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Served Up Virtually

A college in Vermont is significantly reducing the number of its physical servers by going virtual. The payoff? Energy efficiency, cost savings, and a second data center just for disaster recovery.

Virtualization User To Save $50 Million with 300% ROI

So far, so good: $13M saved, 80% ROI

The 2011 Readers Choice Awards and Ultimate Buyers Guide

Our readers rate products, and we reward them with the hands-down, most-informative, must-read print guide to virtualization and cloud products.

Garth Fort Talks Cloud, Virtualization

The Microsoft marketing meister describes a team effort in Redmond.

10 Cool Virtualization Vendors

Start the new year off with our helpful roadmap of the top vendors looking to make a splash in your enterprise in 2011.

Q&A: Bob Metcalfe, Inventor of Ethernet

Bob Metcalfe reflects on the great LAN wars.

Virtualization Enables Cloud Computing: 7 Top Transition Questions Answered

How will your systems make the transition? We offer answers to seven questions about cloud migration.

Microsoft: The Great Server

Redmond is looking to streamline the application process via Windows Azure, but it can't ignore server virtualization or VDI if it wants to overtake VMware.

Hypervisor Shootout Report from the Taneja Group

Hypervisor Shootout Report from the Taneja Group

To Be or Not To Be a True Zero Client

Pano Logic CTO Aly Orady draws a strict zero-client line.

Provisioning and Managing Virtual Labs

Simplified virtual lab management software allows even users to create their own testing environments.

Apps.gov To Add Storage, Virtualization and Web Hosting Services

Government agencies will soon have access to storage, virtualization and Web hosting applications via Apps.gov, the General Service Administration's cloud-based storefront, government officials said yesterday.

VMware Wants to Reign Supreme

VMware President and CEO Paul Maritz has bet the farm on cloud computing.

The Rapidly Expanding Universe of VDI

One of the hottest virtualization markets to date is turning into a vendor free-for-all as a mixture of established and startup companies rush to stake their claims.

Bare Metal Battle: Microsoft and Citrix vs. the World

Microsoft leads partners to side with Citrix in virtualization's newest battle.

Managing Your Virtual Network

Monitoring, migration and quality of service are some of the major challenges waiting in the world of virtual networking.

What's Next for Virtualization?

Virtualization is evolving into a ubiquitous presence that will permeate technology infrastructures both large and small.

My Story: How I Used Technology To Improve My Son's World

Read how IT pro Kirk Foutts used virtualization, Windows 7 and other technologies to create a reliable yet robust touchscreen device for his injured son.

Novell and the Cloud: Taking on the Goliaths

Novell aims to tackle big competitors with its cloud-computing offerings.

Citrix in Sync: Thriving Among the Virtual Competition

Citrix cashes in on its Xen offerings even as it competes and cooperates with its rivals.

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