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                    As happens so often, the rhetoric does not  match the reality.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    The company changed focus more to collaboration than one-stop-shopping.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Strike the best balance between Hyper-V power and performance.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    How it started, where it is, where it's going.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    The growing cloud divide that's separating SMB from enterprise.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    VMworld 2016 showed how much the company has done to develop the technologies.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    The VMware CTO shares his thoughts on the Dell buyout, vendor lock-in, VMworld 2016 and more.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    VMware faces intense competition in the market, from competing products and huge vendors like Microsoft, Citrix and Google. 
                    
			            - By Dan  Kusnetzky
- 08/26/2016
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Hardware and software vendors need to  change sales strategies.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    The upsides -- and downsides -- of hyper-converged infrastructure. 
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    To keep up with cloud providers, the answer is yes.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Tom's learning about containers and new storage options, among  other goodies.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Containers may hold the key to securing  devices.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Hyper-V is at the top of the risk chart.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    You  probably have a disaster recovery plan in place. But do you know that it's ready if your worst-case scenario  occurs?
                    
			            - By Jim  Whelan, Christine  Taylor
- 08/02/2016
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Exploring replication on Azure.
                    
			            - By Paul  Schnackenburg
- 07/27/2016
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Exploring options in the bare-metal world.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    What started as a small gathering of virtualization geeks has grown into a powerhouse IT event. 
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Is "shelter  in place" really the right answer?
                    
			            - By Jon William  Toigo
- 07/25/2016