Virtualization


A Full Menu of OpenStack Choices

Most major vendors have an open source cloud solution. But they take very different approaches, so you need to be a picky eater and find the right restaurant.

Container Standards Effort Is On the Fast Track

The Cloud Native Computing Foundation is led by a Docker engineer.

Disaster Recovery: Not Dead Yet

In the age of virtualization, many think high availability trumps disaster recovery. Think again: It's more necessary than ever.

Research Firm: No Magic Quadrants for SDN/NFV

Research firm Gartner Inc. won't be publishing any "Magic Quadrant" reports for software-defined networking (SDN) and network functions virtualization (NFV) technologies, "because SDN and NFV aren't markets."

VMware Announces Revenues of $1.6 Billion for Second Quarter 2014

License income experiences strong rise as well.

5 Free Enterprise Products

For the most part, they run on the same software stack as the paid version of their products.

Dell Adds To Its VDI, Cloud Offerings

New thin clients are part of a "vWorkspace" upgrade.

Gartner Lists VMware, Microsoft as Leaders in Server Virtualization

Citrix, Oracle, Red Hat and others are "Niche Players," according to the report.

Backup and Replication with vSphere 6.0

Licensing changes and feature upgrades close the competition gap.

Replicate Your vSphere 6.0 Infrastructure in the Cloud

Using Ravello Systems to create proof-of-concept upgrades.

Data Analysis for SMBs

DataGravity builds its comprehensive analysis right into its appliances.

Dell EqualLogic OS 8.0 with vSphere Virtual Volumes

A wide range of storage arrays have been made available with the release.

Azure Site Recovery Now Handles VMware Workloads

Microsoft pitches it as a "unified solution for workload-aware disaster recovery."

The Limitations of Appliance Servers

Do you need what vendors are selling?

Whatever Happened to the VDI Revolution?

Maybe, muses Jon Toigo in the return of his column, it failed through lack of interest, rather than poor technology.

Mirantis Unveils OpenStack Cloud Appliance

The company hopes to differentiate its offering by highlighting its expertise with the open source cloud platform.

Strategic Move? Cisco Invests in SDN/NFV Company

Cisco this week invested in a Parisian new-generation networking company as part of a broader initiative to bolster French digital businesses, but some see the move as a long-range strategic positioning against SDN/NFV competitors.

Decision Points for Your Hypervisor Choice

Trying to select one and only one hypervisor to create virtual environments can be a fool's errand.

Public Cloud Spending To Grab One-Third of All IT Dollars in 2015

Within four years, predicts IDC, that number will increase to nearly half of all infrastructure spending.

Avoiding the 'I/O Blender' Effect

Condusiv takes aim at Windows I/O requests to optimize virtual workloads.

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