"Greyhound" comes to a screeching halt in the virtual world.
- By Greg Shields
- 04/28/2008
Image-level backup consolidates that server's state into one nice and tidy bundle.
- By Greg Shields
- 04/21/2008
If you're only virtualizing your servers or desktops, you're missing out on one of the best bets: virtual storage.
The Microsoft Windows operating system has become unwieldy and is choking on the amount of code that needs to be maintained.
Known for application virtualization, the company shook the hypervisor market with the strength of a sonic boom when it bought open source maker XenSource.
The most important and influential company in virtualization reigns supreme -- but could a revolt be coming?
To properly use virtualization, you've got to first understand it.
- By Greg Shields
- 04/07/2008
Nearly a year and a half after striking their improbable alliance to provide better interoperability between open source and Windows-based platforms, Microsoft and Novell told developers this week that the pact has yielded technical benefits but there's still work to be completed, particularly on the interoperability between the two companies' enterprise directory platforms.
- By Jeffrey Schwartz
- 04/04/2008
When it comes to infrastructure and operations, research firm Gartner says that virtualization will be the most significant trend through the next four years.
According to a recent study by Dublin-based Research and Markets released today, virtualization and virtualization-related services spending will reach $1.35 billion (U.S.) by 2010.
Virtualization technology imposes costs and management stress on datacenter managers in addition to boosting the complexity of installations, according to senior IT managers. But those same executives also have learned that overcoming virtualization headaches ushers in a brave new world of datacenter performance.
- By Wilson P. Dizard III
- 04/02/2008
Some companies do licensing right, while others get it wrong.
Software for creating and running virtual machines on the PC goes mainstream.
- By Peter Varhol
- 04/01/2008
One company aims to measure virtualization's effect on the bottom line.
- By Doug Barney and the Virtualization Review Staff
- 04/01/2008
Virtualization can be a boon to business continuity and disaster recovery planning -- provided you understand the risks.
- By Stephen Swoyer
- 04/01/2008