Hyperic 3.2.5!
The latest release of Hyperic HQ, 3.2.5, is live and chock full of the good stuff. Notable changes and additions include: Changes in a platform’s fully qualified domain name are autodiscovered, the new JMX console allows you to display and control MBeans and troubleshoot JVM issues, script actions for alerts, metric display auto-reset from [...]

Dear valued and loyal HyperLINKS reader,
That day we thought would never come, is upon us. The day when we decide to move from daily HyperLINKS posts, to weekly HyperLINKS posts.
Please join us in solemn reverence and remembrance. Now enjoy this, your final daily dose of HyperLINKS.
Business execs vs. IT professionals…how do they measure up? [...]

Today’s HyperLINKS…Important things to remember and be aware of with the cloud
More security issues afloat in the cloud
Margaret Lewis predicts that there will be complications in the future of virtualization
Gordon Haff reminds us not to forget latency when it comes to cloud computing

TGIF! Here are today’s HyperLINKS:
Arthur Cole from IT Business Edge writes an interesting post about the advent of application virtualization, its merits and pitfalls
Dan Lohrmann from Government Technology offers advice on how to secure the cloud
Dion Hinchcliffe writes an insightful post about Amazon’s announcement of EBS and how it is a step [...]

Thursday’s HyperLINKS bring new developments in the cloud
The cloud keeps expanding…Amazon’s EBC reveals new possibilities for the cloud
VMware feature continues to float under the radar

CloudStatus Google App Engine is released…let the coverage roll in!
Om Malik is the first to post on the CloudStatus announcement!
Gartner releases its annual spending report…the forecast looks “cloudy”
Though VMware and Microsoft are direct competitors, for the time being they are putting their qualms aside in the name of good business

Tuesday’s HyperLINKS…Virtualization liscensing about to go underway
Microsoft making some major changes to its’ liscensing program
Some interesting insight to cloud computing in the Seattle P-I…with a mention of Hyperic’s involvement
Get ready…the Xen Community is about to release it’s next feature for review

Monday’s HyperLINKS…Open Source receives some well-deserved recognition
No “cloud computing” for Dell…case closed
Business Week recognizes open source at Red Hat convention
Dan Woods takes a trip down the open source memory lane

Dave was kind enough to invite me to guest post on his blog at CNET about the subject of operations and the cloud. For those who dont regularly read Dave’s blog, here’s the post in its entirety…
The separation of Cloud offerings around consumption of resources versus consumption of applications makes a lot of sense. Regardless [...]

Almost time for the weekend, but not without HyperLINKS!
Dana Blankenhorn names virtualization “the secret sauce of the cloud” and Firefox as the threat to open source
Gmail users aren’t catching a break with another outage complication
Sarah Perez raises the question…is there more security with traditional computing?