October 31, 2017 Buyer beware: Virtualization technology When is it a mistake to have a reasonable assumption about a technology? When it comes to desktop virtualization it seems you can’t be…
May 30, 2016 Watch those default power saving settings If you’re using a KDE-based Linux distro inside a VirtualBox VM keep an eye on the default energy saving settings as you can get…
April 30, 2015 The desktop virtualization dearth I can’t believe how few options there are for desktop virtualisation (or virtualization) on Windows. I’m using VirtualBox to host Linux on Windows but…
April 27, 2013 Another local KVM host A while back I mentioned a number of global VPS hosting providers were adopting KVM alongside Xen and OpenVZ, but I could only find…
July 31, 2012 Microsoft’s Azure: A Cloud any open source person would be proud of? Just looking at Microsoft’s Windows Azure cloud and I must say it’s a broad portfolio of open and Microsoft technologies. By offering: Linux servers…
May 31, 2012 Desktop virtualisation across different hosts I recently got VirtualBox working on my notebook on both the Linux and Windows partitions. The slight difference is the same VM image is…
March 27, 2011 KVM Clouds I’ve noticed a few more KVM-based hosting/Cloud providers out there. Most mass-market hosting services seem to be built with OpenVZ or Xen, but KVM…
August 21, 2007 Going green, for all good CIOs Spent today at the Green CIO conference at the Sydney Convention Centre. I got the impression many CIOs truly are thought leaders on the…
February 3, 2007 Virtually back online I’m now back online after my Xen virtual machine was migrated to another physical host. I can’t fault the performance and stability of Xen….