Windows Server 2008 R2, Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 can only perform server virtualization using Intel's Core vPro processors if SP1 is applied.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Your vSphere infrastructure needs monitoring, and that's where vCenter Operations comes in. Let's take a look at how to work with it.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Amazon Web Services (AWS) has restored service for a majority of its customers after an outage that began on Thursday left numerous organizations down for more than three days. 
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- 04/25/2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    On Friday, Google gave a rare look into how it locks down one of the datacenters in its global network.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    When your virtualization or cloud project sputters in efficiency, network automation can get that project some new life. 
                    
			            - By Steve  Garrison
- 04/21/2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Latency and connectivity issues affecting Amazon Web Services' Elastic Compute Cloud (EC2) and Rational Database Services is thought to be the cause of manyWeb site outages.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- 04/21/2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    VMware Lab's ThinApped vSphere client allows running the client without installing it. 
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft today released the public beta of Office 365, the company's widely anticipated cloud-based productivity suite.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- 04/18/2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The typical IT gauges don't translate well for measuring virtualization efficiencies. You'll need to look at it from a different angle. 
                    
			            - By Andrew  Hillier
- 04/14/2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Keys to Microsoft's first service pack for Hyper-V Server 2008 R2 are dynamic memory and RemoteFX.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft announced on Monday that it plans to deliver its entire Dynamics portfolio as a cloud-based service.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- 04/12/2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft has debuted the first platform preview of IE 10, just four weeks after the final version of Internet Explorer 9 (IE 9) was released. 
                    
			            - By Michael  Desmond
- 04/12/2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    VMware today announced the debut of Cloud Foundry, which the company is touting as the first "open platform as a service," or PaaS.
                    
			            - By Michael  Domingo
- 04/12/2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    What VMware, Dell, NetApp and DataCore are doing to add support for tiered storage in their offerings. 
                    
			            - By Dave  Bartoletti
- 04/07/2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Dell today said it is investing $1 billion in cloud computing under a two-year plan to build out datacenters that will let customers subscribe to virtualized compute infrastructure and storage.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- 04/07/2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    IBM raised its cloud presence on Thursday with the launch of two new services: SmartCloud, which is designed to enhance IBM's public cloud infrastructure services, and Workload Deployer, the company's new solution for building private clouds.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- 04/07/2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft has entered into a partnership with Toyota Motor Co. that would link Microsoft's Windows Azure cloud computing platform with car telematics technologies.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    For private clouds to become viable, organizations must embrace several steps to advance their private cloud strategies.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Unified communications adoption in the United States has doubled over the past year, and many organizations are moving their UC implementations to the cloud.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The vast majority of datacenter managers say their budgets are not increasing this year, according to a study released last week. However, yet another study suggests overall IT spending is on the rise.
                    
			            - By Jeffrey  Schwartz
- 04/04/2011