VMworld Upfront: Early Headlines

• VMware Launches vCenter ^[1]: Says new family of products”provides customers with a framework for policy-centric, SLA-driven management across dynamic infrastructure, enabling IT to operate more efficiently as an internal service provider.”
• VMware Launches VMware Go ^[2]: Intros web-based service that will make it easier for first time SMB customers to get started with virtualization. 
• VMware to Sep Up Automation Game ^[3]: Larry Diganan of ZDNet advances Vmware’s rollout of the vCenter automation and management suite.
• Xen Cloud Platform to Be Launched ^[4]: Alessandro at Virtualization.info provides details on the Xen Cloud Platform open source tools that will launch this week. 
• Circle of Expertise ^[5] has photos about how Citrix is marketing at its rivals’ conference.  
• VMWorld Spoilers ^[6]: Krishnan at Cloud Avenue also previews the Cirtix/Xen offering, along with the VMware Go service.
• Challenging Microsoft with a New Technology ^[7]: The NY Times takes the broad overview as an intro to the VMWorld hubbub. Curiously, this ran inside the business section in the print edition. Steve Lohr has a companion piece on the Bits blog ^[8].    
• VMware Launches New Virtualization Products ^[9]: TechCrunch also briefly notes the debut of vCenter.

About Rich Miller ^[10]

Rich Miller is the founder and editor-in-chief of Data Center Knowledge, and has been reporting on the data center sector since 2000. He has tracked the growing impact of high-density computing on the power and cooling of data centers, and the resulting push for improved energy efficiency in these facilities.

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[1] VMware Launches vCenter: http://www.vmware.com/company/news/releases/vcenter-vmworld09.html

[2] VMware Launches VMware Go: http://www.vmware.com/company/news/releases/vmw-go-vmworld09.html

[3] VMware to Sep Up Automation Game: http://blogs.zdnet.com/BTL/?p=23410

[4] Xen Cloud Platform to Be Launched: http://www.virtualization.info/2009/08/xen-cloud-platform-and-vmware-vcloud.html

[5] Circle of Expertise: http://www.circleofexpertise.com/de/coeblog/citrix-rocks-vmworld.html

[6] VMWorld Spoilers: http://www.cloudave.com/link/vmworld-spoilers-vcloud-express-and-vmware-go

[7] Challenging Microsoft with a New Technology: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/31/technology/business-computing/31virtual.html

[8] Bits blog: http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/08/31/vmware-vs-microsoft-its-about-more-than-the-plumbing/

[9] VMware Launches New Virtualization Products: http://www.techcrunchit.com/2009/08/30/vmware-launches-new-virtualization-products/

[10] Rich Miller: http://www.datacenterknowledge.com/archives/author/richm/

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