Microsoft plans to pour an additional money into business and open source technology collaboration with Novell.
Microsoft has made substantial changes to its virtualization licensing program, changes that will lower the cost of using virtualization for many customers.
Companies can avoid attacks and minimize security cost overruns by practicing IT vulnerability management, according to a July study published by the Aberdeen Group.
- By Jabulani Leffall
- 08/19/2008
Desktop virtualization player goes against the big boys.
An important part of your infrastructure planning is determining the impact of virtualization on hardware and software performance. Here's how to do it right.
- By Edward L. Haletky
- 08/15/2008
OVF is more than just another open standard with lofty goals.
To combat the pain of PerfMon, there are a number of tools that help.
- By Greg Shields
- 08/15/2008
A look back and a few predictions on the state of IT virtualization.
Recent upheaval leaves industry bewildered.
Virtualization should be about one thing: helping your users be more productive. Too often, though, that rule is forgotten.
- By Trevor Matz and Eden Shochat
- 08/15/2008
Storage virtualization can address some of the problems associated with getting incompatible physical storage to live together.
- By Mark Ferelli
- 08/15/2008
An interview with VMware's senior director of desktop platforms and solutions.
You can't just slap your virtual infrastructure together -- you need to know where each piece lives in the production stack to get the most out of it.
- By Danielle Ruest and Nelson Ruest
- 08/15/2008
Microsoft's next virt push will be with this strong enterprise VM contender.
Here's what lies ahead for the once-invincible virtualization software company.
Build a solid and long-lasting virtual infrastructure around virtualization's many moving parts, including servers, storage, network, security and management.
You need to plan for virtual safety just as thoroughly as for physical protection. Here's how to get started.
- By Brian Koerner
- 08/15/2008
Microsoft's team developing the Windows 7 operating system has come out with a new blog called "Engineering Windows 7."
Yesterday, August 12, was a blow-out day for some users of VMware's ESX 3.5 and ESXi 3.5 virtualization products, especially if they had applied the latest product updates called "Update 2."
Microsoft closed its investigation into an update blocking issue that affected users of Windows Server Update Service 3.0 or WSUS 3.0 Service Pack 1.