Automation and orchestration is the key to moving a cloud between its private and public manifestations.
- By Anand Iyengar, Gregory Ness
- 05/15/2013
One thing virtualization admins can't do without: VM migration. We look at improvements that Microsoft has made in this area to conclude our series.
- By Paul Schnackenburg
- 05/08/2013
Storing VMs on file shares, CSV enhancements, guest Fibre Channel, and the new VHDX format: it's all about better ways to work with storage in this version of Hyper-V.
- By Paul Schnackenburg
- 04/29/2013
Here's a cool new trick I learned absolutely by accident when working with a Wordpress server.
Security monitoring must adapt to remain effective in the cloud and virtualization arena. That's where role-based monitoring comes in.
Let's look at what Microsoft's hypervisor offers by way of improvements to security and disaster recovery.
- By Paul Schnackenburg
- 04/15/2013
It'd be nice to see the company use it for VCP self-paced training next.
Now that you know what's new in networking in Hyper-V, let's look at scalability, NUMA and VM monitoring.
- By Paul Schnackenburg
- 04/01/2013
Quite a few companies are mashing up server, storage, networking and even the hypervisor into turnkey solutions that can scale up or down as data center needs dictate.
- By Mike Matchett
- 03/20/2013
Enhancements to the newest version of Hyper-V can affect the design of your networks. Here's a look at NIC Teaming and some new data center design options.
- By Paul Schnackenburg
- 03/18/2013
It's nice to know that VMware's documentation is accessible on my iPhone or Amazon Kindle. Here's how to gain access, too.
Microsoft System Center 2012 can be used to provide IT as a service, especially in the deployment of application services. Here's how to set up service templates that can help you do it with consistency and repetitive predictability.
- By Angela Cataldo
- 03/11/2013
Let's take a look at Hyper-V's virtual machine network enhancements: Single Root -Input Output virtualization, Dynamic Virtual Machine Queuing & RSS.
- By Paul Schnackenburg
- 03/06/2013
vSphere Replication is all too easy, as long as you take it one step at a time.
- By Ken Werneburg
- 03/04/2013
You have many options for deploying virtual machines. But here's one method you should become familiar with, as it'll help you when the other options become obsolete.
Virtualization and cloud architectures are driving great efficiency and agility gains across wide swaths of the data center, but they can also make it harder to deliver consistent performance to critical applications. Let's look at some solutions.
- By Mike Matchett
- 02/20/2013
VMware wants you to start getting used to the vSphere Web client. One way to do that is to start using the vCSA.
New innovations like automated tiered storage, thin provisioning, continuous snapshots and remote replication has companies reconsidering VDI.
- By Lazarus Vekiarides
- 01/28/2013
Much like a human lifecycle, each virtual machine goes through one that needs to be managed from birth to end of life. Here are some tools to consider.
What appeals most to businesses about application modernization and cloud computing delivery models is the ability to help enterprises become more efficient by reducing costs and increasing the flexibility and productivity of their IT environment.