With VMware vSphere 4.1 update 1 now generally available, what do you need to know about it and how do you upgrade to it? Let's find out.
Read the fine print to understand Hyper-V licensing, which comes with some caveats.
- By Greg Shields
- 02/14/2011
A Microsoft official briefly noted on Thursday that Microsoft is planning two new options for IT organizations using Windows 7 -- but the catch is that Software Assurance (SA) licensing needs to be in place.
Managers are asking the tough questions about public and private clouds and it boils down to one thing: trust.
- By Manny Vellon
- 02/10/2011
Microsoft Wednesday released Service Pack 1 for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 to its equipment manufacturing partners.
Two entries in this month's security update, released Tuesday, blocks Windows 7 users from connecting to VMware's View Connection Servers, according to a VMware security bulletin.
Microsoft outlined desktop virtualization tips late last week that IT pros and developers can use to test the compatibility of their Web sites on a single PC.
A college in Vermont is significantly reducing the number of its physical servers by going virtual. The payoff? Energy efficiency, cost savings, and a second data center just for disaster recovery.
- By Bridget McCrea
- 02/07/2011
So far, so good: $13M saved, 80% ROI
Package makes it easy to run Windows applications from anywhere -- no installation required.
- By Logan Harbaugh
- 01/01/2011
Nasuni CEO Andres Rodriguez believes he can handle the large data problem by leveraging the endless capacity of the cloud.
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Storage presents a lot of problems. It's expensive, it accumulates in all kinds of places where you can't find it, it's a hassle to move from point A to point B and it isn't always compatible from one vendor to the next.
The Microsoft marketing meister describes a team effort in Redmond.
Start the new year off with our helpful roadmap of the top vendors looking to make a splash in your enterprise in 2011.
How will your systems make the transition? We offer answers to seven questions about cloud migration.
- By Eric Beehler
- 12/07/2010
Microsoft today announced that the release candidate of Service Pack 1 for System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2008 R2 is now available.
Package makes it easy to run Windows apps from anywhere.
- By Logan Harbaugh
- 12/01/2010
Citrix Systems is on the move yet again, virtually speaking, having formed a desktop virtualization partnership with Cisco Systems.
- By Dian Schaffhauser
- 09/09/2010
Microsoft last week described a different way to use desktop virtualization to maintain legacy applications and still move users to Windows 7.