The three companies are getting ready to rumble over ownership of the hypervisor cloud.
- By Danielle Ruest and Nelson Ruest
- 01/01/2009
Citrix Systems' XenDesktop is a state-of-the-art product for hosted desktop virtualization and may be the gold standard by which other products are judged in a feature-for-feature comparison. Here's a look at the capabilities, options and feature sets available with this product, as well as how to install, set up and configure it in the data center.
- By Danielle Ruest and Nelson Ruest
- 01/01/2009
VMware wants to own your data center. The key? The Virtual Datacenter Operating System.
Almost no one paid attention when MS divulged details on its cloud-based Hyper-V. Here's what you need to know so far.
Will desktop PCs in their current incarnation fade from view as they become increasingly virtualized?
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
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.
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
Don't let its looks fool you -- give it time and Hyper-V will be a contender for hypervisor dominance.
Qumranet's CEO Benny Schnaider discusses his company's open source technology and the future of the virtualization market.
With Scalent, management of a mixed virtual and physical data center can be a one-person operation.
- By Peter Varhol
- 06/01/2008
Through acquisitions and homegrown tools, the company has amassed a dizzying array of offerings.