dc:creator>walterch</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://blogs.technet.com/wchomak/comments/3261677.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.technet.com/wchomak/commentrss.aspx?PostID=3261677</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;If you haven't checked these out yet, there are some virtualization "How to" videos on technet: &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/virtualization/dd353206.aspx"&gt;http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/virtualization/dd353206.aspx&lt;/a&gt; &lt;p&gt;There are also "how to" videos on other technologies as well that are really good. &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/cc138021.aspx"&gt;http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/cc138021.aspx&lt;/a&gt; &lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;p&gt;Courtesy of Dottie Shaw, Sr. Program Manager | Core IO&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3261677" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/wchomak/archive/tags/Virtualization/default.aspx">Virtualization</category></item><item><title>Dell Introduces Virtualization Consulting Services</title><link>http://blogs.technet.com/wchomak/archive/2009/06/30/dell-introduces-virtualization-consulting-services.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:37:42 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3259933</guid><dc:creator>walterch</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://blogs.technet.com/wchomak/comments/3259933.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.technet.com/wchomak/commentrss.aspx?PostID=3259933</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="http://virtualizationreview.com/articles/2009/06/22/dell-introduces-virtualization-consulting-services.aspx" href="http://virtualizationreview.com/articles/2009/06/22/dell-introduces-virtualization-consulting-services.aspx"&gt;http://virtualizationreview.com/articles/2009/06/22/dell-introduces-virtualization-consulting-services.aspx&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3259933" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/wchomak/archive/tags/Virtualization/default.aspx">Virtualization</category></item><item><title>Companies Report That Virtualization Investments Are Indeed Paying Dividends</title><link>http://blogs.technet.com/wchomak/archive/2009/06/30/companies-report-that-virtualization-investments-are-indeed-paying-dividends.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:36:46 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3259932</guid><dc:creator>walterch</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://blogs.technet.com/wchomak/comments/3259932.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.technet.com/wchomak/commentrss.aspx?PostID=3259932</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Channel/Companies-Report-That-Virtualization-Investments-Are-Indeed-Paying-Dividends-535086/" href="http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Channel/Companies-Report-That-Virtualization-Investments-Are-Indeed-Paying-Dividends-535086/"&gt;http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Channel/Companies-Report-That-Virtualization-Investments-Are-Indeed-Paying-Dividends-535086/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3259932" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/wchomak/archive/tags/Virtualization/default.aspx">Virtualization</category></item><item><title>Survey: Virtualization Is No Panacea for Data Recovery</title><link>http://blogs.technet.com/wchomak/archive/2009/06/30/survey-virtualization-is-no-panacea-for-data-recovery.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:35:57 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3259931</guid><dc:creator>walterch</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://blogs.technet.com/wchomak/comments/3259931.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.technet.com/wchomak/commentrss.aspx?PostID=3259931</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Data-Storage/Survey-of-IT-Execs-Virtualization-No-Panacea-for-Data-Recovery-832514/" href="http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Data-Storage/Survey-of-IT-Execs-Virtualization-No-Panacea-for-Data-Recovery-832514/"&gt;http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Data-Storage/Survey-of-IT-Execs-Virtualization-No-Panacea-for-Data-Recovery-832514/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3259931" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/wchomak/archive/tags/Virtualization/default.aspx">Virtualization</category></item><item><title>VMware Leaders Battle an Opponent They Know Well</title><link>http://blogs.technet.com/wchomak/archive/2009/06/30/vmware-leaders-battle-an-opponent-they-know-well.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:34:58 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3259930</guid><dc:creator>walterch</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://blogs.technet.com/wchomak/comments/3259930.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.technet.com/wchomak/commentrss.aspx?PostID=3259930</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2009/0713/technology-software-internet-vmware-arms-for-microsoft-battle.html?feed=rss_technology" href="http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2009/0713/technology-software-internet-vmware-arms-for-microsoft-battle.html?feed=rss_technology"&gt;http://www.forbes.com/forbes/2009/0713/technology-software-internet-vmware-arms-for-microsoft-battle.html?feed=rss_technology&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3259930" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/wchomak/archive/tags/Virtualization/default.aspx">Virtualization</category></item><item><title>Are Servers Doomed ?