Server Virtualization


Cisco Debuts New Cloud Portfolio

Networking giant announces multi-cloud infrastructure software that will link with Windows Azure, System Center, and cloud wares and services from other partners to boost interoperability and security.

VMware Caps 2013 with $5.21B

The cloud and virtualization company released its year-end fiscal report, showing 13 percent revenue growth for the year, at $5.21 billion.

VM Backups, Recovery Improved with Newest Symantec NetBackup

The first upgrade of NetBackup in two years addresses large growth in data and virtual machines.

Instant Branch Recovery Anywhere in Your Cloud

Riverbed Granite 2.6 supports more branches and bigger data sets.

Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3.3, Red Hat Cloud Infrastructure 4.0 Now Out

Red Hat expands cloud-building lineup with two new OpenStack-ready releases.

Goliath Offers Wide View of VMware Services

MonitorIT works natively with VMware to monitor and report on system metrics.

AppEnsure Free Gives Apps a Performance Boost

Free tool troubleshoots applications--physical or virtualized, or located in a public or private cloud.

VMware Releases vCenter Log Insight 1.5

Update supports Active Directory and includes improvements in content pack infrastructure.

Put Hyper-V into Hyper-Drive, Part 1: Processors

In this first of a series on Hyper-V, Paul reviews tips for configuring virtual and physical processors for optimum performance.

Searching for Intelligent Storage for Virtual Workloads

There are no one-size-fits-all storage solutions, so I've come up with some basic questions to ask the vendors who will be trying to get your attention.

Microsoft Reaching Out to OpenNebula with Windows Server Hyper-V

In another example of Microsoft's outreach to open source communities and projects, the company announced on Tuesday it is collaborating with team members of the OpenNebula project to add Windows Server Hyper-V support.

Microsoft Partners Already Implementing Hyper-V 3 Virtual Switch

Microsoft's new extensible virtual switch in Hyper-V 3.0 for Windows Server 8 has already been implemented by 5nine, Broadcom, Cisco, inMon and NEC, among others.

Microsoft Opens Up on 'Cloud-Optimized' Windows Server 8 at Build

During his Build conference keynote on Wednesday, Satya Nadella, president of Microsoft's Server and Tools Business, called Windows Server 8 "the most cloud-optimized OS" being developed by Microsoft.

System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012 Now at RC Stage

SCVMM 2012 RC includes many new features for hypervisor creation/management, resource optimization and service lifecycle management. It's also on a new schedule for general availability in early 2012.

Xsigo's Server Fabric Switch Provides One-Click Cloud Connectivity

Xsigo Systems lays claim to first fully virtualized infrastructure for cloud-optimized data centers.

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