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                    Move from reactive to predictive workload management with new version of VMTurbo Operations Manager.
                    
			            - By Christa  Ayer
- 02/05/2014
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    With Microsoft's former head of the Cloud & Enterprise division stepping up, Microsoft has named Scott Guthrie to replace Satya Nadella.
                    
			            - By Michael  Domingo
- 02/05/2014
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft's cloud vision is having a positive impact on the company's financials, according to the latest earnings filing. 
                    
			            - By Michael  Domingo
- 01/31/2014
 
            
                
	                 
                    
                                        
		            
                    Disaster recovery will take on more importance in the next 12 months, as we virtualize more and make our mission-critical work more vulnerable to potential loss. 
                    
			            - By Doug  Hazelman
- 01/01/2014
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Pricing for cloud services needs to be a bit more structured and transparent for anyone to take cloud computing seriously.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Do you have a demand for testing hardware to support new projects and updates? A virtual test lab could fit the bill. 
                    
			            - By Thomas  Vater, Andreas  Rynes
- 11/01/2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Embotics combines all the bells and whistles in one slick, easy-to-use private cloud package.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    The Desktone Cloud system gives admins full control of virtualized desktops, even in the cloud.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Dell Compellent SAN delivers agility, ease of use to Scott County, Minn. and it could save them $60K/hour in the event of a disaster.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    With the introduction of vSphere 5, VMware created the concept of vRAM pools and added this as a critical component of purchasing a vSphere license.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Shared storage is one of the main enablers of enterprise features in virtualization.
                    
			            - By Elias  Khnaser
- 11/01/2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    A Q&A with the tech chief on what keeps the company looking above the cloud. 
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    My list of features to help me narrow my buying decisions after the DR vendor has made its pitch. 
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Not the same ol' "Free Tools" session; we cover new tools that have come out since VMworld.