In-Depth Features


Planning Primer: Pitfalls

Build a solid and long-lasting virtual infrastructure around virtualization's many moving parts, including servers, storage, network, security and management.

Planning Primer: Security

You need to plan for virtual safety just as thoroughly as for physical protection. Here's how to get started.

Kung Fu Hypervisor

Don't let its looks fool you -- give it time and Hyper-V will be a contender for hypervisor dominance.

Hypervisor Visionary

Qumranet's CEO Benny Schnaider discusses his company's open source technology and the future of the virtualization market.

Hardware Heavyweights

First Impressions: Scalent V/OE

With Scalent, management of a mixed virtual and physical data center can be a one-person operation.

Sun's Red-Hot Strategy

Through acquisitions and homegrown tools, the company has amassed a dizzying array of offerings.

Competition: Parallel Universe

Popular with Mac users, the Windows world is its next target.

Case Study: 'Thinking Outside of the Box'

How The George Washington University IT department saved money, consolidated servers and optimized workloads.

Big Blue: Still Pushing the Envelope

IBM virtual tools range from desktops to servers -- with a mainframe twist on the side.

ESXi: Embedded HYPErvisor?

VMware's lightweight version of ESX is a good product. But is it all it's cracked up to be? Our mythbuster does some debunking.

Competition: Tiny Giant

This server virtualization startup is growing rapidly, and believes it can compete with VMware by offering similar functionality at a lower price.

News: VKernel Ships Bottleneck Analyzer

New tool analyzes performance of VMs running on VMware ESX Server

News: VMware's Results Ease Concerns

Threats from virt competitors keep outlook cautious for VMware moving forward

News: Wyse Unveils Viance

Viance optimized to work with Citrix XenDesktop

Server Virtualization Shootout

Whether consolidating servers or using computing resources more efficiently, server virtualization products come into their own.

Dell Simplifies Virtualization

The hardware giant's strategy may be straightforward, but that's just what some in IT need.

HP: Adapt or Die

The world's biggest hardware vendor offers comprehensive virtualization solutions.

By the Numbers: Server Virtualization's TCO

Yankee Group's survey offers hard evidence of cost and efficiency of virtualization efforts.

Hyper-V: Under the Hood

Microsoft's first effort at enterprise-level virtualization is a good start, but lots of rough edges remain.

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