Microsoft unleashed System Center Orchestrator 2012 to beta testers last week.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    SolarWinds this week solidified its line of virtualization management tools, with new versions of its Hyper9 virtualizaztion management solution and SolarWinds Storage Manager. 
                    
			            - By Michael  Domingo
- 06/09/2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Raxco adds new feature called Virtual Awareness, aimed at thwarting fragmentation in virtualized disks automatically.
                    
			            - By Michael  Domingo
- 06/08/2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    At this week's Microsoft Tech-Ed conference in Atlanta, Kemp Technologies released its Virtual LoadMaster Exchange for Hyper-V, a load-balancer designed to work exclusively with Exchange 2010 and Microsoft's hypervisor. 
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Six CTOs tell us what they think is keeping virtualization and cloud computing from proliferating, and offer solutions to get past those barriers. 
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Depleted resources, storage provisioning, virtual machine sprawl and excessive virtual hard disk files are some of the key challenges facing storage virtualization users.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    I tried Xangati for ESX to find out why the tool was different from other virtual infrastructure performance-monitoring solutions. Here's what I found out. 
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Veeam's latest streamlines processes and shines in vSphere environments.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Deploying and configuring the Kaviza package is a breeze.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    As a virtualization administrator, do you feel awkward building a physical server? 5 tips for making it less so. 
                    
			            - By Elias  Khnaser
- 05/01/2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Salesforce.com's Director of Platform Research offers his thoughts on his company running with the SaaS tag, as well as how virtualization and cloud computing are impacting business.
                    
		            
                
                    
                    
                    
                 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    When your virtualization or cloud project sputters in efficiency, network automation can get that project some new life. 
                    
			            - By Steve  Garrison
- 04/21/2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    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
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    VMware customers looking for openness in cloud solutions might see vSphere support in the forthcoming OpenStack Compute "Cactus" release as a opportunity. 
                    
			            - By Michael  Domingo
- 03/28/2011
 
            
                
	                
                    
                                        
		            
                    Microsoft unveiled its System Center 2012 product line on Tuesday at its Microsoft Management Summit. As part of the announcement, the company also made available the beta of System Center Virtual Machine Manager 2012.