VMWorld Day 3 Wrap

"Magic Data Center Pixie Dust": That's how many people think of virtualization, according to Rosenblum. A live-blogging summary from Bob Plankers at The Lone Sysadmin.

Cool new technologies... But useful?: Boulke Groenescheij from the Jume blog explores the "green" practicality of new VMware portability advances discussed in the keynote. "Now, while this latest technology is fantastic, it won't help get the environment better. If I want to use this technology I would most probably need to double the size of my datacenter, meaning more cooling, more power."

InovaWave: More I/O Virtualization: Yesterday we noted that startup Xsigo used VMworld as the coming out party for its I/O virtualization product. It turns out that a competing product from InovaWave, a competitor of Xsigo, was named "Best New Technology" by SearchServerVirtualization. In this video, InovaWave CEO Chris Ostertag describes his company's approach to I/O virtualization.

The VMWorld Bag of Swag: TechTarget staffers Jan Stafford and Bridget Botelho unpack the mountain of t-shirts and trade show freebies.

VMware: No Major Deals in the Offing: Tarry Singh of Virtualization for Everyone notes CEO Diane Greene's comments from a press conference early in the conference: "We don't anticipate a large acquisition. That being said this is an opportunistic business and we are keeping our eyes and ears open. However, I don't see a large acquisition anytime soon." In the pre-IPO period there were rumors that VMware would buy Opsware once it completed its IPO and was flush with cash. Instead, HP scarfed up Opsware before VMware could go public.