Bench pressed: You know you've made it when people start talking about wanting formal benchmarks. Virtualization is hot enough to spark the Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation to form a group to explore whether there's a need for virtualization benchmarks and if so, how to form those benchmarks. IBM and Intel, meanwhile, are already on their own path toward better measuring the effects of virutalization: The jointly-developed vConsolidate tool simulates a real-world environment. Read more about it on the Virtualization Report blog, and check out InfoWorld's virtualization analysis for all the background you'll need.
Nifty gifty: Oliver Rist offers up a few gift ideas for all on your holiday shopping list, non-techies included. Hurry, and you'll still make it on time with expediated shipping. Clint Eastwood DVD gift set, anyone?
Posted by Stephanie McLoughlin on December 19, 2006 09:45 AM
