You can't just slap your virtual infrastructure together -- you need to know where each piece lives in the production stack to get the most out of it.
- By Danielle Ruest and Nelson Ruest
- 08/15/2008
Microsoft's next virt push will be with this strong enterprise VM contender.
Build a solid and long-lasting virtual infrastructure around virtualization's many moving parts, including servers, storage, network, security and management.
You need to plan for virtual safety just as thoroughly as for physical protection. Here's how to get started.
- By Brian Koerner
- 08/15/2008
Don't let its looks fool you -- give it time and Hyper-V will be a contender for hypervisor dominance.
Qumranet's CEO Benny Schnaider discusses his company's open source technology and the future of the virtualization market.
With Scalent, management of a mixed virtual and physical data center can be a one-person operation.
- By Peter Varhol
- 06/01/2008
Through acquisitions and homegrown tools, the company has amassed a dizzying array of offerings.
Popular with Mac users, the Windows world is its next target.
How The George Washington University IT department saved money, consolidated servers and optimized workloads.
IBM virtual tools range from desktops to servers -- with a mainframe twist on the side.
VMware's lightweight version of ESX is a good product. But is it all it's cracked up to be? Our mythbuster does some debunking.
- By Andrew S. Kutz
- 06/01/2008
This server virtualization startup is growing rapidly, and believes it can compete with VMware by offering similar functionality at a lower price.
New tool analyzes performance of VMs running on VMware ESX Server
Threats from virt competitors keep outlook cautious for VMware moving forward
Viance optimized to work with Citrix XenDesktop
Whether consolidating servers or using computing resources more efficiently, server virtualization products come into their own.
- By Peter Varhol
- 06/01/2008
The hardware giant's strategy may be straightforward, but that's just what some in IT need.
The world's biggest hardware vendor offers comprehensive virtualization solutions.