Your picks for the best in virtualization.
                    
			            - By Beth  Schultz
- 11/01/2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The Unified Computing System aims to be a "cloud in a box" solution. But can Cisco transition from routers to servers?
                    
			            - By Mark  Ferelli
- 11/01/2009
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The future of desktop virtualization may hinge on display protocols. VMware and Citrix take different paths: Which company is likely to win?
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    While most companies in IT are hoping to just ride out the recession storm, those in the virtualization space are finding clearer skies.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Bluestripe Software tackles the problem of "applications visibility" with a solution that triangulates performance between hosts, applications and VMs.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Abstracting user "personality" is an important consideration in pooled resource VDI deployments. Here's how one start-up is looking to capitalize.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Other IT segments virtualization skills is that the number of jobs is actually increasing -- and at a healthy rate.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    VMware makes a play for mobile market share.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    eG Innovations takes on the daunting challenge of VM performance monitoring.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    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.