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Improve Your Knowledge of Hyper-V in a Converged VMware Infrastructure

Or, how to get free training on Hyper-V and VMware.

Enable vFlash for Server-Side Caching

There's a new way to speed up read operations on your VMs.

How To Configure Network QoS in vSphere 5.5

vSphere 5.5 announced a few new features and enhancements related to networking and specifically quality of service.

5 Ways Fusion 6 is Making VMware Look Good in Every Form Factor

Fusion 6 delivers a number of features, five of which I've used and found to be useful. Here's what I like so far.

5 Ways Storage Is Evolving

Be sure to take advantage of these storage industry trends.

'VDI Is Just RDS for Idiots'

The headline of our column isn't our quote, but it certainly caused us to fire a few Cheerios out of our noses when reading it one morning.

Make No Assumptions About Storage Virtualization

Storage costs remain steady, but some new approaches for virtualizing storage are making it faster and more accessible.

Cloud Pros Making It Rain

Cloud, virtualization expertise in high demand, if rise in salaries is an indication.

No More Bad Luck with Properly Backed Up VMs

If you have a virtualized backup and disaster recovery plan, you don't need to count on luck for your business to remain operational any day of the year.

From Pilot to Production: 3 VDI Success Tips

VDI failures happen, but it doesn't have to happen to you. Here are three tips for success.

The Best Backup? No Backup

Backups are a thing of the past, with cloud solutions that take data protection to higher level.

How To Implement Mobile Application Management with Citrix XenMobile

Stepping through MAM is quick, easy. Here's how.

Ready or Not, the VM Era Is Over

The era of the VM is over, and IT is woefully unprepared for what comes next.

Get to Know the vCenter Server Appliance

VMware will soon be discontinuing the vSphere Client for Windows application, formerly known as the VMware Infrastructure Client (VI Client).

5 Reasons Virtual Big Data Is a Big Deal

We'll see Hadoop as a Service before year end, but there are other reasons it's getting bigger.

Change Hyper-V Path for VMs, Configuration

When it comes to Hyper-V VMs, there are a lot of things set as default.

The Need for SSD Speed, Tempered by Virtualization Budgets

What IT department doesn't lust for the hottest new SSDs? Costs usually tempers that lust.

The Cloud Is Not a Science Project

Here are the considerations for designing your cloud strategy for long-term success.

How Delicate Is Your Virtual Egg Basket?

Server virtualization has taken us to places we've never been before, but there is some truth to that old adage about having seen it all before.

6 Things You Don't Know About Deduplication in the Datacenter

It's what you don't know, or know incorrectly, that can stump you in your deduplication efforts.

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