Hypervisor Shoot out

it's a little geeky I know if your interested in the big picture but beneath it all sits the enabling technology - the Hypervisor. I found this shoot today comparing XEN, HyperV and VMware for those interested these type of things...

http://virtualizationreview.com/articles/2009/03/02/lab-experiment-hypervisors.aspx

Great article on clouding in information week comparing vendors

This article contrasts some of the main differences between some of the major IaaS vendors. Surprisingly GoGrid fell off the map (not rated) but it does at least provide a landscape view along with contract and cost per hour etc.

http://www.informationweek.com/news/hardware/utility_ondemand/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=219501228

Citrix Cloud..

A friend of mine sent me this post.. which has the most obvious description of the cloud that I will now start using :->... (abstraction of hardware from software)

http://www.forbes.com/2009/08/28/citrix-vmware-virtualization-technology-cionetwork-zen.html?partner=msn