Virtual Volumes: Understanding this new concept

Virtual Volumes: Understanding this new concept

At VMworld 2014 VMware released VSAN Beta 2.0. Together with this announcement arrived the Virtual Volumes, also called VVols. It is a new storage paradigm which introduces some advantages, since it turns virtual machines into an integral part inside the storage.

We strongly recommend to read this interesting article in order to fully understand this new concept, how it works and the benefits that it brings about:

Virtual Volumes Technical Deep Dive

VMworld 2014 highlights

VMworld 2014 highlights

The global conference for virtualization and cloud computing hosted by VMware took place last week in San Francisco.

At VMworld 2014 the company revealed the most important announcements in its portfolio, such as a new hyper-converged infrastructure (EVO:RAIL), VMware Workspace Suite, its own OpenStack distribution or Virtual SAN 2.0. Beta.

In addition, the firm notified the change in the name and improvements in some of its products.

By clicking the link below you can watch VMworld 2014 keynotes and get to know all the event details:

VMworld 2014 US: It’s a Wrap!

UDS Enterprise launches social media profiles

UDS Enterprise launches social media profiles

UDS Enterprise has launched its social media profiles. The company is therefore present in the most important social networks in order to keep users up to date with new trends in virtualization and Open Source. Moreover, the firm will spread its own news about its developments and products from Twitter, LinkedIn, Google +, Facebook, YouTube and Slideshare.

If you would like to be informed about all these news, check the links to the different UDS Enterprise social profiles:

LinkedIn

Twitter

Google +

YouTube

Slideshare

Facebook

Top 10 reasons to use Cloud backup

Top 10 reasons to use Cloud backup

Tapes. discs, drives and other traditional storage devices don’t seem to be the best way to storage data securely in the era of mobility, because they have limited options as far as accessibility and scalability are concerned.

Most experts point to cloud backup as the best alternative since data can be stored and retrieved anytime and it allows to increase or decrease backup space when needed. Moreover, it is a more economical and more efficient choice.

In the white paper below you can find more reasons to use this kind of backup:

Why Cloud backup?

Bluetooth stickers to track your stuff

Bluetooth stickers to track your stuff

Estimote has launched new stickers with accelerometer and temperature sensors that can be connected via bluetooh to mobile devices. They are the next step of the so called “beacons”, the gadgets that provide connectivity to almost any object.

The utility of this new product depends on where it is placed. For example, they can be used to avoid thefts in shops if they are placed in consumer goods or they can be used to monitor a pet if they are placed in its collar.

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