In-Depth Features


Startup: Desktone Places a Big Bet on DaaS

Desktop virtualization player goes against the big boys.

Planning Primer: Benchmarking

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.

Reorganization: Greene out, Maritz in at VMware

Recent upheaval leaves industry bewildered.

Planning Primer: End Users

Virtualization should be about one thing: helping your users be more productive. Too often, though, that rule is forgotten.

Analysis: The Storage Management Gap

Storage virtualization can address some of the problems associated with getting incompatible physical storage to live together.

Q&A: Blurring the Virtual Dichotomy

An interview with VMware's senior director of desktop platforms and solutions.

Planning Primer: Architecture

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.

UPFRONT: Virtual Machine Manager 2008 Stays on Track

Microsoft's next virt push will be with this strong enterprise VM contender.

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.

Subscribe on YouTube