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.
WANem makes it easy to simulate low bandwidth and latency conditions.
Certification is still relatively rare in the virtualization field. That can work to your advantage, if you don't put it off.
End users can contribute to virtual machine sprawl by using readily available, free downloads. Here are a few simple steps to head off problems before they begin.
- By Danielle Ruest and Nelson Ruest
- 05/01/2009
PlateSpin Forge offers peace of mind at a reasonable price.
- By Rick Vanover
- 05/01/2009
Embotics' V-Scout ends the days of tracking your virtual machines via spreadsheet.
- By Brian Mislavsky
- 05/01/2009
Microsoft released a cumulative update to its application virtualization solution, which now supports the Windows 7 Beta, according to an announcement issued by the company on Thursday.
A new report from IDC, announced on Wednesday, suggested that the global economic malaise has already chipped away at the enterprise IT server market.
TechNet and MSDN subscribers now have access to the Release Candidate version of Service Pack 2 for Windows Vista and Windows Server 2008.
Citrix and Microsoft, already close collaborators on many
virtualization-based initiatives, ratcheted up their relationship Monday with
the announcement of Citrix Essentials, a group of technologies calculated to
shoehorn their way into the enterprise datacenters now dominated by VMware.
Host hopping or LUN exchange -- two interesting approaches to moving virtual machines.
- By Rick Vanover
- 02/23/2009
VMware on Monday joined the growing list of major software platform firms with a virtual partner training campus by launching a nine-language Partner University.
- By Scott Bekker
- 02/23/2009
Another vendor has thrown its hat into the enterprise virtualization ring. This one is red.
Microsoft and its hardware partners on Monday rolled out preconfigured data warehouse reference architectures that incorporate Microsoft SQL Server 2008.
VMLogix has partnered with Citrix to shore up its brand-new offering, adding lab management and automation capabilities to Citrix Essentials.
Microsoft and Red Hat inked a deal to ensure that Windows operating systems and Red Hat Enterprise Linux OSes can run as virtual machines on each other's platforms.
VMware has released an update to Fusion, the company's desktop virtualization solution for Mac OS X.
A weakened economy will serve as a catalyst to push enterprises from on-premise computing to accessing services over the Internet cloud, according to Microsoft exec Doug Hauser, who delivered an address on Wednesday at the Thomas Weisel 2009 Technology and Telecom Conference.
- By Jim Barthold
- 02/11/2009
EMC and Microsoft formally renewed a partnership on Tuesday, extending their collaborative efforts on virtualization, content management and security solutions for the enterprise market through 2011.