</title><link>http://blogs.technet.com/wchomak/archive/2009/06/30/are-servers-doomed.aspx</link><pubDate>Tue, 30 Jun 2009 14:31:35 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3259928</guid><dc:creator>walterch</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://blogs.technet.com/wchomak/comments/3259928.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.technet.com/wchomak/commentrss.aspx?PostID=3259928</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="http://www.themoneytimes.com/featured/20090626/are-servers-doomed-id-1074261.html" href="http://www.themoneytimes.com/featured/20090626/are-servers-doomed-id-1074261.html"&gt;http://www.themoneytimes.com/featured/20090626/are-servers-doomed-id-1074261.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3259928" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/wchomak/archive/tags/Virtualization/default.aspx">Virtualization</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/wchomak/archive/tags/Industry/default.aspx">Industry</category></item><item><title>Voltaire Makes Move into Data Center Ethernet Space</title><link>http://blogs.technet.com/wchomak/archive/2009/06/10/voltaire-makes-move-into-data-center-ethernet-space.aspx</link><pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 14:43:03 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3252996</guid><dc:creator>walterch</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://blogs.technet.com/wchomak/comments/3252996.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.technet.com/wchomak/commentrss.aspx?PostID=3252996</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Enterprise-Networking/Voltaire-Makes-Move-into-Data-Center-Ethernet-Space-646435/" href="http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Enterprise-Networking/Voltaire-Makes-Move-into-Data-Center-Ethernet-Space-646435/"&gt;http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Enterprise-Networking/Voltaire-Makes-Move-into-Data-Center-Ethernet-Space-646435/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3252996" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/wchomak/archive/tags/Cloud+Computing/default.aspx">Cloud Computing</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/wchomak/archive/tags/Data+Center+Technology/default.aspx">Data Center Technology</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/wchomak/archive/tags/Virtualization/default.aspx">Virtualization</category></item><item><title>Greenplum Pushes Enterprise Data Cloud Initiative</title><link>http://blogs.technet.com/wchomak/archive/2009/06/10/greenplum-pushes-enterprise-data-cloud-initiative.aspx</link><pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 14:41:04 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3252993</guid><dc:creator>walterch</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://blogs.technet.com/wchomak/comments/3252993.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.technet.com/wchomak/commentrss.aspx?PostID=3252993</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;a title="http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Database/Greenplum-Pushes-Enterprise-Data-Cloud-Initiative-622165/" href="http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Database/Greenplum-Pushes-Enterprise-Data-Cloud-Initiative-622165/"&gt;http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Database/Greenplum-Pushes-Enterprise-Data-Cloud-Initiative-622165/&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3252993" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/wchomak/archive/tags/Cloud+Computing/default.aspx">Cloud Computing</category><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/wchomak/archive/tags/Virtualization/default.aspx">Virtualization</category></item><item><title>Virtual Environments Get Enhanced Backup, Recovery via Vizioncore</title><link>http://blogs.technet.com/wchomak/archive/2009/05/27/virtual-environments-get-enhanced-backup-recovery-via-vizioncore.aspx</link><pubDate>Wed, 27 May 2009 15:00:08 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">d5e57398-b9ef-4490-9955-07cbb4e4a80d:3246166</guid><dc:creator>walterch</dc:creator><slash:comments>0</slash:comments><comments>http://blogs.technet.com/wchomak/comments/3246166.aspx</comments><wfw:commentRss>http://blogs.technet.com/wchomak/commentrss.aspx?PostID=3246166</wfw:commentRss><description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;a title="http://www.informationweek.com/news/software/server_virtualization/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=217600717" href="http://www.informationweek.com/news/software/server_virtualization/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=217600717"&gt;http://www.informationweek.com/news/software/server_virtualization/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=217600717&lt;/a&gt;&lt;img src="http://blogs.technet.com/aggbug.aspx?PostID=3246166" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://blogs.technet.com/wchomak/archive/tags/Virtualization/default.aspx">Virtualization</category></item></channel></rss>