Posts Tagged ‘ Security ’

VM Stall – More Than Four Reasons

July 26, 2010
By Andi
VM Stall – More Than Four Reasons

I recently saw a great article in IT World Canada titled “Virtual stall: What it is and why you have it,” written by Jay Litkey, that took up my idea of VM stall, which I first came up with in my blog from May ‘Is “VM Stall” the Next Big Virtualization Challenge?‘. Though they...
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Does Virtualization Security Really Matter?

May 12, 2010
By Andi
Does Virtualization Security Really Matter?

Whatever happened to virtualization security? Back in the day, everyone was talking about blue pills and red pills, about sideways attacks and DOM-0 threats, about security profiles and isolation policies, about perimeter defense and security embedded in the hypervisor. Then, all of a sudden, the buzz seemed to disappear. It really seems like organizations simply don’t...
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You Cannot Separate Security and Systems Management

December 1, 2009
By Andi
You Cannot Separate Security and Systems Management

A few days ago I was pleased to brief again with Reflex Systems. Apart from the fact that they are doing some very cool things with virtualization management, their approach struck me as, if not unique, at least pleasantly rare. Good for them! What I liked most was that they are trying to break down the...
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